Date: Sun, 15 May 94 22:36:40 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 #74
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 15 May 94       Volume 12 : Issue 74

Today's Topics:

      [*] Adagio Font 1.1 (a monospaced font replacement)
      [*] Annular Ellipse JPEG
      [*] Annular Ellipse PICT
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-026
      [*] FastClock+DCC3.23 - Run Model Trains with your Mac
      [*] glidel-243-fr.hqx; Drag-And-Dropping on the Finder's Menus
      [*] glidel-243-us.hqx; Drag-And-Dropping on the Finder's Menus
      [*] heritage102; a geneology program
      [*] installermaker.2; creates product installers
      [*] Poly-Dol 1.0 - Brand new board game
      [*] taskmaker-2.0-2.0.1-updater; an adventure game
      [*] UUParser 1.72; a UUCode utility
      [*] viewsetter1.2.1u; a Finder view utility
      applescript on non script finder
      A problem with Eudora sending mail (2 msgs)
      Backup solutions -- What kind and do brands matter?
      Calendar for tracking/reserving resources (Q)
      Can anyone give me an e-mail addr. at Apple?
      Danger to internet access
      Database Question responses
      Duo PPC & CD300+ release dates
      EasyView groan; where's the setext report?
      ecological software (Q)
      EXABYTE tape drives for Macs
      ftp-boi.external.hp.com
      How to open a large file
      Hypercard XCMD Compiler (BASIC)
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #72
      Looking for a font
      Mac II to Mac IIx
      MacTCP Updates
      MacWorld DC comment
      MasterJuggle & BeHeirarchic
      MS Office look & feel
      New Apple CD drives?
      Nisus 4.0
      PLEA FOR HELP RE: A DRAWING SENT THRU INTERNET
      Power Mac Plaintalk software...
      Pretty major System Update, eh?
      Quicken 4 Graphs
      RAMDoubler update is slower!
      recording sounds off of CD's
      ResEdit & Map?
      Send in the clones?
      SoundEdit 16 and AV Macs
      Suppress Startup Page on Personal LW NT?
      Trouble with Norton2.0 for Mac
      VMS-style version #'s
      Wanted: Drag & Drop text encryption
      Why is DayStar PPC card so expensive?
      Zoom Help Needed (A)

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Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 22:57:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: AKIM@opus.mco.edu
Subject: [*] Adagio Font 1.1 (a monospaced font replacement)

This is a monospaced font similar to courier w/out the serifs.
Boldfaced for better readability and great for printing out
files downloaded from the net.  Now I have included an italic
version of the font along with the original.  Made some slight
improvements to the TrueType hinting.

Try for 15 days!  Shareware fee $3

Enjoy!

Albert Kim

[Archived as /info-mac/font/adagio-bold.hqx; 138K]

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Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 22:55:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: 2d Lt Avram Dorfman <adorfman@cs.tufts.edu>
Subject: [*] Annular Ellipse JPEG

Oh, I meant Eclipse...

This is an 800x600 JPEG picture of the 10 May eclipse at full annularity,
with a cloud passing overhead. The picture was taken by Helene Grogan. No
artificial filter was used. Some diffraction is visible as a result of
the clouds.

This file can be viewed with JPEGView (available at Sumex), Photoshop,
and GifConverter (I think).

-Avram Dorfman (adorfman@cs.tufts.edu)

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/eclipse-94-05-jpeg.hqx; 157K]

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Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 22:59:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: 2d Lt Avram Dorfman <adorfman@cs.tufts.edu>
Subject: [*] Annular Ellipse PICT

Oh, I meant Eclipse...

This is an 640x480 PICT of the 10 May eclipse at full annularity, with a
cloud passing overhead. The picture was taken by Helene Grogan. No
artificial filter was used. Some diffraction is visible as a result of the
clouds.

-Avram Dorfman (adorfman@cs.tufts.edu)

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/eclipse-94-05-pict.hqx; 878K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 94 0:30:43 MET DST
From: pottier@clipper.ens.fr (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-026

C.S.M.P. Digest             Thu, 12 May 94       Volume 3 : Issue 26

Today's Topics:

	Can I send Apple Event from Script Editor?
	Disk Cache performance evaluation test software
	Extension Shell 1.3 - Help for INIT writers
	FFT benchmark using CodeWarrior
	How do I find the window colour ???
	Private inheritance faulty in SC++ 7.0
	Source Control Questions
	Using xlc to generate PowerMacintosh code

The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
(pottier@clipper.ens.fr).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-026.txt; 75K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 12:26:50 -0600
From: bunce@l14h13.jsc.nasa.gov (Thomas J Bunce)
Subject: [*] FastClock+DCC3.23 - Run Model Trains with your Mac

This program lets you run Digital Command Control decoder equipped model
locomotives and accessories with your Macintosh 512KE on up using one of
the serial ports directly to a power booster. It runs in 200K of RAM with a
minimal System 6.02 through 7.1

It's main features are:

  Can run 5 accessory decoders as well as 6 locomotives on any of 253
  addresses.
  Has a fast clock that can run up to 20:1 real time.
  Windows are closeable if you don't want the fast clock or _only_ want the
  fast clock.
  Real Mac type user interface with sliders for speed control and check boxes
  to turn on accessory functions.
  Programming of decoders is supported to change addresses, acceleration, etc.
  Paging for Digitrax decoders is supported and the data is saved with
  the locomotive data so you can see what you did later.
  Keyboard control of all locomotives is supported and if you have a separate
  keypad, you have walkaround control!
  See the Read Me file for more...

Still to be done:

  More locos and accessories on screen.
  Programming feedback for reading values in registers.
  Serial port handheld throttles.
  What ever you request....

Have fun, and remember... The best feature is its price. FREE!!!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fast-clock-dcc-323.hqx; 77K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 94 10:20:48 +0200
From: sygnet@iap.fr (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: [*] glidel-243-fr.hqx; Drag-And-Dropping on the Finder's Menus

Glidel 2.4.3 [FR]             May 12, 1994
by Gilles Berkovitch         <GB136@calvacom.fr>

Glidel is a Shareware system extension to Drag-and-Drop
icons on the Finder's Menu Items (works only with System 7.x).
THIS IS A VERSION IN FRENCH CORRESPONDING TO glidel-xxx-us.hqx

The action performed depends on where you drag-and-drop a selection to:
- The Apple Menu Icon: move it to the "Apple Menu Items" folder.
  An Folder/Application in the Apple Menu: same as drag-and-dropping
  the selected file on the Folder/Application's icon.
- An Item in the File Menu: same as selecting the file in the finder
  then choosing that File Menu Item.
- The Application Menu Icon: move the selection to the "System" folder.
  An Item in the Application Menu:  same action performed as would do
  drag-and-dropping the selected file on the application's icon.

If one press the option or control key when drag-and-dropping,
a duplicate or alias of the file will be moved or opened.

CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUSLY POSTED VERSION:
Bug fixes, now works with system 7.1.2, EasyOpen, PopupFolder and most
hierarchical menus.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-243-fr.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 94 10:21:43 +0200
From: sygnet@iap.fr (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: [*] glidel-243-us.hqx; Drag-And-Dropping on the Finder's Menus

Glidel 2.4.3 [US]             May 12, 1994
by Gilles Berkovitch         <GB136@calvacom.fr>

Glidel is a Shareware system extension to Drag-and-Drop
icons on the Finder's Menu Items (works only with System 7.x).

The action performed depends on where you drag-and-drop a selection to:
- The Apple Menu Icon: move it to the "Apple Menu Items" folder.
  An Folder/Application in the Apple Menu: same as drag-and-dropping
  the selected file on the Folder/Application's icon.
- An Item in the File Menu: same as selecting the file in the finder
  then choosing that File Menu Item.
- The Application Menu Icon: move the selection to the "System" folder.
  An Item in the Application Menu:  same action performed as would do
  drag-and-dropping the selected file on the application's icon.

If one press the option or control key when drag-and-dropping,
a duplicate or alias of the file will be moved or opened.

CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUSLY POSTED VERSION:
Bug fixes, now works with system 7.1.2, EasyOpen, PopupFolder and most
hierarchical menus.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-243-us.hqx; 32K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 94 09:22:51 PDT
From: Tom Grandine (206) 865-2239 <grandine@espresso.rt.cs.boeing.com>
Subject: [*] heritage102; a geneology program

Heritage 1.02 replaces Heritage 1.00.  This shareware genealogy
software includes support for

* Displaying all ancestors or descendants of a given individual
* Relationships between any two individuals (e.g. third cousin, twice
  removed)
* Photographs of people
* Free form textual biographies for any person
* Multiple marriages

Enhancements in this version include

* Custom icons
* Better documentation
* An improved search capability

[Archived as /info-mac/app/heritage-102.hqx; 740K]

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Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 14:10:27 -0700
From: Aladdin Systems <aladdin@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: [*] installermaker.2; creates product installers

This file installs StuffIt InstallerMaker 2.0, a LICENSABLE professional
tool from Aladdin Systems. With InstallerMaker, you can create Product
Installers (with built-in StuffIt compression!) so your customers can
easily install your software on their Macintoshes and Power Macintoshes.
This online version of InstallerMaker is for evaluation purposes only,
and must be licensed prior to commercial use. Contact Aladdin for more
information. Disinfectant 3.5 shows no viruses in this file.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/installer-maker-20.hqx; 1669K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 10:07:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: STH@eclx.psu.edu
Subject: [*] Poly-Dol 1.0 - Brand new board game

    Poly-Dol is another board game on hexagonal or square grid.
The object of the game is to match the pieces on the board as given shape. You
can slide pieces on a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally, or rotate
pieces.
    Poly-Dol is a shareware game.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/poly-dol-10.hqx; 200K]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 10:51:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Patrick Joseph Friedel <kyol@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: [*] taskmaker-2.0-2.0.1-updater; an adventure game

  This is the taskmaker updater that I haven't managed to find anywhere
on the usual sites, so I downloaded it from AOL, and got permission from
Storm Impact to upload it here.  I think that it hasn't been placed up
here, yet.

What it is:  An updater for Taskmaker 2.0, which will fix the wear/wield
screen bug, and other minor improvements to make the game easier.  A full
listing of improvements is included in the archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/task-maker-20-to-201-updt.hqx; 124K]

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Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 23:48:22 -0700
From: jsl@netcom.com (John S. Lee)
Subject: [*] UUParser 1.72; a UUCode utility

UUParser 1.72 is now avaialble.  This is a major upgrade to version 1.71,
with many fixes, and additional features.  This version replaces all other
previously released versions.

Here are some things you may want to know about UUParser:
UUParser 1.72 & 1.8 features

% Automatic stripping of header information from files "S"aved
   from a usenet newsgroup.
% "Smart" uudecoding.  Fully user configurable.
% uuencoding of AIFF (sound) files is now supported.
% uuencoding in PC, UNIX, and AIFF formats.
% User control over output file location.
% Join multiple text files for UUParsing & automatic decoding, from
   the menu OR the Finder.
% Split any text file into multiple parts using the Split File function.
% User configurable preferences.
% Automatic scan of text files for anomalies.
% Drag & Drop UUParsing supported via System 7.
% Parsing/uudecoding/encoding occurs in the background.
% Decodes/encodes/parses ANY SIZE FILE, regardless of memory.
% The FASTEST uudecoding/encoding available for the Mac!
% Many other new features added, with updated documentation!

*Version 1.72 is now the sharware version until further notice.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/uu-parser-172.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 15:19:15 -0500
From: anthony brown <anbrown@husc.harvard.edu>
Subject: [*] viewsetter1.2.1u; a Finder view utility

This program cleans up the windows, sets the views, and staggers all the
windows of all the folders on the selected volume.  You will be able to
view by icon, small icon, or no icon, and have all of your files cleaned
up by kind, name, size, etc.

This program is most likely one of the first programs that takes
advantage of a scriptable finder.  Therefore, the minimum requirements
are either system 7.5 or system 7.1 w/ applescript 1.1 extension, it's
scripting additions, and the finder scripting extension/scriptable finder
patch.

It's my first attempt at writing shareware.  So be nice!  :-)
any comments, bug notices, etc should be sent to me:
anbrown@husc.harvard.edu

enjoy it!

  Anthony Brown, Harvard University

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/view-setter-121u.hqx; 235K]

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Date: Sat, 14 May 94 13:04:21 PDT
From: cs43111@titan.fullerton.edu (-- CS 431 --)
Subject: applescript on non script finder

I'm using applescript 1.1. Is there
any extension or control panel that
will enable scripting of the finder?

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Date: Sat, 14 May 94 14:48:42 -0400
From: "Ray Kallman" <rkallman@delfinvb-gw.delfin.com>
Subject: A problem with Eudora sending mail

> I recently downloaded Eudora 1.4.2, and figured out to dial up to may
> Vax account. It works fine to read mails. However, I could not send mail.
>
> The problem is when I send mail, Eudora complains that:
>        There has been a error transfering you mail, I said: RSET
>        and then the SMTP server said:
>                500 unknown command specified

I just configured Eudora yesterday and find I have the exact same
problem.  I can't find anything in the documentation that explains the
message upload process so any help would be appreciated.

> After further investigation, I found that after Eudora issued a command
>        telnet indyvax.iupui.edu 25   (which is my SMTP server)
> it sent some information about terminal type to my server, and my server
> replied that it is not a valid terminal type.

When I log on my copy of Eudora is configured to pass:
	telenet <SMTP server name> 110
(where 110 is the host port number)
I remember reading that the 110 should be set for all hosts.  Don't know
if this should be changed to 25 for VAX hosts, but 110 works connecting
to an Hp 7000 series.

| Raymond Kallman   rkallman@delfin.wyvern.com |

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Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 21:43:48 -0500
From: "YONGMING SUN (317)267-9953" <ICRE500@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU>
Subject: A problem with Eudora sending mail

Thank you, Raymond, for your reply.

