Date: Fri,  6 May 94 11:45:01 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu>
Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #70
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Fri,  6 May 94       Volume 12 : Issue 70

Today's Topics:

      [*] 3d Paddle Bash! 1.04; a game
      [*] Acid Jazz 1.2v2; a phone dialer
      [*] CheckBook 1.5; for bank transactions
      [*] Desert Trek 1.0.2; a game of adventure
      [*] FileTyper 4.1.1a; a shareware type/creator editor
      [*] Galactic Empire 2.0.3; a war/commerce game
      [*] Galactic Trader 2.0.3; an inter-planetary commerce game
      [*] HyperRotiStatsv2; for fantasy baseball teams
      [*] MacBrickOut 2.04; like the classic breakout
      [*] MacMines 2.0.4; a strategy/puzzle game
      [*] Newton Book about LAN Technology
      [*] Nightigale135demo; a music program
      [*] OptiMem Demo 1.5.6d; a virtual memory utility
      [*] OptiMem Update 1.5.6d; a virtual memory utility
      [*] Outland Gateway 1.1a5
      [*] Pegged 2.1.3; solitaire game
      [*] Peter's Player 1.0; a QuickTime player
      [*] Pulses 1.1b; creates various color patterns
      [*] QuickEditor 2.0; for QuickTime movies
      [*] Runner's Journal; a diary
      [*] SpaceBattle 1.0.1; a shoot 'em up space arcade game
      [*] Super Columns; a Tetris type game
      [*] switchback2.33; synchronises two folders
      [*] ToyBox 1.01; a screen saver
      (Q) HELP: corrupt Excel file
      *Big* system problems [A]
      [Q] Macworld in Paris(France)
      [Q] PowerMac 6100 no FPU? also crashing...
      AppleSingle
      Astrology program wanted
      BMP filter [A]
      Can Excel Speak to me?
      CCL (communication control language)
      FREE THE SDKs (inspired by MacWEEK Dev Series)
      FTP site for HP printer drivers
      Help!
      IMG on info-mac
      legality of obsolete s/w
      Macintosh Networking Basics
      MAC system
      metric conversion
      Montior Flicker
      MS Office look & feel
      None
      OnLocation...Opinions?
      Openstack deja vu [A]
      OS-9 WORM drive
      PC-simm can be used as Mac RAM? (q)
      Put Info-Mac digests on WWW?
      Q: What graphics card to buy ?
      Question Regarding Disappearing Icons Under At Ease
      Radius Universal 24xp card (q)
      RAM Doubler blocks other extensions
      Seeking the best of both worlds...
      Self Locking Harddrive on Quadra 700!
      Setup program for Lexicon LXP5
      TeleFinder
      Why is Illustrator88 called Illustrator88?

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:12 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] 3d Paddle Bash! 1.04; a game

By Matthew Diamond.  An unusual 3d version of Pong. If you enjoy this
game keep your eye out for 3d Brick Bash! also by Matthew Diamond.
Requires a 68020 or greater Mac and Color Quickdraw. Runs best in
4-Bit (16 colors) mode. Shareware: $7.00

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/three-d-paddle-bash-104.hqx; 119K]

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Date: 5 May 1994 12:13:24 U
From: "Kevin Jundt" <kevin_jundt@qm.claris.com>
Subject: [*] Acid Jazz 1.2v2; a phone dialer

Acid Jazz is an Apple Event based phone dialer for use with such applications
as FileMaker Pro, HyperCard and QuicKeys.  It is a simple application that
can be controlled via the AppleEvent sending capabilities of these
applications.  It can be used with any application that has the ability to
send custom events or the standard "Do Script" event.

Acid Jazz can also be used with Apple Script.  It is both scriptable and
recordable.

WHAT'S NEW IN 1.2v2:
o  Networking conflict on Power Manager equipped computers - Fixed a problem
where Acid Jazz (versions 1.1v1 and 1.2v1) could cause the computer to lose
network connections and/or crash after dialing on computers equipped with the
Power Manager.  This applies to all portable Macs including the Portable,
PowerBook and Duo models.  It is highly recommended that you upgrade to this
version if your machine is connected or periodically connected to a network.

$15 shareware with a 15 day evaluation period.

Virus checked with Disinfectant 3.5

[Archived as /info-mac/app/acid-jazz-12v2.hqx; 133K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 16:28:42 +1000 (EST)
From: Backup Moderator <backmod>
Subject: [*] CheckBook 1.5; for bank transactions

An application for keeping track of transactions in a bank account.
Calculates the current balance. Lets you enter details about each
transaction including date, amount, my ref, your ref, comments,
and if it's appeared on the bank statement.

Sorts by type, date, and amount. Exports to tab delimited text for
use in spreadsheets or databases.

This is not an accounting package but it's free and is a good way to
keep basic info.

An update to 1.4 posted recently. Fixes a bug when editing transactions
ended with cancel, adds font size options, improves drawing behavior.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/checkbook-15.hqx; 364K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:14 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Desert Trek 1.0.2; a game of adventure

Supports Color or Black-and-White

Desert Trek:  Desert Trek is a game of adventure where you try to cross
the great Gobi Desert.  Be careful, though, since hungry cannibals are
chasing you.  Watch your food and water supplies, try to find an oasis
or two, visit the trading post for supplies, and hope that those wild
Berbers don't kidnap you again.

Questions/comments/bug reports to cary@vnet.ibm.com (Cary Torkelson)

Part of the Home & School Mac Cary Torkelson's Greatest 3.0 collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/desert-trek-102.hqx; 238K]

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Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 17:29:10 -0700
From: dazuma@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel Azuma)
Subject: [*] FileTyper 4.1.1a; a shareware type/creator editor

Attached please find a copy of FileTyper 4.1.1a, the latest version of the
popular shareware type/creator editor. This should replace the version
4.1.1 submitted a few days ago.

