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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 00:43:38 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #15
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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 26 Jan 94       Volume 12 : Issue 15

Today's Topics:

      [*] 13" H.R. Giger Screens - Group 3
      [*] 16" H.R. Giger Screens - Group 3
      [*] ARA-USRobotics-vterbo-19200
      [*] BrewArt for Macintosh, volu
      [*] CCL/ARAP Script Utility - ScriptSwitcher
      [*] comm - Anarchie 1.1.0
      [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ
      [*] CopyDoubler 2.03 Updater
      [*] Demo of MicroBridge Companion for mac/game/demo
      [*] DuoMon 1.2
      [*] Final Frontier pre-alpha (re-submit)
      [*] FretNavigator 1.1
      [*] GLMStat 1.0b0
      [*] GNU Shogi 1.1E
      [*] GW-Ada/Ed Announced: Free Ada Compilation System for Mac
      [*] Hotlist2HTML (first submission; to comm/net)
      [*] hungry-frog-ion-eaters.hqx
      [*] HyperPuzzle...
      [*] Kawai-k4-librarian-1.0.3
      [*] LanSatellite 1.0.1
      [*] Macintosh Tips & Tricks 9/93 - 12/93
      [*] MacLHA 2.13.sea.hqx
      [*] Mac screen refresh utility
      [*] math-factor-hopper.hqx
      [*] MNS REVIEWS
      [*] new blackjack program replaces any blackjack-13x.hqx
      [*] nightwatch-ii.sit.hqx
      [*] Online Cookbook [Planet Software]
      [*] pegicon.hqx
      [*] Petris 1.0
      [*] RadFax 0.9
      [*] sound/midi - [DX7 Librarian 1.0.4 - part 1 of 3]
      [*] Stuff and Hex 1.0
      [*] submission of 840av.hqx
      [*] Switchback 2.3 Submission
      [*] Synchronize! 3.0.4 submission
      [*] The Archivist 4.1.1 Infos
      [*] The Archivist v 4.1.1
      [*] TidBITS#210/24-Jan-94
      [*] UUParser v1.7
      [*] Wedding Planner
      [*] Wild
      [*] WindowBottom for FirstClass
      [*] WireTap Pro 107 demo.cpt
      [*] ZipIt 1.2.6.cpt
      .sgm suffix
      128 Mac - Did you buy one?
      1 bit startupscreen
      All modems are not created equal
      A Q on Zterm (R)
      BeHierarchic 2.0 is Commercial
      Best C Compiler (Q)
      Bold Symbol
      Bold Symbol -Solved !
      Bold Symbol? Comment
      Converting a PICT sequence to a QuickTime movie (C)
      disable print command
      DMA on a Q800? (R)
      Downloading files with VersaTerm (R)
      Eudora & recombining "split" mail (Q) (2 msgs)
      Fastest Mac for System 6
      Folders are larger than they appear (A)
      font questions
      Generic Icons (Q)
      HP laserjet 4ML printer
      Hypertext origins
      Info-Mac CD new release [?]
      Keyboard access to menus [C]
      Mac Curses
      Mangia! Cookbook location
      medical software
      Price of PowerPC601 vs. 68040 (Q)
      Prince of P II Demo problems
      Program to shut down with power key
      QuickTime file format for Windows?
      RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [Q]
      Request for System 6.0.7
      Required Reading for Info-Macers
      SmartScrap
      software
      Special Promotion on DSP Card (Q)
      Startupscreen on second monitor --Thankyou
      TCP/IP on an LC
      Unattended shutdown
      VT102 tool
      Wanted: a single A3 ribbon for a QMS ColorScript 100 30i printer

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 12:25:53 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: [*] 13" H.R. Giger Screens - Group 3

This archive contains scans of the following works by H.R. Giger, suitable
for use as backgrounds screens on 640x480 (13") monitors:

396 - Alien Wreck
434 - Biomechanical Soul Journey
483 - Doppeltorso Mit Haken
597 - Biomechanical Landscape I
603 - Biomechanical Landscape

All the images are in JPEG compressed PICT format.  You should be able to
use these files as-is with DeskPict, Decor, DeskPicture, or Fun Pictures IF
you have QuickTime 1.6 or later installed.  If you do not have QuickTime
installed, you'll have to convert the image to an uncompressed PICT before
use.

Ken Kirksey
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/giger-13in-grp3.hqx; 349K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 12:29:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: [*] 16" H.R. Giger Screens - Group 3

This archive contains scans of the following works by H.R. Giger, suitable for
use as backgrounds screens on 732x624 (16") monitors:

   303 - Necronom IV
   350 - Hommage a Bocklin
   380 - Alien Pilot
   396 - Alien Wreck

All the images are in JPEG compressed PICT format.  You should be able to use
these files as-is with DeskPict, Decor, DeskPicture, or Fun Pictures IF you
have
QuickTime 1.6 or later installed.  If you do not have QuickTime installed,
you'll
have to convert the image to an uncompressed PICT before use.

Ken Kirksey
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/giger-16in-grp3.hqx; 428K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 22:29:45 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] ARA-USRobotics-vterbo-19200

ARA file for the newer vterbo Courier and DS modems. A USR to USR link can
maintain a connection at 21,600bps using ASL. A USR to another vterbo modem
can connect at 19,200bps.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-usrobotics-vterbo.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 08:24:27 +0000 (U)
From: George Tempel <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BrewArt for Macintosh, volu

              BrewArt for Macintosh, volume2
Welcome to the BrewArt Collection, volume #2 (for Macintosh)!

copyright 1994 George (Ty) Tempel


ABSTRACT:
This collection is the second edition of a set of brewing
related clip art that I am in the process of creating and
compiling. I have used some of these elements on my beer
labels, and a few of my network-friends have found them
helpful as well.

George Tempel
65 West George Street
Freehold, NJ 07728

[e-mail]

Comments and suggestions are welcome, and stay tuned for
more collections to be released at later dates!

BrewArt, vol #2:
    adornmentso2:
        "Ale", Adobe Garamond
        "Ale", Apollo
        "Ale", Buccaneer
        "Ale", Fabliaux
        "Ale", Florentine swash
        "Ale", Goudy Medieval
        "Ale", Luftwaffe
        "Ale", Magdelena
        "Ale", Old English
        "Ale", Taranis
        "Lager", Luftwaffe
        "Lager", Magdelena
        banner ribbon
        woodcut scroll
    equipmento2:
        barrel front, b/w
        carboy
        carboy, full
    glasswareo2:
        weissbier glass, empty
        weissbier glass, full
    label formso2:
        black label
        Circle w/grain heads
        rect. label w/circle and corner
    Read Me First! o2

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/brew-art-collection-grp2.hqx; 260K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 94 22:11:39 PST
From: [e-mail] (Ed Leonahrdt)
Subject: [*] CCL/ARAP Script Utility - ScriptSwitcher

ScriptSwitcher is a simple drag and drop utility designed to
help CCL developers create/edit ARAP script files with their
favorite editor.

What ScriptSwitcher does is simply set the type & creator
fields of the file depending on the file types that are dropped
on it. If the input file is a text file then it will make the
file an ARAP script file, if the input file is an ARAP script
file then it will make it a siple text file. You get a status
window informing you of which way the conversion went, etc..

Pretty simple thing to do, but a timesaver if you have to keep
fiddling with the type & creator each time you want to test
or edit a CCL script that is complicated or noncooperative.

This application is freeware. Please redistribute as much as
you like with the manual as well, and don't forget to send some
mail my way if you find the application useful.

A note to the Info-Mac moderators:
Feel free to put this on any CD. As to which directory to put
this in, your first guess is probably better than mine. This
file was compressed with your current favorite, Compact Pro. File
was scanned with Disinfectant 3.3 and found germ free.

-edl-
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/script-switcher.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 11:59:47 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comm - Anarchie 1.1.0

Anarchie v1.1.0 is an Archie client and anonymous FTP client for
the Mac.  It is (IMO) the easiest way for users with MacTCP to
fetch a file with a partially known name or to browse around
the anonymous FTP archives.  It includes a menu listing all the
Archie servers, as well as FTP bookmarks for all the popular
Macintosh FTP sites (including around 30 mirrors to Umich
and Info-Mac).

And as an added bonus, its Apple Scriptable and Recordable, and
the scripting allows you to fetch and store files to/from FTP
sites, so you can automate all sorts of routine FTP tasks.  If you
have Frontier, it supports Menu Sharing as well (and comes with
a bunch of stuff from Leonard Rosenthol to get you started).

Changes since v1.0.0 are many and varied and include:

Bug fixes:
Supports dumb FTP servers when using a username&password.
Fix the "nothing found" problem caused by strange Owner names.

New Features:
Full support for browsing anonymous FTP archives.
Finder-like sorting by name, date, size, etc.
Supports most of the Finder's shortcuts in the listing windows.
Saveable, double-clickable bookmark files for your favorite sites.
Supports firewall FTP servers (on any port).
Automatic MacBinary decoding.
View selection downloads the document and displays it.
Balloon Help.
Logging.
Fancy new About box with exclusive "newbie-rating".
and much much more.

