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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 15:41:02 PST
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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 22 Feb 94       Volume 12 : Issue 30

Today's Topics:

      [*] Boink 1.0 (AD module)
      [*] Brickles Plus 3.0
      [*] Bryan's ppats.sit.hqx
      [*] Carrot Patch
      [*] CatFinder v1.32
      [*] Cellusoft Graphics Pascal
      [*] Creepin' Critter Math
      [*] DBL Pascal Lib.
      [*] DOCMaker 4.0.1
      [*] Dragon Maze 1.1
      [*] GLMStat 1.0b2
      [*] GNU Shogi gaijin patch for 1.1--Mac 1.10E
      [*] HackerCrackdownHC.hqx
      [*] Home & School Mac 10/93
      [*] IconWDEF, submission by author.
      [*] Incognito 1.1.1
      [*] Incognito 1.1.1 source
      [*] LandSlide
      [*] lyapunov10.hqx
      [*] MacTV Auto Sleep v1.0
      [*] MiniScreen 1.7.2 (desktop shrinker)
      [*] Molecule Library 1.3a
      [*] MUDDweller 1.2
      [*] MusicBox XCMD v2.1
      [*] OneNet World 02/94
      [*] OuterLimits
      [*] Player Pro 4.15
      [*] setext-viewer-0.3 attached
      [*] source/C - RegionToRectangles
      [*] Tetris Max 2.3
      [*] The Odyssey
      [*] TidBITS#214/21-Feb-94
      [*] USCOLLEGES-IPADDRESSES.SITHQX
      [*] WordPuzzler
      $99 Mercury Plus 68030 Accelerator
      (A) Can the Mac act as a Go
      (C) Applications "lost" aft
      (Q) 720K - 800K disk format problems?
      Adaptor for Sony 1430 monitor
      ANSI Color TERM
      Apple fonts under system 7.1
      Apple Phone author (A)
      AppleTalk a'la serial cable (2 msgs)
      AppleTalk a'la serial cable (R)
      Apple Updates
      Application 'unknown' messa
      Application Startup in order
      APS (darn it anyway)
      a simple text-based data base?
      ATM and Sys 7.1
      Belgian Mac models --- the Potemkin series
      CD-Rom 5.0 *is* at ftp.apple.com
      CD-ROM v5 on ftp.apple.com (A)
      Chat 2.0
      COMPUTER & HEALTH (C)
      database
      Duo question (Q)
      Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere? (2 msgs)
      Five beeps?
      HELP
      Help - reformat recovery (2 msgs)
      Help for Network Problem
      How do you set default margins in Word 5.1 (A)
      Humbly Request Info
      info-mac submission
      LW Select 360 Specs?
      Maxima and RAM Doubler
      microsoft quick basic and system 7 (R)
      MIME encode/decode on Pine Mailer
      Modems with RJ-45s
      MS Word and PB RAM disk (Q)
      My command-Q can't quit application any more (R)
      NCSA Mosaic Documentation - Where?
      New Apple CD-ROM Extension - Too Much!
      Newsgroup for Macs (R)
      nmr programs
      PortShare Pro 2.0 Demo problem (Q)
      pov raytracer
      Problems with SITcomm (summary)
      Problem with Voice Waker module on After Dark
      QuickTime v2.0
      RAMDoubler
      Security of Mac Data (A)
      Silicon Sports (Wetsuit) phone number?
      StyleWriter II
      The decline and fall of the Macintosh software base
      Transfer vector graphic from Mac to PC
      Trek Sounds--the better ones
      trouble upgrading powerbook to 7.1
      Upgrading to System 7.1 (Q)
      WinWord <-> Mac Word
      wrecked powerbook display???
      ZiffNet fm. Internet (A)

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 22:58:32 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eggert Thorlacius)
Subject: [*] Boink 1.0 (AD module)

Hi all.

I sent this to the archives a while ago, but aparently it got lost
somewhere over the Atlantic, so here it is again.

Boink is a module for Berkeley Systems' After Dark screensaver that
breaks chunks of your screen and drops them on the floor.  It also
contains a special Monty Python option, but I don't recommend you use
it for long periods of time unless you keep your Mac in a soundproof
room.

Boink works in color and BW and with multiple monitors.  It has been
tested on an SE/30, Mac II, Mac IIx, Mac IIfx and Quadra 950 and
should work with all other Mac systems running System 7.0 or newer
(but probably won't :-).  It also works with Tom Dowdys' Darkside of
the Mac.

Boink is PostcardWare

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/boink-10-ad.hqx; 221K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:52:30 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Brickles Plus 3.0

Brickles Plus 3.0  by  Ken Winograd - A very good rendition of the
classic arcade game, BreakOut. Unlike the original version in which
the player must use 1 paddle to hit the ball into bricks and prevent
the ball from slipping by, Ken's version allows the options of 1, 2, or
4 paddles. This means you must prevent the ball from slipping by 1, 2,
or 4 sides of the playing field/screen depending on the option chosen.
Color support. Shareware: $10.00

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/brickles-plus-30.hqx; 55K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 09:36:27 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Horling)
Subject: [*] Bryan's ppats.sit.hqx

This is just a few ppats I drew up a while ago.  Feel free to do whatever
you want with them.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/bryans-textures.hqx; 162K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:52:36 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Carrot Patch

Carrot Patch  by  Bruce Pokras - A simple arcade game in stack format
which you must navigate your rabbit through a carrot patch, picking up
carrots and avoiding obstacles. The player get 3 rabbits per game and
there are 5 levels, each progressively harder. HyperCard 2.x or
HyperCard Player REQUIRED. Shareware: $5.00

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/carrot-patch-hc.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 19:24:30 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Keith Turner)
Subject: [*] CatFinder v1.32

This is the latest version of CatFinder.  CatFinder is a
powerful disk management tool that catalogs your disks and
provides a Finder-like interface for browsing the catalogs.

This latest version corrects some problems with the stuffit
archive support.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cat-finder-132.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:45:55 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: [*] Cellusoft Graphics Pascal

Tony Small's Cellusoft Graphics Routines in Pascal.  Puts up a
window, adds a color 'PICT' for background, then animates his
"walking eyes" over it, from left to right.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/cellusoft-graphics-p.hqx; 137K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:52:43 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Creepin' Critter Math

Creepin' Critter Math by Bruce Pokras - A math tutor in stack
format. Game play consists of 25 or 50 problems which can be +, -, x,
or /. The user can set the time limit allowed to solve the problem,
higher point scores being awarded for shorter time limits. The user
may also choose from 2 themes for this game, either popping rising
bubbles by answering questions before they reach the top of the screen
OR squashing bugs by answering questions before they crawl up the
screen to safety. A charming little game. HyperCard 2.x or HyperCard
Player REQUIRED. Shareware: $5.00

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/creepin-critter-math-hc.hqx; 68K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 15:01:05 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: [*] DBL Pascal Lib.

//* Posted by Kenneth A. Long *//
//* Author's comments follow. *//

David B. Lamkins
[e-mail]

Source code released by David B. Lamkins, Feb. 1994.

Here's a collection of Pascal routines that I've developed and
used over the years.  All of these are for THINK Pascal version 4.
Not all of these are production-quality - some parts are only
minimally tested.

Terms of distribution are followed by a brief contents list:

* This software is provided as-is, in the hopes that you will find
it useful.
* The software is provided without warranty of any kind.
* I am releasing this software to the public because I have no
intention of further developing it; I will not answer questions
regarding this software.
* This software is Copyright David B. Lamkins.
* I grant permission for you to reuse this software, provided that
my copyright is included as prominently as your own, in the form
"Portions Copyright 1994 David B. Lamkins."
* The Macintosh type/creator signatures used for the programs are
registered with Apple Computer, Inc. in my name, and may not be
reused.
* You may not release derivative programs under their original
names of PwrSwitcher, TimeTeller, or LaunchFile XCMD.


Brief Contents

Agendas
Animated Cursor
Async Sound
Call Chain
Checksum
CRC
Debugger Presence
ICON control CDEF
sicn control CDEF
Pop up menu CDEF
Error Signals
Fast Bit Vectors
Hash Tables
INIT Shell
Layer Manager IF
Levenshtein Matching
Short Fractions
Submenu Delay
Preferences
Queues
RSRCRuntime Bug Fix
SFGetFolder 6
String Lists
Transactions Mgr
Dialog Utils
Pop up Utils
Block Zero
VM Traps IF

David B. Lamkins
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/dbl-library-p.hqx; 372K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 16:04:57 -0600
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DOCMaker 4.0.1

Saturday, February 19, 1994

NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 4.0:
Through "Hot Pictures", documents now support QuickTime video, sound,
document linking, and more.  DOCMaker supports the Claris XTND interface
for importing other word processor documents and importing other DOCMaker
documents.  Full text undo now available.  Sixty chapters, more
graphics.  Duplicate pictures supported to reduce document size
overhead.  This is an extensive upgrade!!

IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED USER OF DOCMAKER, SEND GREEN MOUNTAIN SOFTWARE
YOUR ORIGINAL DISK FOR A FULL UPGRADE, WHICH INCLUDES THE NEW USERS
MANUAL AND THE DRAGRES APPLICATION FOR ADVANCED USERS.

*  See the chapter "Advanced Techniques" in the DOCMaker Users Manual for
information on using DragRes. DragRes IS FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY.
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE DragRes THEN YOU PROBABLY DO NOT NEED
IT AND WOULD BE BEST IF YOU JUST LEFT IT ALONE!!!

   vers 4.0.1 changes:
Fixed printing from the main DOCMaker application under Printer Driver
v8.1.1 }

[Archived as /info-mac/app/doc-maker-401.hqx; 214K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:52:50 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Dragon Maze 1.1

DragonMaze 1.1 by Owen Gwynne - This game took me by suprise! It's a
real gem of a role-playing game with arcade action in the same genre
of the classic Mac shareware game Dungeon of Doom (which became the
commercially distributed game The Dungeon Revealed). Fight your way
through various levels of a dungeon picking up weapons, armor, and
magical items. The program is still a bit buggy, but it's too good a
game not to include. REQUIRES a monitor that support 16 or more
colors. Shareware: $19.95

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/dragon-maze-11.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 12:23:57 +1100
From: Ken Beath <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GLMStat 1.0b2

I have fixed a major bug in the graph selection dialog which prevented it from
working
properly on macs with other than classic sized screens.
Also fixed is a minor bug in the import function (if last character in file was
not a return)
and the ability to enter 0 for factors has been removed. Now there are also
color icons.

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 (it already has had a
signicant amount of testing) and slightly more  tidied up version will
definitely be available within 1 month.

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.

Ken Beath
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/glm-stat-10b2.hqx; 217K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 18:25:55 -0800 (PST)
From: San Andreas Barnert <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GNU Shogi gaijin patch for 1.1--Mac 1.10E

GNU Shogi gaijin patch

This patch was designed to make it easier for English-speaking
beginners to learn how to play Shogi (a.k.a. "Japanese chess").
It contains a new set of pieces that are marked with their
English names, so you can learn the strategy of Shogi instead
of learning to recognize the pieces.

When you un-binhex and un-stuff this archive, you will find one
file. This file is both a brief "ReadMe" text file and a resource
file containing the resources for the patch. Just open the file
and (a copy of) the Gnu Shogi application in ResEdit and copy
over all resources.

If anyone wants to make a simpler patch out of this (like an
application that you can just double-click and go, instead of
having to use ResEdit), please do so.

Andrew Barnert     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/gnu-shogi-us-11e-patch.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 21:35:27 -0500
From: Sean Carton (Theoretical Basketweaving THBW) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HackerCrackdownHC.hqx

Here's a little thing that I whipped up to help my reading of Sterling's
_Hacker Crackdown_. Requires Hypercard 2.x. It's not fancy, but it does
have some suprises.  Since Sterling wrote the thing, my Hypercard version
is totally free. I just want to ask that the hypertext linking routines
remain copyrighted to me. Have fun! If you like it, drop me a line at

[e-mail]

Sean

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/hacker-crackdown-hc.hqx; 737K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:52:55 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Home & School Mac 10/93

The October 1993 Issue of the Home & School Mac Newsleetter.
Includes reviews of the American Heritage Dictionary (Deluxe Ed.),
Putt Putt Joins the Parade CD-ROM/Fun Pack, Spectator, Word
Connection, and Iron Helix CD-ROM.

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/home-and-school-mac-93-10.hqx; 277K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:40:48 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] IconWDEF, submission by author.

Icon WDEF is a system extension which changes your default windows
to ones which have a nicer look (in the author's minimalist opinion)
and have an "iconify button" which allows you to shrink you window
down to a small placeholder, or reverse the process.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon-wdef.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 00:48:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Manuel Veloso)
Subject: [*] Incognito 1.1.1

Hi there,

enclosed is the init/cdev "incognito."
Please post them up there on the Big Archive in the Sky.

Thanks,
Manny

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/incognito-111.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 00:48:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Manuel Veloso)
Subject: [*] Incognito 1.1.1 source

Hi there,

enclosed is the source code for "incognito."
Please post them up there on the Big Archive in the Sky.

Thanks,
Manny

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/incognito-111-cp.hqx; 129K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:53:03 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] LandSlide

LandSlide by Maxum Development Corp. - This strategy board game
involves 2 players (human vs. human or human vs. computer) placing
pieces on a 16 x 16 grid with the goal of connecting both sides of the
board with a line of adjacent pieces of their own color. Color
support. Shareware: $10.00

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/land-slide.hqx; 51K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 17:53:12 +10649 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Andrea Pellizzon 280679/SM)
Subject: [*] lyapunov10.hqx

This is a fractal-like program.
Requires System 7 and Color QuickDraw.
Documentation included.

E-Mail address :
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/lyapunov-10.hqx; 436K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 09:22:32 -0800
From: Thai Binh Truong <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacTV Auto Sleep v1.0

MacTV Auto Sleep

For those lucky (adventerous) few that have a MacTV, this program
acts like the sleep function in some televisions.  Will work with
other Macs too but you want your computer to suddenly shut-down.

Requirements:
32-Bit QD (w/System 7)
MacTV (recommended)

Thai Truong
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/mactv-auto-sleep-10.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 20:50:43 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Morgan Davis)
Subject: [*] MiniScreen 1.7.2 (desktop shrinker)

MiniScreen temporarily changes your monitor's desktop to any size you
desire, such as the dinky, nine-inch "Classic" monitor.  It is most
excellent for:

o   Software development and localization
o   QuickTime video development
o   Multimedia presentations
o   Game playing
o   Office pranks
o   ...and more.

See the enclosed "About MiniScreen" file for complete documentation.

This demo version of MiniScreen 1.7.2 is fully functional for a reasonable
period of time, after which it will expire.  MiniScreen is $39.95 direct
>From the Morgan Davis Group.  The demo, however, is completely free, so
enjoy it.  Compatible with System 6 and 7.

New in MiniScreen:

o   Uses System 7 icon tools (if running under System 7)
o   More built-in screen settings
o   Uses standard 'pref' type file for Preferences

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/mini-screen-172.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:53:08 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Molecule Library 1.3a

Molecule Library 1.3a by Dean Ellerton - This stack includes the
molecular mass, the molecular formulas, and diagrams of the molecular
structures of 89 molecules. HyperCard 2.x or HyperCard Player
REQUIRED. Shareware: $5.00

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/molecule-library-13a-hc.hqx; 98K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 16:17:19 +0100
From: Olivier Maquelin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MUDDweller 1.2

MUDDweller 1.2

MUDDweller 1.2 is a MUD client for the Macintosh. MUDs (Multi User
Dungeon/Dimension) are multi-user games, usually running on UNIX machines and
accessed through the internet. This program allows you to connect to a MUD,
either with the communication toolbox or with MacTCP. It works roughly like a
terminal emulator, but is line- oriented and offers additional functionality.
Of course, it might also be possible to use this program for other types of
line-oriented communication.

MUDDweller supports multiple sessions, connections with either the
communication toolbox or with MacTCP, a command history and simple file
transfer mechanisms. In version 1.2, the main window is now resizable and
supports more than 32K of word-wrapped text in an arbitrary font and size.
This version also adds support for logging a session to a file and for simple
macros. Macros can be used to automate the login / logout process or to
perform a fixed set of operations when a key is pressed.

-- Olivier

[e-mail] (new address, not sure if it works)
[e-mail] (old address, but should still work)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mud-dweller-12.hqx; 166K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 10:58:23 PST
From: Alex Metcalf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MusicBox XCMD v2.1

MusicBox v2.1 update

Overview:       MusicBox is an external for HyperCard that extends
        the sound capabilities of HyperCard. Using MusicBox,
        you can play multiple sounds simultaneously, fade
        sounds in and out, pause sounds, play large sounds using
        only a small amount of memory, play separate sound
        files, play MOD music files, and more.

Update info:    MusicBox v2.1 adds the ability to play AIFF sound
        files, allowing sound and music to be kept separate
        from the stack. This is useful for those who use large
        sounds (such as sound tracks) but do not want them to
        increase the size of the stack to unmanagable limits.

        MusicBox v2.1 also adds the ability to change the
        volume level at which MOD music files are played. MOD
        file capability was added in version 2.0, allowing users
        to play several minutes of high quality music while
        only using, in general, about 100k of disk space and
        memory. An example is included with MusicBox.

