Info-Mac 4/Info_Mac IV CD-ROM (Pacific HiTech Inc.)(August 1994).iso/Periodicals/InfoMac Digest volume 12/infomacv12-054.txt

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Date: Mon,  4 Apr 94 07:40:17 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #54
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Info-Mac Digest             Mon,  4 Apr 94       Volume 12 : Issue 54

Today's Topics:

      [!] New virus (INIT-29-B); Disinfectant 3.5 available
      [*] About 1.0.2; a process monitor
      [*] Alice 2.3.1E; an offline QWK reader
      [*] Alice 2.3.1updater; an offline QWK reader
      [*] Alt.sources.mac Digest #4
      [*] Archivist v 4.2; a Hypercard document database
      [*] Archivist v 4.2 FRENCH; a Hypercard document database
      [*] Chat 2.0.3 Release; talk over the Internet
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-008
      [*] DeskCover1.1; a HyperCard XCMD to cover the desktop
      [*] DiskPrint; a Chooser extension
      [*] DrummerZ; a collection of 75 drum patterns in Standard Midi
      [*] Encore3.0-DEMO; musical score editor
      [*] ens-times; a font with diacriticals for Greek
      [*] FreeRam 1.1; how much do you have left?
      [*] Group 2 of samples from Prince and the NPG
      [*] Help on Wheels 1.1; a generic help server
      [*] HomeBrew Archivist 94 #3
      [*] HoW Developer's Kit 1.1; for Help ion Wheels
      [*] I Ching Squared (shareware statistics program)
      [*] Internet Archivist 94 #3; info about the Internet
      [*] Kingyo!; your digital pet
      [*] Lucky Ducky; a design and color package for ages 4 and up
      [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.8.4
      [*] MacroEcon 1.10; an economics simulator
      [*] Matrix Master 1.2.2; a simple matrix manipulator
      [*] Maybe 1.3; spiffs up aliases
      [*] Menu Events 1.1; a scirpting interface for menus
      [*] Menu Grabber 1.1; an illustration of Menu Events
      [*] Metronome 1.0; a simulation of a mechanical metronome
      [*] MTPro5.2-DEMO; a MIDI program
      [*] NCSA Telnet 2.6 for the Macintosh
      [*] Phase D (Shareware phase diagram program)
      [*] PictPocket 1.1; a screen grabber
      [*] Print Screen 1.2.1; an extension
      [*] Protein synthesis cartoon
      [*] Quake94Photos4; photographs of the CA earthquake
      [*] Samples from "Midnight Marauders" (sounds)
      [*] SAM Virus Defintions 3/30/94
      [*] SAM Virus Help 3/30/94
      [*] sat-trak-102; a satellite tracking program
      [*] SimCity 2000 1.1 Updater
      [*] SimCity 2000 Funds Editor
      [*] SymC++/ThC v6.0.1->v7.0 FULL; update for the full environment
      [*] SymC++/ThC v6.0.1->v7.0 SMALL; update for both compilers
      [*] telefinderpro2.2.2; a GUI BBS/terminal emulator
      [*] The Player Pro Demo; Macintosh MOD player and editor
      [*] Think C v7.0 Patch READ ME
      [*] Update of Photoshop Drop Shadow Filter
      [*] Virtual Desktop 1.7; a desktop expander
      (A) PC and Mac File exchange's
      2 System files on the same disk
      About Binhex
      About MountImage
      Alt.sources.mac Digest #4
      Anarchie
      Anarchie? (A)
      Cable (TV) tuner NuBus Card
      Changing Internal Hd On 660Av
      Circuit Simulator's
      comment on sumex load
      demos: Infini-D, QuarkXPress 3.2, AutoCad...Where?
      Doin' it right on Saturday Night
      Dot Matrix Font
      DragonDrop (C)
      Driver updt for Abaton on Quadra? (would be nice)
      Finder 7.1.4 ZoomRect Patch
      FirstClass Server and the FAXStf Line Manager
      HELP! Upgrading SE ROM 800K->1.4M
      Inbound Faxes to Workstations (Re: V12 #53)
      InfoBrowser 2.8
      LaserWriter layouts
      linelink handle newton fax (Q)
      Mac Express newsletter available free (sort of)
      Macro program
      MacTCP 1.1 and system 7.1
      MacTCP and System 7 (C)
      May I play through (A)
      MPC on PowerCD ?
      multiple machines/multiple licenses
      PC to Mac monitor
      print-merge escape key for MS Word?
      Setting the clock over a dialup
      Sharing PLW LS using LW 300 Driver (Q)
      startup quirks
      Strange SLIP util needed
      submission announcements
      Suitcase under System 7.1
      Sun raster
      System 7.1 and Disk Doubler
      Video or Interactive Multimedia
      Who was that masked man?
      why binhex?
      xCROSSWORD PROGS (Q)
      ZiffNet/Mac without CI$ (long)

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:22:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [!] New virus (INIT-29-B); Disinfectant 3.5 available

Howdy,

A new Mac virus was discovered (please see the announcement below.
Disinfectant 3.5 is now available at Info-Mac; this version recognises the
new virus.

Cheers, Igor

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/disinfectant-35.hqx; 216K]

[Forwarded announcement]
New Macintosh Virus Discovered (INIT-29-B)
                 2 April 1994


 Virus: INIT-29-B
 Damage: Alters applications, system files, and documents.
    May cause unexpected program failures or system crashes.
 Spread: few reported cases yet, but might have spread widely.
 Systems affected: All Apple Macintosh computers, all systems.


 The INIT-29 virus first appeared in late 1988. We do not know much
 about its origin.  A variant of the INIT-29 virus has recently been
 discovered at a West Coast US site.  Its behavior is similar to that
 of the original INIT-29 virus.

 Both strains of INIT-29 spread quickly and widely.  INIT-29 viruses
 will alter and infect almost every kind of file, including document
 (data) files; infected document files do not spread the INIT-29 virus,
 however.  All versions of INIT-29 will infect both applications and
 systems files, and will spread from those files.  An application on an
 infected computer may itself become infected even if it is not
 launched or executed.

 INIT-29 viruses may reveal themselves when a locked floppy disk is
 inserted in the disk drive.  An infected Mac will display the alert:
       The disk "xxxxx" needs minor repairs.
       Do you want to repair it?

 Previous experience with the original INIT-29 virus indicates that the
 INIT-29-B version may cause printing problems and unexpected crashes.
 Some applications may fail to run correctly.  Damage may occur as a
 result of the file and application modifications.


 According to feedback from the publishers and authors of the major
 anti-viral software programs, information about possibly needed
 upgrades to known, actively supported Mac anti-virus products is as
 follows:


     Tool: Central Point Anti-Virus
     Status: Commercial software
     Revision to be released: 3.0d
     Where to find: Compuserve, America Online, sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
            Central Point BBS, [phone]
     When available: now
     Comments: New 'MacSig' antidote file available - dated 4/2/94.


     Tool: Disinfectant
     Status: Free software (courtesy of Northwestern University and
        John Norstad)
     Revision to be released: 3.5
     When available: now
     Where to find: usual archive sites and bulletin boards --
           ftp.acns.nwu.edu, sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
            rascal.ics.utexas.edu, AppleLink, America Online,
            CompuServe, Genie, Calvacom, MacNet, Delphi,
            comp.binaries.mac


     Tool: Gatekeeper
     Status: Free software (courtesy of Chris Johnson)
     Revision to be released: 1.3.1
     When available: last released version (1.3) is effective; no
    update needed
     Where to find: usual archive sites and bulletin boards --
           microlib.cc.utexas.edu, sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
            rascal.ics.utexas.edu, comp.binaries.mac
     Comments: revision 1.3.1 (responding to INIT-9403) remains
    pending; release date is currently not available.  It is
    recommended that you use the latest version of Disinfectant
    INIT together with the latest released version of GateKeeper;
    this will provide satisfactory protection.


     Tool: Rival
     Status: Commercial software
     Revision to be released: N/A
     When available: now.
     Where to find it:
     America Online: RIVAL, AppleLink: TESTNONE,
     Compuserve: 73112,2144, Internet: [e-mail]
     Comments:
    The current version of Rival detects and removes INIT-29-B


     Tool: SAM (Virus Clinic and Intercept)
     Status: Commercial software
     Revision to be released: 3.5.12
     When available: now
     Where to find: CompuServe, America Online, Applelink, Symantec's
            Customer Service @ 800-441-7234
     Comments: Updates to various versions of SAM to detect and remove
       INIT-29-B are available from the above sources.


     Tool: Virex
     Status: Commercial software
     Revision to be released: 5.03
     Where to find: Datawatch Corporation [phone]
     When available: now
     Comments: Virex 5.03 will detect the INIT29-B in any file, and repair
      any file that has not been permanently damaged.
      All Virex Protection Service members will automatically be sent an update
      on diskette.  All other registered users will receive a notice by mail.
      Datawatch's BBS number is:  [phone].
    UDV Code for INIT29-B
    Guide Number = 15753664
    1: 0302 3000 1276 0000 / 57
    2: A9F0 303C A997 A146 / 9D
    3: 2028 FFFC 8180 9090 / 4C


     Tool: VirusDetective
     Status: Shareware
     Revision to be released: N/A
     When available: now
     Where to find: various Mac archives
     Comments: VirusDetective is shareware.
    The current version (5.0.11) identifies INIT-29-B.


 If you discover what you believe to be a virus on your Macintosh
 system, please report it to the vendor/author of your anti-virus
 software package for analysis.  Such reports make early, informed
 warnings like this one possible for the rest of the Mac community.  If
 you are otherwise unsure of who to contact, you may send e-mail to
 [e-mail] as an initial point of contact.

 Also, be aware that writing and releasing computer viruses is more
 than a rude and damaging act of vandalism -- it is also a violation of
 many state and Federal laws in the US, and illegal in several other
 countries.  If you have information concerning the author of this or
 any other computer virus, please contact any of the anti-virus
 providers listed above.  Several Mac virus authors have been
 apprehended thanks to the efforts of the Mac user community, and some
 have received criminal convictions for their actions.  This is yet one
 more way to help protect your computers.

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 06:52:49 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Hecht)
Subject: [*] About 1.0.2; a process monitor

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION (ABOUT 1.0.2)
About 1.0.2 now supports Macintosh Drag & Drop and Macintosh Easy Open! The
"view by partition" mode is also much improved. If you like About you'll
definitely want this new version. Keep those cards and letters coming!

--Michael
  April 2, 1994

About is FREE.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/about-102.hqx; 102K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:33:21 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] Alice 2.3.1E; an offline QWK reader

Alice is an offline QWK reader for the Macintosh. Alice also handles .XRS
offline reading and it is easy to convert Alice into a full-fledged
Macintosh FidoNet "Point" system. The T2 b7 update is included with this
archive.

This is the final English v2.3.1 - fixes a bug which would crash SE/30
machines; also added support for global font macros, FTSC 035 Gateway
information, option to auto-purge messages on startup, added ZipIt 1.2.6
compatibility so you no longer need UnZIP 1.02C.

Alice is fast and friendly -- a good solution for Mac users who want to
call Fido boards using .QWK, .XRS, or as a Point caller.

- Shareware, by Michael Keller.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/alice-213e.hqx; 696K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 18:12:19 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] Alice 2.3.1updater; an offline QWK reader

This archive contains just the resource patches needed to convert Alice
2.3b5 -> 2.3.1 and T2 b6 -> b7. Alice is an offline QWK reader for the
Macintosh. Alice also supports .XRS, and can be configured as a FidoNet
"Point" system.

- Shareware, by Michael Keller

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/alice-231-updt.hqx; 129K]

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 15:43:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Nebinger)
Subject: [*] Alt.sources.mac Digest #4

alt.sources.mac digest #4-94                      4/1/94

Today's Contents:

  [!] administrivia

  [*] backinuse.cpt.hqx
  [*] cwjumptable.cpt.hqx
  [*] findiconlib.cpt.hqx
  [*] fontshow1.1.2.cpt.hqx
  [*] fractarcontours.cpt.hqx
  [*] gammafadelib.cpt.hqx
  [*] glypha3.cpt.hqx
  [*] glypha3.1.cpt.hqx
  [*] mycard.cpt.hqx
  [*] pictbuttoncdef.cpt.hqx
  [*] popupcdef1.0b3.cpt.hqx
  [*] progresscdef1.0.cpt.hqx
  [*] progresscdef1.1.cpt.hqx
  [*] stellaobscura.cpt.hqx
  [*] textdim.cpt.hqx
  [*] threadlib.cpt.hqx
  [*] tonedialer.cpt.hqx
  [*] trenchsim.cpt.hqx
  [*] updnarrowcdef.cpt.hqx
  [*] updncntl.cpt.hqx
  [*] updncntl2.cpt.hqx

  [#] adjwindfkey
  [#] appletalktoggle
  [#] findfullpath
  [#] fswritete
  [#] getfindericon
  [#] loadcoderes
  [#] loadcoderes2
  [#] mycopybits
  [#] paslibinsymc
  [#] polymaze
  [#] pswdfilter
  [#] queenxlisp
  [#] strptime
  [#] timezonestuff
  [#] tokenizer

  [!] Who's Who List

  The alt.sources.mac archive is at ftpbio.bgsu.edu
(129.1.252.66) in the /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac directory.
Files listed with an [*] before them are in the main
directory.  Files listed with an [#] in front of them
are in the /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/00snippet directory.
Scripts are stored in the /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/scripts
directory.