Anarchie requires System 7, MacTCP, and is $10 shareware.

Hope you like it,
   Peter. <[e-mail]>

Anarchie v1.1.0 Copyright 1993-94 Peter N Lewis

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/anarchie-110.hqx; 145K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 15:53:04 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ

Last-modified: Fri Jan 21 1994
This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for comp.sys.mac.comm

This list of frequently asked questions and answers is intended to help
reduce the number of "often asked questions" that make the rounds here
in comp.sys.mac.comm. Since comp.sys.mac.comm is intended as a forum to
discuss telecommunication (and related issues) that are specific to the
Macintosh, most questions about modems, telecommunications in general,
and other non-Macintosh specific communication questions are not listed
here. The proper newsgroup for such questions is usually comp.dcom.modems.

This list is posted periodically (about once a month) to the Usenet
groups comp.sys.mac.comm, news.answers, and comp.answers.

This FAQ is purely a volunteer effort. Although every effort has been
made to insure that answers are as complete and accurate as possible,
NO GUARANTEE IS IMPLIED OR INTENDED. The editor and contributors have
developed this FAQ as a service to Usenet. We hope you find it useful.
It has been formatted in setext format for your browsing convenience;
use a setext browser, such as EasyView, to take advantage of setext.

Please send your corrections, and comments to the editor, Eric Rosen,
at [e-mail].

         SHARE THIS INFORMATION FREELY AND IN GOOD FAITH.
         DO NOT DISTRIBUTE MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THIS FAQ.
           DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE OR THE TEXT ABOVE.
          (INCLUDING THE 'LastModified' HEADER; THANKS.)


              **** TABLE OF CONTENTS: ****

[1] Modems and Cables

    [1.1] What kind of modem will work with my Macintosh?
    [1.2] What kind of cable do I need to use my external modem with my
          Macintosh? (Includes cable pinouts)
    [1.3] What do V.32, V.42, bis, MNP, etc mean?
    [1.4] How fast can the Macintosh serial ports really go?
    [1.5] How can I disable call-waiting when using my modem?

[2] File Formats and Conversion

    [2.1] What is a resource (or data) fork?
    [2.2] What is MacBinary?
    [2.3] What is BinHex? What is uuencode? What are atob/btoa ?
    [2.4] What is Apple-Single/Double ?
    [2.5] What do file suffixes like .hqx, .sit, .bin, etc ... mean
          and how can I convert such files back to normal Macintosh
          applications and documents?

[3] Macintosh File-transfers

    [3.1] What program(s) do(es) Kermit, FTP (client), and/or
          X,Y,Z-MODEM and where can I get them?
    [3.2] What is the latest version of ZTerm?
    [3.3] What is the Communications Toolbox (CTB)?
    [3.4] Are there any public-domain or shareware Communication
          Toolbox tools that support Kermit, and/or X,Y,Z-MODEM?
    [3.5] How can I transfer Macintosh files to/from my Macintosh and
          other non-Macintosh computers (eg: mainframes, UNIX boxes,
          PCs)?
    [3.6] What's the best compression program to use when uploading
          files to an archive or BBS? Are there any other guidelines
          I should follow?
    [3.7] How can I use the programs that are posted to
          comp.binaries.mac?

[4] Introduction to AppleTalk (and Remote AppleTalk)

    [4.1] What kind of hardware do I need to set up an LocalTalk
          network?
    [4.2] How can I change the Chooser "user" and name of my
          Macintosh? Also: Why can I no longer change the name of
          my hard-disk?
    [4.3] What is Apple Remote Access ?
    [4.4] Where can I get a Remote Access script for my modem?

[5] Networking, MacTCP, Telnet, SL/IP, PPP

    [5.1] What is MacTCP and what kind of hardware and software do I
          need to use it?
    [5.2] What is the difference between AppleTalk, LocalTalk,
          EtherNet, EtherTalk, TCP/IP, etc?
    [5.3] What is Telnet, and is there a Telnet program for the
          Macintosh?
    [5.4] Is there a FTP (client/server) program for the Macintosh?
    [5.5] What are SL/IP, CSL/IP and PPP?
    [5.6] How does MacTCP resolve names into IP addresses?

[6] MacX and Other Ways to Interface With UNIX

    [6.1] Can I run X-Windows on my Mac?
    [6.2] How can I run MacX over a modem? Is it feasible?
    [6.3] What is MacLayers and what do I need to use it?
    [6.4] What are UW and MultiSession? Are there other programs like
          MacLayers?
    [6.5] Is there a UNIX program that will convert between BinHex and
          MacBinary?
    [6.6] How can I create LaserWriter PostScript printer files and
          print them on a PostScript printer connected to a UNIX
          network?
    [6.7] What is the Columbia AppleTalk Package (CAP)?

[7] Sending and receiving Mail and Usenet News with your Macintosh

    [7.1] How can I send/receive Internet mail with my Macintosh?
    [7.2] How can I read/post Usenet news with my Macintosh?

[8] Miscellaneous

    [8.1] I don't have FTP --- How can I access the various archives
          through e-mail?

Appendices:

[A]     List of Common File Suffixes and Abbreviations
[B]     List of Macintosh archive sites available through the Internet
[C]     Vendor Information
[D]     Contributors

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/csm-communications-faq.txt; 127K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 00:04:58 -0500
From: Charlie Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CopyDoubler 2.03 Updater

Enclosed is an updater from AOL which will take CopyDoubler
2.0x to 2.03.  It will not work for CopyDoubler Lite or
CopyDoubler 1.0x.

CopyDoubler 2.03 fixes certain incompatabilities with System
7.1 Pro.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/copy-doubler-20x-to-203-updt.hqx; 136K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 16:39:05 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Richard A. Fowell)
Subject: [*] Demo of MicroBridge Companion for mac/game/demo

 This is a demo version of the commercial bridge game,
 MicroBridge Companion, from Great Game Products in Maryland.
 They sell the full version direct for ca. $60 + $5 S&H
 To order: [phone] or [phone]
 This demo is a little behind their current version, but
 it is the latest demo. I like it better than the other
 Mac bridge program I bought.
  -RIchard A. Fowell, [e-mail], 1/22/94

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/micro-bridge-demo.hqx; 306K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 13:44:22 -0500
From: Mike Blackwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DuoMon 1.2

This is version 1.2 of DuoMon - a little utility that tells you more
than you ever wanted to know about your PowerBook Duo.

Changes since 1.1: user settings are now stored in a Preferences file
(so Dockernaut users can have different settings for different
configurations), and knowledge of a few new battery types.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/duo-mon-12.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 21:13:03 --100
From: [e-mail] (Christian Steffen Ove Franz)
Subject: [*] Final Frontier pre-alpha (re-submit)

    two days ago I submitted Final Frontier pre-alpha. I'm very sorry
to inform you that I have posted a bad version. Steve Brecher of
mac.archive.umich.edu informed me that the version I submitted did not
check for compatability.

Furthermore, the version I posted did not contain the correct menu drivers.
Please replace the Final Frontier I submitted on sunday with the one that
I'm submitting now.

Thank you very much.

Final Frontier
If you liked ELITE, you'll probably love Final Frontier...

This is a development pre-alpha 0.0 version of the upcoming game
I will probably call FINAL FRONTIER. In this version you can't really do very

much except fly around, target some spaceships, try to dock and communicate

with base and ships (I wonder how long it will take you to figure out how
to do the latter).

I'm passing out this version to

    - see if there is interest in this kind of game

    - show that it is possible to write this kind of game

    - recruit an artist to help me with artwork and music

    - recruit Alpha/Beta testers

    - whet you appetite and increase my self-esteem


Please read the 'Looking for ...' files if you are intersted in becoming
Tester or Artist for Final Frontier.

ATTENTION: YOU ARE USING A PRE-ALPHA. (THIS IS A STANDARD DISCLAIMER)
Final Frontier is stable as far as I know. It is distributed AS IS. I will take

no responsibility if it crashed (which it shouldn't) Use at your own risk.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/final-frontier-00a.hqx; 597K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 10:18:16 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jack Herrington)
Subject: [*] FretNavigator 1.1

File: /sound/util/FN1.1.hqx
Author: Jack Herrington
Brief Summary: Macintosh application to analyze stringed instruments for
chordal and scalar forms.
Requirements: Macintosh with 2 megabytes of memory, optional Apple MIDI manager
for MIDI output

FretNavigator is a Macintosh application that analyzes stringed musical
instruments looking for chord and scalar forms, as well as chord progressions,
intervals, etc.  It can output the forms through MIDI, or the internal speaker,
it can also store them in editable tabulature.  The program also comes with
some other helpful music theory tools.  The list of instruments, chords,
and intervals is extensible.

