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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 21:30:53 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #31
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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 24 Feb 94       Volume 12 : Issue 31

Today's Topics:

      [*] 660AV startup
      [*] ABZmon
      [*] CDF
      [*] Civilization 1.1
      [*] Civilization 1.1 updater
      [*] comm - Anarchie 1.1.1
      [*] comm - Anarchie 1.1.3
      [*] CPUSpeedDisplay 1.0.2
      [*] DeepDischarge 1.0.0
      [*] Diffraction 2.02
      [*] drop-q-10.hqx
      [*] FaxSTF-3.0 Patches.sea.hqx
      [*] File to be included in info-mac
      [*] High Quality Cannabis Hemp - Group 01
      [*] MacMan Classic PRO 1.0
      [*] mini-recorder-21.hqx
      [*] mirage.hqx
      [*] Monitor Expander 1.0.1
      [*] Now Contact Demo
      [*] Now Up-to-Date 2.1 Demo
      [*] OneNet World 02/94 Text
      [*] Outland PPC Tool 1.0d3
      [*] Persisteance of Vision raytracer for the Mac from
      alfred.ccs.carleton.ca
      [*] Pov-Ray 2.2 (POVSCN)
      [*] Powerless 2.0 (shutdown/restart scheduler)
      [*] PrefsPatcher v1.0 - Newton Utility
      [*] Prophylaxis Plus 1.0 submission
      [*] Psycho! v1.0b1
      [*] Ray Dream Designer 3.0.2 updater
      [*] RSI Network 16/More to Follow
      [*] Scrapbook Helper.hqx
      [*] SleepAid v0.9b - Sleep enhancement for Newton
      [*] TeleFinderPro22.sit
      [*] Turnaround Textures vol I
      [*] Turnaround Textures vol II
      (A) My command-Q can't quit application any more
      (A) Snooper
      (Solved) My command-Q can't quit application anymore
      7.1 Font Terror
      720k - 800k disk format problems? (R)
      AmiPro to MSWord (S)
      Anyone Have A Dead PB100?
      Apple fonts under system 7 (R)
      AppleModem Tool
      Apple Personal Diagnostics
      AppleTalk a'la serial cable (R)
      Applications "lost" after desktop rebuilt
      ARA and (no) compression (Q)
      ARA vs. Timbuktu Pro?
      Baud -vs- Megabyte
      big scroll bars needed
      CD-ROM Setup probs
      CD-Rom Zip Code Directory for Mac/Street Atlas U.K./Europe?
      Conflict (Apple Express Modem CP, QuicKeys and Suitcase)
      Connecting a LaserWriter
      Cool New Rumor
      Cracked PB 180
      darkstar
      Devanagri Script fonts wanted
      Disk info in header for System 6?
      Essential Software (Q)
      Externals for recording QuickTime?
      Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere?  [R]
      Four Key Box
      FYI>Phone and Internet Security
      I (Heart) APS
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #29
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #30
      Info-mac response
      Internal Modem for the LC (Q)
      LPI/DPI and color separations
      LW Select 360 Specs-Found!
      Macintosh .avi player?
      Maxima (R)
      MEDLINE on CD-ROM -- which one to buy? [Q]
      Micronet/FWB Formatters
      Microsoft QuickBASIC & System 7.x
      MS Word and PB RAM disk (A)
      My command-Q can't quit application any more (R) (2 msgs)
      Newsgroups automagically
      Ofoto 1.1 will not export images.
      Remote Access problems with LCIII
      RESEDITing LaserWriter8
      Safeware Computer Insurence
      Scanning Resolution, HELP!
      Scatter Brains 2.1
      SITComm and background dialing
      Speech Manager
      Subject- (Q) Images to Word
      Subject: 840AV drive problems(A)
      Supra 144PB (2 msgs)
      The decline and fall of the Macintosh software base
      The decline and fall of the Macintosh software base (C)
      trouble upgrading powerbook to 7.1 (R)
      Where is Network Launch Fix? [Q]
      Where To Buy - Scanner?
      Word's Equation Editor

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 14:07:35 GMT
From: [e-mail] (mbb Bointon) (mbb Bointon)
Subject: [*] 660AV startup

By popular request, Here's a startup for all those 660AV owners out there...
Similar in style to the 840 one, Different camera angle, different surfaces.

It's 16" size - I figured that it's not hard to resize it for 13" screens.
Due to a technical hitch, it's not anti-aliased, but still looks good!

Hope you like it!

Marcus Bointon
MSc Student, Loughborough

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/quadra660av-startup.hqx; 698K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:45:52 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pierre Fortier)
Subject: [*] ABZmon

Please find attached to this message a self-extractive and binhexed
document that holds three files which are:

a) The ABZmon extension, a low level debugger for the Macintosh
b) French documentation that explains how to install and use ABZmon
c) English documentation that explains how to install and use ABZmon.

I thank you in advance for your kind help.

Alain Birtz
CompuServe [72467,2770]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/abz-mon.hqx; 569K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 22:40:01 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail] (justin struby)
Subject: [*] CDF

This is an application (Freeware) that I wrote to calculate
percentiles of the cumulative normal distribution.  It is
small (about 40K on disk, about 100K RAM) and easy to use.
It was written because I was dissatisfied with the CDF tables
which only showed 4 decimal places and only went up to
Z-Values of 3.  This goes up to 5, and shows 6 decimal
places.
Enjoy!

  / Justin Struby                        / Actuarial science is more
 / [e-mail]              / than just a matter of
/ University of Nebraska-Lincoln  USA  / life and death!

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/cdf.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 19:51:20 PST
From: "David Sanders" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Civilization 1.1

To whom it may concern:

    Here is version 1.1 of Civilization for the mac.  It is the most recent
version according to Microprose. I got it from the Microprose Bulletin
board.  (I down loaded a Stuffit 1.5 archive, I converted it to Stuffit 3.07
and made it self extracting.) Regards.

    David Sanders
[e-mail]         :    New
[e-mail]  :    or try here...

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/civilization-111-demo.hqx; 494K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 15:59:34 -0500
From: "Helen T. Rose Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Civilization 1.1 updater

This is an update from Civilization 1.08 to Civilization 1.1
which was created with UpdateMaker. It's a standalone application
(along with a list of the bugs that are fixed).

I downloaded Civilization 1.1 from the Microprose BBS (which
is at [phone]) but rather than posting the whole huge
thing I figured I'd just post the update.

Disclaimer: I don't work for Microprose!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/civilization-108-to-11-updt.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:51:07 -0600
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comm - Anarchie 1.1.1

Anarchie v1.1.1 is an Archie client and anonymous FTP client for
the Mac.  It is (IMO) the easiest way for users with MacTCP to
fetch a file with a partially known name or to browse around
the anonymous FTP archives.  It includes a menu listing all the
Archie servers, as well as FTP bookmarks for all the popular
Macintosh FTP sites (including around 40 mirrors to Umich
and Info-Mac).

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

Changes since v1.1.0 are:

Bug fixes:
Dot (.) didn't work in patterns.
Enforce text-mode transfers of directory listings.
Occasionaly the "zone" would be incorrect.

New Features:
Lots of minor UI tweaks
Zoom windows leaves room for disk icons.
Option-(return, double-click, etc) bring up the Get... input window.
Cmd-1,2,3 to set radio buttons in each dialog
Preference to open the Bookmarks List on startup.
Preference to not decode files.
Drop a folder of bookmarks onto Anarchie to open as a bookmark listing.
Bytes/second and time remaining in the FTP progress window.
Escape or cmd-. abort archie searches (and display results).
Added "url" field to AppleScript commands.
Support for "contents of selection" AppleScript command.
Listing host:/path/file* works as expected.

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

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

Anarchie v1.1.1 Copyright 1993-94 Peter N Lewis

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/anarchie-111.hqx; 173K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 13:24:37 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comm - Anarchie 1.1.3

Anarchie v1.1.3 is an Archie client and anonymous FTP client for
the Mac.  It is (IMO) the easiest way for users with MacTCP to
fetch a file with a partially known name or to browse around
the anonymous FTP archives.  It includes a menu listing all the
Archie servers, as well as FTP bookmarks for all the popular
Macintosh FTP sites (including around 40 mirrors to Umich
and Info-Mac).

