Info-Mac 4/Info_Mac IV CD-ROM (Pacific HiTech Inc.)(August 1994).iso/Periodicals/InfoMac Digest volume 12/infomacv12-066.txt

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 14:17:34 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #66
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 29 Apr 94       Volume 12 : Issue 66

Today's Topics:

      [*] adagio-bold (a font)
      [*] antoine-c; a C music library for CodeWarrior and Think C
      [*] BatteryMinder1.1.1; a Powerbook battery utility
      [*] Belch! 2.0; indigestion for you Mac
      [*] Big Cheese Key 1.2.1; fool your boss!
      [*] Bomb Shelter 1.0.1; some protection from System bombs
      [*] CheckBook1.4; tracks transactions in a bank account
      [*] Chiral 1.0 Press Release; an arcade game
      [*] ColorSwitch 2.3; a color depth switcher
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-021
      [*] Discolour 1.0.2; colorises floppy icons
      [*] Easy Envelopes+ 2.6; an envelope printing utility
      [*] Eclipse 2.2; a screen saver
      [*] finder-progress-bar-11.hqx (CDEF w/ C source)
      [*] FlashWrite II 1.1; a notepad desk accessory
      [*] Fontographer 4.0.x>4.0.4 updaters
      [*] Iconizer1.0; converts pictures to icons
      [*] INIT Tracker 1.3; spies on other extensions
      [*] Inside Mac Games - April '94 Free Preview
      [*] Inside Mac Games CD-ROM - Free 1.1 Upgrade
      [*] MacCurveFit 1.0.7; a least-squares curve fitting program
      [*] Maelstrom 1.3.x -> 1.4 Updater (a game)
      [*] Maelstrom 1.4; an Asteroids-likee game
      [*] Maelstrom 1.4 press release; an Asteroids-like game
      [*] MWDebugPPCa1-patch1 (metrowerks PPC debugger patch)
      [*] nancys-textures-grp1-to-grp4 (some desktop patterns)
      [*] Office Manager Demo; a contact manager
      [*] OnAccount Demo; a billing application
      [*] Oracle 2.1; a fortune teller
      [*] Photoshop User's Report #2
      [*] Player PRO 4.155 Demo FAT; a MOD player
      [*] QDvorak; a keyboard layout
      [*] rlab 0.99b: a linear algebra package
      [*] sculptor-11; a free-form 3D modeling tool
      [*] SUSAN 2.5 - board game
      [*] SUSAN Manual - strategy tips (a strategy game)
      [*] SUSAN Pack - v2.5 plus color art files & manual
      [*] ToDo! 3.2.1; a schedule minder
      [*] Tradex 1.0.2; a sophisticated stock market utility
      [*] Unofficial Internet Book List (version 0.4)
      [*] Wacky Lights 1.0.1; plays with the keyboard lights
      [*] Word Find v1.1 - a word find puzzle creator program
      7th Guest Warning
      appletalk (fwd)
      AppleTalk on Modem Port?
      APS or PLI?
      A search for "Thing-a-ma-Bob"
      Autodoubler error
      Automatic Application Quitter SUMMARY
      Barcodes and Macs - assistance please!
      Chinese Big 2 card game?
      Color Postscript to TIFF?
      Default Folder Boomerangs
      Error type 28 [R]
      External Diskette drive for newer Macs
      Fax Modems (A)
      FAXstf 3.0 speed problem
      Fetch 2.1.2 error
      Fetch 2.1.2 Post-Processing bug
      FILE APPEARANCE (Q)
      FirstClass
      HELP: Hints to OOTW
      Hypercard text cut/paste utility?
      Info-Mac Digest Article (2 msgs)
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #65
      Internet software
      InterSLIP-CALLBACK-Script needed (last try)
      JCONV-DD Bug Alert!
      Looking for A Maltese Cross (A)
      Mac hardware diagnostic software
      Mac HFS interchange & 800k disks
      MacWrite Pro style shortcuts
      More Mac IIsi problems
      More than 8 mB of memory (R)
      mystified by mystique
      NovaTerm [Q]
      Opening X-L files (a problem)
      Persuasion 3.0 Upgrade - Is it worth it?
      ResEdit Immune Security (R)
      sharing problem; mounted drives
      SoftWindow from Tiger SW
      Soft Windows and the Power PC
      summary of 1 month old question answers
      Synchronizing with Nifty.andrew.cmu
      telnet 2.6
      Tex on Mac
      three button mouse (R)
      Voice-Capable Modem Recommendations?
      Wanted: the perfect launch pad
      What's the definitive book on PhotoShop?
      What's the modern mem manager?
      WindowPicker bug

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 04:12:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] adagio-bold (a font)

This is a Font designed to replace the boring typeface Courier.
It is a monospaced font very similar in style to Monoco with
enhanced serifs and overall boldfaced to print nicer on lower-
resolution ink-jet and laser printers.  Comes complete with ATM
Type 1 compatible and TrueType typefaces.  Very useful for
printing FAQs and other text files downloaded off the net for
printing on Laser/Ink-Jet printers.  Extremely legible.

Shareware fee $3.  Try for 15 days :)

[Archived as /info-mac/font/adagio-bold.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 23:39:44 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] antoine-c; a C music library for CodeWarrior and Think C

Here's a short description of Antoine himself:

Complete music library : for CodeWarrior DR2 (1.04p1) and for Think C 7.0

Including examples and documentation to use it.

You can use this library freely in freeware, shareware, commercial products,
etc. with NO royalties.
Totaly FREE.

Antoine ROSSET

I'm just passing it on, so please don't send any comments to me!
His address is
   [e-mail]

Arthur W. Fritzsche                  Federal University of Zurich, Switzerland
[e-mail]                             Department of Informatics

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/antoine-c.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 17:19:48 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] BatteryMinder1.1.1; a Powerbook battery utility

BatteryMinder is a tiny program that helps you predict how much time you
have left on your PowerBook battery. It allows you to toggle Appletalk and
Sound with convenient buttons in its unobtrusive little window and is smart
enough to optionally turn Appletalk OFF when it is run and back ON when
quit. This makes Appletalk always load at startup if you put the program
into your Startup folder. Double-clicking BatteryMinder's window puts your
PowerBook to sleep.

* Version 1.1.1 - fixes a problem introduced with v1.1 that occurred if
Appletalk was off at startup in that a dialog popped up and said Appletalk
was in use by "" when it wasn't even on! (Thanks to Marc Bizer)

BatteryMinder also has the added benefit of being entirely free!

Written by Randall Voth, copyright C 1994
(e-mail c/o [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-minder-111.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:08:46 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Belch! 2.0; indigestion for you Mac

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Belch! is a little Extension that causes your Mac to have a case of
indigestion: it lets out a nasty belch every once in a while.  This Extension
is fun to put on your friend's (or co-worker's) Macintosh... sit back and
watch the fireworks!

To install Belch!, simply drop it onto the System Folder of the machine you
wish to give indigestion and restart it.

Belch! is completely free; I hope you enjoy it!

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/belch-20.hqx; 44K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:08:55 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Big Cheese Key 1.2.1; fool your boss!

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Version 1.2.1 fixes a problem with the cdev portion of Big Cheese Key on Mac
SE's.

If life were perfect, people would be able to work nonstop all day, typing
away at their computers happily without a break.  Unfortunately, that just
isn't the way things work; people in fact tend to work better if they take
breaks every once in a while to space out their work.  But most bosses tend
to not see things that way, so I offer you a tool for maintaining sanity in
the Macintosh office: Big Cheese Key.

Big Cheese Key is a Control Panel which provides you with a quick and dirty
way to make it look like you are hard at work if your boss decides to stop in
and see you when you are in the middle of saving the planet Earth from
invading aliens.

The idea behind the Big Cheese Key is simple; if the boss pops in unexpected
while you are doing something that he might not be too happy about on your
Mac, hit Big Cheese Key's "hot key."  When you type this keystroke (initially
Shift-Option-Tab, but you can change it to be anything you like), Big Cheese
Key puts up a phony Mac screen, freezing whatever you were doing.  Therefore,
you look extremely innocent.  Then once the boss is gone, click the mouse
button and you'll be right back where you started!

Big Cheese Key can of course be used to cover up game playing on company
time, but it also is quite handy at keeping prying eyes away from your
confidential work.

Once installed, Big Cheese Key uses up 3K of memory.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/big-cheese-key-121.hqx; 72K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:09:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Bomb Shelter 1.0.1; some protection from System bombs

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Bomb shelter is a little INIT (it uses up under 1/2 K of memory) that gives
you some protection from System Bombs.  System Bombs occur when a program
goes out of control due to programmer error and crashes the machine.  The
Macintosh brings up a dialog box that says "Sorry, a System Error has
occurred" with two buttons in it, Restart and Resume.