The ShareWare fee is $25, but I only expect it from people that get some
real useful long-term benefit from the program.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/fret-navigator-11.hqx; 331K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 09:51:08 +1000
From: FRUITCAKE <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GLMStat 1.0b0

GLMStat is a statistical program for analysing generalised linear models.
It provides  a macintosh interface but otherwise operates in a similar
fashion to GLIM but with less features (most of which you probably won't
miss). Features of GLMStat are
  - spreadsheet style data entry
  - Normal, Poisson, Binomial and Gamma models with appropriate links and
    specification of convergence parameters
  - Scatter and Residual plots
  - Output of deviance, parameter estimates, residuals and parameter
  correlations
  - Saving of data files complete with all model specifications.
  - Online Help (under the apple menu) unfortunately there is currently no
    other documentation.
  - includes example data files for most examples in two of the texts.

This is a beta version of the programme. The fully tested and slightly more
tidied up version should be available within 1 to 2 months.
The programme is shareware. Further details in "read me" file.Unregistered
copies are fully functional but after June 1994 there is a short delay after
each FIT operation with a reminder that the programme is unregistered.

I would greatly appreciate any comments (good, bad or indifferent) on the
programme.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/glm-stat-10b0.hqx; 190K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 12:16:41 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pieter Stouten)
Subject: [*] GNU Shogi 1.1E

Please, find attached GNU Shogi 1.1E for the Macintosh (based on UNIX
version 1.1 patch level 02).

GNU Shogi plays Shogi, the Japanese equivalent of Chess. The main
differences between Shogi and Chess are: 1) captured pieces can be dropped
again by the captor, and 2) almost all pieces can promote. This makes for a
very aggressive game, which (contrary to western chess) gets more
interesting and complicated towards the end.

Requirements: Macintosh with 68020 or better. System 6.0.7 or later. 600 KB
disk space. GNU Shogi itself needs 1.2 MB RAM. The program comes with a
rules document, a set of openings, etc. GNU SHOGI is written by Matthias
Mutz. Kazuhiko Seki added a Mac graphical user interface.

Enjoy !

Pieter Stouten <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gnu-shogi-11e.hqx; 323K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 18:43:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Feldman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GW-Ada/Ed Announced: Free Ada Compilation System for Mac

GW-Ada/Ed Program Development Environment for Apple Macintosh
January 1994

We are happy to announce the first release of GW-Ada/Ed for the Apple
Macintosh family of computers. This software is now available by
anonymous ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu, in the directory
languages/ada/compilers/adaed/gwu/mac.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/gw-ada-ed.txt; 5K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 14:20:57 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Lutz Weimann)
Subject: [*] Hotlist2HTML (first submission; to comm/net)

The program Hotlist2HTML converts a MacMosaic Hotlist (resource)
file to a HTML-page, wherein each URL of the Hotlist is
associated with it's corresponding Menu-Item name.
The program should run on any Macintosh were System 7 is
installed.
The Fortran source is included. You need Language Systems
Fortran 3.x and MPW 3.2 (or 3.2.3) to make use of the it.

Lutz Weimann    date: 19.1.94     e-mail: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/hotlist-to-html.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 94 14:30:50 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hixon)
Subject: [*] hungry-frog-ion-eaters.hqx

Hungry Frog Ion Eaters (here chem-ion-game as posted) is a real-time
animated multimedia game for learning ionic charges and ion
formulas of most (about 100 or so) of the common inorganic
and organic ions in basic chemistry. The game is adjustable
in speed and difficulty, so it remains fun for both experienced
students and students just starting to learn chemistry.
Send Email comments to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hungry-frog-ion-eaters.hqx; 771K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 16:02:02 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Awele Ndili)
Subject: [*] HyperPuzzle...

Somehow I had mistakenly sent in a prerelease version of HyperPuzzle with
some bugs.  I am sending the final version (ver 1.0.1 attached) which
replaces the earlier copy of "HyperPuzzle.cpt" which I sent in.

>Here's a game I built out of HyperCard.
>HyperPuzzle : a $4 shareware.

Awele Ndili

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hyper-puzzle-101-hc.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 16:12:05 -0600 (CST)
From: "DALE H. MARSH, MD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Kawai-k4-librarian-1.0.3

KAWAI LIBRARIAN K4 is an application that allows one to save
patch setting files from a Kawai K4 keyboard as a Macintosh
file via a MIDI connection. This program is a simple patch
librarian and comes with a number of banks of Kawai K4 public
domain patches. The software is free to use and copy. For
those interested in writing MIDI software the complete source
code is available for $20.  The source code is a good
example of a simple Object-Oriented MIDI program. It is
written with Think C 5.0 and uses the Think Class Library.

Dale H. Marsh     1-21-94
[e-mail]
CompuServe: 71530,676

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/kawai-k4-librarian-103.hqx; 108K]

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Date: 21 Jan 1994 15:50:46 -0800
From: "Trygve Isaacson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LanSatellite 1.0.1

I'm happy to announce the release of LanSatellite 1.0.1 (enclosed).

LanSatellite is a network management application for viewing, monitoring, and
graphically mapping your AppleTalk network and its devices. It searches the
network in the background, gives you sortable list and icon views that you
can modify and use with background pictures, lets you print your maps, and
can alert you to devices that disappear from the network. It also has
features that let you easily import icons for customization and handling of
devices that it doesn't know about yet. LanSatellite is shareware US$20.

 I hope you like it!

Trygve Isaacson
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/lan-satellite-101.hqx; 570K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 03:38:15 -0700
From: "Timothy J. Greear" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Macintosh Tips & Tricks 9/93 - 12/93

I was recently on the First Class BBS that SoftArc runs. While I was looking
around I saw that they had some issues of Macintosh Tips & Tricks that were
not posted to SUMEX.

bye

[Archived as /info-mac/per/mac-tips-n-tricks-93-09-to-93-12.hqx; 399K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 12:36:01 +0900
From: ISHIZAKI Kazuaki <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacLHA 2.13.sea.hqx

  This is an archive program that is compatible with
PC/UNIX/Other LHA.

  Fix a bug that is occurred system error when drag-and-drop files.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/mac-lha-213.hqx; 80K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 20:21:09 +0500
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: [*] Mac screen refresh utility

Refresh is a utility that causes the entire mac graphics area to
get redrawn. This is good for old or simple applications like
Ars Magna (an anagram program) that erase the entire screen,
but don't redraw it.

You can put an alias to it in your apple menu items, or in a
corner of your screen where you know it will be even if you can't
see it. That way, even if you are "blind", you can refresh the
entire screen in one action.

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

p.s. All I ask is that you send me mail telling me you think this is
useful, if you use it.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/refresh.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 94 14:30:30 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hixon)
Subject: [*] math-factor-hopper.hqx

The math factor hopper game is a very simple brain-teaser for anyone
who can do simple multiplication and division. It is fun for adults and
children and is simple to learn and play. Playing the game one
practices factoring and multiplication

It's so small - how can you not check it out!.

Send Email comments to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/math-factor-hopper.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 03:29:01 -0700
From: "Timothy J. Greear" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MNS REVIEWS

   Hi I found an issue of MNS REVIEWS on a local BBS. I thought it was just
   what
I was looking for to help the members of the local Mac User Group
(Black Hills Mac Users Group) *Blatant plug* find out more about the
Macintosh.
I emailed Don Ritter and requested some back issues. I also asked if it was
all right to send them on to SUMEX. Well, here they are. Don also said it was
all right to include them on the next info-mac CDROM.

MNS Reviews is a free  monthly (and soon more frequently) online publication
for the Macintosh Community provided by the MUG News Service (MNS).
MNS is a UPI-like news service that has been reaching more than 350,000
Mac users who belong to user groups in the U.S., Canada, and 18 other
countries each month since 1988. It is the goal of MNS to deliver the best
information to the Mac community at no charge.

 Call Apple's toll-free number to find the User Group closest to you:
800/538-9696, extension 500

MNS Reviews will publish soft/hardware reviews, editorial, and articles
on the Macintosh Industry and community by members of the Mac community.
 It is free but the entire contents are copyrighted by MNS.  Individual
copyrights apply and some articles are allowable for republication as stated
 in the articles.

If you would like to correspond with MNS, please send your email
or submissions to Don Rittner at [e-mail] (from the Internet), or:
AOL:  AFL DonR
CIS: 70057,1325
GEnie: MNS

[Archived as /info-mac/per/mns-review.hqx; 446K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 94 11:47:58 EST
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morrow)
Subject: [*] new blackjack program replaces any blackjack-13x.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/blackjack-14.hqx; 312K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 22:02:09 +0100 (MET)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] nightwatch-ii.sit.hqx

Hi,

Here is a JPEG file of a painting by Rembrandt called the
Nightwatch (Note: I scanned A picture not THE picture).
I use it as the Desktop background using the Decor control
panel (version 1.3 or later) by Francois Pottier
([e-mail]). And I suggest you to do the same! ;-)

If you want to see the real picture, the address of the
museum is listed in the ReadMe file...