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

Changes since v1.1.0 are:

Bug fixes:
Dot (.) didn't work in patterns.
Enforce text-mode transfers of directory listings.
Occasionaly the "zone" would be incorrect.

New Features:
Lots of minor UI tweaks
Zoom windows leaves room for disk icons.
Option-(return, double-click, etc) bring up the Get... input window.
Cmd-1,2,3 to set radio buttons in each dialog
Preference to open the Bookmarks List on startup.
Preference to not decode files.
Drop a folder of bookmarks onto Anarchie to open as a bookmark listing.
Bytes/second and time remaining in the FTP progress window.
Escape or cmd-. abort archie searches (and display results).
Added "url" field to AppleScript commands.
Support for "contents of selection" AppleScript command.
Listing host:/path/file* works as expected.

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

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

Anarchie v1.1.3 Copyright 1993-94 Peter N Lewis

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/anarchie-113.hqx; 170K]

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Date: 23 Feb 1994 09:20:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CPUSpeedDisplay 1.0.2

Keywords:  POWERBOOK PORTABLE DUO CPU SPEED POWER MANAGER

CPUSpeedDisplay 1.0.2 for PoewrBooks (by Jeremy Kezer)

CPUSpeedDisplay is a teeny application for notebook Macintoshes (Portable,
PowerBooks, or Duos).  It does what it says:  it displays the current CPU
speed in Megahertz.  I wrote this utility to aid me in developing MyBattery,
which is a shareware battery monitoring utility for PowerBooks.  Requires
a notebook Macintosh (Portable, PowerBook or Duo) and System 6.0.8 or later
(System 7 compatible).  Freeware.

1.0.2 now displays PowerBook model.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/cpu-speed-display-102.hqx; 83K]

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Date: 23 Feb 1994 09:26:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DeepDischarge 1.0.0

Keywords:  POWERBOOK BATTERY DISCHARGE NICAD CHARGER ADAPTER

DeepDischarge 1.0.0 for PowerBooks (by Jeremy Kezer)

DeepDischarge is a utility for any PowerBook that uses a nickel-cadmium (NiCad)
battery.  Over time, these batteries are susceptible to a "memory effect",
which can reduce their battery capacity.  The memory effect can be cured by
fully discharging the battery before recharging it.

DeepDischarge provides a safe, fast and automatic way to deep discharge your
PowerBook's battery.  DeepDischarge automatically bypasses the low battery
warning dialogs, and prevents the "soft" sleep brought on by those dialogs.
Instead, DeepDischarge will run your PowerBook's battery down until the "hard"
hardware shutdown occurs, which is at a lower voltage.  This provides the best
discharge possible.

Shareware; $5 registration fee suggested.  See enclosed docs for more
information.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/deep-discharge-100.hqx; 107K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 13:43:15 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Diffraction 2.02

Diffraction 2.02      Calculates optical diffraction patterns.  You specify
              the amplitude and phase of each part of the aperture
              by drawing it like in a paint program.  The program
              draws the resulting diffraction pattern in gray scale.
              You can then filter the diffraction pattern and
              transform it back.

Diffraction now politely quits if color is not available.

John Lindal

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/diffraction-202.hqx; 98K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 23:19:03 +0900
From: Tadahiko Hagiwara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] drop-q-10.hqx

Subject: DropQ 1.0 / QuicKeys Utility

<<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-10.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 20:26:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John C. Rivard)
Subject: [*] FaxSTF-3.0 Patches.sea.hqx

This self-extracting archive contains the patches to update FAXstf 3.0 to
3.0.1b. It originated on America Online. The included documentation says
that it may be freely distributed. I was disappointed that I cold not find
it anywhere on the net, so here it is.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fax-stf-30-to-301b-updt.hqx; 383K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 06:21:28 EST
From: [e-mail] (Go with God!)
Subject: [*] File to be included in info-mac

This is the first of three groups of sounds that were obtained
>From Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs.

All sounds were recorded at 11kz.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/animaniacs-grp1a.hqx; 1273K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 17:35:09 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Fischer)
Subject: [*] High Quality Cannabis Hemp - Group 01

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/high-quality-hemp-grp01.hqx; 296K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 17:59:32 -0600
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacMan Classic PRO 1.0

I do not remember where I found this but it is a SLICK, full color, Nice
icon, version of that old time game.

--Brian

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/mac-man-pro-10.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 22:45:06 +0000 (GMT)
From: [e-mail] (Steffe Sergio)
Subject: [*] mini-recorder-21.hqx

I am sending you a program I wrote.  Perhaps it could be inserted it in your
archive in the directory   /info-mac/snd/util.  For lack of fantasy I called
it "Mini Recorder 2.1".
I hope this name is not in use for some commercial or shareware software: in
such a case let me know and I will change it.
The program itself is 110k plus a demo "Tape" of about 400k; after compression
it takes 264k and after BinHex 356k. If you prefer to save some space you can
keep just the program and discard the demo Tape.
I leave a copy af the same distribution at  ftp.dm.unipi.it in
/pub/mac-steffe.

To run this program you will  need a Mac with System 7, a fast clock and at
least 68020 + arithmetic coprocessor 68881 and  6Mb of RAM. I use it on my
Powerbook170 with 8Mb of RAM.

Essentially with this program you can record, play, edit by cutting and
pasting,
dub and mix sounds sampled at 8 bit and 22Khz. Up to 8 "Tracks" can be opened
at the same time. Up to 4 "Tracks" can be played together. No length limit for
Tracks.
"Tapes" are files that can group up to 4 Tracks, in a particular AIFF format.

Moreover, there is a Fourier Power Spectrum, some digital filters, and ability
to convert some sound resources.

Please, read the online help before using the program.

Anyway, to use it, briefly: first load a "Tape" ; than select a "Track" and
read the Tape sound in the Track; than edit and/or play and mix. If you have
no Tapes ready, record some sound in a 1-Track-Tape and go on.
It is not difficult to record some person speaking and reassemble his words
getting a different speech.

Warnings:
1. despite the 2.1 this is a first release: there will be bugs !  write to me
the bug you find and I will try to fix it this summer in version 2.2.
2. unlimited Track length means you can not save the Track if you have not
enough disk space.
3. do not keep open other applications  when using Mini Recorder 2.1 : if
it happens to crash your system you will not loose  documents opened by other
applications.
4. use earphones when dubbing !
5. I did not register at APDA the program creator signature.

Sergio Steffe' Dipartimento di Matematica  via Buonarroti 2  56100 PISA  ITALY
E-mail [e-mail]        voice [phone]      fax  [phone]

Pisa, 2/22/1994

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mini-recorder-21.hqx; 358K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 14:27:39 -0800
From: Michael Clifton <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mirage.hqx

Mirage is a 3D modeling and rendering program with a built-in
texture editor. It supports import and export of a text file
format for 3D scenes that is similar to nff, useful when one
is writing 3D graphics software, but doesn't have the ability
to create models in a readable format to test it on.
I guess it belongs in the Graphics/Utilities directory.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/mirage.hqx; 342K]

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 16:48:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sigurdur Asgeirsson)
Subject: [*] Monitor Expander 1.0.1

  Monitor Expander is a control panel that replaces the video drivers
for some Apple video cards, allowing you to increase your desktop size
in a similar fashion as MaxAppleZoom, but with greater possibilities.
Supported desktop range from the conventional 640 x 480, upto a
staggering 1952 x 2048, which is a thirteen-fold increase in desktop
area. The supported video cards at this time are the so called Toby Card
and the High Resolution Video Card. Those are the cards that shipped
with most color Macs upto the IIci or so.
  Monitor Expander is $25 shareware, copyright 1993-1994 Sigurdur
Asgeirsson ([e-mail]).

Changes in version 1.0.1:
  Icons *should* be drawn at the proper position at startup.
  Honours special gamma settings.
  Cosmetic changes.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/monitor-expander-101.hqx; 52K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 08:08:26 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Michael Burton)
Subject: [*] Now Contact Demo

   Coals to Newcastle, perhaps, but this is the demo version of Now
Contact, as a self-extracting archive created with Now Compress.  The
contents of the archive have been scanned with Disinfectant 3.3.

