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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 12:17:41 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #47
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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 22 Mar 94       Volume 12 : Issue 47

Today's Topics:

      [*] Example Player Pro Native Module (MADF Fromat)
      [*] faq submission; macintosh/general-faq 2.2.5
      [*] faq submission; macintosh/misc-faq 2.26
      [*] fix-icons-10d3; a desktop icons utility
      [*] french-startups; Twelve StartupScreens with French citations
      [*] Gradebook stack v1.81; a grade keeping Hypercard stack
      [*] Greek font conversion tables
      [*] JPEGView 3.2.1; a multiple format graphic viewer
      [*] JPEGView 3.2 to 3.2.1 updater (for 680x0 Macs only!)
      [*] MEDLINE on CD-ROM [Summary]
      [*] Menuette 2.0; replaces menu titles with icons
      [*] most-beautiful-girl; from the Prince song
      [*] O'Clock 1.0; a digital clock
      [*] Palaver; a Swedish electronic periodical
      [*] PowerScan 2.0.2 (disk scanning utility)
      [*] solitaire1.0; a card game
      [*] Thread Manager Utility source code
      [*] TidBITS#218/21-Mar-94
      [*] volume-fkey-101; volume control via keyboard
      [*] war-of-flowers-203; a card game
      (Q) Dial-out Modems?
      Adobe + Aldus = gorilla
      A Good Word For Apple
      Anagram apps?
      Any BASIC Available For Quadra 650
      children's edu. SW for Mac Plus - S. Bay
      Cleaning floppy drives (A)
      Clock chipped PowerMac 6100/60--80 Mhz
      Disabling monitors
      Disabling SE Screen
      Eudora attachments (A)
      Experiences with FrameMaker 4.0
      FoxPro:  A wake-up call (C)
      FoxPro: A Wakeup Call
      GeoPort w/ PowerPC
      Hand-held scanners [Q]
      hardware handshaking
      How to obtain the ethernet address of a 660 (Q)
      Internet Traffic - Will it cope (Q)
      KeyFinder
      Lemmings Copy Protection Submission
      MacHandwriter: Not Ready for Prime TIme
      mergers...
      mountimage 1.2b3 serves me well
      Now this is going to sound weird...
      Personal LW LS Grayscale
      Pesky Nonloading Extensions
      PowerBook External video
      PowerMac SIMMs
      REQ: Timer for launching applications?
      sharing stylewriter (Q)
      Should I upgrade to MacWrite Pro 1.5?
      si sound bug (thanks)
      si sounds
      SLIP connections
      SpreadBase? Funny you should ask...
      Sto the LaserWriter Startup Page
      Transportation Agencies!
      Turkish font
      Video A/B Switch
      Voice recording program
      VRAM for PM 7100
      Word 5.1 full justification woes
      Word 5.1 full justification woes (solved)
      Worldscript

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 12:09:38 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Jamal Hannah)
Subject: [*] Example Player Pro Native Module (MADF Fromat)

This is a 4-voice MADF "Module" music file for The Player Pro 4.15, converted
>From a regular Sound Tracker file.
For testing with the Player PRo Developers Kit.
  - Jamal Hannah  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/four-voice-madf-test-file.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 08:34:11 EST
From: [e-mail] (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Subject: [*] faq submission; macintosh/general-faq 2.2.5

Archive-name: macintosh/general-faq

MACINTOSH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
comp.sys.mac.faq, part 1:
Introduction to the Macintosh Newsgroups
Copyright 1994 by Elliotte Harold
Version: 2.2.5
Last-modified: March 12, 1994

What's new in version 2.2.5:

    2.1: Where can I FTP Macintosh software?

     In general everyone should try to connect to a mirror site
     rather than directly to sumex or mac.archive.

    3.6: Isolate the problem

      I've added two new steps, remove all external SCSI devices,
      and unplug all cables.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/csm-general-faq-225.txt; 66K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 08:34:25 EST
From: [e-mail] (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Subject: [*] faq submission; macintosh/misc-faq 2.26

Archive-name: macintosh/misc-faq
Version: 2.2.6
Last-modified: March 17, 1994

Miscellaneous Frequently Asked Questions
          comp.sys.mac.faq, part 3:
          comp.sys.mac.misc
          Copyright 1994 by Elliotte Harold
          Archive-name: macintosh/misc-faq
          Version: 2.2.6
          Last-modified: March 17, 1994

What's new in version 2.2.6:

    6.10: Do RAM Doubler and Optimem work?

    RAM Doubler doesn't work on PowerMacs.

    I've added question 2.11 and 6.11:
    How can I print grey scales on my StyleWriter I?
    I'm greedy.  Can I triple my RAM?

[Archived as /info-mac/info/csm-miscellaneous-faq-226.txt; 60K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 14:20 +1300
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] fix-icons-10d3; a desktop icons utility

Hi.

Here's an update to my Fix Icons utility, adding some more scriptable
functions,
and some support for the Scriptable Finder.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Info & Tech Services Division
University of Waikato
Hamilton
New Zealand
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/fix-icons-10d3.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 23:44:19 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Nikos Goulandris)
Subject: [*] french-startups; Twelve StartupScreens with French citations

Twelve StartupScreens with French citations. One of the two StartupScreens
reproduces a scannerized image of a manuscript of Greek poet Dionysios
Solomos(1798-1857). A StartupScreen must have exactly that name and must be
placed in the System folder if one wants it to replaces the original
Welcome to Macintsoh.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/french-startups.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 20:56:28 -0600
From: [e-mail] (J. Witte)
Subject: [*] Gradebook stack v1.81; a grade keeping Hypercard stack

Here is v1.81 of the Gradebook stack, a hypercard grading program for
teachers.

v1.81 fixes a bug which prevents you from adding student ID numbers.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/gradebook-181-hc.hqx; 171K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 23:44:37 +0100
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] Greek font conversion tables

Conversion tables between a number of currently available Greek fonts
(Ismini->KadmosKadmos->Ismini, Ismini->Sparta, Sparta->Ismini,
Ismini->AppleGr, AppleGr->IsminiSymbol->Ismini, SuperGreek->Ismini).
Must be installed in Add/Strip (by Jon Wind)using ResEdit.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/greek-font-conversion-tables.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:11:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Aaron Giles)
Subject: [*] JPEGView 3.2.1; a multiple format graphic viewer

It had to happen sometime!  Here is JPEGView 3.2.1, the first-ever
maintenance release of JPEGView.  Version 3.2.1 addresses several bugs that
were found in the release version of JPEGView 3.2, and adds a
PowerPC-native version of the JPEGView JFIF Preview extension.  A patch
file for the 680x0-only version of JPEGView 3.2 is also being made
available at this time.

In keeping with the wishes of the moderators of our wonderful archive
sites, I am now shipping only the fat binary version of JPEGView 3.2.1.
This version will work great on all machines, 680x0 or PowerPC.  If you are
concerned about download time, you can FTP to guru.med.cornell.edu, and
look in the /pub/jpegview directory for 680x0- and PowerPC-specific
versions.  You can also check out the JPEGView WWW page at
html://guru.med.cornell.edu/jpegview.html.