Regards,
Rene Ros

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/nightwatch-ii.hqx; 518K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 12:23:50 GMT+13:32
From: Kenji Takeuchi <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Online Cookbook [Planet Software]

Here's a power yet easy to use (i.e. cool) cookbook stack for HyperCard
2.0 or higher.  Includes 20 recipes.

Enjoy.

Kenji Takeuchi

[Archived as /info-mac/app/online-cookbook-hc.hqx; 48K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 22:51:10 -0800
From: "Cari D. Burstein" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] pegicon.hqx

This is a collection of 4 color icons (an orchid, two moons, and a wave),
and a Resedit version containing 3 of them.  I didn't make these icons-
they were made by my suitemate Peggy Li, and they were really good, so I
asked her if I could make them available to the general public.  I hope
you like them.

-Cari D. Burstein
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/peggys-icons.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 18:47:56 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Van Schevensteen)
Subject: [*] Petris 1.0

Petris version 1.0 1993 by Peter Van Schevensteen

Only Mac Tetris version I know of that supports 2 players competitive mode.
With lots of fun sounds and nice pictures. Features include softdrop, show=
 next, choose your own configuration, no-long-blocks for die hard Tetris=
 freaks, 2 player mode (and penalties for the other player when you can=
 remove 2 or more rows at a time, very addicting :-)). Also introduces the=
 "fast preferences"-feature. Has problems with Classics running system 6.x=
 (they don't shut down afterwards). Needs to start with a new game twice on=
 more advanced Mac models (don't ask me why). Enjoy !!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/petris-10.hqx; 628K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 15:01:34 +0200
From: Juri Munkki <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RadFax 0.9

Here's version 0.9 (shareware release $25) for RadFax, a program
for receiving weather maps via radio to a Mac with sound input
capability. Requires color quickdraw and possibly at least System 7.0.

    Juri Munkki
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/rad-fax-09.hqx; 146K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 11:38:46 JST
From: [e-mail] (Takashi Suzuki)
Subject: [*] sound/midi - [DX7 Librarian 1.0.4 - part 1 of 3]

DX7 Librarian is an application for the Macintosh which allows you
to make up library of voice data for DX7. One window has one voice
data, and you can open windows as many as you want.
When this application receives bulk dump MIDI data, new window will
open and show you it's parameter. You can keep 32 voices in one file,
so it's easy to replace DX7's internal 32 voices.
Apple Script recordable.

What's changed in 1.0.4.
 Fixed the bug related AppleScripts.
 Attached Sample Scripts.

Requirement :
System7 + QuickTime + Apple MIDI Manager or
System7.1 + Apple MIDI Manager

Shareware.

Takashi Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/dx7-librarian-104.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 08:00:47 -0400 (EST)
From: Chris Owen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Stuff and Hex 1.0

This application REQUIRES the Stuffit Engine=AA which is part of the Stuffi=
t
Deluxe=AA Stuffit SpaceSaver=AA and SITcomm=AA packages.=20

This application is just a quick (15 minute) hack that I did for my own
use and then cleaned up a little for distribution.  The purpose of the
application is to first comress and then binhex files for electronic
distribution.  It is intended to be used as a drag and drop application.=20
You can use it to choose files, but not folders, from the 'File' menu.

After I had written this it turned out that Drop=A5Stuff (also part of
Stuffit Deluxe=AA package) also does this (I always use Magic Menu rather
than Drop=A5Stuff).  I decided to go ahead and distribute it because lots o=
f
people have the Stuffit Engine as part of Stuffit SpaceSaver=AA and
SITcomm=AA, but don't have Drop=A5Stuff.=20

Chris Owen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuff-and-hex-10.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 11:22:50 GMT
From: [e-mail] (mbb Bointon) (mbb Bointon)
Subject: [*] submission of 840av.hqx

Here's a startupscreen for 840AV users.
It says "Welcome to Macintosh" in silver above "840AV" in chrome over a
red and yellow blobby surface.  There's space at the bottom for your
extensions!  All rendered and anti-aliased in Infini-D. It's a 640*480
24-bit PICT, and so it suitable for 13" or similar. If anybody really
likes it, I could be persuaded to re-render it at higher resolutions!

Marcus Bointon

PS I hope the line feeds on this work OK!

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/quadra840av-startup.hqx; 298K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 11:45:41 +1300
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Home)
Subject: [*] Switchback 2.3 Submission

SwitchBack 2.3 by Glendower Software Ltd.

SwitchBack has been well received by the Macintosh community, gaining
particular praise for its interface.  With this version SwitchBack you can
log errors to a report window that is displayed after the backup has
completed.

What is SwitchBack?

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

It has been designed principally for those people with two computers
(especially desktop and PowerBook) who need to ensure that they have the
most recent version of their documents available to them.

It also functions well as a simple backup utility for people with one
computer.  For example, a folder residing on your main hard disk can be
linked to a folder residing on a floppy disk.

What this Archive Contains.

SwitchBack 2.3
SwitchBack Help
User's Guide (MWII) in MacWrite II format
Read Me (this document)
Registration Form

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switch-back-23.hqx; 155K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 22:47:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Sontag)
Subject: [*] Synchronize! 3.0.4 submission

Dear Sirs:

This is a copy of Synchronize! 3.0.4, for your archives. It should
replace version 3.0.2, which is currently in your archives.

Hugh Sontag (author)

>From the enclosed info file:

This is Synchronize! 3.0.4, a file synchronization utility.
As a way of introducing you to Synchronize!, you may use its basic
file synchronization features FREE. Decompress this Compact Pro
archive and try it out. The many advanced features of the program
may be demonstrated with folders which contain less than 400K.
Unlimited use of the advanced features requires the purchase of
the program, which is $29.95, plus shipping.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/synchronize-304-demo.hqx; 217K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 20:36:37 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] The Archivist 4.1.1 Infos

This text file is to be read prior to using The Archivist version
4.1.1

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/archivist-411-info.txt; 27K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 20:33:27 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] The Archivist v 4.1.1

About The Archivist update 4.1.1

I programmed this document database with a support of the Apple
Canada Education Foundation and Apple Canada Inc. It is a
Hypercard database that can hold small or rather large documents,
the limitation being the size of your hard drive.

It can be considered as an electronic binder than can multiply
itself to form new binders for your own purposes. With it is
attached a small "Read me" file. This document database must be
used on a Macintosh with a monitor size of at least 480 pixels by
400 pixels or anyone monitor bigger than that. HyperCard version
2,1 (or better) must be used accordingly with its Home file.
HyperCard must be partitioned to a minimum of 2 megs RAM or
bigger. The new 4.1 version is PowerBook compatible!!!

Happy archiving!

J.-Robert Thibault Ph.D.
InterNet:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/archivist-411-hc.hqx; 371K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 21:25:24 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#210/24-Jan-94

TidBITS#210/24-Jan-94

Happy Birthday, Macintosh! We glance back at Apple's view of its
   past through quotes from annual reports and then look forward
   at some of the intriguing new technologies Apple plans for the
   future. A few small comments, the embedded speech commands
   necessary to make your Mac sing Happy Birthday, and the issue
   rounds out with a review of a most interesting program, Meeting
   Space from World Benders, which creates virtual conference
   centers on any network.

Topics:
    MailBITS/24-Jan-94
    Happy Birthday, Macintosh!
    Singing Macs
    New Apple Technologies
    Meeting Space
    Reviews/24-Jan-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-210.etx; 30K]

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
Author of The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh -- [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 11:41:08 -0800
From: [e-mail] (John S. Lee)
Subject: [*] UUParser v1.7

RELEASE NOTES FOR UUPARSER version 1.7

Please read the HELP for additional info as to some of the features in
UUParser version 1.7.

UUParser v1.7 is a maintenance release.

Some items of interest are:

- Parsing in the background.
- Drag & Drop Join funtion (choose the files, drag them to the UUParser
application while holding down the COMMAND key).
- Parse large files without increasing the memory partition.
- Can stop any operation by COMMAND-"." (period).
- File extensions are no longer case sensitive (so if the file has a
".Jpg", or ".JPG" extension, UUParser will set the file type and creator
according to what you've specified).
- Better parsing algorithm gets rid of most uneeded header/footer/cut lines.
- Change filenames to UPPERCASE on the fly.

Please remember:  IF you are using anything less than version 1.5, please
get rid of your preferences file.  Version 1.5 users have upward
compatibility.

The shareware fee is STILL $10.  $15 for disk updates.

Use 20 times and please register.

Thanks for using UUParser!!!