   From the "READ ME BEFORE INSTALLING!" file included in the archive:

The demo software is fully functional for 45 days after you install it....
any files you've created with the demo version will be usable by the
shipping version...

The Now Contact software runs only under System 7 or later.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/now-contact-demo.hqx; 1184K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 07:55:01 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Michael Burton)
Subject: [*] Now Up-to-Date 2.1 Demo

   This is the demo version of Now Up-to-Date 2.1, as a self-extracting
archive created with Now Compress.  The contents of the archive have been
scanned with Disinfectant 3.3.

   Now Up-to-Date will run under System 6 or later.  Under System 7 or
later, this version of Now Up-to-Date can work with Now Contact.

   From the "READ ME BEFORE INSTALLING!" file in the archive:

The demo software is fully functional for 45 days after you install it....
any files you've created with the demo version will be usable by the
shipping version

[Archived as /info-mac/app/now-uptodate-21-demo.hqx; 1020K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 00:12:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Steven Heckler <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] OneNet World 02/94 Text

Hello,

     Attached, please find an archive containing the full text
of the articles in the February 1994 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, comprising more than 400 BBSes
in nearly two dozen countries serving well upwards of a quarter
million users.

     The self-running version of this magazine, 1.7 MB in size
(expanded) and usable only on machines supporting color or
greyscale (preferably 8-bit), has already been uploaded.  This
archive contains, as separate Microsoft Word files, the full
text of each article in the magazine.  Hope everyone enjoys
them!

                  Steve Heckler
                  OneNet Member Network

[Archived as /info-mac/per/onenet-world-v2-01-text.hqx; 77K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 18:47:10 PST
From: Bill Lipa <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Outland PPC Tool 1.0d3

Outland PPC tool
Copyright 1993-1994 Outland, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

The Outland PPC tool is a connection tool for the Communications Toolbox.  It
uses the Program-to-Program Communications (PPC) manager to communicate over
AppleTalk networks.  PPC is the service used to implement program linking and
remote AppleEvents.

PPC is implemented on top of ADSP, so you may wonder why a PPC tool would be
useful since Apple already distributes an ADSP tool. PPC is more efficient when
connecting two ports on the same computer, and more specific in the way remote
ports are selected.  It is also possible to create a port that is not visible
across the network, which makes the port initialization much faster and could
provide better security for certain applications.  While ADSP may also have
these features, they are not accessible to the user in Apple's tool as far as I
can determine.

You may be freely copy and use this tool for personal, non-commercial
activities.  For all other uses, contact Outland.

Bill Lipa
[e-mail]
415-328-5659


Notes:

- To connect two ports on the same computer, the application must call CMListen
and CMOpen asynchronously.  Otherwise the receiving application never gets time
to accept the call, and the system will hang.
- This release does not report errors to the user. Instead, a debugging file is
produced called "Code Resource Debug".  If you report a bug, please include
the contents of this file if it is in the same folder as your CTB application.
- This release does not support multiple sessions through the same port,
timeouts, or any CTB 1.1 functionality.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/outland-ppc-tool-10d3.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 08:59:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jon Christiansen)
Subject: [*] Persisteance of Vision raytracer for the Mac from
alfred.ccs.carleton.ca

Here is one of the files that Mark Elliott was looking for, I had no
problem downloading them (they were MacBinary II, according to what I saw)

FILE POVNOFPU.22.SIT

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/persistence-of-vision-22-nofpu.hqx; 359K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 17:40:38 CST
From: [e-mail] (Mark de Jong)
Subject: [*] Pov-Ray 2.2 (POVSCN)

File: POVSCN.SEA
Title: POV-Ray 2.0 Mac-Sample Scenes
Keywords: POV POVRAY POVSCN MAC
Descr: Macintosh version of POVSCN.SEA,
the sample scenes archive for the
Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer POV-Ray
version 2.0.  It contains several folders
full of example scenes, showing off many
techniques for building scenes in
POV-Ray 2.0.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/persistence-of-vision-scenes.hqx; 725K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 21:07:17 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Morgan Davis)
Subject: [*] Powerless 2.0 (shutdown/restart scheduler)

Powerless lets you schedule automatic, unattended system shutdowns.
This allows you to leave your computer running so that it can complete
a task, then shut off after a period of time you specify.

Powerless features:

o  It's an application, not an INIT
o  Works on any Macintosh with System 7
o  Small and efficient
o  Cool 3-D color interface (supports B/W Mac's, too)
o  Displays time in 12 hour or 24 hour format
o  Displays time relative to the present time
o  Notifies you 5 minutes before shutdown
o  Choice of warning sound during final seconds
o  Remembers your desired display mode and time settings
o  Let's you select Shutdown or Restart

What's new in 2.0:

o  Revised user interface
o  Totally modeless
o  New preferences dialog
o  Warning sound can be selected
o  Includes default "Red Alert" sound
o  Remembers all window positions
o  Sets timer window title to reflect event action
o  Revised documentation

Powerless is a commercial product ($19.95), but this FREE demo is
being distributed through information services as a courtesy of the
Morgan Davis Group.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/powerless-20-demo.hqx; 49K]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:44:00 -0600
From: "Thomas B. Collins Jr." <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PrefsPatcher v1.0 - Newton Utility

< Overview >
    Prefs Patcher is a small patch for the Newton MessagePad which
corrects what we consider an annoying user interface "feature." Namely,
that you have to click twice to exit the Prefs or Formulas rolls.  When
you install Prefs Patcher, it replaces the close box in these rolls with
one that works PROPERLY, requiring only one click to close the roll.  You
can still click on the overview button to get back to the overview.  The
application also places a dual-function button on the notepad status bar
for one tap access to the Formulas and Prefs rolls.

[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/prefs-patcher-10.hqx; 10K]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:06:57 EST
From: Zdenek Johan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Prophylaxis Plus 1.0 submission

  Hi,

  Please find enclosed a copy of the shareware password application
Prophylaxis Plus 1.0 that was sent to me by its author ([e-mail]).
It is more secure than the Prophylaxis init by the same author (according
to the readme file, the only way to bypass the password is to boot from
a floppy). Enjoy,

    Zdenek Johan   ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/prophylaxis-plus-10.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 15:09:58 -0500
From: Andrew Wright <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Psycho! v1.0b1

Attached is my submission, a procedure for the White Knight
communications program called Psycho! v1.0b1. Please archive this file
as psycho10b1.zip.hqx in the communications directory of your archive.
An excerpt from the submission's READ ME file follows, to explain what
Psycho! does (quite a bit), costs (a postcard), and requires to use.

This yet another attempt to submit the file. Due to problems attaching
the file to a mail message, I've decided to simply dump the program
into a mail message directly. More error prone than z-modem, but
hopefully it will work. Please send comments to
[e-mail].

Thank you,

Drew

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/white-knight-psycho-10b1.hqx; 28K]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 12:55:53 -0800
From: Support <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Ray Dream Designer 3.0.2 updater

This updater updates version 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 of Ray
Dream Designer.

Please see the enclosed README file for instructions and a
list of the problems solved.

Ray Dream Tech Support.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/ray-dream-designer-30x-to-302-updt.hqx; 515K]

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 16:02:20 -0500 (EST)
From: "Craig O'Donnell" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RSI Network 16/More to Follow

RSI Network Newsletter #16/February 94
======================================

 The RSI Network Electronic Newsletter
 For People Concerned About Tendinitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,
 and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries

  Produced by:
    Caroline Rose
  Electronic editing, setext formatting; Internet distribution:
    Craig O'Donnell

  To subscribe send a mail message titled "RSI Subscription" to
  <[e-mail]>. To get back issues, see "Online
  Distribution."

[Archived as /info-mac/per/rsi-network-news-16.txt; 31K]

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Date: 23 Feb 1994 06:15:48 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Scrapbook Helper.hqx

Scrapbook Helper is a simple shareware utility that activates the arrow keys in
the scrapbook. (You'll finally be able to switch between items with the
keyboard!) It also offers hot key access (with a hot key of your choice) to the
scrapbook from any application.