Changes between versions 4.1.1 and 4.1.1a are:

* The MakeAutoTyper documentation is no longer saved under "fast save."
Oops!!! None of the software components have changed at all (not even
version numbers), so users do not have to worry about re-installing.

Changes between versions 4.1 and 4.1.1 are:

* Fixed a really stupid bug in MakeAutoTyper that sometimes caused crashes
when quitting, if the help file was not installed.
* The incompatibility between FileTyper Menu and SpeedyFinder7, (and also
the upcoming Aladdin Desktop Tools), has been fixed. Thanks to Victor Tan
for his help with this. Version 4.1.1 or later of FileTyper Menu and
version 1.5.9d or later of SpeedyFinder should work properly together.
* The FileTyper Folder can be placed in the Preferences Folder as well as
the System Folder.

Enjoy!

  Daniel Azuma
  dazuma@cco.caltech.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-typer-411a.hqx; 147K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:15 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Galactic Empire 2.0.3; a war/commerce game

Supports Color or Black-and-White

This version of Galactic Empire fixes a couple of bugs present in both
versions 2.0 and 2.01.  Also, you can now decommission troops instead
of scrapping them (or, if you want to, move troops fromone planet to
another).  There are also a few interface enhancements, such as being
able to use the "escape" key to cancel most of the dialogs, and you
can now select planets in the Galactic Map window by clicking on their
names as well as the planet itself.

Galactic Empire:  You are asked to unite the twenty planets of the
galaxy, by force, before civilization decays.  You can utilize planetary
resources to build fighters, spy satellites, and transports, recruit
soldiers for ground forces, raise money for ship construction, and
produce the fuel and supplies your fleet needs.  Planets have varying
technology levels and populations, and you can determine how best to
allocate their resources.  Time is limited (one only lives for so long),
so plan carefully.

Questions/comments/bug reports to cary@vnet.ibm.com (Cary Torkelson)

Part of the Home & School Mac Cary Torkelson's Greatest 3.0 collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/galactic-empire-203.hqx; 222K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:17 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Galactic Trader 2.0.3; an inter-planetary commerce game

Supports Color and Black-and-White

This upgrade to Galactic Trader makes it look more like the latest
version of Galactic Empire (color support, windows, etc.).

Galactic Trader:  Your great grandfather united the twenty planets, but
the current Emperor is strangling it for his benefit.  You must raise
one billion credits in order to finance a revolution to save the
crumbling Empire.  The only way to do so is to become a trader, roaming
the galaxy, buying low, selling high, and always looking for a deal.
Watch out, for pirates abound, and assassins on Galactica are trying to
reap a huge award for your early demise.

Questions/comments/bug reports to cary@vnet.ibm.com (Cary Torkelson)

Part of the Home & School Mac Cary Torkelson's Greatest 3.0 collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/galactic-trader-203.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 13:29:46 -0500
From: Michael Noah Gurell <mg011a@uhura.cc.rochester.edu>
Subject: [*] HyperRotiStatsv2; for fantasy baseball teams

[A statistics stack for keeping track of fantasy baseball teams.  --isl]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hyper-rotisserie-stats-2-hc.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:22 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] MacBrickOut 2.04; like the classic breakout

By Carson Whitsett.  A nice rendition of the classic arcade game,
Breakout. Requires at least 4-Bit (16 colors). Shareware: $5.00

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/mac-brick-out-204.hqx; 89K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:22 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] MacMines 2.0.4; a strategy/puzzle game

MacMines 2.04 (Color and black-and-white)

Can you locate all the mines on the playing field?  Make one
wrong move and you blow it (literally!). You can vary the
minefield size, and choose from options such as craters, moving
mines, and a randomizer square.  Saves high scores and stats for
each difficulty level (240 scores in all).

Part of the Home & School Mac Cary Torkelson's Greatest 3.0 collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-mines-204.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 7:06:40 MEST
From: Kurt Netzer <kurt@siemens.co.at>
Subject: [*] Newton Book about LAN Technology

Hello!

This is a Newton Book about _LAN Technology_.
It's translated from the LAN Technology FAQ from John Wobus,
which gave me the permission.

Have fun

Kurt Netzer
kurt@siemens.co.at

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/lan-technology-book.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 10:10:51 -0500
From: MUS_HEH@SHSU.EDU (Henry Howey)
Subject: [*] Nightigale135demo; a music program

Here is a demo of one of the very popular new music programs.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/nightingale-135-demo.hqx; 1655K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 00:09:57 -0400
From: alp@telerama.lm.com (Adam L. Pollock)
Subject: [*] OptiMem Demo 1.5.6d; a virtual memory utility

This is a fully functional copy of OptiMem v1.5.6d which operates for 24
hours after installation.

Required: Stuffit Expander (or equivalent) to expand the archive.

Hardware Requirement: Any Mac Running System 7

Contact:
Jump Development Group
1228 Malvern Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Phone: 412-681-2692
Fax: 412-681-2163
Recorded Info Line: 412-681-0544
AppleLink: RThornton * AOL: JumpDevGrp * CompuServe: 71321,1527
InterNet: jumpdevgrp@aol.com

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/opti-mem-156d-demo.hqx; 654K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 00:18:13 -0400
From: alp@telerama.lm.com (Adam L. Pollock)
Subject: [*] OptiMem Update 1.5.6d; a virtual memory utility

This update is intended to replace all previous versions of OptiMem updates.

Description:
Update a previous version of OptiMem (from 1.4.1) to v1.5.6d.

REQUIRED: An original OptiMem distribution disk and serial ID are needed to
use this updater.
		Stuffit Expander (or equivalent) to expand the archive.

