11-Dec-93 11:14:28-GMT,83208;000000000000 Return-Path: Received: from SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU by CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA18364; Sat, 11 Dec 93 03:14:23 PST Full-Name: Info-Mac Moderator Received: by SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA17083; Fri, 10 Dec 93 14:22:16 PST Message-Id: <9312102222.AA17083@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 14:21:56 PST From: The Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #237 To: info-mac-list@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU Info-Mac Digest Fri, 10 Dec 93 Volume 11 : Issue 237 Today's Topics: [*] After Dark programmer's docs [*] Audiodeck 1.0.5 -- Apple CD player [*] AutoBin (a drag and drop Binhexer with source) [*] AV Digitizer Options [*] AV DSP Mini-FAQ v 1.01 [*] Bible-Promise-30.hqx Submission [*] color-it-232-updater.hqx [*] Color It! Scan Package [*] Deprotect Stack [*] Empire Master 2.8.5 [*] filemaker-pro-ELTAB-v2.hqx [*] Garbage Collector, HD maintenace utility [*] gestalt-selectors-list-22.sit.hqx [*] Heb3270, hebrew IBM 3270 terminal emulator [*] Kitty Litter - trash can replacement [*] mac-cube-view-110.hqx [*] NSFNET.MOV QuickTime movie from NCSA [*] OtherMenu 1.2.6->1.2.7 Update (corrected resubmission) [*] OtherMenu 1.2.7 [*] pbgadget-09.hqx submission [*] Quark XPress Xtension: fcsPress [*] Quark XPress Xtension: Mimic [*] Quark XPress Xtension: Nudger [*] Quark XPress Xtension: Shortline Eliminator [*] Quark XPress Xtension: TypesettingMarks [*] Screensaver/After Dark FAQ 1.8 [*] sim-beavis-n-butthead-ii-12.hqx [*] SITcomm AppleScript [*] SODAFlipbook Color [*] sound-machine-10.hqx [*] teletimes-93-12.hqx [*] The Underground Mac #6 [*] UsenEdit v1.1.1 [*] Who Built America? ?'s on Kodak Photo CD Access Apple AppleShare for PC? Average Cost per Print with Apple Color Printer? Biblography software for Word bug c++ libs available C-language CAMAC routines for Mac. CD's Included with Apple CD300i? cdr == corelDraw? converter Christmas decorations for Macs cmd key, splat key, flower key, fan key..... coke polar bears Color screen dumps (Q) Convert "stroked" PS font -> Type 1? FileMaker Pro error FutureBASIC (was 32b clean pgming lang) (C) Future of THINK Pascal ? Global Village (C) Help with graphics needed Icon Problems Icons Info-Mac Digest V11 #234 LC-III+VirtualMem+Extensions Problem LW IINT Evenlope Trays (Q) Mac Internet software Mac LCII/III to 475 upgrade? Mac NFS *server* software? MacPrefect MacWrite Pro - ability to Zoom (A) Memory installation in Performa/LC 475 Multimedia authoring NEC CD-ROM Software Need help with system problem. Need old Mac II 1MB 120ns SIMMs New Free Magazine Now Compress 1.0.1 is not international Printing coverpage info on each page... (Q) Printing Problem Quadra 610 resets (Q) Schedule Software SE, Tsunami 50M ext, Tsunami 170M int (Q) Slow printing problem Solving INIT Conflicts - Fix or Workaround? Sound sampling program Star*Nine and QM dial-up Gateway sticky mouse (Q) Typing tutor What is the Lightfax 1414 LC modem? Word's Addresses Word Oddities The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa, Gordon Watts and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help. Mail articles for inclusion in the digest to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send binaries to be placed in the archives to macgifts@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 12:41:13 -0600 From: pope@imv.aau.dk (Povl H. Pedersen) Subject: [*] After Dark programmer's docs Here are the After Dark programmers documentation as downloaded from AOL. It is posted with permission from Berkeley Systems, and they encourage widest possible spread, as new modules sells more copies of AD. Povl H. Pedersen - Macintosh Consultant and Programmer pope@imv.aau.dk (preferred) / povlphp@uts.uni-c.dk [Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/ad-programmer-package.hqx; 66K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 00:54:43 -0500 (EST) From: David Lebel Subject: [*] Audiodeck 1.0.5 -- Apple CD player Here's my submission for your archives: Audiodeck 1.0.5 by David Lebel -- Ariane Soft Copyright (c) 1993 -- Ariane Soft, All rights reserved. Audiodeck is a new audio CD player for Apple CD-ROM player family. It features nice LCD display, shuffle mode, auto-play, four distinct types of time display, automatic disc and track name display using CD-Remote CD database, and many other things. The interface is intuitive and good looking. This software is distributed as CD-ware. Please refer to the documentation for more details... PS: Version 1.0.5 replace any previous version recently sent to your archives, and sport a brand new color scheme and some other new visuals enhancements... Thanks to Igor Livshits! [Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/audio-deck-105.hqx; 59K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 13:21:47 -0800 From: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matthew Xavier Mora) Subject: [*] AutoBin (a drag and drop Binhexer with source) Enclosed is AutoBin. Autobin is a program based on dropshell that will binhex any file dropped on top of it. Since I didn't write very much of the actual code, included the source so other can benefit too. (and hopefully modify it and make it better.) Xavier [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/auto-bin.hqx; 91K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 07:08:48 -0800 From: bell@apple.com (Mike Bell) Subject: [*] AV Digitizer Options The "AV Digitizer Options" extension is a "video panel component" for use with the Macintosh Quadra 840AV, Quadra 660AV and the Centris 660AV. It provides access to several capabilities of the AV video hardware that are not easily accessed otherwise: 1. It allows the user to switch the color space of the live video window >From 16bpp color to 8bpp grayscale. Note than in monitors with a resolution higher than 832 x 624, video will only be displayed in 8bpp grayscale. This is a hardware limitation. 2. It allows the user to select 1 of 7 different levels of transparency for the live video. This means that when you superimpose a graphics window in front of the live video window, the live video can "blend" with the graphics at 7 different levels: (% Graphics / % Video) 100%/0%, 75%/25%, 62%/38%, 50%/50%, 38%/62%, 25%/75%, and 0%/100%. Please note, that this feature is only available when the graphics is in 256 colors or grays. 3. It allows the user to bypass the Inverse Gamma lookup table in the Digital Video Scaler. When the lookup table is bypassed the video data written to VRAM will not be modified. Note that there is another lookup table in the output end that only affects the displayed data (Not the captured video data). This lookup table has the same Gamma correction as that of the displayed graphics. In order to bypass that table, go to the Options dialog of the monitors control panel, while holding the option key. Select the "Uncorrected Gamma" as the gamma table. Mike Bell RISC Software Czar Macintosh on PowerPC Apple Computer, Inc. MS 302-3SB 2 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 email: bell@apple.com [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/av-digitizer-options.hqx; 34K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1993 17:43:17 GMT From: bdenckla@husc7.harvard.edu (Benjamin Denckla) Subject: [*] AV DSP Mini-FAQ v 1.01 This document contains information relevant to the AV Macs, especially in relation to the use and programming of their DSP chip. It is the product of my own experience and many helpful responses I have received to posts I have made. I have taken slight liberties in editing responses, so what you see below are not always the exact words of the contributors to the FAQ. It is structured in the typical FAQ format of question and answer with the questions listed at the beginning. Please write me with any additions to or comments about this document. Ben Denckla Manager Harvard University Electronic Music Studio [Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/av-dsp-faq-101.txt; 10K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 14:27:42 EST From: "Danny W. McCampbell" Subject: [*] Bible-Promise-30.hqx Submission Enclosed is the latest version of The Bible Promise Stack. It is up to version 3.0. Please replace Bible-Promises-20.hqx in the card directory with this submission if you have not all ready removed it. The Bible Promise Stack is a Hypercard stack that resembles the Bible Promise books you can buy in Christian book stores. It will aid you in finding out what the Bible has to say on a variety of topics such as Anger, Adultry, Fornication, and Love. This version has had a lot of cosmetic enhancements as well as some script rewrites to speed up the stack. It is $15 ShareWare. My permission is hereby granted to place this program on the new, soon to be released Info-Mac CD. In fact I would like very much for this program to make it on the CD. God bless and enjoy. Danny McCampbell danny@utkux.utcc.utk.edu [Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/bible-promises-30.hqx; 648K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 17:45 CST From: kevin@i-link.com (Kevin Tieskoetter) Subject: [*] color-it-232-updater.hqx This little file updates Color It! 2.3 and 2.3.1 to 2.3.2. A change history is included; the update is minor, but recommended. The most noticable fix only affects a small percent of the users - anyone running EvenBetterBusError, and a few others. This update is recommended, and is only 66k. Mail any technical support questions or other concerns to: kevin@ilink1.i-link.com -kevin tieskoetter Software Engineer MicroFrontier, Inc. [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/color-it-23x-to-232-updt.hqx; 25K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 17:47 CST From: kevin@i-link.com (Kevin Tieskoetter) Subject: [*] Color It! Scan Package This file includes scanner plug-ins for two common scanners - the Apple and the Epson. They are only usable for Color It!, and allow you to scan directly into the program. This file may also be found for ftp at ilink1.i-link.com. Mail any technical support questions or other concerns to: kevin@ilink1.i-link.com -kevin tieskoetter Software Engineer MicroFrontier, Inc. [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/color-it-scan-package.hqx; 45K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 21:29:18 CST From: fleck@ast1.spa.umn.edu (Peter Fleck - SMM) Subject: [*] Deprotect Stack The Deprotect Stack by Ned Horvath and Allan Foster will unlock a passworded stack. The authors request that you use this stack responsibly. [Archived as /info-mac/card/deprotect.hqx; 5K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 16:59 EST From: ELIOT%coins@cs.umass.edu Subject: [*] Empire Master 2.8.5 This is the latest Empire Master* demo application. Empire Master is a challenging conquer-the-world strategy wargame. You start with a single city and use it to produce armies to go out and conquer more cities so you can produce more armies and ships and planes until you capture the entire world. The only problem (there is always a problem) is that the machine is also building armies and conquering cities and fully intends to capture the world for itself. You can't save or restore games in the demo version and some game options are disabled, but the complete game and all commands are available. You can get the full unrestricted version with a printed manual, network play and a disk full of goodies by mail. Ordering information is included with the demo. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/empire-master-285-demo.hqx; 531K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 21:53:05 -0500 From: gt6367c@prism.gatech.edu (DEAL, DOUGLAS WAYNE) Subject: [*] filemaker-pro-ELTAB-v2.hqx This is version two of an earlier electronic address book database. This update is more professional looking and has slightly better functionality. It is in demo version, but an upgrade is available by sending a postcard to the author or by e-mail. This is described in the application. [Archived as /info-mac/app/filemaker-pro-eltab-phonebook-20.hqx; 74K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 20:24:44 -0500 (EST) From: rrwood@io.org (Roy Wood) Subject: [*] Garbage Collector, HD maintenace utility Here is Garbage Collector 0.1, a utility program which will be useful to those of use fated to looking after Macintoshes that are used, misused, and abused by many people. In my case, it's used to help clean junk off the hard drives on the Macs in the library at the school where I teach. The basic idea is that this program allows you to create a master map of what the hard drive is *supposed* to look like, then use this map to periodically restore the drive to that ideal condition, more or less. When you use Garbage Collector to restore a drive, it scans all files and folders, restoring moved files/folders to their original location, restoring the names of renamed files/folders, and moving unrecognized files to a common directory at the root level of the drive. The online help screen describes all that and more.... The program seems to work okay so far, though I can't promise that there isn't a big in it that will eventually reformat or scramble the drive contents irrevocably. That's why I don't mind using on the school's machines but not my own..... :) Using this program is a lot easier than manually scanning files and folders to find junk the students have put there.... If there is sufficient interest, I'll dress up the atrocious user interface and add some bells and whistles. -Roy Wood (rrwood@io.org) [Archived as /info-mac/disk/garbage-collector-01.hqx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 15:36:15 MET From: "Rene G.A. Ros" Subject: [*] gestalt-selectors-list-22.sit.hqx Today I have released version 2.2 of the Supplemental Gestalt Selectors List It lists all sorts of information about the Gestalt Manager, but mainly about selectors and the meaning of the returned values. This is done to supplement the Gestalt Manager chapter in Inside Macintosh part VI. Regards, Rene Ros [Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/gestalt-selectors-22.hqx; 47K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 16:33:44 +0200 (EET) From: lsprilus@inherit1 (Jaime Prilusky) Subject: [*] Heb3270, hebrew IBM 3270 terminal emulator Heb3270, hebrew IBM 3270 terminal emulator for the Macintosh. (c) 1990,1991,1992,1993 by Jaime Prilusky, Weizmann Institute of Science What Heb3270 does ? Heb3270 allows a Macintosh computer with a TCP/IP network connection to emulate an IBM 3270 terminal with hebrew language capability. Heb3270 provides: - Bilingual Hebrew/Latin computer interaction - Graphic support for 3179 compatible graphics - File transfer acting as a FTP server - VT220/320 terminal text emulation (c) by Jaime Prilusky, Bioinformatics Unit, Biological Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel email: LSPRILUS@WEIZMANN.WEIZMANN.AC.IL [Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/heb-3270.hqx; 604K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 17:53:44 -0600 From: Subject: [*] Kitty Litter - trash can replacement Well, I just upgraded to System 7.1 so I updated the Kitty Litter trash can replacement too. This was not my idea, but somehow I seem to be the Kitty maintainer now (-: Here is a portion of the READ_ME: "If the trash icon is offensive to your delicate sense of aesthetics (who ever heard of a "fat" trash can?) then you'll love this trash can replacement. Kitty sits behind his litter box, smiling at you, until you throw something away. When you put something in the trash, Kitty disappears, leaving you with a smelly litter box that needs to be dumped. When you dump Kitty's litter, he returns, happy that his litter box is clean." Here are the Resedit resources for System 7.0 and System 7.1, one after another. Take care, Steve [Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/kitty-litter-trash.hqx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 14:02:02 EST From: "Dan Rickey" Subject: [*] mac-cube-view-110.hqx MacCubeView 1.1.0 Daniel W. Rickey #22-550 Platts Lane London, Ontario CANADA N6G 3A8 drickey@irus.rri.uwo.ca Description MacCubeView is designed to display a texture map image of three-dimensional (3-D) data. The data in mind is typically generated by medical imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine. Some geophysics techniques also produce suitable 3-D image data. Hardware Requirements MacCubeView will probably run on any Colour Macintosh Computer that is running System 7 or newer. The software will be at its best when used with a large eight-bit colour monitor. The Macintosh should have at least eight megabytes of memory installed. It will not run on a Mac Plus, SE, Classic, etc. Two versions of the programme are supplied - one for machines with a FPU, the other is for machines without a FPU, such the LC475 and Quadra 605. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-cube-view-110.hqx; 1136K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 09:28:16 -0600 From: mww@tntech.edu (Michael Wheeler) Subject: [*] NSFNET.MOV QuickTime movie from NCSA Here is NSFNET.MOV. It is a very interesting and large QuickTime movie about how the internet has evolved. I got it from NCSA. It is available from MacMosaic on NCSA's machine. Self-extracting StuffIt archive ~4,837K Michael Wheeler, mww@tntech.edu [Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/nsfnet.hqx; 4580K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 18:20:13 EST From: walkerj@milo.math.scarolina.edu (Jim Walker) Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.2.6->1.2.7 Update (corrected resubmission) This file updates OtherMenu 1.2.6 to version 1.2.7. Version 1.2.7 includes a new Sleep external, plus numerous bug fixes and enhancements. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-126-to-127-updt.hqx; 104K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 18:16:53 EST From: walkerj@milo.math.scarolina.edu (Jim Walker) Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.2.7 OtherMenu creates a system-wide hierarchical menu somewhat like the Apple menu. It can launch applications and documents, do things such as Restart, Delete, File Info, and execute FKEYs. In a directory dialog, you can use the menu to select a file or folder. Requires System 7. Shareware, $10. version 1.2.7 includes a new Sleep external, plus numerous bug fixes and enhancements. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-127.hqx; 174K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 02:31:13 -0800 From: rhn@netcom.com (Ron Nicholson) Subject: [*] pbgadget-09.hqx submission PBGadget version 0.9 fixes a bug where it reported Duo level battery voltages on some non-Duo powerbooks. Please replace app/pbgadget-05.hqx and gui/pb-gadget-08.hqx with this version. Features in version 0.8: an indicator bar of how much time is left until the disk spins down. My luck was that the disk would spin down just before I needed to do a save, so I wanted some sort of indicator. PBGadget is a small application to help manage battery usage on Powerbook Duo's. It puts up a clock and battery voltage readout in the upper right corner of the screen. When the power supply is unplugged, the clock changes to a timer of how long the Duo has been running on battery power. A vertical bar on the left side of the time window indicates much time there is left until the disk spins down. Please send bug reports to rhn@netcom.com [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/pb-gadget-09.hqx; 12K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 00:15:18 MET From: Christian F. Buser Subject: [*] Quark XPress Xtension: fcsPress The enclosed demo of a Quark XPress Xtension was distributed by SWIP Handels AG, the Swiss distributor of QuarkXPress. Please note that SWIP takes no responsibility for the demo - they just made it available to all QuarkXPress users here. I myself have no connection with SWIP, Quark, or the author(s) of the enclosed Xtension. Following below is the part of the description from