Just put it in your System Folder and you're ready to go---nothing new to
learn!

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/scrapbook-helper.hqx; 105K]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 17:12:21 -0600
From: "Thomas B. Collins Jr." <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SleepAid v0.9b - Sleep enhancement for Newton

< Overview >
    SleepAid covers all aspects of power management on your Newton.
It replaces the default "Sleep" preferences with a "SleepAid" preferences
that lets you set two sleep times - one for battery and one for AC.  It
lets you sleep your Newton even if some errant application wants it to
stay awake.  And finally, it lets you reboot your Newton.  SleepAid is not
a radical change from the existing interface.  It adds functionality
without complexity

[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/sleep-aid-09b.hqx; 18K]

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 14:37:42 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] TeleFinderPro22.sit

TeleFinder Pro v2.2 from Spider Island Software is a complete Macintosh
communications solution offered for the first time in a shareware version.
If you use ARA primarily for transferring files to and from work, the
"remote host feature" of TF Pro is easily worth the $15 shareware fee.

Using TF Pro you can transfer files using V.42bis compression and the
ZModem protocol.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tele-finder-pro-22.hqx; 839K]

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 13:28:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Steven Hatch)
Subject: [*] Turnaround Textures vol I

Turnaround Textures(tm) Volume I is a multi-volume collection of
professionally designed patterns to liven up your Macintosh desktop.

You can easily install Turnaround Textures with any utility that supports
standard desktop patterns including Chameleon and Desktop Textures.
Turnaround Textures requires a minimum of 256 colors.

StuffIt archive.

Enjoy...

:-steve h.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/turnaround-textures-grp1.hqx; 272K]

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 13:34:51 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Steven Hatch)
Subject: [*] Turnaround Textures vol II

Turnaround Textures(tm) Volume II is a multi-volume collection of
professionally designed patterns to liven up your Macintosh desktop.

You can easily install Turnaround Textures with any utility that supports
standard desktop patterns including Chameleon and Desktop Textures.
Turnaround Textures requires a minimum of 256 colors.

StuffIt archive.

Enjoy...(look for more to follow)

:-steve h.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/turnaround-textures-grp2.hqx; 253K]

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

Date: 23 Feb 94 21:46:00 EST
From: "tom moore" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) My command-Q can't quit application any more

Jeffrey Fritz ([e-mail]) reports that Command-Q no longer quits
his program, and that Command-Q is associated with another command. Well, man,
oh, man, I had this problem last year, and here's what caused it:

If you use the fabulous Now Utilities, you are in possession of a feature
that may have gone unnoticed unless you actually read the manual. If you
click on any item in a menu and hold it (not releasing the mouse button), and
press a key, such as control-Z or, what has happened here, Command-Q, that
key will invoke the menu item forevermore. (Or until you re-select the menu
item and press "delete," which clears the command...) This drove me nuts
because I had defined another command in Microsoft Word as Command-Q, and
you can now reap the benefits of my troubles...

Good luck.

Tom Moore
Systems Editor/Computer Journalism
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 09:55:06 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) Snooper

     (A) Snooper
"Marc D. Field" <[e-mail]> asks:

>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.

Central Point took over support of Snooper.  I too wondered about my
free upgrade to 2.0 with my 1.0 registration, and called Maxa just as
they were dissolving.  They told me to contact Central Point (Tech
Support: 503-629-9440, Automated Support: 800-967-6703).  When I did,
they told me it might be a few months while all the customer databases
got transferred over to Central Point's system.  This was frustrating,
because I kept seeing ads for the "new and improved" 2.0, but couldn't
get my hands on it.  Finally, I received the offer for my upgrade, but
it wasn't free anymore.  They charged me $14.95+tax+S&H, which is still
a good price.  I got it around the first of the year, and happily using
it.  Their database should be fully updated by now, so you should be
able to get it in a week or two, compared to the several months that I
waited.  Good luck!


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

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 13:30:42 +0800
From: [e-mail] (H.N. Tay)
Subject: (Solved) My command-Q can't quit application anymore

The problem was found out to be due to NowMenu setting.  NowMenu has a
feature to select application using keystrokes that associated with a
modifier key(option, command, etc).  Mine was configured to be command-Q.

     I follow Melvin Jew and Jeff Taylor's advice. Click on the application
menu on the top-right corner, pull down the cursor to the menu items with a
command-Q shown to the right of it, and hit the delete key.  The command-Q
disappeared and now my command-Q can quit application again.

Thanks to
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]

ps, my Mac is a Mac LCIII running Now Utilities 4.0.2.

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

Date: 24 Feb 1994 14:52:36 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Roel Vertegaal)
Subject: 7.1 Font Terror

The font IDs of my fonts in my 7.1 system folder seem to get mixed up.
Does anyone know of a proper font util (NOT Suitcase) that will repair
these problems?

Thanks in advance

Roel vertegaal ([e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 17:16:22 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: 720k - 800k disk format problems? (R)

<[e-mail]> asked:

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

The 720k format is the one used for DOS computers. Data is recorded in a
different way on such a disk.

> 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]?

Definitely yes, since the DOS format requires that a Mac has
(a) a FDHD floppy drive, which is also sometimes called "SuperDrive",
(b) some software to read data in from a DOS disk, such as AccesPC,
PC Exchange, DosMounter, etc.

It is NOT a problem of system 6 or system 7, but you won't be able to
read those disks on a Mac with only the 800k drive. There is an EXTERNAL
solution for the MacPlus which I know that it works: Kennect Technologies
had a "Drive 2.4 & Rapport" hardware/software solution which attached to
the Plus' disk drive port. But it seems that Kennect does no longer
exists, and I have given away my equipment together with the Plus I owned,
so that I cannot look it up for you. I still remember that they were in
Los Gatos, CA. (But who would buy such a thing today anyway, when Macs
which have a FDHD floppy are that cheap now...)

Best wishes, Christian.


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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 14:50:29 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AmiPro to MSWord (S)

Attached is a summary of my query regarding conversion listed
in subject line.

Mike Durboraw <[e-mail]>

From: Hans Magnus Aus <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <1374*/S=aus/OU=vax/OU=rz/PRMD=uni-wuerzburg/ADMD=d400
/C=de/@MHS>
To: [e-mail] (Non Receipt Notification Requested)
Subject: ami-pro to msword

AccessPC seems to do OK on text!

Hans Aus, Wuerzburg

_________________________________________

From: Hans Magnus Aus <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <1375*/S=aus/OU=vax/OU=rz/PRMD=uni-wuerzburg/ADMD=d400
/C=de/@MHS>
To: [e-mail] (Non Receipt Notification Requested)
Subject: ami-pro to msword

AccessPC **3** seems to do OK on text!

Hans Aus, Wuerzburg .

_________________________________________

From: [e-mail]
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Received: by DniMail (v1.0); Mon Feb 14 12:47:29 1994 EDT
To: unixml::"[e-mail]"@lotus.com
Subject: Re: Ami-Pro to MSWord

Ami-Pro has filters to save directly in Microsoft Word for
DOS and Windows formats.
Then you can directly read the MS Word file directly in
Word for Mac if you have AccessPC or PCExchange installed
on your computer or you can copy it using MacLink or Apple
File Exchange.

I speak for myself.
    Paolo

_________________________________________

From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: I suggest you upgrade to MacLinkPlusPC Connect 7.5
To: [e-mail]
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
X-Vms-To: IN%"[e-mail]"

Dear [e-mail],
I saw your post on comp.sys.mac.digest:
MacLinkPlusPC has gone through several revisions.  An upgrade is
$50 from DataViz.  It should be a better translator than the older
one, though I can not say for sure as I haven't tried it yet on
that particular format conversion (MS Word to AMI PRO).  DataViz
now has an 800 # for upgrade orders if you have the registration
# handy.  1-800-733-0030.

Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:28:44 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Anyone Have A Dead PB100?