>> I recently downloaded Eudora 1.4.2, and figured out to dial up to may
>> Vax account. It works fine to read mails. However, I could not send mail.
>>
>> The problem is when I send mail, Eudora complains that:
>>        There has been a error transfering you mail, I said: RSET
>>        and then the SMTP server said:
>>                500 unknown command specified
>
>I just configured Eudora yesterday and find I have the exact same
>problem.  I can't find anything in the documentation that explains the
>message upload process so any help would be appreciated.

I could not figure out, and possibly may give up figuring out. Several
discussion on Info-Mac digest (#72 or #73) mentioned Eudora not always work
for some terminal type. One mentioned for a server if it expects a vt102,
Eudora will not work. -:( (My server expect vt102).

>> After further investigation, I found that after Eudora issued a command
>>        telnet indyvax.iupui.edu 25   (which is my SMTP server)
>> it sent some information about terminal type to my server, and my server
>> replied that it is not a valid terminal type.

>When I log on my copy of Eudora is configured to pass:
>        telenet <SMTP server name> 110
>(where 110 is the host port number)
>I remember reading that the 110 should be set for all hosts.  Don't know
>if this should be changed to 25 for VAX hosts, but 110 works connecting
>to an Hp 7000 series.

For reading mail, my Eudora did telnet to 110, I don't know why it changed
to 25 when it sends mails. Anyway, if I myself send mail via
	telnet <SMTP server name> 25
	220 indyvax.iupui.edu -- Server SMTP (PMDF V4.2-12 #5862)
	HELO my name
	250 indyvax.iupui.edu OK, indyvax.iupui.edu.
	RSET
	250 Ok.
	Mail From: Yongming
	250 Address Ok.
	etc...
Everthing is OK.

Why Eudora wants specific terminal type?

Best regards.

Yongming Sun            icre500@indyvax.iupui.edu

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Date: 15 May 1994 15:37:26 -0400
From: gcohen@panix.com (Gregory Cohen)
Subject: Backup solutions -- What kind and do brands matter?

I'm considering buying a backup device for my two macs.  However, I find
myself a bit overwhelmed by the options.  For cost reasons, I am tempted
by a tape drive, such as the APS T 155.  Truthfully, tho', I am tempted
by a Sy-Quest 105, since it would allow me the convenience of having
another hard drive around.

>From the APS price list, a T155 is $475.  A 105 is $459.  However, when I
open a MacWarehouse catalog, I see that I can get Poweruser 105 for
$349.  This is a substantial savings.  My question is:  Is this Poweruser
drive any good?  Why is it so cheap?  I've got a APS hard disk now, and
am very happy (i.e. I've never had any problems).  I'm tempted to stick
with APS if others think there products are really better.

Also, what do others think about my choices?  It looks like DAT would be
much faster, but it is like $800 for a drive.  That seems like a little
too much, and I only have about 3 or 4mb of data to backup.  How long
would it take on a plain old tape drive?

I appreciate any help people could provide.  I am tempted to get
something soon, because I want to back up and thinking about tape drives
is about as interesting as pouring water on the counter and watching it
evaporate.

The word "tempted" is over used in this message.  What do you think that
means?
--
Gregory Cohen
Theatrical Lighting Designer, New York City
gcohen@panix.com

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 15:17:09 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jeff Hanson <HANSON_JEFFREY_C@Lilly.com>
Subject: Calendar for tracking/reserving resources (Q)

Dear Netters,
    I have a need to provide some scientists with an easy method of
scheduling time on a calendar to reserve equipment.  The basic need is to
be able to view a full day of usage and put a name in a variable-sized time
slot.  The basic "Appointments with Audio" Hypercard stack actually handles
most of the functionality, but I would like to know what else is available.
It would be nice if multiple people could use it at the same time.  There
are few enough pieces of equipment, that each piece of equipment could have
it's own completely separate calendar (it could be stored in a separate
file, or whatever).  Please respond directly to me, I will summarize for
the net.

Thanks,
Jeff Hanson
Hanson_Jeffrey_C@Lilly.com

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Date: 13 May 1994 18:07:46 GMT
From: gislil@rhi.hi.is (Gisli Leifsson)
Subject: Can anyone give me an e-mail addr. at Apple?

 Could anyone please tell me how to get in touch with apple via the Internet,
that is, give me an e-mail address? This might sound silly but I for one don't
 have their e-mail address.
 I'd appreciate an e-mailed response as soon as possible.


 Thanks

   Gisli

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 23:29:49 -0500 (EST)
From: WALLACE FELDMAN <FELDMANW@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu>
Subject: Danger to internet access

