From: xxltony@crash.cts.com (Tony Lindsey)
Subject: Mac*Chat#088/01-Sep-95

Mac*Chat#088/01-Sep-95
======================

Welcome to Mac*Chat, the free, weekly electronic newsletter biased
   toward Mac users who are production-oriented professionals.  Other
   Mac users may find many, many items of interest as well.  I'd enjoy
   hearing your feedback and suggestions.  Unfortunately, due to the
   massive numbers of messages I get every day, I can't guarantee
   a personal reply.

  Tony Lindsey, <xxltony@cts.com>.
  http://www.cts.com/browse/xxltony

  Mac*Chat back-issues may be found within any Info-Mac ftp archive at
      info-mac/per/chat

See the end of this file for legalisms and info on how to subscribe.

Any [comments in brackets] are by Tony Lindsey.

Topics:
Highlights Of This Issue
Editor's Notes
New Jobs
Info-Mac Search Engine Has A New Home
Power Computing Clones Vs. New And Used Powermacs?
What To Do With The Hype?
New Disk Media Information
Software Suggestions
Changing Screen Resolution On The Fly
Speed Doubler, Again
AOL Mail Problems & Solutions
BBEdit
Technical Section Starts... Here
AutoWeb
Netscape Pallettes
Legalisms
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Highlights Of This Issue
------------------------
  I mention another set of survey results purporting to give real
  info about Internet users, I ask about the 1990's-style jobs that
  have recently opened up for Mac users, the Info-Mac searching
  engine finds a new home, I ask for recommendations for the
  maximum bang for your PowerMac buck, we discuss ways to keep hype
  out of Mac*Chat, the exciting new removeable disks are explained,
  along with a complaint about Zip drives, a reader proposes a new
  idea for Mac*Chat's discussions, a real zinger of a
  screen-resolution utility is pointed-out, we learn more about
  Speed Doubler, America Online's awkward new e-mail system is
  explained further (with tips), which segues nicely into a
  discussion of glorious BBEdit, AutoWeb is praised for making life
  easier for folks maintaining their own Web pages, and a readers asks
  for a good way to have Netscape colors show up well on PC's AND
  Macs.

Editor's Notes
--------------
  By Tony Lindsey <xxltony@cts.com>

  First of all, I want to thank everybody who wrote to ask me how
  the big party went - It was a smashing success!  We're going to
  be invited to other people's parties for years after this... We
  have socially "arrived."

  ------

  Back in Mac*Chat #83, I mentioned a survey showing that of the
  folks in the USA using the Internet, 34% are women.
  Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down that same
  information afterward.  I just found out about another survey.
  There's quite a bit of other, interesting information about 'net
  users there - the results can be found at

http://www.ora.com/survey/

  "O'Reilly & Associates, in a joint effort with Trish Information
  Services, has launched a market research study on Internet users
  and online service subscribers. With this study, O'Reilly and
  Trish intend to build a picture of the Internet market based on
  facts, not hype. "

  -------

  It appears I spoke too soon about this week's deadline for
  donation announcements.  Maybe next week's issue will have more
  info.  What's the delay?  I want to assure folks that what I
  announce will be dependable for a long time. It's going
  step-by-step with many people to coordinate, so please be
  patient.  Thanks!

New Jobs
--------
  By Tony Lindsey <xxltony@cts.com>

  The vast majority of my clients work for themselves.  They use
  their Macintosh computers as power-tools to earn their income.
  Many of them have seemed a little embarrassed that they don't
  have a "real" job.  There isn't much discussion about well-paying
  1990's New Jobs that change constantly and defy casual
  description.

  Here's a good example:  In my own case, I graduated from high
  school in 1974.  Back then, I imagined that I would be an Artist,
  or a Policeman, or a Doctor, or something else that would be
  traditional and easily-categorized.  I had no clue that I would
  be "spoiling creative people rotten" for a living.  That's my own
  personal job description.

  In practice, I usually arrive at a client's place, attach my
  optical drive to their Mac, run diagnostics, upgrade their
  operating system if necessary (such as System Upgrade 3.0 if they
  are using System 7.1), delete extra garbage that they'll never
  use, give them a guided tour of what they can accomplish and how
  to find out more, give strong advice on what to buy next and why,
  and customize their setup as if I had to use it every day - I
  have NO patience, so there's not a lot left blocking them from
  getting fast, daily results.