Hardware Requirement: Any Mac Running System 7

Contact:
Jump Development Group
1228 Malvern Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Phone: 412-681-2692
Fax: 412-681-2163
Recorded Info Line: 412-681-0544
AppleLink: RThornton * AOL: JumpDevGrp * CompuServe: 71321,1527
InterNet: jumpdevgrp@aol.com

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/opti-mem-156d-updt.hqx; 280K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 16:57:52 PDT
From: Bill Lipa <lipa@camis.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: [*] Outland Gateway 1.1a5

This updated version of the Outland Gateway fixes numerous bugs and in general
makes life a lot better for Internet people who use Outland...

Outland is a graphical multiplayer game network for Macintosh users.  This
initial public release is part of our testing process to work out the
remaining glitches.  All access is free until the final release.  Currently,
the applications we have available are Spaceward Ho, Chess, Reversi,
Backstab, and a graphical BBS.

For more information about connecting to Outland, see the enclosed readme.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/outland-gateway-11a5.hqx; 405K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:24 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Pegged 2.1.3; solitaire game

The classic game of Peg Solitaire, but more!  Try to clear all
the pegs but one from the board.  Choose from many different
boards and dozens of puzzles.  Solved them all?  Create your own
puzzles with the built-in puzzle editor.

Part of the Home & School Mac Cary Torkelson's Greatest 3.0 collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/pegged-213.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 09:51:05 -0400
From: lee@astro.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee)
Subject: [*] Peter's Player 1.0; a QuickTime player

Peter's Player is a simple QuickTime movie player that is designed to play
movies as smoothly as possible:

-If there is enough RAM, it will load the entire movie before playing it, for
the fastest-possible playback.

-It can detect the best dit depth to display a movie at and set your monitor
appropriately.

-It is "Accelerated For Power Macintosh," running at maximum possible speed on
either 68k or Power Macintoshes.

-It can play movies without showing the standard movie controller, which can
be distracting, and slows down playback.

-It supports keyboard shortcuts with the controller showing or hidden (the
arrow keys step forward and back frames, the space bar plays or pauses,
etc...).

-It can play every frame in a QuickTime movie, no matter how large (in this
mode it will never play frames back faster than intended, but it may play them
back slower, and any soundtrack there is will be ignored).

-It plays movies against a black background, and you can even hide the menu
bar, so (a) you're not distracted by the desktop, (b) you can dump
smaller-than-full-screen movies to video tape, and (c) you can play movies
that have custom color tables without screwing up the rest of the colors
on-screen.

Peter's Player is free for individual use, with a US $20 fee requested to
support development of future versions (and for automatic notice of upgrades

Requires System 7, QuickTime, a 68020 or better 68k Mac or a Power Mac, and at
least 512k of free RAM.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/peters-player-10.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:24 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Pulses 1.1b; creates various color patterns

By Duane Kanz.  Create various color patterns through manipulations of
various geometrical variables. Pointless but fun! Requires at least
4-Bit (16 colors). Shareware: $5.00

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/pulses-11b.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 12:33:58 +0200
From: sicmu <sicmu@medsun.unige.ch>
Subject: [*] QuickEditor 2.0; for QuickTime movies

Please find enclosed QuickEditor 2.0
This is an application that allows you to easily edit QuickTime Movies.
It's user interface is very much VCR-like.

New Features since QuickEditor 1.5:
-Sound track editing: Place any sound where you want in a movie, create
multiple sound track that you can mix independantly.

QuickEditor 2.0 is ShareWare 10 $, you are free to distribute it or place it on
any CD-Rom as long as it comes with its enclosed manual.

QuickEditor 2.0 requires a 68030 Mac or greater, System 7 or greater, QuickTime
 1.5 or greater and at least 1500 Ko of Free Memory.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/quick-editor-20.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:25 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Runner's Journal; a diary

By Stephen Bastide.  With this stack, you can keep a daily record of
your runs, route taken, miles run, time, weight, and more. Requires
HyperCard 2.0 or greater. Shareware: $10.00

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/runners-journal-hc.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:25 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] SpaceBattle 1.0.1; a shoot 'em up space arcade game

By Bill James.  A shoot 'em up space arcade for play against another
human or your Mac. Watch out for the gun emplacement at the top of the
screen! Shareware: $5.00

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/space-battle-101.hqx; 93K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:27 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] Super Columns; a Tetris type game

By Michael Dean. The author claims his rendition of the classic arcade
Tetris* is better than the original one released by Spectrum Holobyte.
One could make a strong argument for such a brag! If you enjoy
SuperColumns, be sure to send in the registration fee to encourage
Michael Dean to create other high quality games. If you really,
really, really, really, really, really, like Tetris type games, call
up a mail order house and order the product Tetris Gold CD-ROM which
contains all the versions of Tetris so far released for DOS, Mac and
Windows on a single CD. Included on that disc for the Mac are: Tetris,
Wordtris, Welltris, Faces...Tris III, and Super Tetris.

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/super-columns.hqx; 472K]

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Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 00:12:37 +1200
From: dave.davies-payne@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (David Davies-Payne)
Subject: [*] switchback2.33; synchronises two folders

Please find enclosed SwitchBack 2.3.3 by Glendower Software Ltd.

This maintenance release fixes a few minor bugs, prevents certain problems
under extreme memory conditions, and now supports multi-byte scripts, such
as Japanese KanjiTalk.

What is SwitchBack?

SwitchBack is a utility program that synchronises two folders, so that both
folders have a copy of the most recent version of their files.  The two
folders can reside on the same volume, on two different volumes, or indeed
on two different computers connected by a network.  It also functions well
as a simple backup utility.

David Davies-Payne, Technical Director, GSL

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switch-back-233.hqx; 159K]

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:57:28 -0400
From: Ken Hancock <kenh@vgi.com>
Subject: [*] ToyBox 1.01; a screen saver

Fred Showker has this to say about ToyBox: (it) allows you to
configure the shapes, colors and sizes of objects which float around
the screen, (as well as) provides a powerful color management menu
offering an assortment of modifiers that will run continuously until
you say stop. I have this to say about ToyBox, this amazing 12k
program may aborb hours of your time over the years as well as doing
double duty as a screensaver. Requires an FPU or an FPU emulator such
as SoftwareFPU* (available from BBSes and online services). Requires
256 colors. Comes with no docs nor does it have an "About Program"
dialog box, so one must assume it is freeware.