  Also stored at the archive site are the FAQs for the
Mac newsgroups in the /ftp/pub directory.  Postings to
comp.sources.mac are archived in the /ftp/pub/comp.sources.mac
directory.  The alt.sources.mac digests are archived in the
/ftp/pub/digests directory.

  The alt.sources.mac newsgroup is for the distribution of
sources only.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/alt-sources-mac-digest-94-04.txt; 25K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 13:31:16 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Archivist v 4.2; a Hypercard document database

The Archivist version 4.2

Version 4.1 has been available on SUMEX-AIM for nearly a year in the /TEXT
domain. It is a Hypercard document database that can hold small or rather large
documents, the limitation being the size of your hard drive up to a maximum of
512 megs per Archivist file.

It can be considered as an electronic binder than can multiply itself to form
new binders for your own purposes. With it is attached a small "Read me" file.
This document database must be used on a Macintosh with a monitor size of at
least 480 pixels by 400 pixels or any monitor bigger than that.

HyperCard or HyperCard Player version 2,2 (or better) must be used accordingly
with its Home file. HyperCard must be partitioned to a minimum of 4 megs RAM.

Those of you scripting with HyperCard, AppleScript, SuperCard, MacroMedia Lingo
etc... can use The Archivist to hold all your precious routines...

If you are beginning a Ms or Ph.D., The Archivist will become your best
friend!

If you navigate on the Internet and download numerous text files, The Archivist
will be of great utility. In short, anyone having to manage text files will
like to use this new version.

This new version supports colour, Page Setup... and  FAX/Modem printing
Happy archiving!

J.-Robert Thibault Ph.D.
Dept of forest sciences
Faculty or forestry and geomatic
Laval University
Quebec Canada  G1K 7P4

InterNet:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/archivist-42-hc.hqx; 601K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 13:30:48 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Archivist v 4.2 FRENCH; a Hypercard document database

The Archivist FR version 4.2  (French)

A valuable tool to help you master French as a second language.

Version 4.1 has been available on SUMEX-AIM for nearly a year in the /TEXT
domain. It is a Hypercard document database that can hold small or rather large
documents, the limitation being the size of your hard drive up to a maximum of
512 megs per Archivist file.

It can be considered as an electronic binder than can multiply itself to form
new binders for your own purposes. With it is attached a small "Read me" file.
This document database must be used on a Macintosh with a monitor size of at
least 480 pixels by 400 pixels or any monitor bigger than that.

HyperCard or HyperCard Player version 2,2 (or better) must be used accordingly
with its Home file. HyperCard must be partitioned to a minimum of 4 megs RAM.

Those of you scripting with HyperCard, AppleScript, SuperCard, MacroMedia Lingo
etc... can use The Archivist to hold all your precious routines...

If you are beginning a Ms or Ph.D., The Archivist will become your best
friend!

If you navigate on the Internet and download numerous text files, The Archivist
will be of great utility. In short, anyone having to manage text files will
like to use this new version.

This new version supports colour, Page Setup... and  FAX/Modem printing
Happy archiving!

J.-Robert Thibault Ph.D.
Dept of forest sciences
Faculty or forestry and geomatic
Laval University
Quebec Canada  G1K 7P4

InterNet:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/archivist-42-fr-hc.hqx; 659K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 02:43:56 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Neulinger)
Subject: [*] Chat 2.0.3 Release; talk over the Internet

**** WHATS NEW IN 2.0.3 ****

You can now switch between Foreground Only and Background Only versions
of the Chat Room by simply changing the Background only bit in the size
resource. Thanks to Peter Lewis for providing the code to make this
possible. To cut down on size, the Chat room will be distributed in the
foreground only mode.

The utilities menu has been enabled. Features available in utilities menu:
    Disabling User Passwords
    Disabling Logins
    Disabling Whispers
    Disabling Yells

Default settings for these options are read in from the 'CPrf' resource
in the application. A 'TMPL' for editing this resource is also present.
The default port has been moved from a STR resource to the preferences
resource. The setting of disabling user passwords is restricted if their
are no passwords present in the file.

A new administrator command has been added - \SET to allow setting of
those disabled options from within the chat room. For example - with the
default admin password of "admin". The command "\SET admin logins off"
will disable any new logins. Typing "\SET admin" will list the options.

A new die rolling routine has been added - allows easy selection of
different die configurations in the standard roll playing notation such as
2d20 to roll 2 twenty sided dice.

Well, that is the latest version for a while unless everybody sends me some
suggestions, cause as far as I can tell, I have implemented almost every
suggestions people have sent me. So email anything you can think of that I
can do to it to [e-mail]. Oh, I don't want to hear about bugs - but if
you really must find one - let me know what it is. :)

The latest version and source should always (hopefully) be available on my
ftp site:

pluto.cc.umr.edu     in    /pub/mac/Chat 2.0.x

Just log in as anonymous with your email address as the password.
-- Nathan

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/chat-203.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 94 22:39:07 MET DST
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-008

C.S.M.P. Digest             Sun, 03 Apr 94       Volume 3 : Issue 8

Today's Topics:

    ?Time manager code for pascal!
    Copying with a mask
    Macsbug for PowerMac?
    Math on PowerMacs (was Re: PowerMac emulate a 68LC040??)
    Passing data through to completion procs?
    Sending AppleEvents To Eudora


The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([e-mail]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-008.txt; 28K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 17:19:45 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Klink)
Subject: [*] DeskCover1.1; a HyperCard XCMD to cover the desktop

DeskCover and ColorCover are XCMDs for HyperCard that will cover the
desktop. This prevents the user from activating other applications or

files. It may also improve the appearance that a small card window
makes on a large monitor. Requires HC 2.0 or above. ColorCover
requires 32 bit QuickDraw for full use of its features.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/desk-cover-11.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 13:57:05 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Michael Martin)
Subject: [*] DiskPrint; a Chooser extension

A chooser extension that allows the user to ``print'' files to disk
rather than to the printer.
Not the author, just passing it on

Cheers,
Michael.

Michael Martin, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/disk-print.hqx; 53K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 9:39:22 EST
From: JOSE STEPHANE <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DrummerZ; a collection of 75 drum patterns in Standard Midi

DrummerZ is a collection of 75 drum patterns in Standard Midi File
(GM/GS) format. Each pattern is 2 to 8 bars long and covers many
styles. Sequenced with EZVision and played on EZKat drum pads.
The doc file is in french but the use of the sequences is very
straight forward. The collection is ShareWare... Please support
the ShareWare concept.

DrummerZ is (c) 1992-94 Stephane JOSE/GarGaGlu Productions
email: [e-mail] (internet)

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/drummer-z-midi.hqx; 158K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 17:44:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Encore3.0-DEMO; musical score editor

This is a working demo of Encore 3.0, Passport Design's high-end Mac
program for creating, transcribing and printing musical scores.  This demo
is released with the explicit permission of Passport Designs.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/encore-30-demo.hqx; 1067K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 12:07:18 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Nikos Goulandris)
Subject: [*] ens-times; a font with diacriticals for Greek

ENSTimes A type 1 font including eleven diacriticalsfor the transliteration
of Greek.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/ens-times.hqx; 178K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 00:16:40 -0800
From: Jim Emmons <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FreeRam 1.1; how much do you have left?

    This is a cute little hack that keeps track of and displays the
approximate amount of free* ram you have available.  *If you are using RAM
Doubler, virtual memory, or an equivalent, RamFree will reflect that value.
    System 7+ only.  $10 shareware.
    I am not the author.
    See the Read Me file for more information.

    Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/free-ram-11.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 17:20:26 +0200
From: Raoul Schaffner <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Group 2 of samples from Prince and the NPG

Content: Group 2 of samples from Prince and the NPG.

Files:   "Cream"                        90K
     "Keep Going"                  166K
     "Live 4 Love"                 158K

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/prince-npg-grp2.hqx; 455K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:23:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] Help on Wheels 1.1; a generic help server

Help on Wheels 1.1

This generic help server, which springs from the help facility
in the famous Disinfectant program, offers on-line,
context-sensitive help service to all AWOL Utilities programs,
and potentially others to come.  (A later version of the
server will be programmed to co-operate with the Apple Guide.)

As a user, you see help for several client programs stacked in
a single window, with each program's menu commands and dialog
items keyed to descriptive paragraphs in the help file.  You
can tell the help server to follow your actions in the
background, so that you can read about the program while you
use it.  Hypertext links connect related sections and trigger
demonstration actions by the client application.

The Help on Wheels developer's kit includes a sample
application, and everything a developer would need to add help
service to an application, control panel, or extension.  The
client interface is designed to take the burden of display,
printing, saving, and other common help functions away from
the developer.  THE DEVELOPER'S KIT IS A SEPARATE ARCHIVE,
NOT PART OF THIS ARCHIVE.

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/help-on-wheels-11.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 13:27:19 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] HomeBrew Archivist 94 #3

Hi all

Each day, Rob Gardner does a fantastic job publishing the
Home Brew Digest. Its available as a mail server. You can
put your name on to receive the dayly publication.

You will find very well written articles on all aspects of beer
and home brewing... articles by microbiologists, biochimists,
as well as home brewing enthousiasts.

Well the full content of Home Brew Digest is placed in the
Archivist (a HyperCard document data base stack).

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/home-brew-94-03-archivist.hqx; 1988K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:25:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] HoW Developer's Kit 1.1; for Help ion Wheels

HoW (Help on Wheels) Developer's Kit 1.1

The Help on Wheels help server provides on-line, context-
sensitive help service to client applications, including all
AWOL Utilities programs, and potentially others to come.
(A later version of the server will be programmed to
co-operate with the Apple Guide.)

This Help on Wheels developer's kit includes a sample
application, and everything a developer would need to add help
service to an application, control panel, or extension.  The
client interface is designed to take the burden of display,
printing, saving, and other common help functions away from
the developer.  THE HELP SERVER IS A SEPARATE ARCHIVE,
NOT PART OF THIS ARCHIVE.

This program is part of the AWOL Utilities 1.1 package,
which includes the following programs:  Virtual Desktop 1.7,
Maybe 1.3, Help on Wheels 1.1 (and HoW Developer's Kit 1.1),
PictPocket 1.1, Menu Events 1.1, and Menu Grabber 1.1.
All of them are free, and Copyright (c) 1994 Ross Brown.

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/how-developers-kit-11.hqx; 197K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 09:49:13 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Eli Meir)
Subject: [*] I Ching Squared (shareware statistics program)

I am submitting a statistics program called I Ching Squared as shareware
for inclusion at your ftp site.  I Ching Squared is a straightforward
statistics program designed to analyze neurophysiological data.  Currently,
I Ching can determine event lengths and periods between events for
individual recordings.  I Ching can also measure differences (or phases)
between events from two recordings.  Histograms can be made from any type
of data, including those mentioned above.  I Ching stores the numbers from
these analyses in text files, along with other user selected statistics,
such as means, standard deviations, and chi squares (11 statistics are
included).  These files can be examined using a word processing program,
spreadsheet, or graphing program.

The power of I Ching comes from its ability to perform the same operation
on multiple files with a single command.  Thus if you have many files from
one experiment and would like to analyze them all in the same way, using I
Ching you can analyze all the files at once with one command.  We have
found this to be a great time-saver.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/i-ching-squared.hqx; 197K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 13:29:04 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Internet Archivist 94 #3; info about the Internet

Hi all

Internet Archivist is an  HyperCard Archivist file of numerous
informations on Internet.

This is update # 94:3 built with the new version 4.2 of
The Archivist and HyperCard 2.2

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-94-03-archivist.hqx; 1581K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 13:58:38 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Michael Martin)
Subject: [*] Kingyo!; your digital pet

If you always wanted a pet but couldn't afford the pet food, kingyo is
for you. This app puts a little fish-bowl on your screen containing
Kingyo... and that's it.

Not the author, just passing it on

Cheers,
Michael

Michael Martin, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/kingyo.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 13:29:40 -0600
From: Donna <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Lucky Ducky; a design and color package for ages 4 and up

This is an attempt to mail LuckyDucky to you since I had so much trouble
yeaterday trying to get it to ftp

Lucky Ducky is a demo/shareware version or my new design and color package
for ages 4 and up.

Design Mode
The program comes with 2 modules, Princess and Heroes.  With these you are
able to create a princess or hero with literally thousands of combinations
of clothing, faces, hair, hats etc. You can combine modules and even have
any number of Princesses and Heroes in your picture.  (demo has 5 choices
of each article, registered version has between 5 and 60)
Each of these modules comes with 5 sets of 25 stamps which can be flipped,
shrunk and enlarged. (demo has 5 sets of 5 stamps)

Color Mode
Uses a pallet of 256 colors, choice of 60 patterns, 40 custom brushes in
each module, easily selected fore and back colors, 15 different transfer
modes which work with the brushes filled rectangle, selected area and text
to give you a chance to create a truly outrageous picture.(demo has 10
custom brushes.)

Sound
Each menu button has its own unique sound or music.(demo has 4 beats of
music per control button instead of 8)

Kids like to design pictures in black and white, print them ,then color
them in by hand, or to go into coloring mode and use the brushes, paint
bucket, selection tools, etc.  There is even a function that allows you to
use your last selection as a mask. (demo has save and print disabled)

Several "secret, hidden" functions!!!!  (included in demo)

Demo also has a 15 min time limit, but you can always restart it!!!  It
requires system 7.0 or better and 4 meg and color.