Unfortunately, the Resume button will only be enabled if the application you
are currently running specifically enables it.  Most don't.  So I created
Bomb Shelter.

Bomb Shelter makes sure that the Resume button is always enabled.  Clicking
on the Resume button will cause the current program to terminate and put you
back in the Finder.  Once there, you should save any files you may have on a
RAM Disk and then Restart.

While this may seem like no advantage over clicking on the Restart button, it
actually allows your Macintosh to do some clean up work which makes sure your
hard drive doesn't get corrupted.  Also, if the System Bomb was not a bad
one, you may be able to continue working without restarting.

This program is completely free!

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/bomb-shelter-101.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:00:14 +1000 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Peter Marks)
Subject: [*] CheckBook1.4; tracks transactions in a bank account

An application for keeping track of transactions in a bank account.
Calculates the current balance. Lets you enter details about each
transaction including date, amount, my ref, your ref, comments,
and if it's appeared on the bank statement.

Sorts by type, date, and amount. Exports to tab delimited text for
use in spreadsheets or databases.

This is not an accounting package but it's free and is a good way to
keep basic info.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/checkbook-14.hqx; 364K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:08:20 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Chiral 1.0 Press Release; an arcade game

Screen shot and information about Ambrosia Software's newest game, Chiral,
available at the popular ftp sites.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/chiral-10-press-release.hqx; 90K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:09:13 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] ColorSwitch 2.3; a color depth switcher

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Version 2.3.0 implements Ambrosia Software's new license code registration
system, which allows registered users to personalize their copy of
ColorSwitch and remove the shareware notices.

ColorSwitch is a Control Panel that allows you to effortlessly switch between
the available color modes of any attached monitors.  Instead of the
inconvenience of using the Monitors Control Panel every time you want to
switch between color modes, you can simply hold down the ColorSwitch modifier
keys and click anywhere on the monitor you want to change.  A menu will pop
up listing the available color modes for the monitor you clicked on; just
select the color mode you want and ColorSwitch will acquiesce.

Under System 7 or later, things are even easier:  ColorSwitch installs a
Monitor icon-menu next to the Balloon Help menu, from which you can simply
choose the color mode you desire for your main monitor.

ColorSwitch comes in very handy for many day-to-day tasks.  Certain programs
require that your monitor be set to a certain color mode in order to run, and
using the Monitors control panel every time you need to switch color modes
grows tiresome quickly.  Your Macintosh will also operate more quickly if you
normally operate in black and white mode, switching to a more colorful
setting only when you need to.  ColorSwitch makes switching color modes so
quick and convenient, you will find yourself using it constantly to improve
your quality of life at the computer.

Once installed, ColorSwitch uses up 5K of memory.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/color-switch-230.hqx; 105K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 18:37:31 MET DST
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-021

C.S.M.P. Digest             Fri, 29 Apr 94       Volume 3 : Issue 21

Today's Topics:

    CW longjmp & destructor
    Complete File Directory
    Extensions-Patches w-PowerPC
    Help: SetEventMask, MacApp, Sub-launching
    Macintosh Disk Cache fix -- 25 times speedup
    PowerMac Programming & the data bus
    QuickDraw GX Questions
    Quitting faceless background applications

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-021.txt; 67K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:09:26 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Discolour 1.0.2; colorises floppy icons

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Discolour works only under System 7 on color-capable Macintoshes.

Discolour is a system extension for System 7.0 and later that rectifies
a shortcoming in the wonderful Finder 7.0: floppy disk icons are
displayed as the ugly old black and white icon while the rest of the
desktop is bursting with color!

Discolour causes the Finder to display beautiful full-color icons in
place of the black and white floppy disk icons when you are in 16 color
mode or greater.  Just drag Discolour onto your System Folder icon and
restart your Macintosh to activate it.

Discolour uses less than 1K of memory once it is installed, and was
optimized so that it won't slow your Macintosh down, so the cost
of having beautiful color disk icons is minimal.

Discolour is completely free; I hope you enjoy it!

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/discolour-102.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:09:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Easy Envelopes+ 2.6; an envelope printing utility

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Easy Envelopes is a Desk Accessory which enables you to print envelopes of
any size on any printer using any font/size/style.  Easy Envelopes also has
the ability to store addresses in a database for ease of retreval and use.

Once installed, Easy Envelopes uses about 20K of memory.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/easy-envelopes-plus-26.hqx; 111K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:09:47 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Eclipse 2.2; a screen saver

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Version 2.2.0 implements Ambrosia Software's new license code registration
system, which allows registered users to personalize their copy of Eclipse
and remove the shareware notices.

Eclipse offers several features, the most important of which is the ability
to display any picture you like (such as a company logo or a picture of your
favorite model) when your monitor is dimmed. No matter how large the picture
is, Eclipse _still_ uses up only 5K of memory and very little processor time.

Eclipse is a Control Panel that automatically dims your screen after a
specified period of inactivity. Your monitor can sustain "burn in" damage if
the same image is left on it for extended periods of time, which results in
the ghosting of images and decreased monitor clarity. Your monitor is a vital
part of your computer system, and often an expensive one at that, so it only
makes sense to protect it.

After Eclipse notices that you have not used your computer for a period of
time, it blanks the monitor and draws the current time at random locations on
the screen to prevent burn in damage. Background tasks such as spreadsheet
recalulation, database sorting, or printing will continue normally while
Eclipse has dimmed your monitor.

Eclipse offers several unique features that should make it your screen saver
of choice:

  - Your monitor is transparently protected from damage
  - Background tasks will continue unhindered, because Eclipse uses
    very little processor time
  - Eclipse has been extensively tested, so you can use it with
    confidence
  - You can display your favorite picture while your monitor is
    dimmed
  - Companies can put their logo into Eclipse to have it displayed
    while their Mac's are idle
  - Eclipse uses very little memory, approximately 5K, so you won't
    be wasting memory for such a basic task as monitor dimming

Once installed, Eclipse uses up 5K of memory.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eclipse-220.hqx; 133K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 00:44:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christopher Klaus Larson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] finder-progress-bar-11.hqx (CDEF w/ C source)

Finder ProgressBar 1.1 by Chris Larson

This is an updated verson of my CDEF which mimics the progress bars used
by Finder. THINK C 7.0 source included.

--Chris
Chris Larson -- Amateur Macintosh Geek, UC Davis -- [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/finder-progress-bar-11-c.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:10:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] FlashWrite II 1.1; a notepad desk accessory

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Version 1.1 works with the Quadra instruction cache, sports our new address,
and has a few other minor changes over 1.03.

  FlashWrite ][ is a notepad desk accessory for jotting down notes, storing
information, and retrieving it easily.

  FlashWrite ][ allows you to have as many different note pages as you like,
each note page may contain up to 32,000 letters and may be displayed in any
font/size/style you like..  Each note page can be given any name you like,
and an alphabetically sorted index of all of the note pages is provided so
you can find the page you are looking for quickly.

  FlashWrite ][ also has a handy Find facility that will find the text your
are looking for no matter what page it is on.  FlashWrite ][ supports Undo,
Cut, Copy, and Paste, and also has many other handy functions like Importing
and Exporting of text, a word count facility, and a very easy to use
interface.

  And when you want to take your notes with you, FlashWrite ]['s complete
printing will allow you to do just that.

  FlashWrite ][ Opener, a companion to FlashWrite ][, is a little INIT that
will open FlashWrite ][ up at any time when you hit a user-definable "hot
key".

  Complete documentation is included.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/flash-write-ii-11.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 13:12:23 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Bob Schenk)
Subject: [*] Fontographer 4.0.x>4.0.4 updaters

[Archived are] a set of [six] updaters which convert
Fontographer 4.0.x to Fontographer 4.0.4.

I have no connection with Altys except as a long time
customer. This updater is posted with the permission of Altsys
technical support.

Robert Schenk

[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-401-to-404-fpu-updt.hqx; 624K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-402-to-404-fpu-updt.hqx; 588K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-403-to-404-fpu-updt.hqx; 521K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-401-to-404-nofpu-updt.hqx; 591K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-402-to-404-nofpu-updt.hqx; 591K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-403-to-404-nofpu-updt.hqx; 523K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 21:20:31 +1000 (EST)
From: John McLaughlin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Iconizer1.0; converts pictures to icons

Iconizer turns the PICT contents of the clipboard (if any) into
a folder full of icons that reproduce the picture.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/iconizer-10.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:10:14 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] INIT Tracker 1.3; spies on other extensions

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

This new version works fixes a few incompatibilies and works with the
Quadra's cache on.

