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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 28 Dec 95       Volume 13 : Issue 182

Today's Topics:

      [*] AutoCompact 1.5; for Hypercard
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-129
      [*] eXpress200
      [*] FileIndexer 1.0
      [*] Jade 1.0 -- A JPEG Viewer
      [*] Kai's Power Tips
      [*] KeyQuencer 1.2.2
      [*] KeyWack 2.0; for kids
      [*] Lil'Buddy 1.1b1
      [*] Memory Measure 1.2
      [*] MsgMem 1.0; for Hypercard
      [*] Netscape-Cyrillic-Support-1.0
      [*] NoEject V 1.1
      [*] Opera FM Database 1.0 Demo
      [*] pro_predictor_data 1995
      [*] RAM Doubler 1.6.1 Updater
      [*] RAM Doubler 1.61 Indicator Patch
      [*] Remove Alias Applet
      [*] Sans-Faute/Grammaire 2.05
      [*] ScriptWizard 1.5.2 updaters
      [*] SearchScript 3.0; for SuperCard
      [*] SH-Startup
      [*] Shakespeare Stack - Two Gentlemen of Verona
      [*] Snooze Alarm
      [*] Strip Bandit 1.1; a game
      [*] TableCloth 1.1; a spreadsheet to HTML table converter applet
      [*] TCP/IP Switcher 1.0b1
      [*] VirusReference2.1.6
      [*] Window Tools 1.4 for Hypercard
      (Q) making QT VR panoramas
      (Q) Shutdown/Restart CHK Error
      7.5.2/PCI Problems
      7.5.2 Rename Delay?
      [A] Used Mac Stuff
      [Q] Cross platform encryption
      CHK error/Word 5.1a
      Claris Emailer and Info-Mac Digest
      ClarisWorks 4.0v3 update problems
      ClarisWorks 4.0v3 update Resource error
      Corel All-Movie CD-ROM
      Hard Drive Re-Partitioning
      Info-Mac Digest V13 #180 (2 msgs)
      Internal Audio CD
      MacDOS card/Win95 Faxing trouble...
      MacPlus & PINE (Ctrl key prob) (2 msgs)
      Mac SE and Netscape?
      MacTCP hoverbar
      Many confusing queries
      more on Mass. "standardizing" on Pentiums
      Netscape/ trashing unwanted cache files
      Now menus replacement recommendation please
      Origin of "sumex-aim"
      programmer's box in Eudora
      RAM Doubler ont he Classic
      SUMEX-AIM origin of (A)
      System 7.5.2 inactivity (2 msgs)
      Teleport Platinum V problems
      Two CD-ROMs On One Mac
      Update on ClarisWorks 4.0v3 update Resource error
      Using Syquest on PC Network
      Way to gather sender addresses from Eudora mailboxes?
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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:47 -0600
From: Haakon Stoedle <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AutoCompact 1.5; for Hypercard

AutoCompact is a stack that will compact the frontmost stack when a certain,
user-definable freesize is reached. It features an intelligent interface (if
there is a stack you cancel to compact, AutoCompact won't ask you again before
you clear the list of "tried" stacks), as well as compaction on close and timer
compaction.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/auto-compact-15.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:33 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-129

C.S.M.P. Digest             Tue, 26 Dec 95       Volume 3 : Issue 129

Today's Topics:

        Alt.Sources.Mac Archive
        Apple Disk Copy Image Format Needed!
        Apple Events to Eudora to send mail...
        Block copy on 604 slow
        Choosing a Help Authoring Tool
        Events vs. GetKeys
        How do I draw dashed lines?
        Network code on a PPC native project?
        Spheres in Q3D?
        WaitNextEvent & Background Processing

The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([e-mail]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-digest-v3-129.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:58:26 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Maas)
Subject: [*] eXpress200

Requires:         System 7.x and PPC or 68020 or higher
Description:      Gives you instant access to the Processes menu (the
                  "System 7" menu) anywhere on the screen. Allows changing
                  of monitor depth anywhere on the screen. Displays memory
                  status for the current application and the system as a
                  whole anywhere on the screen. Provides keyboard shortcuts
                  for the "Hide Others" and "Show All" menu items. Invoked
                  from a pop-up menu by user defined modifier keys. All that
                  in only 500 bytes of RAM.
For More Info:    http://www.laserpoint.com/mac/express/express.html
Registration:     $10 Shareware. Registered by entry of code. See docs for
                  more information. This version fully fuctional with "nags."
                  Registration removes those nags.
Release Notes:    Version 2.0.0 introduces the pop-up menu as well as the
                  ability to change monitor depth and display free memory.
                  Version 2.0.0 is also the first $10 Shareware version.
Contacts:         Stephen E. Maas / [e-mail] / [phone] (author)
                  Cary Farrier / [e-mail] / [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/express-20.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:27 -0600
From: Peter Marks <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FileIndexer 1.0

Do you have folders of text files you'd like to be able to search REALLY
fast?

I miss On Location. (It doesn't run reliably under system 7.5).

This is my simplistic attempt to knock up some of the key functionality I
miss.

In a multi-user environment, where you have budget for a server, I
recommend
AppleSearch for indexing your documents. I wanted to have a way to
quickly retrieve
a list of documents on a mounted disk that contain a given word.

FileIndexer trades memory for speed. It builds a sorted list of unique
words
(not case sensitive), and then keeps a list of the files that contain
each word.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-indexer-10.hqx; 303K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:38 -0600
From: Eric Shieh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jade 1.0 -- A JPEG Viewer

Jade 1.0 is a multithreaded JPEG viewer for the Mac which is
relatively lean (370K as a fat binary, and a minimum memory
partition size of 600K) but is extremely fast and sports some
unique features:

Multithreading gives you constant access to all of Jade's features.
Especially useful when used as a helper for a web browser or when
you just want to decompress two images at once.

Through the use of it's own virtual memory scheme, Jade can have
many (around 30+ files at the minimum parition setting) files
simultaneously _regardless of their size_ This is because decompressed
images only occupy around 20K RAM and the actual image is stored on
disk.

Jade can also display JPEG's at their full size or in a small (but
quick!) preview size in addition to the standard screen size. This
coupled with a delete file hot key allows users to sift and filter
through many images with ease.

new stuff:

-- Full Screen, full featured Slide Show
-- GIF bugs fixed
-- PICT file saving is no longer limited by memory
-- New window arrangement options
-- many other minor bug fixes and minor features

Jade is FAT. Requires 68020 (or higher) or PowerPC, Thread Manager or
system 7.5 (or later).
It's also FREE.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/jade-10.hqx; 233K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:21 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Isaac Church)
Subject: [*] Kai's Power Tips

This is a DOCMaker Version of all of Kai's Power Tips. All you need to use
these is a color Mac, Photoshop 2.0 or higher, and about 5MB  of disk space
for the uncompressed version of the document. Just double click and learn
how to become a Photoshop wizard! The Filters, and example files that came
with the original tips will be made3 available as a seperate upload.