        A small change in version 2.1 now allows users with
        68000 Macs (such as the SE and Classic) to have access
        to a subset of MusicBox's commands, allowing everything
        except the MOD music capabilities.

Availability:   MusicBox v2.1 is available directly from me, the author,
        if you are unable to FTP it from Info-Mac.

Distribution:   MusicBox is shareware, with the shareware fee being 10
        U.K. pounds (about $20 U.S., $25 Canadian). For more
        information, see the MusicBox stack, or contact me
        directly (see below).

Contact:        Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
        [e-mail]

        Fax (UK):               (0570) 45636
        Fax (US / Canada):      011 44 570 45636

[Archived as /info-mac/card/music-box-21.hqx; 265K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 13:05:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Steven Heckler <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] OneNet World 02/94

Hello,

     Attached, please find the Vol. 2, No. 1 issue of OneNet World,
a quarterly publication of the OneNet Member Network.  The OneNet
Member Network is the world's largest graphical user interface-based
distributed online system, linking more than 400 BBSes and well over
a quarter million users in nearly two dozen countries worldwide.

     This latest issue includes a variety of articles which will be
of interest to the online community, including one on the evolving
relationships between the Internet and the OneNet.  In addition, this
issue includes the latest information on connecting to the OneNet,
complete with a GUI-driven system for locating the OneNet Member
BBS nearest you.

     The attached copy of our magazine is a self running application
and will only run on machines which can display at least 16 colors/
shades of gray.  256 colors are strongly recommended.  An archive
containing all the articles as text only will be posted in the next
few days.

                   Steve Heckler
                   OneNet Member Network

[Archived as /info-mac/per/onenet-world-v2-01.hqx; 1224K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:53:17 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] OuterLimits

OuterLimits by Matthew Axson - Finally, a cheat utility for Spectre
Supreme, the awesome tank duel game from Velocity. Customize the
attributes of your tank: shields, ammo, speed. Freeware

Part of the October 1993 Home & School Mac Collection.  StuffIt 3.0 Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/spectre-outer-limits.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 18:20:29 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Espen H. Koht)
Subject: [*] Player Pro 4.15

Here is the latest version of the great MOD player/editor for the Mac.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/player-pro-415.hqx; 314K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 13:41:02 +0300
From: [e-mail] (Akif Eyler)
Subject: [*] setext-viewer-0.3 attached

We have another version of a prototype for reading TidBITS (and
any setext) on unix boxes. The current version needs System 5
and curses library.

**Does not work on a Mac without unix operating system**

This version has its own pager, thus it can accept piped input
>From other programs such as mail or news readers.

Oguz Isikli and Suleyman Karabuk, graduate students at Bilkent
University, worked on the implementation of the program.  The
parsing engine was ported from Easy View and the user interface
was based on unix Gopher client.

The program is open for further development and we expect some
comments (and possibly source code) contributed to the project.

    Instructions for defunking
    --------------------------
    uudecode   sv-03.tar.Z.uue  (this file)
    uncompress sv-03.tar.Z
    tar  -xvf  sv-03.tar
    cd         sv-0.3
    make
    sv         tidbits-214

M. Akif Eyler
Bilkent University
06533 Ankara, Turkey

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/setext-viewer-03-unix.uu; 18K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 13:29:32 +1100 (EST)
From: Hugh Fisher <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] source/C - RegionToRectangles

This is C source code for breaking down a region into
rectangles, plus notes and a sample program to
demonstrate it in action.

Comments welcome: send to [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/region-to-rectangles-c.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 00:46:43 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Tetris Max 2.3

Honorably mentioned in the 1993 MacUser Shareware Awards, favorably
reviewed in numerous books and magazines, guaranteed to get you
addicted... it's Tetris Max! Tetris Max is an outstanding implementation
of the classic game Tetris, featuring beautiful 256-color artwork, an
original music soundtrack, awesome sound effects, and more. Find out why
many people say Tetris Max is the best Tetris they've ever played.
Tetris Max is $10 shareware (free for those people who've paid for
previous versions).

If you enjoy Tetris Max and play it often, PLEASE send in the $10
shareware fee. It is not very much compared to the cost of a commercial
game, and it motivates me to keep improving Tetris Max as well as to
work on new games. By even the most optimistic estimate, less than 2% of
the people who have older versions of Tetris Max have actually sent in
the shareware fee. If you play, please pay.

New in version 2.3:
% works in 16 colors/grays (for powerbooks and others)
% level 10 is now a little tougher
% new "faster left/right motion" option
% background music is selectable from GetFile dialog
% arrow keys can be used
% miscellaneous minor fixes and enhancements

Steve Chamberlin
Log Software
42 Craigie St. #3
Somerville, MA 02143
email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/tetris-max-23.hqx; 1226K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:58:36 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Timothy Larkin)
Subject: [*] The Odyssey

About The Odyssey

    Mac fantasy role-playing! This long neglected genre on our favorite
computer has finally found an entrant. A sophisticated bird's eye
perspective that presents your character's actual view, a unique and
realistic conversation system, and a fast and furious combat system make
this a fascinating gaming experience. The shareware fee is $25.00. A color
Macintosh is required.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/odyssey.hqx; 514K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 20:39:45 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#214/21-Feb-94

TidBITS#214/21-Feb-94

PowerPC information galore this week, including specs on all the
   new machines due out on March 14th, and current Quadra prices
   for those who don't want take the PowerPC plunge. We cover the
   fuss concerning the Clipper chip and provide pointers to all
   sorts of information about it; Dave Thompson of ARPA warns
   about Meeting Maker and On Technology; and we provide a brief
   look at our upcoming books about the Internet and (from Tonya
   Microsoft Word.

Topics:
    MailBITS/21-Feb-94
    Current Quadra Prices
    Caveat Emptor: Meeting Maker
    Electronic Activism: Clipper
    PowerPC Reports Positive
    Power Mac Specs
    Reviews/21-Feb-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-214.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: Mon, 21 Feb 94 20:52:32 MET
From: An Apple a day... 21-Feb-1994 2050 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] USCOLLEGES-IPADDRESSES.SITHQX

[*] US Colleges IP Addresses

Here is the fruit of many mail-calls sent all over the *net communities
asking for pointers to as much US Colleges as possible.
Of course it's freeware and extensions are strongly  encouraged.
Many thanks to Nanda (Cremascoli), an old time friend of mine and an old
time Mac addict as well, for her strong committment to get to this compi
lation.

'hope being useful,
ciao,   Giuseppe Milana
    20059, Vimercate
    Milan -Italy -

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/us-colleges-ip-addresses.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 15:55:27 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Greg Stevenson)
Subject: [*] WordPuzzler

Hey all you WordSearch Puzzle Maniacs!

Well, here is the wordsearch puzzle creator I was talking about!  If you
enjoy the crossword puzzle creator CrossPuzzler, then you'll enjoy
WordPuzzler!  Like CrossPuzzler, WordPuzzler is loaded with all the latest
and greated features.  So check them both out!

WordPuzzler is a new word search puzzle generator that far surpasses
anything on the market.  It will automatically generate a puzzle from a
list of up to 100 words.  All you need to do is provide the words and
clues.  WordPuzzler will print your puzzle in a number of
professional-looking layouts using any Macintosh font.  WordPuzzler will
also export your puzzle to a publishing or drawing program where you can
add your own features.  See also CrossPuzzler.

Greg Stevenson
Computer Science
Iowa State University
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/word-puzzler.hqx; 189K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 09:46:29 MET
From: An Apple a day...  22-Feb-1994 0943 <[e-mail]>
Subject: $99 Mercury Plus 68030 Accelerator

Is this "toy" available on SE platforms? Details welcome!
Ciao, Giuseppe Milana
    Digital SpA
    Milan, Italy

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 07:48:09 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) Can the Mac act as a Go

     (A) Can the Mac act as a Gopher server?
[e-mail] (Julian Dow) asks:

>You know when you use turbo Gopher, and you start a Gopher search by
>clicking on a little Mac icon, and get a dialog box asking to enter a
>keyword? Is the machine at the other end UNIX, PC or Mac? What
software is
>there to do it?

It can be any of the three.  Many Gopher servers are Unix machines (or
a Mac or IBM running their implementation of Unix) because of the
multitasking nature of the Unix OS.  Another power of using Unix is the
ability to build a WAIS index of all the text in all the documents to
allow you full-text search capability.  So you can search what what
documents on the server contain a particular word or phrase.  You can
run a Gopher server under the native Mac OS or even DOS, but it doesn't
allow you WAIS indexing.  A recent version of the Gopher Surfer
application (put out by the Gopher development team at Univ. of
Minnesota;  ftp to boombox.micro.umn.edu: /pub/gopher/mac_server)
*DOES* provide an AppleSearch engine to provide full-text indexing, but
your server needs to be a 68040 CPU with at least 4MB of RAM (these are
AppleSearch requirements) and lots of disk space to hold the index
file.