INIT Tracker is a INIT that you put in your System Folder which loads before
all other INITs and lurks behind the scenes, recording everything that the
INITs that load after it do to your system.  Using INIT Tracker, programmers
can understand how other INITs work their magic and INIT Tracker is also
extremely useful for debugging INITs and INIT conflicts.  Users can get a
better idea what we crazy programmers are doing to their systems and also
diagnose any INIT problems they may be having.

Not for Members Only!

Just because INIT Tracker is a tool for programmers, that doesn't mean you
have to be one to understand the reports INIT Tracker generates and benefit
>From the information that INIT Tracker provides.

Comes with complete self-contained documentation.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/init-tracker-13.hqx; 74K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 06:40:26 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Thomas)
Subject: [*] Inside Mac Games - April '94 Free Preview

Inside Mac Games is the premier digital magazine of the Macintosh
entertainment industry. Check it out.

Brian Thomas
Inside Mac Games
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/ingam/inside-mac-games-94-04.hqx; 877K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 20:28:37 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Thomas)
Subject: [*] Inside Mac Games CD-ROM - Free 1.1 Upgrade

This is a free 1.1 upgrade for the Inside Mac Games CD-ROM. The upgrade
should increase the CD's speed by a factor of 3X or even 4X. This is
because we rewrote the main browser application in the just-released 4.0
upgrade of MacroMind Director. The upgrade is simply a replacement for the
MacroMind Player application that you copy to your hard drive (its icon is
a movie projector).

If you have any questions, contact [e-mail].

[Archived as /info-mac/game/inside-mac-games-cdrom-11-updt.hqx; 752K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 16:31:50 EST
From: Kevin Raner <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacCurveFit 1.0.7; a least-squares curve fitting program

Here is MacCurveFit 1.0.7 which corrects a couple more bugs in earlier
versions.

MacCurveFit is a scientific least squares curve fitting program. Data sets can
be entered into a spreadsheet window or imported from programs like Excel or
extracted from text files. Arbitrary equations may then be fitted to the data
and displayed graphically. The equations can be defined by typing them as text
and so the program is very flexible. There is also a choice of mathematical
algorithms that can be used for curve fitting.

Kevin Raner
CSIRO Div. of Chemicals and Polymers
Melbourne, Australia
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-curve-fit-107.hqx; 317K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:08:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Maelstrom 1.3.x -> 1.4 Updater (a game)

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

This updater only works if you already have Maelstrom 1.3 or later; if you
have an earlier version of Maelstrom, you need to download the complete
Maelstrom 1.4.0 package.

This updater brings Maelstrom 1.3.x up to Maelstrom 1.4.0, the latest version
which contains a few minor bug fixes and adds a few features.

Maelstrom 1.4.0 adds an oft-requested personalization capability for
registered users, and now uses our new 4 channel sound system, Ambrosia Sound
Tool (AST).  This allows for high-speed sound playing with four simultaneous
sounds playing at any one time, adding to the game's sonic appeal.

Updating is recommended, but not essential.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/maelstrom-13x-to-14-updt.hqx; 99K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:07:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Maelstrom 1.4; an Asteroids-likee game

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Find out what it's all about: Maelstrom is a 256 color, fast-paced,
nerve-wracking arcade game that is sure to leave blisters on your fingers.

Maelstrom 1.4.0 adds an oft-requested personalization capability for
registered users, and now uses our new 4 channel sound system, Ambrosia Sound
Tool (AST).  This allows for high-speed sound playing with four simultaneous
sounds playing at any one time, adding to the game's sonic appeal.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/maelstrom-14.hqx; 1029K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:08:11 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Maelstrom 1.4 press release; an Asteroids-like game

Screen shot and short information about Maelstrom 1.4

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/maelstrom-14-press-release.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 13:10:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dan Podwall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MWDebugPPCa1-patch1 (metrowerks PPC debugger patch)

MWDebugPPCa1-patch1.hqx is a patcher that updates the Metrowerks PowerPC
debugger from the DR2 CD. This is a development version of the debugger
that will appear on the DR3 CD. The purpose of this interim release is
to address the problems some people have been having with the DR2
PowerPC debugger. Since this release is still undergoing QA, please
report any problems you may find to Metrowerks.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/codewarrior-ppc-debug-dr3p1.hqx; 421K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 20:23:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Nancy Schneider)
Subject: [*] nancys-textures-grp1-to-grp4 (some desktop patterns)

Upon the announcement of my submission in Info-mac #64, I noticed that I gave
out the wrong email address for myself.  I correctly suspected that the email
address I included in the contained Read Me file was also wrong.  I have made
the necessary corrections.

Herein are Nancy's ppats Editions 1 through 4!  The file contains
a Read Me (Please!) document and four ResEdit files each containing
two dozen color ppats which can be installed with ResEdit, BeforeDark,
or DeskTop Textures.

The ppats are 64 x 64 pixels,  256 colors.  All of the patterns look
good in 256 greys, and most are okay in 16 greys/colors; 4 greys/colors
is pushing it, but a few are passable.  I really recommend they be
viewed as they were created, with 256 colors, to enjoy them the most.

These ppats are FREE!!!  They may be included on any shareware/
public domain archive media.

Nancy Schneider
Internet:  [e-mail]  -or-  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/nancys-textures-grp1-to-grp4.hqx; 210K]

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Date: 28 Apr 94 13:49:12 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Leslie G. Wardwell)
Subject: [*] Office Manager Demo; a contact manager

Description: Office Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use contact management
application designed for small professional businesses.  Office Manager
incorporates an address database, a letter processor, and a job tracking
file.  The program offers a variety of useful features to help Macintosh
users organize a small office.  Business letters, memos, fax cover sheets,
envelopes and address labels are generated quickly and easily.

Office Manager's job file is a customizable database for tracking
work-in-progress.  Each job card includes a time and expense log for
automatically tracking billable time and pass-through expenses.  The job file
is an ideal tool for designers, photographers and similar service businesses.

This demo is a full-function version of Office Manager with a 10-day life.  A
brief user's manual is provided with the demo as a text file.  The demo can
be converted into a permanent application by entering a keycode, supplied
when you purchase Office Manager from White Crow.  Full documentation will be
provided at the time of purchase.

Office Manager can be linked to another White Crow product, OnAccount.
OnAccount is a complete billing system which creates invoices, quotations,
statements and sales reports.  When linked, these programs provide a seamless
communication and billing system for small businesses.

Prices:
Office Manager $99
OnAccount $99

[Archived as /info-mac/app/office-manager-demo.hqx; 928K]

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Date: 28 Apr 94 13:50:17 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Leslie G. Wardwell)
Subject: [*] OnAccount Demo; a billing application

Description: OnAccountTM is a billing application designed especially for
small professional businesses.  OnAccount quickly creates invoices,
quotations, statements and sales reports without the complexity found in
traditional accounting software.  It is an ideal invoicing solution for
designers, photographers and other service businesses that generate fewer
than 1,000 invoices per year.

OnAccount offers a flexible invoice template which allows users to easily
modify the invoice layout and add a company logo.  No special forms are
required.

This demo is a full-function version of OnAccount with a 10-day life.  A
brief user's manual is provided with the demo as a text file.  The demo can
be converted into a permanent application by entering a keycode, supplied
when you purchase OnAccount from White Crow.  Full documentation will be
provided at the time of purchase.

OnAccount can be linked to another White Crow product, Office Manager.
Office Manager is contact management application which combines an address
database, letter processor, and job tracking file.  When linked, these
programs provide a seamless communication and billing system for small
businesses.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/on-account-demo.hqx; 759K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:10:25 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Oracle 2.1; a fortune teller

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Version 2.1.0 implements Ambrosia Software's new license code registration
system, which allows registered users to personalize their copy of Oracle and
remove the shareware notices.

Oracle is a Control Panel that you place into your System Folder. Oracle will
present you with a random thoughtful quotation each time you start up your
computer or once a day, whichever you specify.

Oracle also allows you to print out any quotations that you find of
particular interest, for later contemplation. This could perhaps be your most
practical program for your Macintosh, because it helps to perfect the most
important part of your computer system: you.

Oracle has a library of over 1,000 profound readings, which accounts for its
large size. Although it takes up a fair amount of disk space, Oracle uses
very little system memory (around 5K), and works on any machine under System
6.0 or later (yes, it is System 7.0 friendly).

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/oracle-210.hqx; 262K]

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Date: 28 Apr 1994 15:09:50 -0500
From: "JONATHAN" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Photoshop User's Report #2

Forwarded to MacGifts on request of the author.

Thanks,
Jon Duke
[e-mail]


       Tuesday, April 19, 1994 11:53:27 PM
  From:           Lawrence San
  Subject:        Photoshop User's Report #2
  To:             Photoshop
  Cc:             New Uploads
  Attachments:
              PhotoshopReport.sea                                 206K
Two years in the making! Well, in my spare time, anyway... attached to this
message is my Second Photoshop User's Report. I just sent it to the people I
know at Adobe. Adobe said of my first report that it was "the best-researched
report we've ever received."  In fact, they fixed all the bugs listed in it and
adopted many of the suggestions for new or revised features.