Date sent:  13-MAY-1994 23:29:33

>From:  IN%"YACHT-L@HEARN.BITNET"  "The Sailing and amateur BoatBuilding List"
13-MAY-1994 22:57:10.05
>To:    IN%"YACHT-L@HEARN.BITNET"  "Multiple recipients of list YACHT-L"
>CC:
>Subj:  Threat to Internet Access
>
>Return-path: <@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:owner-yacht-l@HEARN.BITNET>
>Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (MAILER@UBVM) by splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu
> (PMDF V4.2-11 #3312) id <01HCB2Y6A7PC99JOPK@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu>; Fri,
> 13 May 1994 22:57:03 EST
>Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UBVM) by
> UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7898; Fri,
> 13 May 1994 22:57:28 -0400
>Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 14:03:13 -0700
>From: Jerel Crosland <Jerel_Crosland@QAD.COM>
>Subject: Threat to Internet Access
>Sender: The Sailing and amateur BoatBuilding List <YACHT-L@HEARN.BITNET>
>To: Multiple recipients of list YACHT-L <YACHT-L@HEARN.BITNET>
>Reply-to: The Sailing and amateur BoatBuilding List <YACHT-L@HEARN.BITNET>
>Message-id: <01HCB2Y6A7PE99JOPK@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu>
>X-Envelope-to: FELDMANW, KELTINWR, STEP9618
>Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
>
>Item Subject: Message text
>In the future, you may have to pay a charge for every E-mail message you
>send or receive, every Usenet article you read, every kilobyte of data
>you transfer with ftp, every hypertext link you follow with NCSA Mosaic
>or Gopher... in short, anything you do on the Internet. This will
>virtually kill "listservers".
>
>Hopefully this frightens you as much as it does me.
>But it will happen, unless YOU do something about it.
>
>Please read the attached, fill out the requested info, and mail it back
>to mike@essential.org.  It also wouldn't hurt to forward a copy of this
>to everyone you know on the Internet.
>
>.......................................................................
>
>Item Subject: pricing.txt
>TAXPAYER ASSETS PROJECT - INFORMATION POLICY NOTE
>May 7, 1994
>
>-    Request for signatures for a letter to NSF opposing metered
>pricing of Internet usage
>
>-    Please repost this request freely
>
>The letter will be sent to Steve Wolff, the Director of
>Networking and Communications for NSF.  The purpose of the letter
>is to express a number of user concerns about the future of
>Internet pricing.  NSF recently announced that is awarding five
>key contracts to telephone companies to operate four Internet
>"Network Access Points" (NAPs), and an NSF funded very high speed
>backbone (vBNS).  There have been a number of indications that
>the telephone companies operating the NAPs will seek permission
>from NSF to price NAPs services according to some measure of
>Internet usage.  The vBNS is expected to act as a testbed for new
>Internet pricing and accounting schemes.  The letter expresses
>the view that metered pricing of Internet usage should be
>avoided, and that NSF should ensure that the free flow of
>information through Internet listserves and file server sites is
>preserved and enhanced.
>
>Jamie Love, Taxpayer Assets Project (love@essential.org; but
>unable to answer mail until May 15).  Until then, direct
>inquires to Michael Ward.
>
>If you are willing to sign the letter, send the following
>information to Mike Ward of the Taxpayer Assets Project
>(mike@essential.org, fax: 202/234-5176; voice: 202/387-8030;
>P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036):
>
>Names:    ___________________________
>Title:    ___________________________   (Optional)
>Affiliation:   ____________________________________
>(for purposes of identification only)
>Address:       ______________________________________
>City; St, Zip  ________________________________
>Email Address: _____________________________________
>Voice:         __________________________________
>for verification)
>
>The letter follows:
>
>Steve Wolff
>Director
>Division of Networking and Communications
>National Science Foundation
>1800 G Street
>Washington, DC  20550
>
>Dear Steve:
>
>It is our understanding that the National Science Foundation
>(NSF) and other federal agencies are developing a new
>architecture for the Internet that will utilize four new Network
>Access Points (NAPs), which have been described as the new
>"cloverleaves" for the Internet.  You have indicated that NSF is
>awarding contracts for four NAPs, which will be operated by
>telephone companies (Pac Bell, S.F.; Ameritech, Chicago; Sprint,
>NY; and MFS, Washington, DC).  We further understand that NSF has
>selected MCI to operate its new very high speed backbone (vBNS)
>facility.
>
>There is broad public interest in the outcome of the negotiations
>between NSF and the companies that will operate the NAPs and
>vBNS.  We are writing to ask that NSF consider the following
>objectives in its negotiations with these five firms:
>
>PRICING.
>
>We are concerned about the future pricing systems for Internet
>access and usage.  Many users pay fixed rates for Internet
>connections, often based upon the bandwidth of the connection,
>and do not pay for network usage, such as the transfer of data
>using email, ftp, Gopher or Mosaic.  It has been widely reported
>on certain Internet discussion groups, such as com-priv, that the
>operators of the NAPs are contemplating a system of usage based
>pricing.
>
>We are very concerned about any movement toward usage based
>pricing on the Internet, and we are particularly concerned about
>the future of the Internet Listserves, which allow broad
>democratic discourse on a wide range of issues.  We believe that
>the continued existence and enhancement of the Internet
>discussion groups and distribution lists is so important that any
>pricing scheme for the NAPs that would endanger or restrict their
>use should be rejected by the NSF.
>
>It is important for NSF to recognize that the Internet is more
>than a network for scientific researchers or commercial
>transactions.  It represents the most important new effort to
>expand democracy into a wide range of human endeavors.  The open
>communication and the free flow of information have make
>government and private organizations more accountable, and
>allowed citizens to organize and debate the widest range of
>matters.  Federal policy should be directed at expanding public
>access to the Internet, and it should reject efforts to introduce
>pricing schemes for Internet usage that would mimic commercial
>telephone networks or expensive private network services such as
>MCI mail.
>
>To put this into perspective, NSF officials must consider how any
>pricing mechanisms will change the economics of hosting an
>Internet electronic mail discussion groups and distribution
>lists.  Many of these discussion groups and lists are very large,
>such as Humanist, GIS-L, CNI-Copyright, PACS-L, CPSR-Announce or
>Com-Priv.  It is not unusual for a popular Internet discussion
>group to have several thousand members, and send out more than
>100,000 email messages per day.  These discussion groups and
>distribution lists are the backbones of democratic discourse on
>the Internet, and it is doubtful that they would survive if
>metered pricing of electronic mail is introduced on the Internet.
>
>Usage based pricing would also introduce a wide range of problems
>regarding the use of ftp, gopher and mosaic servers, since it
>conceivable that the persons who provide "free" information on
>servers would be asked to pay the costs of "sending" data to
>persons who request data.  This would vastly increase the costs
>of operating a server site, and would likely eliminate many
>sources of data now "published" for free.
>
>We are also concerned about the types of  accounting mechanisms
>which may be developed or deployed to facilitate usage based
>pricing schemes., which raise a number of concerns about personal
>privacy.  Few Internet users are anxious to see a new system of
>"surveillance" that will allow the government or private data
>vendors to monitor and track individual usage of Information
>obtained from Internet listserves or fileserves.
>
>ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES
>
>We are also concerned about the potential for anti-
>competitive behavior by the firms that operate the NAPs.  Since
>1991 there have been a number of criticisms of ANS pricing
>practices, and concerns about issues such as price discrimination
>or preferential treatment are likely to become more important as
>the firms operating the NAPs become competitors of firms that
>must connect to the NAPs.  We are particularly concerned about
>the announcements by PAC-Bell and Ameritech that they will enter
>the retail market for Internet services, since both firms were
>selected by NSF to operate NAPs.  It is essential that the
>contracts signed by NSF include the strongest possible measures
>to insure that the operators of the NAPs do not unfairly
>discriminate against unaffiliated companies.
>
>Recommendations:
>
>As the Internet moves from the realm of the research community to
>a more vital part of the nation's information infrastructure, the
>NSF must ensure that its decisions reflect the needs and values
>of a much larger community.
>
>1.   The NSF contracts with the NAPs operators will include
>clauses that determine how the NAP services will be priced.
>It is important that NSF disclose and receive comment on all
>pricing proposals before they become final.  NSF should
>create an online discussion list to facilitate public dialog
>on the pricing proposals, and NSF should identify its
>criteria for selecting a particular pricing mechanism,
>addressing the issue of how the pricing system will impact
>the Internet's role in facilitating democratic debate.
>
>2.   NSF should create a consumer advisory board which would
>include a broad cross section of consumer interests,
>including independent network service providers (NSPs),
>publishers of Internet discussion groups and distribution
>lists, academic networks, librarians, citizen groups and
>individual users.  This advisory board should review a
>number of policy questions related to the operation of the
>Internet, including questions such as the NAP pricing, NAP
>operator disclosure of financial, technical and operational
>data, systems of Internet accounting which are being tested
>on the vBNS and other topics.
>
>3.   NSF should solicit public comment, though an online
>discussion group, of the types of safeguards against
>anticompetitive behavior by the NAPs which should be
>addressed in the NSF/NAPs contracts, and on issues such as
>NAPs pricing and Internet accounting systems.
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Date: Fri, 13 May 94 16:41:29 EST
From: Btroen <BTROEN@UV1.IM.MED.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Database Question responses

I want to thank all of you who sent me answers to my database question about
getting tabs into multiple records that were separated by variable number of
spaces and otherwise contained no carriage returns or linespaces.