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/kais-power-tips.hqx; 3722K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:30 -0600
From: Alessandro Levi Montalcini <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] KeyQuencer 1.2.2

Author:    Alessandro Levi Montalcini <[e-mail]>
Keywords:  Macro engine, control panel, utility
Price:     $10 shareware, see docs for more info
Source:    ftp://ftp.alcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini

NOTE: (for those of you who are not using KeyQuencer yet)
If you don't use KeyQuencer, you're wasting lots of time;
anything you do with your Mac can be done faster with KQ.

  KeyQuencer is a powerful and solid macro engine designed
to use very little memory, which can perform complex tasks
when you press a specific key combination. KeyQuencer uses a
very simple scripting approach and can be extended through
external extensions. The bundled extensions provide lots
of power and can replace many common system additions with
substantial memory savings. KeyQuencer's macros can be
lauched by HyperCard, AppleScript, FileMaker Pro and any
other application that supports sending Apple Events. The
Macro Editor can now execute macros on remote Macs over a
network. Programmers can easily build their own extensions
and integrate them into the KeyQuencer environment, or add
KeyQuencer support to ther applications and extensions.

New in version 1.2.2:
- Third-party software such as Square One 3.0 and OtherMenu
can now obtain a list of all the available macros and use it
to interface with KeyQuencer. Pressing command-shift-return
when no macro is running won't kill the keystroke any longer
(which is good news for FullWrite users). All known bugs have
been fixed, including an incompatibility with the PaperPort
extension, macros hung by some dialogs, problems with the
work-around for Microsoft apps, possible CopyScreen crashes,
SelectWindow problems, and many more. The Control Panel no
longer invokes Apollo actions tied to the power key, and the
Macro Editor doesn't display a "File not open" error when using
the "Save as..." command twice. Please read the enclosed
changes list for more information.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/key-quencer-122.hqx; 448K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:25 -0600
From: Elaine Benfatto <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] KeyWack 2.0; for kids

KeyWack is a game for babies who like to sit at their parent's Mac and
bang the keyboard. KeyWack prevents babies from accidentally opening most
programs or documents, and makes banging even more fun by drawing shapes
and playing random sounds as the keys are whacked. This program works with
any Mac (with System 6.0.2 or higher) but looks best on one with color.
The preferences dialog only works on more recent versions of system
software. (Version 7.0 or higher, I think.)

KeyWack is shareware. All rights are reserved by the author.

[Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/key-wack-20.hqx; 351K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:35 -0600
From: [e-mail] (World Domination Headquarters)
Subject: [*] Lil'Buddy 1.1b1

Picks up and expands on Lil'Buddy 1.0. 1.1b1 features the abiity to do
either/both of the following:

1) Open your PPP connection (via MacPPP Scripting Addition)
2) Launch, after opening your PPP connection, any number of
applications/scripts or what not for you. For example, upon opening my PPP
connection, Lil'Buddy launches my Talk Daemon and my Finfer Daemon then
Eudora followed by a script that checks my mail and then filters it.
Lil'Buddy requires that you have AppleScript instaslled on your machine, as
it is a prototype for a forthcoming application. Any and all comments,
suggestions, feature requests welcome as this is a nascent program.

-Sean Allen

for more goodies check out:

http://www,novaworks.com/staff/sallen/infant
ftp://ftp.novaworks.com/public/Infant_Software/

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/lil-buddy-11b1-as.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:41 -0600
From: Haakon Stoedle <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Memory Measure 1.2

Memory Measure is a stack that will test your memory. When the testing is done,
a rating between 0 and 100 will be given to you, where 100 is best and, well,
er, 0 is worst. The average is 50 points (I guess) with an accuracy +/- 5
points. This version fixes a problem with one of the tests and randomizes the
poem test.

[Archived as /info-mac/edu/memory-measure-12-hc.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:49 -0600
From: Haakon Stoedle <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MsgMem 1.0; for Hypercard

If you are tired of re-typing previous messages in the message box, then MsgMem
is for you. What it does is creating a menu that saves all of the commands you
enter in the message box. When it reaches a user-definable limit, it will
delete
the oldest commands. You can then select any message from the menu, and MsgMem
will put it in the message box. If you hold down command, the message will be
executed.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/msg-mem-10.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:33 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Andreas Prilop)
Subject: [*] Netscape-Cyrillic-Support-1.0

This patch is intended for use with Netscape 2.0 (beta 4
at the time of writing).
You no longer need additional special ("KOI") Cyrillic fonts
to read web pages in Russian/Ukrainian and to send e-mail in
Russian/Ukrainian. You only need the fonts that come with
Apple's Cyrillic Language Kit or the Russian/Ukrainian system.

ResEdit is required.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/netscape-cyrillic-support.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:44 -0600
From: "Dieter Spaar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NoEject V 1.1

This little utility disables the ejection of removable SCSI drive
media on restart or shutdown. So all your CDs and removable drive
cartriges should stay in their drives.

Tested with Apple's and FWB's CD-ROM driver and an Apple CD-ROM
drive (should work with others too).

FREEWARE

Changes for Version 1.1:

-it is no longer required to hit a button to go on (Great if you put
 NoEject into the Startup Items folder)

Dieter Spaar
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/no-eject-11.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mario Biondi)
Subject: [*] Opera FM Database 1.0 Demo

Mario Biondi's Opera Database for FileMaker Pro 2. Vers. 1.0 Demo

This is a sample of the Opera (Operetta, Ballet) Database (Filemaker Pro
2), on which I base my Opera WWW Pages reachable at:

http://joshua.micronet.it/italian/mariobiondi/opere/diz_opera_.html

It is, I repeat, *simply a Demo*, in which you will find the 129 recorded
or broascasted performances I know of operas by two very popular composers:
Mozart and Puccini.

You will discover who sang what and with whom and directed by whom and
when, in which opera Mimi weeps and dies, and in which opera Zerlina shows
her pretty face to a certain villain... and so on.

My real database lists (today, dec. 27, 1995) almost 1150 performances of
475 operas by 170 composers and I update it almost daily.
People who have visited my WWW pages (about 2500 in 8 months) know very
well how rich they are. If you don't know them, visit them now.

I am thinking of distributing my complete FM database on a shareware basis.
I still do not know whether I will distribute it on line or on a floppy
disk. I only know I will ask opera lovers who want it to send me around 25
$ (also payable through credit card or other).

It is a very powerful instrument to study opera performances or at least to
decide *which performance* to buy (in case you do not own already one or
ten). When you will have the database, with all its data, you will be able
to update it with *your* operas, making it even more powerful and useful.

Check out this sample and my WWW pages and decide.
If you think you are interested (but *really interested*, let's not waste
time, which in a way is money), just email me at:

[e-mail]

If you are not interested in my complete database, simply enjoy this file,
update it with your data and be my friends.

If enough people will answer, I will put up all the necessary bric-=E0-brac.

My updates (I go on crazily buying operas and recording data on my personal
database) will be regularly posted for you here and in other sites.