Part of the December 1993 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/toy-box-101.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 14:03:46 +0000
From: ajcarr@ccvax.ucd.ie (Alun J. Carr)
Subject: (Q) HELP: corrupt Excel file

One of my colleagues has managed to develop a corrupt Excel worksheet, full
of vital data. On reading it in, Excel 4 gets to about 47% and crashes with
a Type 1 error. Turning caches on and off, and 32-bit addressing on and off
doesn't change things. The file causes a general protection error when
opened in the Windoze version of Excel, as well.

Is there any way of salvaging the data, macros, etc. from the worksheet?

Please respond direct to me at ajcarr@ccvax.ucd.ie

Thanks very, very, much in advance.

Alun

P.S. I warned him that Microsloth products were EVIL, and that Mr Bill is
actually the ANTICHRIST, but he wouldn't listen...

--
Dr A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Internet: ajcarr@ccvax.ucd.ie

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 10:00:40 -0600
From: mulle009@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Desmond K. Mullen)
Subject: *Big* system problems [A]

>I just got a Quadra 650 and I'm experiencing the system taking up a *lot* of
>memory as it runs.  When I pull down "about the Finder" it tells me that the
>system is taking up ~13M of RAM.  I'm running almost the exact same software

Have you got 32-bit addressing turned on in the "Memory" Control Panel?

If you don't, your Mac can't recognize RAM above a certain limit (8MB?
12MB?) and will report it as being used by the system.

I was once working on a project for Industrial Light and Magic and we had a
bunch of Quadra 950s (when they were new) with 256 Megs of RAM in them. One
day I was doing some maintenance on the Quadras and afterwards I couldn't
run anything - I looked at "About This Macintosh" and saw that the system
was
using an astounding 240-something MEGS of RAM! It took me a long time before
I remembered about 32-bit addressing - now I'll never forget it!

-DM

Desmond K. Mullen - University of Minnesota, Office of Admissions
mulle009@maroon.tc.umn.edu - 612/625-0824

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 10:52:00 -0400
From: Michel_D_Pepin@UQTR.UQuebec.ca (Michel D. Ppin)
Subject: [Q] Macworld in Paris(France)

Hi!

I would like to have informations (where and when) on the next "Macworld Expo"
in France.  Also, where can I get preregister form for this event.

Thank you very much...!
email : michel_d_pepin@uqtr.uquebec.ca

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 14:13:31 -0400
From: Joe Discenza <Joe.Discenza@math.lsa.umich.edu>
Subject: [Q] PowerMac 6100 no FPU? also crashing...

Can anyone help me with this? I thought the PPC601 had a built-in FPU,
but when I've tried to run stuff that requires an FPU (including
CHAOS Continuum), it crashes with a ``could not find FPU'' or something
like that.

Also, I get occasional hangs, often while using Mosaic 1.03 (with MacSLIP &
MacTCP), but sometimes when I'm just starting up MSWord5.1. Any similar
experiences? Any ideas (I don't _think_ it's an extension--most of mine
are ones that come with the system)?

Please reply by email, and I will summarize to the list.

Thanks,
Joe Discenza
discenza@math.lsa.umich.edu

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Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 17:02:31 -0400
From: dhartge@mitre.org (Duane Hartge)
Subject: AppleSingle

I'm looking for a specification for the AppleSingle format.  Anyone have
any ideas? Thanks.

Duane Hartge
The MITRE Corporation
dhartge@mitre.org

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Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 19:10:51 +0100 (MET)
From: "Ed van Zon, TFDL-IT" <E.P.M.VAN.ZON@TFDL.AGRO.NL>
Subject: Astrology program wanted

Hi there,

Does anybody now of a good but not-too-expensive astrology program
for the Mac?
As a basic requirement it should calculate the horoscope, and
display/print it nicely.
Interpretation is not needed.

Please respond if you now of such a thing, any-ware.
My friend's purchase decision depends on it, and I'd like him to buy a Mac.
Thanks in advance.

Ed van Zon

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Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:11:31 PDT
From: TTTRNC@msgate.emis.hac.com
Subject: BMP filter [A]

To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
From: Titterington, Christopher I
Date: Thu, May 5, 1994 11:41 AM
Subject: BMP filter [A]
Aaron Barnett writes

>i need to get to some Windows .BMP files on my mac.
>photoshop would be the best but to get to them at all would be great.

Mark Fleming's Translator translates BMP files to PICT ($10 shareware) and
much, much more. Available from sumex and mirrors at
cmp/translator-package-15.hqx or similar - Chris. T.

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 18:39:43 +0100
From: Big Nose <andy.law@afrc.ac.uk>
Subject: Can Excel Speak to me?

Dear All,

Is there an add-in for excel that will speak my data back to me so
I can do error checking without anyone else being involved. I have hundreds
of numbers to transfer from paper to excel and I would like to be able to
have the mac read them out while I check back against the original.

Thanks in advance for assistance,

Andy Law

( Lawa @ afrc.ac.uk                             Big Nose in Edinburgh )

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

Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 06:27:35 -0500
From: draperk@neosoft.com (Draper Kauffman)
Subject: CCL (communication control language)

In digest #67 Maurizio Lana wrote:

>The gateway scripts coming with InterSLIP don't work perfectly (obvious!)
>with the server I'm connecting to, so I'd like to modify them.
>They are written in CCL (Communication Control Language), that is a quite
>common language in this field. Only I have no idea where I may find a
>reference manual for it.
>Any idea or suggestion? If possible CC: your answer directly to me, as
>the system is going up and down, so that two messages have more chances
>than one of passing thorough...

I missed this, too, and felt dumb when I found the documentation right
under my nose.  It's in Chapters 6 & 7 of the InterSLIP DOCS.