Thanks for putting it on your computer!!!

donna chesluk [e-mail]  tel: [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/lucky-ducky.hqx; 1530K]

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Date: 02 Apr 94 09:21:08 EST
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.8.4

Archive name: mac-ftp-list384.txt
category: communication, text

This is the latest {April 2,1994} version this report and should replace the
previous version of mac-ftp-list.txt.

Changes:  ftp.cnr.it (192.12.192.6) archive has been moved to
      cnuce_arch.cnr.it (131.114.1.10); tp-boi.external.hp.com is
      really ftp-boi.external.hp.com; microlib.cc.utexas.edu ip# has
      changed; added AOL e-mail address.

Added sites:  None

This is a update {April 2,1994} to Mike Gleason's ftp list {He gave me
permision to continue it}.  It lists a good number of mac anonymous ftp sites
with notes on some and a little blurb on how to use anonymous ftp.  Must be in
Monaco 9 {or equivalent} to be readable.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-384.txt; 37K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 17:24:56 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] MacroEcon 1.10; an economics simulator

MacroEcon 1.10        Simulate the economy by adjusting parameters and
observing
              what happens to GNP and prices.  You can also save
              sequences of parameter changes and play them back later.


John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/macro-econ-11.hqx; 93K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 16:39:52 -0800 (PST)
From: "Stephen C. Roderick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Matrix Master 1.2.2; a simple matrix manipulator

Matrix Master 1.2.2
by Stephen C. Roderick IV

This program is a simple matrix manipulator. It is intended for use in
Linear Algebra courses. Matrix Master's greatest feature is that it works
with rational numbers (just like the textbooks!) This makes it easy to
reduce a matrix with row operations. Matrix Master can be used to step
through solutions to textbook problems without having to do the basic math
by hand.

Matrix Master handles the following matrix operations:

Row reduction, Determinant, Rank, Transpose, Inverse, Matrix of Cofactors,
Adjoint Matrix, Upper Triangular form, Row Echelon form, and
Solving for multiple solutions

Matrix Master (c) Copyright 1991-1994
by Stephen C. Roderick IV.

All Rights Reserved.

Matrix Master is free for non commercial public distribution. This software
may not be sold or distributed for profit, or included with other software
or hardware which is sold or distributed for profit, without the express
written permission of the author.

Version 1.2.2
    - Fixed bug where scroll bars behaved incorrectly on non-square matrices.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/matrix-master-122.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:26:45 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] Maybe 1.3; spiffs up aliases

Maybe 1.3

This application picks up where Finder left off in its
implementation of aliases.  Maybe converts a Finder alias file
to give it an additional effect.

Converted aliases do more than just point to the original item.
They can:
-  play a sound
-  open or print every item in the target folder
-  open some other item (document, application, folder, or
   whatever) first
-  send an Apple event to another program
-  make a startup item optional, by questioning the user, or
   checking the state of a key

Maybe doesn't solve your problems directly, but it gives you
the power to do a lot of things you've been wanting to do.

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/maybe-13.hqx; 155K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:28:22 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] Menu Events 1.1; a scirpting interface for menus

Menu Events 1.1

This system extension bridges the gap between scripting
applications and the vast number of non-scriptable
applications.  It makes most, but not all, applications
controllable through their menu commands, using program
linking (Apple events).

Any script, or any program equipped to send Menu events, can
query and execute the menu commands of any compatible
application on any Macintosh on the network.

This program is part of the AWOL Utilities 1.1 package,
which includes the following programs:  Virtual Desktop 1.7,
Maybe 1.3, Help on Wheels 1.1 (and HoW Developer's Kit 1.1),
PictPocket 1.1, Menu Events 1.1, and Menu Grabber 1.1.
All of them are free, and Copyright (c) 1994 Ross Brown.

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/menu-events-11.hqx; 43K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:30:07 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] Menu Grabber 1.1; an illustration of Menu Events

Menu Grabber 1.1

A fascinating illustration of the power of Menu Events, Menu
Grabber lets you pick an application from any Macintosh on the
network, and presents an identical copy of its menu bar on
your screen (but in bright red and white-on-black, just so you
realize what you might be getting into).  While grabbing an
application, you can pull down a menu or use a keyboard
equivalent to simulate the same action on the target
application.  MENU EVENTS IS A SEPARATE ARCHIVE, NOT PART OF
THIS ARCHIVE.

This application can be useful in network management, and to
people like me who sometimes forget to close a needed document
before leaving the office.

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/menu-grabber-11.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1994 23:24:57 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Metronome 1.0; a simulation of a mechanical metronome

     Metronome is a simulation of a mechanical metronome, used
primarily for setting the tempo when playing music.  When the
program is started, the wand of the metronome begins to swing
back and forth, making a "tick" sound at the end of each swing.  The
sound can be turned on or off using the "Options" menu, and the
frequency can be set to any number of beats per minute between 1
and 160.
     Metronome is designed to be run on a color monitor with 8-bit
color, but will also work with other color settings or with gray
scale monitors.  Although it will run on a black and white monitor,
some of the graphics won't show up.  The program requires 384 K
of RAM.  Hopefully, it will run on any Macintosh using system 7.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/metronome-10.hqx; 44K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 09:22:28 -0600 (CST)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MTPro5.2-DEMO; a MIDI program

This is a working demo of Master Tracks Pro 5.2, Passport Design's
high-end Mac program for creating, editing and playing MIDI sequence
(music) files.  This demo is released with the explicit permission of
Passport Designs.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/master-tracks-pro-52-demo.hqx; 475K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 17:16:03 CST
From: [e-mail] (Mac Telnet)
Subject: [*] NCSA Telnet 2.6 for the Macintosh

Attached is the 2.6 release version of NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/ncsa-mac-telnet-26.hqx; 235K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 09:57:43 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Eli Meir)
Subject: [*] Phase D (Shareware phase diagram program)

I am submitting a shareware program called Phase D for inclusion in your
ftp site.  Phase D is a very simple graphing program which makes phase
diagrams such as those used by neurophysiologists.  It allows limited
manipulation of the graphs within the program and will nicely print them,
or you can export the graph to a drawing program for further work.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/phase-d.hqx; 102K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:31:11 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] PictPocket 1.1; a screen grabber

PictPocket 1.1

Here's a different kind of screen capture utility, great for
people who need to build a lot of window pictures into their
documents, but don't want to waste a lot of storage.

PictPocket "picks the pocket" of applications as they draw
their windows, not after they have been drawn.  This
difference allows it to place in the Clipboard a 'PICT' which
represents the actual elements drawn, rather than a bitmap
(raster) image.  Not only is a PictPocket 'PICT' smaller than
a bitmap 'PICT', and not proportional in size to the depth of
color, but you retain the ability to edit the picture later,
using an application such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
Change text, colors, position of elements, whatever!  If you
need a blow-up of the picture, just change the Page Setup
scaling factor, and it will still print perfectly, with no
bitmap "jaggies."

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/pict-pocket-11.hqx; 30K]

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Date: 31 Mar 1994 17:27:40 -0800
From: "Jeff Behen" <wafer![e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Print Screen 1.2.1; an extension

    Subject:     Print Screen 1.2.1
Print Screen is a system extension (init) that simplifies the process of
printing the entire screen or a specified portion of the screen.

This file may be included on the commercially available CD-ROM of the
archives.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/print-screen-121.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 20:57:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (susman)
Subject: [*] Protein synthesis cartoon

I am sending you an animated cartoon of protein synthesis to be used as a
visual aid for teaching undergraduate biology.  The cartoon was created in
Cinemation.  Distribution of the "player" attached to the cartoon is
allowed by Vividus, the software producer.  Users who own the program will
find that the cartoon runs better with the program than it does with the
"player."

Warning: This product requires a lot of RAM. I allocate at least 8 MB to
the Cineplayer.  If the user can spare 10 MB, that works better.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/protein-synthesis-cartoon.hqx; 1622K]

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Date: 01 Apr 1994 08:50:38 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dave Kemsley)
Subject: [*] Quake94Photos4; photographs of the CA earthquake

NOTE: This is version 1.1. The images I originally uploaded were somehow
corrupted because I was storing the images on a disk on our local network.
For some reason, either the network or, more likely, the disk corrupted the
files. I have personally extracted and viewed each and every image in these
new archives and found them to be fine. I am sorry for any time and/or
money you may have spent downloading the previous corrupted files.
                         -- Dave Kemsley

I have scanned in several photos that either my wife, Jane, a friend, Terry
Beaumier and I took on 22 February 1994, just 5 days after the 6.8
Northridge/Reseda earthquake.  I thought there would be many people who
would like to see photos of some of the destruction other than what you can
get out of the media.  I scanned them on a Sun (ugh!) and saved them at the
highest quality JPEG allows (it was the only format that the software had
in common with the Mac).  I decided to sample them at 150 dpi in order to
keep the images large enough to show good detail but also small enough to
make it worth the download time.  All the images are less than 700 Kb (15
in all), but I have compressed those of the same site into one ".sea" file
to keep them together and save download time.  There are 7 sets of photos
in this series.  I hope others will also post some of their photos--I have
seen some really dramatic and disturbing shots.

The names of the files are:

quake94-photos-grp1.hqx
quake94-photos-grp2.hqx
quake94-photos-grp3.hqx
quake94-photos-grp4.hqx
quake94-photos-grp5.hqx
quake94-photos-grp6.hqx
quake94-photos-grp7.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/quake94-photos-grp4.hqx; 1770K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 17:19:28 +0200
From: Raoul Schaffner <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Samples from "Midnight Marauders" (sounds)

Samples from "Midnight Marauders"
     by "A Tribe Called Quest".

Files:   "Dont pull da trigga (cut)"    42K
     "Dont pull da trigga (long)"  210K
     "Help Me"                     158K
     "Phife Dawg"                  110K
     "Q-Tip"                       112K
     "Sucka Nigga"                 122K

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/midnight-marauders.hqx; 491K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:36:55 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Cohen)
Subject: [*] SAM Virus Defintions 3/30/94

AUTHOR:    Symantec
EQUIPMENT: All Macs
NEEDS:     SAM 3.0.x or SAM 3.5.x

This is the latest SAM Virus Definitions file dated 3/30/94 (March 30,
1994) for both SAM 3.0.x and SAM 3.5. This file adds detection and repair
capability for all known viruses including the recently discovered
INIT-29-B virus.

Replace the old definition file in your System Folder with this one and
Restart your Macintosh.

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/sam-virus-definitions-94-03-30.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:38:17 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Cohen)
Subject: [*] SAM Virus Help 3/30/94

AUTHOR:    Symantec
EQUIPMENT: All Macs
NEEDS:     SAM 3.5.x

This is the latest SAM Virus Help file dated 3/30/94 (March 30, 1994) for
SAM 3.5. This file provides information for all known viruses including the
recently discovered INIT-29-B virus.

Replace the old virus help file in your System Folder with this one.

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/sam-virus-help-94-03-30.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 09:51:08 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Mike Pflueger)
Subject: [*] sat-trak-102; a satellite tracking program

Enclosed is a self-extracting archive containing SatTrak, a satellite
tracking program for the Mac.  It allows you to plot the position of
any satellite, including a real-time graphical display.  It does quite
a few other things of interest to hams/SWL's - it calculates beam
headings, grid locators, line-of-sight distance to the horizon, MUF
(maximum usable frequency) predictions, wavelengths/harmonics, and
even shows a couple of simple dipole designs.

This is version 1.02, which fixes a couple of bugs in 1.01:
    - there was an error in the doppler shift calculation which caused
      incorrect values.  The error was most noticable for geostationary
      satellites and frequencies in the GHz range.
    - there were cases where COPY didn't always work correctly.

Requires Mac Plus or better, System 6.0 or better.  Shareware $20.

The enclosed elements file should be placed in your system or
preferences folder before you launch SatTrak. It is accurate as of
about 3/20/94.  If you have more recent orbital elements, feel free
to use them, of course.

Documentation is also included in several formats.  (Documentation
updated 3/29/94).

(NOTE: Print, copy, and save are disabled in this version.  If you pay
the shareware fee, I'll give you a password to enable these functions)

If you can't download from the network, send a floppy (800K or 1.4M)
and a prepaid mailer to the following address and I'll send you the
program:

SatTrak
Mike Pflueger
6207 W. Beverly Ln.
Glendale, AZ  85306

[Archived as /info-mac/app/sat-trak-102.hqx; 348K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 00:57:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Eric D. Kemp)
Subject: [*] SimCity 2000 1.1 Updater

    Here is the SimCity 2000 1.1 Updater just downloaded from the Maxis
BBS. Although the documentation goes into more specifics, this updater
generally fixes some problems with airports and budgeting.  Enjoy!

Eric Kemp
Colby College
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/sim-city-11-updt.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 01:15:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Eric D. Kemp)
Subject: [*] SimCity 2000 Funds Editor

    Here's another download of the Maxis BBS.  This is a small program
that allows one to modify the funds of any saved SimCity 2000 game.  Should
make starting off a little easier for those of you who don't mind "messing
with the books" a little.  Have fun!