  I basically bring them forward about two years, and then hand
  them an invoice, printed-up on the spot using their printer.
  Most of my clients have me come in once a year or so to
  freshen-up their system and coach them toward the next level.  I
  get a lot of referrals, and have been doing something like this
  for over fourteen years.

  I kind of fell into it, and in the early years I kept waiting for
  somebody to tell me to stop fooling around and get a real job.
  My work is needed (all over the world), and the job-niche never
  really existed before.  It certainly pays MY bills!

  So, what are the good-paying, New Jobs that people have found,
  using Macs as their main tool?  Obviously there are gazillions of
  artists, designers, and other creative folks who have become
  successful with the many programs available.  What other,
  surprising jobs have paid-off big for you?  I'd love to get a lot
  of responses on this topic.  The world is hungry for your
  feedback.  Let's fill some New Job-niches!

Info-Mac Search Engine Has A New Home
-------------------------------------
  Baron L. Chandler <baron@tocnet.com>, Network and System
  Administrator, T.O.C. Enterprises

  [Again, this is a VERY good place to find Mac shareware and
  freeware software goodies...]

          New INFO-MAC Search Engine Comes Online at TOCNET Site

  You can now find the new search engine on my home page,

         http://www.tocnet.com/~baron/infomac

  This software searches the Info-Mac software archive index for
  files that reside there. You can provide a partial filename and
  the search system will allow you to FTP all files found with a
  click of a mouse. You can specify your own mirror site, as well,
  or choose from the many sites listed as public info-mac mirrors.
  Searches can be limited to recent or all files. The index is
  updated daily at midnight. You can also view an abstract of each
  file returned by the search courtesy of the hyperarchive at MIT.

  A Umich search engine will be available soon as well.

Power Computing Clones Vs. New And Used Powermacs?
--------------------------------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <xxltony@cts.com>

  If someone were considering a purchase of a PowerPC-compatible
  Mac, what would be the most cost-effective route (giving maximum
  bang for the buck)?  I saw a used PowerMac 6100/66, monitor &
  keyboard selling for US$1400 recently, (it's long gone, so don't
  ask).  I also want to know about the current price-competitive
  status on Power Computing clones:

http://www.powercc.com

  Evidently, they've sold over 5,000 high-end competitors to
  Apple's Macs, which have earned rave reviews for compatibility.
  That's nice, but now there are new, less-expensive PowerMacs out
  now from Apple.

  How would folks compare all of these?  What's the best deal in
  terms of STREET price for your area. or mail-order?

  I'd like to be able to help my clients who are on a tight budget,
  but want a really powerful Mac to earn money.  Besides that,
  Uncle Tony wouldn't mind replacing his elderly, kerosene-powered
  IIci someday!

What To Do With The Hype?
-------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <xxltony@cts.com>

  I'm pleased to say that I received (as of this writing) 433
  messages giving me advice on what to do about the endless flood
  of hype and sales-pitches aimed at Mac*Chat's readers through my
  e-mail box.  Perhaps 90% of the messages gave some variation on
  the following theme:

  "I think you were right to withhold/filter. Keep it up. thanx."
  "Thanks for caring enough about both your readers' opinions and
  the ethical aspects of publishing to share your wrestlings with
  us!" "Does the same person write all those PR releases we're
  continually deluged with? Or are they written by different people
  who've all gone through the same school of hype-speak? Perhaps
  more importantly, do they talk that way in their everyday
  lives--shopping, playing with their kids, making love? YUK!    ;
  )"  "I have nothing against advertising but Mac*Chat is a refuge
  from it. I like my refuge! :-)"

  [And so on...]

  --------

  By booky@leland.stanford.edu (Louis Bookbinder)

http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~booky

  NO WAY. No matter what the value, I see no reason why your
  efforts should subsidize the marketing work of ANYONE. And if
  even ONE reader tried it and had a bad experience, the word would
  go out that your endorsements were unreliable (even if not
  endorsements).

  Keep it clean.

  --------

  [Interestingly, I also got a pile of messages from readers who
  all came up with a variation on the same, new idea...]