UUParser is Copyright =A9 1993, 1994 by John S. Lee & Truly Mac, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

Please report any bugs/comments/suggestions to:
Internet: [e-mail]
AOL       : JSLEE
other    : [e-mail]

Legal note: The author makes no warranties expressed or implied, and is not
responsible for any loss of data., work, time etc.  The software has been
tested as best possible.  Use of this software at your own risk.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/uu-parser-17.hqx; 89K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 21:24:16 -0600
From: Gene McCabe <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Wedding Planner

This email includes a .SEA file that has been encoded via
BinHex4.0.  The file should be named: wedding-planner10.hqx.
I submit it for posting to the SUMEX archive.  My name is
Gene McCabe and I can be reached on Internet at:
[e-mail].  A description of the file
follows.

My wife and I developed this wedding planner to organize
our own wedding and found it very useful.  It will help you
pick a wedding date, develop a budget, manage all those
little and not so little things that must be done, keep
track of attendants and invitations and gifts, and print
warm, professional mailing labels.  It will also provide
you with an abundance of useful information on how to plan
and implement a successful wedding.  The software was
developed in HyperCard; however, it is a stand-alone
application (HyperCard is embedded in the software).

[Archived as /info-mac/app/wedding-planner-10.hqx; 647K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 14:49:13 AWST
From: [e-mail] (Giulio Zambon)
Subject: [*] Wild

Wild is a free AppleScript addition which lets you select files and
folders with wildcarded names. It also supports other filtering criteria
to identify specific files (eg. file creator and type). Wild accepts a
list of folder and file names (one or more of them can be wildcarded)
and returns a list of actual names which match the initial list and
satisfy the additional filtering criteria that you selected.

Ciao,   Giulio.

 _--_|\   Giulio Zambon, [e-mail]
/      \  Rainbow Hill Pty Ltd, 25 Urawa Rd, Duncraig WA 6023, Australia.
*_.--._/  Voice: [phone]    Fax/Voice: [phone]
      v
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/wild-as.hqx; 70K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 08:40:30 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Richard N.K. Chong)
Subject: [*] WindowBottom for FirstClass

If you use FirstClass software, why do you need this FKEY?

Each time you start a download, what do you do? Do you leave the window where
it is along with all the others, or do you move it to the bottom of the
screen so that you can see what's going on? For those of you who fall into
the second category, I made an FKEY for you that will do all the work. This
FKEY moves all transfer windows, not just the active one. This permits you to
download many things, and execute the FKEY only once.

Further instructions on use and installation are included in this BinHex'ed
CompactPro archive. The FKEY was programmed by Jean-Pierre Poulin who lives
in Quebec City in Canada. The instructions were originally written in French
by Jean-Pierre, and later translated to English by Richard N.K.
[e-mail].

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/first-class-window-bottom-fkey.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 00:26:37 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] WireTap Pro 107 demo.cpt

Here is a full working Demo of the WireTap Pro v1.07 Telecommunications
Software for the Mac. The commercial version supports over 300 terminal
emulations, most popular file transfer protocols, and 100% zmodem/zmodem-90
compatibility. The demo requires that you already have a suitable CTB Tool,
such as the Serial Tool. You are limited to 10 minutes total for each demo
online session. The demo comes with PC ANSI terminal emulation as well as
TeleVideo 925. Built in help as well as Balloon help is available. For a
limited time, purchasers will receive the Windows version along with the
Mac version for the retail price of $49.95.

Special features include:

> Toolbar - with icons
> Keypad Menus
> Phonebooks
> Auto-Dialer
> Suffix Database - for automatic translation of file PC file extensions
> Terminal Text Selection
> Billing Timer/Clock
> Stationery Pads
> Over 300 Terminal Emulations
> Pascal Script Language
> Watch-Me Mode
> ZModem/ZModem-90 Support
> CommToolBox Support
> 32-Bit Clean
> Full Backgrounding - Transfer files in the background
> TCP/IP Supported - if you have the CommToolBox TCP/IP tool

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/write-tap-107-demo.hqx; 479K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 22:01:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Tommy Brown <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZipIt 1.2.6.cpt

ZipIt 1.2.6 is a full-featured Macintosh program to zip and unzip files.
It is fully compatible with PKZip version 2.0g as well as all prior
versions. It achieves compression comparable to that of StuffIt and
Compact Pro. Best of all, it sports a complete Macintosh interface.
Version 1.2.6 adds a number of often-requested features, and many bug
fixes. It also includes rewritten documentation, an AppleScript droplet
to zip files by dragging-and-dropping, and other enhancements. Users may
register by mail or by phone.

Please replace version 1.2 with this version in your archives. Thanks!

Tommy Brown
[e-mail]            [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/zip-it-126.hqx; 267K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 21:57:32 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: .sgm suffix

    i recently downloaded a file named "genji.zip" from world.std.com.
after unzipping it, i got a document named "genji.sgm."  what does the
.sgm suffix mean?  what sort of program can read files in .sgm format?
how can i get to the file and work with it?

    please mail any suggestions directly to me if possible.

    TIA!!

    ([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 09:30:15 EST
From: [e-mail] (Larry Jensen)
Subject: 128 Mac - Did you buy one?

Greetings Info-Macers,

    The other day I was going thru some old papers
and I found my receipt for my first Mac.  I had forgotten
how soon after the Mac was announced that I ordered one.
Yeh, ORDERED!  I had to wait 6 weeks for it to come!
It being the TENTH anniversary of the Mac I wonder how
many of you out there classify as Macintosh Pioneers?
If you bought a 128 Mac BEFORE 1 May 1984 I think that
would qualify - not sure I want to start a bragging
contest - but it could be interesting - not that anyone
could prove their claim easily to the net.

    If you are wondering, my "original" Mac is now
upgraded to a 512KE and still doing what it was bought
for - word processing, some Multiplan spreadsheets for
my church treasurer wife, and a little graphics. I later
bought a used 512K Mac for both my boy and girl to take
to college with them for writing papers, etc.

    Larry Jensen
    Annandale, Virginia

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 20:49:05 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Arild Eugen Johansen)
Subject: 1 bit startupscreen

Not a very big problem,

but when I start up my vx/7 pro and during the loading of extensions (three
rows on a 16" screen) I am staring at a 1 bit background just like the old
original Mac.

I am using two screens, one 13" and the 16", so including a startup picture
helps only on one screen, the other one is as dull as ever. After the
extensions have loaded I get my nice blue background (chosen in the General
Controls).

Do the newer macs still have a b/w background in ROM? Any clues?

Arild

Arild Eugen Johansen * Sinus Software & Design ANS

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 16:46:29 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: All modems are not created equal

Dan Hofferth's post about high speed modems reminds me that I've been
meaning to pass along the saga of my brother's Christmas present.  Both
my brother and his wife are Mac users (she's an associate professor of
education at UALR and he and a colleague convinced the whole law office
at Blue Cross/Shield of Arkansas to upgrade to Macs).  Both bring work
home.  They didn't have a modem so I figured that the $99 Datamodem 14.4
kbps from MacWarehouse would be just the thing.

Info-mac has featured good reports on the $99 high speed modem, so I
ordered one. Before I gift wrapped it, I decided to test it for myself.
Bummer; it would connect but it failed to do the protocol handshaking
and got hung up somewhere between CONNECT and ready for business :-(  I
tried several different host modems.  Often I couldn't even establish a
connection.

MacWarehouse was very nice.  They arranged for me to air express the
modem back and sent me a another one (all at their expense).  Alas, the
second Datamodem 14.4 fared as badly as the first (rats!).  I have a
Zoom 14.4 that works fine on the identical setup.  The Zoom has a poor
reputation for being able to deal with phone line noise, so if the Zoom
works and the Datamodem 14.4 doesn't, I'd guess it must be truly awful
in all but squeaky clean environments.

My brother and his wife have no prior experience with modems, so I
decided not to burden them with a finicky modem that wouldn't work for
me (maybe it would work for them, maybe not).  I bit the bullet and
asked MacWarehouse to send me a $199 PowerUser 14.4 modem (again
MacWarehouse paid the return air freight and delivered the new modem the
next day).  The PowerUser 14.4 worked, but after 10 minutes it emitted
an acrid order and died (oops, manufacturing defect).  MacWarehouse
kindly sent me the fourth modem in as many days and paid for the return
of the defective one (by this time the Airborne Express delivery person
and I had become old friends).

In the end, I was able to get my brother and his wife a gift wrapped,
functional 14.4 modem before Christmas (I paid for the Airborne Express
to Arkansas :)  I've also received my credit card bill and MacWarehouse
got all the paperwork correct.  I'm impressed by MacWarehouse's customer
service.  If you want to find out if the $99 modem will work for you
they will make good on their money back guarantee with a minimum of
fuss.  However, prepare for the possibility of being disappointed.  All
of Dan Hofferth's tricks may not be enough, if you want high speed, it
may be necessary to spend more or wait for the price of better quality
modems to decline to your budget range.