This second, expanded report contains ten pages of new bugs, design bugs, and
suggestions for new features- complete with several illustrative diagrams-and
the inevitable advertisement at the end (i.e. me talking about myself on page
eleven... but you can always skip that).

This is a Stuffit 3.x archive, which expands into a self-running document that
can be viewed on screen or printed without your needing any particular
application or fonts. Please feel free to distribute it to other bulletin
boards. Thanks.

Lawrence San

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/photoshop-users-report-2.hqx; 251K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 23:41:12 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Player PRO 4.155 Demo FAT; a MOD player

This is the FAT version 4.155 of Player PRO from Antoine Rosset.

I'm just passing it on, so please don't send any comments to me!

His address is
   [e-mail]

Arthur W. Fritzsche                  Federal University of Zurich, Switzerland
[e-mail]                             Department of Informatics

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/player-pro-4155-demo.hqx; 563K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 12:06:18 +0800
From: Quinn <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] QDvorak; a keyboard layout

Why does the world need another Macintosh Dvorak keyboard?  Because QDvorak
is a complete re-engineering of the old Electric Dvorak driver.  Advantages
over other Dvorak keyboards available include:

o It's a System 7 keyboard file.
o It follows the standard QWERTY keyboard layout for command keys.
o It generates option- and option-shift characters in the same way as the
  standard Apple US keyboard (ie option-X generates the approx character)
  except where noted in the readme.
o It includes all the new characters introduced in System 7.
o It has a cute keyboard icon in a lovely shade of blue (:

Share and Enjoy.

Quinn "The Eskimo!" <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/q-dvorak-keyboard.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 14:20:05 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tzong-Shuoh Yang)
Subject: [*] rlab 0.99b: a linear algebra package

Hello,

This is the  Mac version of Ian Searle's RLaB 0.99b.
RLaB is a Matlab-like linear algebra and plotting package.

This is free software.  Have fun!

T. S. Yang
([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/rlab-099b.hqx; 1583K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 13:43:39 -0700
From: Michael Clifton <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] sculptor-11; a free-form 3D modeling tool

Sculptor 1.1 is a free-form 3D modeling tool that is compatible with virtually
all
existing commercial 3D programs by generating DXF files. With Sculptor you
can make complex objects in seconds that would be difficult or impossible to
create using traditional modeling tools.
Version 1.1 has the following improvements:
% variable resolution from 5 to 22 (version 1.0 was fixed at 10)
% visible tool paths so you can see what youUve done before a complete update
occurs
% support for the undo command
% a fix for a bug that sometimes caused a crash for complex models

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/sculptor-11.hqx; 622K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 23:17:37 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Tao Rodriguez-Seeger)
Subject: [*] SUSAN 2.5 - board game

SUSAN 2.5.sit                        Board game with AI that LEARNS!
[e-mail]                               Stuffit Lite format

SUSAN is a quick and subtle game for two players.  This is the
original board game with a computer opponent that LEARNS by playing,
so it's always near your skill level.  Version 2.5 is even faster,
and it learns better too.  SUSAN 2.5 is Copyright 1994 by Stephen
Linhart, and is Freeware.  It runs in color or B&W, and will use
SUSAN Colors or SUSAN Colors #2 if you have them.  Needs System
6.0.2 or newer, including System 7.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/susan-25.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 23:18:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Tao Rodriguez-Seeger)
Subject: [*] SUSAN Manual - strategy tips (a strategy game)

SUSAN Manual.sit                Strategy and tips for the board game
[e-mail]                               StuffIt Lite format

SUSAN is a quick and subtle game for two players.  The Macintosh
version has a computer opponent that LEARNS by playing.  This manual
includes an introduction to the game of SUSAN, plus basic and
intermediate strategy tips.  I created it in ASCII (plain text),
including diagrams, so that it can travel freely in the electronic
world.  Please pass this manual along to your friends!.  Copyright
1994 by Stephen Linhart, and is Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/susan-manual-and-tips.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 23:19:27 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Tao Rodriguez-Seeger)
Subject: [*] SUSAN Pack - v2.5 plus color art files & manual

SUSAN 2.5 Pack                   Everything for the board game SUSAN
[e-mail]                               StuffIt Lite format

SUSAN is a quick and subtle game for two players.  This file has
everything for SUSAN, including version 2.5 for the Macintosh, two
sets of add-on color art, a manual with strategy tips, and an
advanced intelligence file.  This is the original board game with a
computer opponent that LEARNS by playing, so it's always near your
skill level.  Now even faster, and it learns better too.  SUSAN 2.5
Pack is Copyright 1994 by Stephen Linhart, and is Freeware.  It runs
in color or B&W with 6.0.2 or newer, including System 7.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/susan-25-complete.hqx; 628K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:10:47 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] ToDo! 3.2.1; a schedule minder

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Version 3.2.1 fixes a problem that could cause To Do! to crash on certain
Macs.  This problem was caused by a compiler build snag, my appologies.
Version 3.2 works with the Quadra instruction cache, sports our new address,
and has a few other minor changes over 3.1.

If you've never seen To Do! before, see why MacUser picked it as one of 100
excellent products in the December 1991 issue.

  To Do! 3 is a desk accessory that allows you to keep track of the myriad of
things you need to do in an organized and easily accessible manor.

  You can create as many topics as you like; each topic can contain as many
things to do as you like.  Both topics and things to do can have notes
attached to them, allowing you to elaborate on them or jot down relevant
information.

  To help you keep all this information organized, To Do! automatically sorts
your topics and things to do alphabetically for you.  In addition, your
things to do can be grouped into any of four different priorities.  When you
have finished a thing to do, To Do! allows you to check it off but still keep
it in the list of things to do, so you have a record of the tasks you have
completed.

  To Do! also supports extensive printing capabilities, allowing you to print
out your list of things to do and take it with you.  Since To Do! is a desk
accessory, it is always available to you and the interface has been designed
for maximum ease of use, simplicity, and usefulness.

  Comes with complete self-contained documentation.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/to-do-321-da.hqx; 87K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:59:03 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Paul J. Rodman)
Subject: [*] Tradex 1.0.2; a sophisticated stock market utility

Tradex is a sophisticated stock market technical analysis and portfolio
management application for the Macintosh.  This new version has been
slightly modified to cater for newer Mac models and the registered version
now has an application to convert data from other sources to formats
required by Tradex.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tradex-102.hqx; 535K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 18:25:36 -0700
From: Kevin Savetz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Unofficial Internet Book List (version 0.4)

Archive-name: internet-services/book-list
Last-Modified: 1994/4/28
Version: 0.4

Unofficial Internet Book List
version 0.4 - 28 April 1994
Send comments & updates to Kevin Savetz <[e-mail]>.
This document is copyright 1994 by Kevin M. Savetz. All rights reserved.
More legal stuff is near the end of this file. This document is brand new
and in transition. If you notice that an Internet-related book is missing,
or information herein needs updating, please send e-mail to
"[e-mail]".

*** Table of Contents
Vital Statistics
This Month's Featured Book
Alphabetical List of Internet Books
Upcoming titles <new>
Publisher/Ordering Information
Internet Book Information & Updates Online
Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff
Where to Find this Document

*** Vital Statistics
Number of books in this list: 91
Least expensive book: free (Guide for Accessing California Legislative Info)
Most expensive book: $70 (OPAC Directory 1994)
Thickest book: 1380 pages (The Internet Unleashed)
Thinnest book: 10 pages (The Internet at a Glance)
[These stats based on information I have on hand, not guaranteed.]

*** This Month's Featured Book [updated 28 April 1994]
One of my very favorite Internet books, Ed Krol's Whole Internet User's
Guide & Catalog, has been extensively updated for a second edition. It now
reflects the development and use of new Internet tools, including Mosaic,
MIME for multimedia e-mail, tin, pine, FTP-mail servers, xarchie. new
features of Gopher, Veronica and Jughead and more. Internet users of any
level (from those just starting to seasoned experts) will learn something
>From this book - if not from the how-to-Internet narrative, then from the
expanded catalog of resources section. (The catalog is not as extensive as
many of the catalog-only books, but it does a nice job of picking the
interesting resources of general interest.)
Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
Author: Ed Krol
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-063-5
Price: $24.95
Pages: 572

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-book-list-04.txt; 45K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:10:59 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Wacky Lights 1.0.1; plays with the keyboard lights

Although the version numbers of this file have not changed, Ambrosia has
added a product list and 800 number service information to this archive.