The Database interface is very simple and completely searchable.

Let me know. Ciao from Milano, Italy, hometown of La Scala.
Mario Biondi

[Archived as /info-mac/art/opera-10-fm-demo.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:24 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] pro_predictor_data 1995

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pro-predictor-data-95.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:53 -0600
From: "Tech Support" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RAM Doubler 1.6.1 Updater

The enclosed RAM Doubler Updater can update both the master disk and
installed RAM Doubler extension from any version (1.0 through 1.6) to
version 1.6.1.

Please note that this application updates RAM Doubler and the RAM Doubler
installer to the 1.6.1 US version. International RAM Doubler owners can use
this Updater to update to the 1.6.1 US version.

Please read the RAM Doubler 1.6.1 Updater Read Me which contains the latest
product information for this version.

This updater is for Connectix RAM Doubler registered users only. If you
have not sent your registration card to Connectix, please do so that we can
notify of future product information.

(c) Copyright 1995 Connectix Corporation

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-161-updt.hqx; 184K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:38 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Ross E. Bergman)
Subject: [*] RAM Doubler 1.61 Indicator Patch

This patch is distributed as "gratitude-ware", in gratitude to the many
fine programmers who have produced far more sophisticated freeware and
shareware products for Macintosh users throughout the universe.

This patch will make the activity indicator in version 1.61 of RAM Doubler
active by default. The activity indicator is a small white dot (a single
pixel) in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that blinks when RAM
Doubler is doing its stuff. (Because some Macs, such as powerbooks, have
screens without rounded corners, this indicator might be invisible.) I find
the indicator useful because it aids me in determining why my system is not
running as quickly as I think it should be. With Apple's virtual memory, I
can hear the hard disk spin, and see the hard drive activity light. As
distributed, RAM Doubler provides no such indication of its efforts.

This patch does NOT allow you to increase the "multiplier", i.e. this patch
will not turn RAM Doubler into RAM Quintupler, or the like. I have not
written such a patch, and don't intend to. Please don't send me requests
for information about such a product.

Inquiries about this indicator patch can be sent to its "author", Ross E.
Bergman, at "[e-mail]".

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-161-indicator.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:28 -0600
From: [e-mail] (World Domination Headquarters)
Subject: [*] Remove Alias Applet

    A Frontier hosted AppleScript that strips the alias off of the end of
multiple file names. A good learning tool for you starting out using
Frontier & AppleScript and a useful little script to boot.

-Sean Allen

for more goodies check out:

http://www,novaworks.com/staff/sallen/infant
ftp://ftp.novaworks.com/public/Infant_Software/

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/remove-alias-as.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:58:14 -0600
From: [e-mail] (B.C.D.L)
Subject: [*] Sans-Faute/Grammaire 2.05

GRAMMAR, CHECKER, SPELL CHECKER, FRENCH, Grammaire

Sans-Faute-Grammaire2.05 is a french language grammar checker. Compatible
with ClarisWorks 4.02 and newer, Eudora Pro, QuarkXpress 3.3 and newer,
Microsoft Word 6, WordPerfect 3 and newer, FrameMaker, GWrite2.3 or newer,
HyperCard 2.2 and newer. unregistered copy is limited to one global
checking
and 20 step by step checking by session.
for System 7.1 or higer. AppleScript required. Optimized for PPC (fat)
2Mb on disk, 1,2Mb RAM

thanks
Philippe Caudron

[Archived as /info-mac/text/sans-faute-grammaire-205.hqx; 1033K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:31 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Full Moon Software)
Subject: [*] ScriptWizard 1.5.2 updaters

We have uploaded updaters that create ScriptWizard version 1.5.2 from
the currently shipping version 1.5. These patch files cannot be
applied to earlier versions of the product.

ScriptWizard is Full Moon Software's AppleScript debugger/editor.
Details of the changes in v1.5.2 are in the enclosed Release Notes.

Wishing our customers a very Merry Christmas.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/script-wizard-152-ppc-updt.hqx; 517K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/script-wizard-152-updt.hqx; 448K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:45 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Senior)
Subject: [*] SearchScript 3.0; for SuperCard

A powerful SuperCard utility which performs customised searches on
nominated scripts, graphics, text contents and menus including an optional
Find and Replace feature. It provides direct access to both scripts and
windows of the nominated project, and can be used with open projects or as
a stand-alone to probe closed projects.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/lib/search-script-30-sc.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:42 -0600
From: Achilles <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SH-Startup

This file is ment to be used as a StartupScreen.  it is 16-bit color
640x480 pixels pict resourcefile in photoshop format.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/sh-pict-rsrc.hqx; 574K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:54 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: [*] Shakespeare Stack - Two Gentlemen of Verona

... another in the series of Shakespeare Stacks, free software under
the GNU GPL --- requires HyperCard 2.x.

By the way, all my Shakespeare Stacks are now available for anonymous
ftp from ftp.alumni.caltech.edu in directory /pub/zimm; they may also
be downloaded via http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~zimm.

Merry Christmas! ---

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/two-gentlemen-of-verona-hc.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:57 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Snooze Alarm

A 'real' alarm clock program with Snooze Function. Gets me out of bed every
morning without fail. A 'must have' for every bedroom Mac!!

Shareware US$10. Requires any Mac running System 7 or later.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/snooze-alarm-201.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:39 -0600
From: "Eric Hustvedt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Strip Bandit 1.1; a game

Copyright 1995 By Eric Hustvedt, All rights reserved.

What is it and how do I use it?
Strip Bandit is a Control Strip Module which places a slot machine game in
the Control Strip.
The rules are straightforward, to play simply click on Strip Bandit's tile,
you will be charged 1 point per play, and your winnings depend upon the
outcome of the play (standard slot machine procedure).
To install Strip Bandit place it in the Control Strip Modules folder inside
the System Folder and restart your Mac.
To change various preferences that Strip Bandit uses, hold down the command
key while clicking on Strip Bandit's tile and a menu will popup.

Version 1.1 (December 24, 1995)
New Features:
- Added the ability to reduce the amount of space Strip Bandit takes up on
the Control Strip. To access this feature use the Maximize/Minimize menu
item. When the display is minimized you can still access the popup menu,
but you cannot play the game.
Bug Fixes:
- Made sure that the jackpot sound was not purged from memory.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/strip-bandit-11.hqx; 56K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:58:21 -0600
From: "Ben Eloy" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TableCloth 1.1; a spreadsheet to HTML table converter applet

TableCloth is a small AppleScript applet which converts tab-delimited text to
HTML table format; because it converts simple ASCII text, it can convert files
>From a multitude of spreadsheet and database applications.  Users of
Microsoft's Excel, Claris' ClarisWorks, Lotus' 1-2-3, and Claris' FileMaker
Pro can all benefit from the easy table generation which TableCloth provides.

TableCloth requires any Mac or PowerMac with AppleScript installed.  If you
don't have AppleScript, you can get it as part of Apple's System 7.5 Upgrade
kit, available from Apple (http://www.apple.com).