Over a dozen different suggestions!  A number suggested shareware (and
commercial) text editors with powerful search and replace capabilitites.  Among
them: McSink, BBEdit, Columbo, Dataman.

Others suggested using the Parse feature of Excel.

The one I liked the best came from Mike Dustan at Simon Fraser University.
___________________________________________________________________________
Ugly, indeed. However, MS Word (even version 4) should be able to help you.
Open the file (I assume it's of type TEXT) and adjust the right margin
until it lines up. Then save as text with line breaks. This will get
carriage returns into it in the appropriate places.

Next, change all occurrences of multiple spaces to tabs: in the Change
dialog, enter Change: <space>^w (three characters) and To: ^t (two
characters). Click Change All. This changes a space followed by any amount
of white space (^w) to a tab (^t), but will leave single spaces untouched.
Touch up the result if required (e.g. double spaces in the first column)
and save it as text. The resulting file should be fairly clean and should
import into FM or Excel.
___________________________________________________________________________

This worked great!  Thanks, Mike!

And again, Mac users on the Internet prove how helpful and friendly they are.

Bruce Troen

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 16:14:24 -0400
From: Murphy@sbaserv.sba.uconn.edu (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Duo PPC & CD300+ release dates

At  2:53 PM 5/14/94 -0400, Chris Edwards wrote:
>Does anyone have any guesses (or real info) as to when the Duo PowerPC upgrade
>or the AppleCD 300e Plus CD-ROM will be released? Also, any pricing guesses
for
>the Duo PPC upgrade would be appreciated. Thanks!

Motorola is sampling "oxymoron" (the low power, PowerPC 603 :) now with
volume shipping planned for "the third quarter (Jul-Sep somtime).  The most
recent rumor I've heard for a laptop PowerMac is Jan '95.  Don't expect the
upgrade boards before then.  If the PPC 603 lives up to billing, expect
demand to backlog the way the original PowerBooks did (sometime in October
or November, twist your dealer's arm to admit the PowerPowerBook will be a
real product and get yourself on the head of the waiting list (my
experience also indicates that it helps if you have a dealer that will come
in early and fax your order the second Apple on the East Coast turns on
their receiving machine :-)

If the PowerPowerBooks become backlogged, don't expect upgrade boards to
ship until the backlog starts to decline (could be several months before
you can actually lay hands on a PPC 603 board).

I've never seen an Apple upgrade that was worth buying.  In every case to
date, its made more sense to find a buyer for your existing Mac (new Mac
less revenue from old Mac is usually close to cost of upgrade board).  The
"daughterboard" swap envisioned for the Blackbird series *might* be an
exception--to the extent that the Blackbirds really were designed with the
PPC CPU in mind.

As for moi, I'm looking forward to 1998 or '99 when (possibly) my Quadra
700 will have the (relative) "look and feel" that the Mac+ did in '91.  By
then I hope all my favorite "bells and whistles" will be available in
native code (do you suppose someone will recompile desk crters ;-)

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

Date: 13 May 1994 16:30:38 GMT
From: kerr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Stan Kerr)
Subject: EasyView groan; where's the setext report?

I'm trying again to make sense of EasyView; it doesn't make it easy to
establish your own text view. I tried to get the report it refers to:

file://garbo.uwasa.fi/mac/tidbits/setext/setext_concepts_Aug92.etx

but the tidbits directory there doesn't appear to have an setext
subdirectory. I also looked hopefully at tidbits.com, and found the
setext directory there appears to be empty; shame, Adam.

Does anyone know where this document is, or where I can get instruction
on creating my own views?

And, by the way, just to overload this note, EasyView 2.4 got a bus error
on my 660av while I was bumbling around trying to make a new view. Are
there known problems there, and should I abandon hope of using it on
my Quadra?
--
-----
Stan Kerr <stankerr@uiuc.edu>  Phone:217-333-5217  Fax:217-244-7089
Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana

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

Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 12:35:54 +0100 (CET)
From: "Willem N. Ellis" <willem_n_ellis@sara.nl>
Subject: ecological software (Q)

Dear World

I am looking for some ecological packages, like Clustan, Twinspan, Canoco,
etc., to be run on a Macintosh. I would appreciate to get informations about
availability, source, price, limitations etc.
Please reply to me directly. I will post a summary in due course.

Willem Ellis, Amsterdam (Willem_N_Ellis@sara.nl / a429will@hasara11)

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 13:52:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: BUSBEY@GAMMA.IS.TCU.EDU
Subject: EXABYTE tape drives for Macs

HELP!!!!!

We use a combination of Macintoshes and SUNs for viewing and processing
various types of satellite data. In the U.S. the supplier of our domestic
satellite image data is EOSAT. These people provide image data on 9-track and
on EXABYTE tapes. We have been purchasing data on the 9-track tape drives and
FTPing it over to the Macs for analysis, but would like to make data
acquisition less SUN-dependent. Though there are 9-track tape drives for the
Mac we would like to move to the higher density format of EXABYTE tapes.

Does anyone know of someone who is using Macs and EXABYTE tape drives to read
such data? Though Restrospect can use EXABYTE tapes for making backups I
doubt it can read the EOSAT directory structures.

We would REALLY appreciate hearing from anyone who has accomplished this or
who has some hints or suggestions.

Art Busbey, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. Geology, TCU, busbey@gamma.is.tcu.edu

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 07:44:27 -0400
From: dicklang@panix.com (Dick Lang)
Subject: ftp-boi.external.hp.com

Has anyone been able to log into this server lately? There were messages
posted here that said this is where the latest hp printer drivers could be
found.

Please respond with a correction if I have this wrong.

 - Dick -

_____________________________________
Stony Brook, LI, NY 11790
If the wind is howling; I'm not here!

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 13:48:45 PDT
From: Martin_Fass.WBST128@xerox.com
Subject: How to open a large file

Many thanks to you for sending out my question about the impossibility of
opening a large Mac Digest file on a workstation at Xerox.  Bruce Rubin of
Xerox responded this afternoon with instructions to convert from ASCII to a VP
document, and now the problem for me is no more!!  Thanks very much, and best
wishes.

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 08:36:31 -0500
From: sjledet@netcom.com (Sterling Ledet)
Subject: Hypercard XCMD Compiler (BASIC)

Is anyone familiar with a compiler for BASIC for creating HyperCard XCMDs.
If so, would you please mail me contact information. I am seeking something
that is System 7 and 32-bit compatible. Thanks.

Sterling Ledet & Associates            (404) 325-3338
2176 Heritage Drive               fax: (404) 636-8477
Atlanta, GA 30345                  sjledet@netcom.com

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

Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 15:04:08 GMT
From: Jon Gotow <gotow@ansoft.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #72

In article <199405111341.GAA08308@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU> The Info-Mac
Moderators, info-mac-request@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU writes:
>While Eudora is terrific, its use over dialup is limited to SLIP, PPP, or
>an appropriate terminal server.  The documentation says it will work
with a
>Cisco terminal server, and I've got it working with a Xyplex terminal
>server.  The crucial feature is that, one way or another, one has to be
>able to telnet to the POP server to read mail and (possibly) to an SMTP
>server to send mail.  If the dialup simply connects to a host that
expects
>a VT102 (or some other terminal type), then Eudora isn't going to work.