Wacky Lights is a little INIT which plays with the lights on the Apple
Extended Keyboard, bouncing them back and forth.  It is absolutely free,
works under System 6 and System 7, and is smart enough to not load if you
don't have an Extended Keyboard.

To install Wacky Lights, just drag it into your System Folder and restart
your computer.

Wacky Lights was written at the suggestion of Dan Greenberg because "none of
the other 'light illumination' inits worked properly on my system" (his own
words from his own fingers).

Wacky Lights! is completely free!

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/wacky-lights-101.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:43:59 -0400
From: "Brett C. Helbig" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Word Find v1.1 - a word find puzzle creator program

Word Find is a program that creates word find (aka word search) puzzles. It
allows words to be entered directly into the program or imported from a text
file. Puzzle options that can be changed include puzzle size, font, and the
method that is used to hide the words in the puzzle.

Word Find provides capabilities to print the puzzle or save it to a file. Files
created by Word Find are text files that can be directly imported into any word
processor.

Requires System 7.

FREEWARE

Author: Brett C. Helbig ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/word-find-11.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 14:38:37 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: 7th Guest Warning

On Wed, 27 Apr 1994 14:30:29 EST Stephen_C._Camidge wrote:
>Support who advised that the game does not run on a Power Mac; it only runs
>on the machines noted on the box. There is no return policy and no upgrade
>to a compatible version.

The attitude sounds like a good reason to avoid the company (and its games)
altogether.  I prefer spending my money at vendors with an interest in
their customers.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 07:37:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: appletalk (fwd)

I recently posted a question about Apple's Network Software Updater (to
version 58.1.x of AppleTalk).

My main interest was:  Does it somehow update the Built-In LocalTalk of
System 6.x or 7.x (which I currently use only for communications with a
LaserWriter)?  The answer is yes.

Apparently, it patches at least the System file.  I do not use the
Network control panel, but version 58 is now installed nonetheless.

I ran it successfully on System 7.1 and System 6.0.8 Mac II's.

Best regards,

Traci J. Ingram

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

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 15:19:23 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Karl Wurst)
Subject: AppleTalk on Modem Port?

     I'm looking for a way to connect to an AppleTalk network through
the modem port on my PowerBook 160.  The connector for the printer
port has broken off from the logic board, and I'm not quite ready to
pay for the out-of-warranty logic board swap required to fix it.

     Does anyone know of a way to run AppleTalk from the modem port?

     Minor Flame:  I looked at how the connector was attached to the
logic board, and it seemed to be held on just by the solder joints of
the 8 pin connector, and by a *small* metal wedge from the connector
case that was also soldered to the logic board.  It seems to me that
this is a poor method, mechanically, to attach a connector that will
be plugged and unplugged often, as a PowerBook port would be.  What do
you think the odds of getting Apple to own up to a poor design and
fix it out of warranty anyway?

                        - Karl

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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 19:20:08 CST
From: Mack Willingham <[e-mail]>
Subject: APS or PLI?

I am in the market for a Syquest 270.  I have narrowed the choices down to
two vendors, APS and PLI.  I have heard of great things from APS, as far
as service is concerned.  I haven't heard that much of PLI.  The PLI drive
is cheaper, where the APS has the award-winning case. The are more or less
the same speed, and size.  Any suggestions?


Mack

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 17:18:30 PDT
From: [e-mail] (flynn)
Subject: A search for "Thing-a-ma-Bob"

So the new extension "Thing-a-ma-Bob" for QuarkXPress
is out... but where is it on the internet?
I can't get on sumex-aim... anywhere else?

Thanks in advance,  [e-mail]

PS: if some nice person has it, I would love a copy
mailed to me! :) hehe

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:04:05 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Harri Rehnberg)
Subject: Autodoubler error

The following codes were valid upto version 1.0.7 of AutoDoubler:

AutoDoubler Error Codes
-20987 file already compressed
-20989 no savings acheived
-20990 DoubleUp problem
-20991 DoubleUp busy
-20992 no DoubleUp board present
-20993 not enough stack space
-20994 invalid compression method
-20995 unknown DiskDoubler file
-20996 bad compressed file header
-20997 bad magic number in file
-20998 not enough memory
-20999 checksum error
-21000 user abort

I don't know which, if any, have changed with the 2.0 release.


Harri Rehnberg
[e-mail]
The opinions expressed are mine and mine alone.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 14:32:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: Automatic Application Quitter SUMMARY

A few days ago I posted a request for advice on how to cause Eudora at work
to Quit every day at 10 minutes after 5 PM. The reason was so I could run
Eudora from home and read my mail in the evening...if I left it running at
work the office Mac and home Mac were always competing to see who could
swipe the mail off the server first. I posted that I was looking for the
opposite of Cron, which I believed would only launch apps at preselected
times.

I received about ten replies. Two or 3 folks strongly recommended the
commercial product QuicKeys: "I've never regretted buying QuicKeys. It's
expensive, but worth it. Doing just as you ask is easy as pie; Making an
alert that asks you for permission first (and goes ahead after, say, five
minutes) is almost as easy."

A couple of folks suggested Applescript: "For @$30-35, you could buy 'The
Complete Applescript Handbook' and then write the following application in
AppleScript (the book comes with the AppleScript software):
on idle
  if time = 5PM -- (I can't think of exactly how to word this at the moment)
    tell application "Eudora1.4.2"
     quit
    end tell
  return 600 -- check again 600 seconds later
end idle
"Eudora is completely AppleScript-able, so you could also write scripts to
sort your mail automatically, send mail automatically, notify you if a
message from you cousin Louie comes in, etc."

One person recommended "Open Sesame" by Charles River Analytics. "It is an
intelligent agent and can do all that and more."

What I finally discovered is that there are two new shareware or freeware
Cron's out there, one spelled Cron and one spelled cron. Cron (upper case)
was written by Mark Malson, and it consists of an application Cron plus a
control panel CronMgr. I got it off sumex on April 18. Mark's utility only
launches applications...it can't Quit them.

The other cron (version 1.0d13) is an application written by UT's own Chris
Johnson, and it is available by ftp from emx.cc.utexas.edu, in
pub/gatekeeper. (Mosaic users, go to
http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/cron/cron.html) Chris's cron application
can do what I wanted.

Chris has been so busy writing cron, Gatekeeper, and other things that he
hasn't put much time into cron's documentation. That's another way of
saying that some of us can slowly and carefully read it, and then not have
a clue of what it means   :-)

For the benefit of anyone else who might want to have Eudora automatically
quit everyday at 5:10 PM, here is how to do it:
1. Create a folder. Into it put Chris's cron application, his application
"beep" and his application "quit."
2. Inside the same folder create a text file named crontab. Initially (for
troubleshooting), it should contain two lines:
10 * * * * nobody -b quit -c CSOm
0 * * * * nobody -b beep 5
The first line causes Eudora (creator CSOm) to quit at 10 minutes past
every hour, every day of the week. "Nobody" is a dummy argument. The second
line makes your Mac beep 5 times every hour, on the hour.
3. Put an alias of the cron application in your Startup Items folder.
Double click the alias, and see if your Mac beeps on the hour and Eudora
quits 10 minutes later. If so, great!
4. To finish the script, delete the second (beeping) line (unless you like
beeps every hour), and change the first asterisk of the first line to 17
(as in 5 PM). You can also trash the beep application.

I don't know if it will work for you, but it does for me. Good luck!

Miles Abernathy

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 06:57:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard Lim <[e-mail]>
Subject: Barcodes and Macs - assistance please!

I wonder if anyone out there can offer advice on barcode generators/
readers for the Mac. I'm trying to find out:
(1) what Mac software is available to generate barcodes,
(2) whether barcodes thus generated can be easily imported into
graphics packages eg Freehand (I assume this is no sweat), and
(3) what hardware is available to read in these barcodes.

By the way, while we're on the subject, is there some kind of universal
standard for representing numbers and letters in barcodes, or does it
vary from product to product and/or country to country? As you can see
I really don't know a lot about this to begin with, so any help will be
much appreciated.

Direct e-mail replies would also be handy as I no longer have the time
or money to read the Digest as religiously as I did in England!

     Richard Lim * Mac nutcase, science editor and Levant-watcher
                  Singapore
      E-mail: [e-mail] (preferred)/[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 00:35:58 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Law Wai Kee)
Subject: Chinese Big 2 card game?

Hi there, I am just wondering if the most popular Chinese Big 2 card
game exists in Mac platform?
thanks
Hermoso

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 13:02:46 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Fabio Favata)
Subject: Color Postscript to TIFF?