Additionally, it requires two Scripting Additions from Mark Alldritt's
wonderful "ScriptTools" suite; the necessary files have been included in the
TableCloth package by permission of the author.
Although TableCloth isn't terribly fast, it's much faster and more accurate
than manually creating huge HTML tables.

Enjoy!

-Ben Eloy
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/table-cloth-11.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:04:37 -0600
From: [e-mail] (World Domination Headquarters)
Subject: [*] TCP/IP Switcher 1.0b1

[F]ixes a bug in the previous version. This program is MacTCP
Switcher for Macintoshes running open transport.

-Sean Allen

for more goodies check out:

http://www,novaworks.com/staff/sallen/infant
ftp://ftp.novaworks.com/public/Infant_Software/

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/tcp-ip-switcher-10b1.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:58:07 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Douglas Pettit)
Subject: [*] VirusReference2.1.6

Virus Reference is a HyperCard based database of Macintosh viruses and trojan
horses. Includes search capabilities, and detailed descriptions of symptoms.

This update includes information on the Word Macro 9508 virus, recently
discovered.

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/virus-reference-216-hc.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:35:51 -0600
From: Haakon Stoedle <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Window Tools 1.4 for Hypercard

Window Tools is a stack designed to make HyperCard and windows a bit easier.
What it does is creating a menu from which you can access all your stacks and
hide/show any of your stacks and palettes/windows. It will also allow easy
access to the stacks you use most frequently and some advanced features.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/window-tools-14.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:38:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (james f. palmer)
Subject: (Q) making QT VR panoramas

Is the only current way to make a Quick Time VR panorama by using Apple's
Quick Time Authoring Tools Suite 1.0 and MPW?  Is there another (simpler)
way that will soon be available?  What is the least expensive way to get
the necessary software?  I would like to do a couple weeks on this
technology in a digital imaging class I teach, but am not eager to spend a
lot of out of pocket money.

Jim Palmer, SUNY ESSF, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210

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

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 09:47:35 EST
From: [e-mail] (Phil Erb, Jr.)
Subject: (Q) Shutdown/Restart CHK Error

Just recently I started having a problem with my LCIII.  Every time I shut
it down or attempt to restart it it will proceed normally, then will come
up with a bomb saying
"error:
'finder'
   CHK error

I have no clue as to the nature of the problem.

My other minor problem is that the only way to get a floppy disk to show on
the desktop is to insert it and run Norton Disk Doctor on it.  Any other
time it will not show up.

System parameters.
system 7.5.1, many inits, three partitions on the drive, 2 seperate systems
on 2 of the partitions and both problems occur with both partitions.  Odd.

TIA all you GURU's out there,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 02:47:58 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Randall K Petersen)
Subject: 7.5.2/PCI Problems

Greetings.

I recently purchased a PowerWave 604/132 from Power Computing (PCI bus,
running MacOS 7.5.2).  While I am awed by the speed of this beast, I am
dismayed by the bewildering number of software conflicts & bugs that have
appeared (upgrading from 7.0.1 on a IIsi).  Not entirely surprising, given
the large collection of extensions and older software that I have
accumulated over the last several years. I am gradually working these out,
but would be interested in any hints/suggestions/advice on the following:


Norton Disk Doctor

I've been using Norton Disk Doctor for some time now; the current version
I'm using is 3.1.2.  I have found that NDD 3.1.2 will *not* run under this
OS, for me.  I've tried reinstalling it, wiping the prefs, turning
extensions off, pretty much all the usual maneuvers.  NDD starts up OK, but
when I begin to examine a volume, it crashes hard just after the beginning
of the first phase of the analysis (no error message, just a system
freeze).  I've written to Symantec tech support, but so far no response.
Yes, I can use Disk First Aid or MacTools (even NDD 2!), but I really
prefer NDD 3.

Has anyone else experienced this?  Any suggestions?  I know that NDD 3.1.3
exists, although from what I can gather, it seems like a minor update.
Would this function better?  If so, I would be glad to upgrade, but have
seen no patch for this, even at Symantec's site on AOL.  I'd really prefer
to avoid buying the whole package again, and I don't need the terabyte
volume capacity of NDD 3.2.


Suitcase II

I find this extension/utility very useful, as well.  I have the latest
(last?) version 2.1.4p3, and it was rock-solid on my IIsi.  On the new
system, it seems to result in some very nasty conflicts and bus errors.  I
have heard that it can run on this OS, and have followed all of Symantec's
FAQ suggestions on installing it, etc.  I suspect this is an extension
conflict.  However, Conflict Catcher (which is generally an excellent
extension manager, btw), can't seem to isolate it.  I'd like to get a
dialogue going with someone who is effectively using Suitcase under 7.5.2
to try and work this out on my system.


Personal LaserWriter LS

Yes, I know, this is an ancient non-Postscript LaserWriter.  Well, it has
been just fine for my needs.  Unfortunately, the LaserWriter LS driver
doesn't work properly under 7.5.2; it prints, but the font spacing and
other details are off.  Tech support at Power Computing recommended using
the LaserWriter 300 driver, and this works, but it is *slow*.  I don't care
if it takes awhile to print in the background, but spooling to disk takes
much too long (much longer than it did on my lowly IIsi), and I can't
continue with other tasks while this is going on.  Does anyone know of a
faster printer driver for the LaserWriter LS, that works on 7.5.2/PCI?


FaxSTF

I have been using version 2.2.3 of this product for awhile with no
problems.  Under 7.5.2, I can get it to send faxes, but I have to disable
almost all other system extensions, and even then, I can't adjust the
settings (such as auto answer).  I would happily buy a newer fax software
package, but I have noticed that others have had significant problems, even
with current versions of various fax utilities, and I'm not inclined to
purchase something unless I'm reasonably sure it will work.  Any
recommendations for fax software that works *well* under 7.5.2?  (BTW, will
Global Fax software work with other than Teleport modems?)


Thanks in advance for any assistance.  Please email replies to me and I
will definitely post back summaries of advice leading to the successful
resolution of any of these problems.

Randy Petersen

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 03:09:32 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Randall K Petersen)
Subject: 7.5.2 Rename Delay?

Greetings all.

A small question:

Does anyone know of a utility to safely eliminate that annoying Rename
Delay under 7.5.2?  I tried System 7 Pack, which worked just fine on the
Finder under my old system (7.0.1), but trashed Finder 7.5.3.

A ResEdit hack would be OK, too.

Thanks in advance.

Randy Petersen
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 14:23:48 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [A] Used Mac Stuff

In Info_Mac Digset #180, Paddy Atherton asked:

> I need an extra hard drive for my Q630, and as I'm moving to PPC next year
> I don't want to invest a bunch in SCSI devices. I've rooted around the Net
> and can't find any "trading board" of used stuff. Any tips? Thanks!