Eric Kemp
Colby College
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/sim-city-2000-funds-editor.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:56:34 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Cohen)
Subject: [*] SymC++/ThC v6.0.1->v7.0 FULL; update for the full environment

AUTHOR:    Symantec
EQUIPMENT: Mac
NEEDS:     Symantec C++ v6.0.1 or THINK C v6.0.1

This updates the following components of Symantec C++ v6.0.1 and Think C
v6.0.1 to v7.0 : Symantec C++, Think C, Think Project Manager, Think
Debugger, Think Rez, Resource Copier

Consider downloading a different patch if you have v6.0 of either package,
or would only like to apply a smaller patch.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/symantec-cpp-601-to-70-updt.hqx; 1250K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:44:28 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Cohen)
Subject: [*] SymC++/ThC v6.0.1->v7.0 SMALL; update for both compilers

AUTHOR:    Symantec
EQUIPMENT: Mac
NEEDS:     Symantec C++ v6.0.1 or THINK C v6.0.1

This updates the following components of Symantec C++ v6.0.1 and Think C
v6.0.1 to v7.0:  Symantec C++, Think C, Think Rez, Resource Copier

Consider downloading a different patch if you have v6.0 of either package,
or would like to also patch the Think Project Manager and Think Debugger
(FULL patch).

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/symantec-cpp-601-to-70-small-updt.hqx; 645K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 10:09:51 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] telefinderpro2.2.2; a GUI BBS/terminal emulator

This archive is a compressed Aladdin Systems installer application that
will place the newest version of TeleFinder Pro 2.2.2 on your drive. TF Pro
is both a GUI Mac client for TF bulletin board systems and a good terminal
emulation program that provides 16-color ANSI. TF Pro also has a nifty
remote "mini-host" feature that makes file transfers between Macs a snap.

Fixed in this version: .GIF viewing problems on 68000 Macs; improved ZModem
buffering for faster file transfers; VT100 keypad & VT100 Insert and delete
sequence support.

Shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tele-finder-pro-222.hqx; 912K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 23:13:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jamal Hannah)
Subject: [*] The Player Pro Demo; Macintosh MOD player and editor

Antoine Rosset's "Player Pro" (Macintosh MOD Player And editor)
demo version, shareware $20.. 68020 Macs only!

Contact [e-mail], the author, for more info!

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/player-pro-4153-demo.hqx; 349K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:49:02 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Cohen)
Subject: [*] Think C v7.0 Patch READ ME

 IMPORTANT:  This file describes a potential problem in updating the Think
Debugger v6.0 or v6.0.1 to v7.0

We have tracked down why some people are having problems with the patched
7.0 debugger.

This problem occurs only when the patch is applied to a 6.0/6.0.1 debugger
that has had the partition size changed by the user.

By default an application has a 'SIZE' resource ID -1. When the partition
size is changed, the Finder creates a 'SIZE' ID 0 and a 'SIZE' ID 1 that
are copies of the 'SIZE' ID -1 resource.  The 7.0 patch for the debugger
modifies the 'SIZE' ID -1 resource and sets the High Level Event Aware flag
(which the 7.0 debugger needs to run).  But, because the 'SIZE' ID 0 and
'SIZE' ID 1 resources are not changed by the patch, the state of the High
Level Event Aware flag is inconsistent between the 'SIZE' ID -1 resource
and the 'SIZE' ID 0 and 'SIZE' ID 1 resources - and the debugger hangs when
launched.

The fix is to either:

1) Remove the 'SIZE' ID 0 and 'SIZE' ID 1 resources from the patched debugger.
or
2) Reinstall the original THINK Debugger and run the patch on that

The correct size of the patched debugger should be 84,884

This problem might affect other parts of the system that have 'SIZE'
resources (e.g. TPM) but at this point we do not think so because no other
component has had the state of the High Level Event aware flag changed
between 6.0/6.0.1 and 7.0.

If you have any other problems with components, you may want to reinstall
the product before applying the patch.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/think-c-70-patch-readme.txt; 3K]

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 22:54:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeff Butterworth <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Update of Photoshop Drop Shadow Filter

The following is an improved version of app/photoshop-drop-shadow.hqx.
The data at the end of this file is a binhexed Compact Pro archive.

Description:
This is a free Photoshop filter called Drop Shadow.  The filter creates
a drop shadow beneath the current selection.  It now supports CMYK and
Greyscale image modes.

It has moved from version 1.0 to 1.0b.

Thanks!

Jeff Butterworth
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/photoshop-drop-shadow-10b.hqx; 215K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:32:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ross Brown)
Subject: [*] Virtual Desktop 1.7; a desktop expander

Virtual Desktop 1.7

The first and only of its kind, a virtual desktop manager for
the Macintosh that works on all types of Macs and all types of
monitors.  For 160K of memory, you can have a virtual desktop
as big as you like, in full color.  Excellent for PowerBooks
and other Macs with the ability to run many programs at once,
but nowhere to put the windows.

To get around, you have several options:
-  use the scroll bars on the sides of the screen
-  click a "door" to go to a preset location
-  see the entire virtual desktop in miniature, and rearrange
   your windows and icons
-  push a reference point on the virtual desktop from A to B
   using the mouse
-  press a key combination to scroll by half a screenful in
   any direction

With its many helpful features and options for customization,
Virtual Desktop is one exciting piece of freeware!

Ross Brown
AWOL Software Productions
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/virtual-desktop-17.hqx; 141K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: (A) PC and Mac File exchange's

On 29 Mar 94 17:00:14 PDT Rudy Hernandez wrote:
>If you want a program to convert file "formats" then there is another whole
>category of programs that are being marketed to do that and since I have
>not had too much of a need to do that I will not reccomend any specific
>programs.

I've owned the MacLink Plus translators and AccessPC since version 1 of
both.  AccessPC now comes with Word for Word translators and MacLink Plus
now ships with Apple File Exchange.  Both ship with Apple's Easy Open and
customizable drag & drop translator app (really nice and effective).

I've never had a moments trouble mounting and reading a PC disk (either 720
or 1.4 MB format).  Translation has been another matter.  Of the two
translators, MacLink Plus is far superior for PC<-->Mac word processors
(mainly what I do).  I'd be surprised if MacLink Plus doesn't have the edge
over Word for Word generally.

I don't see any particular advantage for AccessPC over Apple File Exchange,
especially since Apple bought the technology from AccessPC so, in essence
its pretty much the same code.

The translators still aren't perfect (headers and footer sometime
translate, sometimes not, graphics tend to vanish, and tabs sometimes get
messed up), but the translated files are MUCH better than they once were.

For both translators, I'd be a LOT happier if they'd unbundle their
datafiles so I could just keep the translators I want to use on my HD (I've
never had occassion to translate from Sun word processors, for example).

I've looked at software on the PC side--it's not MeSsy DOS and WinDOZE for
nothing.  There is software that will, more or less, deal with the Mac HD
format, but NOT the 800K format on a PC.  As for translation, I haven't
seen anything worth a d**n other than Word for Windows translating Word for
Mac.

/s Murphy A. Sewall                             [phone] voice
   Professor of Marketing                       [phone] fax

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: 2 System files on the same disk

On Thu, 31 Mar 94 19:51:15 EST Allan M. Bloom wrote:
>Having two System files on the same disk can be much like a collison at
>sea. It can ruin your whole day.

Odd, I've had two System Folders on the startup disk on two Macs I use
regularly for years.  I know developers who run IIci's with 6.0.5, 6.0.7,
7.0.1, and 7.1 all on their startup disk.

If more than one folder with both System and Finder in it exist on the same
disk, one has to be careful about which one is "blessed" (the one with the
little Mac icon on it).  I've been using System Switcher 1.1 (I trust its
still in the archives) and it still works through System 7.1 (I really used
it the most when I was upgrading from System 6 to 7).

In my experience if unblessed folders aren't opened (and if they are
neither System or Finder is selected by clicking on them) then the Startup
Folder remains unchanged.

About the only time I've had to pay much attention to what folder is
blessed recently occurs when I make backups (I usually make sure I bless a
folder on the Sysquest cartridges before I eject them just in case I ever
need to use one for an emercency startup).

I have my own grunch about MacTools 3.  CP AutoCheck is generally a really
nice idea.  It's already warned me on a couple of occasions that the
directory on the startup volume of the Mac at work needed attention
(DiskFirstAid 7.2 fixed the problem every time--so far :)  However, it also
tells me twice a day that the DeskTop Database files on all the mounted
volumes are corrupt.  It ain't so; I can run DiskFix's fix (which is to
delete the DeskTop files and rebuild them) and get the same complaint
immediately from DiskFix.  I suspect the problem is MacTool 3's DiskFix
gets befuddled by AutoDoubler's magic.  AutoDoubler had been around awhile
when DiskFix 3 was under development, and AD is hardly an obscure
application (even if it does belong to a leading competitor).  I'm
surprised DiskFix doesn't account for the presence of AD (assuming I've
guessed correctly what the cause is).

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 20:19:41 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
Subject: About Binhex

Oooh, history lessons!  These are so much more fun now that there's no
tests and I get to give some of the lessons.  ;)

When I came on the scene in 1985, Sumex was a TOPS-20 machine from DEC.  I
had used one a bit at my work before it was replaced, so it wasn't
completely foreign to me, but it was weird enough that doing binary file
transfers was definately a learned skill.  Text transfers were much
simpler.  Yves Lempereur wrote a series of binhex programs in 1985 which
turned into Binhex4, which we use on Sumex, and Binhex5 which is known as
MacBinary and AppleSingle amd is used on most binary systems.

For the old timers, there's an ad in Binhex4's splash screen for Yves'
terminal package Telescape.  Who's ever used it?

Sumex adopted the binhex4 standard and has resisted the urge to change for
a few more historical and logistical reasons.  InfoMac is still the largest
email based Macintosh discussion group.  It predates the comp.sys.mac
newsgroups, including the comp.sys.mac.digest group that so many people use
to access it.  Before 87 or so, InfoMac used to mail directly to
individuals.  Now they mail only to other mailing lists because the list
would be too unbelievably immense and would take too long to mail for the
poor Sumex machine.  It was around this time that the TOPS machine was
replaced with the Sun unix box and we had to revise the whole list
manufacturing process.  It was fun, but only because it went pretty
smoothly.  However, there are probably over 500,000 people who receive
InfoMac via email and access it the same way.  Thus, binhex is still the
most trouble free way of moving Macintosh files around the Internet via
email.

We've dealt with the space problem by buying larger disks for Sumex.  That
was an amazing feat in my opinion.  Of course, it operated on the basic
capitalist principle of greed.  We all wanted to keep the software flowing,
and disk space is needed for that.  We still have the option of compressing
the binhex files on Sumex since the ftp server can hide that fact (sort of
like AutoDoubler for Unix ;).  Given the load on Sumex though, I don't
think this is a viable option.  There just don't appear to be sufficient
cycles to go around.

So, the last issue I want to address is the load.  Several people seem to
think that the mirrors are causing the load problems.  This is not the
case.  There are only a few dozen mirrors.  There are millions of us.  The
mirrors are known to Sumex and we are not.  We try connecting to the poor
machine over and over again until it lets us on.  As more and more people
try, fewer and fewer get on and the load keeps climbing.  It will require a
new kind of conservation.  Conservation of a scarce net.resource known as
bandwidth.  So, think before you connect.  Batch your file requests and try
to automate them so that you get on and off quickly, allowing someone else
to do the same.  This doesn't matter which mirror you use.  They all are in
for trouble.  Sumex is just the leader and the most obvious target.

I just wonder which mirror I should use.  I'm only about 30 miles from
Sumex physically.  Is there one between me and it?  ;)  Of course, being
what Gordon called "Moderator Emeritus", I have some privilages above that
of your average net.geek.  ;)

Jon

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 08:49:06 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
Subject: About MountImage

>From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
>    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!

It's not an unjust slam on Steve.  I've met him and talked with him about
all of this.  Both 1.1b3 (which is still shipped on Apple Dev CDs) and
1.2b2 (or any version of 1.2) are buggy.  1.1b3 is less so and has been
known to work in a majority of the cases, although it can still produce
corrupt files with alarming regularity.

Steve's pretty damn busy and about a year ago he said that he was working
on a deal to get someone to pay him to finish MountImage.  I haven't seen
any result of that, so I presume that it fell through.

My recommendation?  Throw MountImage away.  Use Steve's finished and proven
utility DiskCopy to copy the image file onto a disk and then read that.
Sure, it's slower, but if you've been burned like I have been by corrupted
files you will relish the time you don't spend trying to figure out what is
wrong.

I'm not slamming Steve, but I sure would like him to fix MountImage.  It
would be awesome if it were reliable.

Jon

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 15:41:09 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Nebinger)
Subject: Alt.sources.mac Digest #4

alt.sources.mac digest #4-94                      4/1/94

Today's Contents:

  [!] administrivia

  [*] backinuse.cpt.hqx
  [*] cwjumptable.cpt.hqx
  [*] findiconlib.cpt.hqx
  [*] fontshow1.1.2.cpt.hqx
  [*] fractarcontours.cpt.hqx
  [*] gammafadelib.cpt.hqx
  [*] glypha3.cpt.hqx
  [*] glypha3.1.cpt.hqx
  [*] mycard.cpt.hqx
  [*] pictbuttoncdef.cpt.hqx
  [*] popupcdef1.0b3.cpt.hqx
  [*] progresscdef1.0.cpt.hqx
  [*] progresscdef1.1.cpt.hqx
  [*] stellaobscura.cpt.hqx
  [*] textdim.cpt.hqx
  [*] threadlib.cpt.hqx
  [*] tonedialer.cpt.hqx
  [*] trenchsim.cpt.hqx
  [*] updnarrowcdef.cpt.hqx
  [*] updncntl.cpt.hqx
  [*] updncntl2.cpt.hqx

  [#] adjwindfkey
  [#] appletalktoggle
  [#] findfullpath
  [#] fswritete
  [#] getfindericon
  [#] loadcoderes
  [#] loadcoderes2
  [#] mycopybits
  [#] paslibinsymc
  [#] polymaze
  [#] pswdfilter
  [#] queenxlisp
  [#] strptime
  [#] timezonestuff
  [#] tokenizer

  [!] Who's Who List

  The alt.sources.mac archive is at ftpbio.bgsu.edu
(129.1.252.66) in the /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac directory.
Files listed with an [*] before them are in the main
directory.  Files listed with an [#] in front of them
are in the /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/00snippet directory.
Scripts are stored in the /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/scripts
directory.

