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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 23:56:59 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #29
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 21 Feb 94       Volume 12 : Issue 29

Today's Topics:

      [*] "Here's How to MacPGP!" guide
      [*] 8balltips.cpt.hqx
      [*] At-Your-Service Upgrade
      [*] Atrain Editor
      [*] bajoran.hqx
      [*] Chat 2.0 - Macintosh TCP/IP Chat Server
      [*] Crystal Ball 1.1, Exquisite Entertainment
      [*] CTB Connection Tool C source
      [*] Demo: EndNote Mac 1.3 (with readme)
      [*] drop-q.hqx
      [*] externalman-13.cpt.hqx [part 1 of 1]
      [*] info-mac submission -> QuickSearch
      [*] Known Users vol. 1 v 1.7
      [*] MacPager 1.0 (Comm/Util)
      [*] MandelZot 4.0.1
      [*] NEW version 3.0.4 of LinksWare: please post. Thanks.
      [*] PasteColor Standard submission
      [*] Quiet Start 1.2
      [*] ScatterBrains 2.1
      [*] Sound-Trecker 2.0e4 patcher
      [*] SpeedPad.QT.Sit.Hqx
      [*] THINK Scripts 1.2.1.sit.hqx
      "bloated mac OS"-- was "small floppy capacity"
      $99 Mercury Plus 68030 Accelerator
      (Q) Think C 6.0.1 fatal error
      840AV drive problems
      A cool shareware payment
      Ad. misprint flames
      Adaptor for Sony 1430 monitor
      AppleScript 1.0 to 1.1 updater?
      AppleTalk a'la serial cable
      APS Flame
      APS flame (R)
      Baud vs megabyte (A)
      Baud vs megabyte (R)
      Bug in Word's Equation Editor (C)
      Buying A Scanner
      CD-ROM Play Audio CDs upon insertion (Q)
      CD300 SCSI Driver for PC
      CD Plus Software
      changing KCHR
      CPU cycles and apps
      Customer's responsibilty [F]
      F-Key/extension to release port?
      Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere?
      ftp.apple.com (A)
      GeoPort Express Modem settings
      hangup modem automatically (Q)
      HELP
      I need a couple of email addresses
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #28
      In the market for a PB Duo
      Is there a "virtual desktop" utility?
      Mac & VGA Monitor.(C)
      Mac+ and HD not working together (Q)
      Magic: The Gathering Card List
      Maxima (2 msgs)
      microsoft quick basic and system 7 (2 msgs)
      Mosaic/PPP (A)
      My command-Q can't quit application any more
      Newsgroup for Macs
      Nikon CoolScan Problems
      NMR Programs
      OED
      PortShare Pro 2.0 Demo problem (Q)
      Power CD-Good Deal?
      Problems with Powerbooks on network
      Problems with SITcomm
      Puny Floppy Drive and FaberFinder
      Putting Ears on an SE?
      RAM Doubler
      RAM Doubler, early Macs, & PowerBooks (a)
      RAM Doubler and Disk access (R)
      RamDoubler on an LC?
      RAM Doubler on old macs (A)
      Safeware Insurance (Q)
      Security of Mac Data (Q)
      Snooper and Help!
      Speech Manager default
      Terminal emulation software using Appletalk protocol and connections
      The Underground Mac
      Weather gif site...
      Will HFS change when the PowerMacs emerge?
      WinWord <-> Mac Word

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 17:46:34 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Xenon)
Subject: [*] "Here's How to MacPGP!" guide

Here's the latest version (2.7) of my "Here's How to MacPGP!" guide, to
replace /info-mac/info/macpgp-guide-18.txt.

Hey Mac user, having too much fun? Don't want your plans made public?
You're sending e-mail on "postcards" if you don't have the free public key
encryption program PGP. You heard about it in the news; here's your easy
guide to getting and using it. It will get non-Mac users started too.

 -=Xenon=- <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/info/macpgp-guide-27.txt; 21K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 02:57:58 EST
From: "David A. Hirko" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 8balltips.cpt.hqx

8balltips.cpt.hqx

This application provides some personal tips & tricks on playing the commerical
game Eight Ball Deluxe by AMTEX.  It is divided into two sections: (1) keeping
the game interesting, and (2) game tips.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/eight-ball-deluxe-tips.hqx; 192K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 16:25:42 +1100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] At-Your-Service Upgrade

Please upgrade AYS 1.2  with the attached version (vers 1.3).

     many thanks.........Tim Barlow

[Archived as /info-mac/card/at-your-service-13.hqx; 712K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 12:10:37 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Atrain Editor

This editor for Atrain, lets you change the amount of money your cities have.
Always run on a backup copy of your cities, not the original.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/a-train-editor.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 13:05:15 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wonko the Sane)
Subject: [*] bajoran.hqx

Subject: Update to "Bajoran" truetype and Type 1

Here it finally is, the long promised update to the font "Bajoran."
Well, at any rate it is long promised to the people who asked for
it.  The fixes made include:
    o  Cleaned up the curves on a few characters
    o  Fixed a Kerning problem that made it impossible to
       correctly write "Star Trek" (boy, was THAT a complaint)
    o  Finally got a decent picture of the Bajoran Emblem in there

This font is $5 shareware, or at the very least emailware, from Kiwi
Media.  (c) 1993 Eric Oehler/Kiwi Media Group

Enjoy.
Eric Oehler     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/bajoran.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 16:47:58 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Neulinger)
Subject: [*] Chat 2.0 - Macintosh TCP/IP Chat Server

**** WHATS NEW ****

This is a new and improved version of Peter N. Lewis's Chat 1.1
Macintosh TCP/IP Chat Server. It now supports changing of channels,
changing of user names, and many other nifty features. To customize
it you will need to use ResEdit - most of the program's strings are contained
in resources so it can be customized rather extensively.

Use the /HELP command while connected to see a list of the command that are
now available.

For administrators: The \HELP command will list administrator commands.

The default TCP port to connect to: 1420
The default user password for Chat 2.0 is "permission".
The default admin password for Chat 2.0 is "admin".

The source code to chat 2.0 is available by request from [e-mail]

If anyone would like to write some better documentation for Chat 2.0 -
please do so and send it to me - I just do not have the time to do it.

Thanks...

Email any comments/suggestions/complaints/etc. to:  [e-mail]

This software is shareware - if you want to distribute it on any commercial
medium (information services, CD, etc.) contact me first - I would appreciate
a sample copy of the CD for example.

A sample telnet session to the chat server is enclosed.

-- Nathan Neulinger

BTW, I am a poor college student - send money if you think it's any good... :)

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/chat-20.hqx; 61K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 11:30:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "Neil Schulman, emeritus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Crystal Ball 1.1, Exquisite Entertainment

This is Crystal Ball. It is your friend. It tries to help you in
making decisions. It has a large number of phrases it can
use in helping you make a decision. Crystal Ball is better
than it's better known physical counterpart, the Magic
8 Ball. Crystal Ball is free and runs on any system running
System 7 or higher. Crystal Ball is 32 bit clean and 68040
cache compatible. Crystal Ball needs Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 to
be extracted.

Crystal Ball is (c) 1994 Neil Schulman

[e-mail]  --or--  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crystal-ball-11.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 04:52:41 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Peter Creath)
Subject: [*] CTB Connection Tool C source

Here is the skeleton code for a Communications Toolbox connection tool.
It's fairly well documented and describes what needs to be implemented to
make it fully functional.

Note: I am the author.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/ctb-tool-c.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 19:16:41 -0600
From: Avi Rappoport <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Demo: EndNote Mac 1.3 (with readme)

Welcome to EndNote Plus, an Enhanced Reference Database and Bibliography
Maker. As the subtitle suggests, EndNote Plus is a program with a dual
purpose.

First, EndNote Plus is a database manager_specialized in storing, managing,
and searching for bibliographic references in your private reference
library.

Second, EndNote Plus is a bibliography maker_it builds lists of cited works
automatically, and can format references to paste into footnotes as well.
EndNote scans your word processor paper for in-text citations, and then it
compiles a bibliography using the information in your database. Finally, it
will produce a copy of your paper, reformatting the in-text citations and
placing the bibliography at the end. You select the style to use and
EndNote does the rest! EndNote can reformat documents created by Microsoft
Word 3-5.1, WordPerfect 1.0-3.0, MacWrite 4.5-5.0, MacWrite II, WriteNow
1.0-3.0, and Nisus documents. EndNote can also reformat documents in RTF
(Rich Text Format), mif (FrameMaker's interchange format) and plain text.
Please contact our office for more information on other word processors or
different versions of the word processors listed above.

EndLink is the online database import facility for EndNote. It is an add-on
module to EndNote which enables you to import journal references from
online databases into your EndNote libraries. EndLink is not a program
itself, rather it is a resource file which, when present in the same folder
as the EndNote program, endows EndNote with a new import capability. [NOTE:
EndLink is a separate product and is not included in the EndNote Plus
retail package. If you need the functionality that EndLink provides, you
should purchase EndLink along with the EndNote Plus program.]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/end-note-13-demo.hqx; 371K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 16:48:25 PST
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] drop-q.hqx

<<What is DropQ?>>

DropQ is a little application for QuicKeys. If you use QuicKeys, you
know it is very useful utility. You can execute a complicated
operation with one key stroke. But wait, before execution, you at
first open the file you want to process from your application. Have
you felt that this is a little annoying? I have felt. That is why I
made the DropQ.