  --------

  By gt0831c@prism.gatech.edu (William Lorenzo Moss IV)

  I know that you want to pass on great deals to people in
  Mac*Chat, but sorting through the sales pitches, marketing crap,
  and double-speak shouldn't be your job.

SUGGESTION:  Start a companion newsletter with such ads in it.  Each
             issue carries your standard disclaimer, but is otherwise
             completely written by those businesses who send you their
             information and special offers.  Lay some ground rules
             like a maximum word count for messages, and pull any
             advertisers who get complaints from MacChat users, maybe
             even charge a nominal advertising fee.  Maybe name this
             newsletter something like Chat*Ads or something to distance
             it from Mac*Chat.

  People who want to read the ads get the newsletter and can sort
  through the hype themselves.  Those not wanting to be burdened by
  the hype and glitz can simply skip it in their newsreader,
  unsubscribe from it being emailed to them, or just not visit the
  web page that it resides on.

  When I read MacWeek, I look at all the "real" articles first, but
  I am generally quite interested in the special advertising
  companies direct at MacWeek readers.  Both are important to me,
  but I definitely read them with different mindsets and at
  different times.  Mac*Chat and Chat*Ads would let me conveniently
  separate marketing hype, but would still let me see it if I
  wanted to.

  --------

  By Martin Frobisher <Frobisher@aol.com>

  Maybe you ought to get someone to put out a companion list. Call
  it "Mac*Sellout" and it'll be all ads, all the time! Sell space!
  Seriously!

  [Let me know what YOU think... Personally, I'm in no rush to make
  any changes.  I can afford to take my time and grow Mac*Chat at
  an appropriate pace and style.]

New Disk Media Information
--------------------------
  By hoepfner@intr.net (Patrick Hoepfner)

  In the Mac*Chat#087, there is a reference to Iomega's new drive.
  There seems to be a lot of activity in the media area, especially
  the removable media.

  From Pinnacle comes the Apex 4.6 GB removable drive.  Yes, that
  is a 4.6 Gigabyte rewritable optical.  The ads are humorous.
  They feature a fork jabbed partially into a hard drive with the
  words "Put a fork in it." followed by "The hard drive is done."

  They list the following features:

  - Faster than the average hard drive (data throughput 6MB/sec max)
  - Less expensive than hard drives of equal size
  - Enormous 4.6 Gigabyte capacity per disk
  - Unlimited capacity - just add another disk
  - Direct Overwrite media (one-pass write)
  - Greater reliability and durability than hard drives
  - Removable disks allow easy portability and security

  Other specs include:

  Type:           Magneto-Optical/rewritable
  Form Factor:    5.25" half-height internal/external
  Capacity:       4.6 GB (1024 sector)
                 4.2 GB (512 sector)
  Data Rate:      6MB/sec (max)
  Seek Time:      17 milliseconds
  Rotation Speed: 5000 RPM (max)
  Media Life:     30+ years.

  And what is more, the drive costs $1695 and includes a cartridge.
  Additional cartridges costs $199.  Pinnacle compared their 4.6 GB
  drive of $1695 with several hard drives of similar size at $2161.
  While I *did* find a 4.6 GB Quantum drive for around $1000 in
  the same issue of MacWeek, it is hard to ignore the fact that you
  can increase the storage another 4.6 GB for only $199.  Other
  published reports say that you can lose 80% of the error
  correcting bits and have 5.2 GBs at your disposal!

  This *is* impressive.  If the cartridges *do* last 30 years, they
  will far outlast their own usefulness!  After all, in the last
  year we have seen drives like the Zip and Jaz drive break all
  sorts of notions of price, speed, reliability and portability.

  Then there is the Nomai MCD 540MB, which is a $600
  Winchester-technology removable-media drive. It uses $60
  540-Mbyte cartridges.

  SyQuest Technology Inc. will be introducing their EZ135, a
  low-cost removable hard drives as well.

  Like the ancient Chinese proverb, We are living is *exciting*
  times!  This was from MacWorld.  You can collect a few details as
  follows:

    <http://www.zdnet.com/~macweek/mw_08-07-95/news4.html>

  More info is available from Ziff Davis' PC magazine as follows:

    <http://www.zdnet.com/~pcmag/1415/pcm00011.htm>

  ------

  By morrisoj@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (Saint John)

  There was a question about Zip drives vs. EZ drives. I got the
  former earlier in the year, and am 95% satisfied with it-- for
  one thing, I actually back up my hard drive now!