We've got our remote salespeople running Eudora 1.4, dialing into a Sun
Sparc 2 with modems hanging off of it - no problems.  Eudora does _not_
require MacTCP to work, though you have to control the log-in process
somewhat since Eudora's log-in scripting is pretty simplistic (no
branching).  The most sensible thing to do is set up a dummy UN*X account
for Eudora to long into and run the serialpop shell (available alongside
eudora at ftp.qualcomm.com).  It's pretty easy to set up.
________________________________________________________________________
 Jon Gotow           |  Everyone is ignorant, only on different
 gotow@ansoft.com    |  subjects.                 - Will Rogers

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 16:19:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: ccjoe@showme.missouri.edu (Joseph Heck)
Subject: Looking for a font

I'm trying to help a friend find a specific font he needs for publishing
articles. "Romanian". He's specifically looking for characters that look
like an "S" and a "T" with little beards and an "A" with a little "v"
overhead. I know these are silly descriptions, but it's the best I can
do without knowing the language :)

If anyone has some hints on where to find this, please drop me a line
at ccjoe@showme.missouri.edu. Thanks!
--
 joe                          (314) 882-5000
 ccjoe@showme.missouri.edu    University of Missouri - Columbia
 "with a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and
 imprenetrable fog!" -- Calvin
 <A HREF="http://www.phlab.missouri.edu/ccjoe_www/ccjoe.html">ccjoe</A>

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

Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 21:42:03 -0700
From: briang@netcom.com (Brian Gordon)
Subject: Mac II to Mac IIx

I've been offered an upgrade from my Mac II to a Mac IIx.  It has been a
_long_ time since I remembered what a IIx is.  Obviously I'll ask questions
of the proposer of the upgrade, but I'd like to go in forearmed ...

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

Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 22:16:51 -0500
From: clarkw@sam.neosoft.com (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: MacTCP Updates

How do we acquire updates for MacTCP? I am running 2.02 c/o Adam Engst's
book, and I was wondering if updating to 2.04 would improve stability.

Clark R. Wilkins <clarkw@sam.neosoft.com>
-My words are responsible for themselves-

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 94 11:02:09 -0400
From: reiserdb@ttown.apci.com (David B. Reiser)
Subject: MacWorld DC comment

As a quantitative comparison of the DC Expo Summit with the other "real"
Expos, there were only 86 exhibitors listed in the on site program. Mitch
Hall is claiming over 400 exhibitors signed up for Boston.

I talked to several exhibitors about the turnout, and most were at least
disappointed in the turnout. Some were really ticked off by the end of the
show.

OTOH, I was able to get a fair amount of time to play with a Newton (Apple's
MidAtlantic distributor was populating a small Newton booth) -- something
that would be much harder at the busier shows. I think I'm going to get one
to replace my HP95.

The highlight of the show for me was the conference session on encryption.
It really is interesting to get a tiny glimpse of all the nonsense that goes
on surrounding security/privacy "maintenance". It looks like Clipper will
happen by default, but the means to break it are already known and probably
well established in the surveillance community. But then again, there are
probably better/faster/cheaper ways to obtain sensitive information than
decrypting Clipper. It comes down (again) to the fact that our society makes
it almost impossible to keep a secret from a truly determined inquisitor,
and the real issue is how much it's worth in effort and money to try to slow
the inquisitors down enough to maintain an advantage over them. As the
moderator said: If everyone were honest and had good manners, there would be
no need for encryption.

Dave Reiser
reiserdb@ttown.apci.com

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 23:13:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <nem52463@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: MasterJuggle & BeHeirarchic

Hey all!

I've finally been able to get around to cleaning up my system since the
school year's done, and I've been able to track down a conflict that bugs
the heck out of me.  I've come to depend on BeHeirarchic v1.0.5, but I just
got MasterJuggler through a great offer in Aldus magazine and the two
conflict.
Does anyone know of a workaround, or another freeware or shareware Apple menu
utility that will co-exist with MJ?

Thanks a lot--I hope there's a cheap (or free) solution!

Neil

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 19:31:39 +0100
From: Francis Knight <francis@pinza.demon.co.uk>
Subject: MS Office look & feel

Jerry Tangren <GSW$EN@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU> writes in Info-Mac Digest #70:
> an announcement by Microsoft of a new program to allow software
> vendors to write software with the Microsoft Office look and feel.

Bad, bad news! I wonder at which point MS will launch a look-and-feel suit
against Apple?

Incidentally, what's the FSF/Stallman stance on MS Windows?

Francis K.



At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 19:32:07 +0100
From: Francis Knight <francis@pinza.demon.co.uk>
Subject: New Apple CD drives?

Does anyone know if the new style caddy-less CD mechanisms, already seen in
some Macs, have worked their way through to the CD300 external drive yet?

Is there a new model number?

Cheers,

Francis K.



At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 11:06:25 -0500
From: brad@n1mnb.oau.org (Brad Ackerman)
Subject: Nisus 4.0

Anyone know anything about Nisus 4.0?

Brad Ackerman
brad@n1mnb.oau.org

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

Date: Fri, 13 May 94 12:47:28 ECT
From: "John W. Steele" <JSTEELE%BINGVMB.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: PLEA FOR HELP RE: A DRAWING SENT THRU INTERNET

Folks,
      A few weeks back I asked for some help concerning a Maltese Cross-like em
blem for a fire dept project.  Since then I have receved several helpful method
ology replies, and someone nice enough to attempt to send me a Freehand drawing
.
   THANKS ALL !!!
      However, all has not been bliss.  While I have received the file sucessfu
lly, I have been unable to decode it properly.  My computer people tell me it h
as something to do with the fact that the drawing is a "MIME 1.0" enclosure.

   NATURALLY, I have no idea what this means.
      Can anyone point me towards a FAQ or other reference, or fill me in on wh
at's happening?  I would really like to know how this works!!!

      The particulars are:
	   -the file starts life as a Freehand document.
	   -the sender then Binhex encodes it, and imports it into his mailer.
	   -I receive it on an IBM mainframe.
	   -I either download it onto floppy as an IBM text file, or through a
	    mac at our computer center.
	   -I use Stuffit Expander to process the file.
	       -during this process, I get an error message saying either "the
data fork of this file has been corrupted" or "the resource fork of this file h
as been corrupted".  I figure this is a bad sign.
	   -After decoding, the file is a Teachtext document.  WHY?
	   - While the file usually weighs 85k or so, if it dosent crash the co
mputer, it is blank.  This I figure is also not normal.


FOLKS, ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WHILE MY COMPUTER CENTER FOLKS SA
Y THIS "MIME ENCLOSURE" IS THE PROBLEM, I REALLY HAVE NO CLUE.