Using DropQ is quite easy. When you drag and drop a file (or files)
into DropQ, it automatically launch the application you selected
beforehand, tells the application to open the file you droped, tells
QuicKeys to execute the sequence you selected beforehand, and after
all files are processed, the application and DropQ quits. You can drag
and drop more than one file at one time. All files are opend and
processed one after another. This is the most useful part of DropQ.
For example, to convert many TIFF format pictures to JPEG format
pictures using Adobe Photoshop. DropQ can do virtuaIly any thing. It
is up to your idea.

This is the first post of my program to info-mac.

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/drop-q.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 22:38:21 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Krause)
Subject: [*] externalman-13.cpt.hqx [part 1 of 1]

Here is the Hermes II external, External(man) by Delphic
Software. Version 1.3.

This external basically ANSI-izes/restructures the Hermes II
external menu.

Try it out, neat!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/hermes-ii-external-man-13.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:09:34 -0600
From: [e-mail] (M ARCOUET)
Subject: [*] info-mac submission -> QuickSearch

QuickSearch is a realy fast tool for searching words or sentences in
documents.
The search can be done inside one or more documents, in one or more folders and
in one or more disk. Easy to use. Wildcard, case sensitive or not, many other
options. Can launch application-document on fly, for the found word (system 7
only). French and English documentations. Free software. Version 1.1 fix
selection problem in 'One by one' dialog and other minor bugs.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/quick-search-11.hqx; 69K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 16:32:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Kevin Savetz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Known Users vol. 1 v 1.7

This Hypercard stack is an archive of back issues of Known Users, the monthly
newsletter of the Sequoia Macintosh Users Group, located in Humboldt County,
California. In most cases, the stack contains full article texts, which can be
read onscreen or printed. It contains articles from 1/87 through 12/93.

I can't bear the thought of this stack growing beyond its present size, so I've
renamed this stack to "Known Users - the Early Years." Newsletters from 1994
through 2000 (eep!) will get a stack of their own.

The stack contains reviews, columns and tips on a plethora of Mac-related
topics. You can search by keyword, article title or author, or just browse. You
may reprint articles for your newsletter (with restrictions, see the stack for
details) or use our articles as ideas for articles of your own.

This is verison 1.7 of the stack. Contact Kevin Savetz (Internet:
"[e-mail]"; America Online: "Savetz) for questions or feedback.
[Moderators: this replaces any older version of the this stack in the
archives.]

 "Anybody who uses email probably has three times more opinions per head
 than people who don't." -Scott Adams, "Dilbert"
[ Kevin M. Savetz -- [e-mail]             ]
[                 -- [e-mail] ]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/known-users-v1-17-hc.hqx; 796K]

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Date: 17-FEB-1994 16:36:34.10
From: Douglas Scott Reuben <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacPager 1.0 (Comm/Util)

Hi-

MacPager 1.0 (TM) (demo) is a program which will notify you remotely when you
receive an incoming call or calls. Unlike a few other programs with some
of the same features, MacPager is quite flexible, and will work on almost
any Mac platform and modem. As long as your Mac can properly talk to your
modem via the "AT" command set, this program will work for you.

MacPager (TM) will notify you at a beeper, regular telephone, carphone, or
deposit a message on an answering machine. If you have Caller ID, and a Caller
ID modem, it will also relay the incoming CID data to you. A Call Log stores
the incoming call data (as well the success or failure of remote notification)
for later retrieval, and will, at your discrection, make automatic backups
to your disk or hard disk.

The program a Binhxed file of a "self-extracting" Compact It 'capsule'
containing the MacPager (TM) 1.0 demo.

Feel free to use, copy, and distribute the encapsulated version at will.
It's free (hey, it's only a demo :) ), but please don't distribute the
"extracted" file, since you may unintentionally leave out the info files.

If you have any questions about decoding this file, or about the software
in general, please call [phone].

Thanks!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-pager-10.hqx; 68K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 20:51:44 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dave Platt)
Subject: [*] MandelZot 4.0.1

This mailing contains release 4.0.1 of MandelZot, a "freeware" program
for exploring the Mandelbrot set and other fractals.

Version 4.0.1 is a bug-fix release;  there are no new features.

Dave Platt
    [e-mail]       (domain/MX)
or  apple!snulbug!dplatt              (uucp path)
or  [e-mail]     (non-MX Internet)

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mandel-zot-401.hqx; 179K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 21:59:39 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] NEW version 3.0.4 of LinksWare: please post. Thanks.

NEW Version 3.0.4 dated 2/18/94. All users should update to this version.

Multimedia for less than $50!

This is version 3.0.4 of LinksWare, including revised documentation
and a new lower price: $49.00. Yes, this is the full commercial program.
The author/publisher has decided to pursue distribution exclusively
via electronic media: Internet, commercial services & etc. This, in turn,
significantly lowers costs, while protecting the environment.

Version 3.04 fixes some bug pointed out by Internet downloaders.
My thanks to all of you for your courtesy in helping me produce
an even better product.

In brief, LinksWare operates on standard Mac documents, without altering
them, and allowing links between them. It works with files on floppy,
harddisk or CD-ROM. File types include word-processor, text, graphic,
sound, movie and AppleScripts. For example, clicking on the word
'elephant' in a Microsoft Word document could automatically
retrieve and play a QuickTime movie of elephants (or get more text,
move to a different location in the same document, play a sound,
show a picture etc.)
Used by government, industry and education.

Three mice from MacWeek. The closest thing to true hypermedia yet.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/links-ware-304.hqx; 454K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 22:15:32 +0200 (EET)
From: Guy Zaslavsky <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PasteColor Standard submission

    PasteColor is an extension for HyperCard, which allows the plain
user to add color pictures to cards, with copy and paste simplicity. You
can then drag them around, cut, copy, and dupicate them. It is fairly
fast, but a LC-3 or better and 4Mb RAM or more are recommended. All you
have to do is use the installer to add the required resources and scripts
to your stack. No HyperTalk knowledge is needed whatsoever.

    This version of PasteColor is not very new, it's been at umich
(mac.archive.umich.edu) for several months now. I posted it here at about
the same time, but it got corrupted on the way and I didn't get around to
reposting. HyperCard 2.2 was announced recently, so I thought PasteColor
will be obsolete. However, I received several letters urging me to keep
supporting PasteColor, because many people can't afford the $295
HyperCard 2.2, but can afford PasteColor for a $25 shareware fee. So here
it is... :)

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 14:30:58 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Bridgwater)
Subject: [*] Quiet Start 1.2

Quiet Start version 1.2
This program replaces Quiet Start version 1.1
author's e-mail address: [e-mail]

Quiet Start is a system extension which will keep some Macintosh
models from making the usual chime at startup or restart. I made
it particularly for those PowerBook users who may really want to
use their computer as a laptop and may find themselves in an
environment where the chime would be disturbing to others (like
in a classroom).

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/quiet-start-12.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 03:09:12 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] ScatterBrains 2.1

ScatterBrains=81 2.1 is a simple database tool that lets you keep track of v=
arious
bits of information. It differs from most other progroms in its user
interface: You don't have to waste time defining fields and clicking several
times to navigate around your data. ScatterBrains=81 2.1 lets you name your
categories on the fly and change them whenever you want. You can see the
titles for 58 categories on the same screen, and you can get to any of them
with a single click. A single click (or Enter key) takes you back to the
list.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/scatter-brains-21.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 22:14:51 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Vinko Tsui [phone])
Subject: [*] Sound-Trecker 2.0e4 patcher

Enclosed is a Patcher to convert the excellent MOD player "Sound-Trecker",
by Frank Seide. It patches the German version to the latest English
version. The German to English translation was done by Andrew Barnert.

This patcher will patch the following versions:
    Sound-Trecker V1.0  (German)
    Sound-Trecker 2.0   (German)
    Sound-Trecker 2.0e3 (English)

the resulting file will be called "Sound-Trecker 2.0e4".

-- Vinko

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-trecker-20e4-updt.hqx; 189K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 22:05:21 CST
From: leo bleicher <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SpeedPad.QT.Sit.Hqx

Here's another little QT dittie I whipped up...
    Enjoy
    Aardvark-V

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/speed-pad.hqx; 5202K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 22:38:27 +0100
From: Reinder Verlinde <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] THINK Scripts 1.2.1.sit.hqx

THINK Scripts 1.2.1

Five AppleScript droplets for use in combination with Symantec C++ 6.0.1.
Items new in versions 1.2 and 1.2.1 are marked with a bullet. The only
difference between versions 1.2 and 1.2.1 is that the scripts from version
1.2 were compiled with AppleScript 1.1, making them unusable for owners of
Applescript version 1.0.

THINK Bring Up to Date
THINK Bring Up to Date & Shut
THINK Compact Projects
THINK Remove Objects
THINK Set Options

These scripts are freeware and may be included on CD-ROM collections.

Reinder Verlinde ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/think-scripts-121.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 23:51:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Ahrens)
Subject: "bloated mac OS"-- was "small floppy capacity"

*FLAME ON*
>The idea that a modern Mac cannot boot from the largest
>conventional-sized floppy that it supports is rather ridiculous.

I don't know about other people, but i can start up with system 7.1 from
a floppy on my duo 210 or quadra 605 just fine. Even with a few utilities
on it also.

>Good idea--why can't Apple stick a copy of
>7.1 on the ROMS if they can't make a Quadra run system 6 or shoehorn
>their bloated OS onto a 1.44 disk?

as i said above, 7.1 fits comfortably onto a HD floppy.

I would by no means consider system 7.1 to be "bloated". it is the most
compact user interface I know of. (DOS is smaller, but it is not a user
interface ;)

used a windows machine rescently? notice how a standard install of the os
takes over 10mb. os/2 takes up 30MB (no, that is not a typo, thirty mb for a
standard install of os/2) notice that on the mac it takes less than 4MB for
a complete install, including fonts.