  But PowerBook users should know that there's a problem with disk
  spindown while using the IOmega Driver. Simply put, your
  PowerBook's drive doesn't spin down when the computer is
  connected to a Zip, not even if you ask it to. When the Zip drive
  is not connected, the spindown happens on schedule (according to
  either the PowerBook control panel or Connectix PowerBook
  Utilities).

  I wrote to IOmega about this, and got a message saying that their
  PowerBook was away for the week. That was April 6th. A repeat of
  that message brought a "Thank you for writing to IOmega!" message
  but nothing else.

Software Suggestions
--------------------
  By "Clark, Allen" <allen@intertv.com>

  A good part of MacChat is the announcement of new
  shareware/freeware available on the various Internet and online
  sources, which I value pretty highly.  One thing that I always
  thought would be a boon to the shareware concept is a forum for
  shareware users to post suggestions for simple
  applications/utilities that they feel would benefit lots of Mac
  users.  It's amazing that most shareware developers seem to be
  working in the dark, implementing some neat ideas that they have
  and that's it.  I'm sure they would appreciate a challenge from
  an outside source.  We all have good ideas, and should have a
  place to share them.  For example, I've wanted a utility that
  would look through a document and tell me what fonts it uses.
  I've searched high and low to no avail.  Now there's a cheap
  commercial product (TypeTamer) that does this, but I could have
  used it years ago.  Do you think MacChat could serve as a forum
  for such requests/ideas?

  [Where does one track down TypeTamer?]

Changing Screen Resolution On The Fly
-------------------------------------
  By Todd Clements <tclement@osiris.ac.hmc.edu>

  <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/people/tclement.html>

  Radius makes a wonderful piece of software for FREE that works
  (as far as I know) with any multi-syncing monitor:

  <ftp://ftp.radius.com//pub/radius/software/mac/RadiusWare/

   DynamicDesktop3.3.sea.hqx>

  Just hold down some keys while pressing the mouse, and a list of
  colors as well as resolutions comes up on screen.

  -------

  By Andrew Shieh <shandrew@leland.Stanford.EDU>

  Radius' dynamic desktop control panel will do this. I'm not sure
  how  compatible or effective it is, or if Radius cares if you use
  it on non-radius products. I tried it out and it worked for me on
  my powermac and multiscan 15" apple monitor.

  ------

  By Malcolm Dunn <medunn@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>, Vancouver,
  Canada

  There are two apps at Info-Mac which provide the Control Strip to
  all of us pre-7.5.2 users: Desktop Strip, and a Control Strip
  patch. Both allow control strips to be used on a desktop Mac.
  While I have a control strip to change colour depth, I haven't
  seen the Monitor Resolution strip mentioned. Don't suppose it's
  available at Apple's site?...;-)

  [I couldn't find it.  As far as I know, it exists only on the
  newest PowerMacs.]

  /info-mac/gui/desktop-strip-121.hqx
  /info-mac/gui/control-strip-patcher-20.hqx

Speed Doubler, Again
--------------------
  By Dave Ely <ely@netcom.com>

  Given that your newsletter is aimed at production oriented
  professionals, many of whom thrash around large files on a daily
  basis, I found the review of Speed Doubler in regard to 68K Macs
  a bit troubling. On my 68K Mac (a 50MHz IIci -- used mainly for
  communications; file transfer, email, web'ing), I only use Speed
  Access (NOT Access Doubler, as it was named in the review), the
  disk cache portion of Speed Doubler. I prefer the functionality
  of CopyDoubler for better speed/control of finder copies. Speed
  Access completely replaces the system cache, and the improvements
  can be anywhere from barely noticeable to drastic.

  Every day I notice something which seems a bit more responsive
  than it was the last time I really paid any attention to it.
  Something I noticed just the other day was that I no longer have
  to pause after tossing several files into the trash (I used to
  have to wait a few seconds, eventually a watch cursor would pop
  up and go away and I could continue what I was doing). It took a
  little while to realize I waiting and didn't need to. File copies
  to disks which are pretty well crammed and have needed
  optimization for quite some time now are also faster.