Usenet news groups contain "for sale" groups. They seem to be local groups.
Some, like the New Jersey group are written "forsale" (nj.forsale) whereas
others are written "for-sale" (vegas.for-sale).
You could try to find one near you and post your request to them.

Good luck,
Joe Keilin

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

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 09:51:52 +0000
From: JP <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Cross platform encryption

Greetings info-maccers.
My employers are looking for a *commercial* encryption package that will
allow them to send UU-coded binary files securely via the Net. The only
problem appears to be that the files will be generated on a Mac and
received on a PC.

The obvious thing is to transfer the files to the PC and encrypt them there
before transmitting, but if we could encrypt them on the Mac once they are
generated, it would streamline the process a little. So we need a
cross-platform encryption method.

I immediately suggested PGP, but apparently there are difficulties in the
licence for a commercial organisation to use it [this will be in Europe and
possibly further afield].

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance and best wishes for 96.

JP

...................................................................

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

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 09:35:59 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CHK error/Word 5.1a

Hi all,

What is a CHK error? I can't find it on any error list I have. When attemping
to open a Word 5.1a document (Word 5.1a is installed on my HD), I repeatedly
get a screen that says "CHK error" & has a restart button that, fortunately,
always works (so far). The error screen shows up with about every 10th Word
doc I try to open--on the average--& only when trying to open a Word doc. I
can't find any pattern, not even in terms of regularity, as the CHK error
shows up with varying frequency. The Word docs are all small, mostly 12k,
none over 24k. All this is happening on my Mac IIci with system 7.5, 8 MB
Ram, & Ram Doubler.

The CHK error has become a real nuisance, as at restart I have to wait for
everything to load & then wait for a desktop rebuild. I do rebuild the
desktop regularly with TechTool 1.0.9, so that's not it.

Thanks to all who have helped me in the past--some by asking questions I
didn't think to ask, & all of you for your Mac wisdom. This is the very best
list on line!!!

Happy new year to all,
Toby Moore

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

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 14:19:24 -0800
From: Richard Clemens <[e-mail]>
Subject: Claris Emailer and Info-Mac Digest

I have been using Eudora Pro for several months and have found it very
useful to save Info-Mac Digests into a folder then scan the results with
Easy View.

Yesterday I downloaded the trial copy of Claris Emailer and I am looking
for the same option...so far I can save the file but I lose the digest
view that Easy View understands...solutions?

--
Richard Clemens, Academic Computing      West Virginia Wesleyan College
[e-mail]              Buckhannon, WV 26201 [phone]

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

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 15:30:28 -0800
From: Richard Clemens <[e-mail]>
Subject: ClarisWorks 4.0v3 update problems

I have tried to use the new ClarisWorks 4.0v2 -> v3 update program on two
installations of CW.  It worked just fine on a copy installed on a PPC
but fails with an Error #93 on a Quadra 950.  Comments? (Both installed
versions are U.S. installs)


--
Richard Clemens, Academic Computing      West Virginia Wesleyan College
[e-mail]              Buckhannon, WV 26201 [phone]

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

Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:05:26 -0500
From: Arthur Snoke <[e-mail]>
Subject: ClarisWorks 4.0v3 update Resource error

On Friday, Dec. 22, Daniel Meijer wrote that in trying to update CW4.0 vrom v2
to v3 he got the error: "Resource has been modified Code 59" and refused to
complete the update.

On today's list someone wrote that is because it works only for the US
version.

I have the US version and got the same error message.

I got the updater from the Claris home page.  I had trouble downloading it and
tried to find it from the ftp.  It was not on the ftp account, only the
complete v1-v3 updater.  I finally got the file downloaded from the home page.

Claris put out their v1-v2 updater around Thanksgiving, and it had bugs so it
took a while to fix them.  Something about holidays.

Arthur Snoke

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

Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 21:22:38 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (F. Neumann)
Subject: Corel All-Movie CD-ROM

Corel All-Movie Guide

Well, it's too late for Christmas, but if you're thinking of buying the
Corel All-Movie Guide on CD-ROM -- think again. IMHO it's distinctly a
bad buy.

The jewel case says it can be run directly from the CD-ROM, although
installing some software on the hard disk will make it run faster. The
Read Me file says you really need to install 13MB of software to make
it run at all. In actual fact it won't run unless you install almost
20MB of software on your hard disk!

The installer is a joke. It gives you two options, easy and custom.
Custom? Sort of. In Corel terms "custom" means you either install
everything -- or you install nothing at all.

The guide itself is a FoxPro application. Now FoxPro is considered to
be one of the fastest DBMSs around, especially on the Mac. So the fact
that the guide feels like cold molasses on my Quadra 605 with a
quad-speed CD-ROM drive is probably due to bad programming (and it's
not PPC-native, either). (As it happens, I own FoxPro/Mac and several
databases I use regularly run quite smoothly.) The CD-ROM drive is not
factor, really: once it took a full minute to close one window, and all
this time it didn't access the CD-ROM even once. It was doing some
intensive work on the hard disk.

And it's not the multimedia either. All the multimedia you'll see are
one or two bad quality QuickTime clips of actors speaking (no movie
excerpts). All information about movies is exclusively textual. So it's
all down to bad programming.

But after all, what can you expect from a company which has no Mac
experience?
--
  Florin Neumann
  [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 08:38:37 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Paddy Atherton)
Subject: Hard Drive Re-Partitioning

John W. Steele asks:
>
>I=8Aremember seeing a way to re-partition a HD to use all the available spa=
ce
>for the Macintosh HD=8A. This would take me from 80 to 82 mb.

John, in "MacWorld Mac & PowerMac Secrets"(Pogue & Schorr, 1994, p.222), is=
 "The greatest hard-drive Secret ever told," where they got 5.7 extra Mb out=
 of their 80Mb drive!

You *will* back up the drive first, right? ;-)

Use HD SC Setup. Click Partition, select Custom, and observe the Partitions=
 window. The grey area at the bottom is wasted. Click on the main storage=
 partition and Remove it. Then drag in the grey area from "Mac Driver" to=
 the bottom of the window. Click "Done" and you're done.

Paddy Atherton <[e-mail]>
=46rostbite Falls, MN, USA

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

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 22:56:43 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Ray Rizos)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V13 #180

>The external drive will play audio cd's perfectly. The internal CD will
>not. The Apple Audio CD Player shows the tracks, and when you start the CD,
>the player indicates that everything is working perfectly -- just no sound
>(yes, I checked the volume). In every other respect, the internal appears
>to be perfectly normal in that it reads all other kinds of CDs without a
>problem.
>
>I can't figure this one out. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.


 My own experience with this problem was I found the audio output cable of
the internal CD had not been connected and would read data but could not
play sound. I merely plugged in the connector and everything has been
working since then.