*FLAME OFF*

I do think it would be nice if floppys were larger, but I think that there are
more important advances that we can push on apple than increacing the
standard floppy size.

--
My opinions are mine only and tentative, pending further data
             Live Long and Prosper
Matthew Ahrens                      [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 08:40:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Sullivan)
Subject: $99 Mercury Plus 68030 Accelerator

Someone posted a question about the  $99 Mercury 68030 16 mhz upgrade from
MacUpgrade Specialists (for the Plus - model TSL16-Plus) a few weeks ago on
the net. I just installed the upgrade this past weekend and am happy to
report that it works great; however, installation can be troublesome
depending upon the Plus's actual configuration.

I suffered  every conceivable problem (except short of wisps of smoke)
during this installation; the vast majority of my making. Here's a summary
of my experience for those that may upgrade their trusty old Plusses.

First a short description: The Mercury 68030 upgrade consists of a small
(approximately 3" by 4") multilayer PC board that plugs into a "Killy" clip
that clips to the Plus's 68000. The "Killy" clip has connectors that
contact the 68000 cpu chip pins and is held to the 68000 by tongues that
clip to the ends of the chip. The top of the clip resembles an IC socket
that mates with pins on the adaptor board. An extender socket is used to
ensure that the adapter board clears the memory SIMMS of the Plus. The
board has a socket for a companion FPU (I did not purchase the FPU), a
68030 chip, and some associated logic. The 68030 is clocked by the Plus's
internal clock (just shy of 16 Mhz) (the plus's 68000 is clocked by a
divide-by-two circuit) which is brought to the adaptor by a short wire
terminated by a small clip that attaches to a specific IC pin  on the Plus
logic board. A 800K disk accompanies the package with system 6 and system 7
extensions and some readme files with additional installation instructions
and notes on compatibility. One of the notes said that Jasmine Drivers
usually caused problems. I ignored the warning. An installation manual
completes the package.

I waited until the weekend to commence the installation into my trusty
Plus. The Plus and I go way back; I sold my IBM-PC in 1985 to get the money
to buy it (it was a 512k "Fat-Mac" then). I paid more money to upgrade it
to a Plus (with a large 800K drive, SCSI port, 1 meg expandable memory) and
bought a Jasmine 20 mByte Hard Drive when they became available. It now
sports 4 megabytes of memory. Just enough (almost).

I had opened the case many times before; no problem there. The manual
provides good instructions. The logic board came free easily after
unplugging the power harness and the floppy drive cable. The Killy clip
installed without any major problems - just be careful that the pins are
aligned correctly - be very careful. The manual is reasonably clear here -
too bad the photos are all missing. The accelerator board mounts on the
Killy clip and just clears the metal framework above the logic board. The
manual could be a little clearer on the proper orientation of the
accelerator board. The legend on the board shows the orientation of the
board with respect to the logic board's 68000. If you keep that orientation
you will be ok. (It's probably impossible to physically mount the logic
board/accelerator in the Plus if you have it backwards.) You have to spread
the metal rails that support the logic board in order to install the logic
board with the accelerator board in the Plus. In many respects this is the
trickiest part of the installation since the accelerator mounts on top of
the Killy clip and is held simply by the friction of the pins in the
socket. I found that clipping the clock lead to the proper chip required
knowing the numbering convention of ICs:  pin 1 is found to the left of the
index mark at the end of the chip looking down at the chip from the top. No
problem here, but be careful to get a secure connection.

I buttoned up the Plus and had a passing thought that I should check the
power supply voltage. I let the thought pass and went for the gold - power
ON! NO BEEP! No happy Mac, just a strange screen pattern. I opened the case
and checked the installation. I found that I had  mis-aligned the Killy
clip and bent one of its pins. I realigned the pin and reinstalled the clip
and tried again. BEEP! Success.

Now the fun began. I reconnected my Jasmine HD20(System 6.8) and tried
booting from it. No luck. I disabled the accelerator by the programmer's
switch - interrupt switch sequence described in the manual and the system
booted. Good. I then added the system INIT to enable the accelerator board
and rebooted from the Jasmine. No good. I disabled the accelerator and
tried rebooting. No good. Uh Oh. I tried a few more times. No good. A  sad
Mac showed up from time to time during the boot sequence. Now where is the
table of codes? I put off looking. Now I was worried. I got my Norton
Utilities "Emergency Disk" and ran a diagnostic on the Jasmine Drive. It
showed up but the Disk Doctor refused to complete repairs ("NDD cannot
complete the repair"). I started recovery and copied what I needed to a
series of floppies. I thought that I would reformat the drive and start
again, assuming that the installation of the INIT caused a problem (maybe
just one of those things).

During this whole sequence I ignored the occasional sad Mac failures and
assumed that a proper installation of a reformatted hard drive would solve
my problem. The Jasmine formatter refused to work; I tried again and
finally got the Jasmine formatter to work through the whole formatting
sequence (The Jasmine manual says you might have to try a few times). The
Plus would only reboot if I rebooted through the special sequence used to
disable the accelerator. It would not reboot from a straight power up. This
was beginning not to be fun.

I finally woke up and started looking for the Sad Mac error codes. Do you
know how hard they are to find? I looked all over the place, in "Inside
Mac", in  the promotional edition of "Inside Mac" (I swear they are there,
but I couldn't find them), and in other books. I finally found them in "On
Macintosh Programming: Advanced Techniques" by Daniel K. Allen.  The codes
indicated that the memory was occasionally failing the initial tests. Could
the memory be too slow for the 68030? Worked fine before. Then I remembered
Larry Pina's excellent book on Macintosh repair ("Macintosh Repair &
Upgrade Secrets") and its warning about undervoltage Mac Pluses. He
described a procedure to check the voltages through the external floppy
drive connector (top row: 5th pin from left is connected to the 5 volt
supply). I checked mine and found 4.65 volts. Way too low.

I opened the case again and adjusted the the 5 volt supply for 5.05 volts
(The adjustment is just above the speaker on the video/power supply board).
I reassembled the plus again and the sad macs went away. But still no hard
drive boot. I then tried to reformat the Jasmine disk again on the
assumption that the previous format may have been faulty due to the low
voltage. This time the old Jasmine formatter refused to work at all.

Then I remembered the warning about Jasmine Drives in the readme files. It
was time to reformat and install a new driver, the only problem is that it
was now Sunday afternoon. Where do you get drivers on a Sunday afternoon?
The Apple HD SC Setup utility would not recognize the Jasmine drive at all.
SEDIT recognized the drive and reported its signature: Seagate ST225N. I
recalled some Info-Mac discussions of modifications of the Apple utility to
recognize non-Apple drives. Sure enough, buried in the Info-Mac archives
was a discussion of modifications to the old and new utilities. The old
utility could be modified by Resedit (Code: %A5Init) by replacing the "08"
ahead of the ascii blank in front of "SEAGATE". I made the change. Then I
ran the HD SC Setup utility on the modified plus and it recognized my disk!
The formatting and installation went on normally from then on. I installed
a fresh copy of System 6.8 and the special accelerator INIT. IT ALL WORKED!
And she is recognizably faster.

So, in summary: Its a good accelerator. Works fine. Just watch out for all
the other items attached or part of the Plus: voltage, hard drives
(Jasmine), assumptions. I recommend the Mercury Accelerator highly. Whew,
what a weekend. I also registered the kids for softball, went to church,
fixed my daughter's bed and watched the Olympics!

Mike Sullivan - 609-338-4098 @ Martin-Marietta Comms Systems - Camden NJ

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

Date: 21 Feb 1994 10:05:49 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Think C 6.0.1 fatal error

Hello,

in a small programming project I encountered a nice compiler error which is
called

internal error (ZREF)

The manual says that this error should never occur and symantec should be
contacted thereupon. I'll do that, but I'd like to know if somebody else has
also encountered that problem and what the gurus know about it.

Some more facts. I have the update from Thinkk C 6.0 to 6.01 installed. The
error occurs in both the Think C version and a slightly modified Think C++
version. The error occurs when writing the file. It compiles the application
correctly, it links correctly it asks under which name to save the file, it
asks if it is permitted to overwrite the old file and then - bang!! it crashes
and I have no chance, the mac must be rebooted. I am not able to detect exactly
which of the modifications I made to a former project version lead to the
problem.

Any ideas, hints, background info?


Jens Eickhoff
([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 11:31:54 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bonnie Gable)
Subject: 840AV drive problems

I am wondering if other folks on the net are having problems with the disk
drive on the Quadra 840AV.   When you try to re-initialize an 800k floppy
it goes through most of the procedure and finally says, "Disk
Initialization Failed!".  I then tried formatting the same diskette on my
Quadra 700 and it works fine. I have tried all sorts of possible fixes. At
first I thought it might be a problem with Macintosh PC Exchange but I
turned it off and restarted and had the same problem.  I turned off all
extensions, etc. and it still failed.

I know that the 840 and 660 AV's have "New Age" controllers instead of the
old but relatively reliable "SWIM" controllers.  I posed the problem to an
Apple systems engineer.  His reply was that the New Age controller was much
more precise and much less tolerant than the SWIM controller.  He
recommended I use only name brand, high density floppies.  Not a good
solution when you have about 150 diskettes (old software versions) which
you wish to recycle.

I also tried formatting a diskette (that failed to format on the 840AV) on
the 660 AV and it formatted fine.

Has anyone else been experiencing these problems?  Does anyone know the
solution?  (The 840AV is still under warranty).

Thanks!