the "Readme"-file. The archive is compressed using CompactPro 1.34. fcsPress is a QuarkXpress XTension designed specifically for newspapers and other large periodicals that require network cooperation between workers. When working with fcsPress the main editor will prepare a master page in XPress, and he will assign an editor number to each box. Once this master page is ready, the XTension will split this document in as many documents as there are editors assigned to it. The splitted files are placed in specified folders according to the group they belong to. These files can be distributed on the network to each editor, who will fill in the text and picture boxes that he has been assigned. Once the splitted files are ready fcsPress will join them into a new single document ready for final printing. The main advantage of fcsPress over other systems is that each worker uses XPress to type his text, so he can see exactly how the final page will print, including hyphenation, colors, column placement, etc. [Archived as /info-mac/app/quark-fcspress.hqx; 75K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 00:10:36 MET From: Christian F. Buser Subject: [*] Quark XPress Xtension: Mimic The enclosed demo of a Quark XPress Xtension was distributed by SWIP Handels AG, the Swiss distributor of QuarkXPress. Please note that SWIP takes no responsibility for the demo - they just made it available to all QuarkXPress users here. I myself have no connection with SWIP, Quark, or the author(s) of the enclosed Xtension. Sorry, but I dont knopw what this Xtension does - I could not find a description in the readme-file. The archive is compressed using CompactPro 1.34. [Archived as /info-mac/app/quark-mimic.hqx; 69K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 00:11:31 MET From: Christian F. Buser Subject: [*] Quark XPress Xtension: Nudger The enclosed demo of a Quark XPress Xtension was distributed by SWIP Handels AG, the Swiss distributor of QuarkXPress. Please note that SWIP takes no responsibility for the demo - they just made it available to all QuarkXPress users here. I myself have no connection with SWIP, Quark, or the author(s) of the enclosed Xtension. Following below is the part of the description from the "Readme"-file. The archive is compressed using CompactPro 1.34. Nudger is a palette that can be used to set the nudge amount in QuarkXPress 3.1. To use Nudger, open the palette from the View menu. Enter the nudge amout in the palette and press enter. Optionally, you can use the popup menu to set the nudge amount. That is all there is to this. [Archived as /info-mac/app/quark-nudger.hqx; 10K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 00:13:23 MET From: Christian F. Buser Subject: [*] Quark XPress Xtension: Shortline Eliminator The enclosed demo of a Quark XPress Xtension was distributed by SWIP Handels AG, the Swiss distributor of QuarkXPress. Please note that SWIP takes no responsibility for the demo - they just made it available to all QuarkXPress users here. I myself have no connection with SWIP, Quark, or the author(s) of the enclosed Xtension. Following below is the part of the description from the "Readme"-file. The archive is compressed using CompactPro 1.34. The Shortline Eliminator extension to QuarkXPress automates the task of detecting and correcting paragraphs with a short last line. The dialog at the right shows the Shortlline Eliminator interface. When a paragraph with a short last line is detected the Shortline Eliminator adjusts the paragraph tracking by the amount you indicate. You specify what constitutes a short last line in terms of character count and/or a hyphenated last word. You control how the tracking of the paragraph may be altered to eliminate the short last line. [Archived as /info-mac/app/quark-shortline-eliminator.hqx; 21K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 00:09:47 MET From: Christian F. Buser Subject: [*] Quark XPress Xtension: TypesettingMarks The enclosed demo of a Quark XPress Xtension was distributed by SWIP Handels AG, the Swiss distributor of QuarkXPress. Please note that SWIP takes no responsibility for the demo - they just made it available to all QuarkXPress users here. I myself have no connection with SWIP, Quark, or the author(s) of the enclosed Xtension. Following below is the part of the description from the "Readme"-file. The archive is compressed using CompactPro 1.34. When installed, TypesettingMarksXT adds a new entry to XPresss Utilities menu called Typesetting Marks. [Archived as /info-mac/app/quark-typesetting-marks.hqx; 16K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 18:20:24 -0600 From: Lloyd Wood Subject: [*] Screensaver/After Dark FAQ 1.8 COMP.SYS.MAC FAQ: Screensaver/After Dark answers -- L. L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk Got a Mac? Got a screensaver? Read the Screensaver FAQ! [Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/screensaver-faq-18.txt; 77K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 19:55:34 -0600 From: James Nathan Durchenwald Subject: [*] sim-beavis-n-butthead-ii-12.hqx Subject: Sim Beavis and Butthead II v1.2 Please replace all previous versions of Sim Beavis and Butthead II with this file. It fixes a major bug. Most of the resources were changed and so an updater is not feasible. [Archived as /info-mac/game/sim-beavis-n-butthead-ii-12.hqx; 1664K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 18:13:15 -0800 (PST) From: harrym@netcom.com (Harry Myhre) Subject: [*] SITcomm AppleScript Language: AppleScript 1.0 Author: Harry Myhre Date Written: Tue, Dec 7, 1993 Purpose: Start SITcomm, logon to Netcom, get into dl directory, ask user what to do next. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/sitcomm-login-as.txt; 1K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 12:05:34 -0500 From: porter@charlie.ece.scarolina.edu (Robert V. Porter IV ) Subject: [*] SODAFlipbook Color This is a Stackcreating Utility that makes it easy to colorize and creatie stacks with HC. it includes a 256-Color Palette that can be used to color buttons, windows, backgrounds. There are two separate areas to use. There is a text-field and a painting field. All tools needed to edit these fields are included. This stack should go in the HyperCard directory. The Author has given permission for this to be included on CD-ROMs as long as e-mail is sent saying so. His address is RunfastInc@aol.com -->RobertP Apple Student Rep @ USC porter@scarolina.edu ^-porter@charlie.ece.scarolina.edu [Archived as /info-mac/card/soda-flipbook-color.hqx; 108K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 14:06:52 +1100 From: The Gronk Subject: [*] sound-machine-10.hqx Here is SoundMachine 1.0: a freeware backgroundable ulaw file player which is a great improvement over UlawLongPlay (same author). Lots of buttons; and control for playing sounds; use balloon help if the controls aren't obvious. One of the nicest things is that you can click in the progress bar to instantaneous skip to that portion of the sound. Has an irritating voice as part of the interface if the Speech Manager is present (which can be turned off). I hate writing documentation that's why it's freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-machine-10.hqx; 41K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 19:02:40 -0800 From: ianw@wimsey.com (Ian Wojtowicz) Subject: [*] teletimes-93-12.hqx The December issue: "What's News to You?" Also: new staff members, a new department, and other interesting announcements. [Archived as /info-mac/per/teletimes-93-12.hqx; 481K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 12:13:59 -0600 From: Datamike@interaccess.com (Michael Shannon) Subject: [*] The Underground Mac #6 The Underground Mac "Information With An Edge!" Volume 1 No. 6 All contents and title C Michael P. Shannon 1993 A non-profit publication Freely distributable via electronic means for non-profit purposes-Post it everywhere! For other uses please inquire. Thanks! Send comments, criticisms and questions to: AOL: Datamike Internet: Datamike@interaccess.com [Archived as /info-mac/per/underground-mac-v1-06.txt; 22K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 19:30:46 -0500 From: evs1@cornell.edu (Erik Schwiebert) Subject: [*] UsenEdit v1.1.1 UsenEdit v1.1.1 (thats /Yooz' ned it/) is a very small, very fast text editor. It was written to cooperate with Peter Speck's Nuntius newsreader, especially in low-memory situations. Features: Up to 3 files of 32k each open at the same time; Takes only 50k of RAM to operate; Full Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo support, including F1-F4 on extended kybds.; Stationary documents for all those various .sigs; Email-ware, no $$$!; AppleEvent aware (sorry, no AppleScript); Wordwrap at specified boundary (without 's!) Requirements: 50k free RAM; System 7.0 or later; Cost: All you do is send me email saying where you found UsenEdit, what you think of it, and what you would like to see in future versions! Modifications and fixes since v1.1: Misc code removed to make program smaller; Save made default button in Preferences; Bug fix in window placement; Bug fix in Save As; Bug fix in Print. Enjoy, and have fun posting! ttyl, erik [Archived as /info-mac/text/usen-edit-111.hqx; 37K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 11:18:47 -0500 From: csmith@blackplague.gmu.edu (Christian Smith) Subject: [*] Who Built America? Enclosed is a demo version of a Hypercard stack called Who Built America. This stack was built using Voyagers new Hypercard development tools and is a book detailing American History during the period from 1876 to 1914. It includes some 450 pages of primary text with an additional 5000+ pages of additional text material, 45 minutes of archival film, 4 1/2 hours of audio, and more than 700 grey scale and full colour images. The comercial version is available for 99.95 from Voyager at Voyager Company 1 Bridge Street Irvington, NY 10533 or 1-800-446-2001 and thru several retail outlets. System requirements for the demo are a Macintosh with 4 megs of "available" memory above the system heep, a 256 colour monitor at 640x480 minimum resolution, Hypercard 2. player, and Quicktime 1.5 or later. The complete version is distributed on CDRom (nah, we crammed it all on one 1.44 meg diskette ;)), and includes HyperCard 2.1, Quicktime 1.6, and Sound Manager 3.0. This has been submitted at the request of one of the Authors, Roy Rosenzweig, who may be contacted at rrosenzw@gmuvax.gmu.edu. [Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/who-built-america-hc.hqx; 1871K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1993 07:36:00 -0800 (PST) From: RDABROWS@fisheries.env.gov.bc.ca Subject: ?'s on Kodak Photo CD Access Hi.. Has anyone compared Kodak's Photo CD Access with the shareware program called JPEG View 3.0. Are the programs similar in performance, features. Any recommends, thoughts and reviews would be appreciated. I am planing to give it as a Xmas gift. TIA, Richard RDABROWS@fisheries.env.gov.bc.ca ------------------------------ From: oradford@aol.com Subject: Apple Fowarded from a friend and forwarded to you. Please act and forward... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub: Help make your voice known... Please make your voice known! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% FYI: > Don't Let The Fundies Take A Bite Out Of Apple. Apple Computer is under a well organized phone-fax-mail attack by the Religious Right, demanding that Apple Computer drop its pro-human rights policy of non-discrimination against lesbian and gay employees. This current round of hate-mongering is being spearheaded by the same groups that spearheaded bigoted anti-gay initiatives across the country, including those in Colorado and Oregon, according to Apple Computer employees. Many of the calls are being placed by people from Texas, Colorado and Oregon. Calls to Apple Computer regarding its non-discrimination policies and domestic partnership benefits for gay and lesbian employees is currently running 500 callers in opposition to every 1 in support of current policies. We need to tip the balance back in our favor. Apple Computer helped lead the way in Silicon Valley's pursuit of equal rights for lesbian and gay employees. The Company's non-discrimination policy, which includes sexual orientation and benefits for partners of lesbian and gay employees, has been copied by a growing number of leading high-tech corporation across the country. Apple Computer has also donated substantial amounts of product to gay and lesbian and AIDS non-profit groups nationwide. If Apple perceives that these policies are threatening their financial position, or, if perceives that the Religious Right's hate-mongering could invite a substantial boycott, it may be forced to rescind its equal rights benefits. The Company has already suffered a steady sell-off in stock and company officials may begin to take a look at the Religious Right as the source of at least part of this financial set back. E-mail, fax, write to Apple Computer to support their anti-discrimination policies. please direct your comments to: AppleLink: SULLIVAN6 internet: sullivan6@applelink.apple.com ----- End Included Message ----- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:20:45 GMT From: jwm@world.std.com (Jon W McCombie) Subject: AppleShare for PC? Is there software available--either commercial or shareware/freeware-- that will allow an IBM-PC box to be a Macintosh AppleShare client? In particular, I want to share the internal CD-ROM drive on my Mac with my office-mates, some of whom have DOS-boxes. I know that if I insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of my Mac, then turn file-sharing off and back on again, my Mac-equipped colleagues can mount the CD-ROM by AppleShare connecting to my Mac and selecting the CD-ROM volume. Can my PC-equipped colleagues do something similar? Please respond via e-mail to jwm@world.std.com; I will summarize as interest warrants. Thanks, Jon McCombie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 13:18 EST From: Jim Allison Subject: Average Cost per Print with Apple Color Printer? Has anyone determined an average cost per print on the Apple Color Printer? I am interested in real world results, not Apple's estimate. We just installed an Apple Color Printer and are trying to figure out how much to charge folks for it's use. Thanks, Jim Allison Clark University Info Res. Center ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 02:10:24 -0800 From: tonya@tidbits.com (Tonya Engst) Subject: Biblography software for Word Raghbir (rsandhu@cs.ucl.ac.uk) writes, asking, >I am looking for a couple of pieces of shareware/freeware which MUST >exist out there somewhere. I would like to build a bibliography for >assist with writing papers, etc. and I was wondering of there is any >kind of application which can do this in conjunction with Microsoft >Word. I don't know of any free/shareware that will do the job, but you might check out EndNote Plus, a PIM (Plug-In Module) for Word 5.x. There are also versions of EndNote for earlier versions of Word. I have used EndNote only for testing, to see on a basic level how it worked with Word, but I have routinely heard nice things about it. Niles and Associates, Inc. 200 Hearst St. Berkely, CA 94709 Phone: 510-649-8176 Fax: 510-649-8179 I will be curious to see what free/shareware and comments the net reveals! -Tonya Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- tonya@tidbits.com --info@tidbits.com My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft ------------------------------ Date: 9 Dec 1993 10:03:01 CDT From: "Alan D. Attie" Subject: bug Here is a pretty bad bug that people might wish to know about: The "Snap" program from the "In Touch" package somehow causes the "Fax Terminal" program that comes with the Apple Telecom Adapter to crash the computer. It then is impossible to re-boot from the hard drive. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 14:53:30 +0000 (U) From: George Tempel Subject: c++ libs available c++ libs available Thanks to those who tried to help me find some available C++ libraries. The most interesting batch of stuff was found via Mosaic: http://info.desy.de/user/projects/C++.html check in there! Too much for me to detail. george tempel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 13:14:11 -0600 (CST) From: "IRENE FIORI FERMILAB MS 223, OFFICE PHONE X8446" Subject: C-language CAMAC routines for Mac. I am looking for the CAMAC routines in C-language (if they exist ...) I have a Mac-Centris equipped with a Micron card (bergoz, CERN design), and I wish to communicate with some camac modules for a data acquisition. ... also whichever suggestion about where to find them is welcomed you can contact me at this e-mail addresses: decnet: FNALD::FIORI or bitnet: fiori@fnald.fnal.gov or decnet: VAXBO::FIORII bitnet: fiorii@vaxbo.infn.it thank-you Irene Fiori ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 01:23:56 GMT From: Sven Guckes Subject: CD's Included with Apple CD300i? Glockzin_Donald@macmail1.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com writes: >Many people have bought the external and received the 8 or 9 CD collection, >but I haven't heard anyone getting CDs with their internal drive purchase. Well, I know someone who got 9 CDs with the purchase of his CD300i - me. :-) >Actually, I have heard many people complain that they didn't get any. If they have payed the same price as others - gave them complain! >I know of some Macs (ordered >2 months ago) that came with the same 8 or 9 CD >collection, but a recent order (not mine) came with only the installer CD. "Installer CD"? I have heard about the "Developer CD", but of any "Installer CD". What's on that CD? Sven :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 11:25:04 +0000 (U) From: George Tempel Subject: cdr == corelDraw? converter cdr == corelDraw? converter? I've come across a bunch of clip art that seems like it came from a messy-dos system. All of the artwork has the suffix .CDR -- is this CorelDraw, and if so, how can I convert it on my mac? just wondering george ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 12:05:51 -0500 From: craymer@emr.ca (Mike Craymer) Subject: Christmas decorations for Macs Does anyone know of any desktop patterns or screen savers (preferably After Dark modules) with a Christmas theme? I noticed the Xmas Lights control panel posted in issue 235 and wondered what else might be available. How about an AD module of a Santa flying by in his sleigh or a group of elves building toys (Macs)? I'd browse through the archives but I can never seem to get in. Thanks in advance and a Merry Christmas to everyone! Mike Craymer craymer@emr.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 23:33:33 -0800 From: mclagan@sfu.ca (scott mclagan) Subject: cmd key, splat key, flower key, fan key..... Many thanks to all of you who suggested that I check with Key Caps (RTFKC) in to witness that the command key symbol can be created with Ctrl-q. Of course I've been familiar with Key Caps for years, but did not know that the control key was an oft-used modifier. (I know, in some ways, it was the 'original' modifier, preceded only by the shift key) (And thanks to Al Bloom for the Chicago-Symbol font!) Cheers, Scott McLagan Coordinator for Computers, School District #43 (Coquitlam), B. C., Canada ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 11:48:34 -0600 (CST) From: park0009@gold.tc.umn.edu Subject: coke polar bears this is sort of a request ... has anybody out there had the time or equipment to tape and quicktime the commerical by coca-cola with the polar bears on ice skates... if you have could you let me know i'm interested in getting a copy of it... maelstrom... its cool (my opinion) -- >From henry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 16:48:38 -0600 From: "Earl Misanchuk" Subject: Color screen dumps (Q) I hope this isn't a terribly FAQ, but how can I make paint-type (not PICT) screen dumps in color? I need to be able to capture a display from a color Authorware sequence, for example, and edit it with SuperPaint. I tried making my color monitor my "main" screen rather than my portrait display monitor, but the ensuing screen dump with Caputre 4.0 (which at least let me make the dump paint-type) was only B/W. Am I overlooking something obvious? How can I do this? ADVthanxANCE for any suggestions. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:50:23 -0600 From: gibhenry@cscns.com (Gib Henry) Subject: Convert "stroked" PS font -> Type 1? In 1987, I purchased a PostScript font named Laser Los Angeles from Century Software (Rockville, MD). The author was Michael Mace. Over the years, I had occasional problems printing with it under certain combinations of system versions, Mac models, and laser printers. With the advent of System 6, it quit working at all. Another font developer told me in 1988 that Laser Los Angeles was an inferior "stroked" font rather than the more advantageous Type 1. I cannt find Century Software or Michael Mace. I have tried FontMonger but it does not recognize the font file as a font. Can anyone suggest how I can convert the font to TrueType or PostScript Type 1? Please reply directly and I will summarize. Thanks! -- --Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 16:52:27 -0600 From: Bienvenu Jay Subject: FileMaker Pro error Whenever I try to create a new FileMaker Pro database by launching it and pressing the New button in the dialog box, it bombs and reports a CHK error. Just a minor problem; using the "New File" command inside FMP works. -- Jay ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1993 10:27:30 -0500 (EST) From: 00bkpickeril@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu Subject: FutureBASIC (was 32b clean pgming lang) (C) "Sandro Menzel" said: Subject: 32-bit clean programming languages (R) >> However, I'm finding it surprisingly difficult to find a programming >> language/development system to use. I first thought of Prolog, but the >> Prolog for the Mac I have access to (LPA Prolog) is not 32-bit clean. >> Then I tried Microsoft Basic; also not 32-bit clean. ... And preferably >> nothing too expensive, as it comes out of my own pocket. Any >> recommendations? >You might consider FutureBasic by Zedcor. They've got the current >BASIC product of choice these days. >Rumor has it that they're running some kind of special right now. >Sorry but I don't know any details. >Sandro Yeah, it's not just a rumor. I got a brochure about this in september. I took them up on it as ***$50*** is an excellent price for fb. Then, a week or so ago, I got ANOTHER brochure with the same deal on it. $50 gets you the program and it's 800+ pgs of documentation. I think $70 includes a goofy t-shirt, some extra example programs (seemingly full blown programs, a chess pgm, for example) and a brief subscription to Inside BASIC magazine. I mentioned this on CSM.Programming at the time I got the first offer, and a LOT of folks were interested. Some said they had just purchased it for $200-300. Unfortunately, though the brochure made no mention of it, the offer was ONLY for those who received the brochure. There was a code on the label that they asked for when I called. I just called Zedcor. The offer is still only available for those who received the mailing, but you can pass it on to a friend. Unfortunately, my second brochure is already spoken for. Sorry. Perhaps you can ask around at your school or user group and see if anyone got the mailing and isn't interested. I must they have a limited number to sell at this price. I'd always heard that FB was great, and I do recommend it, though I am still learning. I haven't done any real projects with it yet, as I am still reading the documentation, and Inside Macintosh. As someone who has also read the dave mark book on begining 'C', I'd say that FB seems as much like C as it does BASIC in some ways. It is normally VERY structured (though it doesn't have to be), uses data structures and pointers (including the toolbox constants and structures). This will be easier for me, no doubt, than programming in C, with a good many of the benefits of C. I think it's probably CLOSE to being as fast as 'C' (it does include a mini assembler I think, if you really have need for speed). Obviously, unlike C, you can't port _out_ of FB much at all, but it is supposed to read most other BASICS. Had no trouble with some of the stuff I threw at it. You can program it just like any other BASIC, in a very line-by-line BASIC style (or lack thereof ;-) but you also have complete Mac toolbox access, ability to write DAs, CDEVS, and extensions. Indeed, FB programs should have event loops, etc. There is a lot there to learn. Cheers, --Brian Pickerill <00bkpickeril@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 16:27:37 GMT From: schultz@iastate.edu (Jonathan Schultz) Subject: Future of THINK Pascal ? In digest <9312070354.AA02725@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: >Dear netters, >given that THINK C is now in its 6th incarnation, >I wonder what will be the fate of THINK Pascal ? >I like it a lot and would hate to have to abandon it >in favor of MPW. Has anyone official or unofficial >information or just educated guesses what will happen >to it ? Many thanks in advance. I posted an article ("Symantec's Direction") in comp.sys.mac.programmer on this subject. An issue of "Software Development" included an interview with Gene Wang, a vp at Symantec. He stated that Symantec was focusing on C, C++. He did not say THINK Pascal was dead, but I gather THINK Pascal isn't high on Symantec's priority list. >Greetings, Ulf >dittmer@uke.uni-hamburg.de -- ------------------ Jonathan Schultz schultz@iastate.edu -- Usenet News Admin. Iowa State University Computation Center Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (USA) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Dec 93 20:42:38 EST From: "Allan M. Bloom" Subject: Global Village (C) Folks, Leslye got me a Global Village Gold Teleport modem for Christmas. It arrived last week and has driven me crazy. After having done all the normal things and gotten nowhere, I dropped GV a note. They did not have the courtesy to respond. I dropped them another note about their failure to respond. GV was consistent. They ignored that note, too. So I was left to my own devices. After entirely too many failures, I was about to give up and send the modem back to MacZone as a piece of used food. This evening I made that intuitive leap that keeps the illiterati among my colleagues thinking I'm a genius. I tried something I knew would fail. It did. But that failure yielded information that got me success. I am so smart I make myself sick ;-) Right. If I were any more stupid, they'd have to water me twice a week. But naughtyword it, Global Village lists its various numbers/addresses under the heading of "Customer Satisfaction." Oh horse feathers! I sent the following note to those "customer satisfaction" folk this evening: >You can, I think, disregard my request for help with my new GV Gold >modem. But maybe not last evening's scream in the night about your not >bothering to answer my earlier message. Is it a neat idea to ignore your >customers? > >Fortunately you included ZTerm with your package, a product I had not >tried. It claims to emulate a VT100, but it never has, so I didn't even >try it. This evening, out of sheer desperation, I tried it. You have a >file called "high speed" to launch ZTerm and set the modem for 14.4kb >operation. ZTerm connected. And displayed the setup string. For which >I'm in process of being eternally grateful. ZTerm, as expected, displayed >every VT100 control character (ugly as sin), but it did connect. I then >set up White Knight for the same modem init string, and voila! > >Looks like I can call this modem a good piece of hardware. > >It is too ruddy bad I had to do it all myself. You have an excellent >reputation, for your products and for your support. I paid a bit of a >premium for your modem based on that reputation. Your product indeed >seems to be outstanding. I fear I cannot say the same for your support. >There might be something I hate worse than being ignored. Maybe warm >beer. But being ignored is right up there. Sheesh! I about half expect crap from off-brand stuff. I can't help wondering if I'd have had as much trouble with that $99 14.4kb modem folks have been talking about here. Al Bloom, Virginia Tech ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:36:25 +0100 From: mremacha@mvax.cbm.uam.es Subject: Help with graphics needed Dear guys, I would like to have some pictures (trees, animals, any thing) in any format readable by MacIntosh: PITC, TIFF, ... If you can help me in this issue, could you answer directily to my E-mail address, providing me this informataion? Thank you in advance, Miguel E-mail mremacha@mvax.cbm.uam.es P.S. I promised that I will post a summary of the answers I receive. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 04:11:41 CST From: s-revuluri@uchicago.edu Subject: Icon Problems From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" Adam C. Engst writes: AE> I have a similar problem, although it's not all my icons - just the AE> ones on the desktop and some in the Apple Menu. And, even stranger, AE> it's only document icons on the desktop - apps are fine. I've done AE> all of the same stuff, and the only thing remaining is a reformat AE> of the entire hard disk unless anyone can suggest any other routes. This may not be the same thing, but I recently got zapped big time by installing the new version of Access PC (3.0) on my Quadra 700... Rebooting with option-command didn't help. Using Desktop Reset (usually very reliable) didn't help either. I had to use RedEdit to manually change all the desktop database files for each partition to visible and then manually trash them. That did it. I am coming to this late and may be thinking of something totally different, but did either of you take a look at the BNDL bits of the files with the messed-up icons? Try ReBNDLer (free, from Fifth Generation (nee Salient)) and Save a BNDL (shareware?) -- these each attack a different aspect of the BNDL problem. After all BNDL bits are fixed, rebuilding the desktop will often solve the problem. Sendhil Revuluri (s-revuluri@uchicago.edu) University of Chicago ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 12:43:56 EST From: jcarson@pppl.gov Subject: Icons How does the system know what icon to display for a given document? How do you change that information? Suppose I would like all MacWrite documents to show up on the desktop with a custom icon. How do you attach that icon to a specific creator/file type? Joe Carson Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory jcarson@pppl.gov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 93 23:36:55 EST From: AHUNTER@CCVM.sunysb.