Ray Rizos                                      Fax     [phone]
Teleglobe Canada Inc.                   Tel     [phone]
3033 Beta Ave.                             Internet :  [e-mail]
Burnaby B.C.    V5G 4M9

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 17:39:28 -0500
From: Jim Perry <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V13 #180

Try making a copy of Simpletext, setting the memory partition to
well over the maximum ram your system has available (with
RamDoubler) and launching this before printing. The HP problem has
to do with HPs practice of claiming all available memory during
printing and being confused by any virtual memory scheme (such as
Ram Double and Apple's Virtual Memory). I've been doing this for
several weeks and it has solved my problem.

You wrote:

> Subject: [Q] deskwriter 6.0.3 printerdriver
> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:48:05 +0100
> From: [e-mail]
>
> As I have problems (as most of you) with the HP deskwriter driver
> (6.0.0) and ramdoubler, I upgraded the driver to 6.0.3.  Unfortunately
> it was even worser now, so I switched back to 6.0.0.
> Anybody has the same experiance?  HP please fix this problem!!!
>
> Gerrit.

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 02:53:03 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Randall K Petersen)
Subject: Internal Audio CD

>>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 08:55:28 -0500
>>From: [e-mail] (Stephen Moye)
>>Subject: No sound from internal (vs. external) audio CD
>>
>>The external drive will play audio cd's perfectly. The internal CD will
>>not. The Apple Audio CD Player shows the tracks, and when you start the CD,
>>the player indicates that everything is working perfectly -- just no sound
>>(yes, I checked the volume). In every other respect, the internal appears
>>to be perfectly normal in that it reads all other kinds of CDs without a
>>problem.
>>
>>I can't figure this one out. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Open the sound cdev and pick Sound In. Then click options and be sure the
>Internal CD is chosen.

Also, Playthrough must be checked, if available on your system.

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 01:33:58 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Scott Besman)
Subject: MacDOS card/Win95 Faxing trouble...

I have a Performa 640CD DOS with the GV Teleport Gold external Faxmodem.
My problem is that I cannot get the faxmodem to work under Win95 from the
DOS side.  There are two facts which should suggest loads to the
knowledgeble:

1) The connection/dialing is successful... I hear the modem/fax talking
(warbling) but the handshaking fails...

2) I am able to access America On-Line using Win95... Uploading/Downloading
works!!

I have been told that the problem may be related to some limitation in the
Apple COM driver... Apple is telling me that the differences between the
Wintel RS-232 standard and the installed RS-422 standard on the MAC means
that the Apple COM driver does not support the following functions: RI,
RTS, CD, DSR. Unfortunately, I do not know if these limitations have
anything to do with my inability to faxmodem...

Obviously, I can use the Mac half of my split personality PC for faxing,
but I am attempting to support an office full of Wintels and I need to come
as close as possible to simulating the environment (software/hardware)...

Thanx in advance for your attention!!

Scott Besman
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 22:47:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPlus & PINE (Ctrl key prob)

I know of only one solution, and it works very well. I run the terminal
emulator in ClarisWorks. I defined the CW document on a IIci that has a
control key and defined macros **local to the document** so that
shift-control-X is the macro for command-X, etc. Then I transferred the
document to the Plus. Defining all the macros is a bit of a bore but you
only need to do it once.

I can send a binhexed copy of the document if you like.

Peter D.M. Macdonald, D.Phil.      McMaster University
Professor of Math & Statistics     Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 07:58:12 -0600 (CST)
From: Scott Taschler <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPlus & PINE (Ctrl key prob)

On Sun, 24 Dec 1995, Nelson Bonner wrote:

> >My daughter is home from college for Xmas and is trying to telnet to her
> >campus account to get email.  Prob is we have an old MacPlus and she cannot
> >run the (UNIX) PINE software without a Ctrl key.  Is there a way around this
> >prob?  Maybe a telnet prog that allows remapping of keys or some other
> >such...

VersaTerm Pro allows such remapping.  I've been using it on my Plus for
years with no difficulties.

Scott

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

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 04:02:52 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Carl Williams)
Subject: Mac SE and Netscape?

Dear fellow net-dwellers,

Is it necessary to have a color monitor to surf the web with Netscape or
Mosaic? I have a Mac SE at home, and I would like to be able to let my wife
surf the web when she wants to. Does anyone know for sure whether this is
possible or not?

I thought that I read in the I-M Digest a similar question, but after
searching all the way back to issue 107, I came up with nothing.

TIA and have a Happy New Year,
Carl Williams

--
     Carl K. Williams  -  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 15:18:18 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: MacTCP hoverbar

[e-mail] (Don't Panic) was looking for:

>... a hoverbar that would hover above all open applications while you
>are online and tell you how much time you've spent on your TCP/IP connection?

There are probably several utilities that do this; I use PPPfloater 1.2,
which I'm sure is at Info-Mac somewhere, probably in the comm/tcp/
subdirectory.

>BTW does it allow you to have it reset itself at midnight every night?
>That is when my provider starts counting the hours I am online.

PPPfloater lets you reset the counter every so many days, or on a specific
day of the month. You can tell it to reset every day, but I don't know
whether it resets at midnight, or simply every 24 hours starting from the
time you close the window. (It doesn't say in the Read Me file.) I would
presume it resets at midnight, though.

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

Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 22:52:56 +1100 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Glen Hawkins)
Subject: Many confusing queries

Dear Macologists,

I have a few whimsical questions that I have yet to understand regarding a
few topics as such:

1) Where does the Mac TV card fit and can you put it into a 7500/100?

2) Why does said 7500/100 not crank down to less that 256 colours on the
Sounds/Display control panel?

3) Where is there a decent manual for MacPGP that is written in English
rather than UNIX for the basic new user?

4) Is there a clip accelerator for the 7500/100 as I see there is one for
the 8500 and 9500?

For above questions the 7500/100 has 16Mb RAM/2 Mb VRAM and 512k L2 cache
running S7.5.2

Cheers Glen

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:13:26 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: more on Mass. "standardizing" on Pentiums

This is a followup to my earlier message on "MA Standardizing on Pentiums?"
(original at end).

Here is an exchange of dialogue from a message someone actually sent to the
statehouse in Massachusetts defending Macs against their "standardizing on
Pentiums". I got a carbon copy. Please note the addresses by TO: and CC:, and
also send one to [e-mail], if you wish to help out. I do not know
where Apple Computer was curled up sleeping during this.

I would prefer you NOT mention my name, for many obvious reasons, mainly the
fact that I intend to continue with plans to implement some more Mac systems.

One thought: maybe this is for PC's and compatibles only. Maybe they are just
reccommending that if you choose to go in that direction, this is what you
should get (as opposed to 386, 486, and the SX variants). They might not even
be speaking about Macs or UNIX at all.

Here it is:


Subj:    Re: Resp. to "name withheld"
Date:    Tue, Dec 26, 1995 9:54 PM EST
X-From: (name withheld)
To: [e-mail]
CC: name withheld, [e-mail]



>        Thanks for your e-mail to Governor Weld regarding state computer
>purchasing guidelines.  As you may know, much of the state's computers are
>linked via a LAN/WAN system, and much of our software is used on a shared
>basis, so it makes sense to have a consistent standard for PC purchasing.
>
>        The Department of Procurement and General Services (DPGS)
establishes
>the specifications for state purchasing.  For more information on the
decision-
>making process behind these standards, contact the DPGS at [phone].
>
>        Again, thank you for writing.