--Bonnie Gable
[e-mail]


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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 13:43:27 +0100
From: "Fabrizio Oddone"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: A cool shareware payment

Michael Crichton is a proud Macintosh shareware user, indeed!
My friend Alessandro Levi Montalcini recently received a signed hardback copy
of
"Jurassic Park" (the Italian version, BTW); he even found a $5 bill inside
(interestingly indeed, inserted at the beginning of the chapter titled
"Nedry").
Unfortunately, we do not know which of the zillions utilities Alessandro wrote
he is using.

--
Fabrizio Oddone

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 18:21:08 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ad. misprint flames

As if we had not already heard enough on the topic of misprints in
advertisements, <[e-mail]> writes:

>Jeez what a snake! I tell ya, the way some companies treat their
>customers is simply outrageous!
>...
>What a jerk! Who cares how many products they sell!?! It was the one item
>that Mark wanted that was misleading. I would be willing to bet it is
>also one of their more popular items. Besides, people would make a HUGE
>fuss if APS falsely advertised one of their expensive products.
>
Get a life, or at least a sense of proportion.
Our local computer store recently posted a price list that offered an
800Meg
hard drive for about $55.  Obviously a misprint!  I did offer :-) to buy
one at that price, but I was not offended when they refused.

>
>Mark, I'd take this guy up on his offer. You HAVE been wronged. Take the
>free one, man!
>
Fuddle-duddle!  (Those of you who remember the former Canadian Prime
Minister, Pierre Trudeau, will understand what I mean. ;-)
Just HOW has he been wronged?
What loss or injury has he suffered?
None at all!
It is that selfish attitude of demanding compensation for imaginary
injuries
that is ruining the country (and increasing the ratio of lawyers to
productive workers).

There was a misprint in an Ad.  Forget it.

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 02:02:21 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Adaptor for Sony 1430 monitor

  I recently got a Sony CPD-1430 multiscan monitor but there was no
video cable adapter in the original box, so I had the (mail order)
dealer send me out an adapter later.  After setting everything up, I was
somewhat surprised to see that only "Macintosh Hi-Res Display" appeared
in the Monitors control panel.  When I checked the supplied cable
adapter, I found that the sense pins were wired to emulate an Apple 13"
RGB monitor.  The adaptor was marked TMACSTD on one side, and PATENT
333460 on the other.
  Is that the adapter normally supplied by Sony, or did the dealer send
me a third-party adapter? The monitor works, by I'd just like to try out
the 800x600 SVGA resolution.  Otherwise, the regular VGA resolution is
640x480, same as the Apple Mac display.
  Just for the record, MacWarehouse's VGA adapter did not work.  One of
the RGB video pins was not connected, I don't remember which.

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

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 23:40:47 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Ahrens)
Subject: AppleScript 1.0 to 1.1 updater?

well, all that you need is the extension, and any new scripting
additions apple may have added. what you need to do is find
someone who has the applescript developer's pack, they are allowed
to distribute unlimited copies of the extension and the additions
and other stuff, but not the script editor, but you already have
the script editor from version 1.0, rite? so, ask someone with
the applescript developer's kit to give it to you, and it is perfectly
legal!

--
My opinions are mine only and tentative, pending further data
             Live Long and Prosper
Matthew Ahrens                      [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 02:38:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AppleTalk a'la serial cable

>I usually carry a printer din-8 cable in my PB's carrying case. That way, when
>I'm helping out some user with a crashed HD, I only need to get some sort of
>system with Appleshare up, so I can remote mount the PB's HD and get ahold of
>the necessary resuscitation tools.

  Wait.  Does that mean you can fake a two-node Appletalk network by
using a serial cable?  Specifically, could I set up file sharing between
an LC and a Q605 by simply connecting the printer ports together with a
serial cable?

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

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 16:45:36 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: APS Flame

On Thu, 17 Feb, Brian Veenker wrote:

>I'm sorry. I don't buy this excuse at all. I spent several years working
>at [a well-known retailer] and we did everything we could to accomidate
>wrongly determined prices EVEN WHEN IT WAS A MISPRINT. It was OUR
>responsibility.

Mark, I was about to congratulate you on never having made a mistake.

Then I noticed the "accomidate."

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 01:32:17 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: APS flame (R)

I totally support APS. I have received nothing but excellent
customer support. Their prices have consistently been excellent and
their technical support personnel are the MOST informed people I
have ever talked to about all Mac-related subjects, especially about
hardware items. When I bought a DAT drive and prices went down
the next week, I called and they sent me a refund check for the $200
difference.

Anyone who is in the computer business knows that margins are
slim, competition is high, customers call with support problems
without reading manuals (Is it plugged in? Oh yeah. Oops!).
Computer products vendors work in one of the most difficult
industries to support and there are a hundred ways for a vendor to
lose his profit margin with just a small problem.

Then you get situations like this where an advertising mistake was
made. In this case, it was only $10 ($19 ad vs. $29 actual). People
seem to find this small mistake easy to pounce on. What if it was a
bigger mistake ($19 ad vs. $119 actual)? I bet people wouldn't find it
so easy to criticize.

Anybody who actually runs a business (as opposed to just
complaining about those who do) knows the difficulty of making
these kind of decisions. It's not like they were asking this guy to
pay a fortune more. Maybe if APS charged everybody $49, they
could accomodate a mistake like this. Screw everybody for the sake
of one guy? Haven't we had enough of that from other companies?
Personally, I wonder how APS can do such a good job AND still
have such low prices without going belly-up.

Ultimately, companies do a DISSERVICE to their customers by
pricing their products TOO LOW because they eventually go out of
business, leaving their former customers as prey for higher priced
competitors and repair vendors. I'm not saying we want to pay
higher prices, but if I have to pay $20 more to have good service
and a viable company, I'll pay it. It will be cheaper than all other
possibilities. Please don't worry about guys like the one who relied
below; there are thousands of customers who have been waiting for
a company like APS to appear. Do what you can to make them
happy, although I'm not sure they will ever understand that they
get what they pay for. The rest of us will live happy lives, knowing
we got a great product and valuable support for an excellent price.
Value, value, value.

Give this guy a SCSI-Boy if it will satisfy him. But ask him if he can
fund a comparable product of comparable quality and durability
for less than $29. If he can, I'll buy it for him.

I'm a computer consultant and Mac User Group president. I
estimate that 50 to 60 of my clients own APS equipment, probably
100+ pieces of equipment. Many other vendors' products are used
also. No one company has even come close to the quality,
consistency, service, and pricing of APS. Thanks, APS!

--Rick Chin

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 15:46:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Anders Stegen)
Subject: Baud vs megabyte (A)

>What is the relationship between a modem's baud rate and file size?
>Is there a way to determine roughly how long it will take to send
>a file of a certain size on a modem of a certain baud rate?

baud rate = bits per second (when using telephone line modems anyway).
Due to start and stop bit overhead it takes 10 bits to send one byte (8 bits)
thru a modem. A 14,400 baud modem thus sends 14,400 bits per second and
is capable of sending 1,440 bytes per second.

1 Megabyte = 1024 Kbytes = 1,048,576 bytes (there are other definitions but
this is mine :-).

So. A modem capable of 14,400 baud should transmit a 1 MB file in
1,048,576 / 1,440  = 728.2 seconds (12 minutes).

The calculations above is without data compression and are theoretical maximum
figures. At these rates the handling within the sending and receive computers
also affects performance (downwards).

Data compression is useful if you have text files, wordprocessor documents and
spreadsheats which all contains a lot of "air" and can be compressed to about
40-50% of their size (my experience).

If your modem (and the modem on other side) has built-in compression (and
agrees
on the compression protocol) you seem to get a much higher throughput than the
baud rate suggests. This is why a 14,400 modem often connects to your Mac using
57600 baud. On the other hand, if you use your 14,400 baud modem to connect to
a 2400 baud modem without built in data compression you are stuck with
transmitting 240 bytes/second.

Hence the usual hype about 57600 baudrate using a 14400 modem assumes that your
data is compressable by a factor of 4. This is true for wordprocessor documents
but NOT for already compacted files (compact pro and stuffit archives).

Hope this helps!

/Anders

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 18:23:36 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Baud vs megabyte (R)

Pete Tamas asked:

PT> What is the relationship between a modem's baud rate and file size?
PT> Is there a way to determine roughly how long it will take to send a
PT> file of a certain size on a modem of a certain baud rate?

Yes, Pete, there is a relationship and a way to calculate transfer time.
Modems are rated in baud which is roughly (but not exactly) rated to
bits per second (bps).  For most purposes, you can assume that baud=bps.
So, a 2400 baud modem transfers 2400 bits per second.

There are eight bits in a byte.  So a 100,000 byte file has 800,000 bits.
At 2400 bps, the file would take:

          (100,000*8)/2400 = 333.33 seconds or 5.5 minutes.

In reality most protocol transmit both ways (so the other side knows that
the packets have been received), so the actual transfer time will vary
slightly.

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 22:06:57 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Dr Alun J. Carr)
Subject: Bug in Word's Equation Editor (C)

I recently installed a few of the debugging extensions from Apple the other
day. One was DoubleTrouble, which checks for an application disposing an
already disposed handle.

For some bizarre reason, I had to use a copy of Word 5.1a off a campus
server (I normally stay well clear of Microsloth products these days). I
tried to insert an equation, and Bingo! there I was in MacsBug, with the
following screen:

    User break at 000E25E4
    DisposeHandle on a disposed handle!
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    No procedure name
    000E25E4  *MOVEM.L  (A7)+,D0-D5/A0-A2    |    4CDF 073F

The only peculiar thing about my system (Centris 650 8/500, System 7.1) is
that I don't have the MTExtra font installed. Perhaps if someone from
Design Science or Microsloth is listening, they might look into the
problem...