Specifically, here is what's fixed in JPEGView 3.2.1:

1. No more random crashes, especially when loading JFIF files on 680x0
machines.
2. Drawing interlaced GIF images in bands now works properly.
3. Invalid files at the end of a slide show shouldn't cause bus errors
anymore.
4. Running a slide show from memory should now work as advertised.
5. The preference to save JFIFs as PICTs by default now works correctly.
6. Scanning for image files can no longer mistype files by mistake.
7. Modified CCITT RLE-compressed TIFF's are no longer displayed inverted.
8. The fat binary version of JPEGView no longer keeps 68k code in memory.
9. EasyOpen resources were altered to allow drag and drop of any file type.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/jpeg-view-321.hqx; 684K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:19:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Aaron Giles)
Subject: [*] JPEGView 3.2 to 3.2.1 updater (for 680x0 Macs only!)

This is a patch which you can use to update the 680x0-only version of
JPEGView 3.2 to the newest version 3.2.1.  If you downloaded the fat binary
or PowerPC-only versions, you will need to get a new copy of the entire
3.2.1 package, as there are no free patch creators that can handle PowerPC
code.

Specifically, here is what's fixed in JPEGView 3.2.1:

1. No more random crashes, especially when loading JFIF files on 680x0
machines.
2. Drawing interlaced GIF images in bands now works properly.
3. Invalid files at the end of a slide show shouldn't cause bus errors
anymore.
4. Running a slide show from memory should now work as advertised.
5. The preference to save JFIFs as PICTs by default now works correctly.
6. Scanning for image files can no longer mistype files by mistake.
7. Modified CCITT RLE-compressed TIFF's are no longer displayed inverted.
8. The fat binary version of JPEGView no longer keeps 68k code in memory.
9. EasyOpen resources were altered to allow drag and drop of any file type.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/jpeg-view-32-to-321-updt.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 08:50:53 MEZ
From: "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MEDLINE on CD-ROM [Summary]

On Wednesday, 23 Feb 94 I asked for advice on MEDLINE systems on CD-ROM:
>
> 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 want to thank [e-mail] (Song Tan), WJST%GSF.DE (Matthias
Wyst), [e-mail] (Jerry Di Salvo), [e-mail] (Maurice
Deutsch), [e-mail] (Paul Gorman), [e-mail] (Aldo J
Caputo), and [e-mail] (Sridar Narayanan) for their comments.

Thefollowing systems are available:

    - Silver Platter
    - Knowledge Finder
    - Ovid Medline by CDPLUS
    - Stat-Ref
    - Peruse (used by McGill's McIntyre Medical library)
    - Macintosh Medline by Telnet (call 800-638-8480)

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/medline.txt; 7K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 19:52:38 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Robert L Mathews)
Subject: [*] Menuette 2.0; replaces menu titles with icons

Menuette is a control panel that alters the appearance of menu
titles in the menu bar. Instead of the words that normally appear
(such as File and Edit), you'll see small icons representing these
concepts (the icons appear in color if available). Menuette comes
with over 130 pre-made icons, and you can draw or import more
if you wish. Menuette also lets you choose a custom font for any
menu you haven't replaced with an icon.

In short, Menuette saves a lot of space in your menu bar, and
gives your Macintosh a unique, attractive new look!

Menuette has been almost completely rewritten for version 2.0.
Among the many new features:

o  A powerful built-in icon editor (works in color or black & white);
o  You can assign icons to any menu title from within the control panel;
o  You can change any menu font -- even those in Microsoft Word;
o  You can choose separate fonts for menu titles and menu items;
o  You can import 16 x 16 pixel icons from any file;
o  Full support for WorldScript and language kits -- you can use
Menuette even with mixed-language menus, and it's extremely easy
to customize Menuette for other languages.

This program is $15.00 shareware, with a thirty day free trial. This
version is a free upgrade for users of earlier versions.

Menuette works with any Macintosh running System version 7.0 or
higher.

Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/menuette-20.hqx; 152K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 94 00:23:57 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Brooks ('93))
Subject: [*] most-beautiful-girl; from the Prince song

"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Prince & the N.P.G.
Sample recorded by David Brooks ([e-mail])

  This is a sample of the latest song, recorded by the Purple One (whose
name is now that silly O+> [female/male] symbol).  This sample is about
7.7 seconds long.  Use StuffIt to decompress it.  If you have any comments
regarding this sample OR other samples of mine, e-mail me.

Enjoy!

 -- David Brooks

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/most-beautiful-girl.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:14:39 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] O'Clock 1.0; a digital clock

     Hi,

     O'Clock is a simple freeware analog clock that I wrote, just for the heck
of it.  O'Clock's claim to fame is that it lives in a real, live circular
window!  (Hence the name.)  I would imagine that there are other applications
out there that do a similiar or the same thing, but I haven't seen them.
O'Clock 1.0.2 runs on Systems 7.0 and greater.  Hopefully, future versions will
run on System 6.0.x.
     O'Clock can run both in the foreground and in the background, so you can
keep it running all the time, if you wish.  The clock can be dragged and
resized, and collapsed to a convenient icon size.  See the ReadMe file and
(Balloon) Help menu for more information.
     I look forward to any feedback or comments you might have.  I've tried to
test as much as possible for compatibility, but please let me know if you see
any anomalies.

     Thanks, and enjoy!
     Victor Franco
     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/o-clock-102.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 09:59:56 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michael Bjorn)
Subject: [*] Palaver; a Swedish electronic periodical

PALAVER NO. 2, ELECTRONIC VERSION, 1994

What is Palaver?
Palaver is a cultural smorgasbord prepared by and for Swedish speaking
people all over the world. The Palaver magazine is intended to be a
low-budget, high-quality alternative to mainstream publications.
Palaver is scheduled to be published 4 times a year.

It was decided to make a free electronic version of Palaver available for
the following reasons:
1) Traditional distribution is costly, and this cost must be carried by our
readers. Electronic publication is virtually free of costs, and is thus a
good complement to traditional publishing for non-profit organizations such
as ours.
2) We beleive that the traditional concept of a "country" is
disintegrating. This might be well and fine for large countries with a
strong cultural identity -- but for small countries it is a problem. We
hope to be part of a new Swedish community which has an identity
independent of physical borders.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/palaver-94-02.hqx; 241K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 23:18:37 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PowerScan 2.0.2 (disk scanning utility)

Dear Netters,

This is the latest release of PowerScan. It contains a couple of bug fixes
and some speed improvements. Most notably, the Compact Pro and StuffIt
preprocessors now handle alias files correctly, and a bug regarding transfer
of registration info when upgrading has been fixed.

Also included in this release is a preprocessor that can read the contents
of font/desk accessory suitcases.

Note: To get the most out of PowerScan you should have Apple's Thread Manager
      (version 1.2 or later is recommended). As I haven't licensed it from
      Apple I can't include it in this package; however, anyone with ftp
      access can get it from ftp.apple.com in the /dts/hacks directory (No,
      it's *not* a hack but supported system software. It will be integrated
      in future system releases).

PowerScan requires System 7 or later and is shareware $10.


-- Jonas Wallden
   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/power-scan-202.hqx; 365K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 09:40:55 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Reed)
Subject: [*] solitaire1.0; a card game

The Solitaire of Champions  (Yes, I know it's a stupid name -- I couldn't
think of better.)

This solitaire game is a great new form that I've never seen a computerized
version of before.  All 52 cards are dealt, the object is to line them up
in 4 rows in order starting with 2 and ending with K.  Full instructions
are included in the game's on-line help.