Dear "Kzimmerman@state..":

Many thanks for you replay.  I assume that you have a name? Small point,
but it is common practice to sign a "e mail" with a name.

You fail to explain exactly why it makes sense to "have a consistent
standard for PC purchasing". Yes, it would make the lives of purchasing
agents easier, in that they wouldn't have to learn about multiple computer
platforms. Please be advised, however that many of us in the private sector
have learned DOS,  MAC  and UNIX...systems. This is not rocket science. It
may come as something of a shock to the governmental system, but there are
LAN/WAN systems in the world which service DOS, MAC and UNIX machines. And
many tax payers resent employing lazy/"computer-challenged" employees.

Surely a state with "accommodations" ranging from Gov. Weld to our Senior
Senator, MIT to Umass. Dartmouth, Dover to Holyoke can accommodate Mac and
DOS computers???????? Surely we can find and employ purchasing agents who
understand both systems? Surely we need not employ chronic idiots and
establish policy with which they secure their jobs?????????

Why should we have to use the telephone to "glean" the DPGS decision making
process?  Surely there is a spare megabyte or 2 for the details available
on a Commonwealth server?

Name Withheld


======================
my original message:

Are there any other municipal DP or Systems  Managers out there using
Macintoshes?

The state of Massachusetts is telling us to standardize on Intel Pentiums for
the desktop.

Why was Apple not included? Does this leave us towns using Macs out in the
cold, needing to do major overhauls.

I was planning to ramp up some of our Mac base next fiscal year with a
PowerShare server, more on our 4D Server, and other Mac products.

please note the web address:

http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/omis/gacit/

This is where the full set of Mass. standards will be available.

Oh, what to do!?

Where was Apple when these decisions were being made?
=======================

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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 09:35:39 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Netscape/ trashing unwanted cache files

Hi All,

A couple of weeks ago there were responses--pro & con--to a question about
NetScape caching. I can understand how caching significantly speeds up
performance on those pages returned to regularly. On the other hand, I would
prefer to trash cache files for sites to which I will *never* return. It's
very easy to collect lots of those surfing around. I do have a 1 GB HD, so
it's not a question of HD real estate. I just don't like the clutter of
useless files of any kind. Is there any way to trash Netscape cache files for
selected sites?

All assistance much appreciated.

TIA & happy new year,
Toby Moore

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 16:16:28 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Camidge)
Subject: Now menus replacement recommendation please

On 12/21, I posted a message requesting advice regarding a replacement for
Now Menus. With version 5.0.2, I get a system freeze every time I change my
volume setting for any program in a custom menu.

I have received several responses, none of which recommended one program
which could permit me to launch a program with preset sound and monitor
settings. I guess I will have to stick with Now Menus for now, it seems to
be the only one out there that can do the trick, even with the bug.

I traced the bug further but using Now StartupManager to disable all inits
& cdevs except for NowMenus 5.0.2, Sound Manager 3.1 and Sound extention
8.0.5 - the system freezes every time I change my volume setting for any
program in a custom menu with this small set (or a larger set).

To all who responded, thank you very much for the advice.


Stephen C. Camidge
[e-mail]
RR #1, Desboro, Ontario N0H 1K0 Canada                        [phone]

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Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 22:22:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Scott Frederick Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Origin of "sumex-aim"

Over the last few issues, some people have proposed hypotheses for the
origin of the name "sumex-aim", centering around its use as a
Macintosh software archive site.  While the answers sure seem
plausable, I remember this discussion going around two or three years
ago, and the answers, I think, were very different.  Wasn't the origin
of "sumex-aim" mostly from the location of the machine as some part of
Stanford's medical school and facilities?  Someone have a definitive
answer on this little piece of trivia?

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/user/sfkaplan

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 13:10:42 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Tito Poza and Shari Custer-Poza)
Subject: programmer's box in Eudora

Just after I launch Eudora, the programmer's box pops up if I use any key
command combinations. The problem does not occur using menu commands and
doesn't occur after I've been using the program awhile and start to use the
command key. Since I don't want to tempt fate, I try to use menu commands
until I forget I'm not supposed to so I don't know exactly how many
keystrokes or menu command selections it takes before It's "safe" to use
the command key combinations again.

This happens no matter what key combination I use (command M, command W-it
doesn't matter).

This happened before when I used Eudora Light and continues now that I use
Eudora Pro 2.1.3.

Is there a way to stop this? Is there a way to make the programmer's box
leave the screen without restarting (which is what I always do)?

I'm using a PowerMac 6200/75 32/500. It's running System 7.5.1.

Thanks for any advice you can offer.

Shari

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 08:21:09 -0600 (CST)
From: Scott Taschler <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAM Doubler ont he Classic

On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Patrick Hutchinson wrote:

> I'm reposting this because I only got one reply which said sure you can
> run it. I'm running a Classic with a Performer Pro accelerator, but RAM
> Doubler doesn't seem to recognize the configuration. I am simply barking
> up the wrong tree, or is there a software or ResEdit fix that might get it
> to recognize the 030 on the accelerator?
> thanks.

This weekend I tried to install RamDoubler on an accellerated Mac Plus.
Upon running the installer, I got a message that said something like:

"RamDoubler cannot be run on an accellerated Plus, SE, or Classic"

Kind of depressing, hmm?  Didn't leave much room there for interpretation.

If you heaar of a workaround, would you let me know?  Thanks.

Scott

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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 11:11:44 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: SUMEX-AIM origin of (A)

>>> 3. Where did the name "sumex-aim" come from?

Stanford University Medical EXperiment - Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

At that time (mid-80's) sumex-aim was a TOPS-20 machine. Flat filespace, etc
etc. Aaaaah, the Good Old Days(tm).

                 tom coradeschi <+> [e-mail]
               http://k-whiner.pica.army.mil/tom/tom.html

[Yep -- that rings a bell.  Thanks Tom - Gordon]

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 21:03:56 +0630
From: [e-mail] (Swami Visnu)
Subject: System 7.5.2 inactivity

For the Mac 5300cs PowerPC Powerbook: The system 7.5.2 (with no programs
open), manytimes does not respond to mouse clicks as if it is doing
something else and does not become free sometimes for ten or more seconds.
This always happens when clicking the control strip modules. After clicking
the control strip modules the menus also do not respond to mouse clicks for
5 to 10 seconds and then all the clicks activate one after another as saved
up.
        I have reinstalled a new system 7.5.2 with NO extras, control
panels, extensions etc etc, yet it still does this.