Alun

Dr A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 23:11:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Buying A Scanner

I am looking at buying a scanner and had some questions. If I will be
outputing to a 600dpi printer, what dpi should I scan images at? Is there
a rule or equation to figure this stuff out?

--Brian

| Brian M. Amira  | Internet E-Mail: [e-mail] |

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 04:54:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CD-ROM Play Audio CDs upon insertion (Q)

Hello Netters!

Lacking an audio CD player, I have come to rely on my Apple CD-ROM drive to
play my audio CDs. It works great except that everytime I put a CD in the
caddy and insert it in the Mac I have to go through a zillion steps to get it
to start playing.

Is there a way I could automate the following using Quickeys, Applescript, etc

1) Open Sound Control Panel
2) Select Input Options
3) Select CD input and Playthrough option
4) Adjust volume so that I can hear the music
5) Start playing the compact disc
6) Close all windows that were opened to execute the script

If this is too much for my feeble computer to automate, I would settle for
automatic playback upon insertion. I don't use the Speech Recognition software
very much (takes up too much memory) so I usually have it set to CD-input. But
is there a way to check if it is already set to CD-input, so it doesn't have
to go into the Sound Control Panel?

Thanks,
Nate
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 01:54:02 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CD300 SCSI Driver for PC

You might try TRANTOR.  They write most of the SCSI drivers for most of
the SCSI Host Adapters, and I've read somewhere that they have some drivers
that should work with any CD-ROM drive with most Host Adapter Cards.
Trantor also makes HACs.  (At least I recall seeing one advertised in
Computer Shopper.)  Trantor will sell their drivers to individual consumers.
--Wish I could tell you how to get in touch with them, but don't remember
where I read about their driver availability, though it was probably in a PC
magazine at work, where I am not now.

|     Jason Stephenson            |
|   [e-mail]         |

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 19:26:01 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: CD Plus Software

On Fri, 18 Feb, Guy Zaslavsky wrote

>A friend of mine recently recieved a new Quadra 650 with the new CD300i
>Plus (built in). We installed the cd-rom software that came with it
>(version 4.0.2), but it refused to mount any cds. I think it may be
>because of the old cd-rom version, which does not recognize the new
>model. I read that apple released version 4.0.5 of the cd-rom software,
>but I can't seem to find it anywhere, including at ftp.apple.com
>(bric-a-brac.apple.com), nor do they have it at the local Apple Center.
>If I'm right, how can it be that apple ships hardware with software that
>does not support it? Any information would be greatly appreciated,
>but if happen to have it at hand, please send me a copy.

As I said to Guy privately, the 4.0.5 version is quite obsolete. On the
Washington Apple Pi BBS, Apple Software section, is v5.0 of the Apple CD-
ROM installer. WAP is often ages ahead of ftp.apple.com and other sources
of goodies. I treasure my WAP membership and the piddling cost of its BBS

I made the offer to Guy, and I make it to y'all. A disk image is a tad
largish to mail through the internet, so I broke it into two Stuffit
segments and binhex'd each. If you can handle that, feel free to ask me
for your very own copy.

I trust I'm not annoying any Apple lawyers with this offer. Who but an
owner of a 300 (plus or otherwise) could benefit? And the beast would be
at ftp.apple.com if Apple cared to do it.

BTW, apart from knowing about the "plus" drive, the main advantage I see
>From the 5.0 version is that playing audio CD's now gets a cp called
Audio CD Player instead of a cp and an ext goofily called "CD Remote."
Gee, this could get strange. Apple actually naming something by what it
does? Dunno if I can cope.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 00:56:23 +0100
From: [e-mail] (klaus-peter gores)
Subject: changing KCHR

hi,
maybe someone can help to solve the following problem.

setup:
    macintosh plus
    system 6.0.7, german
problem:
    no control key, but we need one, because the mac is connected to a
unix host (via helios terminal) and using vi or tcsh requires a control
key.

my close-to-success-solution:
    i made a copy of the german KCHR, and changed the mapping of alt-a
to ascii-code 1, thus having access to the code of control-a by preesing
alt-a. i did this with some other keys to get access to all needed
control-keys.

so far so good, but:
    now the key on the right to the spacebar, usually the less-than key
is mapped to the #-character.

solutions?
    maybe one has to change some of the other keyboard related
ressources, too. who knows which one?

any help appreciated, thanks in advance

    kp


orig sig was here , mail was resend, new sig is here. shit happens

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 13:43:07 +0100
From: "Fabrizio Oddone"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: CPU cycles and apps

>  I run Monitor (watches all running processes) on my 660.
>  I have 8 apps running in addition to the Finder and
>  Express Modem.  When the Monitor program is in the
>  foreground, it lists ClarisWorks 2.0 as taking up 70-80%
>  of CPU even when it has no windows open and is hidden in
>  the background. Now, I love ClarisWorks 2.0 and I use it
>  for everything, but what's the deal?

It is very likely that Claris programmers are not using correctly the sleep
parameter to the WaitNextEvent system routine. A little explanation follows.
Every Mac application "listens" to events. In the old times (before
MultiFinder)
they did so by calling the GetNextEvent system routine. If you click the mouse,
for instance, the GetNextEvent call returns saying "the user clicked the mouse
in that point"; if you press the key 'X', the GetNextEvent guy says "the user
pressed the key 'X'". What if the user does absolutely nothing, i.e. the
computer is "idle"? The GetNextEvent guy says "nothing" (a programmer would say
"sends a nullEvent"). While you are doing nothing and the Mac is waiting for
your actions the GetNextEvent guy continuously says "nothing, nothing,
nothing...". When the Apple guys created MultiFinder, they noticed that this
blah, blah about nothing was a problem if lots of appls were running
concurrently: it kept the CPU busy doing a rather useless thing.
So they created the WaitNextEvent routine. This guy works the same way as
GetNextEvent, except for two important things, both added to eliminate the
blah,
blah wasting CPU power. The first is called "sleep time". I could call this
Mean
Time Between Saying "Nothing". Suppose your application sets the sleep to one
minute. The WaitNextEvent guy will tell you "nothing", if nothing happens,
after
one minute, avoiding the "nothing, nothing, nothing..." syndrome, wasting CPU
time. If your application is not doing any calculations or tasks at idle time,
an application should set the "sleep" parameter to the maximum possible. The
"sleep" parameter can be changed by the application in a dynamic fashion,
depending on the internal status of the app (working/not working).
If your app needs to do calculations at idle time, you use a zero sleep value,
so that the WaitNextEvent guy sends a continuous stream of "nothing". At each
"nothing", the app completes a piece of the task it has to perform.
The obvious question from the user is: will a badly written app, using a zero
sleep time even when it is doing absolutely nothing useful (as is ClarisWorks
in
your example), affect my Mac? The answer is: yes, it sometimes will. The
Murphy's Laws immediately transforms the answer in: yes, it surely will.
Detailed example:
MPW compilation when MPW is in foreground: elapsed time = 20 secs.
the same compilation running in background when Disk Charmer 2.x (calling
WaitNextEvent with a very large sleep value) is in foreground: 20 secs.
the same compilation in background when BadApplication calling WaitNextEvent
with sleep = 0 is in foreground: 1 minute 47 secs.
More than five times slower. Sufficiently bad for me.
The second question is: how can I tell when one given app is sleep-savvy, so
that I may bash the programmers if it is not? Use Monitor :-) or, if you dare,
use Macsbug. Go into the target application, hold the mouse button down in the
menu bar, press the interrupt button in order to activate Macsbug; type "atba
waitnextevent;g" and your Mac will break when the target app calls
WaitNextEvent. Look at the top left corner; you should see the following:
     SP
  xxxxxxxx
xx xxxxxxxx
xx YYYYYYYY  <- this is the sleep time in hexadecimal, in sixtieth of a second

If you do not jump into Macsbug, the app is probably calling some other routine
like the old GetNextEvent.
To restore Macsbug to its normal state, type "gg" or "atc;g".

--
Fabrizio Oddone

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 00:58:14 PST
From: "Don W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Customer's responsibilty [F]

<< I spent several years working at [a well-known retailer] and we
did everything we could to accomidate wrongly determined prices
EVEN WHEN IT WAS A MISPRINT. It was OUR responsibility. >>

A "responsibility" at most to company policy, which was presumably
intended to maintain good customer relations.  I've seen no claim
made here that it's a legal responsibility, but some customers react
to advertising errors as though the advertisement somehow
constituted a contract.  It doesn't; it's merely an invitation to make
an offer.  The offer need not be accepted; even correctly advertised
prices can change without notice.

Misprints can raise false hopes, and occasionally would-be
customers come unglued under the strain of the disappointment.
That's the customer's responsibility, not the retailer's.

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 17:17:01 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: F-Key/extension to release port?

Dear Netters,

I use an A/B swtichbox to switch between two different applications  that
use two different serial devices off my printer port.  One of the applications
fails to release the printer port, so I can switch without rebooting
the whole system.  Is there an F-Key, extension, or application that
would force the printer port to free up?

Please reply by e-mai.  Thanks in advance.

David Van Nuys
Psychology Dept.
Sonoma State University

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 22:43:50 +0100
From: Reinder Verlinde <[e-mail]>
Subject: Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere?

I found a nice feature in the Finder (version 7.1). It appears to be
impossible to type a colon in the Finder. I know filenames shouldn't
contain colons, but my Finder also disallows colons in file comments,
inserting hyphens instead.