Requires color Quickdraw, but supports B&W graphics.  (Although the only
machine that has both color Quickdraw and is B&W only is the SE/30.  But,
that's what I've got, so... ;-)

Hope you like it!

-Thomas

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/solitaire-of-champions-10.hqx; 656K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 17:33:35 -0800
From: Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Thread Manager Utility source code

// StuUsThreadUtils
//
// (C) 6th March 1994  Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
//

StuUsThreadUtils is an ongoing development to make useful ThreadManager
routines available to the public.

I wrote it because Apple's Thread Manager is a great step forward to
helping more developers create multi-threaded applications, with all
the benefits that can bring to us end-users, so I'm very happy about it.

However, the facilities provided by Apple's Thread Manager are very raw
and minimal, and the supplimentary routines provided in Apple's ThreadUtils
leave much to be desired, and are more likely to put people off thread
programming than encourage them.

Because of this, I wrote my own ThreadUtils. They are simple, elegant,
and efficient, and should make people's lives much easier when they are
trying to write threaded code.

There are three files in this package (so far):

// ThreadSynch.c/h
// This file defines thread synchronization primitives:
// Semaphores, Mutual exclusion locks, and Condition variables.

// Pipeline.c/h
// An example of a library using mutual exclusion locks, and condition
// variables to implement a producers/consumers pipeline

// test.c
// Example code to use the above files.

Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
 * <A HREF="file://brubeck.stanford.edu/www/cheshire-bio.html">WWW</A>
 * Stanford Distributed Systems Group Research Assistant
 * Escondido Village Resident Computer Coordinator
 * Macintosh Programmer

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/stus-thread-utilities-c.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 23:03:36 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#218/21-Mar-94

TidBITS#218/21-Mar-94

Novell buys WordPerfect? Yup, and the big news had been the Aldus
   and Adobe merger, which they managed to keep secret the day of
   the Power Macintosh intro. We also look briefly at General
   Magic and grumble about insulting book titles. Mark Anbinder
   reviews Silicon Casino, a Newton game from Casady & Greene, and
   Doc Kinne examines the MessagePad 110, the MessagePad's sequel.

Topics:
    MailBITS/21-Mar-94
    Adobe + Aldus = Adobus?
    What, More Money?
    Just Some General Magic
    An Article for Morons
    The "FatNewt": The MessagePad Scribbles On!
    Reviews/21-Mar-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-218.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 Mar 1994 15:57:49 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Jason Anderson)
Subject: [*] volume-fkey-101; volume control via keyboard

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/volume-fkey-101.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 94 02:49:43 in Whimori Time
From: Minho Choi <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] war-of-flowers-203; a card game

     This is version 2.0.3 of War of Flowers.
     War of Flowers is an oriental card game.
The deck consists of 48 cards (4 cards for each month of a year).
The rule is based on a game known as Go-Stop.

*** System Requirement
- System 6.0.7 (or later) with ColorQuickDraw or System 7.
- Monitor at least 10" (640x400) large.

*** What's new in version 2.0.3
- Some cosmetic changes.

Enjoy.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/war-of-flowers-203.hqx; 234K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:21:05 -0800
From: "Carter, Michael H." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Dial-out Modems?

I am looking for a modem that only offers a dial-out feature.  Due to
security at our company, dial-in access is not allowed.  Does anyone know if
there is such a modem, and if so, who makes it?

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 11:13:20 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Adobe + Aldus = gorilla

    Well I hope the anti-trust laws break this one. If not we are in
for a software demise. We ahve all seen this before, right? Adobe will
sufficate Freehand in favor of Illistrator. Granted Illistrator will gain
some of Freehands abilities, but Illistrator will only incorporate a subset
of Freehands great abilities.

    I don't favor either one, in fact I use both. I find that one is
specifically cut out for one job and the other better suited for another.
Illistrator is some much nicer for "sketching" and tracing. But Freehand
acts as almost a single page DTP program. Letting you combine various
graphic formats.

Later,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 09:37:02 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Good Word For Apple

It's a little thing, but it means a lot.

I purchased a Newton for a Christmas present for my wife.  We
sent in the registration card the week after Christmas, but never
received the pen Apple promised to send to Newton owners.

Since others on the Internet have indicated that they sent their
cards in after me and already received their pen, I decided that
I had better call 1-800-SOS-APPL.  I feared that my registration card
was lost in the mail.

My call this morning was answered by Troy.  He told me that there
has been a backorder problem with the pen manufacturer.  Then he
went on to say, "Let me take you address down.  I'll see if we can
find a pen and send it to you."

Nice going Troy and Apple!  It is a nice gesture and it makes me
feel that I am important to Apple.  :-)

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 14:04:42 -0800
From: Hows_David/[e-mail]
Subject: Anagram apps?

Item Subject: Message text
Does anyone have any anagram software for the Mac (1st choice) or a Dos
machine?
 I've tried running ARS Magna on a 840, a 270c and a IIfx, but it never even
gets going (hangs on start up).

Thanks,
david
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 08:06:00 +0000
From: "steve (s.l.) dunik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Any BASIC Available For Quadra 650

I am looking for a BASIC interpreter and/or compiler that will
work on a Quadra 650 running in 32-bit mode (saves having to reboot).

I called MicroSoft Canada - none of their product work on a Quadra 650.
I called Apple Canada - again, no knowledge of such a product.

I cannot believe that in this age, where BASIC is taught in most
schools, that there is no such product!

Send me any info on such a product - preferrable one that you use.
I will send a summary to the digest after (when) I get any replies
and test the results on my machine.

Steve Dunik, Bell-Northern Research     [e-mail]

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Date: 21 Mar 1994 16:13:22 -0800 (PST)
From: RHRM <[e-mail]>
Subject: children's edu. SW for Mac Plus - S. Bay

I am not sure if this is the correct group to ask this to
but,  does anyone know where in the general Santa Clara
county area I could find educational software for children
for an old Mac Plus.  It only has about 1 meg of memory so
I think I may have to look for older programs.
Is there a place that sells old educational programs?
Any information would be appreciated.  Please respond
directly to me.

randy
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 12:57:43 CST
From: Robert Shaw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cleaning floppy drives (A)

Rick, I would suggest purchasing a floppy drive cleaning system. I
recently got one from Radio Shack for less than $5. The kit
contains what looks like a floppy disk case with some polymer-
paper product in the shape of a disk. You soak the disk with the
"cleaning solution" ;) (100% isopropyl alcohol) which is provided and
then boot the disk. I booted 2-3 times because after a few seconds of
searching the Mac discovers that you've tried to get it to read an
unreadable media and it stops trying. I'm sure any self-respecting
computer store would have a similar product.
Hope this helps.
Robert Shaw [e-mail]

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Date: 21 Mar 1994 23:51:39 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Lu)
Subject: Clock chipped PowerMac 6100/60--80 Mhz

Just found out that KS Labs was able to accelerate a PowerMac 6100 to 80
Mhz.  I don't have all the specifics but it appears to be working approx
30% faster over a standard PowerMac 6100.  I'll provide more details as
they become available.

J Lu

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 17:34:52 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Disabling monitors

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> And by the way Adam, there is one situation where you might want to
> disable the SEs internal monitor and where just having it "connected at a
> corner" won't do -- Bob has the SE on the floor, and the monitor on his
> desk.  Before he found this shareware package the cursor had a habit of
> getting "lost."  It was down on the floor, of course.