Folks,

A friend of mine and frequent net contributor, Dieder Bylsma, is doing
a semester abroad in Pairs.  His Powerbook 100 took a nose dive and the
screen broke.  Does anyone out there have a lead on a dead PB100 with an
intact screen that he could purchase at a reasonable price?  If so, please
send e-mail to me.

David Van Nuys
Psychology Dept.
Sonoma State Univ.

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 17:14:31 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: Apple fonts under system 7 (R)

"CHARLIE SPANN :*)" <[e-mail]> asked:

> 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?

It depends (as usual). The folder where the fonts are stored in Sys 7.1
can handle a certain number of items only - don't remember how many, but I
believe it was 127 or 255.

You can combine several fonts into one font file if you use
Font/DA Mover 4.1 - which should be available for free. The older
versions of the Font/DA Mover won't work with System 7. Some of my
colleagues think that Suitcase (from Fifth Generation Software, now
owned by Symantec) is the best font management utility - but I don't
use it, so I can't comment.

> also, if I am looking to increase printing speed, what factors must I
> consider?

I'm no network expert - but if you use many fonts which are not
printer-resident, you spend lot of time for downloading them to your
laser printer. Attach a harddisk to your laser printer and the fonts will
not need to travel over the net which saves time.

If you always use the same (non-resident) fonts, download them manually
when you switch on the printer (this anticipates that your printer has
enough RAM to do this) and they will remain in memory until you reset the
printer or the memory is needed for some other operation.

Hope this helps. Best regards, Christian.

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 22:41:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John F. Mansfield)
Subject: AppleModem Tool

Where can I get a copy of the latest Apple Modem Tool?  I believe it is
verion 1.5.
Thanks.

--
John F. Mansfield
North Campus Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory
413 SRB, 2455 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:37:39 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Apple Personal Diagnostics

Over here we quite often use Snooper to determine if a Mac is functioning
correctly or not. Snooper has often revealed hardware problems and saved us
hours of searching for non-existing software problems.

Unfortunately, Snooper has a number of bugs and is no longer supported.
We're looking for a replacement product like Apple Personal Diagnostics. Is
there anybody out there who has used Apple Personal Diagnostics ? How does
it compare to Snooper or other products ? Any recommendations for other
similar products ?

Karl

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 21:31:32 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: AppleTalk a'la serial cable (R)


On 19 Feb 94 Shih Tung <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >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?

I believe it's correct that one can use an ImageWriter II cable for file
sharing.  That's not a bad reason for PB users to carry one in their bags
:-)

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

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 01:55:50 CST
From: [e-mail] (Scott (Mac info HQ))
Subject: Applications "lost" after desktop rebuilt

On my system I have this prblem if and only if I have more than one
drive attached to the system. I find that I have to do the rebuild in
two steps for multiple drives.
1) Rebuild desktop for all drives
2) ReRebuild the desktop for the boot drive only.

Then things seem to work.

I also find that it helps if all aliases on the desktop are moved there from
the drive the original program is on, instead of being copied from the root
drive.

TOUCH SCREEN for your monitor:Scott ([e-mail]):[phone]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:18:16 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ARA and (no) compression (Q)

Does anyone know why ARA explicitly disables modem-level compression ?
I've just purchased a US Robotics Courier V32bis/V42bis modem, and was
suprised to see that the ARA CCL script turns off compression ! I'm sure
there's a good reason for this, as this is Apple software, right ?? ;-)

Cheers,

John Cundall
([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 09:46:10 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA vs. Timbuktu Pro?

     ARA vs. Timbuktu Pro?
I'd like some input to some questions I have about setting up remote
dial-in:

One main topic I'd like to find out about is a comparison of Timbuktu
Pro and Apple Remote Access to provide remote access.  Is there any
need to have ARA if I can make a TCP/IP connection to my desktop Mac
with Timbuktu Pro?  Are there any features that ARA provides that
Timbuktu Pro does not?

Here's the scenario:  Instead of buying a modem for my office computer
and using ARA, I'd like to dial in to a central modem pool using SLIP
and connect to the campus internet and make a TCP/IP connection to my
office Mac using Timbuktu Pro.  That way I'd have a "virtual screen" of
my desktop Mac on my PB screen, and be able to manipulate
files/processes as if I were at my desk.
To make this work, I think I need to register the machine IP address
that I wish to connect to with the campus Domain Name Server.  Can
anyone verify this?  (In other words, can you make a TCP/IP connection
to a Mac with a static MacTCP address *WITHOUT* registering with your
local DNS?)

Other issues I'd like to find out about concerning ARA vs. TP are
security, dial-back authorization, and any other
advantages/disadvantages of choosing one or the other.  Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Tom
----

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

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 06:48:55 +0000 BST
From: Richard Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Baud -vs- Megabyte

In Info-Mac Digest V12 #29:
Anders Stegen ([e-mail]) writes:

>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).


And Jeffrey N. Fritz ([e-mail]) writes:

>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.

They can't both be right! Actually, at these speeds the term 'baud' is
incorrect
and doesn't relate to the throughput of the modem. (It defines the speed of a
serial connection as the number of transitions between logic '1' and logic
'0').
It is more correct to talk of bits-per-second (bps).

A V32.bis modem will throughput 14,400 bps 'in the raw', i.e. the hardware
transmits data at that speed down the phone line. There are various compression
schemes to increase this speed, Anders is correct when he says that a text file
*can* be compressed by the modems to achieve an overall apparent speed of
57,600
bps. *Remember, though, that if the file you're transferring is already
compressed with Stuffit or Compact Pro or the like, the modems' compression
will
not increase the throughput, and may, indeed, slow it down!

So, and this is where we have to rap Jeffery's knuckles, there are (usually)
TEN
bits per byte when we are talking of modem communications, with Macs and other
personal computers, - the eight data bits, one parity bit, and one stop bit. So
the calculation is easy, as Anders wrote in his reply. Simply divide the modem
speed (14,400bps) by ten and you have the throughput in characters-per-second
(1440cps). A typical connection with a 14,400 modem will achieve something like
1480cps on a good line and a compressed file, but remember that system load (at
either end or on the gateways between) will really determine the throughput. I
find that a rough speed calculation is 4Mb per hour, or 1Mb in 15 minutes,
based
on my own experience.

Richard Smith

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 01:57:33 CST
From: [e-mail] (Scott (Mac info HQ))
Subject: big scroll bars needed

*** MAIL RESPONSE PREFERRED***

I need a utility to make the close box, zoom box, scroll arrows, scroll box,
and scroll bar bigger.

If this can be done through I window definition, then I need info on how to
create one.

This would be worth paying for if it exists.

TOUCH SCREEN for your monitor:Scott ([e-mail]):[phone]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 08:13:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Veenker <[e-mail]>
Subject: CD-ROM Setup probs

Is anyone having as much trouble with that new CD-ROM stuff from
ftp.apple.com as I am? After de-binhexing and de-stuffing, I end up with
a file that has ".image" on the end and doesn't do anything interesting?
What do I do with it now?

Thanks,
Brian Veenker

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

Date: 22 Feb 1994 22:22:13 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert Poss)
Subject: CD-Rom Zip Code Directory for Mac/Street Atlas U.K./Europe?

Does anyone know if there is a Zip Code Directory available on CD-Rom for
the Mac? Also -- Is there CD-ROM equivalent of Street Atlas USA for Europe
or the U.K.? Thanks for the info.... Robert Poss/Band Of Susans/New York City

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:21:55 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Conflict (Apple Express Modem CP, QuicKeys and Suitcase)

I have found an troubling conflict on my Quadra 840av.

If I have the Apple Express Modem Control Panel, QuicKeys Toolbox,
Suitcase and MacsBug all running at the same time, my Quadra will
crash just as the Finder is starting up. This is absolutely repeatable.
If these four items are the only ones in the startup sequence, the Mac will
still crash.

The MacsBug message varies, but the problem is always attributed to
the finder.  A typical message indicates an illegal instruction or
a system error #28.

Removing any one of the four items, permits the Quadra to boot properly.