I guess sometimes it pays to RTFM all the way through to the end.  :)

Once you have the documentation, it's actually quite easy to customize the
scripts.

Draper                                   draperk@neosoft.com, draperk@io.com

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

Date: Wed, 04 May 1994 11:31:34 -0700
From: jberry@teleport.com (James D. Berry)
Subject: FREE THE SDKs (inspired by MacWEEK Dev Series)

FREE THE SDKs
=============

This is an open letter to decision makers at Apple in which I request that
the policy of charging extra for crutial SDKs be discontinued.

WHY ARE SDKs IMPORTANT?

Because they contain critical information that enables developers to
support specific components of the Macintosh OS and User Interface.

As a small developer it is difficult enough to budget for necessities like
E.T.O. and the Developer Program. But the added pain of purchasing an SDK
for every feature is burdensome in terms both of time and money.

Apple is fond of comparing itself to Microsoft. So let's make a rough
comparison of the yearly cost of the Apple/Microsoft developer programs,
and see how Apple's policy of charging for SDKs dramatically alters the
cost equation.

===============================================================
APPLE

Associates Program (& dev. CDs)      $350  (Yearly)
E.T.O (development tools)            $400  (Yearly; initial: $1295)
				     ----
		      Total Yearly:      $750

Add on a few misc SDKs (a sampling for reference only):

QuickTime SDK:                       $195
Easy Open SDK:                       $150
AppleScript SDK:                     $199
				     ----
			"Some SDKs": $544
				    =====
			    Total:       $1294

===============================================================
MICROSOFT

Developer Network Level 2:           $495  (Yearly)
Visual C++:                           $99  (for an update; initial: $599)
				     ====
			     Total:      $594

===============================================================

The above comparisons assume I want:

1.     Access to all the SDKs I'll need for a platform.
2.     Programming tools to use those SDKs.
3.     Copies of the system software to use and test with.
4.     Programmer's documentation.

I'll point out a few ommissions:

1.     We'll ignore the fact that as SDKs are updated, Apple charges update
fees in the ~$99 range per SDK (reference AppleScript SDK and QuickTime
SDK). So though I've listed Apple's initial SDK charge, there's a recurring
cost component as well. Microsoft ships updates to SDKs on each quarterly
Developer Network CD. Apple forces developers to purchase these updates
(once they realize something is not up-to-date).

2.     We'll also ignore the fact that Microsoft ships the Windows
programming documentation with Visual C++. We need to spend untold extra
$$$ hundreds $$$ for $Inside $Mac.

3.     The items bought above from Apple do not guarantee access to all
SDKs and all copies of system software that we need from Apple. The list
above contains only a few. I'm omitting some little things...like AOCE :-).
The items from Microsoft include ALL WINDOWS SDKs and OS versions.
Including NT. And soon Chicago. It's coming...

===============================================================

So what am I bitching about? And why?

My major gripe is that the cost of SDKs adds substantial cost and time
overhead to Macintosh development that hinders support of new features.

Not only do I need to spend the money to purchase the additional SDKs, but
I need to take the time to order from APDA and wait for the material before
I can start to implement new features. This extra pain makes it less likely
that I (or others) will add support for new system SW features.

WHAT'S THE POINT, APPLE?

Do you want us to support new System 7.0 features like scripting,
QuickTime, Easy Open?

Are you trying to fund development by charging developers for SDKs?

Wouldn't you rather do EVERYTHING you can to encourage developers to
continue to support the Mac and to add Macintosh-specific features to
cross-platform programs in order to maintain the shrinking differentiation
between the platforms so that you can maintain or improve market share?

I've heard folks from Apple argue that the charge for SDKs is simply to
cover the cost of delivery.

SURELY YOU'RE JOKING MR. SPINDLER!!!

Apple claimed that the E.T.O. (and/or, at one time or another, The
Developer CD Series) was the one-stop source for developer tools and
information for Macintosh development. Okay, we paid for it (along with the
Developer CD Series). But where are those SDKs? Surely this is the place?

The recent re-shuffle of the Developer CD       series into Tools, Systems SW,
and Reference Library was to make room for more stuff. So where are those
SDKs? Surely you can fit on the Easy Open SDK ($150 for a floppy and 100
pages of docs--isn't that just pure greed?). And surely there's room for
AppleScript docs/headers/samples?

GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY -- Here's what I want:

All SDKs, System Versions, System Extensions, and DocViewer copies of
associated documentation on Developer CD Series. If I want paper, I'll pay
extra. Or print it.

SO WHY AM I BITCHING?

I've supported Apple for a long time. I've been writing commercial
Macintosh Software since 1984. In 1984 Apple did everything it could to
encourage development on the Mac. 1994 is like 1984 in that this is a hard
sell. 1994 is not like 1984 in that Apple is doing less to support
developers. Let's make 1994 more like 1984. (Sorry:-) I WANT THE MAC TO
SUCCEED, AND TO TRAMPLE WINDOWS. But on a recent project (Houdini) I took a
trip to the dark side. And discovered some truths. APPLE CAN DO BETTER IN
SUPPORTING DEVELOPERS. Go ahead, make my day. Make it easier for me to make
the Macintosh shine.

James Berry           (503) 293-0858
jberry@teleport.com


DEVELOPER CHALLENGE:

This is a start. You can help. Let's make this a living document. And let's
change policy in the next week and a half so that we can get an from Apple
at the developer's conference that they'll stop charging for SDKs.

Here's what you can do:

1. Keep this thread alive.
2. Include your own comments.
3. Send a copy of this letter, or your own thoughts, to someone inflential
at Apple. Include "Free the SDKs" in the title.
4. (anyone care to append a list of key people at apple?).