It still seems to me that by creating a one pixel doorway, that should
be pretty unlikely. And besides, the ability to use two monitors for
the same desktop is a fabulous advantage of the Macintosh. I currently
run a NEC 3FGx as my main monitor and an Apple 12" mono as my second
monitor, but since the E-Machines video card I use for the second
monitor supports virtual monitor sizes with hardware panning, I have
the second monitor set to a desktop size of 4096 x 480. It's a great
way to hide things like Now Up-to-Date's calendar window and things
like that which I want open at all times but which I don't want hidden
(since if I hide the entire app, I can't see my To Do list either).

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 08:38:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Russell S. Aminzade: Trinity College of VT" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disabling SE Screen

To spare my colleague a torrent of mail, the program is Tunnel Vision,
and it's at info-mac/cfg/tunnell-vision or something very close to that.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 10:15:44 +0100
From: [e-mail] (John Williams)
Subject: Eudora attachments (A)

In digest 44, Hans Kroeger wrote:

I understand that there is a also a Windows version of Eudora.
Does anybody know if the Windows version of Eudora also provides an attachment
feature, and if yes, does it use BinHex 4.0, or UUencode or something else  ?

It uses binhex, but I haven't been able to test it yet on our site.  This
feature should enable Mac and Windows users to exchange, say, Word or Excel
files as Eudora attachments.



John Williams

INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre de Recherches de Tours, 37380
Nouzilly, France

Tel [phone]    Fax/telecopie (33) 47 42 77 78

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 09:03:16 EST
From: John Alciere <[e-mail]>
Subject: Experiences with FrameMaker 4.0

I am interseted in hearing people's experiences with FrameMaker 4.0.  If you
have used this product, are you happy with it?  What, specifically, do you like
or dislike about it?  I'm especially interested in hearing from people who had
previously used FrameMaker 3.0.

Please reply directly.  Thanks.

John Alciere <[e-mail]>
Technical Publications
Xyplex Inc., Littleton MA

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 00:28:21 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David B. Reiser)
Subject: FoxPro:  A wake-up call (C)

Well, I'm as unhappy with Microsoft as anyone I know, but the
recent diatribe against FoxPro Mac is a least a bit off base
(xbase, anyway). Nearly all the objections raised can be
explained (not justified, mind you...) by one thing:

FoxPro is NOT an application, it's a development environment.

Should it be an application? I dearly wish it were. Will it ever
become one? No Chance, IMO.

FoxPro is designed for people who do custom database development
for a living (and those who run those custom apps).

>Microsoft has (a) revealed that what it knows about DBM could
>fit inside a thimble, with enough spare room to turn cartwheels

Watch out. Many would say the same about someone advocating
grievous threats to data integrity and those who would prefer
abysmal performance (do you like your data slow?)

Nearly everything you see was designed by Fox Software before
the acquisition by MS. Only problem was, Fox didn't have enough
resources to get around to getting it onto the Mac. Much of what
you can see in FP _looks_ a lot like Foxbase+/Mac. Most of the
changes are much more performance oriented than interface oriented,
but the front end stuff (writing your own menus and tying things
together in custom apps) is considerably better in FP than FB+.

>     With FoxPro, gone is the friendly and familiar File Save
>dialog box

I don't what you're looking at, but that isn't what I see. The only
place you don't get the standard Save As dialog box is when the top
file window is a database browse window. BTW, FP's behavior in this
regard is identical to FoxBase+/Mac. If you're at the View window
with a database selected, you can use Save As there too. With
database files, you don't need Save, as you noted. Whether a
program ought to save changes automatically comes down to whether
or not you need rigorous data integrity. If you want to be able to
go back to a prior version, build that into your program (remember,
FP is a development environment).

>Gone, too, are Cut, Copy, and Paste, at least as useful and
>practical functions.

Hmm. Maybe I've been indoctrinated too much. I use these functions
without a problem.

>And what is it about DBM software that compels its
>developers to impose fixed field lengths on the user?

Speed. If you have a million records and want to find something,
those fixed length fields are the _only_ thing that will let the
search happen quickly. FP does have both Memo and General field
types for those things which really need vastly variable field
length (paragraph long descriptions, PICTS, etc.). The variable
fields are stored in a separate file (some hassle, true, but speed
in _huge_ databases is almost the top priority).

>The documentation will also revive DOS nightmares

Maybe so, but it looks more like mainframe docs than DOS docs to
me. Remember, they wrote the docs for programmers.

>first to go is usually control over saving files. . . and
>DBM software seems to carry with it the mind-set that users
>shouldn't have direct control over when a file gets updated.

This is the data integrity issue at core. If the user gets to
choose when updates are written, data may get lost or become
corrupt, and the boss doesn't like it when that happens. The tools
are there to write in the capability to store the old versions
(i.e., write a new copy of the database while you're editing, and
then overwrite the old copy when you choose (a programmatically
redefined) Save from the menu). Once again, the programmer is given
great flexibility and power, but a normal user in "naked" FP is
going to be irritated. My biggest gripe on file handling is the
updating of Last Modified date on program files every time they are
opened, even if no changes are made. Ack.

>The perception seems to be that selecting Save from the
>File menu is just too taxing for us, given our frail and fragile
>nature.

Nope, just that data integrity is more important than the user's
feelings.

>In sum, . . .it is very poorly implemented.

Possibly true, but not for the reasons cited. Again, IMO.

FP is for neither the faint of heart (you gotta program your own
applications) nor those of modest means (an 8MB machine is not
enough to run this beast properly), but it does do some truly
amazing things with large databases.

I'm somewhere between a user and an armchair developer. I've used
FB+ for 5 years to handle my cash journal because programs like
Quicken haven't had the features I want most. I have a few routines
programmed for things like writing checks, but mostly I run FB+ in
ugly mode -- too lazy to figure out its front end control stuff
(which is much more understandable in FP, at least from what I've
seen so far.) I also have one monster database at work with hourly
weather data for 3 cities over 3.5 years. FB+ was the only thing I
was able to get to work on this db without 'professional' help.

Dave
[e-mail]
I speak only for myself, not for my employer, nor anyone else.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 10:05:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Cindy Decker Raynak)
Subject: FoxPro: A Wakeup Call

>And what is it about DBM software that compels its developers to impose
>fixed field lengths on the user?  There must be some sort of cosmic radiation
>that emanates from the words *database management software* and turns
>intelligent humans into idiots (and idiots into who knows what).  There are
>exceptions, there are DBM programs that permit variable-length fields,
>but these are rare, and FoxPro is not among them.

I had to smile when Ron ripped the one feature that makes FoxPro (Foxbase)
essential to those of us who must function in a mainframe environment.
This is the single capability that other "more friendly" DMS lack in order
to be able to truly manage data in a variety of ways.

Our users love variable length fields (a la Filemaker) but to those of us
who are required use the data in environments other than a Mac, variable
length fields are a nightmare.

Environment of the beholder I guess ...........

Cindy





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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 22:40 PST
From: "Nate Aune"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: GeoPort w/ PowerPC

I would like to know if users of the PowerPC have had the same difficulties
that
the AV users had with the GeoPort: speech recognition not operating
concurrently
with a modem session, faxing and speech not working at the same time. Since the
PowerPC doesn't use a DSP chip maybe it is capable of doing speech handling and
GeoPort operations simultaneously.