Boycott Abaton/Everex!
s/ Murph <[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 21:35:04 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: A Q on Zterm (R)


On 22 Jan 1994 MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA <[e-mail]> wrote:
>         Does anybody know of a way of making Zterm use KERMIT protocol?
> I find, for me, the only drawback of zterm is no kermit support.
> thanx

According to [comm/info/zterm-faq-16.txt] Dave Alverson will be adding
the Kermit protocol to the next incarnation of ZTerm, due to be release
this quarter.  (Thanks for zterm-faq-16.txt Leslie <[e-mail]> :-)

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 15:21:40 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Brad Gertner)
Subject: BeHierarchic 2.0 is Commercial

> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 16:24:28 +0100
> From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
> Subject: [*] BeHierarchic 2.0
>
> This is BeHierarchic 2.0, a control panel which makes your Apple menu
> hierarchical.It gives folders in the Apple menu their own submenu, and
> folders within those folders their own submenu, etc., up to 5 levels.
>
> I prefer BeHierarchic above the alternative "Menuchoice" because it is a
> lot faster.
>
> This version is System 7 dependent, so the archivers should probably leave
> the previous version in the archives as well.
>
> I am not the author of this software, I'm just posting it.
>
> [Archived as /info-mac/gui/be-hierarchic-20.hqx; 25K]

This is a Commercial Product! It was posted mistakenly before and
was removed from the archive; it needs to be removed again,
before it causes serious problems.

--
 -Brad Gertner ([e-mail])
 -A Concerned 'Netter...

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 13:50:16 CST
From: [e-mail] (Barton Payne)
Subject: Best C Compiler (Q)

I'm soliciting opinions on the best C compiler for the Macintosh. I'm
particularly interested in mathematical and signal processing
functionality, and execution speed (as opposed to compilation speed).
One key feature is to integrate smoothly with Mathematica's Mathlink
library.

Think/Symantec C 6.0 seems to be the most popular, are there any
others worth considering?

Direct email is appreciated, I'll be happy to post a summary.
Barton Payne
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Tue, 25 JAN 94 13:32:18 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bold Symbol

Poul Pedersen replied to a query as follows:
>Bruce Bromberek wrote:
>>Please forgive me if this is a FAQ (if it is just point me
>>to it and I'll sulk out of here) but how can I get BOLD
>>symbold to print.  MS word 5.0 will show it correctly on the
>>screen, but the printed result is plain.
>
>Whenever you find a frequently occuring bug, or lots of annoying "features"
>in your Word processor, then it is because it is Microsoft Word. Microsoft
>has never written software according to Apple's standards, and I doubt they
>have ever bought Inside Macintosh.

I don't think this is the problem! The official Apple release of the
Symbol font in PostScript does not include a bold version, it never
has (I can't understand why not) and this is an 'old' story. The reason
Poul gets symbol printed bold is that his DeskWriter is not a PostScript
printer. As far as I know this is NOT a Word problem. I have no axe to
grind for or against Microsoft but it isn't very rational to blame
every problem you find on them without investigating a bit.

Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary & Westfield College,
University of London      [e-mail]

PS And I have to admit that I do use Word and don't find it bad at all!

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 19:00:20 -0600 (CST)
From: "Bruce Bromberek" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bold Symbol -Solved !

Thanks to the net for fast responses.

The problem: could not get symbol font to print bold
on laserprinters.

The solution: The problem is with the font itself.  In
the symbol font a bit that tells where the "offset to style
mapping table" is located. Normally, when you send bold symbol
to a POSTSCRIPT laserprinter, the printer looks at the data and says
No No No you don't want that and defaults to plain old symbol. To get
bold symbols ( a desire that escapes 90% of computer users) it was
necessary to hack at the font resource and change the bit.

I have been informed that hacked versions of the bitmapped font
are available in the file /fonts/adobe_screen.hqx.  Thanks to
Peter MacDonald and Rick Jamis for sending me directions how to
hack the font myself. (There hack also works for True-Type symbol
also!!) I'll repopst the directions if anyone is interested.

Thanks once again.  Long live the net!

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 12:23:45 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jim Owens)
Subject: Bold Symbol? Comment

Bruce Bromberek asked how to get print Bold Symbol font from MS Word 5.0

Then Povl Pedersen suggested that Word was at fault and that any other word
processer (he uses Nisus) would print Bold Symbol.

Well, I just tried the experiment with my favorite word processor, WriteNow
3.0.
(Mac IIfx, System 7.1 but with the old PostScript version of Symbol font,
not the TrueType version, installed both on the computer and the LW IIf.)

WriteNow certainly made a BOLD symbol alright.  Then I used Word 5.0a on
the same IIfx (favorite word processor of everybody else in my lab).  It
made a bold Symbol.  The boldness was puny compared to WriteNow, but
evident when compared to plain Symbol from Word.  Whereas the WriteNow
version is unmistakenly bold, the Word version might not seem so when seen
in isolation from the plain Symbol.  The Word Bold Symbol was cleaner
looking, had less stairstep effect, and had more of the curvature of the
plain Symbol font.

Just my $.02.

Good luck,

Jim Owens

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 21:18:27 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Converting a PICT sequence to a QuickTime movie (C)


On 21 Jan 1994  Kenny <[e-mail]> wrote:
> I've been trying to convert a series of black-and-white PICTs into a
> QuickTime movie using Movie Converter 1.0, which came with the original
> QuickTime Starter Kit.

This probably doesn't answer your question, but I thought I'd mention
that one of my profs creates PICTS of animations in Mathematica, and then
uses Adobe Photoshop to convert them to a QT movie.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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

Date: 25 Jan 1994 12:21:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Vijaya Reddy)
Subject: disable print command

 I want my students to look at one of my MacWrite II files.  But I don't
want them to print it.  Is there any way I can disable the 'print' command
>From the 'file' menu (including keypress command). I will appreciate any
help.  Thanks

--vreddy

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 14:50:20 +0100
From: "Fabrizio Oddone"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: DMA on a Q800? (R)

>  We just bought Silverlining.  I recall reading here that
>  Silverlining's drivers don't support Direct Memory
>  Access (DMA). So if one installs Silverlining on a CPU
>  that uses DMA, hard drive performance speeds will slow
>  down.  Assuming I've understood that part correctly,
>  the big question is, which machines use DMA and which
>  ones don't?

The issue is not DMA support but asynchronous I/O support.
Async I/O means that the CPU (the microprocessor) tells your hard disk, tape
drive, or whatever: "I want to read this file into memory". The CPU continues
working on other tasks, until the device says to the CPU: "The transfer you
asked for is complete".
Look at this scheme:

+----------+   +--------------+   +-------------+
| hardware |<->| SCSI manager |<->| SCSI driver |<-> ...
+----------+   +--------------+   +-------------+

       +--------------+   +-------------+
.. <->| File manager |<->| Application |
       +--------------+   +-------------+

The File Manager supports asynchronous requests from applications since 1984.
The problem is that the SCSI manager running on almost all Macs handles the
async request exactly as it was a sync request. That is, the CPU has to sit
down
until the transfer is finished.
SCSI Manager 4.3, present in the ROMs of the AV Macs, *does* support async
I/O.
Unfortunately, the old SCSI drivers (Silverlining et al.) tell the SCSI Manager
to transfer data "the old way". The new Apple SCSI driver inside Apple HD SC
Setup 7.2.2 knows how to speak to the SCSI Manager 4.3, exploiting async I/O. I
do not know of any other hard disk formatters taking advantage of SCSI Manager
4.3.
Will Apple implement the SCSI Manager 4.3 on other Mac models?
I know that the December developer CD from Apple includes SCSI Manager 4.3a2, a
little extension that adds the new SCSI Manager to all Quadra models. Maybe
System 7.5 will have that included?
Another useful piece of information: software running at interrupt time is
forced to use async reads&writes, because sync system calls will not work (at
interrupt time); networking software runs at interrupt time => networking
software (FIle Sharing, etc.) uses async calls, so it should be more efficient,
provided that the SCSI driver exploits the SCSI Manager 4.3.

--
Fabrizio Oddone

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 16:53:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michael A. McGuire)
Subject: Downloading files with VersaTerm (R)

In Article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (The Moderators) wrote:
>Date: Sat, 22 Jan 94 08:41:56 JST
>From: [e-mail]
>
>Hello:
>
>I'm a Spanish chemistry researcher in Japan, and I'm using a VersaTermPro
>UNIX emulator running on Macintosh to connect to the Internet.
>I would like to be able to transfer my UNIX files to the Mac, but it
>seems that I cannot do it with this emulator.
>Can you help me with this? If you have some information about the subject
>I would very grateful if you shere it with me.
>
>Thank you very much
>
>PABLO VITORIA
>
>e-mail [e-mail]


VersaTerm-Pro will download files. Since you do not describe the problem you
are having it will be difficult to help. Many different protocols are
supported by VersaTerm-Pro. What you are able to do depends on what
protocols are supported by you host and how you are connected.


Michael A. McGuire,
UTCC - User Services
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 22:01:42 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: Eudora & recombining "split" mail (Q)

>Does anyone know how to automatically recombine large emails that are
>"split" by Eudora into smaller equal-size messages?  ..........