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

Date: Fri, 6 May 94 08:16:18 EDT
From: Mary Lou Frey <mlfrey@BBN.COM>
Subject: FTP site for HP printer drivers

Some months back, I believe, somebody mentioned an ftp site in which
Hewlett-Packard keeps their latest printer dirvers.  If it really did
happen, I either didn't save the information or put it in a perfectly
logical place I cannot now find.  So... does anybody know where the
latest HP drivers are kept?

Mary Lou

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 20:08:57 +0100 (MET)
From: afritzse@avalon.unizh.ch (Fritzsche Arthur)
Subject: Help!

Does anyone of you also experience strange system heap memory
shortages (I guess so) using the new memory manager (or maybe
the old one, this remains to be seen) on a Power Mac? Even when
loading no extensions or control panels, we very often had to
restart in order to be able to launch applications!
Otherwise it either hangs immediately or reports error 25 and
hangs soon thereafter.

If we're lucky, it just fills the menu bar with ugly characters
while loading an app, but does it successfully. :)

Is this a known problem, or are we alone with our 8100? :(

I tried the following:

- Zap the PRAM
- Rebuild the desktop (not very likely, but..)
- Reinstall the system software
- use HeapTool
- enlarge the Finder's memory allocation
- reformat the disk (clean everything to be sure)
- return to the old memory manager, seems to work fine as of
  now, but it would really be nice to use the new one. :)


Do you have some other suggestions or even solutions? (it
definitely isn't a hardware problem)


Thanks a lot!

--
Arthur W. Fritzsche                  Federal University of Zurich, Switzerland
afritzse@avalon.unizh.ch                             Department of Informatics

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

Date: Fri,  6 May 94 0:34 +0300
From: <JEREMY@vms.huji.ac.il>
Subject: IMG on info-mac

Hi,
  does anyone know where the IMG demo files are situated on info-mac?  I have
looked through most of the directories and even done an archie but I still
can't
find them.
Thanks in advance,
Jeremy

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

Date: Fri, 6 May 94 10:03:54 PDT
From: TTTRNC@msgate.emis.hac.com
Subject: legality of obsolete s/w

To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
From: Titterington, Christopher I
Date: Fri, May 6, 1994 12:03 PM
Subject: legality of obsolete s/w
Hi y'all. I am sure that there are lots of legal gurus out there, maybe one or
more of you can help me with a hypothetical problem that has been giving me
much cause for thought recently.  The question is: What is the legal status of
an application made by a company that has either gone broke or is otherwise
defunct, particularly, and of course still hypothetically, if the copy of the
application was not entirely legal in the first place.  For instance if a chap
was to come across an (originally pirated, but he wasn't to know that when he
found it or of course he would have burnt it rather than let the fruits of
someone else's hypothetical illegal labours sully his Mac) copy of something
really useful that cannot any longer be legally obtained or upgraded, how does
said hypothetical chap go about getting legal? (Assuming that he really,
really likes the functionality the pirated software provides him)  What if the
company is still viable but the product is no longer sold or supported? This
is of course not critical as it is wholly hypothetical, but answers /
discussion would be much appreciated - Chris. T.

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

Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 12:57:48 EDT
From: fsmithm@bigvax.alfred.edu
Subject: Macintosh Networking Basics

Has anyone seen an apple tutorial called Macintosh Networking Basics around
the net. I  picked it up somewhere, looked at it for a second, stored on my HD,
and now when im ready to study it, it wont work for me anymore.
Its here, and it opens, but now when i open it... i get a finder dialog box
that doesnt even tell me what to find.

So.......Im looking for another copy.... I tried several
archie searches, veronica searches, ive looked around apple.ftp.com and
prowled around just about everywhere I can think of.  Anyone know where I
can get a new copy?

Mark
(FSMITHM@BIGVAX.ALFRED.EDU)

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 94 17:18:45 +0000
From: Mark Armitage <armitage@marksmac.demon.co.uk>
Subject: MAC system

Is there a MAC System list anywhere?  If there is could someone please tell me
its address?

Thanks,
Mark.

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Armitage        armitage@marksmac.demon.co.uk

Please reply directly - my newsreader is a pain...
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Date: Fri, 6 May 94 09:46:05 PDT
From: TTTRNC@msgate.emis.hac.com
Subject: metric conversion

To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
From: Titterington, Christopher I
Date: Fri, May 6, 1994 11:42 AM
Subject: metric conversion
Clint Laskowski writes:

>Can anyone point me to a good metric conversion calculator for the Mac? I'd
>prefer shareware or freeware. I need all kinds of conversions (i.e.,
>lengths, weights, volume, etc.).

pcalc (at sumex as info-mac/app/pcalc-102.hqx) works for me - Chris. T.

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 12:50:59 -0400
From: Murphy@sbaserv.sba.uconn.edu (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Montior Flicker

At  9:53 AM 5/5/94 -0400, W. Brett McKenzie wrote:
>Try this as a solution. Comes from an APPLE System Engineer.
>
>If the noise goes away when you unplug the Mac video (and
>comes back when you plug it back in), then install the System Update 3.0,
>available from ftp.apple.com.

Only one *small problem*  System Update 3.0 is NOT available on
ftp.apple.com (nor the Apple gopher).  For that matter Network Software
Installer 1.4.5 announced 25 April isn't at either place either (I just
checked them both).

;-((

/s Murph Sewall                                 (203) 486-2489 voice
   Marketing Department                         (203) 486-5246 fax

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

Date: Thu, 05 May 94 16:34:30 PDT
From: Jerry Tangren <GSW$EN@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
Subject: MS Office look & feel

Excuse me if this item has already been disgusted, the May 2 InfoWorld
carries an announcement by Microsoft of a new program to allow software
vendors to write software with the Microsoft Office look and feel. The
program

"provides detailed user interface specifications and icon bit maps,
allowing developers to create programs that look like they came from
Microsoft itself."

Further on it states,

"Apple Computer Inc. Macintosh developers will be invited to join when
Office 4.2 for Macintosh ships later this year."