Does anyone know what is Apple's committment to future upgradability of the
GeoPort? I am considering purchasing a GeoPort for my 660av but I want to know
if it will be supported when I upgrade to the PowerPC.

Also, an unrelated (well sort of related) question: Do the PowerPC's require
new
PlainTalk software for Speech Synthesis/Recognition? Or will the 68040 Quadra
AV
software work with PowerPCs?

Thanks,
Nate

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 12:44:03 +0100 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Raimund Lammersdorf)
Subject: Hand-held scanners [Q]

Hi,

I am thinking about using a hand-held scanner together with my
Powerbook 140 as a tool for my reading and excerpting of texts
in libraries and archives. Does anybody have any experience with
these devices and the necessary text recognition software?
Are these things of any use? How about prices and speed?
Thanks in advance for your comments.

Raimund.


[e-mail]   =   Raimund Lammersdorf, Kennedy-Institut
 -------------------------------       Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
                       Tel. [phone]  Fax. -28 73

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 15:52:58 MST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: hardware handshaking

This is a belated reply to Adam Engst's comments:

> Well, as I have come to understand it, setting DTR hangup with &D2
> on most modems will indeed drop the line incorrectly IF the input
> buffer fills up. However, I've used both hardware handshaking and
> DTR hangup within a number of applications and a number of hosts with
> no troubles whatsoever. In addition, the &D2 part of the init string
> is often the only way a given application can hang up the modem after
> the host disconnects in InterSLIP (there are other ways, most notably
> a dialing script, but &D2 is the simplest to tell people).
>
> So I'm not arguing with the theory here - you're right. But in practice
> it seems to vary from application to application and from remote host to
> remote host. A friend recently said that he had two line drops while
> retrieving a file with Anarchie, and that was the first time he had
> ever had any trouble with the &D2 setting in favor of &D0.

Being able to hang up with DTR is indeed convenient, and it's a shame
that Apple didn't give us independent control of DTR and RTS. The fact
is that most Macs with most software can absorb all a 14.4 modem can
send it (say 1300-2500 cps), so the Mac never has to use flow control
on incoming data. (Outgoing is another matter, but doesn't have this
particular problem anyway.)

Furthermore, modems typically have a time-domain filter on DTR that requires
it to be off for a while before it's recognized. Especially if this is
set to a high value (my Intel goes up to 2.5 seconds), the handshake
activity may well be invisible as DTR changes.

So if you really want &D2 (DTR hangup) *and* hardware handshake, try
setting the DTR-recognition register to a high value. On my Intell 144/144e,
it's S25; units are 1/100 sec; default is 5. Set it to, say, 100 (1 second),
and then figure that if your Mac deactivates RTS (for hw handshake) for
more than a second something must be seriously wrong anyway and you might
as well hang up....

PS: I see that Telebit uses the same S25 setup; looks like it's
Hayes-standard.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 16:50:22 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to obtain the ethernet address of a 660 (Q)

How can I obtain the ethernet address of my Centris 660 AV?
I need it to configure our bridge.

thanks, Gerrit.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 11:45:54 +0000
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: Internet Traffic - Will it cope (Q)

This is a question regarding the Internet. I am currently in South America
and have taken my PB with me to enable me to keep in touch with back home
via the Internet. I find that I can use the Internet usefully before about
9am local time however after this it is virtually impossible to get through
to the UK. Likewise, in England, I find that after about 12pm it becomes
painfully slow when you try to FTP or Telnet. I guess this is due to the
East Coast of the USA "waking up". Use of the Internet must be increasing
at a very fast rate as more and more people discover the facilities
available. I guess it is also becoming a lot easier (and affordable) to get
on to the Internet from the comfort of your own home.
My question is:
Is anything being done (can anything be done) to improve the speed of the
Internet during busy periods or is the whole system eventually going to
grind to a halt?


Tony D'Emanuele, University of Manchester.

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 12:31:58 EST
From: [e-mail] (James Ashton)
Subject: KeyFinder

I asked about the KeyFinder, a Key Caps replacement.  Thanks for the
many respondents who:

1)      Confirmed that it's part of Norton Utilities
2)      Noted that the freeware PopChar is close/as good/better.
3)      Sent a copy of PopChar (thanks - it works well)
4)      Sent a copy of KeyFinder (naughty - but thanks for the thought)

We may get Norton's anyway since they seem pretty useful but the
secretaries here seem perfectly happy with PopChar.  Thanks again to
all.
--
[e-mail] Systems Admin SysEng RSISE ANU Canberra ACT Australia

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 20:17:29 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mike Dustan)
Subject: Lemmings Copy Protection Submission

Stephen Gamblin writes:

>The lemmings copy protection really pissed me off. I usually lose the
>manual and I found it tiresome trying to find the little guys to figure out
>the codes. [...]

and offers the public a way to break the protection.

I too find copy protection tiresome and refuse to buy most software that
has it. However, I accept it as a necessary evil on games, and feel that a
manual-based scheme is about the most innocuous way for software publishers
to protect their investment.

I don't have a problem with Stephen breaking the protection for his own
convenience, but I *am* surprised at you Info-Mac folks for publishing his
posting so that anyone can run Lemmings, whether they paid for it or not.

Yes, I bought (and enjoy!) Lemmings.

--
Mike Dustan, Ops & Tech. Support, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 15:09:41
From: "rrs" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacHandwriter: Not Ready for Prime TIme

Steve Marsh asked about the MacHandwriter:

I was also interested in the MacHandwriter. I saw and demoed it at
MacHandwriter. I was not impressed. It could barely recognize my
printing, which is not very good.  Even for people who have even,
clean printing, the recognition was uneven, and had to be corrected
repeatedly.  There would be simply no way to to the "extensive
editing/rewriting" that Steve is interested in.  Further, the
MacHandwriter is currently not trainable, even in the limited way
the Newton is, so you're stuck with the algorithm's that CIC (the
vendor) provides.  Finally, the gestures that the MacHandwriter uses
are non-standard and non-intuitive: I tried using basic proofreading
gestures and Newton gestures, neither of which worked.  Overall:
Keep the keyboard.

Bob Sachs, [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 11:41:23 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: mergers...

    Everyone needs to read the March 21 Tibits, if you don't normally
read it, get it!
    Novell aquiring WordPerfect.
    Symantic eyeing Central point.
    I wonder who the makers of MacinTax are going to buy this year?

    Seems like if you can't compete, buy'em. Soon we won't have to shop
around for software, we'll just go to the one company that makes what we
want. Hmmm. seems like big brother didn't get smashed by the mac revelotion
at all. Just fostered a new Big brother.

Grrrr,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 10:39:56 -0600
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: mountimage 1.2b3 serves me well

    Refer letter:
Subject:MountImage 1.2b2 and Mt.Image 1.0.2 (/info-mac/disk/)
Author:[e-mail] (Douglas Wyman)
    I found the letter by [e-mail] (Douglas Wyman)
in im45 misleading. It seemed to say buy the shareware $20 because the
mountimage is bugged. Apple distributed me the newer working version which
gave no problems. I feel that the writer is indicating that mountimage is
still in beta test and corrupting files and that the only version of it
was leaked bad one. I got the mountimage on an apple cd and don't know
what permissions I would need to post it to your board. I suspect that my
less bugged beta version of it is on apple ftp site as freeware. I have
noted with you that certain of those files could not be put on sumex
because of licensing requirements, even though they were freeware.
    I find this posting an unjust implication on Steve Christensen. Hope
this helps!