Besides the Gopher Surfer app for Mac or Unix, there's the old Gopher
Server
(boombox: /pub/gopher/mac_server/old-versions/crusty_old_versions) for
Mac or Unix, Hamburg PC server (boombox: /pub/gopher/PC_server/hamburg)
for DOS or Windows, ka9q (boombox: /pub/gopher/PC_server/ka9q), and
FTPd (a $10 shareware program by Peter Lewis, available at sumex-aim:
info-mac/comm/net/ftpd-220.hqx) which acts as a combination FTP and
Gopher server on the Macintosh.  I believe there's versions of server
software available for OS/2, VAX VMS, IBM VM/CMS & MVS, and even NeXT.
I heard a lot about these when I saw Mark McCahill
([e-mail]), the Gopher project leader, give a talk on
setting up Gopher servers at last fall's NYSERNET conference.

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 07:28:23 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (C) Applications "lost" aft

     (C) Applications "lost" after desktop rebuilt
Bill Brideson <[e-mail]> says:

>>"document can't be opened because the application that created it
can't
>>be found" would appear. This happened with ...
>>
>>once again be automatically located if I moved the application
(program)
>>from the folder it lives in to any other folder ...

and Bill Rausch <[e-mail]> replied:

>I've had this problem, caused by an incomplete (i.e., interrupted)
desktop
>rebuild. The old desktop got erased but the new one was not completely
>built.

I had a similar problem, where when I tried to rebuild my desktop (due
to a suggestion from Mosaic when it couldn't find my newly downloaded
JPegView and Sparkle when I clicked on some hyperlinks in a WWW doc),
it completely rebuilt the desktop on my 230MB internal drive, but got
hung on my 100MB external GCC Ultradrive.  When I rebooted, all my apps
had generic icons.  I used TechTool to erase my desktops from both
drives, and rebooted.  Both desktops rebuilt beautifully and all my
icons came back.  Get it from sumex:
info-mac/cfg/tech-tool-102.hqx.  Hope this helps!!  :-)

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:10:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Computer Scientist/Forensic Chemist For Hire.. Avail 05/30/94"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) 720K - 800K disk format problems?

Hi All --

We have a lab full of macs ranging from MacSE/30's to Centris 610s
running Sys 7.1.  We are thinking of installing the Hardware System
Update 720K diskette formatter extension.

Often the users in our lab are perplexed by the "one sided" or "two
sided" options when formatting mac disks. All but too often they choose
the one sided format which of course can really be a mess when using
sys 7.1 [writing to disk, etc]

My question is this:

What is the difference between the 720K disk format and an 800K disk
format? (other than the obvious 80K difference :^))

Also, would a user who had a diskette formatted here at 720K have a
problem if they took a disk with that format back to their Mac at home,
if their mac is running sys 6.0.x?  How far back would such a format be
supported? [Mac 512K, Plus]?

  Joshua
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 11:35:26 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Adaptor for Sony 1430 monitor

  I received two replies even before my post appeared in
comp.sys.mac.digest. TMACSTD is in fact the adapter normally supplied by
Sony, and it emulates a Mac 13" monitor.  Adapters for other modes are:

     VGA is 60hz 640x480  (MACLC6VGA)
      Mac13" is 67hz 640x480  (TMACSTD)
    SVGA is 56hz 800x600  (MACLC6VGA)
      Mac16" is 75hz 832x624  (TQUA16)

  I'm told that CompUSA or other accesory shops carry these adapters.

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

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 13:45:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: ANSI Color TERM

Hi ladies/gentlemen/other,
  I am in need of an ANSI color terminal program so that a friend of mine
can use the "snazzy" PC boards that are all ANSI...okay, so maybe they
aren't that
snazzy...but I would still like to find one for him. All he wants is color,
graphics, and shareware - or at least cheap commercial ware.
 Thanks in advance!
Timothy Colson

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 14:23:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "CHARLIE SPANN :*)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple fonts under system 7.1

Hello Mac Users
 I was hoping that someone might have a clue as to how fonts should be
organized under system 7.1. Do I need to organize all of my fonts within
suitcases? If so, how are they to be arragnged and how do you make new
suitcases? Should I look into a font manager, or are they more trouble than
they are worth?

Also, if I am looking to increase printing speed, what factors must I
consider?
what roles do the following play in printing?
    1) computer available RAM
    2) printer RAM
    3) type of cable being used (ethernet vs. localtalk)
    4) how my fonts are arranged
    5) how similar the computers within a network are
        (i.e. what system they  run on and how much memory they have)

I have two macintosh printing networks which run through localtalk. Since the
networks have been established, printing has been taking literally forever.
What kind of performance can I expect from local talk? What should I do to make
sure that it is running at top performance.

Any input will be helpful, even to just recommend a good book or training
course. Thanks in advance for everything.


Charlie Spann
[e-mail]

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Date: 22 Feb 94 17:47:37 EST
From: Ric Ford <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Phone author (A)

>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 16:51:53 +0200
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Apple phone author (q)

Does anyone know the address of Jeff Boone the author of Apple phone 1.0?
I would like to get in touch with him concerning improvements to his
application.

Thanks, David<<

Jeff Boone is on sabbatical from Apple, working on his multi-track digital
audio recorder application for AV Macs. You should be able to reach him at
[e-mail] or [e-mail].

Ric

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 12:58:12 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: AppleTalk a'la serial cable

Since this may be of interest to other Mac enthusiasts, I am cc'ing my reply
back to Info-Mac.

>>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?

Yup. Using a plain vanilla printer cable, you can trick both Macs into swearing
they're connected to an AppleTalk network, and thus enable filesharing between
them. Might not be as blazing-fast as a direct SCSI transfer*, but it sure
beats
transfering by diskettes, especially when the files involved don't fit in one.

This trick also allows you to print on a LaserWriter without having to have two
AppleTalk boxes. That way, if you're going to be using an AppleTalk printer
from
only one Mac, you can avoid having to buy the AT boxes.

Cheers,

Juan

* Direct SCSI transfer is only possible between a PowerBook with a special
HDI30
cable and another Mac ! Connecting two regular Macs with a SCSI cable will NOT
work.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 12:03:38 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AppleTalk a'la serial cable

  Thanks for the info.  I remember the first time I set up file sharing
on the Macs in my office (Appletalk network for printer already in
place).  No manuals, no instructions, nothing.  Just system 7, a few
minutes of playing around, and voila! LAN for no extra cost!
  Here's hoping that Apple survives and prospers in the years to come
despite the Intel/Microsoft camp's naysayers.

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

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 09:45:24 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Vinko Tsui [phone])
Subject: AppleTalk a'la serial cable (R)

>>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,

You're not faking anything with a printer cable connected to the serial
port of your two Macs. In fact you are setting up the smallest possible
AppleTalk network via LocalTalk cabling.

I hope this clears things up for you. Please let me know if you have any
more questions.

-- Vinko


Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 10:15:26 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Apple Updates

Just FYI:

For those of you who like to live on the bleedin' edge, the newest releases
of the Network Software Installer (1.4.2) and the Macintosh CD-ROM Setup
(5.0) are out on ftp.apple.com (rummage around in /dts/mac/sys.soft).

The Network installer updates a whole bunch of things, including the
drivers on all Apple ethernet cards and built-in ethernet on those
fortunates with them newfangled Quadras...;-)  It also updates AppleTalk to
58.1.2.

The new CD-ROM drivers apparently work on most, if not all, Apple drives
(tried it on a 660av and an "ancient" IIvx, both with internal drives).
There's no more fast/slow control panel. The CD Remote DA is also gone, and
is replaced with "AppleCD Audio Player", which comes with a snazzy icon and
a REALLY COOL "front panel" that finally looks like a CD player !

Check it out !

JMC

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 15:58 GMT0
From: Pindar Infotek Ltd <[e-mail]>
Subject: Application 'unknown' messa

>From Pindar user Ian McCall

Subject: _Application 'unknown' message
Hello.

When an error occcurs, the vast majority of programs seem to crash
out saying "application 'unknown' has quit because an error of type
whatever occurred". How can I change that so the Finder actually
knows which application has quit?


Cheers,
     Ian



---
Please make 'Attn:<space>Ian McCall' the first line of your reply
(not the subject) to ensure automatic forwarding to the correct
Pindar user.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:07:31 +0000
From: VAXtinez <[e-mail]>
Subject: Application Startup in order

I'm looking for a Startup application to control the order in the Mac start
up. I want some applications be started before others, in example,
InterSLIP must be started completed before Eudora begins to run.

Thanks in advance.