Here are the particulars:

Quadra 840av, 24MB RAM, 1 GB HD, running System 7.1
Apple Express Modem Control Panel (version 1.1.4)
QuicKeys Tool Box (version 3.0)
Suitcase (version 2.1.4p1)
MacsBugs (version 6.6.2)

I would appreciate any help in overcoming this problem.  I hate to
give up QuicKeys, Suitcase, MacsBug or the GeoPort.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:56:17 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kenneth Pettersson)
Subject: Connecting a LaserWriter

Is it possible to choose wich zone to connect a LW to if there are more
than one appletalk zone present on a ethernet cable, or will the
printer always be found in the default zone?

Kenneth Pettersson                  Phone: [phone]
Grndalsv
Box 814                             email: [e-mail]
S-391 28  KALMAR
SWEDEN

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 09:42:51 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Fritzsche Arthur)
Subject: Cool New Rumor

Hello PowerPC-Awaiters! :)

Can you identify yourself with the rumor that most of the
existing Quadra line is going to be discontinued on March 14th
or soon thereafter? -- I can. The reason?

For a now-4000$ Quadra 840AV there simply isn't any room left in
Apple's product line with an entry level Power Macintosh priced
at roughly 2000$, including the V of AV and perhaps 2300$ for
all the AV stuff. (well, ok, there aren't nearly as much
extension options as in a Q840AV, but that doesn't matte that
much) You should see the 68040 chip just in low-end Performas
and LCs.

What do you know/think?


Many thanks for other opinions,

Arthur

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 08:48:09 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cracked PB 180

Huub Toussaint said:
HT> While I was riding home on my bicycle, the bag containing my
HT> powerbook180c fell on the street.

Stuff deleted...

HT> Furthermore, the lower quarter of the screen turns white at startup
HT> and stays that way... Now I wonder what I shall do. I probably can
HT> fix the spring. About the screen I don't know. The symptoms suggest
HT> that a cable is disconnected. Or should I bring it to my dealer for
HT> repair immediately (but that will cost $$$$).

Bad news, Huub.  It sounds like you cracked your LCD display.  I had
a PB 170 with a cracked screen a while back.  It cost nearly $1,500 (U.S.)
to have Apple fix it.  (They had to replace the LCD.)

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 18:53:53 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bowie Green)
Subject: darkstar

I know DarkStar belongs to Apple, but I can't even find it
on their server... Any idea where it went or I can get it?

What about another program that will take advantage
of an EnergyStar monitor.

Thanks!

Bowie

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:58:53 MET-1
From: "Jozsef Horvath" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Devanagri Script fonts wanted

Hi and Namaste to all netters

I am looking for any shareware or freeware character set that would
turn my lowly Mac Plus into an Indian typewriter.  I am teaching
myself Hindi and would like to be able to print Devanagari text.

Have fooled around with ResEdit and did in fact come up with some
characters that look rather like the real thing but would need the
whole Devanagari syllabary set.

Is there a font file that I overlooked in sumex-aim?

Anything that works under System 6.0.7 and I can add to the System
file via Font/DA Mover would do.

Cheers

Joe
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Janus Pannonius University, Pecs, English Department
Phone-Fax: [phone]
Home: HERO? ME?
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 16:47:14 -0600
From: Robert Cradock <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk info in header for System 6?

  I find it helpful to turn on "Show disk info in header"
in the views control panel on my Mac at work running System7.
However, I have a Plus at home running System 6.0.7.
 I was glad to find that With A View would let me imitate
System 7 by clicking to change the view style, and I'm
wondering if there is any similar init that lets me see
disk info in System 6 list views.  I'd appreciate any
suggestions at all.  Thanks.


Bob Cradock              Department of Sociology
[e-mail]     University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 22:28 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Essential Software (Q)

Dear Netters,
Does anyone have the current address or phone #
 of the people who wrote Easy Alarms (Essential Software).
  I have an outdated version 1.5.3, and wondered if 2.0 or
later runs better on System 7.  If it does, I'd like to upgrade my old Easy
Alarms.  Also, do the newer 2.x versions read 1.5.3 version calendars?
Any information leading to how I can upgrade to a System 7.0.0 compatible
version of Easy Alarms would be appreciated.  Please e-mail your reply even if
you do decide to post the answer to the digest.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 10:18:11 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Externals for recording QuickTime?

Greetings,

Does anyone have a decent set of externals for controlling QuickTime INCLUDING
RECORDING from HyperCard?  I can't seem to find a record command in the stuff
that came with 2.2, and the set of externals I have that does include a record
command dates around 1991.  Is there anything up to date?  I also want to play
live video in a window from a LaserDisc or camera.

Most of this applies to a Quadra 660av, but hopefully any solution would also
work on any appropriate VDIG configuration.

Thanks!

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 10:00:16 CST
From: [e-mail] (Brian A. Cole)
Subject: Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere?  [R]

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

] 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..

Colons can't appear in file names because the file system uses them as
delimeters.

There are a few places where they forgot to trap the colon character.  For
example, when you record a new sound with the sound cdev, the name you give
it may contain colons.  Try dragging that sound out of the System Suitcase,
though, and you'll get a badly phrased error message.

brian

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:21:38 GMT
From: "D.Bell" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Four Key Box

Can anyone tell me where I can buy or, alternatively, whether it is easy to
make, a four key box. This is intended to be used in place of the keyboard
in a psychology experiment. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Any replies directly to me please.
David Bell
E-mail : [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 10:59:51 +0000
From: Richard Rathe <[e-mail]>
Subject: FYI>Phone and Internet Security

"Information Highwaymen"

See the March 1994 issue of Scientific American.

-Richard-

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 16:33:54 EST
From: Doffie Hochreich <[e-mail]>
Subject: I (Heart) APS

A small cheer for APS: While I'm certain that this company, like all
others, makes mistakes and doesn't always settle complaints to the
customer's satisfaction -- doesn't _always_ do the right thing -- I am
so "high" on APS this week that I wish to put in a good word for them.

I had problems with a 14.4 modem I purchased last summer.  _Weird_ problems,
since the modem worked perfectly and consistently from some telephone jacks
but never from others. When I discussed this with the techie and told him
that the modem in another PB worked just fine from these same jacks, he agreed
that it might be a hardware problem.  I was still under warranty, but was
dismayed at the idea of a four-day turnaround time for swapping the old modem
for its replacement.  So I made a special plea for APS to send me the new
one _before_ receiving the old one, and they agreed!  Not only that, but they
covered the expense of Fedex shipment in both directions.  Amazing.

I have purchased several things from APS in the past, but wouldn't call
myself a BIG customer.  But loyal.  Some of my buddies on CIS' MAUG forums
have had similarly good experiences with exceptional service.  And very
nice and knowledgeable tech support, as someone pointed out earlier right
here.

I'm certain they are capable of making mistaken judgments, but I sure don't
think that characterizes their way of doing business in general.

Just my 2 cents.

Doffie Hochreich
Here and 72567.1760compuserve.com

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 12:31:46 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #29

Dwight,

To transfer files from Win Word 2 to Mac Word 5.x, the best translation is
in many ways the easiest. Don't do anything special at all.

For example, to move a Mac Word file over to Win-doze, put the file on a
DOS floppy disk (using Apple File Exchange for example) and then open the
file in Win Word. Win Word converts the file as it opens. Similarly, you
can take a DOS floppy disk containing Win Word files over to your Mac,
transfer the files to the hard disk, launch Word, and do File/Open to open
and convert the documents.

In either case, you should get a good (often excellent) conversion. Two
things, though, to keep in mind:

 - If you are converting graphics, expect more of a good then an excellent
conversion AND do all the converting on the Mac. That is, do save the files
out as Win Word from Mac Word.

 - If your fonts are convering willy-nilly, consider setting up a font
mapping file. You can find directions in the Conversion Information
document that got installed with the various bits and  pieces of Word. Look
in the folder that also holds the Word Commands folder.

On a related topic, if you are convering from WinWord 6 to Mac Word 5.x,
you must do the converting completely in WinWord 6; though Microsoft plans
to release a converter that you can use with Word 5, the converter is not
yet available.

Oh, and finally, RTF is often a good fallback if you don't know what to do
and you are converting between MS wordprocessor-like programs.

cheers, tonya


>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?

Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 18:28:37 -0400 (AST)
From: LUIS HERNANDEZ <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #30

    Hi Netters:
        I'm looking for information concerning the number of
Mac users that actually have access to the Internet.
        Is there an FTP site that carries such info.?
        The main questions are:
            How many people have Macs?
            How many of these have Internet access?
            What is the actual marketplace of shareware
                for the Mac?
    Any help concerning these subjects or anything relative would
greatly be appreciated. Please respond directly, since this is a for
class proyect which I have; I will later post a list of answers if
there is enough information.

                        Thanks in advance,
                        Luis R. Hernandez

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 22:45:00 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-mac response

In Info_Mac Digest Volume 12 Issue 30
VAXtinez <[e-mail]> asks:

>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]

No application necessary, just make alaises of the desired applications and
put them in your 'Startup Items' folder inside the system folder. Then rename
the alaises to 'order' the startup sequence. Items in the startup folder are
launched alpahbetically....

As an example:

Orginal names--
Eudora
InterSLIP
Gopher
Program 4
Program 5
Etc...etc...etc

Renamed programs:
1-InterSLIP
2-Eudora
3-Program 4
4-Program 5
5-Etc...etc...etc

Yeilds a startup sequence of InterSLIP,Eudora,Program 4,Program 5, Etc..etc

I use this method on my BBS and it works fine...

Aloha,
Dale

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 20:30 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internal Modem for the LC (Q)

Dear Netters,
It has been a long time since I have seen anything about the internal PDS
modem for the LC that has a piggyback FPU.  Is it still available at some
stores or mail order outlets?  If so, do they sell 14,400 BAUD or 9600 BAUD
versions?
Just curious.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 18:03:05 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: LPI/DPI and color separations

You must remember than DPI refers to the resolution of the output
device (printer). LPI refers to the size of the halftone dot.
The printer dots make up a collection (matrix) of dots that
make the halftone dot. Thats why LPI is less than DPI.

The interesting thing is that the big problem in outputting
first-rate color separations is related to this issue. In
order to do color on a press, the 4 colors are output at
different angles. If the angles are inprecise, the output
will look terrible.

In order to output at these angles, the halftone dot (measured in
LPI) must be rotated. Because a matrix is rotated on a matrix, the
dots will not overlap correctly. Therefore, the exact angles the
printers want can not be output unless you have 3000+ DPI and even
that is not exact enough for some things.  The limitation is on the
power of the imagesetter.

THE FUTURE. Once the imagesetters get more powerfull, perhaps the
PPC microprocessor will do the trick, more dots can be drawn so that
the halftone dots can be drawn at the appropriate angles.

So, if someone says the "desktop" (i.e., a Mac) can't do high-end
color separations and for that you need a Scitex, feel free to
correct them and point out that the output device is at fault.
If Scitex equipment will easily accept Mac files, Macs will be able to
do high end separations. Scitex is not too motivated to do so because
no one would use their "front-end" equipment if they could output
to a Scitex from a Mac. (Scitex is talking about doing this, though).

In short, I don't know what the LPI of the laser printer in question
is. However, to get the answer, use Adobe Separator and use the PPD
>From that printer. It will list all the available LPI screen
resolutions in a pop-up menu.-Pete Tamas

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 10:21:10 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LW Select 360 Specs-Found!

     LW Select 360 Specs-Found!
I got a number of responses back from people.  Thanks for all that
responded.  The original specs *DID* say 32-lb stock in the
multi-purpose tray.  Somehow, it's been changed to 28-lb in  our local
gopherized specs and what our Apple authorized repair facility was
referencing.  So now I can cancel my appointment with Bellevue, tell
the guys in the white coats to go home, and fight Apple on this!

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

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 00:50:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Hines <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh .avi player?

Anyone know of a Macintosh .avi player?



              --------------------------------
"To live, is to battle with fiends, in the vaults of heart and mind.
To write: that is to sit in judgement of one's self."          Ibsen
[e-mail] (internet)             jim [e-mail] (america online)

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 21:33:32 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Maxima (R)


On 19 Feb 1994 Corey Szopinski [e-mail] (infidel) wrote:
>  Does anyone know about Connectix's Maxima?  Is it worth getting along with
> RAMDoubler?

As I understand it, when Maxima is updated to work with RAM Doubler, it
will allow one to use doubled RAM to create even larger RAM discs.

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

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 08:54:18 MEZ
From: "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: MEDLINE on CD-ROM -- which one to buy? [Q]

We want to buy MEDLINE on a CD-Rom (medical reference database). I am aware of
"SilverPlatter" (we are using it on a PC in the campus library) and "Knowledge
Finder".

1.  Which other MEDLINE systems are available?
2.  Are there comparative reviews?
3.  Please send your personal experiences!

I'll summarize for the group.

Stefan

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 09:03:48 CST
From: Mack Willingham <[e-mail]>
Subject: Micronet/FWB Formatters

What is the current version of the MicroNet HD formatter, and also, has the
FWB Toolkit AV upgrade been released?

Thanks
Mack

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 16:52:45 EST
From: Doffie Hochreich <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microsoft QuickBASIC & System 7.x

Dvorah Weisman asked about compatibility between MS QBASIC and System 7.
There is a fix available free from MS -- version 1.00E.  This version
works okay with 7.x, but does _not_ like 32-bit addressing.

Doffie Hochreich
Here and [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 21:24:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Veenker <[e-mail]>
Subject: MS Word and PB RAM disk (A)

I have a PB100 with Microsoft Word on it. When I am away from the desk, I
just jack up the RAM cache as high as I can. It may access the hardrive a
little at first, but after a while it gets everything it needs and stops.

I've had bad luck getting a RAM disk to do anything useful. It goes (I
think) to the System folder to get your fonts that you need, and (again,
speculation) also gets some type of resource from your System too. It's
been my experience that I can't put enough stuff in a RAM disk to make it
happy.

BTW, I usually have my RAM cache set to @700-800 k. That seems to do just
fine.

Brian Veenker

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 17:51:26 EST
From: [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.

You have probably just discovered a neat function of NowMenus. To set
everything back to normal, pull down the edit menu to to Quit, and type
Command-Q. This will re-assign Command-Q to the quit function.

-Bret Aarden
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 13:49:05 -0800
From: Jerry Wilcox <[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.
>

Another possibility. Do you use NowMenus? That utility allows you to assign
command keys to menu items on the fly. If that's it, you should be able to
see the Command-Q on the applications menu. Simply select that item and hit
the delete (backspace) key. The Command-Q should go away and you should be
back to normal.

Jerry

-----
Jerry Wilcox - [e-mail]
All opinions are mine alone - the University can speak for itself.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 21:31:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Veenker <[e-mail]>
Subject: Newsgroups automagically

Ah, the luxury of getting Info-Mac automagically sent to me via E-mail
has spoiled me.

Since we don't have USENET news here at OIT, is there any way to have
messages from those groups sent to me via E-Mail?

Much appreciated,
Brian Veenker

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

Date: 23 Feb 1994 09:38:04 +0000 (GMT)
From: "F.J. Lalor" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ofoto 1.1 will not export images.

SSIA - well, almost. My copy of Ofoto 1.1 functions perfectly except
for the fact that - with all but the smallest of images - any attempt
to copy the scanned image and paste into (say) a Word 5 document gets
me an "Insufficient memory to export this clipboard" (may not be word-
-for-word, but this is the gist) message. I have tried working with
all extensions off and giving Ofoto up to 8 Mb of memory but all to
no avail. Can anyone suggest a cause/cure for this pain-in-the-(scanner)?
Thanks in advance -
Fergus Lalor, Chemistry Dept., University College, Cork, Ireland.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 20:21:55 +1000
From: DAVID.D.F.O'[e-mail]
Subject: Remote Access problems with LCIII

I am posting this question for a friend. Please respond directly to the E-mail
address listed below. He will summarise to the net if there is sufficient
interest.

Question follows...