Excuse me, but what happened to the standard Macintosh look and feel?

Jerry Tangren, Wenatchee WA

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 94 17:12:46 +0000
From: Mark Armitage <armitage@marksmac.demon.co.uk>
Subject: None

Hi,

Has anyone used optimem?  If so is it any good, what does it cost and where can
I get it?  I have a powerbook 100 running system 7.1 with 4MB of RAM and can't
afford to upgrade it yet.


 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Armitage        armitage@marksmac.demon.co.uk

Please reply directly - my newsreader is a pain...
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 94 18:53:16 PDT
From: mschrae@uvvm.uvic.ca (m.c. schraefel)
Subject: OnLocation...Opinions?

>
we're looking for a good search engine/catalogue program and have heard
very good things about onLocation -- that it does text searches as well as
filename searches and is very fast.

is anyone using this product on their nets?
opinions?
suggestions?

thanks much

m.c. schraefel
mschrae@uvvm.uvic.ca

>-------------------------

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 07:49:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff Fischer <jfischer@crl.com>
Subject: Openstack deja vu [A]

Michael:

My suspicion is that it has something to do with your Home stack. I tried
the same experiment you did, and I only got the single alert. Try
altering your handler as follows:

on openStack
  answer the long name of the target
end openStack

See if that sheds any light on what's going on.


On May 2, Michael Cohen ,lymond@netcom.com> wrote:

> While exploring Hypercard 2.2 today I noticed the following very curious
> behavior. If anyone who knows the deep inner workings of HC can shed some
> light, I'd be very grateful.
>
> Here's what I did. I created a small stack with the following stack
> script: on openstack
>
>  answer "In openstack handler."
>
> end openstack
>
> I saved this stack as a standalone application. When I run the stack (NOT
> the app) I get the answer dialog twice! There is about a two second delay
> between appearances of the dialog. But when I run the standalone
> application, I get the answer dialog once.
>
> Why is HC calling openstack twice, but the standalone only once? Note, by
> the way, I only get the double dialog when I launch HC by double-clicking
> on the stack. If HC is already running, I only get the dialog one time,
> just like the standalone.

Jeff Fischer   The Fischer Group   jfischer@crl.com


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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 17:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sridar Narayanan <sridar@nil.MNI.McGill.CA>
Subject: OS-9 WORM drive

Hello all,

Does anyone know how to access the data on a WORM (write once, read
many) disk written by an OS-9 system?  Any clues will be appreciated.

Thanks

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sridar Narayanan
Research Assistant                      Montreal Neurological Institute
					NeuroImaging Laboratory
e-mail: sridar@nil.mni.mcgill.ca        3801 University, WB306
Tel: (514) 398-8547                     Montreal, Quebec
Fax: (514) 398-2975                     Canada  H3A 2B4

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

Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 22:52:13 +0100 (GDT)
From: Maurizio Lana <lana%rs950.cisi.unito.it@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: PC-simm can be used as Mac RAM? (q)

I'd like to know if I can use PC-simm in my Mac IIci: they are 70ns, can
have 9 or 8 or 4 or 3 chips onto, can be 1 or 2 or 4 megs.
The reason is that here in Italy PC-simm cost much less that Mac-simm,
sold only through authorized Apple dealers who play hard with customers
money...

 Any experience about using PC-simm to add Mac system RAM?

Many thanks; doubled if you could CC: your answer directly to me.

Maurizio
Maurizio Lana -  CISI - Universita' di Torino
lana@rs950.cisi.unito.it  fax: 39-11-8990458

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 15:04:12 +22306620 (CDT)
From: Bill Hale <hale@rs6.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Put Info-Mac digests on WWW?

I just used Mosaic to access Adam C. Engst's recent TidBITS newsletters at
http://www.dartmouth.edu/Pages/TidBITS/TidBITS.script and I liked it a lot.
Could we do the same thing for the info-mac digests? Browsing the current
and past digests would be very easy; you could use the "find" command in the
Mosaic edit menu to locate the articles you are interested in; you could
easily download a submitted file by clicking on its name; and messages
could cross link to previous digests (but, it would be even better if
WWW could link to a particular message within a digest!).

Bill Hale

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 16:43:52 -0500
From: stoutepf@chemsci1.es.dupont.com (Pieter Stouten)
Subject: Q: What graphics card to buy ?

I have a Centris 650 with 21" screen. I need to work with 24-bit colour.
I have two questions:

* Is there any Macintosh (that I can upgrade to or buy) that can handle
  24-bit colour on a 21" screen without the need to purchase a separate
  graphics card ?
* What graphics cards can be used with the above setup and what is the
  experience that people have with those cards ?

Thanks very much for your help.

Pieter Stouten <stoutepf@chemsci1.es.dupont.com>
The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 94 10:31:01 -0700
From: markl%spi.dnet@gpo.nsc.com (Mark Love, CCIM Dev, (207) 775-8028, FAX
761-6132, MS 1-52)
Subject: Question Regarding Disappearing Icons Under At Ease

I am running At Ease under system 7.1 on a Centris 650 12/230/CD and am having
a problem with "disappearing icons".  I add one particular CD-based application
to At Ease and its custom icon appears for a few days, then under unknown
conditions it "reverts" to the default icon (white square/hand/pen).  I delete,
then re-add the application and the custom icon returns for a few days, then
disappears again.  Any ideas, or anyone else seen this?

BTW, I have other CD-based apps in At Ease, and their icons do not exhibit this
behavior, so it's not being on a CD.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Send replies to markl%spi.dnet@gpo.nsc.com

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

Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 22:58:05 +0100 (GDT)
From: Maurizio Lana <lana%rs950.cisi.unito.it@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Radius Universal 24xp card (q)

I have an Apple Portrait display hooked to a Mac IIci.
I'd like to display 256 grays graphics with it.
The system Ram allows for only 16 levels.
Any advice about the Radius Universal 24xp card that CRA systems sell
for $299 (Mac User April 1994, page 190), which is incredibly low price,
as I can understand?
Is that card (on board QuickDraw acceleration, up to 1152x882
resolution, Nubus block transfer) suitable to give 256 grays to my portrait
monitor?
Many thanks to everyone; doubled if you could CC: the answer directly to me.