    Does anybody know of a way to convert a color postscript
"raster" file into a TIFF (or PICT or similar) file?

        thanx, fabio

--
    Fabio Favata
    Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 18:23:35 EST
From: Gerald Spangrude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Default Folder Boomerangs

Last year a number of Mac users posted the complaint that the Boomerang
control panel would not work under System 7, and that there was no
shareware equivalent that would do what the System 7-compatible commercial
version, SuperBoomerang, would do. Basically, that is to remember the last
ten folders that were accessed in the file dialog routine, to keep list of
often-used file folders for easy access, and to remember the last file from
each folder that was opened from the file dialog. This makes easy the task
of, for example, sequentially loading each of a long list of files in a
folder when the files have similar names.

At the time of the debate about this problem last year, Default Folder was
ruled out as a shareware replacement because it although it would remember
the last 10 folders that were opened, it would not "rebound" or "boomerang"
to the last file opened within a folder. Recent versions of Default Folder
now have this feature included. I have been quite happy using Default
Folder as a shareware replacement for the old version of Boomerang, with
the added bonus of not having to spend big bucks for the Now Utilities
package that SuperBoomerang comes bundled with. Default Folder is
definitely worth the $20 shareware fee.

-Jerry Spangrude

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:39:22 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Vinko Tsui [phone])
Subject: Error type 28 [R]

>I have a Mac classic II connected to a maclab running the program
>'Scope'.  Occasionally when I'm trying to save a file I get the
>error message 28 and the program crashes, taking with it all my hard
>earned data!  Any advice would be appreciated,
>
Magnus,

The error message 28 means "the stack has moved into the application heap".
The proper way to fix this problem is to correct it in the code. What you
can do yourself is to give the program "Scope" more memory. This should
allow you to avoid this problem until your memory usage reach that critical
stage again.

I hope this helps! I suggest you contact the author of "Scope" and let
him/her know the problem you're encountering.

-- Vinko

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

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 12:33:04 -0500
From: "Quattlebaum.Bill" <[e-mail]>
Subject: External Diskette drive for newer Macs

Since about the time of the introduction of the LC, IIsi and original Quadra
family, Apple has discontinued having an external diskette port available. Does
anyone know of a add-on card that will give an extra port to hook up external
FDHD diskette drives?

I am aware of the SCSI based drives, but several of us have extra FDHDs left
from the days when we had IIci's.

Thanks.
Bill Quattlebaum ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 15:09:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fax Modems (A)

David Bengston asks about fax software. There seem to be three packages
out there at the "high end": I've used 'em all.

The Global Village software is hard to bear for ease of use. The problem
is that it only runs on their modems. I hate this idea on principle. My
wife has this on her PowerBook and especially since she doesn't use it
very often, it seems to have been a good choice. (The modem works fine.)

FaxSTF has the biggest market share, partly because of the limitation
Global Village imposes on its distribution. FaxSTF has worked for me
pretty well in the past, but it's far from perfect. The interface was not
bad, but it was a little complicated to use. In my experience, user
support stunk. And version 3.x was not originally released with OCR
capability. (I think that has recently been remedied, but I'm not
absolutely sure.)

Finally, there is Delrina FaxPro. Delrina has, I gather, been the biggest
or one of the biggest marketers of fax software for PCs: their entry into
the Macintosh market is relatively recent, and their first attempt left a
lot to be desired. But the latest version of the software works well and
has IMO better OCR capability than Global Village's. (Delrina's OCR
engine is licensed from Caere.) The interface remains the clunkiest of
the three I'm discussing--they desperately need a real Mac interface
expert--but the quality of the faxes is excellent.

So where does that leave you? IMO, it's a toss up. Global Village wants
you to buy their hardware, really, not their software, so unless you
don't already own a modem, I'd forget about them for that reason.

As for FaxSTF vs. Delrina, well, I can tell you that I switched to
Delrina recently, instead of upgrading to FaxSTF 3. I did it not because
I was terribly dissatisfied with FaxSTF, but (a) because I wanted OCR
capability at a time when FaxSTF wasn't yet offering it, and (b) because
I was unhappy with FaxSTF's user support and impressed with the way
Delrina responded to questions on Compuserve. I don't regret the
decision, but if I'd been more patient, I suppose I'd be happy with
FaxSTF too.

To my knowledge, all three packages have pretty similar feature sets.

Will Porter / University of Houston
[e-mail]

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

Date: 29 Apr 1994 10:26:14 U
From: "Castle, Mike" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FAXstf 3.0 speed problem

We recently purchased FAXstf 3.0 and installed it on a PowerBook 170 with an
internal Supra 144 PB modem (running System 7.1, ATM 3.0, Retrospect Remote
client 2.0, SuperClock! 3.9.1, Microsoft Mail client 3.1, Microsoft Schedule+
1.0, DiskLock 2.1, QuickTime 1.6.1).  We've noticed that FaxMonitor 3.0, a
component of FAXstf, adds 15 seconds to the time required to start up the
computer (even with the previously-mentioned extensions removed).  This wait
occurs after the menu bar has been drawn but before the icons on the desktop
are drawn.  The actual wait is about 25 seconds, but when we remove FaxMonitor
3.0 from the Extensions folder, the wait is decreased to about 10 seconds.
During the additional 15 seconds, there is no disk activity.  The only sound we
hear is a click from the speaker (the modem speaker?).  It also seems to take a
few seconds longer to shut down the PB and upon disconnecting from ARA, it
takes much longer than it should for control to be returned to the user.

FAXstf tech support ([e-mail]) suggested turning FAX receipt
notification off, but this didn't seem to make a difference.  Sadly, our
solution to the problem has been to install FAXstf 2.6.1 (the so-called LC
version that we received free with the Supra modem) instead of 3.0.  Now the PB
170 starts up quickly like it used to!

Has anyone else experienced significant performance degradation with FAXstf 3.0
installed?  Any suggested solutions?

                      Thanks!
                      << Mike Castle >>
                      [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:33:52 +0200
From: Cas Meijer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fetch 2.1.2 error

>I'm looking for someone who could lend abit of knowledge.  Using Fetch
>2.1.2 to download from various mac sources I recieve a -35 error at the end
>of the transmission.  It doesn't seem to effect the stuff downloaded but I
>have never had this error come up before.  Any advice or help is greatly
>appreciated.
Probably, in the post-prossesing dialog under the settings menu you have
selected a program on a remote drive that was not mounted when you fetch
the file of your choice.

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 15:39:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jim Matthews)
Subject: Fetch 2.1.2 Post-Processing bug

There is a bug in Fetch 2.1.2's Post-Processing feature which results in
-35 errors and sometimes crashes when Fetch goes to launch the
post-processing application.  The bug is in both the 680x0 and the PowerPC
code (in fact it's also in versions 2.1.1 and 2.1) but it seems to affect
Power Macintoshes much more regularly.  This bug can be avoided by working
around it or by patching the application.

Work around #1: Launch your post-processing application before downloading
files.  With a small program like StuffIt Expander you could make it a
Startup Item and have it running all the time.

Work around #2: Don't use the post-processing feature.

The bug can be fixed by patching the binary; this requires a tool like
Resorcerer, ResEdit, and/or a data fork editor, and is not for the faint
of heart.

Note that these patches will only work for version 2.1.2 of Fetch.

PowerPC code: At offset 305F8 into the data fork change 90E1 00C0 to 90E1
00C6.

680x0 code: In CODE resource #5, at offset 364A, change FF42 to FF48.

If you see problems with the Post-Processing feature (or any other
feature) after applying this patch please send e-mail to
[e-mail].  This fix will of course be incorporated into the
next release of Fetch, but I do not know when that release will be.

My thanks to Aaron Giles for reporting the bug and finding a repeatable
test case.

Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 11:21:14 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Larry Pickett)
Subject: FILE APPEARANCE (Q)

One of my users just had a strange experience.  A file named THUMAN.UMA
appeared on his desktop.  It is a teach text document with a custom icon of
the three of clubs.  The contents of the doc read Hi from Penn.  Anyone
have any idea as to where this might have come from?  He does not allow
guest access to personnel file sharing but did have FTP allowed from
TN3270.  The machine is a 7100 power pc.

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 11:33:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jason B. Primuth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FirstClass

To whomever it may concern,
   I'm searching frantically for a copy of FirstClass for the Mac to
prepare for my summer job. If anyone knows about this software, and could
send me a copy, I'd be more than appreciative.
                    Thanks a bundle,
                        -jason

______________________
"There are few or no bluish animals"  -Thoreau
"La la, la la la, la la la la la..."  -The Smurfs

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 15:25:39 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Perry Tsacoumis)
Subject: HELP: Hints to OOTW

Help! I am desperately seeking hints to the adventure game
Out Of This World.

I'm stuck at the waterfalls level and I can't get out.

Please, if anybody has any ideas, or knows the proper
newsgroup to post this to, then let me. Send all correspondence
directly to me at:

    [e-mail]

Assistance is greatly appreciated.