  Also stored at the archive site are the FAQs for the
Mac newsgroups in the /ftp/pub directory.  Postings to
comp.sources.mac are archived in the /ftp/pub/comp.sources.mac
directory.  The alt.sources.mac digests are archived in the
/ftp/pub/digests directory.

  The alt.sources.mac newsgroup is for the distribution of
sources only.

************************************************************

From: [e-mail] (Dave Nebinger)
Subject: Administrivia

  Welcome to the alt.sources.mac digest.  Currently, I am
the moderator of the archive.  I thought I would post this
message to show everyone what has been accumulating at the
archive site.

  Your contributions are highly recommended and accepted.
If you don't have access to the alt.sources.mac newsgroup,
you can email your contribution to me ([e-mail])
and I will add it to the archive, or you can upload it to
the /ftp/pub/incoming directory at the archive site.

  I would also recommend to those programmers posting
snippets to the comp.sys.mac.* heirarchy to also crosspost
them to the alt.sources.mac group so that I can make sure
that it gets added to the archive.

  If anything is missing from the archive that you feel should
be in there, let me know.  I am hoping to make the archive the
largest Mac/PPC source code site around...

  Thanks for your support, and if you have any questions,
problems, or maladjustments, feel free to email me.  Also, let
me know if you have any problems accessing the archive.  The only
way I can fix things is if I am told... ;-)

  Dave Nebinger ([e-mail])

************************************************************

From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: BackInUse (C)

This is an old source I found on BMUG and updated to run on Think C.

It draws a 6 point poly, but not by the usual method, then insets the
points a certain amount and redrawing until it gets to nothing.  Then
erases and starts over.  All B/W.  It was called "InUse" hence the name.
It was intended as a screen saver (InUse meaning not in use, or idle).

Enjoy!

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/backinuse.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Stefan Arentz)
Subject: CWJumpTable.txt

CWJumpTable - Written by Stefan Arentz, 17/03/94

This Macsbug extension dumps the Jump table of an application that was
build with CodeWarrior C/C++ or Pascal (for 68K of course). It seems that
CodeWarrior doesn't use the standard jump table as described in Inside Mac,
so I wrote this dcmd. Codewarrior is still under development, so things
could change...

Happy MacHacking,

 -- Stefan Arentz, [e-mail]

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/cwjumptable.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: FindIcon 3/26/94 library (C)

These routines find an icon family for an arbitrary object in the
Mac file system.  It is intended to be the same icon displayed by
the Finder, but there are a bunch of exceptions and I can't swear
I found them all. (Still not done: icons from old-style Desktop
files.) THINK C source code.  Assumes recent Apple headers, possibly more
recent than those supplied by Symantec.

Freeware by James W. Walker.

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/findiconlib.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: FontShow1.1.2

This is a font display/printing project.  I found the .c and .h files on
the net, but no .rsrc.  but I found a built app. somewhere and got it
running.

Not extensively tested by me - just checked a few normal aspects of it
and it seemed fine on my LC.
A 1989 project by Rainer Fuch.

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/fontshow1.1.2.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: Fractar Contours (C)

This is an old B/W fractal program.  Very primative and simple.  I got it
running on My LC in Think C, but that's as far as I took it.

Enjoy!

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/fractarcontours.cpt.hqx]
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From: Matt Slot <[e-mail]>
Subject: Gamma Fading Library (THINK C)

This library is intended as a general tool for manipulating the Gamma
Tables
    of Graphics Devices, to ramp them up or down in order to achieve smooth
    screen fades. The source is included for programmers who want to
    convert
    the library to A4-based, but it is not commented for public
    consumption.
The library defines 2 globals to save state data, but the entire Table
    manipulation is performed with unlocked handles to be easy on your
    heap.
    The typical memory chunk is about 600 bytes for a 13" Monitor in 8-bit
    depth, or about 1700 bytes for one in 24-bit color. Usage will vary.
Of course, the Classic Mac cannot use Gamma Fades, only Mac II or later
machines
    with attached monitors. (I don't know about the Color Classic tho'!).
Also,
    GDevice manipulation needs to follow InitGraf() & InitWindows() calls.
Please use the listed functions to see if you can use this code before you
set
    it up. As usual, this stuff is not warranteed, guaranteed, or
    anything--
    use it at your own risk. It is not Apple-recommended for anything, but
    it
    worked for me, so there!

Matt Slot, [e-mail]

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/gammafadelib.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: Glypha.3.pas

This is John Calhoun's B/W Glypha Pascal source.  C programmers should
get this one because there's an excellent illustrated info sheet in the
file on copying bits and masks.

I downloaded this a year ago, but haven't seen it on the net - so here it
is!

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/glypha3.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: GlyphII.1.1.pas

This is the color version of John Calhoun's Glypha (Pascal source).  It's
a 640x480 monitor or bigger program.

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/glypha3.1.cpt.hqx]
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 [Moderator's note: the color patches posted to alt.sources.mac have been
  included in this archive (I really hate sites where you have to look all
  over the place for patches!)]

From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: MyCard (C)

More simple than a pimple!  All this does is put up an about box, from
scratch except for the 'ICN#' it uses, that resembles a business card.
When you click, it exits.

It uses a dotted zoomRect - similar to the Finder's - which appears to
come out of the Apple Menu, heads for center of the screen, keeps on
zoomin' to size, then the "card" materializes (if that's possible in
CyberSpace) within it.  Kinda cool - so I decided to pass it along.

Got it from some old C source project I've been updating. More on that
later.

The actual built app. is very small.  You could make them "Your Card" and
use them for "business cards" to introduce yourself via e-mail.

Maybe someone will modify it to show color icons.  I could do it if I
wanted to fiddle with it some more, but the program it came from is a
higher priority.  It would be easy and quick to do, at any rate.

Send "your card" with your e-mail address as the filename?

Enjoy!

-Ken-

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From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: PICT-ButtonCDEF (C)

Nothing unusual or spectacular about this CDEF.  Just another picture
button control.  But if you dump the ones with the labels, the "real"
picture one can be used as the basis for any number of picture button
needs.  I've used it for tool palettes and tool bars.  You just need to
change the sizes and the pictures and the 'CNTL' res.

Vet. programmers already know this, though.

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/pictbuttoncdef.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ari I Halberstadt)
Subject: PopupCDEF-10b3-c.hqx (part 1 of 2)

This is version 1.0b3 of Popup CDEF. It fixes some bugs and has
slightly better support for menus created by the application. This
document is also new with version 1.0b3, and a new application is
provided to demonstrate the different types of popup menus that can be
created with this CDEF. Finally, a few extra features were added, such
as support for the popupFixedWidth variation code.

This CDEF implements a popup menu control. The CDEF handles display of
the menu's title, the current selection, the one pixel drop shadow,
and the down arrow at the end of the menu. It also handles tracking of
the mouse and checking and unchecking of the current item. It is
compatible with systems 6.0.5 and 7.0.

The CDEF is modeled after the popup CDEF provided by Apple in System
7.0 and described in IM-VI, p3-16 to 3-19. If you are already familiar
with that CDEF then using this CDEF will be very simple. Additional
support is provided for type-in popup menus and for menus created
dynamically by the application.

PopupCDEF is free, and includes complete source code in C and THINK C
5.0.4 project files.

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/popupcdef1.0b3.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Eddy J. Gurney)
Subject: Progress Bar CDEF (CDEF, C source, test app)

Attached is a compressed archive which contains the following:

 . Progress Bar CDEF
 . THINK C 6 source to Progress Bar CDEF
 . THINK C 6 project file to make Progress Bar CDEF
 . a sample application demonstrating the CDEF
 . THINK C 6 source to the demo app
 . Resources necessary to use the demo app
 . THINK C 6 project file to make the demo app

It allows your app to provide a Progress Bar by simply adding a "CNTL"
item to any diaog, and then calling SetCtlValue() from your program. It
even has a bonus feature: If the CNTL's RefCon is '0' (it is by default),
then the standard Finder "Progress Bar" colors are used. If the CNTL's
RefCon is non-zero, then the custom colors in the CNTL's corresponding
'cctb' resource are used to draw the frame, "done" portion, and "to do"
portion. (This is described in a little more detail in the source file.)

It even works correctly with a Color QuickDraw Mac in 1-bit mode. (See
the comments in the source for more details. :-)

This is my first "released" CDEF. Therefore it is guaranteed to be
100% bug-free. BIG 8-) (It has been tested as rigorously as possible;
however, I haven't tried it on a machine without Color QuickDraw.)

E-mail comments, suggestions, requests to: [e-mail]

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/progresscdef1.0.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Eddy J. Gurney)
Subject: Update: Progress CDEFs (CDEF, TC6 source, test app)

This is an update to my "Progress Bar CDEF" I posted a couple days
ago.  The demo application (included) shows a horizontal progress
bar, a verical progress bar that looks like a thermometer, and a
progress arc, so you can "dare to be different". :-)

Attached is a compressed archive which contains the following:

 . Progress Bar CDEF v1.2, THINK C 6 source, TC6 project file
 . Progress Arc CDEF v1.0, THINK C 6 source, TC6 project file
 . Demo application, THINK C 6 source, resource file, TC6 project file

These CDEFs allow your app to provide a progress indicator by simply
adding a "CNTL" item to any dialog, and then calling SetCtlValue()
>From your program.  It has a bonus feature: if the CNTL's variation
code is "1", then the custom colors in the CNTL's corresponding 'cctb'
resource are used to draw the frame/"done"/"to do" areas.  If the
variation code is "0", the standard "Finder progress bar" colors are
used.  (This is described in the source file in a little more detail.)

The color progress bars should work just fine on Color QuickDraw Macs
in 1-bit mode.  (See the comments in the source for more details. :-)

Change log:

1.1: First public release
1.2 changes:
    . Call StripAddress() instead of &'ing off the lower 3 bytes
      in calcCRgns (thanks Dave Polaschek).
    . Now determine whether or not to use custom colors via the
      variation code (thanks Steve LoBasso)
    . Added capability to do vertical progress bars for
      "thermometers". If the progress bar rectangle is taller than
      it is wide, then the progress bar will fill "up" instead of
      "across".
    . Fixed a bug that prevented proper drawing when a control had
      a non-zero minimum.

E-mail comments, suggestions, requests to: [e-mail]

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/progresscdef1.1.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: Stella Obscura.pas

The final John Calhoun source installment: Stella Obscura.  The
stereoscopic (3-D) space arcade game.

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/stellaobscura.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (JWWalker)
Subject: Text Item Dimming Source Code (C) v. 1.1

C source code for dimming text items (editText or statText) in dialogs.
When
dimmed, editText items become uneditable.  True gray is used when possible.

Dimmed items update correctly, and no extra dialog items are needed.

By James W. Walker.

V. 1.1 fixes a few bugs and is modified for use with the universal headers.

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/textdim.cpt.hqx]
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From: [e-mail] (Ari I Halberstadt)
Subject: ThreadLib-10d4-c.hqx (part 1 of 3)

Many changes have been made from Thread Library 1.0d2 (the last fully
public release). This version fixes several bugs and improves the
internal operation of the Thread Library. See the "Version History"
file for a complete version history.

Thread Library implements nonpreemptive multiple thread execution
within a single application. It does not require any extensions,
should work with all Macintosh models (from the Plus on up), and works
with systems 6.0 (tested on 6.0.5) under Finder or MultiFinder, and
system 7.0. Thread Library compiles into a small library of around 2K,
so it won't add much overhead to your application. A simple test
application and THINK C project demonstrate how threads are used.
Another simple test application compares the speed of Thread Library
with the speed of Apple's Thread Manager. (Thread Library is 2-3 times
faster!) Best of all, the source code, entirely in C, is free.

Every thread has its own stack, and there are no restrictions on the
objects that can be allocated on a thread's stack. All other global
application data are shared by the threads. Context switches are very
efficient since they involve only a few operations to save the current
thread's state, followed by a longjmp to the new thread, and a few
instructions to restore the thread's state.

Thread Library was written using THINK C 5.0.4. Some minor changes may
be needed to port it to other compilers. All suggestions and enhancements
are welcome.

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/threadlib.cpt.hqx]
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From: Wayne K. Walrath ([e-mail])
Subject: Tone Dialer Source

        Dialer
        (C) 1994 Wayne K. Walrath


        Sample Source code for generating touch
        tones through the Mac's speaker.



I threw this program together to test some code I translated from Pascal
to C, and decided to clean it up and send it to the archives since there
is always someone looking for tone dialing code. This was a three hour
hack, so don't expect too much from it; least of all elegant code.

The original Pascal source comes from DTS Tech Note TB 570 Sound Manger
Q&As. The author of the original Pascal source asked to be remembered
for all the headaches he suffered putting the snippet together, but
since his name doesn't appear anywhere in the TN, I'm unable to thank
him by name. Cheers to the unknown DTS'er!

I wrapped the tone dialing code inside the Zooming Windows source from
"Macintosh Programming Secrets" by Keith Rollin and Scott Knaster. The
source from MPS are available in all the usual Mac archives (like Sumex
and Umich). Definately a great book!