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #234 From: Sven Guckes >Where are those Gifs?one file?s/gif" ? >only one file? Try wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/gif--the "a" directory alone will occupy an afternoon's worth of GIFviewing. (Then, after working your way thru to the "z" directory, you can move on to the JPEG directory as well). -allan hunter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 08:00:32 EST From: bmunday@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil Subject: LC-III+VirtualMem+Extensions Problem I've encountered a new problem here at my office. A coworker on an LC-III couldn't get a certain program to run properly. We'd corrected the problem on a IIvx before by turning virtual memory on (the problem seemed to be related to having less than 8Mb of memory). So we tried the same fix on the LC-III. That's where things got strange. As it turned out, when we turned virtual memory on, the extensions wouldn't run. None of them, actually. Stuff in the control panels folder, the extensions folder, and in the system folder wouldn't load. It was just like holding Shift down at startup. And when we turned v.m. back off, things were fine. Any of you seen this before? We reinstalled System 7.1, with no luck. We're going to try a complete reinstall (ERASE the old files first, and THEN reinstall). That's been helpful in other cases. Any other suggestions? Please email to me if you can help... bmunday@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil Drive defensively. Buy a tank. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 09:15:59 EST From: sjoyce@heidelberg.edu (Sean M. Joyce) Subject: LW IINT Evenlope Trays (Q) Greetings. A user came to me today with a question about envelope feeders for the Apple LaserWriter IINT. He would like a "medium capacity" (around 150-200) envelope tray to use with the printer which doesn't require "bolting down" such that it is difficult to switch between the envelope feeder and the regular paper tray. It seems to me that the tray put out by Apple itself only holds 15 or so envelopes. Does anyone have any suggestions for third party products? TIA for any help. ----- Sean Joyce sjoyce@heidelberg.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 18:53:22 -0700 From: neese@spot.Colorado.EDU (Tim Neese) Subject: Mac Internet software >I now have to decide whether to move to the X-based versions of these Unix >programs, and use MacX on the Mac, or to move to Mac-based products. Can >anyone recommend Mac-based products (shareware or commercial) which do a >good job of supporting these communications? (I recently saw Fetch, the Mac There is indeed some outstanding Internet software for the Mac, most of which is free or very inexpensive! Probably the most well known integrated package is TCP Connect II by InterCon, which is a commercial product. VersaTerm also makes a package that has many Internet tools as well. Below is a list of the shareware software available on the net, the function it performs, a site where it can be ftp'd from, and some comments. Basically, all of this software requires MacTCP and some sort of network connection like Appletalk that's connected to the Internet, ethernet, SLIP, PPP, or ARA. Packages that can be configured to work over a standard serial line will be indicated, but please refer to the documentation for instructions on how to do this. $ indicates that the software is shareware and costs money all others are free to the best of my knowledge; I'm not responsible for consequences from inaccurate information presented here. Even though there's a separate piece of software for each function, the three things that people use most often are email, gopher, and network news, so you really don't have to learn that many pieces of software. Also, they are all pretty easy to figure out, so there generally isn't much of a learning curve. The biggest learning curve usually comes from locating a set of Internet resources and information that address one's own specific needs and interests, but since you've already been using unix software, you probably already have this part down. An incomplete list of Macintosh Internet Software (* indicates my pick): Email * Eudora 1.4.1 ftp.qualcomm.com Requires sys 7 or > (serial) Eudora 1.3.1 ftp.qualcomm.com Runs under sys 6 or 7 (serial) Eudora 1.3.1SFU7 ftp.sfu.ca Has better script lang (serial) PopMail 2.0.8 boombox.micro.umn.edu Not as many features as Eudora USENET News * NewsWatcher2.0d17 ftp.acns.nwu.edu Requires sys 7 or > NewsWatcher1.3d8 ftp.acns.nwu.edu Runs under sys 6 NewsWatcherSFU7 ftp.sfu.ca (serial) Nuntius 1.1.3 ftp.cit.cornell.edu Best for extracting binary files InterNews 1.0 ftp.dartmouth.edu Interesting interface $ The News 2.31 sumex-aim.stanford.edu Comes in UUCP version too IRC (Internet Relay Chat - live conversations) * Homer 0.92 zaphod.ee.pitt.edu Excellent inferface (serial) Ircle mac.archive.umich.edu Better than Unix but not much Telnet * NCSA Telnet 2.5.1 ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu Can server as an FTP server too IBM 3270 Emulation TN3270 2.4d9 brownvm.brown.edu Terminal emul. for IBM mainframes FTP * Fetch 2.1.1 ftp.dartmouth.edu Very Mac like interface $ Xferit! 1.5 mac.archive.umich.edu Good but Fetch is a bit nicer $ FTPd 2.2 sumex-aim.stanford.edu Very good gopher & FTP server Gopher * TurboGopher boombox.micro.umn.edu Accesses Archie, WAIS, FTP too HTTP & World Wide Web Servers: * NCSA Mosaic 1.0.1 ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu Info in hypertext multimedia form WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) * WAIS for Mac 1.2 think.com Search info in databases $ MacWAIS sumex-aim.stanford.edu Same as above I think that about does it. Hope this helps. Tim ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 21:26:06 -0600 (CST) From: Larry Rymal_Macintosh Custodian Subject: Mac LCII/III to 475 upgrade? Folks, I guess this is round two... Has anyone heard of the upgrade to the LCII/III to the 475 upgrade being made available, yet? --Larry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:18:12 GMT From: jwm@world.std.com (Jon W McCombie) Subject: Mac NFS *server* software? I know of several software products for the Mac that will allow the Mac to be a NFS client; I wonder if there is software available, either commercial or shareware/freeware, that allows the Mac to be an NFS server, allowing, say, a Sun workstation to mount the Mac's disk(s). Please respond via e-mail to jwm@world.std.com; I will summarize as interest warrants. Thanks, Jon McCombie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 12:50:03 -0600 (CST) From: "Mark Dohm, UW-P Information Technology" Subject: MacPrefect Hey folks, Users of MacPrefect: I am looking for disadvan/advantages of using it in a lab enironment. I have gotton lots of info from the company, but I want some personal opinions. Thanks, Mark. 8^) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 01:38:22 -0600 From: Paul M Sheldon Subject: MacWrite Pro - ability to Zoom (A) Mark A. Saper wrote in im 233: >Could someone tell me if MacWrite Pro has the ability to view the >window at different magnifications? Yes, 25 to 400 % continuous (type in dialogue) and discrete control (click to double or halve zoom), just tried it to see it I remembered right. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:33:49 -0600 From: d.wiltschko@tamu.edu (David V. Wiltschko) Subject: Memory installation in Performa/LC 475 Everyone: We've ordered some LC475s and are planning to upgrade their RAM to at least 8 meg (they come with 4). In looking around in info-mac and elsewhere, I can't find any instructions on installing SIMMs in them. We've done lots of installations in Mac II's of various flavors and in Mac Plus/SE's. But I understand the SIMMS are the 72 pin variety for the LC 475/Quadra 605. My question is this: Is it going to be obvious when we crack the cases where these SIMMs go or should we pay more and buy from a memory vendor that provides instructions? I'd appreciate any info from those of you who have done this. BTW, we're going to want to install video memory too. Dave +==================================+ Dave Wiltschko Director, Center for Tectonophysics Associate Professor, Geology Texas A&M University +==================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 14:46:49 -0600 From: (Pete Chane) Subject: Multimedia authoring I am interesting in getting into multimedia authoring. I want to choose an environment that allows the best way to develop interactive presentations and CDROMs. Anyone recommend a package? Director or the Apple Media Tool? I would prefer a cross-platform tool. PETER CHANE PCHANEUW@macc.wisc.edu PCHANE@applelink.apple.com University of Wisconsin Badgers: "Goin' to the Rose Bowl!" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 09:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Russell Cotton Subject: NEC CD-ROM Software Hello, I have aquired an NEC CD-ROM drive from a friend. It is the CDR-25 cd-rom reader and my friend has lost the software for it. I know that that this reader is popular in many places and i am sure that someone out there has the software for it. Please reply as soon as possible as I have a cd-rom disc with very valuble software on it and I need to read the disc by Monday. Thanks, Russell Cotton rcotton@tenet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 13:25:38 EST From: "Michael P. Colena" Subject: Need help with system problem. I've asked around about this problem and so far nothing has been able to fix it, so I'm hoping somebody in netland has ideas. I've almost exhausted my resources on this so any help is welcome. The problem is with my brother's Mac. (LCIII, 4MbRam, Sys 7.1) I'll give you the lead in: He was using it during a thunderstorm, plugged straight into the wall socket, no surge protector (dum, da dum dum) when inevitably the power went out. When the power came back on, he booted up only to be presented with the "?" icon. He found the system disk floppy and booted off of that. His desktop came up without the harddrive. Using disktools he got the system to recognize the hard drive, but discovered his System Folder blown to hell. Files missing, files moved, a mess. He did a system reinstall and rebuilt his desktop. He has partial use of his system back. Here's the problems that still remain: * Sounds: The system will only beep. Double click on a sound file and the system mentions something about error -204. Even SoundMaster won't play anything. The Sound Control panel refuses to recognize the fact that he has a microphone. * Applications: Double clicked files don't open into thier application. ie Clicking open a Word document brings up MS Word but it appears with "Untitled 1". Same goes for MS Excel, Hypercard, etc... * Things selected from the Apple Menu don't come up. He has reinstalled the system software, rebuilt the desktop, run disktools, Norton Disk Doctor, every virus program I can find. If anybody has any ideas or has even seen/heard of this before please send some info. Thanks. ============== Mike Colena mpc@gensym.com ============== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 08:22:52 -0600 (CST) From: "Michael W. Wheeler" Subject: Need old Mac II 1MB 120ns SIMMs Anybody have any useless 120ns 1MB SIMMs laying around unused? If so I've got a friend that would be interested in them. Here's your chance to get a few bucks out of some memory that is now probably useless to you. If so me email and I'll pass the info on to him. Michael W. Wheeler (Bitnet: mww@tntech) (Internet: mww@tntech.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 16:18:27 GMT From: bgrubb@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bartley Grubb) Subject: New Free Magazine I work for an organization that is considering launching a magazine on Internet. The magazine will cover end user needs and span from terminals to workstations. The magazine will also cover software, peripherals and networks that run on these machines. The publication is Free for the subscribers and unbiased. It will be totally supported by sponsors. Here is how it works. Once a week the service will e-mail, to the people who wish to be on the list, a Table of Contents. Each article in the Table of Contents will be identified by an item number. To get the full text of an article, you just list the item numbers in a message to the automated server. The server will return the articles in seconds. To use the system you do not have to have full Internet access only e-mail. As Internet is becoming more commercialized everyday, we are dedicated to operate this publication from only sponsor support and provide it free to the subscribers. We truly feel that Internet services should be free to the end users. In order to accomplish this the sponsors require us to build a large subscriber base to prove that it is a valid concept. If you would like to show your support please sent a message to "bgrubb@nyx.cs.du.edu". We would also like your comments about what you would like to see included in this magazine. All replies to this address will be added to the e-mail list. If you don't have any comments and would just like to show your support please feel free to send a blank message as all responses will be tallied. If you have a friend who might be interested please encourage them to send a message also. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:37:10 +0100 From: Daniel.Wismer@unifr.ch (Dan Wismer) Subject: Now Compress 1.0.1 is not international Now Compress doesn't like the Swiss German number format. In the Settings-Compress options, I have checked "If system is idle" and entered "15" as idle time. NC beeps at me "The value entered for the idle time is invalid. Please enter a valid integer". When I look at the inspect window I get strange characters in the compressed and saved columns. "Solutions": I switch back to the U.S. number format (in the control panel device "Numbers"). I have bought this software in a department store here in Switzerland, and I am not very pleased that this utility isn't programmed for the world. Daniel.Wismer@unifr.ch ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 10:41:52 -0600 From: adamh@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Hauerwas) Subject: Printing coverpage info on each page... (Q) A friend of mine would like software that prints coverpage info (user, date, time, number of pages) on *each* page of a document, like a header or footer (or a watermark underneath the text). There's been talk recently about watermarking software, and I was wondering if anyone knows if such a beast exists. Adam H. ---- Adam Hauerwas, Macintosh Specialist | adamh@merle.acns.nwu.edu Duff & Phelps Financial Consulting | 55 E. Monroe, Ste. 3600, Chicago 60603 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:44:25 EST From: reynolds@Jade.Tufts.EDU Subject: Printing Problem When I try to get my Stylewriter II to print, I often get an out-of-memory message. Sometimes restarting the Mac (maybe several times) makes it work, but even then it can be very slow. The Mac is a Classic II running System 7.0.1 with Tune-Up 1.1.1, connected to an Ethernet network, and the word-processor is Microsoft Word 5.1. Can anyone help? Thanks, Bill Reynolds (reynolds@jade.tufts.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 DEC 93 09:25:42 GMT From: EFE@V1.PH.QMW.AC.UK Subject: Quadra 610 resets (Q) I have just obtained a Quadra 610 for use at work, and while it is a nice fast machine, I was disappointed to find that it does not have a reset button or a programmer's button. Worse yet, the keyboard equivalents that work on LC's and IIsi's don't work either. (On those machines you can use command + control + power key to reset, and command + power key to generate an interrupt and drop you into a debugger if there is one installed*). Since I do some programming, crashes are frequent and these facilities are essential in order to avoid pulling the plug and possibly damaging the hard disk. Is there a way around this missing facility? Does the LC475/ Quadra 605 have the same problem? * Thanks to Peter Knoppers' list of 'bizarre' keyboard combinations. Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London EFE@V1.PH.QMW.AC.UK ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 93 23:21 CST From: Norma Wiley Subject: Schedule Software I am looking for some software that can schedule rooms and print the schedule. We need a classroom schedule that can be updated easily and printed. Commercial software is OK if the price is reasonable. Thanks in advance. Norma P60NJW1@mvs.cso.niu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 10:28:17 -0600 From: C4898@UMSLVMA.umsl.edu (Larry Pickett) Subject: SE, Tsunami 50M ext, Tsunami 170M int (Q) Hardward experts would this work. I have an SE (old) with the standard internal 20M and A Tsunami 50M external. I would like to do the following - replace the 20M with the guts of the 50M and then put a 170M into the 50M's box. Is it possible and is it a plug and play operation? All this so when the SE goes away to college with my oldest she has a functional HD and I have the higher capacity at home for the incoming Quadra otherwise I'd put the 170 into the SE. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 15:38:14 -0500 From: allen@msx1.pha.jhu.edu (Marsha Allen) Subject: Slow printing problem Greetings netfolk, I have a network printing problem that I hope you can help me with. One of the Macs in our group (a Quadra 700) is printing much much slower than other machines (another Quadra 700 and a Quadra 900). By slower, I mean that a simple text file takes over 5 minutes to print on the misbehaving Q700 and prints almost immediately on the others. I have been scratching my head trying to figure out what's going on. All the Macs and the printer (a Laserwriter IIgs) are on the building Ethernet. Here are more relevant parameters: System 7.0.1, Tuner 1.1.1, MacTCP 1.1.1 Laserwriter driver 7.1.1 If you have any bright ideas on where to look or what else to try, please respond via e-mail. Thanks, Marsha Allen allen@pha.jhu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 08:56:01 -0800 (PST) From: handel@sfu.ca Subject: Solving INIT Conflicts - Fix or Workaround? For the last week, my Centris 650 has been hanging and sometimes freezing whenever I inserted a floppy disk while one or two applications were open. Sometimes a "Force Quit" of the active application would cause the floppy icon to appear on my desktop. Sometimes I needed to reboot. Initially, of course, I carried out the usual checks & fixes. Everything checked out, but the problem persisted. So I started testing control panels and extensions - especially recent additions. At first, the problem _appeared_ to be caused by Suitcase 2.1.4. Then it was the new Now Contact and Up-to-Date bundle. Next it seemed to be Adobe's Type-on-Call 3.0 Control Panel. Turning each of these INITs off _seemed_ to solve the floppy recognition problem, but it also left me without a wanted application or utility. Finally (i.e., for now) I solved the problem by removing Central Point's Anti-Virus Control Panel 2.0.1d. I had it set to scan floppies on insertion - and the hang-ups occurred whenever that task was to be performed. (I haven't found the Anti-Virus CP to be a very stable piece of software - for example, overriding it using control keys also seemed to alter its options setting.) I replaced it with Gatekeeper 1.3 ... and voila! the floppy recognition bug _seems_ to be gone. However I have a hunch that the Anti-Virus Control Panel is _not_ the sole culprit in this little drama. It had plugged along okay until a week ago, when I upgraded some Adobe software. Since then it failed whenever I ran an application that called on Adobe's SuperATM 3.6 and/or Type Reunion 1.1 to build missing fonts. The latter, in particular, has obvious problems, as it fails to work properly even with some Adobe applications - e.g., Illustrator 5.0. But version 1.1 is what Adobe is still shipping. So, tell me ... have I found a cure, or merely a work-around? All insights would be greatly appreciated. Jay Handel handel@sfu.