Alberto Martinez Uriarte              E-mail:
Departamento TECNICO                  [e-mail]
Spritel                               [e-mail]
Parque Tecnologico Edifico 103        Tfno.: [phone]
E-48016 ZAMUDIO (Bizkaia)             Fax.:  [phone]
Spain

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 12:37:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Veenker <[e-mail]>
Subject: APS (darn it anyway)

I promised myself I wouldn't respond to any of the messages concerning
this subject, but since I seemed to have elicited such an emotional
response from so many, here goes...

One person said my attitude is what's wrong with this country (too many
lawyers, too many frivolous lawsuits). My attitude is NOT what's wrong,
it's what's RIGHT. Here's why:

I believe that people should be self-policing. People don't need lawyers
to solve their problems, all they need is themselves. An example: I am a
strong supporter of the Second Amendment. In order to preserve that right,
I keep in contact with my like-minded friends as to what politicians are
doing. If I don't like what they're doing, I pass the information along,
and then I don't vote for them. Easy, huh?

I hope you see the analogy I am trying to illustrate. I am glad that Mark
posted his original message about APS' "misprint" because now I can
expect that behavior from them. Do I need a lawyer to help me with this
problem? No. I'll just pass the information along, and then don't buy
>From them.

The same person said that maybe I am just more suspicious than he. True.
I am. There are a lot of sneaky tricks being pulled in the PC mail-order
industry. If this was a misprint, no harm done. If it were meant to
mislead, what "misprints" will we see next month? Do you want the Mac
mail-order industry to be just as bad as the PC's? Personally, I LIKE
being able to trust the companies that I order from. Will I be able to do
that in the future?

What got me riled was APS' response. If APS really wanted to help Mark,
they could have just honored the price they advertised, rather than
insult him with the offer of a free one as if he were a crying baby.

I think Mark did the right thing by bringing it to us. That way we all
know of questionable practices made by certain companies. If nothing, it
will keep APS honest in the future (not necessarily implying that they
aren't now). Companies who may want to indulge in dishonest practices
will now be cautious because they know we aren't afraid to discuss such
things. Self-policing works and we all win.

As far as the legal issues go, I never said that what APS did was
illegal, I only said it was wrong.

As far as me being perfect, I never said I was perfect, and never
implied that APS be perfect either. My point is how do we deal with it
when we are imperfect? I know what *I* would do. ( I think I would do
everything possible to reasonably ACCOMMODATE my customers)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^

I hope that clears things up (if you made it down this far in the letter,
that is :)    ).

Brian Veenker


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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 09:28:50 EST
From: [e-mail] (Robert L. Frost)
Subject: a simple text-based data base?

I can't believe that after so many years on Macs, all of them taking notes
and writing academic stuff, I still haven't found a decent database program
for handling keyword-referenced notecard-type info. I took about 3 megs
worth of notes in Word and transferred most of them into EndNote, only to
find that EndNote is impossibly slow in opening the window containing the
actual notes. (Evidently, it has to calculate line lengths or some such in
order to display). EndNote seemed fine until this problem (which seemed to
grow as the size of the datafile grew) rendered it useless.

I've tried others. I took a long look at Academic Data Manager, for
example, which is great, except: 1. I despise HyperCard and its lugubrious
pace, 2. I can only view one "notes" field at a time, 3. the notes field
sits immovably mid-screen. I looked at psi 2.3, but it's not 32-bit clean.
Tried Re(ve)lations, but it's inappropriate. I even used Factfinder (a
long-dead app), but its filesize maxxes out at 1 meg--and it's undocumented
that it does so! I've even contemplated MS File.

Is it so complicated to write the simple sort of database handler I'm
imagining? Has anybody done it? It requires only 4 fields: formatted
reference, ref number, keywords, and notes. Boolean-searchable keywords,
multiple (& moveable) note windows, etc. At this point, I'd pay handsomely
if one of the myriad commercial packages would do such an undemanding set
of tasks (what? no pictures or sounds to file? no lengthy statistical
possibilities among variables?).

Can anybody help me out here?

Thanks in advance.

Bob Frost, History Dept, SUNY-Albany

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 03:29:14 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Richard S Sucgang)
Subject: ATM and Sys 7.1

>Richard S Sucgang ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: I am not sure if this is in a FAQ:
>: Can someone please e-mail me the instructions to
>: ResEdit twiddle ATM v2 to work with the new
>: Fonts folder architecture of Sys 7.1?
>
>... or you could send Adobe $7.50 S&H for version 3.6.

Just so people don't misunderstand:

It is not that I need to get ATM v2 to work with Sys 7.1 -
I wanted to study the instructions as an exercise in using
ResEdit, and how resources point to particular system files.

Sorry for the rather brief request. I am still in need of these
instructions, and all help would be greatly appreciated.

-rich

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 11:59:03 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Belgian Mac models --- the Potemkin series

Dear Netters,

I have been reading all sorts of horror stories on US customer service for
Macintosh aficionados. Well guys, they truly ain't up to snuff. Here in
Belgium people are so dedicated they believe even Apple's huge gamma of
Macintosh products is not enough of a choice for the customer, and they
have invented a new range of models: the Potemkin series. These models
parallel existing ones --- big chance the average Belgian corporate
customer wouldn't be able to tell the difference -- with the added bonus
that they are absolutely crash-proof: no known piece of software will
_ever_ cause the infamous bomb. The secret? Well, you take, say, a
Macintosh IIci, take out the motherboard, close the case, and... you have a
Mac Potemkin IIci!

Disclaimer: no, this is NOT a Purim joke, and it's too early for April 1st.
A particularly notorious (and deservedly Chapter 11) Apple reseller
actually committed this feat of kamikaze marketing in a desperate attempt
to pretend Apple still shipped them something. The only added flavoring was
the model name.

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Date: Tuesday, 22 Feb 1994 10:58 CST
From: Joel Cunningham <[e-mail]>
Subject: CD-Rom 5.0 *is* at ftp.apple.com

Yup, it's there...

 ...as dts/mac/sys.soft/cdrom/macintosh-cd-rom-setup.hqx
                                    n.
    486896 bytes, date 2/16.


                  - Joel Cunningham
                    [e-mail]
                    Cunningham.J  (GEnie)
                    Joel4C        (AOL)

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:40:55 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CD-ROM v5 on ftp.apple.com (A)

Just a note to let you all know about the CD-ROM v5 installer.
Apparently, it's finally on ftp.apple.com.

Having read the comments from the magnanimous Al Bloom, and the
elusive Fabrizio, I checked usenet c.s.m.system to find the
ftp site name where I snagged a copy of CD-ROM v5 last week.
(THANK YOU to Rajiv A. Manglani who put this up for a short
while on his own ftp'able Mac!)

Rajiv's note was gone, but I saw a reply from Bob Knowlden, of
MIT, indicating that:

> BTW, CD Rom setup 5.0 was placed on ftp.apple.com today (2/16) in
> /dts/mac/sys.soft/cdrom (I hope I have that right).
> The Network Software Installer 1.4.2 was posted 2/14.

Maybe instead of asking "What's on your PowerBook?"  Appple should
ask themselves, "What's on our FTP server?"  ;-))

You've heard it before, but the new AppleCD Audio Player is VERY
NICE.  Despite the delay in getting it, I must say that it was
worth the wait, and I recommend you rush out and  buy a CD 300i at
your earliest convenience.  Email me if you need help installing
it in a Q950.  ;-)

--Brian Pickerill  <[e-mail]> Ball State University

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 10:15:22 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Chat 2.0

Just wanted to let you know that Chat 2.0 refuses to run on the following
environment:

* PowerBook 180, with 10MB RAM
* System 7.1 US w/System Update 2.0.1 and Network Software Updt. 1.4.2 applied
* MacTCP 2.0.4

The application consistently crashes the system with an 11 error code
(according
to my copy of System Errors, this is a "miscellaneous hardware exception
error"). I tried running it both in my standard configuration (with a large
bunch of system extensions), a reduced extension set (running only the standard
PowerBook extensions that come with the system) and a minimum extension set
(only MacTCP, which seems to be indispensable... ;-) ), all with the same
code-11 result.

All crashes ended in a bomb alert, and required a total restart; in other
words,
a real honest-to-goodness hard crash, not just a wimpy "The application
so-and-so quit unexpectedly 'cause it didn't like the interior decor...".

Hopefully, this won't require too much effort to correct. After reading your
documentation, I was really eager to try it out... :-(

Cheers,

Juan

---
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Tech. Supp. / Queretaro Campus                 [e-mail]
Monterrey Institute of Technology   Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 10:44:05 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: COMPUTER & HEALTH (C)

On Thu, 10 Feb 94 22:20:11 EST, we were told by the Computer User Family
(CUF) <[e-mail]> that:

>Video Display Terminals, emit UV and ELF
>radiation and may cause cancer, immune system irregularities, miscarriages
>and eye fatigue.