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 22:54:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Now this is going to sound weird...

Folks,

    Well, about a month ago, I upgraded my LCIII to a LC475 (Best
'accelerator card' I EVER bought! And it gave me stereo!) and the speed of
this thing just *impresses* the heck out of me, considering the cost
factor.
    Now, I know this is going to sound weird, but for some
applications, mainly those which use text scrolls, I wish I could actually
SLOW this machine down! Text scrolling in some application windows in
which the fonts are small type, is actually too fast.  I have seen folks
scroll with the 475, and actually have to back up due to the fact that
they might have difficulty resting on the text line where they need to be.
I also have this "problem" sometime.
    I first became aware of this when reviewing the Babylon 5 FAQ made
with MacroMind Director and noticed that the text scrolling is too fast to
be useable for most users.  Never in my life would I have thought that I
would complain about a Mac being "too fast" in text scrolls!!!
    I have seen some users hardly able to use the Extension Manager on
the 475, or at best, have to back up a couple of lines.
    I think an interesting application utility could be one that
allowed a user to place an assignable scroll rate per added application.
Well, if there is a programmer out there really bored and rolling with a
lot of time, here's another chance for some fame.  Goodness knows that
when we started talking about changing RamDoubler to 'RamTripler' that a
neat utility (MaxRam) was written to allow users to modify the magic of
RamDoubler.

(Just a thought, but it sure would be helpful)
--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 18:31:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: Personal LW LS Grayscale

>
>  More neat stuff found at the info.hed.apple.com gopher ...
>
>  The Laserwriter Select 300 printer driver works on a Personal
>Laserwriter LS as well, and best of all, supports grayscale printing on
>the LS.  Results aren't as nice as on a 600 dpi HP Laserjet 4M, but I
>don't have another 300 dpi printer around to compare apples with apples
>rather than oranges, and I certainly can't argue with the upgrade price.
>  In black and white mode, printing speed with the LW 300 driver is
>definitely slower than with the LW LS 7.2 driver, though, so I'm keeping
>the LW LS driver for normal usage and reserving the LW 300 driver for
>grayscale images.

I find that it is actually faster. Part of that may be purely subjective --
the LW 300 driver tells you where it is (ie. 7% complete imaging page),
whereas the PLW/LS 7.2 driver leaves you waiting till it prints. But the
LW300 seems noticably faster to me. I _do_ have extra memory, though (a
full 1 MB). I also keep the PLW/LS 7.2 driver around, since I can't get the
LS 300 to print envelopes correctly using AddressBook.

>The LW 300 driver also seems to support printer
>sharing, but I haven't tried that yet.  I imagine there will be another
>performance hit, too.
>  The path is:
>     USA Service, Support and Training/Apple SW Updates/
>          Printing Software/LW 300 v1.2.sea.Hqx
>
>  at the info.hed.apple.com gopher (NO anonymous ftp). Version 7.3 of
>the Chooser is required, also, so pick that up at the same directory, if
>you need it.
>
>Shih Tung
>Chem E

Note that the PLW LS 7.2 driver is also on the server, in the same
directory! That's great! A lot of you out there are probably using 7.0 or
older, since the later ones have been hard to find on the net. This is the
first legal network appearance of these drivers. If you own a Personal
Laserwriter LS, by all means download both of these. It makes a HUGE
difference. Like a new printer! It's still slow, but only half as slow!

Bryan Walls                             My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 15:09:32
From: "rrs" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pesky Nonloading Extensions

Thomas ([e-mail]) asked why his extension were'nt
loading?

If you're using Extension Manager, and version, it generally means
the Manager is corrupted. I had this problem repeatedly, and I
always found that installing in the system folder a new copy of
Extension Manager from a copy that has never been loaded fixed the
problem.  Merely duplicating the Extension Manager you have in the
Control Panels folder won't do the job.

If you're not running Extension Manager, then I'd suggest moving all
of your extensions/control panels out to a folder on the desktop,
restart, rebuild the desktop (hodl opt-cmd during startup) and then
drag the extension/control panels, not the folders to the system
folder and let the Finder put them away.  Then restart.

Good Luck

Bob Sachs, [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 07:30:43 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PowerBook External video

Hi netters, I've got a PB 160 with a VGA cable to connect to a
IBM VGA monitor, works fine. Does anyone know how I can connect
to a 17" or 19" monitor with RGB + sync BNC type connectors? How
can I fabricate such a cable if it is possible?
TIA.
-Mike

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 21:14:57 EST
From: [e-mail] (David R. Morrison)
Subject: PowerMac SIMMs

Does anybody know what speed SIMMs go in a PowerMac 8100/80?  And is there
any advantage to installing SIMMs which are faster than the minimum speed?

  -- Dave Morrison
     [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 11:47:35 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: REQ: Timer for launching applications?

Is there a cdev/small app out there which can launch applications (or even
better, documents) at preset times?

Thanks for your help.

                  ~  Jason Y. Kim  ~
                     ~=@=~

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 01:57:50 -0600 (CST)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: sharing stylewriter (Q)

I have a StyleWriter (original flavor, not II) here at home connected to
my LC III. I'm using the StyleWriter II software, however, with System
7.1, so that my wife can connect her Powerbook to me via a localtalk
network, and--at least when we're lucky--print to the StyleWriter.

But for some reason it doesn't always work. I have an A/B switch box
controlling my modem port output: both my USR modem & the StyleWriter are
connected to the box. (The printer port, of course, is in use by the
network wiring.) I'm using various software with the modem, including
FaxSTF for faxing. Sometimes I am able to get the Chooser to let me share
the StyleWriter, but much of the time it just refuses to. I click on the
"SW II" icon in Chooser, then click on the Options button: then when I
click on the "Share this printer" box, I get an alert telling me that
there is not enough memory to share this printer and suggesting that I
quit some applications. But there aren't any other open applications and
I have tons of memory! (8Mb built-in, with RAM Doubler running gives me
16Mb.)

Needless to say I've tried various things. Reinstalled the printer
software a couple of times. Rebooted, even with all extensions off except
for the printer and networking software. Checked the connections. My
suspicions are directed at the FaxSTF software and the A/B box, but I
can't give a good reason to suspect either, and I have no idea how to
test my suspicions.

I can't find anything anywhere about this problem. Anyone had this
experience? What's the solution? Help, please! T.I.A.

Will Porter / University of Houston

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:44:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Clinton MacDonald)
Subject: Should I upgrade to MacWrite Pro 1.5?

Info-maccers:

   I bought a Mac Classic when it still seemed like an expensive computer
to me, and bought MacWrite II at the same time for $59. This, I thought, is
a great little program. A while ago I upgraded from venerable old MacWrite
II to MacWrite Pro 1.0. The upgrade to Pro was another $69 (if I remember
correctly). Well, I was greatly disappointed in MacWrite Pro -- all the
quickness and ease-of-use features of MacWrite II had mysteriously
vanished. Upon upgrading to a 68030 Powerbook, I still could finally
stomach MacWrite Pro. But recently I got a mailing from Claris asking me to
upgrade to MacWrite Pro 1.5 -- for another $69.

   So (although it seems I have answered my own question), should I
upgrade? Are there any "must-have" features in MW Pro 1.5? Have they sped
up things like file-saving? Does it still kern italics badly? Will I have
my old friend back, or should I just buy ClarisWorks (for another $200)?
E-mail, or post to Info-mac -- I would especially like to hear from those
of you who *like* MW Pro.