You may use portions of this code anyway you like, but you may not
charge money for the code as is. If you do something interesting with
it, I would enjoy hearing about it.

I welcome all comments and bug reports, though I'm not making
any promises of support for the Dialer. It was only intended to be a
learning tool. The author (that's me) accepts no liability for any
damage or loss of data caused by the use of this program.

I can be reached at the following addresses:
        [e-mail]
        AppleLink:      wkw.rfe
        Compuserve: 73243,3303

1 Mar 1994
Wayne Walrath

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/tonedialer.cpt.hqx]
============================================================

From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: Trench Sim (C)

An old MegaMax C source (1985) I got off the net and made to run on Think
C.

I built the app. and tried to run it but got a type 4 error.  MacsBug
said where it was, so I changed the divisor to 10000.  May not be proper
but it worked.  I'm still learning.

All this does is draw 6 perspective lines, giving the idea of the
"trench" on the Death Star, in Star Wars, then it changes their angles
wint mouse movement, so the viewpoint moves within the "trench."  Of
course, the original was done on a 512, so with a bigger monitor in may
not operate as intended.  But HEY!  It's C source!

Enjoy!

[e-mail]

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/trenchsim.cpt.hqx]
============================================================

From: [e-mail] (David J. Hay)
Subject: UpDownArrow (C)

This is a project I put together in an effort to improve Eddy Gurney's
code by making the arrow more modular. It uses a set of four PICT
resources to draw the arrow, so the arrow can look however you like.
It was written in THINK C 5.0.4, but I suspect it shouldn't take many
modifications to run under other environments.

The Arrow Control may be used freely, without any restrictions. I do
ask that you let me know of any improvements you make to the code or
(gasp! :) bugs you might find by e-mailing me at <[e-mail]>

--David--

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/updnarrowcdef.cpt.hqx]
============================================================

From: [e-mail] (Eddy J. Gurney)
Subject: UpDownArrowTester Source

Here's an old program of mine (just now converted it to a Think C 6.0.1
project) that I wrote when I was first learning to program the Mac.
It attempts to implement the "up/down arrow bumpers" commonly seen in
the ColorPicker dialog. It's written completely as part of the event
handler, so it's not a nice little compact CDEF or anything. It uses
three PICT resources to represent the "off", "up" and "down" states, and
features variable speed increment/decrement (ie., the longer you hold it
down, the faster it goes, just like the ColorPicker, which as I said,
I was using as a model.)

I'm not claiming this is the right way to do it (probably far from
it!) but at least it's a start.  If anyone makes improvements, etc.
let me know.  (I don't care about any bugs in the "Tester" portion
of the code, just the part that handles the up/down arrows, which
is all I really cared about testing!)

If someone has a better implementation, I'd love to see it.

Regards,
Eddy

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/updncntl.cpt.hqx]
============================================================

From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: UpDownArrows II

This is just Eddy Gurney's "Color Picker type" arrow project with a
couple modified version I did, with color buttons.  I added two color
button 'PICT' sets - one is a colorized version of the B/W ones, and one
is the Mac window scroll arrows.

I figured as long as there's a 'dctb' res., may as well have color on the
buttons - what the hey!

-Ken-

[archived as: /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/updncntl2.cpt.hqx]

************************************************************

adjwindfkey     FKEY source which adjusts a window
  Matt Mora ([e-mail])
  FKEY source in C for adjusting a window.

appletalktoggle Assembler source to toggle AppleTalk
  Charles B. Cranston ([e-mail])
  Assembler source (well commented) for turning AppleTalk
  on and off.

findfullpath    Finding a pathname from a directory id
  Michael A. Walker ([e-mail])
  C function to determine the pathname from a directory id.

fswritete       Using FSWrite with a TERec
  Chuck Hoffman ([e-mail])
  Using text from a TERec structure with FSWrite.

getfindericon   Finding the Finder's icon
  E.J. Draper ([e-mail])
  C snippet using PBDTGetIcon to get the Finder's icon.

loadcoderes     Loading and calling a code resource
  Kevin R. Boyce ([e-mail])
  C snippet for loading and calling a code resource.

loadcoderes2    Loading and calling a code resource
  Mark Hanrek ([e-mail])
  Another example for loading and calling a code resource.

mycopybits      Code and explanation for copybits
  Eric Johnson ([e-mail])
  Assembler code plus a long explanation for a faster
  CopyBits.

paslibinsymc    Instructions for including Pascal libs
  Ingemar Ragnemalm ([e-mail])
  Instructions for including Think Pascal libraries in
  Symantec C/C++ projects.

polymaze        Code for a maze routine
  Ken Long ([e-mail])
  Replacement routine for the PolyMaze program that uses
  predefined colors.

pswdfilter      Password dialog filter routine
  Peter N Lewis ([e-mail])
  Pascal filter routine for password dialog boxes.

queenxlisp      Algorithm for placing queens
  Jean-Yves Terrien ([e-mail])
  Lisp routine for placing n queens on a chess board.

strptime        Generic strptime routine
  Kevin Ruddy ([e-mail])
  'strptime' code from un*x boxes.

timezonestuff   Info for accessing time zone info
  Pete Resnick ([e-mail])
  Info & code for accessing the Mac's time zone setting

tokenizer       Using hidden ScriptMgr tokenizer
  Matthew Xavier Mora ([e-mail])
  Code displaying the use of the Script Manager's hidden
  tokenizing function.

************************************************************

Who's Who in Digest #4...

The contributors to this digest are:

Stefan Arentz ([e-mail])
Kevin R. Boyce ([e-mail])
Charles B. Cranston ([e-mail])
E.J. Draper ([e-mail])
Eddy J. Gurney ([e-mail])
Ari I Halberstadt ([e-mail])
Mark Hanrek ([e-mail])
David J. Hay ([e-mail])
Chuck Hoffman ([e-mail])
Eric Johnson ([e-mail])
Peter N Lewis ([e-mail])
Ken Long ([e-mail])
Matthew Xavier Mora ([e-mail])
Ingemar Ragnemalm ([e-mail])
Pete Resnick ([e-mail])
Kevin Ruddy ([e-mail])
Matt Slot ([e-mail])
Jean-Yves Terrien ([e-mail])
JW Walker ([e-mail])
Jim Walker ([e-mail])
Michael A. Walker ([e-mail])
Wayne K. Walrath ([e-mail])

============================================================
Dave Nebinger                    [e-mail]
Network Manager, Biology Dept.   [e-mail]
Bowling Green State University   dnebing@bgsuopie (bitnet)
Bowling Green, OH 43403          #include <std_disclaimer.h>

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

Date: Sun, 3 Apr 94 13:11:31 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Anarchie

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> What is Anarchie? For some reason, it has seemed to be an archie client,
> ftp client, or UUCP newsreader. Please post and/or e-mail (preferably
> both). Thanks.

It's the first two, and not the third. See TidBITS #211 for a review...

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: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 04:12:46 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Anarchie? (A)

>What is Anarchie? For some reason, it has seemed to be an archie client,
>ftp client, or UUCP newsreader.

It is the first of those two: it is an archie client that lets you look for
a file, and it is an ftp client that lets you easily retrieve any files you
may have found with archie.

Why not just take a look at it?

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

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:15:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Romeyn Prescott)
Subject: Cable (TV) tuner NuBus Card

Hiya.

Long ago (well, comparatively) when the Mac II's first came out I remember
seeing a NuBus card that was essentially a cable tuner.  It had an RF Cable
input the practical upshot of which was that you got to watch TV on you
Mac's screen.  You could make the screen any size you wanted, turn the
sound on or off, or leave on JUST the sound.  I have decided that this
would be a neat thing to have, but I can't seem to find one.

Does anyone know if such a beastie is still made?  If not, does anyone know
of anyone who has a used one with which they could be pursuaded to part?  I
don't even know what it's called.

BTW, I am using a Quadra 800, 40/1(Gb).

TIA,

...ROMeyn


Romeyn Prescott             [e-mail]         315.268.1325

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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 1:23:42 CEST
From: Francesco Fedele <[e-mail]>
Subject: Changing Internal Hd On 660Av

I have connected a Conner 500MB HD to a Mac 660AV, in place of the
internal CD Rom. I formatted it using HDT Vers. 2.0 and it works
fine. HDT sees it as a 520MB disk, CONNER, Model No. CP30545
545MB3.5, Rev A9AF. The disk has 4 partitions: a partition map, one
called Big HD with Bootable and Automount attributes, a Driver (FWB
Disk Driver) and a Free Space (1K) and its SCSI ID is 6.
The original internal disk is seen by HDT as a QUANTUM Model LP240S
GM240SO1X Rev. 6.3 and has a capacity of 234MB. SCSI ID is 0.
I can see both disks at the same time, but my problem is that I can
only boot from the original disk (the Quantum/Apple one).
If I try to set through the Control Panel "Startup Disk" the other
disk (the Conner "Big HD") it still boots from the Apple/Quantum
one.
Worse still, if I connect the Conner in place of the Quantum the
machine does not even boot, and simply sits there with the disk
request icon flashing...
My problem, as you will have understood by now is to replace the
234MB original disk with this 500MB new one.
Does anybody have any suggestions ? Thanks in advance.
CIAO !
Francesco

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

Date: 1 Apr 1994 16:57:10 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ocho Gonzalez)
Subject: Circuit Simulator's

  If anyone out there who has or plans to get the powerpc AND needs
  a circuit simulator(ie PSPICE) we need your help.  Microsim corp.
  is not yet decided to release a native version of PSPICE;however,
  they are willing to if enough interest is expressed.  Of course
  the current Mac PSPICE 6.0 (last version they plan to do for the
  mac) uses the fpu a bunch, so running under emulation would only
  work very slowly using Soft fpu.  If you desire to voice your
  interest in a PSPICE for the mac powerpc's, please call microsim
  at 1-800-245-3022 and tell them you want to request a native
  version of PSPICE for the PowerMac's.  I think there are plenty
  of EE types out there who need this tool to use on their powerpc
  platform;  microsim just doesn't know it yet.  Thanks, Lance
--
CRIMM,LANCE CARY
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:     ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt6321c
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 09:28:39 +0300
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: comment on sumex load

Dear List,

I have been loosely following the discussions about the demand placed on
Sumex-aim.

The problem with using the mirrors is that they are not updated fast
enough.  The best mirrors lag a few days behind Sumex and some are only
updated weekly or monthly.

With all the increasing openness of the global community and convenience of
access it seems a regressive to have to start locking people out of sites
because of demand.  There must be a better solution.

How about establishing a backbone of sumex-approved mirror sites.  Then
once a day new submissions to sumex would be automatically ftp'd to a
'unsorted' or 'recent' file on the mirror archives.  Users could then
access their local mirror for the latest stuff and administrators could
organize the files when they have time.  Better yet, the files could be
ftp'd to the correct directory in the first place.

Other mirrors could use the primary mirrors as their source.

It seems that this would take a little pressure off sumex and then users
would not have to be locked out for a few days.  As Users found the mirrors
more up to date the demand on sumex would decrease.

There probably a few programmers out there that could take this idea and
make it work.

-David
[e-mail]

[Well.....
  First off, the turn around time for most submissions (ones that unbinhex
without trouble and don't have obvious copyright violations/questions) are
about a day from arrival here at info-mac to posting at the digest.  This
is due to our most diligent (sp?) archivist, Igor.
  The new binhexes often appear even sooner than that.  Getting the binhexes
out there isn't the problem.
  Second, the mirror sites are not the load problem.  As Jon noted (elsewhere
in this digest), there are only a dozen of those.  They cause very little
load.
They are also automated -- so they get in and out as fast as they can.  I
don't think most mirror sites would want us (info-mac) to ftp to them and
update their archives... especially considering the recent breakin here at
sumex-aim.
  Third, the mirrors have special access privs and most of them do update
once a day.  As with the listservs that distribute info-mac, we don't control
the mirror sites.  The mirror sites admins setup the mirror sites in ways that
are optimal for them (network traffic load, time of use, etc. etc.).
  The problem you refer to is that the mirrors lag just a touch behind sumex,
and, of course, in this digital age, we all want instant gratification.  See
it in the digest, want it.  I don't think there is a simple solution to this.
  Keep in mind, no one really knows very much about a submission until it
appears in the info-mac digest... if we hold that back a day (some people,
of course, don't want us to do that).
  Read the history message that Jon wrote. -Gordon]

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 03:54:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan B Hedlund-1)
Subject: demos: Infini-D, QuarkXPress 3.2, AutoCad...Where?

I've been looking for these demos for a while on the net.  I've tried
downloading them from MacWarehouse to no avail.  If you have any of these
demos could you please put them on sumex, umich, or a related mirror.
Don't mail me directly because I don't want to bog up my friend's account.
Tanks.

Matt
The Premier Dork of the Universe

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 18:00:10 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Doin' it right on Saturday Night

A week or so ago I complained about Graphic Simulations horribly slow
registration process to receive the unlock code to overcome the copy
protection of F/A-18.  (BTW, it's now nearly seven weeks and counting
since I sent in my registration card--and still no unlock code!)  :-(

Just to contrast GSC, I sent in a shareware fee to Ambrosia Software
for ColorSwitch. They acknowledged my fee a couple of weeks ago with
a postcard.

Yesterday, I downloaded the new version 2.3.0. This version requires
a registration code. It works without it, but you get lots of "friendly"
reminders that you are running an unregistered version.

Yesterday afternoon, I fired off an e-mail to Ambrosia. I told them
I had upgraded and needed a code for the new version.