It should be pointed out that, with the sole exception of eye fatigue,
these allegations are groundless.  There is no convincing evidence in
support of such claims, and very strong evidence AGAINST them.  In
particular, the common ambiient electromagnetic fields (ELF), due to
powerlines, houshold appliances, etc., are unlikely to have any biological
effects at all.  This is because forces that they can exert withing a body
are smaller than thermal noise.  The well-known physicist R.K.Adair has
refuted these alarmist claims about ELFs.  (See PHYSICS AND SOCIETY,
vol.21,no.1, Jan.1992, published by the American Physical Society.)

The other suggestions in the CUF article, about using proper illumination
and positioning your equipment appropriately, were just good common sense.
But the allegations about cancer, immune system irregularities, and
miscarriages are irresponsible and unfounded.

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Date: 22 Feb 94 17:48:08 EST
From: Ric Ford <[e-mail]>
Subject: database

An excellent freeware database for the Mac is Retriever Lite. It was once a
commercial product, and it's high-quality stuff.

Ric

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:07:41 +0100
From: [e-mail] (E Hoenkamp)
Subject: Duo question (Q)

1. I want to install a HD in my dock, start up from it when the PB is
docked, and from the HD in the PB when not. (I'll have a system folder on
both). How?
2. If this can be done, can I spin down the HD in the powerbook when docked?
Edward.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 05:12:03 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere?

The ":" char is the equivalent of the "\" char in dos and the "/" in *nix.
That's why the Finder doesn't accept it in file names.
About the comment I believe that, since it's stored in the same place (I forgot
the name of the structure, something like FileInfoBlock...) it may retain the
same limitation not to confuse the Finder...just my opinion

    Paolo

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 09:45:50 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere?

It really seems that the Finder traps all the way to write a colon: I tried by
copying the char from the Clavier oops, the Keyboard CP and pasting it in a
filename or Info box, but I still get a dash (an hyphen)...
Never noticed before, thanx Mijnheer Reinder..

    Paolo

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 16:13:52 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mark Nutter, Apple Support" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Five beeps?

My Quadra 660AV has a ton of extensions/cp's/inits/whatever, so this is
probably some kind of a conflict, and I'm working on identifying exactly what,
but the symptoms strike me as unusual:  I run about 8 apps at startup time, and
I can switch to those apps, and I can also start new apps by selecting them
>From the Apple menu, but if I select any other Finder menu item (e.g. Restart,
Empty Trash, etc.) all I get is 5 beeps in a row.  Anybody else ever see this?

Mark Nutter, [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 14:01:05 +0100
From: "'CARLOS ENRIQUE RUBIO NAVARRO'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HELP

Date : 22 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.

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 12:43:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bob Durst)
Subject: Help - reformat recovery

Are there any programs/utilities that are capable of reading disk blocks,
and then writing the contents (text) out to a file?

I have a HD volume that I accidentally (read-stupidly) reformatted while in
the process of backing up. I have been unable to recover using Norton or
MacTools. Using either of those programs Disk Edit features, I can see disk
blocks containing text that I would really like to recover, but can't (or
don't know how) using either program.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.


-Bob D.

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Date: 21 Feb 1994 20:51:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Bob Durst)
Subject: Help - reformat recovery

Are there any programs/utilities that are capable of reading disk
blocks, and then writing the contents (text) out to a file?

I have a HD volume that I accidentally (read-stupidly :-( ) reformatted
while in the process of backing up. I have been unable to recover using
Norton or MacTools. Using either of those programs Disk Edit features,
I can see disk blocks containing text that I would really like to
recover, but can't (or don't know how) using either program.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 22:33:14 +1100 (EST)
From: Pat Kelly <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help for Network Problem

Help Please!

I have a friend that brings his LC111 around home from time to time and he
connects to my ethernet (and previously my localtalk) network. Whilst at my
place he connects to and uses my LW 630.
In every case, when he returns home and connects to his Personal Laserwriter
NT,
he is unable to access the Laserwriter. He is using Laserwriter v8.1.1.

It is visible in the Chooser but setup will not find it! When you get info on
the printer (through the chooser Setup), it states that the printer is in my
zone instead of * (the default zone)! This can be cured by reinstalling the
Laserwriter but for the life of me I can't figure why it happens.

Based on some problem behaviour we have experienced on networks that include
the
Personal Laserwriter NT, it has been suggested to me that the printer may be
the
source of the problem - something to do with the "seeding" of the network.


Can anyone please explain or offer a suggestion.

Regards
Pat Kelly
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:50:54 -0500
From: "Ed Ver Hoef"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do you set default margins in Word 5.1 (A)

Open a blank document.  Select "Document" under "Format" menu.  Set left and
right margins to desired value and click on "Use as Default" button.  The
current and future documents will have the new margins.  (See page 198 in
User's
Guide)

Ed Ver Hoef

Ed Ver Hoef   (703) 818 - 4534
[e-mail]
GTE Federal Systems Division
15000 Conference Center Drive
Chantilly VA 22021

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 08:25:09 PST
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey A. Hallett)
Subject: Humbly Request Info

I bow my head in abject humility and ask a simple question -- could someone
explain what Applescript it and where to get it?  I changed jobs mid-last
year and that cost me my Mac-related info feeds for a couple of months.
By the time they were reestablished, Applescript was already common
knowledge and no one talked much about the basics of it anymore.

I appreciate  basic stuff like what good is it, what applications work with it,
how much it costs,   you know, things like that.

Thanks

Jeff Hallett

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 18:57:35 PST
From: "Harry Myhre" <[e-mail]>
Subject: info-mac submission

The free computer Magazine "MicroTimes" (distributed in S.F. Bay Area and
Southern California) headline article in the current issue is about General
Magic. Interviews with Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld and Joanna Hoffman.

---
* |_| |\/|  Harry Myhre <[e-mail]>
  | | |  |

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 10:36:07 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LW Select 360 Specs?

     LW Select 360 Specs?
Did anyone out there buy one of these printers when they first came out
back in December?  Did anyone get the spec sheets when this was first
introduced?  I had a spec sheet that our local Apple Higher Ed rep gave
me in Dec., but I can't find it.  I know the current specs are
published in paper form and gopherized, but I'm trying to find out if
the specs were changed since the LW Select 360 intro.  Specifically,
I'm trying to find the original specs on paper handling (as per what
stock is supported).  I was sure that the original specs said up to
32lb stock, and this was one of the reasons I recommended it to an
office that print out certificates.  Now they're having problems with
the printer jamming, and I'm doubting my sanity now.  Current specs
only say up to 28lb stock.  Anyone?

I'm sending this to several lists, so sorry for any duplication.

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 08:57:32 EST
From: Jerry Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: Maxima and RAM Doubler

Re recent questions about using Maxima and RAM Doubler -- I dunno, but
here's an excerpt from Connextix's press release that seems to imply so.
They say "available March 1994".

"SAN MATEO, Calif., USA, December 12, 1993 -- Connectix Corporation
today announced RAM Doubler....
    In related news, Connectix will combine its new RAM doubling
technology with Maxima, its popular RAM disk utility, to provide a
double-sized RAM disk. Ideal for PowerBook users, Maxima 3.0 will pr
ovide increased RAM disk capacity and will extend battery life. Maxima's
non-volatile RAM disk which survives Shutdowns can also be backed up on
command or during any idle time. Maxima will also now include an
AutoSetup function to simplify the creation of the RAM disk. It
automatically creates a RAM disk with users' favorite applications and a
System Folder so the RAM disk can be used as a startup disk.
    Like RAM Doubler, Maxima will be priced at $99 and will be available
worldwide. Registered Maxima users can purchase the upgrade for $19.95.
Users who purchase retail copies of Maxima after January 1, 1994 are
entitled to a free upgrade to Maxima 3.0."

You can e-mail to [e-mail] for more info on this and their
half-price offer.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 08:54:05 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: microsoft quick basic and system 7 (R)

Dvorah Weisman asked:

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

Quick Basic 1.0 will not operate under System 7, so your user is correct.
Fortunately, there is a patch (or upgrade--I forget which) that allows
Quick Basic to operate under System 7.  There are no new features in
the upgrade, just the ability to operate under System 7.

Microsoft, I believe, will send the patch/upgrade out without charge
to registered users who request it.

Regards,

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 18:30:09 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Robert Ley)
Subject: MIME encode/decode on Pine Mailer

Yo, netters...

I connect to the server at International Internet Association via 14.4
PowerPort using ZTerm or SITcomm.  There are only two mailers that
allow you send "attached" files, usually binhexed stuff, Elm and Pine.
Elm seems user-hostile.  Pine is user-friendly.  But Pine converts all
my binhexed files for transfer to MIME format. When I download a file
>From my own workspace (that I've put there in advance)...all is as I
sent it..xxx.sit.hqx  and after retrieval, unbinhexes and unstuffs
just fine.  The files are MIME-encoded after transmittal and must be
(I suppose) de-MIMEd before they are usable on the Mac.  I've read the
MIME FAQs and it seems like it wants to be a cool protocol...feature
rich and stuff like that.