   Clint

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 15:05:58 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: si sound bug (thanks)

thanks to anyone of the increasing number of advisers for repairing/tuning
my si. i am really beaten by the amount of replies - great. as i soldered
quite a lot in various macs i will probably do the same to my disloyal
speaker.

as some posted public replies, i will save the space and not repeat the
 suggestions - please have a look at info-mac #46.

thanks a lot to all of you

miron

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

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 09:59:00 PST
From: Steve Pointec <[e-mail]>
Subject: si sounds

Could someone please tell me if external speakers will solve
my macII si sound problems.

Steve Pointec
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 17:41:43 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: SLIP connections

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> [I really should be able to get the answer to this question from the vendor
> but they don't seem to be very knowledgable about MacTCP and I have gotten
> very frustrated experimenting to try to figure out what's wrong...]

Such is the case with many providers, unfortunately.

> I have a SLIP account setup with Northwest Nexus thanks to the hand-holding
> provided by Adam Engst in his wonderful book "The Internet Start Kit."  This
> works great except for the fact that using this connection requires a long
> distance call to Washington.  Until recently, this was the best and cheapest
> option for my area (St. Louis, MO) because there weren't any vendors with
> local POPs.

If only there were a way around dealing with the phone companies...

> A company called CRL from Larkspur, CA, has recently established a POP in
St.
> Louis and I am trying to get a SLIP account working through them.  They have
> assigned me an IP number and I have set the gateway address and DNS servers
> according to the info which they provided.

OK, sounds like you're using Manual addressing.

>  When I try to login via NCSA
> Telnet, I get connected and provide my login name and password.  Their system
> [which runs Sun OS if that matters] responds with "Establishing a SL/IP
> connection" but I get no further.

That's odd - I'd expect to see that from a normal dialup terminal
emulator, but it sounds as though you're running NCSA Telnet after
connecting with InterSLIP.

> When I try to use InterSLIP, I seem to
> establish a connection and get logged in correctly, but cannot use Fetch,
> Turbo Gopher, etc. so it is hard to tell what the problem might be.

I suspect you're seeing complaints that those programs cannot find
the domain nameserver, or something like that?

First off, snag a copy of MacTCP Watcher from:

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/mactcp/utilities/

if you can. It's a bit better as a diagnostic than Fetch.

Second, if you haven't completely reinstalled MacTCP after you switched
>From using NWNexus, do that. MacTCP gets corrupted a lot, and switching
>From Server addressing to Manual addressing might have done that.

To reinstall MacTCP from scratch, delete the MacTCP control panel,
the MacTCP DNR file from your System Folder, and the MacTCP Prep file
>From your Preferences folder. Then install a new copy from disk and
reconfigure it as you did before.

You might also check out a draft of something I'm working on:

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/dominating-mactcp-draft.etx

cheers ... -Adam

--
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 Mar 94 15:09:49
From: "rrs" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SpreadBase? Funny you should ask...

Allan Hunter (ahunter@sbccvm) asked for "a SpreadBase" to combine the
spreadsheet power of Excel and the database power of FileMaker Pro.

In fact, there is a product called exactly that "SpreadBase" and it
does exactly that: combine a spreadsheet and a database.  You enter
your data in column format, ala a spreadsheet, with each column
being a field in the database, and each row a record.  It can
automatically define summary fields for totalling, averaging, etc.,
any set of fields.  You define views by selecting from a
bidirectional dialog box fields for the X and Y axes.  The engine
extracts the appropriate records, performs the various totals,
subtotals, etc. and displays the requests spreadsheet.  You can also
define graphics in the same way.  I saw this product at MacWorld 93
and was extremely impressed.

The Catch? It's Huge! Though I can't recall the application size, I
know it is well over Allan's 900kb limit, and the files are very
large (the vendor told me my 8Mb FileMaker Pro db would translate to
over 16Mb) because of the very complex data structures.  Allan, for
this kind of power, you're simply not going to find it with such
memory limitation.

I investigated the product for managing a litigation support
database, but decided there was too little time to redesign our
databases before going to trial.  However, I would strongly consider the
product for serious financial modeling and database managment.

There have been several articles on it in MacWeek and MacUser: see
MacUser July 1993, pages 58-59. The vendor is Objective Software,
[phone], list price $695.

Bob Sachs, [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 15:09:28
From: "rrs" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sto the LaserWriter Startup Page

Bill asked:

> Is there a simple way to permanently stop the printer from
> printing a test page every time I turn it on?

Yes.  The LaserWriter Font Utility, on the TidBits disk of your
System 7 disk set has a feature to suppress the startup page.

Bob Sachs, [e-mail]

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Date: 22 Mar 1994 11:10:57 U
From: "Stone, Don" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Transportation Agencies!

To: Only those who is employed by a public agency or private companies
    involved in transportation. (i.e.. cities, county, townships, road
    commissions, state/provincial DOT's, federal highway agencies, etc.)

Subject: DOT usergroup

I have talked to some of you before concerning a DOT usergroup on
the Internet. Most of you, if not all, have been very helpful in
giving me leads where to starting looking. However, like some of
you have already discovered, there are very few DOT representatives
in any of the existing newsgroups, usergroups, etc.

As of last week, I have implemented a mailserver in our office to
maintain a DOT usergroup, bulletin board, etc. I feel now's the
time to start building the membership of this group and see how
far it will go. I am encouraging anyone who is employed by a public
transportation agency, both rank&file and management, computer
techy's, engineers, planners, project managers, etc. At some point,
sub-sets of this group may develop around common interests and that
certainly can be a consideration. Right now, the rules of game are
somewhat vague, so maybe we can hammer-out details in the months to
come. Also, the current software features are not set in stone and
that also can be discussed. Okay, enough of the chit-chat, here's
how we begin:

Send mail to:  [e-mail]   or   [e-mail]
Subject:  subscribe
Message:
firstname lastname
classification, job title, and/or section
agency's name
agency's location or address
(check out my signature for type of info)

The keyword "subscribe" in the subject field will automatically
add your email address to the group's mailing list. The server
reply to you with a HELP file containing instructions and other
keywords (or commands). One of our first discussions could be the
content of this HELP file.

That's it! Now, it's time to spread the word. If you know of anyone
who works at state DOT's (or public transportation agencies) other
than your own, feel free to forward this message.



Donald C. Stone, GIS Coord/Sys Analyst, [e-mail]
Calif. Dept. of Transportation, Marysville, California, USA

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Date: 21 Mar 1994 17:33:33 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dwight K. Lemke)
Subject: Turkish font

One of my Master's students asked me about a font for writing in Turkish.
He needs the o and u with two dots above them--but that's no problem as the
German umlaut is standard in most typefaces.  What I've been unable to
find, however, is the c with a dot below it [an Ogonek diacritic?].  Anyone
have a suggestion for a good shareware font--Type 1 or TrueType?

Thanks!


|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>| Dwight K. Lemke <[e-mail]>
|<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 08:55:47 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Fearnside,Eng)
Subject: Video A/B Switch

Thanks Adam,

I use a different solution but I will include the video A/B switch option
in my article.