Sure,
just shift-select the split files and do a single save as...., and they
will be one file.

martin stoermer, 3D Centre, University of Queensland, QLD, AUSTRALIA

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

Date: 25 Jan 94 09:22:45 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Kimmitt)
Subject: Eudora & recombining "split" mail (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Does anyone know how to automatically recombine large emails that are
>"split" by Eudora into smaller equal-size messages?  For example, each
>Info-Mac Digest mailing I receive is split up by Eudora into a series of 3
>or 4 smaller messages that I manually paste back together into a single
>file using my text editor and then save to disk.  Is there some way to
>automatically recombine these back together when I save them?

If the parts are all in order, just drag select all the parts together
and save. If they are not in order, transfer the parts in order to another
mailbox, then select them all together ...

The reason for this nuisance is that the mail reader can only handle 32K
since it is based on built in toolbox textedit. If you have an attachment
however, an attachment of arbitrary size can be saved automatically.

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 18:30:55 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Fastest Mac for System 6

The fastest Mac that can boot a version of System 6 may be the fastest Mac
period. There is supposed to be a version of System 6, 6.0.8L, *not* an
Apple product but someone's hack, which boots on any Quadra. I believe you
can find it at rascal.ics.utexas.edu in /support-of-products/Apple/sys.soft

I have absolutely no idea how well it works, whether it melts your machine
down, or whatever. In fact, I don't even know for sure that it exists.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 12:18:42 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Folders are larger than they appear (A)

> Info-Mac Digest V12 #9
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 94 21:26:01 CST
> From: [e-mail] (Edward Floden)
> Subject: Finder File Size v. Real Size

Probably  this has already been answered, but the difference is
probably from the invisible Icon_ file which has the cutom icon
for each file/folder.

Let us know what it is! Best wishes, Pete Tamas
      [e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

> The file in question is a folder, containing nothing but more
> folders, each with a custom icon. (It's a custom icon collection.)
> According to the System 7.1 Finder's Get Info, this folder has a
> size of 12K (yes, _twelve_), and contains 596 items. Yet, when
> I attempt to copy this seemingly minuscule folder, the Copy
> command will inform me that the folder contains 1186 items,
> almost double what Get Info says. And, when I first attempted
> to copy this folder onto an 800K disk, I was also informed
> that an additional *1.7MB* was needed to copy the items.

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 17:42 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: font questions

I have a question about installing fonts on macintoshes, and then verifying
that two different machines have the same fonts.  We have had some trouble
getting different macs in our lab to format documents the same way.  The
information I have on this is somewhat outdated.  For instance, I have
one machine running system 7.0 and one running 7.1.  The fonts go in
different places, and we have files that are clearly screen fonts, and post-
script fonts, and true type in some cases.  How can I be sure that the
"times" installed on both machines is really the same font, and will be
treated the same way by word processers and printers?

Are there good references on this?  The "get info" boxes on our fonts
doesn't hold any useful information, at least for old postscript fonts
that came with our printers.

Thanks for any help on this.

-Joe Ross
Physics, Texas A&M University

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 16:17:02 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mark E. Ranes" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Generic Icons (Q)

I know this question has been asked before.  I combed every IM digest
>From last year looking for any ideas that might help my problem, with no
positive results.  It seems like this problem has been popping up more
often lately...

Upon returning from MacWorld this month and before installing some new
software I bought, I figured it was about time to rebuild the desktop
on my Centris 610.  It had been about three months since I'd last
performed this operation that is recommended (to be done on a regular
basis) in my Mac's manual.  BIG MISTAKE!  It turned all of my application
icons into generic icons.  I'm sure by now everyone knows all
of the bad stuff that goes along with this problem, so I won't bore you.

Here's what I've tried to remedy the problem.  First off, I tried to
rebuild the desktop again.  The second time, and every subsequent time,
the thermometer dialog box shows up on my screen for perhaps half a
second and then disappears.  I know from past experience that rebuilding
the desktop can take a minute or two, so I'm assuming that the desktop is
not rebuilding.  I've tried shift-rebooting to turn off extensions before
rebuilding with no luck. I've tried TechTool, Desktop Reset, and manually
trashing the Desktop DB and Desktop DF files with no positive results.
The same ultra-short thermometer dialog briefly shows and nothing
happens.  I've used the applications Fix Icons and Save A Bundle to
manually repair individual icons and all seems well until I try to reset
the desktop.  Everything goes generic again!

Last night in desperation, I trashed my system folder and then installed
a clean system folder.  No results when I try to rebuild.  Grrr!

It's my understanding that rebuilding the desktop is supposed to cure the
problem I'm having, not cause it.  I think that the fact the that the
rebuilding dialog progress box shows for only a split second is
significant, but I don't know what that significance is.  All that I can
possibly think of to do at this point is to reformat the hard drive, but
I don't look forward to backing up 230 megs on floppies.

Please, any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!


Mark
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 16:32:55 +0000
From: Stuart Borthwick <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP laserjet 4ML printer

I have a Macintosh which is connected to an Ethernet. I would like to connect
a local printer to the LocalTalk port (an HP 4ML printer). What options are
there for connecting to both EtherTalk and LocalTalk at the same time ?
I'm really looking for an alternative to Apple Internet Router which seems
a bit expensive both in terms of cash and memory.

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 23:52:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Hypertext origins

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I have always been under the impression that hypertext was a "Mac thing".
> Recently someone told me it's origins are in DOS.  Anyone know which is
> true?  Just curious.

Neither. The term was coined by Ted Nelson in the late 60s sometime,
well before there were any personal computers. Read his Computer Lib/Dream
Machines for more info...

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
Author of The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh -- [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 13:27:44 EST
From: [e-mail] (Nick Blackwell)
Subject: Info-Mac CD new release [?]

Hi All,

    Does anyone Know when the 1994 Info-Mac CD is to be released.
Also where can it be ordered from and what is the price going to be ?

  Thanks......

     [e-mail]
     CAE-LINK Corp.
     Binghamton, NY
__

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 21:26:08 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Keyboard access to menus [C]


> I'd like to be able to do as much as possible on my Mac using the keyboard
> instead of the mouse.
> [...deleted...]
>  what I'd really like is a general
> mechanism to browse and choose menu items. Word provides something close
> with the Activate Keyboard Menus command (command+tab or num key pad-.).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

Sorry, I have no general suggestions, but I thought I'd mention that
FullWrite can do this.  E.g. pressing cmd-1 drops the File menu; cmd-2
drops the Edit menu; etc.  Once the menus have dropped, another cmd-key
combo will select a menu item.  Watch out for FullwWrite 2 scheduled to
be released sometime this quarter.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 11:28:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Lonadar the Wanderer)
Subject: Mac Curses

Does anyone know of or where I could find code for a Mac of curses, or
something
similar to it?

Victor E Aldridge III
Lonadar the Wanderer
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 08:55:02 EST
From: Gene Mayro <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mangia! Cookbook location

I found the three cookbooks (I can't recall the names) in the
/info/nms directory.

-Gene Mayro ([e-mail])

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

Date: 25 Jan 1994 14:01:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Arinbjorn Bjornsson)
Subject: medical software

I am interested in getting some information about educational software that
is primarily intended for medical studies.

The subjects would include chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry,
anatomy, physiology, medical physics, medical psychology, histology,
medicine, pharmacology, embryology, cell biology etc.

I would like to know what is available for IBM-PC & clones and Macintosh.
Included in this would be tutorials, graphical teaching material and
preferably software that comes on CD's.

I anyone can give me information please email it to [e-mail] or send me
a mail to

A. Bjornsson
Storholt 27
105 Reykjavik
Iceland

Thanx

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 19:16 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Price of PowerPC601 vs. 68040 (Q)

Dear Netters,
Even if this is a FAQ, I don't want to hear about it as a FAQ.
Discounting all the surrounding bells and whistles of the machine, how much
more is the PowerPC 601 chip than the 68040 chip?  Would there be an additional
 cost, and if so how much, for the
software to emulate the PC and Macintosh software (pre-powerpc compatible)?
Is there going to be a PowerPC that has all the AV technologies, and/or is the
Centris AV upgradable to a PowerPC while still maintaining its unique
multimedia capabilities?
Has the PowerPC 603 chip been manufactured yet, if so, how much more expensive
is it than the the 601 chip?
Has anyone announced an upgrade path for the LC/I II or III to the PowerPC
series chips, and if so, has anyone announced some form of pricing?

The reason I ask for a specific answer, is that all I hear right now is
stories about how fast it will be, and how compatible it will be.  I don't
have time to sift through FAQs unless they have a key word index, with
definitions of words that aren't in common use, and what page number to find
the word where it used.  Neither can I use Hypercard 2.1 stacks as I only have
2.0.