Reinder Verlinde

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 13:42:58 +0100
From: "Fabrizio Oddone"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: ftp.apple.com (A)

In Info-mac digest #26 "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]> writes:
> Can one or more of you Apple folk address this question? Is ftp.apple.com
> a tolerated stepchild?
> Ftp.apple.com is far from useless. But is seems to be far from current.

Far from current, indeed. The Network Software Installer 1.4.2 appeared on
AppleLink at least two weeks before appearing on ftp.apple.com. The Apple
CD-ROM
Setup support is even worse. A friend of mine gave me version 5.0 (presumably
taken from AppleLink), a MAJOR overhaul, which is not on ftp.apple.com yet.
The Audio CD Player in 5.0 is fabulous, to say the least. (Aesthetically
speaking: I saw it on a friend's Mac, looking over his shoulder. I will get my
AppleCD 300 next week, hopefully).

> Can y'all please stop? Every time I rebuild my system, I have to throw in
> 4 or 5 updater disks after the install.
I do hope that Apple merges as soon as possible all those Enablers, Updaters,
Tuners, Enforcers, Annoyers into the System. The situation is intolerable.

You did not mention the bugs in the Installer Script that Apple guys do not
seem
inclined to fix.
I have discovered the cause of the problems with the Monitors Control Panel,
reported in the Read Me First document in the System 7.1 disks when installing
System 7.1 on a Quadra (a friend of mine had the same problem on a Mac LC,
though): the Monitors Panel is OK; the Installer gleefully forgets to copy into
the System the resources DITL -4096, and mntr -4096. Doing that manually solves
the problem (the resources are compressed, and ResEdit actually uncompresses
them in the copying process).
It is a shame Apple started charging money for a System Software whose
installation causes so many troubles, but it is next to incredible that this
silly bug has not been removed from the System 7 Pro Installer Script.
And what about the Hardware System Updater 2.0.1? At least on Quadra 610 & 700
it "forgets" to install Sound Manager 3.0; you have to install it manually. I
think a "normal" user will not notice this, unless he has a helpful friend like
me :-).

--
Fabrizio Oddone

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 21:20:20 -0600
From: (Pete Chane) <[e-mail]>
Subject: GeoPort Express Modem settings

Does anyone know the proper GeoPort Express Modem control panel settings?
I use MacSLIP, AppleLink, Communicate Lite.  I was setting it to Express
Modem but here is what the Read Me says from Express Modem for GeoPort
software 1.2 says:

-  The Express Modem control panel now incorporates buttons for
   selecting Express Modem or an External modem via the modem port.

   Turning the modem on or off works as described in Appendix A of the
   Express Modem User's Guide for the GeoPort Telecom Adapter.

   Normally, you should leave the Modem Port Setting set to its
   default "Use External Modem".  The Modem Port Setting "Use Express
   Modem" is provided for compatibility with communications applications
   which are not compatible with the Macintosh Communications Toolbox.
   If one of the communications applications you are using is not
   compatible with the Macintosh Communications Toolbox you will need
   to select "Use Express Modem" while you are using this application with
   the GeoPort Telecom Adapter.  If you then want to use some other serial
   device on your modem port after this you will need to reselect "Use
   External Modem".  For use with AppleTalk Remote Access leave the
   Modem Port Setting set to "Use External Modem".  Use of AppleTalk
   Remote Access is described more fully in the following item.

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 03:12:34 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: hangup modem automatically (Q)

I am using SLIP for news and email.  I am using some application to
shutdown my Mac some period later.  But my SLIP won't be disconnect
automatically.  Is there a shareware that will hang up a modem
automatically when run?  If so, then I can use an application called
shutdown-item to hang up my modem and then shut down my Mac.  Does anyone
have any suggection?

Thanks.

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 12:50:04 +0100
From: "'CARLOS ENRIQUE RUBIO NAVARRO'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HELP

Date : 21 February
1994
Help

>From :         Prof. Juan Carlos VIDAL (or Carlos RUBIO)
    Analytical Chemistry Department, University of Zaragoza (Spain)
    E-mail : [e-mail]

TO : E-mail :[e-mail]


I have working for a little time with Mac-TCP on the Internet and I would
like you send me the following information :

- I am interested in program for plotting "Sigmaplot" (Jandel scientific,
Germany) for macintosh. Have you any information about this software?.
Where could I get a demo version for testing?.

- Have you information (or where can I get it) about actualised lists of
FTP sites, preferently in my area (Europe)?. I am interested mainly in
macintosh information.

Thank you for your consideration.

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 18:58:14 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: I need a couple of email addresses

Howdy, Folks.

I'm looking for a couple of email addresses:

1) Ross Tyler, the author of Stretch. I have a couple of questions for him.

2) DataViz, (MacLinkPC).

If anyone out there happens to have one (or both) of these, it would be
great.

TIA,
-David-

David R. Steiner, Research Assoc., Remote Sensing & GIS
ISPA-Uni. Osnabrueck     D-49364 Vechta, Germany

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 01:04:01 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kim)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #28

>I remember a utility that let a mac with a small monitor use applications that
>require large screens by scrolling the screen. The 13" monitor would thus be a
>small window that could scroll around what the Mac thinks is a larger screen.
>Can anyone please send me the name of that utility. It was popular when most
>users had the small 9" screens. Thanks.
>
>Stephen Tseng
>[e-mail]

    I believe that Berkley Software used to have a piece of software
called "Stepping Out II" that created virtual screens. I don't know if they
still support it...


 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"I hope everybody know how much I love the Macintosh"     |  Brian Kim
                      - Bill Gates        |  [e-mail]
                    CEO of Microsoft  |  Glenview, IL

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 14:33:07 -0800 (PST)
From: "Sweigart F.W.,4890,ISS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: In the market for a PB Duo

I am looking into purchasing a Powerbook Duo to use while traveling
It will mainly be used for Database management, word processing and
lots of faxing. I'm interested in an all in one desktop/portable
solution. Apple changes their product line so quickly it's hard to
keep up. Any opinions pro or con will be greatly appreciated. Please
respond my mailbox in order to keep the list uncluttered.

TIA
FWS   Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.  B. Banzai

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

Date: 19 Feb 1994 09:17:20 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble)
Subject: Is there a "virtual desktop" utility?

Stephen Tseng <[e-mail]> writes in info-mac #28:
>I remember a utility that let a mac with a small monitor use applications that
>require large screens by scrolling the screen. The 13" monitor would thus be a
>small window that could scroll around what the Mac thinks is a larger screen.

Its called "Stepping-Out II" by Berkeley Systems.  I still use it on my old
SE-30
at home.  Unfortunately Berkeley make so much money out of "After-Dark" that
they don't bother with real software like SO-II anymore.


Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 03:17:54 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Willem Nijenhuis)
Subject: Mac & VGA Monitor.(C)

Dear netters,

The scheme for building a cable to connect a Macintosh to a (S)VGA monitor
I've placed in Infomac #26 is correct, but is only usable for connecting
newer PowerBooks to such a monitor.I am sorry not to have mentioned that.

Willem Nijenhuis ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 17:29:29 +0100
From: Gunnar Wenngren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac+ and HD not working together (Q)

To help a temporary assistant at our office to some Mac power :-) I tried to
install a Mac+ with an external Apple HD 40 for her. Both items work perfectly,
but not together :-(.
The Mac does not recognize any SCSI devices attached to it.
The HD works properly when attached to my SE/30 but the Mac+ doesn't have a
clue
that it has got an HD on the line. Neither Apple HD SC Installer nor StoreWare
will recognize the HD when I run them on the Mac+.
Our tech says that there is something special about the Mac+ SCSI port and that
he once met this kind of problem and then even the Apple gurus had to admit
that
they could not help.

Any advice etc, TIA
Gunnar

Gunnar Wenngren
Link|pings universitet              Link|ping University
581 83 Link|ping                    S-581 83 Link|ping, Sweden
tel [phone]                      tel [phone]
fax [phone]                      fax [phone]
          email: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 17:17:06 GMT-0800
From: [e-mail] (Nick Fogelson)
Subject: Magic: The Gathering Card List

This is a microsoft excel spreadsheet that catalogs your Magic: The Gatherin
card collection.  It also gives you totals for each color of card, as well as
telling you how many of each common, uncommon, and rare cards you have.

Nick Fogelson

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 23:04:30 +0000
From: [e-mail] (infidel)
Subject: Maxima

 Does anyone know about Connectix's Maxima?  Is it worth getting along with
RAMDoubler?

Thanks.
Corey Szopinski
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 19:18:44 +0000
From: [e-mail] (infidel)
Subject: Maxima

 Does anyone know about Connectix's Maxima?  Is it worth getting along with
RAMDoubler?

Thanks.
Corey Szopinski
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 09:59:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (DVORAH ART)
Subject: microsoft quick basic and system 7

A user of ours has been happily using Microsoft Quick Basic ver 1.0
under system 6 and has now upgraded to system 7. Quick Basic doesn't
work any more, he reports. Is this expected behavior? If so, does
Microsoft provide an upgrade path?
Please reply directly to me.

Thanks,

Dvorah Weisman
[e-mail]   or
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 09:59:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (DVORAH ART)
Subject: microsoft quick basic and system 7

A user of ours has been happily using Microsoft Quick Basic ver 1.0
under system 6 and has now upgraded to system 7. Quick Basic doesn't
work any more, he reports. Is this expected behavior? If so, does
Microsoft provide an upgrade path?
Please reply directly to me.

Thanks,

Dvorah Weisman
[e-mail]   or
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 13:22:57 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Mosaic/PPP (A)

>Does anyone have Mosaic running via a dialup PPP connection?
>I have Mosaic running from ethernet connected macintoshes but
>it will not connect to the www server when used through
>PPP links.
>Tried supply a route from the mac directly the local gateway
>and it didn't help.