This afternoon (less than 24 hours later), they responded by e-mail
with my code.  No fuss, no muss. Just a pleasant and easy experience.

Imagine that. One day turn around on my e-mail registration code request (on a
holiday weekend no less!)  GSC could learn a lesson!

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 17:11:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey Christopher Hoffman)
Subject: Dot Matrix Font

This will sound a little weird, but I was wondering if there's a good font
(TT?)
font that imitates a dot matrix printer? Thanks in advance.
Geoff Hoffman   ([e-mail])

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

Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 20:55:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: DragonDrop (C)

Dear info-mac digest readers--

Recently I offered to e-mail to anyone a copy of DragonDrop upon request
until 4/15/94.  However, I must RESCIND this offer as I've since been
informed by Ted Silveira <[e-mail]>, Ziff Support forum sysop, that,
contrary to my understanding of the ZiffNet/Mac exclusives agreement (I
did not upload DragonDrop to an archive and did not make it available via
anonymous ftp), I'm not allowed to e-mail DragonDrop to folks upon request.

My apologies to anyone planning on asking me for a copy of DragonDrop,
and also public apologies to ZMac for violating the ZiffNet/Mac exclusives
agreement.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: <[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:22 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Driver updt for Abaton on Quadra? (would be nice)

On Tue, 29 Mar 1994 16:44:48 -0800 (PST) Oliver J. Billesberger wrote:
>he bought a
>quadra 840AV and expected his Abaton 300/color scanner to work with it.
>Bad luck, since abaton went belly up and THEY won't write a new driver
>for the Quadra. I'm not very firm with all that stuff, but as far as i
>understand the 'old' driver doesn't work with the processor in the Quadra.
>Does anybody know some help?

I feel like the proverbial broken record.  I bought an Abaton 300 color at
MacWorld in 1991 and wrote about the experience in Info-Mac shortly
thereafter.  At that time, I recommended everyone boycott Abaton and their
parent company Everex (perhaps that had something to do with both going
under).

My Quadra 700 was nearly a year old at the time but Abaton (and Everex's)
tech support seemed to be clueless (their marketing people were more
sympathetic, but sympathy and 60 cents will get you a cup of coffee).  I
worked with numerous software vendors large and small right after the
Quadra 700 came out.  All but Abaton recompiled their software to deal with
68040 caches in short order.  Abaton and Everex never were able to convince
me that they knew what a compiler was (perhaps another reason for failure).

The good news is: You CAN get the scanner to work with a Quadra.  Get the
Alysis Compatibility control panel (version 2.something used to be at
info-mac and must still be in an archive somewhere).  Put the Abaton DA in
the exception list; alas if you use PhotoShop, you have to put the whole
Photoshop app in the exception list just to get the Abaton plug to work.

The bad news is that your scanner software will run at approximately the
speed of a IIsi...well at least you can scan.

I'm planning to offer my Abaton 300 to a IIci owner at a good price (the
software that came with it will run just fine on a IIci) and get myself an
Apple Color scanner (just as soon as I get rich enough to buy a CD ROM
drive and an oxymoronPC--that's the LOW POWER PowerPC 603 ;-)

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

Date: Sat,  2 Apr 1994 23:10:36 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Finder 7.1.4 ZoomRect Patch

Danny Brewer from Farallon wrote a nice document describing how to
patch the Finder in System 7 to eliminate the zooming rectangle
effect when Finder windows are opened.  I tried to apply the patch
to Finder 7.1.4 and discovered that the patch must be modified
slightly.  It seems that the zooming code has been moved from
offset 78 in code resource 4 to offset 472 in code resource number
2.

The patch consists of replacing the 4 bytes in code resource 2 in
the Finder starting at offset 472 (they should be 48E71F38 originally)
with 600000E6.  This causes an unconditional branch around the zooming
code.  I have been using a Finder patched in this manner for a few
days without problems.  You should apply the usual cautions used when
modifying system software - work only on a copy of the Finder, keep the
old copy around in case there are problems with the new version, etc.

Mr. Brewer's document describes the process in detail for System 7.0.
The copy I have is called "Finder ZoomRect Patch" and is dated May 29,1991.
I think I found it at sumex.


scott  [e-mail]
"Push the button, Frank"  MST3K

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 20:57:48 PST
From: [e-mail] (David Dantowitz)
Subject: FirstClass Server and the FAXStf Line Manager

Has anyone got BOTH FirstClass and the FAXStf (3.0) Line Manager
to cooperate?  I have a Supra 14.4LC and the Apple Modem tool 1.1.1,
but can't get the right magic to both receive FAXes and FirstClass
data calls on a single line.

I'm probably missing some bit of wisdom... does anyone have any hints?

Please reply my mail and I'll summarize for the group.

Thanks,
David Dantowitz

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

Date: 3 Apr 94 12:45:36 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HELP! Upgrading SE ROM 800K->1.4M

How do I upgrade the ROM on an SE logic board to allow use of a high density
floppy drive? Can I simply transfer the chip from a logic board that supports
the FDHD (which I have but is defective in other ways) to an older SE board
which only supports 800K drives? Are there other considerations, like jumper
that must be reset?

If indeed I can move the chip from one board to the other, can someone kindly
tell me just where it is on the board and how do I remove/install it? Do I need
special tools? Needless to say, I'm trying to save the expense of talking it to
a service place and advice would be very much appreciated.

I would appreciate any replies by e-mail direct to me.
Thanks in advance,

Ron Grunwald
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 14:01:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael F. Maggard)
Subject: Inbound Faxes to Workstations (Re: V12 #53)

Sounds great huh ?  Have one fax device on the line always waiting to take
incoming faxes and deliver them right to your desktop the minute they come
in.  No checking the fax machine every hour or so, no waiting for the
fax-person to make their appointed rounds dropping off faxes... Nope, beep!
here's your spiffy new fax!  Better yet, imagine the faxes coming in as
TEXT - ready to be dropped into documents and email galore.

Unfortunately it's not here yet.  The size of a fax-file is considerable,
taking up network and storage resources.  Now imagine when someone goes
away for a few days.  Imagine that they get a few long faxes sent to them.
Have a few hundred meg. of storage free to spool these ?

How is this fax going to get routed to you anyhow ?  The software is going
to have to *Read* the "To:" line.  Heck, we have humans who spend days
puzzling over some of these things and we assume that the humans have at
least have a clue and some common sense.  What's the percentage that are
going to have to be sent to a human to figure out the right destination ?
What happens to the wrong ones ?  They're just going to quietly get sent
off to someone's fax-account, silently awaiting discovery that Sue Smyth is
not Bob Stith a week or so later (after deadline) when Sue gets back from
overseeing the Tobago project...

Lastly, have you ever scanned in some camera-ready copy and seen what the
OCR will do to it ?  Now imagine it trying to figure out a 100 or 200dpi
fax image, written in who-knows-what typeface, with a strange logo on top,
handwritten notes, arrows and underlines, all at some hurried 2% angle, and
at the bottom right a florid signature (or at least *some* sort of
cerebro/fine-motor-control incident.)  We're talking gibberish !  It makes
a Newton reading kiddy-scrawl look good.

Admittedly these are all extreme examples - but consider how many extreme
examples come in a day.  Now imagine the problems that result when a fax
with just _one_ of these problems occurs and things go awry.  Lost faxes,
gibberish, massive files, etc.  Of course, you'll still have to keep the
same people and methods in place figuring out the faxxen the system is
smart enough to give up on...  They'll also be working on straightening out
the mess-ups too ("They *insist* they sent the contract this morning!
Where is it?!")

I used to work for an email company.  One of our best products was an email
to fax gateway.  The software that we had licensed for the gateway could
handle incoming faxes and direct them to any print-queue.  What we didn't
tell the customers was that the software could also perform routing.  The
company had made lots of wrong decisions (IMHO) but this was never one of
them.  There was no way we'd ever have any customer satisfaction trying to
route incoming faxxen.  One critical fax to some V.P. misrouted and we'd
have the software back at shipping in a day.  One goober goes goes home
sick, then gets a 60 page tech. spc. they'd requested, the server bombs
out, we'd take it in the teeth.

Outbound faxing is great.  Outbound email to faxxen is wonderful.  Inbound
- wait awhile.

  Michael F. Maggard  /  [e-mail]  /  b2 f g++(+?) l+ k+ s+ r+
"Is that Almond? I didn't recognize him in lavender... Do you think I'm too
short for aqua?" "No, you're not too short, you're too round" - m&m's

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

Date: 1 Apr 1994 14:57:44 EST
From: "Jeff Kline"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: InfoBrowser 2.8

This is a new version of the HC stack InfoBrowser 2.8.  It has some
small changes over version 2.5, including:

Works with the larger Digests

Screen resizing has been tweaked

and some smallinterface enhancements.

Requires HC 2.0, works best on a 68030 or above.

InfoBrowser is a HC stack that allows you to read and manipulate the
Info-Mac Digests.  After you download the Digests to your Mac, you
can then read them into the stack, and quickly move around inside
the digest, make lists of files you want to download, and keep
copies of messages.  I find that the stack allows you to jump
quickly between the subjects that interest me and allows me to skip
the ones that are not worth my attention.

This version is now Freeware.  Older versions (2.5.1 were
shareware).  I have decided that that was too much of a hassle.
Please though, if you like it and use it please e-mail me.

This does not go and get the digests, you have to do that first, it
just reads in text filer versions.  Has built in help, and has an
attached read me file.

Enjoy!

Jeff Kline

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

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 15:59:30 MST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: LaserWriter layouts

How do I add Page Setup layouts to the 8.1.1 LaserWriter driver?

Say, for example, a 5x7 index card?

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 19:32:50 -0600
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: linelink handle newton fax (Q)

    Didn't spot answer with gopher word search of FAQ or wais.
    Any success out there (before I buy a linelink would like to know)?

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

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:05 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Mac Express newsletter available free (sort of)

On Wed, 30 Mar 1994 08:17:54 -0800 Jeffrey L. Needleman wrote:
>   Mac Express is one of the many newsletters PressLink has to offer
>on-line at no cost and each of these newsletters are delivered to all
>PressLink users, which include more than 3,000 users in 53 countries.
>Subscribers are located at newspapers, media companies, news syndicates,
>magazines, advertising agencies and design studios.

Well, I followed the directions at the bottom of the press release and got:

>From: [e-mail]
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 21:21:00 BST
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: MAC EXPRESS/March 28
>
>THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN MAC EXPRESS.  YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FOR ONE
>MONTH AT NO COST.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A SUBSCRIBER TO PRESSLINK,
>MESSAGE [e-mail].
>
>PressLink Marketing Team

So, it appears that if I want to continue receiving this freebie, I have to
subcribe to Presslink (something that would appear is not free although
neither the press release Jeff posted nor the reply from plink is so crass
as to mention the price.

My problem is that I haven't the time to read all the electronic stuff I
get for free!  I'm not likely to pay for something unless it offers a
significant advantage (that would cause me to substitute it for something I
already read).  Is PressLink likely to be *better* than info-mac and MAC-L?
Maybe I should ask PLNEWS, but I'm hoping someone else has already done
that ;-)

/s Murphy A. Sewall                             [phone] voice
   Professor of Marketing                       [phone] fax

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 21:51:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (James Williams)
Subject: Macro program

Hello,

Can anyone refer me to a shareware program that allows the recording or
simple scripting of macros from within an application?

Also-I know there's no such thing as a stupid question, but.... when
posting a message to a usenet group, when asked about the distribution of
the post (default-'local'), what are the options here?

Thank you in advance.

Jim...

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 04:20:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: MacTCP 1.1 and system 7.1

Troy Kelley <[e-mail]> writes:

>Charlie Mingo writes
>
>> MacTCP 1.1 is obsolete, and won't work with System 7.1, so most
>> people have upgraded to 2.04.
>
>I am using MacTCP 1.1 with System 7.1 and it works fine. Sorry Charlie.

Apple says that MacTCP 1.1 is incompatible with System 7.1, so I would be
cautious about making any claims to the contrary.  I believe 1.1.1 was a
bug-fix version of 1.1 to make it work with System 7.1.

(Version 1.1.1 is sold commercially on the same terms as 2.0.4.  MacTCP 1.1
was the last version to be available by anonymous ftp.)

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 94 17:57:10 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP and System 7 (C)

On Thu, 31 Mar, Troy Kelley wrote:

>Charlie Mingo writes MacTCP 1.1 is obsolete, and won't work with System
>7.1, so most people have upgraded to 2.04.
>
>I am using MacTCP 1.1 with System 7.1 and it works fine. Sorry Charlie.

You're lucky Troy. Or you're not doing much with TCP/IP. Charlie is as
right as he usually is. MacTCP 1.1.1 is the minimum that works reliably
with System 7.1. Some apps, notably NCSA Mosaic, will kill your system
without 2.04.

You make the perfectly normal assumption that whatever happens to you is
perfectly normal. It isn't. Apple is rather firm in saying that 1.1.1 is
the minimum for System 7.1. Most folk will find that is true. You found
that 1.1 is OK for whatever it is you do. I suggest that you not expand
your serendipitous condition to a "Sorry, Charlie" to the rest of us.

And I'd not say that you shouldn't call a "big kid" like Charlie Mingo
on something he posts to this forum. I do, however, suggest that you be
sure you are right before doing so.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 21:16:16 -0600
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: May I play through (A)

    Hypercard audio stack allows this.

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 15:06 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Michael Ochs)
Subject: MPC on PowerCD ?