		   TANKS LOTS,
			 John Steele
			 ATD Anderson Center
			 Binghamton University

			 I'Net: JSTEELE@BINGVMB.cc.binghamton.edu
			 B'net: JSTEELE@BINGVMB

Firefighter Class 1 Endwell VFD
Always looking for interesting Fire Service -related software.

 "Line?  What d`ya mean, line?" / "The feet don't sing"

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 00:16:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Anthony F. Gaudiano II" <anthonyg@tenet.edu>
Subject: Power Mac Plaintalk software...

Howdy,

   Anybody know where I can find the image(s) for the Plaintalk software
that works with the Power Macintosh computers?
Thanks.

Anthony F. Gaudiano II

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 12:22:24 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf <alex@metcalf.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Pretty major System Update, eh?

	Is anyone else just *slightly* worried about some of the problems
corrected by System Update 3? I haven't downloaded the update yet, and it
would be nice to know exactly what would cause the problems:

>- Provides system-level improvements to increase overall system
>  performance and reliability on most Macintosh models.

	Such as? It's always a problem to try and understand what's causing
a system crash (or a drive corruption), and it's hard to put it down to
extension conflicts when the system software may have played a hand in it.
:-)

>- Corrects a problem that potentially allowed the system to
>  become corrupted during a power failure or a crash.
>  This corruption would prevent the Macintosh from restarting.

	Hmm... that's quite serious. ;-)

	Perhaps Apple could release a more technical update telling users
more about what the problems are, how they are caused, and how they can be
avoided.

	IMHO, of course.



	Alex

--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
Mac programmer in C, C++, HyperTalk, assembler
alex@metcalf.demon.co.uk

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

Date: 13 May 1994 12:00:26 U
From: "Leiner_Dave" <dave.leiner@msmail.mtv.gtegsc.com>
Subject: Quicken 4 Graphs

Another hidden feature in Quicken 4:

I had a problem using portfolio graphs, where the autoscaling would go all the
way down to zero even though there were no data points that low. This made the
graphs worthless since all of the data was plotted at the top of the chart.
Intuit tech support informed me that pressing cmd-opt-u would force a
recalculation. That fixed the problem.

--Dave

"Statements made here are mine and only mine and do not reflect the opinions of
my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed."

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

Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 12:11:09 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf <alex@metcalf.demon.co.uk>
Subject: RAMDoubler update is slower!

	I just downloaded the 1.0.2 update to RAMDoubler, having
previously had 1.0.1. The changes in the read me file sounded
important, so I made the upgrade.

	However, the performance of the Mac has now slipped back to
where it was at RAMDoubler version 1.0. As an example, any of my
applications which play sound experience breaks in the sound during
some disk loading, even if it is the only application open. This
probably means that QuickTime performance will also be slightly hit.

	I probably won't go back to 1.0.1 because the new version
supports MacsBug on 68LC040 Macs (hooray!). However, for those who
really need the speed and continuous sound (such as QuickTime users),
it may be worth comparing the two versions before upgrading.



	Alex

--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
Mac programmer in C, C++, HyperTalk, assembler
alex@metcalf.demon.co.uk

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

Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 10:29:33 -0500
From: Bienvenu Jay  <sjb8502@usl.edu>
Subject: recording sounds off of CD's

Could someone recommend (or send me) a shareware program that can record sounds
on audio CD's?  I browsed the sumex /snd/util abstracts but the only
prospective
application, FilePlayer, is damaged and needs to be resubmitted.

MTIA.                                           -- Jay

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

Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 20:45:47 -0500
From: glenhoag@nuance.com (Glen C. Hoag)
Subject: ResEdit & Map?

In Info-Mac Digest V12 #73, "J.G.Heng" <cler02@ccsun.strath.ac.uk> writes:

>Has anyone tried to open the Map Control Panel with ResEdit to change
>the timezones? Specifically, I would like to change the entry for
>Singapore as the time there is now 8 hours ahead of GMT, not 7 and a half.

John,
You don't need ResEdit for this at all.  Follow these steps:

1. Open the Map CP and call up the entry for Singapore.
2. Click "Remove city".  The data will remain in the window.
3. Change the time offset to 8 hours.
4. Click "Add city".  The information is now updated.

--
Glen C. Hoag         | email: glenhoag@nuance.com
Programmer           | phone: (205) 859-6081
Lamir Software Corp. |
Huntsville, AL, USA  | Keeper of the MacKnowledge flame.

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

Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 23:33:48 +0100
From: Francis Knight <francis@pinza.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Send in the clones?

Here's something I found today in PowerPC News:


[Begin inclusion (edited extract)]
APPLE TO LICENSE NON-US MAC-CLONERS, SEEKS EWORLD PARTNER (May 13th)

Spindler said that Apple will permit other companies to manufacture and
sell their own versions of Macintoshes within six months to a year, but
under strict  guidelines and only outside the US. The first licensees will
be in Europe and the Far East, starting with the Power Macintosh line.
Clones of the 68000-based Macintosh line will probably appear first in
Europe. Apple will insist on the machines meeting particular technical
specifications - and will not allow their makers to sell them outside a
particular region.

Spindler also pledged to pull the company out of any market where it could
not hold either first or second place.
[End inclusion]


Well, the clone story has been simmering quietly but steadily for the last
couple of years. I wonder if it will make it past the Preface into Chapter
1 this time, or will the attached conditions persuade those other companies
to keep it Windoze? As for restricting geographical availability, it seems
to me that this may be just the respite the grey-marketeers have been
waiting for since Apple  made life harder for them by cutting its prices.

The second statement looks ominous. I wonder what Mr Spindler defines as a
market, and how he measures ranking? Could it lead to Apple not having any
presence in the UK or Germany, for instance? It's certainly strange to
quantify to your competitors just what is required to make you throw in the
towel.

Veerryy Iiinteresting, but...

If you want the original article, email to news@power.globalnews.com, with
subject line of '1064', minus quotes of course.



Francis K.


At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

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Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 16:57:27 EDT
From: eugene@rover.bsd.uchicago.edu
Subject: SoundEdit 16 and AV Macs

Well, I just received an upgrade notice asking me to upgrade to
SoundEdit 16.  If you recall, it was me who flamed SoundEdit
Pro for not being AV-friendly.  Nowhere in either of the two
pamphlets did it mention anything about the AV-Macs.  I'm eager
to send in my $99, but I definitely have some reservations.
Could someone enlighten me as to the compatibility of SoundEdit 16
and the AV Macs?  Please XPost (that's crosspost) to the list and
E-Mail me direct, as I can't sift through the massive number
of messages in each digest.  Thanks!

Eugene Cohen
eugene@rover.bsd.uchicago.edu

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Date: Sun, 15 May 94 20:56:25 CET               Message-Id: <AA09680>
From: tidbits@aviano.af.mil
Subject: Suppress Startup Page on Personal LW NT?

Folks, I'm having a bit of a problem. Want to suppress the startup
page on my wife's new Personal LW NT. I know I can send it a series of
Postscript commands to suppress the startup page, but that's a pain
(sounding spoiled?) and I can foresee times when we'd want to turn it
on again, then off.... is there a small utility or hack to do this?