PerryT

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 16:31:12 -0800
From: "Jeffrey L. Needleman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard text cut/paste utility?

I've got a bunch of CD-ROMs with data displayed through Hypercard--and many
have the truly annoying difficulty that the information, once located,
cannot be copied/pasted to a text file. The COPY Menu item is not active,
and the cursor cannot select the text on the screen.

I can use PRINT2PICT to get the info into an editable file, but surely
there must be a better way!  The Text Capture FKey sees nothing on the card
and, although I can do screen captures easily enough, I want TEXT, not PICT
files.

Does anyone know of a utility that will let me copy text from Hypercard
stacks on CD-ROMs?  Thanks.

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 13:21:19 PDT
From: Neal Sofge <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest Article

[Easy Open]
>from the Finder it does not work. In other words, when I
>doubble click a foregin file I do not get the easy open dialog like I
>should. I only get the unknown app dialog box. Also, when I run the
>MacLink Document Converter (which needs Easy Open), it says easy open is
>not installed, even when the init loaded and works from within
>applications. Any ideas? (Quadra 840av)

At one point Easy Open was among the casualties of the AV intro; it didn't
work at all on my Centris 660av. Supposedly this was going to be fixed
"real soon", but I left that company and never did find out if it was.

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 13:26:50 PDT
From: Neal Sofge <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest Article

>From: Gerald Neufeld <[e-mail]>
>I have the following question: I just upgraded the memory on my
>II CX to 20MB. However rather than getting more memory for the
>applications the system now uses 14MB (!).

You probably have 32-bit addressing turned off.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 00:46:19 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #65

Re: CD-ROm for both MAC and PC

Which CD ROM would you recommend for using on both a MAC (IISi) and a PC
(Intel). Is the new Apple CD-ROM any good compared to the NECs? Will
the CD ROM connected to the IIsi play audio on the MAC's speaker?

-Thanks

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 15:52:35 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Desmond K. Mullen)
Subject: Internet software

>I am curious to know if there are Internet client software products for
>Windows and Macintosh that provide off-line demos of their product's
>look and feel.  It seems that there are a variety out there, but what
>I have seen suggests that you "*buy* before you try."


Mac-wise, there are probably very many more free Internet client software
products than there are commercial or even shareware ones.

Try my University's "TurboGopher" or "POPMail". Also, "Telnet",  "tn3270",
"Fetch", and "Mosaic" and my current fave "Eudora" are all free. There are
various free and shareware implementations of Archie servers including the
fantastic "Anarchie". You can probably find a zillion implementations of
various "chat", "talk", and "ping". There are also a number of free and
shareware IP products by Peter Lewis (author of Anarchie) such as "FTPd",
"Daemon", "Script-Daemon", etc.

-DM

Desmond K. Mullen - University of Minnesota, Office of Admissions
[e-mail] - 612/625-0824

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 07:53:46 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Joerg Schaeffer)
Subject: InterSLIP-CALLBACK-Script needed (last try)

I am still looking for the InterSLIP Gateway-Script that handles security
*callback* systems (where you login, hang up and the server calls you back
at home)... I know that there is one, because I read about it some time (3
months) ago on comp.sys.mac.comm, but I forgot who wrote it.

Please could anyone tell me where I could find such a script?
I have already mailed Amanda Walker, but she doesn't remember the author
either.

(Please CC any replies to my mail adress.)

Thanks in advance
Joerg

--
Joerg Schaeffer <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 13:56:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Natsu Sakimura <[e-mail]>
Subject: JCONV-DD Bug Alert!

I have sent the following bug alert to the registered users.
Unregistered users should also take note of it.

   ----------

Dear JCONV-DD users:

When you drag & drop a folder on JCONV-DD, please make sure
that in-place conversion option in the preference dialogue
is selected. Otherwise, it will fall into a infinite loop --
JCONV-DD will process the file it created in the folder --
This is DANGEROUS, especially when you have a habit of
leaving the computer after you told it to do some job.

I will fix this in JCONV-DD ver.1.7.2.

This bug probably does not concern the versions prior to
1.6.2.

Also, when you enter the creator signature directly into
the creator box in the preference, and subsequently
decide to get the creator from a file, then change your
mind and press cancel in the standard file dialogue,
it also cancels the prior change you made to the
creator box and returns to the last saved value.
I will fix this in the near future.

Hope these bugs did not give you a disaster yet.

Best regards,

Natsu Sakimura

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 14:51:52 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: Looking for A Maltese Cross (A)

In a recent article, "John W. Steele"
<[e-mail]> said:
>Friends,
>        I am a volunteer fireman working on a project for our open house in
Jun
>e.  I need a Maltese Cross for inclusion in some of the documents.  Any hints
w
>ould be greatly appreciated ( I have scanned our dept. patch, but the curves
an
>d arcs are a bitch to creat.  I am working in Macdraww II and other drawing
pro
>grams on the College machines).

Check out the font "Little Gidding". It's available in Truetype format, at
least, and is free for personal use. It includes all sorts of crosses. The
printout looks much nicer than the bitmap, by the way. Here's an Archie
search:

sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/font/tt/little-gidding.hqx
ftp.uu.net:/systems/mac/info-mac/font/tt/little-gidding.hqx
uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu:/mirrors/info-mac/font/tt/little-gidding.hqx
sics.se:/pub/info-mac/font/tt/little-gidding.hqx
ftp.luth.se:/pub/mac/system/font/truetype/little-gidding.hqx
lth.se:/mac/info-mac/font/tt/little-gidding.hqx
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/mac/info-mac/font/tt/little-gidding.hqx
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/mac/mirror-umich/system.extensions/font/truetype/littlegid
ding.cpt.hqx
ftp.uwasa.fi:/mirror/umich.macarchive/system.extensions/font/truetype/little
gidding.cpt.hqx

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

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

Date: 29 Apr 1994 10:38:19 U
From: "Castle, Mike" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac hardware diagnostic software

Could anyone please recommend diagnostic software (either commercial,
shareware, or free) that is capable of testing SIMMs and letting you know if
any of them should be replaced (and which ones!)?  It would also be nice to be
able to test other hardware on the Mac's motherboard.  My Mac recently went
through a period of time when it would crash frequently for no apparent
reason.
 I went through exhaustive system, virus, and disk troubleshooting, but I was
unable to test the memory or the motherboard until taking it to an authorized
Apple dealer (who replaced the motherboard and solved the problem).

We have nearly 100 Macs at our site and mysterious crashes are not uncommon.
Adding hardware diagnostics tools to our arsenal of troubleshooting weapons
would save us lots of time and money.

                       Thanks!
                       << Mike Castle >>
                       [e-mail]

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

Date: 29 Apr 1994 14:40:05 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Keith Marshall)
Subject: Mac HFS interchange & 800k disks

-What's the difference between Mac HFS interchange & Mac 800k disks?

Keith

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 21:08:36 -0500
From: Bienvenu Jay  <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWrite Pro style shortcuts

Why MacWrite Pro uses Command-digit shortcuts for _paragraph_ styles and
Command-Option-digit shortcuts for character styles is beyond me.  Does
anyone out there know how I can switch these around?  And could someone at
Claris explain why this was done this way, especially since MacWrite II
used the Command-digit keys for character styles?

Thanks in advance.                              -- Jay

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 16:36:41
From: [e-mail]
Subject: More Mac IIsi problems

Hello All!

    OK.  I am still having problems with my IIsi.  Initially I tried to run
an upgrade from 7.0.1 to 7.1.  After rebooting I had a lot of bad f-line
instruction errors and "error 97" errors.  Even after removing all inits I
still
had the errors.  So , I performed a complete install clean for my IIsi.  It
still died.  I had to run and "Install for any Macintosh".  Finally the system
came up - initially.

    Setup
        Mac IIsi, 17MB RAM, internal 80MB drive
        External Toshiba CDROM
        MIRROR 14" Mutli-Sync VGA plugged in to on-board video.
        DataDesk extended keyboard

I tried to install my regular set of inits:      ATM, QuickTime 1.6, DriveCD
(latest), DOS Mounter, DeskPict, After Dark ver.2w, and Apple's defaults.  I
took all of them out and still had problems (see below).  I came up sometimes,
but especially bombed with the larger inits (QuickTime 1.6 and DriveCD).

Problems:

        "System : bad F_line instruction"
        " Finder: bad F_line instruction"
        "System : error 97 occurred"
        Also errors 11, 15, 3, 1
        "Foreign File Access : bad F_line instruction"
        Sad Mac :  000000F, 00000002
        Not enough memory to run <app>   <--- with 17MB RAM visible to
                            the Mac, I doubt this
                            is correct.