  The most noticeable changes occur with applications which do a
  lot of writing to the disk, such as saving large documents (word
  processing, images), running compilers and one would assume (but
  I can state with certainty) that data base operations would also
  be positively affected.

  The review mentioned numerous crashes on a IIvx, but never
  spelled out which systems, extensions and applications were
  involved. My experience, running an accelerated IIci, 14 volumes,
  both system 7.1 and 7.5.1 along with 30 or so extensions from
  various sources has been exactly zero crashes (Netscape 1.1N and
  I had a disagreement, but that's happened before). Perhaps I've
  been lucky, but I've had reason to run a reasonably large number
  of applications and I'm not having the reported problems. I
  realize that your reviews are more or less donated, but I would
  certainly appreciate a more thorough explanation of
  incompatibilities if they are going to be reported as 'fact'.

  In closing, I should admit a bit of a bias in favor of Speed
  Access. I know and have worked with the author of the extension
  in a previous life working on Norton Utilities, I already had a
  great deal of respect for his work on system and file system
  level patches. That doesn't mean that I wasn't doing daily
  backups the first few days I was working with Speed Access, but
  that process let me become more comfortable that everything was
  doing what it ought to.

  ------

  By Geoff [I lost his address]

  Connectix has just released a patch to Speed Doubler allowing
  users to update their machines and master disks to Speed Doubler
  1.0.1. Among the fixes included are better reliability on
  machines with PowerPC upgrade cards and the ability to run
  Microsoft Word

   4.0 with Speed Emulator.

  <ftp://ftp.mid.net/pub/Macintosh/Applications/SpeedDoubler/SD101U.sit>
http://www.mindvision.com/

     Connectix -- 800/950-5880 -- 415/571-5100

       <sales@connectix.com>

AOL Mail Problems & Solutions
-----------------------------
  By wboyes@ix.netcom.com (Walt Boyes)

  [re-posted with permission from the author]

  At least part of AOL's mail problems appear to have been done on
  purpose.

  As announced in "Mail/What's New" last week on AOL, the people
  who are heavy internet email readers were offered a new
  "feature".  In order to keep from having the annoying message
  splits, AOL decided to only allow the first 25k of any message
  (like a mailing list digest) to be readable in the AOL
  online/offline mail reader.  The rest of the message had to be
  downloaded.  At first these messages had a note accompanying them
  explaining that to view them you had to download a MIME-capable
  mail reader like Eudora, but suddenly they became downloadable
  text files instead.

  The problem is that the only way for a Windows-PC-based AOL user
  to respond to digest based messages is to write the text of the
  message in ye trusty word processor and _cut-and-paste_ (!no
  kidding!) it from the Windows clipboard into the empty "compose
  Mail" window in AOL.  MAC users, of course, may import the text
  file naturally.

  My reaction to all this is to move all my mailing list
  subscriptions off of AOL.  I also corresponded with AOL, and was
  assured that this was a bug, and it was being fixed.  But it
  wasn't a bug when it was originally advertised as a bonus feature.

  On this first official day of Microsoft Network, I can only
  conclude that somebody at AOL did the "open mouth, insert foot,
  bite down hard" trick.

  --------

  By Carolyn M. Barry <CarolynMB@aol.com>

  Please spread the word to all other AOL'ers out there!

  I'm sure that everyone is now aware of AOL's new internet mail
  features. The biggest problem is retrieving the full text of a
  greater than 25K message without having to also download the
  first 25K of the same message. I have discovered a way to get
  around this problem. Unfortunately, it will not work in a
  flashsession where you intend to automatically sign on, retrieve
  your mail, and sign off without manual intervention. ie-this work
  around requires manual intervention when downloading your mail.

  Here's how it goes:

  For every file that has a disk icon beside the subject
  (indicating an attached file), choose the "read message" option,
  and as soon as the message is starting to be displayed, press the
  key combination to stop the display. For the Mac, this is
  command-period (I don't know about windows). Then choose the
  "download file" option, and the full text version is
  automatically downloaded at that moment. Then close the message,
  and repeat this for every file as needed. This will get the file
  to you without duplicating the first 25K of the message.