The NEC 5FG, 5FGp and 6FGp (but not the 4FG or 5FGe I believe) monitors all
have multiple connectors on the back arranged to allow the monitor to take
its input from either: BNC connectors (4 coaxial, twist on connectors like
the connectors used for Thin Coax Ethernet) or "D-sub" connectors.  Which
type of input is used is on-the-fly selectable by a switch on the front
panel.  For example my system is setup such that I connect my Mac to the
BNC connectors (this requires a Mac video to BNC cable available at most
computer stores for, I'm guessing, about $30) and my PC to one of the
"D-sub" connectors.  I put little labels ("Mac" and "PC") on the input
selector switch and voila one nice monitor for 2 computers.

Another nifty feature of the NEC monitors is that there are also 2 "D-sub"
connectors.  You can only use one at a time (they are essentially wired in
parallel) but the advantage is that one connector is a standard VGA
connector (15 pins arranged in 3 rows in a D connector) and the other is a
standard Mac video connector (15 pins arranged in 2 rows in a D connector).
 The monitor ships with a single cable with a VGA connector on one end and
a Mac video connector on the other.  The result is the monitor and the
cable will work with either a Mac or a PC system (if you have a Mac,
connect the Mac end of the cable to the Mac and connect the VGA end to the
monitor; if you have a PC, do the reverse).  Simple elegant and it works
great.

I believe some other monitor manufacturers use the same scheme.  For
instance, I read that the Gateway Crystal Scan 17" monitor does (I wouldn't
get a Gateway but that's another story).

I have read that the BNC connectors offer a generally better picture than
standard D-connectors (for electrical reasons about which I can only guess)
using BNC connectors is not only for multi-platform users but also for
high-end users who need color fidelity and the best picture.

If you have a multiplatform (or just 2 CPU) system and a limited budget,
don't settle for 2 mediocre monitors.  For about the same money you can get
one high quality monitor and share it.  Saves space and uses less energy
too!

John
_______________________________________________________________________________
From: Info-Mac%sumex-aim.stanford.edu on Mon, Mar 21, 1994 7:26 PM
Subject: FYI...
To: John Fearnside,Eng

Might be useful...

cheers ... -Adam

Forward of letter <[e-mail]> from The Info-Mac
Moderators <[e-mail]>:

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 09:56:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David B. Reiser)
Subject: video switches

A friend of mine has his NEC 4xx monitor hooked up to both a IIci and a
486 box. He uses a switch from Black Box Corp. (412-746-5500) to connect
them. NEC provides an adaptor which converts the standard VGA video plug to
one that's compatible with the Mac. If I'm reading the catalog right, the
part number for the switch is SK-SW780A ($139). You'll also need an extra
video cable, which will add some more to what seems to me to be an
expensive switch box. But it's still cheaper than a second monitor.

There may be cheaper sources of video switches, but when we were looking a
year or two ago, I couldn't find one.

I have no connection with BB, other than as an occasional customer
(satisfied
with the quality on every occasion).

Dave
[e-mail]

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

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 04:30:31 PST
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Voice recording program

I am looking for a shareware program that will:

*  record a voice message
*  save it as a sound file that can be played just by double clicking on it
   from the finder
*  have reasonable quality but sample low enough so that the file is small.

Most utilities I have seen do one or more of the above but not all.  The
best compression I have found is the sound utility in MSmail 3.1 but the
sound files are not accessable from outside the program.  Other programs I
tried save files that can be played by double clicking but the files were
very large.

Thanks, David
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 10:56:50 CST
From: Bruce A. Bromberek <[e-mail]>
Subject: VRAM for PM 7100

I have PowerMAC 7100 , with a Mirror 15" color portrait monitor
(640x870).  with the standard 1MB vram I get 256 colors.
Will 2 MB get me up to thousands of colors? And what kind of
card will I need to for millions of colors?

Thanks in adavance

Bruce Bromberek                      University of Minnesota
Email: [e-mail]         Dept Of ChE & Mat Sci




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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 23:11:49 PST
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Word 5.1 full justification woes

Hi,

Someone here has a final report for his thesis in word 5.1.  He pasted in
all his graphs from Criket graph and Deltagraph Pro.  The total file is
about 1 MB.

The problem is when it is printed: the pages print only left justified even
though full justification is selected.  It looks justified in the page
layout mode and in the print preview window but it is not when it prints.

I tired copying the entire contents to a new file and played with the print
setup options.  I have also tried printing one page or a few pages.  If I
print a page without a chart or I delete the charts then it prints with
full justification.

If anyone wants to take a closer look at this file (Tonya?, Adam?), I can
send you a couple pages or the entire file.

Thank you, David

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 04:25:57 PST
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Word 5.1 full justification woes (solved)

The problem was with 2 of the graphs.  I took them out and the paper
printed okay.  I copied and pasted them in Canvas and saved them as a pict
file.  Then copied them back into Word using copy and paste.  Now the paper
prints with the graphs.

I really appreciate that Word is able to tollerate a lot of errors in a doc
unlike other word processors that simply will not open a document if it is
damaged but I do wish there was some kind of tool to locate the errors and
correct them.

-d

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 23:16:41 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Worldscript

Forwarding this. Sad news for multilingual users.

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]  Home: [phone]
 ---------------------------Original message----------------------------
A Mhi/chil,
        Smaoinigh me/ go mbeadh spe/is agat i seo.
  Caoimhi/n
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 09:43:26 EST

Sender: Language Learning and Technology International
    Information Forum <[e-mail]>
From: "Otmar K. E. Foelsche" <[e-mail]>
Subject: #858 MS Word will not support WorldScript!
--- Forwarded Message from [e-mail] (Gary Hoffman) ---
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] (Gary Hoffman)
>Organization: IR/PS, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0519 USA
>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 12:09:33 PST
>Subject: MS Word will not support WorldScript!
 -----------------
Otmar, this is perhaps third hand, so I left the NetNews paths to show its
heritage.
 ---------------------------------
For your info, I am forwarding the following
message.

From: [e-mail] (Kevin Miller)
Subject: WorldScript II & Microsoft
Date: 9 Mar 1994 02:44:16 GMT
Organization: Psychology & Beckman Inst., University of Illinois

I wanted to publicize a reply I recently received from Microsoft
concerning their intention NOT to support WorldScript II (which permits
free mixing of single-byte and two-byte scripts, such as English and
Chinese and is, by the way, the greatest thing since sliced bread).
What's particularly disturbing to me is the implication that Microsoft
products will be built to a "least common denominator" across different
platforms.

Quoted text follows:

This comes from a document that we made public at MacWorld regarding
the future of MacWord. This is in specific response to your WorldScript

question:

"Q: Will Word 6 (or Excel 5 or Office 4.o) support WorldScript?

A: No, although we will be shipping in a number of different languages.

 You only need WorldScript for far east and Middle east language
systems, and this is a very small part of our current customer base.
Our applications are becoming "core code", something which is very
important to the vast majority of our customers (about 90%).  Since
WorldScript needs to be implemented at a very low architectural level,
we cannot do this and maintain core code and cross-platform file
compatibility.  However, we hope to have solutions for these language
systems on the Mac soon - for example, Excel 4 was localized in
Japanese ( Kanjii)."

***************************************************************************
*Gary B. Hoffman, Computer/Language Lab Director e-mail: [e-mail]*
*Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies    (IR/PS)*
*University of California, San Diego (UCSD)          voice: [phone]*
*9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0519 USA          fax: [phone]*
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