Item #2 -- "The Namer" which came with my printer on a diskette won't
run. Claims it can't find a "printer driver or printer definitions on
my boot disk". But I'm happily printing away with Laserwriter 8. Duhh..
what am I missing here?

Thanks in advance....

Pete Jones
Pordenone, Italy

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Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 12:51:21 -0400
From: Murphy@sbaserv.sba.uconn.edu (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Trouble with Norton2.0 for Mac

On Thu, 12 May 1994 23:31:54 +0200, Michel Eytan wrote:
>There have already been complaints about Symantec Customer
>Support. I guess next time I will buy the competition's product.

Symtec is making buying from the competition for disk utilities MUCH
harder to do--they've swallowed up both Fifth Generation and Central Point
(and so far as I am able to tell provide less customer service than either
of those two did).

My own experience is that MacTools is *usually* (but not always) better
than Norton (when the two offer conflicting fixes, go with MacTools).
Also, so far at least the CP Autocheck that comes with MacTools seems to
detect problems soon enough for Disk First Aid 7.2 to fix them (DFA is
faster and when I subsequently check with DiskFix, whatever AutoCheck said
was wrong has been repaired).

If you don't have MacTools 3, I recommend running DFA 7.2 every couple of
days.

SuperBoomerang is so superior to Directory Assistance that I recommend
everyone buy Now Utilities, if for no other reason than to give Now
sufficient resources to avoid being swallowed by Symantec.

I've not tried to use SpeedDisk since it trashed my hard drive (I DID get
tech support on the phone about that one; the problem was described as
Speed Disk "can exit inelegantly" by which he meant crash while rewriting
disk sectors making the directory more or less useless).  MacTool's
Optimizer is slower, but it is also more careful--it scans the whole disk
for any problems and refuses to run if it finds *anything* it suspects it
can't deal with.

Yes, I backup before I optimize, but I still don't want to use an optimizer
that can "exit inelegantly" as backing up from a cartridge, reorganizing,
and dealing with AutoDoubler's complaints about being copied from another
volume rather than installed from the floppy is a royal pain.

The short version is: utilities are supposed to make life easier; stop
using those that don't.

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Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 21:29:29 -0500
From: nash@chem.wisc.edu (John R. Nash)
Subject: VMS-style version #'s

Does anyone know of a program that creates "version numbers," a la VMS, on
the Mac?  i.e. instead of "There is already a file with that name.
Replace?" it makes file;2, file;3, etc....

The Finder does this with things in the trash as it is... I have yet to
come across a hack to do this for normal files, however.

Responses to the list or by email are welcome.


-===-John R. Nash-==-nash@chem.wisc.edu-==-UW-Madison Chem. Dept-===-

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 21:54:12 +1000
From: DAVID.D.F.O'KEEFE@BHPMELMSM.BHP.bhpmel04.telememo.au
Subject: Wanted: Drag & Drop text encryption

I have seen a number of encryption programs announced at this archive but none
carried precise descriptions. I am hoping that somebody out there has similar
requirements to mine and can recommend an application (preferably shareware).
My requirements are as follows.

   - I would like to be able to compose a plain text document in teachtext,
save it, then drop it onto the encryption application.
   - the encryption app. should prompt for an encyption key then create an
encrypyted version of the document and save it or possibly copy it to the
clipboard.
   - Decryption should be a matter of dropping the document, being prompted for
a key, saving the result and quitting.

These are my minimum requirements. I would obviously like the highest
protection I can get in terms of encryption algorithms. If you know of such a
product or can affer me advice, please respond to the address below. If you
wish to mail straight to the digest, please put me in for a carbon copy as I
dont always keep up to date.

Cheers!

David O'Keefe
Wollongong, Australia
DAVID.D.F.O'KEEFE@BHPMELMSM.BHP.bhpmel04.telememo.au

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Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 00:26:01 -0500
From: clarkw@sam.neosoft.com (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Why is DayStar PPC card so expensive?

	I am trying to figure out why the Daystar PPC cards are so
expensive. It seems to me that by the time I pay for a new accelerator, I
can add $100-200 more and get a complete 6100/60 box and have a drive, RAM,
etc. Any thoughts on this? I have decided to wait a bit more before
thinking about upgrading the ci.

Clark R. Wilkins <clarkw@sam.neosoft.com>
-My words are responsible for themselves-

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Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 03:11:12 -0500
From: draperk@io.com (Draper Kauffman)
Subject: Zoom Help Needed (A)

In Info-Mac Digest Volume 12, #72, Linger@starsys.laf.in.us (Ken Linger) wrote

>What is the best setup string for a Zoom modem?  The string will either be
>used in the Apple Modem Tool or by itself (without any tools).  I'm having
>problems with my 14.4 hanging up in the middle of a connection for no
>apparent reason.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Ken

Ken, it would help if give us more info than that.  What telecom software
and settings, what kind of Mac, what kind of downloads, from what source,
etc.  Also:  are you printing other things or doing other tasks while
downloading in the background?

The problem might be line noise, but you don't report the ZOOM falling back
to a lower speed, a usual precursor to losing a connection, so that's
relatively unlikely.  (Keep an eye on the second LED, the one marked 14.4.)

FWIW, I routinely do 1-2 hr downloads without any trouble with a ZOOM
v.32bis.  Most of the phone lines in my area are 30-40 years old and
audible static is quite common on voice connections, yet I have only once
had a connection fall back to 9600 in 10 months of heavy telecommuting 8-12
hours a day with the Zoom.

The first few months of production of this modem used a buggy ROM routine
for handling interference, but the one's produced after that seem as good
as any other modem.  The bad reputation of the first batch has stuck,
however, and it's been compounded by poor customer support.

The next most common reason I see for hangups in the middle of a long
14,400+ download is that the user puts &D2 in the init string to use DTR
for auto-hangup.  Unfortunately, Apple, in its infinite wisdom, decided
that DTR should share the same line with RTS/CTS (hardware handshaking).
So whenever the modem sends the Mac data faster than the Mac can digest it,
the Mac drops the voltage on that line and the modem obediently hangs up.

Two cures:  First, set your communication software to transfer data at
57,600, *not* 14,400.  You need to clear the modem's buffer as fast as
possible.  Your modem speed will still be 14,400, but that's for compressed
data.  If the modem receives data at 14,400, expands it 3- or 4-fold, and
sends it to the Mac, the Mac is actually getting bursts of data at rates up
to 40,000-50,000 bps.

Second, add this command to your init string:  S25=250.  That tells the
modem NOT to hang up unless DTR is low for more than 2.5 seconds, which is
much longer than a typical CTS pause.  Actually, S25=100 would give you a 1
second delay, which is probably enough.  But the default is .07 seconds,
and that just isn't enough, particularly if you download compressible files
over a fast modem to a not-so-fast Mac while doing other things in the
foreground.

If that doesn't work and nobody else has a better answer, send me more info
and I'll try to help.

Draper

	Draper Kauffman, Ed.D.                draperk@io.com
	Illuminati Online, a division of Steve Jackson Games

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