Question #1:  How can I "turn off" MIME encoding on the Pine mailer?

Question #2:  Anyone know of a Mac MIME encoder/decoder?

that's it...
Laters,
Dr. PunchClock
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 09:19:10 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bill Barnett-Interdepartmental Labs)
Subject: Modems with RJ-45s

Tom Scott(?) wrote:

>>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.

Kee Nethery replied:

>reply was, get an analog phone line for your modem. Do not go through the
>digital PBX.
>.....(more besides)

    We have 6 wire 'silver satin' cord that connects digital phones
(with modems) to our Northern Telecom Meridian PBX switch; the phones
purportedly can do data and 19.2 simultaneously and connect to computers
via a RS-232.  We also want to set up dial-in access from outside (for
which analog lines would obviously be easier) to our ethernet network so
staff can dial-in from home.  Another great thing would be to allow some
connectivity from these internal modems to our network so people internally
with phones but no hard wire connection could also access the system.
After all, that's what it was designed for.
    Problem is: the PBX does continuous polling, which means it sends a
polling signal out every second to all digital modems, which means if you
hook your modem up to your computer, the computer software hangs.  Northern
Telecom has told us 'it's not our problem our digital modems can't talk to
computers - it's yours' which I find offensive.
    Questions:
    Should I bother to buy a Northern Telecom Data Access Card (which
Nethery warns will be expensive) that would give me 6 ports (as DCE or DTE
devices) to a dial-in router or would that be just throwing good money
after bad?
    An recommendations for dial-in routers or other devices that can
sit on the ethernet network (TCP/IP) and negotiate multiple (up to 16)
simultaneous dial-in sessions?  If we're going analog, we would like to buy
in at at least 28.8kbps/port.
    Also the security aspects Nethery cites also concern us greatly.

    Many thanks for your help.
-Bill Barnett ([e-mail])  American Museum of Natural History, NY

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 15:09:26 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: MS Word and PB RAM disk (Q)

Okay, all you Mobile Mac-ers out there,

I know that setting up a RAM disk and put the file and programs that one
works with in it will extend the battery life when operating without the
electric umbilical cord. However, I am a bit baffled when it come to MS
Word. I can't quite spare enough RAM to fit the entire installation directory
for Word (and a document or two) on the RAM disk. When I put just the program
there it still goes back to the hard disk quite often. So my question is
this..

Does anyone out there have an optimal combination of MS-Word files that they
move to the RAM disk to minimize how often the hard disk is spun up? I have
no problem if it goes to the disk to do spell checks and such but I would
rather avoid it when using styles and so on.

As an aside, is there an easy way to automate the process of moving stuff on
to the RAM disk at the start of a session?

BTW, please don't tell me to use another word processor. I don't want to
debate the merits of one over the other and even if you did convince me that
there was a better option, I am locked in by the organization as to which
I can use.

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

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 08:55:52 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: My command-Q can't quit application any more (R)

 > 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.

Is it possible that someone has a QuicKey (or other macro program)
configured to use command-Q for something else?  It's easy to do this
and the macro will override the commands for applications and the
Finder.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 22:33:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (A. Tim Royappa)
Subject: NCSA Mosaic Documentation - Where?

I downloaded NCSA Mosaic the other day but found no documentation
with it. Is there a site where I can get it by anonymous ftp? Pls
email me directly, if possible. Thanks,

-Tim Royappa
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 00:12:09 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jay Handel)
Subject: New Apple CD-ROM Extension - Too Much!

I have just installed Apple's new CD-ROM Setup (version 5.0) on my Centris
650.
Behold ... a small miracle!  I can now play Audio CDs on my Macintosh.  I
have several CDs but no CD player (yet), so this is a welcome development
... I think.

Since my machine has an AppleCD 300i, and the "Read Me" file on the new
CD-ROM setup refers to the AppleCD 300 Plus, I have no idea whether I
should be using this software or not.  (Apple's Read Me doesn't say.)

Will some kind soul please set the "record" straight?

And here's hoping ...  8^)


--
Jay Handel
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 11:05:29 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Vinko Tsui [phone])
Subject: Newsgroup for Macs (R)

>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,

The news group you want is "comp.sys.mac.portables".

-- Vinko

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 22:22:47 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: nmr programs

We use WinNMR from Bruker, for the plotting of (1D only) nmr spectra on our
macs and importation into word processors etc.  Apparently the PC version
does  a lot more than the Mac version.  (note the name, _WIN_nmr and you'll
get some idea of its roots).  We also use Fetch to get the files from the
spectrometer to the mac via ethernet, no problrm there.  You must have a
mac with a math coprocessor for the program to run well, as the Fourier
transform routine takes eons without one.  Note that macs with the 68LC040
are not good enough for these tasks, they lack the math coprocessor, and
even with the latest pseudu-fpu installed, they just can't hack it.  Bruker
are working on a fully functional version of UXNMR for Mac, that will run
under A/UX, but this may be some time off.

Note that none of the above applies if you are using Varian spectrometers,
ot any other type.  If you find out more about MacNMR II've never heard of
it), send me an email, and tell me how it works.

Martin Stoermer,
Centre for Drug Design and Development, Uinversity of Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 15:30:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Vladimir A. Butenko" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PortShare Pro 2.0 Demo problem (Q)

On Sun, 20 Feb 1994, Li-Hsiang Tu wrote:

> 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?
First, check that your AppleTalk network works - can you access other
servers (AppleShare, Printers, etc)?
Second, make sure that AppleTalk is on and the proper netwrok connection is
selected. Again, if you have any other network service running on the
server computer, the best thing to do is to check that that service can
be accessed from your client computer (FileSharing, for example).

Third, just call 800-262-4722, or 415 927 1026.

Vladimir Butenko                     [phone]
Stalker Software, Inc.           fax [phone]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 11:06:48 gmt
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: pov raytracer

Can anyone help ?

version 2.2 of the suberb Persistance of Vision raytracer for the mac
is on alfred.ccs.carleton.ca

the bad news is that the files are not binhexed, and don't appear
to be MacBinary so I can't get them

i know i must be making an obvious mistake, but can someone who knows
what they are doing get the application files, documentation and
sample files and post them to sumex or umich please

also can someone tell me what i am doing wrong !!!!

thanks in advance

Mark Elliott
Loughborough University

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 13:09:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jay L. Cross)
Subject: Problems with SITcomm (summary)

My "Problems with SITcomm" posting in Info-Mac 24 generated a surprising
number of responses.  Most pointed out that many of the items I listed are
*not* problems with SITcomm itself, but rather are deficiencies or
"features" of the comm toolbox or the various tools themselves.

The most important of the issues, to me, is the lack of background dialing
(SITcomm must be the frontmost application in order to dial).  Several
people stated this was a comm toolbox problem, or a connection tool problem
(using the Apple Modem Tool).  Interestingly, Brian Amira
<[e-mail]> says his copy of SITcomm dials just fine in the
background, and wonders why "the rest of us" are having problems.  My
version of the AMT, included with SITcomm, is 1.5.  I believe this is the
latest.  On the advice of several who responded, I got the Hayes Modem Tool
(version 1.02), which solved the problem for me (so, it is evidently not
the CTB, but the AMT that is the culprit, yes?).  The Hayes tool also is
much smaller, and faster than the AMT at initializing and resetting the
modem.  I haven't discovered any *serious* problems with it thus far.

Most who responded touted the advantages of AppleScript as a tool for
creating "macros", and suggested some of the many ways of obtaining it.
Since my posting, I've got my copy of HyperCard 2.2 from APDA, which
includes AppleScript, so I'll check it out when time permits.

It is clear from the comments of several respondents that a more thorough
understanding of the comm toolbox would have lead me to complain more about
it and less about SITcomm (example - if you want to "talk" directly to the
modem, use the serial tool).  My apologies to Aladdin Systems.  There is a
lot to like about SITcomm, but that wasn't the point of my questions.

The remaining problems (handling of sound, slow notepad, lack of a "true"
ANSI tool) are nonetheless real, no matter what "component" of the overall
SITcomm/comm toolbox/connection tools are at fault.

Thank you to (in no particular order): Mike Cohen ([e-mail]),  Kiran
Wagle ([e-mail]),  Brian Hall ([e-mail]), Brian Amira
([e-mail]),  Bill Rauscht ([e-mail]),  Rob Levandowski
([e-mail]),  Adam C. Engst ([e-mail]), and
any others I may have missed :-).