  Remember that you will still need a file translator (to strip the
  DOS-like commands from the text) or a MIME reader as the
  particular file requires. I (as well as others) recommend "Net
  Stripper" as the app to remove the DOS-like characters and place
  it in a basic text format.

  info-mac/text/net-stripper-11.hqx

  Good luck to all other AOL'ers out there.

BBEdit
------
  By clements@gradient.com (Geoffrey Clements)

http://www.gradient.com/

  I was just reading the latest issue of Mac*Chat and I saw the
  piece on AOL and their new eMail "features." Rather than using
  NetStripper to fix the files use BBEdit Lite to view and fix the
  files. It is a free-ware text editor. It will read and write
  Macintosh, MS-DOS, and UNIX type text files converting the
  various end-of-lines on the fly. BBEdit Lite is not a word
  processor it is a text editor used mainly by programmers. BBEdit
  Lite ain't no TeachText replacement. It is a full featured text
  editor.

  There is also a much more powerful commercial version called
  BBEdit. (We programmers tend to live in our text editors. BBEdit
  is one of the most respected names in Macintosh programming.) The
  commercial version is well integrated with most development
  environments, including ToolServer, MetroWerks and Symantec
  products. It also supports Claris XTND for importing/exporting
  files, Drag and Drop of blocks of text and files, and PowerTalk
  Mail. There are also a bunch of features for those who want to
  write HTML code. (Web pages.) I haven't tried the HTML stuff out
  but I use BBEdit everyday. (Even on the weekends and boy does my
  wife get mad. "Stop playing with that damn computer and spend
  some time with your family." Sigh.)

  [Personally, I'm planning to switch over to BBEdit from MS Word
  5.1a for my newsletter editing.]

  If you work with lots of text you should check out BBEdit. You
  can download BBEdit Lite and/or a demo of the commercial version
  from the info-mac archives.

  info-mac/text/bbe/bbedit-lite-30.hqx
  info-mac/text/bbe/bbedit-35-demo.hqx

  I'm in no way associated with BareBones Software. Just a happy
  user. B-)

  --------

  By Kevin A. Thompson <Kthompsn@aol.com>

  I am an AOL user who has come up with an easy way using BBEdit to
  fix the new format that AOL has been using with their email.

  I copy the name of the "split" portion of the email message, then
  open the "MacChat0.mme" file which AOL Downloaded. From the file
  menu, choose save as. Choose options, and select a Macintosh line
  feed. Select Ok to return to the save-as dialog box.

  Simply paste the name over the one selected, thus properly
  identifying which index you have.

  Then, Choose Save As.  Very Easy, Takes 10 Seconds.

  Now, the file is in a format which is recognizable to Easy View
  for easy reading. It has never failed!

Technical Section Starts... Here
--------------------------------

AutoWeb
-------
  By Darrell Greenwood <Darrell_Greenwood@mindlink.net>, British
  Columbia

  <http://mindlink.net/darrell_greenwood/>

  I'd like to mention Autoweb. Adam Engst in his newsletter tipped
  me off to this. The reason I thought you might be interested is I
  saw your comment about having to load your web pages in the back
  door and then log on to see them.

  With Autoweb, Little Script Editor, Frontier, and Netscape I have
  my site on my Duo at all times... even offline. I make changes as
  I choose, look at them on Netscape offline with the preview key,
  and upload all changes automatically, when online, with a
  keypress.

  Autoweb, which is Frontier and an editor in a free distribution,
  is at:

  <http://www.hotwired.com/userland/aretha/>

  [It also supports AppleScript]

Netscape Pallettes
------------------
  By stevem@primenet.com (Stephen E. Marinick)

http://www.primenet.com/~stevem/

  I thought I'd throw this one out for Mac*Chat readers. I'm trying
  to optimize my images so that there's no dithering on an 8-bit
  video system. The problem is I can't seem to find an appropriate
  palette. Theoretically, anyway, I should be able to take all the
  colors Netscape needs for its own display, and combine them with
  my graphics to create a 256 color "super palette" that but it
  doesn't seem to work. It's as though Netscape is reserving some
  other colors for itself. Anyone have any insight on this?

Legalisms
---------

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