I have a Mac LC III and use 'Remote Access' to connect to a server via modem.
I finally got Remote Access working properly on my machine by copying it from
another machine (even though it was installed using the same original source
disks as the ones I was using).  Since that was functioning nicely I thought it
was time to install MS-Mail..... shutdown....restart....and now Remote Access
doesn't work again!  A dialogue box comes up saying something to the effect of
'Unable to connect. Unidentified error of type -5541(?) has occurred.'
Thinking that the only thing that had changed was addition of MS-Mail 3.1 I
removed mail and tried again with the same result.  I think the problem may be
a bug in Remote Access because the modem doesn't even begin doing anything
before the error appears.  Has anyone else had similar experiences or heard of
problems with Remote Access?  How can I fix it?

Raigan Rogers
[e-mail]
Wollongong, Australia

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 15:32:58 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: RESEDITing LaserWriter8

We recently added a 500-sheet tray to our LaserWriter Pro 630. We would like to
keep letterhead in the 250-sheet tray and regular paper in the 500-sheet tray.
Since the vast majority of our printing is on regular paper, it is inconvenient
to have LaserWriter8 default to the 250-sheet tray setting. We would like it to
default to the 500-sheet tray setting instead.

I have a bit of experience with ResEdit and am not afraid to try fiddling a
copy
of LaserWriter8 until I get what I want, but I have no idea where to look for
the proper resource to edit. Can someone provide me with a starting point:
dFlt?
DLOG? hdlg? TMPL? ARgh? HeLp?

ADVthanxANCE

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 19:28:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Safeware Computer Insurence

I have had Safeware for over a Year now and am quite happy with it. I
have never made a claim but it seems like it would be very easy. They are
quite helpful.

--Brian

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 18:39:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Scanning Resolution, HELP!

Ok, I have read everything I could find and It all talks about LPI and
SPI. What I need to know is what DPI to scan images at for printing on on
a 600 DPI laserprinter. I beleave this value will be different if the
scan is 1bit or 8bit.

--Brian

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

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:23:25 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Gabriel M. Schuyler)
Subject: Scatter Brains 2.1

Darn, I wish people would tell us that they're submitting a Hypercard
Stack!  For those of you who've yet to experience the let-down, Scatter
Brains is not a "program" it's a hypercard stack . . . oh well.

If hypercard versions were all compatible, it didn't take so much memory,
and it didn't save changes into the stack, I might use tools like Scatter
Brains or Helical . . . but as it is, they're too likely to crash and take
too much space in RAM and on HD to be at all useful.

Gabe Schuyler -- [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 20:04:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: SITComm and background dialing

Am I really the only person who has the abitity to dial in the background
with SITComm. Do I have the definition of Background dialing wrong? When
SITComm starts dialing I can switch to any other app and do anything else
I want. Do you mean no one else can do this?

--Brian

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

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

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 07:37:25 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Speech Manager

Where can one obtain Apple's Speech Manager and/or Macintalk2 or Pro?
Marvin R. Bensman, Ph.D., Memphis State (soon to be University of
Memphis) Dept. of Communication

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

Date: 23 Feb 1994 19:00:34 -0800
From: "Tom Egan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Subject- (Q) Images to Word

Subject: (Q) Images to Word?
I am using an image processing software (KHOROS) that is capable of producing
the following output formats:
   BIG, FITS, PBM, Sun Raster, raw binary, X11 bitmap (xbm), TIFF (verbose,
boolean, compressed -> LZW, CCITTFAX3, CCITTRLEW, PACKBITS).

I want to bring the images into MacDraw or Word.  I have tried several of the
TIFF formats but none of them worked.  Is it possible to get MacDraw or Word to
read any of these formats?

I have also tried sending a Postscript file of an image to a LaserWriter using
the LaserWriter Utility.  I have not had any luck.  Is there another way to do
this?

-thanks
  Tom
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 10:26:15 +0000
From: Benjamin Grossman <Benjamin_Grossman@DATA_PROCESS>
Subject: Subject: 840AV drive problems(A)

> 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!".

As I know all too well from experience, the 660av and (presumably) the 840av
REQUIRE "non-composite" memory. If you have added memory to this Mac, that is
probably the problem.

When you install "composite" memory SIMMs in these Macs, you get all sorts of
problems. One of the symptoms I had was a complete inability to format 800K
floppies, even tho I could format HD floppies just fine. When I switched to
non-composite memory the problems went away.

How to tell: look at the SIMMs you installed; count the number of chips on the
SIMM; if it is 32 chips for a 16MB SIMM, that is composite; if it is 8 chips,
that is non-composite. It makes lots of difference to an AV mac.

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

Date: 24 Feb 1994 09:46:27 U
From: "Harris Tom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Supra 144PB

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the Supra 144PB?
The Supra 144PB is an internal PowerBook modem.

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

Date: 24 Feb 1994 09:50:33 U
From: "Harris Tom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Supra 144PB

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the Supra 144PB?
The Supra 144PB is an internal PowerBook modem.

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 15:39:30 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Wittenberg)
Subject: The decline and fall of the Macintosh software base

|> From: [e-mail] (Robert L. McMillin)

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

|>
|> 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.
|>

A friend at Lotus tells me that they think the Mac is dead, so they
will not be bringing out anymore Mac software.  His belief is that
everyone will move to IBM-compatibles. This isn't an official
announcement, but he's in a position where he should know.


--
--David Wittenberg
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 22:36:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: The decline and fall of the Macintosh software base (C)

[stuff deleted]
>        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:
[more stuff deleted]

The more likely explanation in my mind is that they purchased the rights to
market the code from someone or some company and they haven't a clue how to
make changes to it or maybe they don't have the rights to make changes to
it. There seem to be quite a few marketing companies around these days that
do an excellent (maybe too excellent) job of selling software and hardware
that is acquired from others.

Kee Nethery

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 10:18:54 +0100 (MET)
From: hooijer j.s. <[e-mail]>
Subject: trouble upgrading powerbook to 7.1 (R)

>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.

I had exactly the same problem with my PB140. I seem to remember that
some old version of BeHierarchic locked a resource in the System or
Finder. I assume that causes the trouble.
As I don't know which resource is locked, my brute force solution was
to back up the HD and reformat. After that installation worked.

BTW, does the commercial BeHierarchic 2.0 still cause this problem?
Or which shareware alternatives are there to get hierarchical menus?

Jeroen Hooijer.
"Such is life, and it's getting sucher all ze time..." :)

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 09:26:57 MEZ
From: "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Where is Network Launch Fix? [Q]

The Readme file on the Network Software Installer 1.4.2 disk states:

"On Macintosh computers with a 68040 microprocessor (Quadra, Centris,
and Performa 470 series), some programs may quit unexpectedly or cause
the computer to freeze when you attempt to open them over the network.
This problem is fixed by using the Network Launch Fix available from
AppleLink or the InterNet (ftp.apple.com)."

I was not able to locate this patch/fix on ftp.apple.com. Has anybody
figured out where it is hiding?

Stefan

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 22:36:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where To Buy - Scanner?

Any idead for the cheapest palce to buy an Apple color onescanner or a Le
Cie Silver Scanner II?

--Brian

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

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 12:31:47 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: Word's Equation Editor

Alun,

Seeing as I do support Mac Word, I wanted to comment that a crash upon
inserting an equation is pretty rare, and whether you have MTExtra
installed shouldn't have much impact on whether you crash or not (why I was
in the Equation Editor just yesterday without MTExtra installed, and even
on a Centris 650 running 7.1...).

Unfortunately, not being a programmer, I haven't a clue what MacsBug is
talking about. My angle to "looking into the problem" would be to bounce it
right back on you with the usual tech support person questions - inits off?
rebuild desktop? word settings? bad embedding prefs file?  ... the usual
routine, trying to determine what's different about your situation that
could be corrected.

cheers, tonya


>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...

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



Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 00:12:09 +1100
From: [e-mail]

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU!markew
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward WALLACE)
Subject: Looking for a simple postscript viewer
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 13:12:01 GMT
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Does anyone know of any sort of program for the mac
that will let you view a postscript file.

I has an idea that Illustrator would work, but nup,
no banana.

Any ideas please?

Wally.
[e-mail]

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