Maurizio

Maurizio Lana -  CISI - Universita' di Torino
lana@rs950.cisi.unito.it  fax: 39-11-8990458

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

Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 08:45:21 -0500
From: Bienvenu Jay  <sjb8502@usl.edu>
Subject: RAM Doubler blocks other extensions

RAM Doubler has been blocking the loading of all other extensions on my mom's
Performa 600.  With RAM Doubler installed, only RAM Doubler loads; when
I removed RAM Doubler, everything loaded as normal. She is using System 7.1P.

Any remedy (other than not using RD)?.  TIA.            -- Jay

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

Date: Fri, 06 May 94 00:32:42 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <AHUNTER@CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject: Seeking the best of both worlds...

No, that subject line does NOT refer to PC and Mac!  The "two worlds" to
which I refer are the 680x0 world with its associated INITs and cdevs
that, if loaded into a PowerMac, might gum up the works and slow every-
thing down to something horrid when running emulated programs? and, of
course, the newer RISC PPC world of veryfast programs, many of which are
not written yet (and
which will severely strain all of our wallets were we to try to acquire
them instantaneously even if we had the opportunity).

All of which is to say:  what is the fastest * cheapest 680x0-based Mac
for which there exists or soon will exist a card that would allow one
to boot in EITHER mode?  That is, the 680x0 processor oughta be faster
than a 33 Mhz 68030; the PowerPC upgrade ought to allow one to boot as
a 680x0-based machine until such time as one has finally acquired the
INITs and cdevs and whatnot in PPC-native versions so as not to sludge
up the works, after which one would probably wanna boot in PPC mode most
of the time; the box it all comes in oughta have decent responsiveness
in terms of upgradable slots, with a shiny-fancy ideal of possible up-
grades to the PCI slots that haven't even been released yet in Power-
Macs; and ideally, the 680x0 Mac itself oughta be in sufficinet dis-
repute as an outdated Mac to fetch a low price on the used Mac market.

The IIvx would be a close-to-ideal candidate except that the 68030
processor it came with is a bit on the slow side (the assumption is that
a DayStar card would allow one to boot 68030 or PowerMac).

One dark-horse candidate would be the SE/30, with an SE/30-specific
accelerator of the type that does not eat the expansion slot while at
the same time giving 50-MHz 68030 performance, leaving the slot open
for a PowerMac Daystar board that would again given one the option of
booting in either mode.  Two problems:  DayStar (or anyone else, for that
matter) has yet to announce a board for the SE/30; and the box is not
very expandable.  Still, you can sure cram a lot of RAM into one of those
little boxes.  And they are cheap.

Then there's the IIfx.  Now, there's a lot of speed in 680x0 mode with
a lot of box room for expansion and whatnot.  And for some reason, the
IIfx sort of got dissed during the Quadra years (it is still hard to
locate an '040 accelerator for the fx), so prices are down on it.  But
will the fx get dissed again when it comes to a PPC board?  No offerings
yet.

[OK, OK, what I really want is a tiny little box like an SE or Classic
that can support a color screen, run system 6 (yes!!!) like a bat out of
hell in 680x0 mode, will eventually be eligible for a PowerPC upgrade
by which point I suppose I'll be reconciled to being dragged kicking and
screaming into a system 7 (or by then, 8?) world, and which, despite its
compact cuteness, has some clever avenue for accepting NuBus cards that
could, eventually, be changed to PCI slots.  Well, I also wanted to have
my own starship ever since I saw the first editions of StarTrek in 1967.
One does not always get what one wants.]

But seriously folks, I like the RISC-based Mac idea, but I can't see
living without Escapade, OnCue, WindowShade, FlashIt, etc., as well as
a small handful of commercial programs for which I proudly possess versions
1.1 or 2.2 and have absolutely no interest in spending $495 or $317 for
a fatbinary edition of versions 4.0 or 3.5 or 6.0...[what will they stick
in next, a digital foot-massager with command-key equivalent and a help
menu in QuickTime format that, altogether, eats your fancy new processor
for lunch?  And for what, when the nearly-original item does the job so
nicely?]

Your opinions please...


-Allan Hunter
<ahunter@sbccvm>
<ahunter@ccvm.sunysb.edu>

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 94 11:43:59 PDT
From: varshney@titan.fullerton.edu (Suvrit Varshney)
Subject: Self Locking Harddrive on Quadra 700!

In the lab there is a Quadra 700 that locks
on its own. To unlock it, the mac has to
be rebooted, after which it gets unlocked(!)
The question is, why is the mac locking the
harddrive on its own?

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

Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 14:06:23 +0200
From: massimo@rock.CSELT.STET.IT
Subject: Setup program for Lexicon LXP5

Hi,
I'm an owner of a LXP5 Lexicon, a MIDI digital effect unit that I use like
chorus pitch-shifter and reverbero. I'm searching for a macprogram that let me
setup and program new sound effects on the LXP5 (via midi), I only know that
Lexicon had made a program for Atari.
Thanks

Massimo Gagliasso

massimo@rock.cselt.stet.it

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

Date: 6 May 94 02:53:49 GMT
From: ratwell@sol.UVic.CA (Richard Atwell)
Subject: TeleFinder

What can people tell me about the Telefinder terminal programs?

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

Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 16:58:55 GMT
From: timmh@mt.msm.cern.ch (Harald Timm)
Subject: Why is Illustrator88 called Illustrator88?

Hi there!

Could anyone tell me why Adobe's Illustrator ealier version was called
Illustrator88?
Thanks to all answering!

Harald
(timmh@mt.msm.cern.ch)

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