--
     Jay Cross      CROSS Resources     [phone]
  [e-mail]   [e-mail]
    HyperCard development, Macintosh user training, DTP

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 12:05:39 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Problem with Voice Waker module on After Dark

The Voice Waker module for After Dark is really cool, but I think it
messes up the system a little. My friend and I have both experienced problems
executing the Restart and Shut Down commands while the module is loaded.
Essentially, the computer hangs (no disk activity) for >10 seconds before
performing the command.

Has anyone else experienced this? I haven't examined this problem on any
other computers. FYI, my friend has a Duo 230 and I have a Centris 610, and
both are running RAM Doubler, among other extensions.



                  ~  Jason Y. Kim  ~
                     ~=@=~

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:34:47 -0600 (CST)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime v2.0

Greetings, all!

I just read a press release recently (I think on AOL, but I'm not sure!)
that Apple will be releasing QT v2.0 sometime this year.  Anyone have any
more details?

Will this thing run with decent speed on a 5MB/1MBVRAM IIvx?

Is this going to be the base version of QT on the PPC Machines?

Are there any new specific whiz-bang, knock-out, super-duper features?

You get the picture...

Thanks a lot!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 10:30:16 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Vellek <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAMDoubler

Okay, this works great on my IIsi, but after installing it, I started
noticing finder problems. I have FAXstf 3.0 and ARA on the machine, and
all or a sudden, after installing RAMDoubler, I would get "Unimplemented
Trap" errors with a forced restart when ever I would hit my "hot-key" to
activate the FAX software. Reinstalled FAXstf 3.0 and all was well. Then I
tried to connect to my office computer with ARA and it says it wasn't
installed correctly and I needed to reinstall it. Did and it now works.
Never had any problems with these activities before, and RAMDoubler is the
only thing I've changed. Any ideas?

Mac IIsi 9/40 w/ FPU NuBus card

Mark Vellek
Columbia, MO

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:31:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Security of Mac Data (A)

I use Secure for encryption. Secure was a component of the MacTools Deluxe
package, since superseded by MacTools II. Secure was dropped from the
latter. The rumor on the net was that the encryption algorithms Central
Point was using were so advanced that the government objected to the
program being exported and rather than go to the hassle of making two
different packages, CP just dropped it. I gather Secure has since appeared
in various places for downloading - CP doesn't seem to care. I think it
used to be available by ftp from either rascal (rascal.ics.utexas.edu) or
umich (mac.archive.umich.edu).

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 09:18:48 -0600 (CST)
From: Eric Durbrow <[e-mail]>
Subject: Silicon Sports (Wetsuit) phone number?

Could someone give me the number for Silicon Sports, the makers of the
Wetsuit 5.0 for the Duo? I tried all the mail-order companies and Apple
and could not get the number. Thanks much in advance.

Eric Durbrow
Dept of Anthropology
University of Missouri-Columbia

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 09:35:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Norm Friedman)
Subject: StyleWriter II

Hi again,
Never have received any answers - Yes, No, or Maybe to the question-- is
there anyway that the SW II will print back to front? Last page out first
so that I do not have to re-order the pages after printing?
Thanks  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 19:37 PST
From: [e-mail] (Robert L. McMillin)
Subject: The decline and fall of the Macintosh software base

Various people have expressed their dismay at the proliferation of
Macintoshes (as well as the various Toolkits) as a causative factor in
broken Mac software.  This seems to be having a cascade effect: more Mac
models means more compatibility testing and more expense before release,
with the net result that fewer people bother to write code that will
work on all models.  While the story I'm about to tell you isn't a huge
catastrophe (say, the significant failure of a Microsoft or Claris
release), it *is* of interest to me -- and anyone else dealing with the
company I'm about to mention.

I recently purchased a copy of Address Book Plus, a bit of mailing list
management software.  Now, I have a Centris 660AV.  Most of you probably
have heard tales of woe from various parties who have bought this
machine; this is one of them.  Needless to say, Address Book Plus breaks
periodically, usually in a very inconvenient way -- like when you're
entering names into the database.  I contacted the company that makes
this software, Power Up in San Mateo.  The response I got back was this:

    February 3, 1994

    Robert MacMillan

[Address deleted.  She couldn't, apparently, be bothered to spell my
name properly, either.]

    Thank you for your letter with questions concerning Address Book
    for Macintosh.  At this time we do not have plans to update the
    program. ...

    Sincerely,

    <signed> Renee Pouvreau
    Power Up Customer Service

That's it!  !No mas!  No, "We're sorry our software doesn't work with
the 660AV.  We're working on a revision that will fix this...."  Now,
I'm speculating, of course, but it occurs to me that several things are
going on here, none of them good for the Mac community:

(1) The complexity and cost of bringing Mac software to market just
isn't worth it anymore.  Lower tier companies like Power Up (which, for
all I know, is a storefront for software actually written in India) are
giving up to focus on the wider and more lucrative Intel market.

(2) Power Up doesn't give a damn about taking care of its Mac customers.
This may be indicative of a lot of developers whose see their primary
market as Intel clone boxes.

(3) Neither Apple nor the software retailers are pestering the
developers to make sure they stay on top of the latest machines.  There
is *way* too much software out there now that breaks badly when
subjected to the 68040 instruction set.

Lastly -- can anyone recommend a good mailing list management package?
I have a list of a couple hundred names, people interested in special
sales, and I'd like to automate my mailings to them.


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Date: 22 Feb 94 16:35:36 EST
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Transfer vector graphic from Mac to PC

I need help:

I have a collection of "MacDraw Pro" generated drawings on my Macintosh. These
drawings shall be made available to a group of PC users. They want to be able
to modify these drawings, preferably using "Designer".

We tried the following: import the drawings into Word 5.1 on the Mac and then
safe the drawings in the Word for Windows format. Open the Word for Windows
document on the PC allows to view and print them perfectly alright. However
using the drawing tool in Word for Windows to modify them doesn't work well.

Any idea how we can resolve this problem (this is urgent) ?

Thanks a lot !!

Hans Kroeger

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 12:02:07 EST
From: Evan Stark <[e-mail]>
Subject: Trek Sounds--the better ones

A while back, a fellow from Texas, I believe, made available sounds
>From Star Trek. Snds like Whorf saying 'I'm not a merry man' and
Piccard saying 'Resistance is futile.' He did this by mail contact; you
sent mail to him and then he created an account so you can ftp to
his host.  Does anyone have more info on this? I lost it, and the sounds
out there are not that good.
Please reply directly to me, [e-mail], or exsgc@cunyvm
I"ll post to the net.

Evan STark,
User Services Coordinator,
City University of NY Graduate School Computer Center
       *********
My message does not reflect my professional affiliation or the opinons of
the school.

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 23:34:25 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: trouble upgrading powerbook to 7.1

My attempt to upgrade my PB140 to 7.1 is met with this error
message from the installer:

    Cannot overwrite a protected resource on the disk.  Error detected
    before installation began.

Can someone clue me in about what this means?  I have no locked files
on the disk, so that's not it.

Long ago, I repartitioned the disk to take advantage of the extra 900
or so K at the end.  Could this possibly be the root of my problem?

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Date: 22 Feb 94 10:41:00 EST
From: "G.BOCCANFUSO" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Upgrading to System 7.1 (Q)

Hello

The other day I helped the computer administrator at my childern's school
upgrade to 7.1. I did it the way he told me but after I left I felt that
I had done it wrong.This is what I did as I was told..

The computers were already booted up and I inserted the upgrading diskette
double clicked on the installer icon and away it went. The old system was 7.0.

The question I have is; was this the correct way to upgrade?

Thanks
George Boccanfuso

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 08:49:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Lisa L.W. Besko)
Subject: WinWord <-> Mac Word

I calle MS a while ago about some file translations problems, at that time they
recomended that the translations be done on the Mac side since MSWord for the
Mac 5.1a is newer than MSWord for Windows 2.0.


Lisa Besko

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 13:19:42 CET
From: huub toussaint <[e-mail]>
Subject: wrecked powerbook display???

Hi netters,

While I was riding home on my bicycle, the bag containing my powerbook180c
fell on the street. The good part of this story is that when I turned my
powerbook on it played the startup tune. The bad part is that a small spring
that keeps the roller pressed to the space bar is missing (probably somewhere
in the pb-case). Vertical displacement of the mouse pointer is now impossible.
Furthermore, the lower quarter of the screen turns white at startup and stays
that way... Now I wonder what I shall do. I probably can fix the spring.
About the screen I don't know. The symptoms suggest that a cable is
disconnected. Or should I bring it to my dealer for repair immediately (but
that will cost $$$$). Any suggestions??
Huub Toussaint, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Date: 22 Feb 94 16:54:23 EST
From: Ric Ford <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZiffNet fm. Internet (A)

People can reach the manager of ZiffNet/Mac, Ben Templin, from the Internet at
[e-mail]

I'll also bring this question up in ZiffNet/Mac, suggesting that we set up some
sort of account that people can email for ZiffNet/Mac information.

Ric

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