Works fine for me. Maybe your Mac going in through a PPP link does not have
it's name/IP address registered in an inverse DNS? Several servers will not
let you connect unless they can verify that you are who you say you are.

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 14:20:03 +0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: My command-Q can't quit application any more

I just came back from 2 weeks' vacation and found that the keystrokes
command-Q could not quit application anymore.  In spite of that, one of the
applications in the application menu is alway associated with a command-Q.
In order words, my command-Q acts to select appication in the appication
menu.

    Anyone have any idea of how this can happen, and how to put it
back?  Thanks in advance.

Huan-Nan
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
HC11 E9/7E9 PE               TEL:  [phone] EXT 2382, 2510
KLM MPU FINAL TEST           FAX:  [phone] (COUNTRY CODE 60)
======================================================================

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 12:43:22 +0000
From: [e-mail] (infidel)
Subject: Newsgroup for Macs

I am wondering if there is a newsgroup specifically for Macs.  More
specifically, I am looking for a group (or just general informaiton) on
Duos.  Does anyone know where I can find such an entity?

Thanks.
Corey Szopinski
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 08:15:18 EST
From: "David B. Miller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nikon CoolScan Problems

When using the Nikon CoolScan Slide scanner with its supplied software
(Nikon Control v.1.1.1 w/Nikon Scanner Plug-In v.4.5.1) on my Centris 650,
the following events sometimes happen: (a) cursor turns into never-ending
stopwatch following scan necessitating reboot, (b) cursor turns into fuzzy
square in Nikon Control when altering settings, (c) off-color vertical bands
appear on scan necessitating re-scan (several times).  Problems (a) and (c)
do not seem to occur when using Plug-In with NIH Image software.  These
software versions supposedly contain the "fix" for the Centris 650.  Nikon
tech. support has ceased returning my phone calls.  Any suggestions??
Reply directly to David Miller at [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 11:56:59 UTC+0100
From: Javier Modrego <[e-mail]>
Subject: NMR Programs

Probably this is a somewhat sepecialized question. I am looking for
NMR spectroscopy programs for the mac, either commercial or free. I
would like to know about their capabilities, hardware requirements,
importation of spectral data and how to get them. I have heard about
one called MacNMR but I know just the name. What I want to do is to
get the data from the instrument an processing and manipulate them
on the mac.
Can anybody out there help me?

Javier Modrego, Dept. of Inorganic Chem., Univ. of Zaragoza (SPAIN)

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 06:09:50 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: OED

Received: from RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@RICEVM1) by
 RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3569; Mon,
 21 Feb 1994 08:12:52 -0600
Date: 21 February 1994, 09:03:58 EST
From: Robert E. Moore           404-651-3990         PRPREM   at GSUVM1
To:   INFO-MAC at RICEVM1
Subject:  OED

I am interested in finding out if there is currently a location on the
internet where a remote user can get access to the Oxford English Dictionary.
I used to occassionally reference the one at Stanford via turbogopher;
recently, however, it has been made unavailable to users not from Stanford.
Is there an alternate location?  Thanks.

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:32:09 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: PortShare Pro 2.0 Demo problem (Q)

I have succesfully tried PS Pro Demo a week ago.  But today when I wanted
to try it again before I decided to buy it, I could not make it work.  I
followed the instructions in the ReadMe file.  The following was what I
did:
1) On the server, open the PS Pro Demo CDEV, select modem port, click "Shared"
   box, enter "modem" in the "Network Name:" field, and close the CDEV.
2) On the client, open the PS Pro Demo CDEV, create a virtual modem port,
select
   the virtual modem port, BUT NOTHING appears in the right side of the
   panel!!!

Does any one have similar experience?  What did I do wrong?

Thanks

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 19:59:24 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: Power CD-Good Deal?

I am intrigued by the recent MacWarehouse offer of the PowerCD for $199. I
realize that it is a 150 machine, but the PhotoCD and audio/TV options seem
awfully tempting. Anyone out there with one care to provide any feedback?
Is it *REALLY* that slow? Do the PhotoCD and Audio options work well? Is it
even worth $199?

Any comments, direct or posted, would be appreciated. TYIA.

Monty

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 19:45:43 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Problems with Powerbooks on network

We are connected to our campus ethernet network via a Gaterstar.
We have frequent and intermittent connection problems when we use
Powerbooks on that network.  Those difficulties may appear after
many days without problems and on different Powerbooks located in
different physical places.  All other types of Macintosh work fine.
We were thinking that low power battery could be reponsable but,
after testing, we realised that it was not the case.  If anybody has
something to say about it, let us know.
Thanks in advance,

Claude Bellavance
Centre interuniversitaire d'etudes quebecoises
Departement des sciences humaines
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
Quebec, Canada
----
internet:   [e-mail]
----

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 06:59:17 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Harry Myhre)
Subject: Problems with SITcomm

[e-mail] writes:


>>Initializing and resetting the modem take a very long time (maybe as
>>much as a full minute)...

>Yes, this *is* irritating, isn't it? What you're seeing is the Apple
>modem tool being extra extra careful. A long time ago I did some
>programming with modems, and I found that I had to go out of my way to
>put delays between commands, etc., because some modems were just stupid
>and were not ready to receive commands even though they had said so.
>However, I think the Apple modem tool may go too far. I believe I have
>heard Aladdin is working with Apple to make this a little more bearable.
>Another option you have is to download one of the other tools from
>sumex. I believe there is a scriptable tool. Maybe it is better. In
>any case, not SITcomm's fault. Users don't like finger pointing, so
>I don't pretend that this explanation makes your complaint go away,
>but I have been able to content myself with the notion that now that
>an active force like Aladdin is relying on the Apple modem tool as the
>partial basis of a product, they will successfully encourage Apple to
>fix whatever needs fixing.

ClarisWorks is able to dial out with the Comm toolbox faster than SITComm on
my Mac. I'm not a Macintosh programmer and don't even pretend to know what's
going on with the Comm Toolbox, but I can tell with my stopwatch that
ClarisWorks is able to dial faster than SITComm.
--
Harry Myhre     \  Weather: Sunny, Cool, No rain
Los Angeles, Ca  \   Music: none

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 13:42:49 +0100
From: "Fabrizio Oddone"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Puny Floppy Drive and FaberFinder

The e-mail problems you report are probably related to the fact that I changed
my POPmail configuration: in the "Mail Server name" field I put a IP number
instead of the server name because of temporary problems with the DNS here.
Unfortunately, I think I used a IP # of a mail server which is not always
turned
on. People who replied to my messages had the IP # appended to simula3@ instead
of the correct server name, so that did not work. Try sending mail to
[e-mail] and see what happens.

In Info-mac digest #26 "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]> writes:
>  Fabrizio, what does FaberFinder do? I downloaded it from
>  I-M today and got a boot and an open dialog. When I
>  clicked on an app, my Mac died.

You did not RTFM. :-)

>  Important note for making System 7 emergency disks:
>  simply putting FaberFinder disguised as the Finder in
>  the System folder does not work. That is, when you boot
>  with the disk and try launching an application, the Mac
>  hangs. The solution requires using a sector editor or
>  boot block editor (unfortunately, a power user tool).
>  Open the System folder on your disk, and rename Finder
>  to FaberFinder (keep the System folder window open in
>  the Finder, otherwise the Finder will detect that you
>  changed the name and possibly invalidate the boot blocks
>  on the disk). With the boot block editor, change the
>  Finder Name to FaberFinder and change, if necessary,
>  the Initial File to Run to Finder. Eject the disk
>  without touching its windows. The disk should boot fine,
>  and FaberFinder will not hang when launching
>  applications.

Our lovely User Interface Guidelines dictate that this note should have been
included as a warning inside FaberFinder, but since this utility is meant to be
as small as possible, I decided to put it into the Read Me doc only.

Hope this helps,

--
Fabrizio Oddone

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 21:03:50 EST
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Putting Ears on an SE?

I have yet to see an ad in, let's say, MacWarehouse, saying "Record
sounds with your pre-microphone-equipped SE or Plus--our SCSI or serial-
port doohickey microphone plus program and/or INIT/cdev will let you
record sounds in this-and-that format, edit it later in SoundEdit, etc."

Is there a highly meaningful REASON I haven't seen such an ad?  You mean
to tell me there ain't such a creature?  Somehow I doubt that.  {

How ought I to go about putting ears on my SE?

-Allan Hunter
<ahunter@sbccvm>
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 11:59:32 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: RAM Doubler

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Will RamDoubler work
> with system 6?

Maybe.

> With Mac Pluses?

No.

> With SE's?

No.

RAM Doubler requires System 6.0.5 or later and a 68030 processor,
along with 4 MB of RAM.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 18:59:46 -0600 (CST)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAM Doubler, early Macs, & PowerBooks (a)

Jonathan Kamien asks if RAM Doubler will work with earlier systems. The
answer is NO. Reading from the manual, RAM Doubler "requires a Macintosh
equipped with a 68030 or 68040 microprocessor and System 6.0.5 or
later." Manual goes on to  state that you CAN NOT use it with a 68000 or
68020 Mac (unless the latter has a '030 accelerator installed).

I do not think that RAM Doubler expands the amount of memory that your
processor can address. An LC II, for example, can only address 10Mb.
Installing RAM  Doubler on an LC II that already has 8Mb of physical RAM
installed sounds to me  like a waste of money. Somebody correct me if I'm
wrong.