Additionally, when opening programs, quitting programs or copying files,
and other similar system activities etc it seems to take a long time and
appears that the system has stopped at times. Clicking the mouse seems to
wake up the system and it continues at a faster rate. (Perhaps this is
deceptive as the system may only update its processing on the screen when
clicked, but it does not appear to be this) When the mouse is clicked
continuously the system does not stop functioning, but when the mouse is
not clicked the activities slow way down and stop. Additionally when
transferring email to or from my server the SD light on my modem stops
blinking unless I click my mouse (this is even so sometimes when a
RD-receive data light indicates that data should be sent). This indicates
that the system is not responding immediately or even at all as it should.
Can anyone give any clues as to what is the cause and solution for this
problem?

I have checked for system sleep functions and the like. All that I am aware
of is under the *Powerbook control panel*: minutes until system sleep, hard
disk spin down and screen dims. These are set appropriately at high values
for when the computer is plugged in. I have no third party addons to
further control these types of parameters.

There doesn't seem to be any other control available. This function of
system sleep etc was suggested as a possible cause of my problem. It does
seem that the system just stops or is spaced out so to speak for no
apparent reason. Perhaps there is a hardware problem?

Any help in this matter is very much appreciated.

Also, if anyone can supply a specific email address within Apple of someone
who would be able to address this problem with the 5300 PowerPC I would be
grateful.

Thank you
Swami Visnu
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 21:03:12 +0630
From: [e-mail] (Swami Visnu)
Subject: System 7.5.2 inactivity

For the Mac 5300cs PowerPC Powerbook: The system 7.5.2 (with no programs
open), manytimes does not respond to mouse clicks as if it is doing
something else and does not become free sometimes for ten or more seconds.
This always happens when clicking the control strip modules. After clicking
the control strip modules the menus also do not respond to mouse clicks for
5 to 10 seconds and then all the clicks activate one after another as saved
up.
        I have reinstalled a new system 7.5.2 with NO extras, control
panels, extensions etc etc, yet it still does this.

Additionally, when opening programs, quitting programs or copying files,
and other similar system activities etc it seems to take a long time and
appears that the system has stopped at times. Clicking the mouse seems to
wake up the system and it continues at a faster rate. (Perhaps this is
deceptive as the system may only update its processing on the screen when
clicked, but it does not appear to be this) When the mouse is clicked
continuously the system does not stop functioning, but when the mouse is
not clicked the activities slow way down and stop. Additionally when
transferring email to or from my server the SD light on my modem stops
blinking unless I click my mouse (this is even so sometimes when a
RD-receive data light indicates that data should be sent). This indicates
that the system is not responding immediately or even at all as it should.
Can anyone give any clues as to what is the cause and solution for this
problem?

I have checked for system sleep functions and the like. All that I am aware
of is under the *Powerbook control panel*: minutes until system sleep, hard
disk spin down and screen dims. These are set appropriately at high values
for when the computer is plugged in. I have no third party addons to
further control these types of parameters.

There doesn't seem to be any other control available. This function of
system sleep etc was suggested as a possible cause of my problem. It does
seem that the system just stops or is spaced out so to speak for no
apparent reason. Perhaps there is a hardware problem?

Any help in this matter is very much appreciated.

Also, if anyone can supply a specific email address within Apple of someone
who would be able to address this problem with the 5300 PowerPC I would be
grateful.

Thank you
Swami Visnu
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 15:21:31 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Teleport Platinum V problems

I am having problems with the Teleport Platinum V internal modem in a
Performa 6300CD.

The modem appears to be losing and/or garbling characters during both text
and zmodem transfers and is generally unreliable when the DTE speed is
greater than 9600 baud.  I have hooked up a couple of different external
modems via the printer port and they have worked flawlessly at full speed
(Hayes Accura 144 and Supra 288).


I have turned off AppleTalk without experiencing any improvement.

Are you aware of any software diagnostic aids that I can use to diagnose the
problem and/or determine whether the problems are with the modem and/or
computer?


Has anyone else here experienced any problems with the Teleport Platinum V
internal modem.


Thanks.

Monty

---
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# [e-mail]

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Date: 27 Dec 1995 21:37:07 -0500
From: [e-mail] (George Boccanfuso)
Subject: Two CD-ROMs On One Mac

Is it possible to have an external and an internal Cd-ROM on a Performa
6200CD?

Thanks for the responses.

George Boccanfuso

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 09:20:40 -0500
From: Arthur Snoke <[e-mail]>
Subject: Update on ClarisWorks 4.0v3 update Resource error

The resource error which terminates the updating process for Clariworks
4.0v2->4.0v3 procedure depends on the computer/OS.

I had the error message on my Quadra 660AV (OS 7.1 update 3.0), but when I
tried it on my Performa 6214 (with its 7.5 operating system), it worked fine.

Based on the two experiences, when the error occurs, it is early in the
process, so no updating of anything takes place.

Arthur Snoke

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 22:43:06 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Using Syquest on PC Network

   I want to use my Syquest 200 MB drive on an IBM compatible PC network
running NOVELL net. I can't use Syquest Technologies SCSI.EXE suite of
programs and drivers because I can not modify any autoexec.bat or config.sys
files on the network for fear of crashing/locking the system.  What I'm
looking for is an application that would let me read the PC formatted syquest
disk that I can create using APPLE PC exchange on my MAC.
 Another option that I have would be to use an external PCMCIA SCSI reader on
my MAC to transfer files to the PC network which DOES have PC card reader/
writers.  The only source that I have found for these is from a company
called Envoy data products [phone] which sells the MAC PC
reader/writers STARTING at $600.00. The PC cards by the way are being used
with/for a KODAK DCS 420 Digital camera.
   The only OTHER way out that I could think of might be to get an IOMEGA Zip
drive. It is my understanding that these drives have software that can make
them have a TEMPORARY drive assignment on a PC compatible that you could read
>From and write to.
  Does anyone have experience in these areas or can anyone make a
recommendation?  Please respond through this forum or to my below address.
 Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Michael Lemke
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 17:05:20 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: Way to gather sender addresses from Eudora mailboxes?

[e-mail] wrote:

> I have large mailboxes in Eudora that I would like to strip the "From:"
>field and collect these into a (preferably non-redundant) list that can be
>handled in a database.  Is there a utility that does this?  Or other
>suggestions?

Eudora mailboxes are TEXT files (with creator CSOm), so any text editor
can open it.

Find one which letx you extract all the lines containing "From: " at the
beginning. I suppose this can be done with BBEdit and Nisus (but I don't
have any self-experience).

Good luck, Christian.

[e-mail]  -- http://www.access.ch/mus/members/cbuser/cbuser.html

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 19:47:19 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: You reply in Info-Mac Digest

>>Its been two weeks that i've got my New USRobotic 28.8 AND 33.6 Faxmodem
>>for macintosh. It is working very well...
>
>I am also interested in purchasing a new USRobotics 28.8 Sportster to
>replace my


>just want to know if it's possible to buy a 33.6 off the shelf of some
>store, or
I took it from the shelves in a store called Micro Boutique. They are
specialized in Macintosh Hardware and software. If you look in store you
might find it.
You have to ask for modem # 1265 in canada...
Well, i am quite shure that you'll find it in states..
[e-mail]

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