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 15:56 GMT0 From: Pindar Infotek Ltd Subject: Sound sampling program I'm interested in getting hold of a sound sampling program (shareware/pd) with the following characteristics: - Play-through sound (you can here what you're sampling through the Mac's speaker) - Sound compression control - Sound wave editing (cutting out bits of the sound wave, also the ability to paste other sound waves in if possible although this is not essential). - Works on a 12" colour display on a Mac LC - Saves (and preferable imports) in the standard 'snd '-2 resource format, leaving double-clickable files under System 7. A possible bonus would be multiple sounds open (not necessarily playing) simultaneously, but this is not essential. I would also prefer to be able to record direct to disk, rather than needing to allocate huge amounts of RAM for large sounds. I've tried Wavicle and Sample Editor, but Wavicle doesn't seem to be able to play through and Sample Editor (besides blatantly nicking the Microphone II icon!) needs a 13" screen and is also a bit unstable. Any recommendations? Please tell me if you know a program that matches or comes close to the specification above. Cheers, Ian --- Please make 'Attn:Ian McCall' the first line of your reply (not the subject) to ensure automatic forwarding to the correct Pindar user. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 16:15:12 -500 (EST) From: "Jonathan B. Kamien" Subject: Star*Nine and QM dial-up Gateway Does anyone have any experience with a dial-up gateway to automate mail transfer between a Quickmail LocalTalk site and the Internet? Star*Nine markets such a gateway called Mail*Link Remote we are considering purchasing. Any sharing of experiences with it or similar products would be appreciated. Reply to:JKAMIEN@MOOSE.UVM.EDU or Jonathan.Kamien@uvm.edu. Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 13:25:58 PST From: "Jim Schenk" Subject: sticky mouse (Q) Received: from RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@RICEVM1) by RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5489; Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:28:56 -0600 Return-Path: <@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU,@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU:JIMS@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Received: from NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@NERVM) by RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5479; Thu, 9 Dec 1993 15:28:31 -0600 Received: from NERVM (NJE origin SMTP@NERVM) by NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 7926; Thu, 9 Dec 1993 16:24:54 -0500 Received: from serss0.fiu.edu.fiu.edu by nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 09 Dec 93 16:24:53 EST Received: from SERVAX.FIU.EDU by serss0.fiu.edu.fiu.edu (4.1/SMI/FIU-4.0.2) id AA17572; Thu, 9 Dec 93 16:25:21 EST Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 16:21:51 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Schenk To: Message-Id: <931209162151.2024985a@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Subject: sticky mouse (Q) Hello, Does anyone out there know of any Control Panels or Extensions that will change the default mouse behavior? Specifically, I need to make it so that when a user single clicks the mouse button and releases it, it behaves as though it is being held down, until the user clicks it again. Thanks. Jim Schenk jims@servax.fiu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 01:06:53 GMT From: Sven Guckes Subject: Typing tutor heman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes: >I am looking for a Typing Tutor program. MacDactylo DM 335 (DM/$ ~ 1.7) $200 Description: Typing tests for key groups, including key groups for certain fingers. Stats about type speed (number of typed keys) and errors. Keeps a score for different users and displays them in a table. Integrated game: Like Tetris, but you can use the falling pieces onyl if you have typed the letter displayed on them. Note: This is from a description given in a German magazine. I haven't used this program, so I can't give a better description. Wish there was a freeware/shareware program. Sven :) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 18:31:36 MET From: Christian F. Buser Subject: What is the Lightfax 1414 LC modem? In a computer related newspaper I saw today an ad for a modem called LIGHTFAX 1414 LC, obviously featuring V32bis, V42bis, MNP, V17 Fax Group 3, etc. -- just all the good things you wish to have but which make modems expensive. However, the price for it was more than reasonable. Before giving them my credit card number and ordering it, I've asked them for more detailed documentation about the modem and the software that may (or may not) come with it -- I'll see what they send me. Does anybody know this modem and tell me any good/bad/unusual things about it? I think I have seen the name "Lightfax" in U.S. magazines before, but this must be long ago -- I did not find it in any recent issues of Macworld or MacUser. So please send your comments via email, and if I get any I'll summarize and post them. Many thanks in advance, Christian. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 02:10:49 -0800 From: tonya@tidbits.com (Tonya Engst) Subject: Word's Addresses Randy Patton (randy.patton@vt.edu) asks: >Does anyone know where MS Word stores the addresses entered into its >envelope generator? A colleague of mine has compiled a fairly large body >of addresses in Word and would like to export them to a file for separarte >sorting and printing, but we've both searched in vain for the file(s) Word >stashed the data in. > >Is there a quick and easy way to export Word's entire address list, or at >least print it out? Word stores the addresses in file called Word Toolbar Prefs. Why Word Toolbar Prefs? Possibly because Alki Software contributed the toolbar and address feature to Word 5.1 (MS and Alki often work together on Word projects). Much to my dismay, there is _no_ automated way to print the addresses or move them in and out of the Word Toolbar Prefs file. Also, as a word to the wise, be sure to backup that Word Toolbar Prefs file if you have entered a number of addresses - it would be a shame to lose the file and have to enter them all again.... Hope this helps to clarify... -Tonya Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- tonya@tidbits.com --info@tidbits.com My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 02:11:13 -0800 From: tonya@tidbits.com (Tonya Engst) Subject: Word Oddities Sven Guckes (guckes@inf.fu-berlin.de), wrote in with a dual-word-weirdnesses question: ... I had to wonder about two things: > >1) No pictures. > While there are obviously pictures in this document, I can only see > gray boxes. :-( Sounds like Picture Placeholders is on - the purpose of Picture Placeholders is to speed scrolling when graphics are onscreen. To turn off Picture Placeholders, go to Tools/Preferences. In Preferences, click on the View category. Look in the Show area... Should you be wondering, the same thing can happen in Word 4, and you can toggle Picture Placeholders through Edit/Preferences. >2) The index says something about 83 pages. > However, there seem to be only 73 pages. :-( My first guess here - indexes can be generated at any time, and they do not update automatically if editing or font changes change the page breaks in the document. To regenerate the index: 1. From the Insert menu, choose Index. 2. In the Index dialog box, you can probably just click on OK, nothing awful will happen if something isn't set the way it was the last time someone generated the index. 3. Word will ask if you want to replace the existing index. Say yes or no, depending on what you want. Hope this helps... Tonya Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- tonya@tidbits.com --info@tidbits.com My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 10:07:27 -0800 From: "Anthony E. Siegman" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.digest Path: siegman From: siegman@EE.Stanford.EDU (Anthony E. Siegman) Subject: Intermittent Floppy Problems Message-ID: <1993Dec8.180725.7456@EE.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Stanford University Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 18:07:25 GMT Lines: 21 I carry floppies with various documents back and forth between a work system (Mac II, System 7.1, one 800K drive, one HDD), and a home system (Mac SE/30, System 6.0.7, one HDD). Very often an 800K floppy written at work, worked on at home, then carried back to work will give repeated "This is not a Mac disk" messages when inserted in either of the work drives. After somewhere between 2 to 6 or 7 repeated ejects and reinsertions, however, it will always eventually mount. After this happens, however, attempts to copy documents from the floppy, once it's mounted, to the office HD sometimes fail part way through with an error message. Yet immediately after that I can always double-click on the floppy document; start up the relevant application (Mathematica, WriteNow, Excel, etc.) with the document >From the floppy properly opened; and then SAVE it to the HD. Any ideas what's the problem here? Both systems pretty vanilla, same applications on both, except one is Sys 6, one Sys 7 ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************