Pete Tamas asks about RAM Doubler and Powerbooks. I'm using it on my
PowerBook  with complete success: I have only 4Mb of physical RAM, but
now have 8Mb of RAM  available for applications. I have not noticed the
battery hit that you have with Virtual Memory on the Powerbook. I think
that VM is just one of the strategies that Connectix uses. I must admit
that I tend to use my PB plugged in, but so far (for a week of use) I
haven't noticed any problems.

Will Porter / University of Houston

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 22:58:30 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: RAM Doubler and Disk access (R)


On 17 Feb 94 Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
wrote:
> If someone wants to use RAM doubler on a Powerbook and put the
> drive to sleep, will using RAM Doubler thwart the plans? I
> understand that RAM Doubler uses an efficient type of virtual
> memory.

No problems on my PB170 4/40 so far (knock on wood :-)
(As I understand it, RAM Doubler resorts to using the HD only as a last
resort.  Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.)

--John.

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 13:50:30 +0000 (GMT)
From: "G.J. Berry APEME (Microelectronics) ext 4570 " <[e-mail]>
Subject: RamDoubler on an LC?

Hello all,
    I just tried to order RamDoubler from MacLine in London only to be
told that it will not work on an LC (original model). The information that
I read elsewhere however says that it will "double the memory on any Mac
with a 68020 or above".
Can anyone clarify the situation? I have postponed my order for the time
being as I do not want to spend money (albeit not a particularly large
sum) on software which is no use. The idea of an LC with 20 Megs of RAM
appeals to me quite a lot, so I hope MacLine are not correct!
Please e-mail me directly, and I will summarise.
Thanks in advance,
Graham Berry
Dundee University
Scotland
[e-mail]

PS Sorry if this has been asked before and I just missed it.

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 15:16:53 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan (ITL Temp) <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAM Doubler on old macs (A)

<Sender composed mail containing characters not in the US-ASCII set.>
<These characters have been transformed into a printable form.>

[e-mail] (Jonathan Kamien) asks a few questions about =

Ram Doubler,
=A6Will RamDoubler work
=A6with system 6?
Don't know.

=A6With Mac Pluses?
No

=A6With SE's?
No

You need an 030 or an 040 processor.  ****You also need a minimum of 4 =

Mb RAM already installed.****  You need a hard disk if you have more =

than 8 MB or RAM.

Cheers,

Fergus Sullivan
[e-mail] (not for much longer)
[e-mail] (soon)

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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 17:43 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Safeware Insurance (Q)

Dear Netters,
I was considering getting insurance for my computer, and saw an ad for a
company called Safeware in the MacUser magazine.  Anyone have good or bad
experiences with them or other insurance companies for computers?  My computer
is well out of its 1 year Apple Warranty.  Thank you for any information you
can provide about this topic.  I have also called UniCom, called them once
and found it more expensive to insure my computer than buy a used equivalent
of my computer.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 23:10:46 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Security of Mac Data (Q)

I never thought this would matter to me, but I think that I need to take
some steps to protect the data on my hard disc. I am interested in
suggestions for password protecting folders, volumes or discs, and in
encryption programs.

I know there are several things in the archives: PowerLock looks good for
locking the disc and Enigma and MacEncrypt both look good for encryption.
However, I am quite interested in recommendations from other peoples
experience.
I'm also interested in commercial products *if* they are good. I am, most of
all, very concerned about being able to reverse or override any of these
protection/encryption schemes.

Thanks!!

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

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 14:38:30 -0500
From: "Marc D. Field" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Snooper and Help!

>Can anybody tell me the most recent version numbers of Snooper and Help! ?

I'm not sure of the latest version of Snooper, but Maxa is no longer
supporting it.  Actually, Maxa isn't supporting anything anymore, as they
stopped operations in July 1993.  Micromat has taken over some of Maxa's
products, but apparently they are not supporting them either.  This info is
>From a recorded announcement on Maxa's old tech support number,
800-788-6292.  Call that number for the details.

BTW, if anyone knows how to get a copy of the latest version, I'd love to
know.  I have version 1.0 with a registration card that promises a free
upgrade to 2.0.  Obviously Maxa won't be able to send the upgrade, and
Micromat/Maxa's recording seems to indicate that Micromat won't be any help
either.

...MF

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Marc D. Field                                     School of Law
[e-mail]                      University of Virginia
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 08:34:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Vellek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Speech Manager default

Okay, this is probably a FAQ, but how do I change the default voice that
the Speech Manager uses?

Mark Vellek
Columbia, MO

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:26:12 +0100
From: "Ad Herweijer"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Terminal emulation software using Appletalk protocol and connections

I am looking for (an upgrade for) terminal emulation package which allows
communication between the Mac and a LaserWriter using Appletalk protocol and
connections.

LaserWriters have a comprehensive PS interpreter on board. Interactive
communication between the Mac (the terminal) and the printer (the computer) is
possible using terminal emulation software. Usually such software assumes
connection of the Mac via the serial port of both devices and RS-232
protocols.
Besides the Laserwriter must be hardware-switched from Appletalk to RS-232.
When
your printer is networked, however, this is of course not a practical solution,
as you don't want to disconnect the printer from the network. A terminal
emulation program that allows communication using Appletalk protocol and the
existing network-connection would solve these problems. In fact, such a tool
exists: until now I have been using a little application called Postscript Tool
(not to be confused with Adobe's PSTool, which serves a different purpose). It
is a 'preview edition' and was made by Clayton M. Ewell of Helicon Designs
(Columbus, OH) back in 1986. The accompanying Readme announces a much improved
and extended commercial version to be released 'soon' (in 1986, that is!).
Despite the fact that it is surprising that the software still works with
System
7.1 and Laserwriter Driver 8.1.1, it has some inconveniences -particularly in
the user interface- that start annoying me.

Does anybody know what happened to Postscript Tool (not PSTool) and/or it's
makers: Helicon Designs.

Does anybody know of another package that will do this job?

Please mail your response to [e-mail] and I will summarise to the
digest.

Ad Herweijer



ir. Ad Herweijer
Delft University of Technology
Fac. of Applied Physics
Pattern Recognition Group
Lorentzweg 1
2628 CJ   Delft
the Netherlands
Phone: [phone]
FAX:   [phone]
E-mail:[e-mail]

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Date: 20 Feb 1994 19:03:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (datamike)
Subject: The Underground Mac

Recently I sent issue #09 of my biweekly publication, The Underground
Mac. It hasnt' shown up yet. Is there some reason it isn't being
posted?
Thanks!
Michael Shannon

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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 23:46:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Ahrens)
Subject: Weather gif site...

so, is there an ftp site that we can get satellite maps from?

thanx lots!!

--
My opinions are mine only and tentative, pending further data
             Live Long and Prosper
Matthew Ahrens                      [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 6:58:44 EST
From: "Jamie R. McCarthy" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Will HFS change when the PowerMacs emerge?

> Hi, I've been wondering about the new Power PC Macs. Will I be able to
> exchange disks with someone with a PPC Mac?

Yes, you will.  Apple's goal is no compatibility problems:  none, zero.
While I haven't seen a Mac on PPC yet, I can safely estimate that
they're not going to change HFS of all things!

There were rumors earlier that new Macs this year would have crippled
floppy drives.  Apple now assures us that is not true.  So if you were
thinking it would be physically difficult, that's not a problem either.
--
 Jamie McCarthy   Internet: [e-mail]   AppleLink: j.mccarthy

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Date: 21 Feb 1994 07:08:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dwight Lemke at Wisconsin Oshkosh <[e-mail]>
Subject: WinWord <-> Mac Word

What's the recommended way to transfer files back and forth between Word
for Windows (2.0, I believe) and Word 5.1a?  RTF?  Save in WinWord on
my Mac?  Let the PC do the translations?

Which requires the least clean-up afterwards?  Is the same method the best
in both directions?

Thanks!

-Dwight

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 21:21:38 GMT
From: "G.C.Q.Birch" <[e-mail]>

In reply to recent queries about removing Word temp files on start up,
I remember at one time using version 1 of an extension called "Temperament"
which does just this.  I believe that there's a version 2 which removes any
file type you specify, but I haven't used this one.

I couldn't find either at info-mac though :-(

Maybe someone can send Temperament in "gifts" or whatever it's called.
--
Greg Birch
Computing Services, Southampton University, U.K.

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 13:01:48 -0800
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From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Modems w/ RJ-45 Connections (A)
Cc: [e-mail]
Message-Id: <1450545894710622@[157.22.101.101]>

>Many of my administrators are looking to set up modems in their offices
>to facilitate dial-in access, but unfortunately, they have digital
>phones using the 8-wire RJ-45 jacks.  The modems I've seen so far just
>have the 4-wire RJ-11 jacks.  Is there any modems that will accept a
>digital RJ-45 jack?  Or is there an RJ-45-to-RJ-11 converter?  Is there
>a reason for this restriction?  Thanks for any help you can provide.

reply was, get an analog phone line for your modem. Do not go through the
digital PBX.

Your modem converts the digital signal to analog tones. Digital phones
digitize the analog modem signal back to digital. The digital PBX converts
back to analog to talk to the phone company. The phone company digitizes to
send around on their links. The phone company converts back to analog to
send to the receiving modem. The receiving modem converts back to digital.
If you are going slow speeds, 2400 bps, you will be OK but at higher
speeds, all the conversions create errors. Plus, the modem to digital phone
converter boxes cost a bunch of bucks. Get an analog line for modem use.

The alternative to running an analog line to every administrator's desk is
to get a network box that allows people to dial into the network and that
gives you the ability to monitor who is dialing in and to insure that they
are who they say they are. Security!. And for this dialin server, get
analog phone lines!

Kee Nethery

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