Please send me e-mail a simple answer to these questions when any of them are
answerable.  I realize most of the prices haven't been released yet.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: 24 Jan 1994 17:45:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Joung-woo John Kim)
Subject: Prince of P II Demo problems

[e-mail] writes:

>Working off a 4/80 PB165 and an external monitor, I can't get the
>Prince of Persia II demo to work... It says, during installation, that
>my system setup should work (sys 7.1, QuickDraw, color, 4mb RAM) but
>then when I try to run it the program asks for over 3mb of free RAM.

>Well, I tried to get my System under 1 mb but that's next to impossible
>-- even if I startup from the Disk Tools disk (with the small System).
>Sadly, the PB won't run an older (smaller system) and PoP2 doesn't work
>with virtual memory.

>Any ideas?  I *KNOW* it's just a game (you high-minded scoffers out there)
>but the first Prince of Persia was perhaps the best game I've run across fro
>for the Mac.... (not to mention, we're snowed in here in DC and are other-
>wise bored!)

>Thanks for any help, Christopher     [e-mail]



     The demo of the version 2 does not have several levels (was it 3
levels?) as the demo of the version 1. Demo 2 only has one level. The prince
breaks out of the window and lands on a roof of a Persian building. He jumps
over to other buildings' roof, while killing many guards and finally come to
a pier. As he reaches the end of the pier, a sail boat starts to leave. He
has to run and jump far to barely grab the edge of the boat. The demo ends
here and the demo programs teases you saying something like, "Don't you know
what happens after he gets on the boat?"

I hope I didn't spoil your fun, but my point here is that you didn't miss
much by not being able to run demo 2.

John


--
Joung-woo John Kim                            [e-mail]
CS Dept.,Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 00:05:12 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Program to shut down with power key

Jim Burmeister <[e-mail]> writes:

>The AV macs (and maybe other new macs as well) are set up such that if
>you press the power key while the Mac is on, you get a dialog asking if
>you want to shut down, and you can then shut down the computer (or cancel).

Hm, I don't think that any AV users use PwrSwitcher then?

Sven :)

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 15:46:20 +0100
From: Johan S|lve <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime file format for Windows?

How do I save a QuickTime movie so it can be viewed on a PC with
QuickTime for Windows?

If I remember correctly, it should be a simple trick in Movie Player, but
I can't recall how it was done.

Johan Solve                 Department of Science and Technology
[e-mail]       Halmstad University, Sweden

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 15:30:38 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Eric Burger)
Subject: RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [Q]

Anyone have experience with OptiMem?  There's been lots of talk
about RAMdoubler (Connectix), but OptiMem (Jump Development) has
been out for a while now.

For that matter, any further incomatibilities found with RAMdoubler?

I'll summarize.
--
--  Eric William Burger       --  [e-mail]  --
--  The Telephone Connection  --  Tel. [phone]       --

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 16:30:19 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Request for System 6.0.7

Can someone tell me where I can get system 6.0.7 for my lowly Mac SE with
1M memory.  Thanks much!

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 16:51:00 EST
From: [e-mail] (Larry Jensen)
Subject: Required Reading for Info-Macers

For those of you who have bought or used your first
Macintosh in the last five years, you might find
reading an article in the IEEE Spectrum of Dec. 1984
titled "Design case history: Apple's Macintosh" by
Fred Guterl, starting on page 34, very interesting.
It "explains" why some of the Mac features are what
they are.  For example, why the first Macs had NO
slots and how the sound generator can to have 4 voices.

I do not belong to IEEE but a friend gave me a copy
to read.  Perhaps someone on the net is in IEEE and
could request permission for IEEE to "reprint" the
article by scanning it in and placing it in the Info-Mac
archives for the benifit of the Info-Mac community.
I'm sure many Info-Macers will not have access to
the IEEE Spectrum of Dec. 1984 so the archives would
be the only way they could read the article.

Larry Jensen

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 18:01:46 -0800
From: "JAMES BERGMAN" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SmartScrap

A Friend of mine had a old program called SmartScrap for his Mac SE
that allowed a user to have multiple scrapbook files and allowed you
to manipulate them. Where can I get thisprogram? Are there other programs
that can do this also (Shareware/freeware)? And are they 7.X compatible?

Thanks,

Jim Bergman...

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 10:03:11 -0100
From: Ben Squire <[e-mail]>
Subject: software



 Please do me a favor.  I am looking for a commercial software program that can
 do detailed scheduling for 300 doctors for a one year period.  the program
 should allow for each doctor to be scheduled for eight different tasks without
 overlap and allow for different shares of tasks to be specified for certain
 doctors.
 can you suggest a suitable program for either pc or mac compatible?
  I am sure that such a program exists.

Please reply to [e-mail]

Thank you in advance for your help.

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 12:23:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Jay Handel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Special Promotion on DSP Card (Q)

My friendly Apple dealer is offering a limited time promotion of the
following item: "Power PDS Card for Centris/Quadra - $119.95[Canadian]".
When I inquired about this device, I was informed by a salesperson
that it probably should have read "PowerPC PDS Card..." and that it
would let me run my Centris as a PowerPC (instead of getting a logic
board swap later on).

Now, I am highly skeptical of such claims, especially before the
PowerPC has even been released.

My questions:

1.  What _is_ this card (whichever name is correct) and what
    capability will it give Centris/Quadro owners that they now lack.

2.  Is it good value, or is there a better alternative?

Respond to the Digest, since answers may also interest other readers.

Merci.
--
Jay Handel
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 23:06:58 GMT
From: Lloyd Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: Startupscreen on second monitor --Thankyou

Chris Ursich asks:

My question is.. Why doesn't Apple document these things
in the manuals?  How come they keep these things secrets
>From everybody unless you know who to ask?  Here's my next
question which the manual does not mention:  What is the
startup key combination for zapping PRAM?  I know it is
P, R, and some other keys, but which?


1) They're easter eggs. Anything that isn't documented, good
or bad, falls into this category. Apple's manuals appear to
be aimed solely at first-time, complete-novice mac buyers;
there doesn't seem to be an Apple intermediate-level list-of
-hints-n-tips including things like this.

2) Command-Option-PR on startup.

L.

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 09:42:48 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Christofer Gendreau)
Subject: TCP/IP on an LC

Does anyone know if you can run TCP/IP based applications such as Mosaic
and/or Fetch on an LC
using Apple Talk?  Obviously we can't get an ethernet card into the LC. I
see that MAC/TCP gives the selection of local talk on the LC rather than
the ethertalk selction on other Mac's with an ethernet card.

Thanks in advance.....

       [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 14:51:42 +0100
From: "Fabrizio Oddone"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unattended shutdown

>  Is it possible to have a small INIT to shutdown
>  unattended, and at a certain time of the day, a Mac Plus
>  (on system 7.1 and 4 Meg RAM) without using QuicKeys
>  which takes a considerable amount of useful RAM? I have
>  used QuicKeys just for this "simple" action giving up
>  other useful INITs and Extensions.

You might also use the DarkSide 4.1 screensaver with my DarkShutdown module.
(DarkSide 4.1 requires System 7.0 or later)
Since DarkSide is an application, you surely get no INIT conflicts, and you can
regain its memory without restarting by simply quitting DarkSide.

DarkShutdown is a Darkside 4.1 module which will restart/shut down your
Mac besides darkening the screens after the given time has elapsed.
The Finder or At Ease must be running, because I restart/shut down
by telling them to do it (with Apple Events), so that all open
applications are closed correctly.
There is even an option for responding automatically to the
"Do you want to save..." dialog boxes, useful if the Mac is unattended.
It is able to work in conjunction with Alessandro Levi Montalcini's
Shutdown Delay 2.0.1.

DarkShutdown lets you restart/shut down:
- at a specified time;
- once a specified period of time has elapsed after the Mac starts up;
- once a specified period of time has elapsed after the screen saver engages.
DarkShutdown fades the screen and shows the countdown.
DarkShutdown speaks the countdown (ten-nine-eight-seven...) then speaks
"restart/shutdown" if the Speech Manager is installed.

Both DarkSide 4.1 and DarkShutdown 2.1 are available on the sumex and umich
archives, maybe elsewhere, too.

--
Fabrizio Oddone

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 12:15:46 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: VT102 tool

  I've been trying Termy and Communicate lite, which use the
communications toolbox tools, and while I like the concept of tools, I
must say that I couldn't find a way to increase the number of rows
displayed. Is it possible to display more than 24 rows on screen using
the VT102 tool?  Are there any other free/shareware VT100 tools that
will allow me to do so?

Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles

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Date: 25 Jan 1994 17:45:38 +1100
From: [e-mail] (Keith Marshall)
Subject: Wanted: a single A3 ribbon for a QMS ColorScript 100 30i printer

I need a single A3 ribbon for a QMS ColorScript 100 30i printer
(I'm too poor to buy a new set).  I'm starting up a small printing
business and a single ribbon will enable me to get started. I'm
happy to pay for postage to Australia as there aren't many QMS
ColorScripts here.

My email address is [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 18:36:19 -0500
From: [e-mail]

ANNOUNCING.....

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