Now that I finally have a CD-ROM on my Mac, I checked a list of CD titles
>From CD-ROM warehouse.  One I would really like to be able to access
(Audobon's Birds) is listed as a Multimedia PC (MPC).  Any way to play
these on a Mac with some program or trick?  Thanks,  Mike Ochs,
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 14:01:28 -0800
From: Bill Rausch <[e-mail]>
Subject: multiple machines/multiple licenses

Arild Eugen Johansen asks "hypothetically" about multiple machines in a
family/small business buying multiple licenses for every software product
and wishes to start a discussion on the subject.

I feel that you do need a license for each machine that runs the software,
unless you can guarantee that only one machine or the other will be running
it at any one time (like desktop and portable combination used by one
owner). Otherwise, if you want to use the program, you go to the machine
that has the legal license or you buy another license.  Our small business
(10 people) DOES buy multiple licenses when there is a reason to - for
example, word processing, spreadsheet, telecommunications, but we only have
one license for Pagemaker because all of that work is done on one box.

I guess I can't imagine the justification for doing it any other way?!

----
    Bill Rausch, SW Engr, [e-mail], 509-943-0861
    Numerical Applications, 825 Goethals #A, Richland, WA 99352

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 08:25:52 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dick Lang)
Subject: PC to Mac monitor

I have read many suggestions on how to do the inverse of this; but I have
never seen anything about how to adapt an apple monitor to the VGA output
of a PC.
My primary machine is my Mac. But, since I am not a snob about the benefits
of the Mac way of doing things; I bought a 486 laptop. I would like to have
the option of connecting it to my Apple 13 inch high res. display.

Any suggestions?

 - Dick -

_____________________________________
Stony Brook, LI, NY 11790
If the wind is howling; I'm not here!

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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 10:11:42 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Dorothea Blostein)
Subject: print-merge escape key for MS Word?

I would appreciate help with the following problem.  I'm using print-merge
in Microsoft Word Version 5.  Two special characters are used to delimit text
that is intended for print-merge.  Unfortunately, I'm also using a special
math symbol from the symbol font, and that symbol happens to be in the
character spot that is occupied by the "close-print-merge" character in the
usual text fonts.  So now I get errors about "unbalanced print-merge
brackets".
I haven't been able to find an appropriate escape key to get the print-merge
to ignore my symbol font characters.
If you have any suggestions, please email me at [e-mail]
Thanks!
    Dorothea Blostein

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:27 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Setting the clock over a dialup

I'm not even going to try and figure out where this thread started:
>>Is there an application to set the Mac clock using an Internet time server?
>>I know of the Network Time control panel, but it's not convenient to use
>>on my home Mac which isn't always connected to the net (it uses a modem and
>>MacPPP).

The easiest, most straight forward way to keep your Mac's clock at home on
time is to use Jim Leitch's (free) SetClock 3.3.  It makes a 10 second
phone call (at 300 baud, but that's fast enough :) to the National Time
Standard (U.S. or Canada).  You aren't going to get more accurate than
that.  Given the packet switching delays plus the delay over a dialup
connection, SetClock will likely be MUCH more accurate than trying to
access Network Time over a dialup.

I also us Gunther Blaschek's ClockAdjust 1.2 so I don't have to call the
Time Standard very often.  Unfortunately, ClockAdjust only does it's thing
if IT changes the clock, so I usually start by getting accurate time on my
watch (usually from another Mac), reset the clock in ClockAdjust, and then
activate SetClock (today I missed by 4 seconds--but I hadn't set the clock
in a month, so the adjustment factor in ClockAdjust should now be close
enough to keep me accurate within a couple of seconds for the next month.

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:02:46 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Joshua Berman)
Subject: Sharing PLW LS using LW 300 Driver (Q)

I have been interested in "sharing" my PLW LS over a network for quite some
time, so when I read in comp.sys.mac.misc that the LW 300 driver (v1.2) and
Printer Share were available on Apple's golpher server, I downloaded them
(and Chooser 7.3).

I dropped the driver and Printer Share in my Extensions folder and put
Chooser in my Apple Menu.  After restarting, I was able to select the LW
300, and printing worked fine.

However, when I clicked on setup and then on "Share this printer", I got the
following message in a dialog box: "There is not enough memory to share
your printer.  Quit other applications and try again."  At the time, I had
no apps open; only the finder.

I tried this on a IIci running 7.1 (I've got a IIsi running 7.0.1 tuned)
and it still didn't work; it gave the same "out of memeory" error.  Both
computers are on an ethertalk network.

If anybody can shed any light on how to make the sharing feature of the LW
300 driver work with system 7.0.1 and a PLW LS, I'd really appreciate the
help.

Thanks,
Josh B.



 ------------------------------------------------------------
Josh Berman       [e-mail]        [phone] x4737
Platt Campus Center; Harvey Mudd College  Claremont, CA 91711

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 94 13:10:24 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: startup quirks

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> 1) I can't start up without extensions by holding down the shift key. This is
> weird. In fact, neither does holding down the space bar force Extensions
> Manager
> to run on startup. I am forced to set Extensions Manager to run automatically
> at
> each startup, just in case I need to run without extensions. Nothing's wrong
> with the keyboard. Any explanations?

Try holding down the shift key _after_ you see the happy Mac face.
I've seen a similar problem on my 660AV - if you hold down the key
too early, the system never sees it...

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: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:59:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Luke Stein)
Subject: Strange SLIP util needed

Netters, Hackers, Cheese, and Crackers,

I have a problem. My SLIP provider's UNIX machine has the strange habbit of
hanging up on my Mac if the connection is idle for a not too long time
(aprox. 5 min.) Aparantly, this is their way of keeping users from keeping
up connections round the clock. In the words of an ex-pres, "I am not a
crook." I am not trying to defraud my hookup. Thing is, if I get called
away from my computer for a few minutes, I end up having to come back and
perform some pointless operation to keep from getting hunged-upon. So, does
anyone know of a utility that would perform some trivial task on a regular
basis to keep Mr. UNIX happy. *Thanks*

                Regards,
                <+>Luke Stein ([e-mail])

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:10 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: submission announcements

>One way around this would be to hold onto all submission announcements for a
>day or so...that way most of the daily mirrors would have had a chance to get
>submission before it went out on the digest. -Gordon]

Moi prefers announcing as soon as files are archived. I'm content to wait a
day or two for mirrors to catch up (Rice is usually not more than a day
behind and will send up to an MByte by email).  If one mirror is slow,
there's usually another that isn't

For those who can, gopher is recommended since gopher doesn't hang on to
the connection (only connects while actual transfers are occuring).  Gopher
gives everyone a fair shot.  Thank goodness more mirrors also run gopher
because "could not connect" once the desired directory is accessed is a
real bummer.

Would it be fair (reasonable?) to add Apple's only one connection at a time
per domain filter (that encourages domains to put things in local shared
volumes)?

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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 94 18:24:48 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Suitcase under System 7.1

I'm gradually building a library of fonts and want to
divide them up into "text fonts", "display fonts"
"fonts for odd languages" etc,  with the intention that
depending on the job I'm doing, not all the fonts appear
in the font-menu at once.  It appears that Suitcase will
do this. Can anyone confirm?  Does it run under System
7.1 and is it easy to change font cases when its running.
Does it have any disadvantages (other than costing money)?
                 John McMillan

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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 08:08:49 EDT
From: John Flynn <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sun raster

I frequently need to convert Mac PowerPoint files into Sun raster
format. My current approach is to copy each PowerPoint slide, use
GifConverter (or some other application) to covert to .gif format, ftp
the .gif version of slide to a Sun workstation, use xv (or other
application) on the Sun to covert to Sun raster format.

This is painfully tedious. Does anyone know of a more direct conversion
approach.

Thanks

 -------
John Flynn - BBN Advanced Command and Control Department
[phone]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: System 7.1 and Disk Doubler

On Tue, 29 Mar 1994 23:51 EST RICH FRIEDMAN wrote:
>I recently installed system 7.1 and noticed that the little DD addition that
>Disk DOubler and AutoDoubler adds to icons is missing. I am running DD 3.7.7
>and
>AutoDoubler 1.0.7. It's a minor annoyance but I was wondering if anyone else
>had this problem.

Check the preferences option in AutoDoubler.  The current version is 2.0.3
and I have NO problems with it under either 7.0.1 or 7.1.  I put 7.1 on my
PowerBook right after it became available, but I can't remember what
version of AutoDoubler was current then.  I've not had any trouble with
AutoDoubler showing DD on the icons though.

>Also, it seems that since I installed system 7.1 (replacing 7.0.1) my computer
>is running a little slower.

As I understand what Apple has to say on the subject, there's NO particular
advantage to running 7.1 (or even 7.0.1) on an SE.  Many people think 7 in
general is slower than 6 on a 68000 CPU.  I think most of the problem is
perceptual.  What I've noticed (even on a Quadra) is that as the number of
files in folders you are working with increases, the Mac spends increasing
amounts of time I/O bound (getting data for all the cute bits of
information that 7 displays that 6 didn't, I suppose).

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Date: 2 Apr 1994 01:51:37 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chong Chiang Seng)
Subject: Video or Interactive Multimedia

Dear netters
I'm looking for some video or interactive multimedia programs on the
following: creativity, analytical skills, time management, stress. Please
email directly if you've any. Thanks.

Mr. Chong C.S., Computer Centre, National University of Singapore
Internet: [e-mail]  Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:35 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Who was that masked man?

Whoo boy it's been a Loooooonnnng time since I went on a posting binge like
tonight (and it may be just as long before it happens again--are you
relieved?).

My SO (Significant Other) has a cold and I'm at loose ends on a Saturday
night (info-mac keeps me out of trouble ;-)  I hope my previous 8 posts
didn't give anyone in-digest-ion :-O

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 22:45:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: why binhex?

On Wed, 30 Mar 94 09:19:58 MST Jonathan Lundell wrote:
>ftp is perfectly capable of doing binary transfers, and binhexing just
>expands the file.

Not long ago, many of us each made a small contribution that, in total,
expanded the archives capacity to 3 gigabytes.  Eventually, that will fill
up of course, but the convenience of binhex for a significant number of
users seems worth it because the price of storage seems to be falling
faster than the cost of increased storage capacity.

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 15:00:55 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Phillip Lollar)
Subject: xCROSSWORD PROGS (Q)

SUBJECT:  CROSSWORD PROGRAMS

I am looking for freeware/shareware programs that generate crosswords based
on the answers to clues that I would write in.  ARCHIE says there is a
"crossword-generator.hqx" in systems/mac/info-mac/Old/game at WUSTL, but
when I ftped there it was not there.  I did find a demo of cross-puzzler at
another sight, however.

Does anyone know where Crossword-Generator is?  I was also looking for
CrossWord-Creator and the Puzzler.  I found Puzzler but it is 3.5MB, and takes
too long to download.  Does anyone know where/from whom this sort of program
can be bought?  Shareware is of course preferable.

10-Q,
 Phil
 [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 15:49:55 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac without CI$ (long)

A couple of days ago I posted,

> I recently subscribed to ZiffNet/Mac (but NOT CompuServe).  During the
> signup I was told
>
> > Your membership to ZiffNet and ZiffNet/Mac provides you with
> > unlimited access free of connect time charges to the following
> > services for $2.95 a month (telecommunication surcharges apply
> > for use of supplemental networks).
> >
> > [list of services deleted]
>
> My question is to you ZiffNet/Mac users.  How do I get to these free
> areas without treading on any areas that will cost me a surcharge.  My
> goal is to access ZiffNet/Mac for $2.95 a month, and no more.

Steven Vincent <[e-mail]> duly informed me that I should
be receiving an info packet in the mail soon that will, among other
things, give me a list of the necessary keywords for quick navigation.
In the meantime, Steven provided me the following abbreviated list:

> GO:
>         MACUSER (You don't really want to read PC User, do you?)
>         INDEX (Product reviews index)
>         EDCHOICE (Editor's Choice)
>         MACWEEK
>         NEWSBYTES
>         SUPPORT
>         BUYADVICE

I'm happy to say that I successfully downloaded a copy of the 04.04.94
MacWEEK.  I likes that :-)

Additionally, MacFarland Hale <[e-mail]> forwarded me the
following clip posted to Mac-L by Jonathan Stimmel <[e-mail]>.
Jonathan tells how to connect to ZMac from the Internet via telnet:

> Side note: you can also telnet to hermes.merit.edu, and type compuserve at
> the prompt. From what I've heard, though CompuServe doesn't know of/won't
> acknowledge it's existence.

[Page 22 of the 03.21.94 MacWEEK has a piece stating that ``CompuServe
members will be able to access ... using Telnet ... with prices the same
as those for regular dial-in'' but doesn't say how.  The piece goes on to
say that ``Starting in August, DowVision on the Internet will offer users a
full-text database of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dow Jones
news services and selected press release wire services.''  Wow!  Looks like
commercial services are starting to plug into the Internet!]

Jonathan later wrote me to say, ``I have a SLIP connection, so I use VersaTerm
(my terminal emulator) to telnet directly to hermes, and when I go to download
a file, I use kermit (I haven't been able to get xmodem and ymodem to work),
and the pull down a menu and select receive, so the file comes directly to my
computer.''  Pretty cool IMHO.  Now if only I can figure out how to download
to my Unix box without ftp.

Sorry for this long post.  I hope the info proves useful to someone.  For
me, I think I'll continue to use ZMac as long as I can keep charges to
only $2.95+epsilon a month.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: <[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>

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