When I boot from a floppy I do not get ANY errors, and I can run all of my apps
from the hard drive.  This makes me think that the sad mac errors and possible
SCSI problems are false.  If you have ANY hints at all please contact me.  If
there are lists of compatible apps and utilities please point me to them. I
have
already tried SOS-APPLE and got the "test all of your inits" line.  I did and
when you have only one init loading , and it's the brand new QuickTime, there
is
a problem here that apple does not even know about.

Please reply to me directly so I don't miss anything.  Info-MAc distribution
has
been flaky of late.

Oleg Chaikovsky
Merisel, Inc.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:51:18 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: More than 8 mB of memory (R)

Gerald Neufeld <[e-mail]> asked:
> I have the following question: I just upgraded the memory on my II CX to
> 20MB. However rather than getting more memory for the applications the
> system now uses 14MB (!).

Gerald,

You need to turn on 32-bit addressing if you want to use more than 8 mB
of RAM. On older machines, like the IIcx, you also need a ROM patcher to
allow 32bit addressing. This is called MODE32 and freely available based
on an agreement between Connectix (who made it) and Apple. If you can't
find MODE32, contact Connectix on: [e-mail]

Greetings, Christian.


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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 09:27:07 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Carlo Beenakker)
Subject: mystified by mystique

Chris,
If I understand you correctly, you ask how to put back together on your
hard disk a large binhexed file which you had split in several parts to
make it fit on a floppy. The shareware utility "chunk-joiner"
(info-mac/disk/chunk-joiner-105.hqx) should do the job for you in a
second. Just drop the files on it, one by one, in the order in which
you want them joined. Out comes one big file.
----Carlo

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 11:40:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daniel Mailly <[e-mail]>
Subject: NovaTerm [Q]

Does anyone know where to get (e.g. ftp) the communication
program NovaTerm?

Thanks,

Daniel Mailly ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 08:54:13 -0400
From: George Boccanfuso <[e-mail]>
Subject: Opening X-L files (a problem)

Hi Netters

I am having problems with some X-L. After working on a worksheet, I save and
quit X-L. The next time I go open that same worksheet I get the following
message:

        Cannot read binary file.
        If the file was created
        in a version of X-L later
        than 4.0 use that version
        to save as X-L 4.0. Open
        file as text?

I have X-L 4.0. When I do acknowledge the open as text question, the file is
all jibberish. I use system 7.1 and eDisk.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be going on?

Thank You

George Boccanfuso
Sarnia, Ontario
Canada

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 15:07 EST
From: Christopher Hammond <[e-mail]>
Subject: Persuasion 3.0 Upgrade - Is it worth it?

I am debating whether to shell out $150 for the new version of Persuasion,
and was wondering if anyone out there has any strong feelings about it.  I
have never been a big fan of Persuasion 2.1 so I try to avoid using it, but
there are some times when a good presentation package is the best tool for
the job.  There are a couple of specific problems I have had with Persuasion
2.1 that I would like to know if Aldus has addressed:

1. If you scale a PICT drawing down, Persuasion would delete points that got
close to each other, thus obliterating the details of your drawing.

2. There is no way to create a polygon that containes both curved and
straight lines.

3. The only way to accurately align text with background objects is to "View
at Actual Size".  If the drawing is scaled to fit in a window on a small
monitor the text does not display the way that it prints.

4. There is no tool to let you select "like" objects (e.g. select all yellow
circles).

If Persuasion hasn't addressed these problems, is there another program that
has? Does anyone know of a presentation program that has good drawing tools?
I tried Powerpoint 3.0 recently and not only are the drawing tools weak, but
it doesn't support EPS imports either.  I realize the Mac is the graphics
computer of choice, but so far I haven't seen a presentation package that
can compare with Lotus Freelance for Windows.

Thanks,
Kit Hammond

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

Date: 29 Apr 1994 09:30:54 U
From: "Castle, Mike" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ResEdit Immune Security (R)

>A friend is looking for a program (free, share, or $$$-ware) that will
>allow one to hide folders/files and that can not be tampered with by
>ResEdit.  I guess what he means is a program that will not allow ResEdit to
>reveal the hidden files?  Anyone know of such a beast?

Casady & Greene make a program called AME which offers all sorts of security
options for Macintoshes.  One of its features is the 'Trusted Software' list.
If a program is not on this list, then it cannot be launched while the
AME-protected hard disk is mounted.  If your friend makes sure that ResEdit is
not on the 'Trusted' list, then ResEdit cannot be used to get around AME's
security.

We've run AME successfully under Systems 6 and 7 on both a Mac Plus and a Mac
IIsi.  I've heard that it is not yet compatible with AV Macs and that it won't
work on hard disks formatted with Apple's HD SC Setup 7.2.2 (or is the latest
'7.2'?).  I don't know whether it works on PowerMacs.

                        << Mike Castle >>

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 10:55:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Lyman C. Green" <[e-mail]>
Subject: sharing problem; mounted drives

Probably there exists a known problem/solve to this conundrum, I am
unable to find it immediately, so here I go...
Fellow Info-Mac'ers, recently, when I have mounted either a CD or a
Microtech 120MB cart on any one of several macs we use (models don't seem
to matter, I think it's a software problem) I find I cannot unmount them,
without turning Sharing off, even when I have not changed the sharing
options on the volume in question, ie I'm sitting there, sharing away,
and I mount "Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits" as an Audio CD to play, using
(in this case) CDT remote by FWB to play the audio tracks.. 15 tracks
later, I can't eject it: I get some message (exact text unknown) that
says "volume cannot be ejected/unmounted because one or more volumes are
being shared....."
I have always just stopped sharing, but this may not be possible in some
cases, where we're running FTPd and want file transfers to continue while
taking out one 120MB MO, and putting in another one.  I guess we've been
using some extension/init called Unmount or unmountem, but 'm not sure.
Anyone else out there have similar experiences and can talk to me about this?
To siphon out the important stuff (since this is work related) PLEASE
email me at:
[e-mail]
rather than the address of this posting.  I'll take whatever I can get,
of course, but it's better if it goes there.
Thanks in advance.
Lyman Green

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 17:11:00 PDT
From: Ketan Desai <[e-mail]>
Subject: SoftWindow from Tiger SW

FYI:

It was just yesterday that I saw SoftWindows available from Tiger Software
at $282 and I think MacWarehouse has it for $299.

Cheers...
Ketan Desai

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

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 14:12 EDT
From: "Cindy Decker Raynak" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Soft Windows and the Power PC

We were told that Soft Windows, as a shrink wrapped package, would be available
March 14th 1994. Our computer order center now has a listing for it and we have
placed an order.  I think the cost is around $250.  You should purchase the 16
MB memory configuration though if you are interested in Soft Windows.  The more
memory you can allocate the better


Hope this helps.

Cindy



Cindy Decker Raynak
CES Systems Office
Penn State University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 11:08:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Lyman C. Green" <[e-mail]>
Subject: summary of 1 month old question answers

Sorry this took me so long.. This is a summary of the books recommended
to me by fellow netters, for beginning programming on the mac.  IUve just
listed what they recommended...

source: Peter Gerhardstein <[e-mail]>
RI like anything by Scott Knaster, and Huxham, F. A., Burnard, D., &
Takatsuka, J.  (1989).  Using the Macintosh toolbox with C (2nd
Edition).  Alameda, CA:  SYBEX.
Think seriously about getting Kernigan & Ritchie's The C Programming
Language as well.S

source: From: "Glenn R. Howes" <[e-mail]>
RDave Mark has written a couple of books:  Learn C on the Macintosh and
the Macintosh C Programming Primer (V. I&II), which are what most people
start with.S

source:From: Brian Veenker <[e-mail]>
RCheck out a book called _Macintosh C Programming Primer_, it's
excellent. It's aimed right at people in your position: learning C,
learning how to write MacApps. I see it at bookstores everywhere.S

source:From: 2d Lt Avram Dorfman <[e-mail]>
RI learned with "Macintosh C Programming Primer, version 2" by Dave Mark
and Cartwright Reed.S

It appears appears as though RMacintosh C Programming PrimerS wins hands
down.
Thanks to all the above posters for their assistance.

Lyman RIUm so damn busyS Green

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 12:32:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Conal G Ho <[e-mail]>
Subject: Synchronizing with Nifty.andrew.cmu

Actually, I'm not even sure if the title of this message is correct.
Let me explain my problem...or question:

On Nifty.andrew.cmu.edu, there is a directory called "QRD" or Queer
Resoruces Directory.   What I am trying to do is to copy this whole
directory/files and the directories in it on to my Macintosh.  I can do
this without any problem.  But the problem arises when QRD is updated
with more new information.  I do not want to go looking through each
directory trying to find each and every new file.   I know there is a
program for synchronizing folders between Macintoshes and only new
files/folders will be updated.  Now, is there a program with such
capabilities that works with FTPing between computers?  I have a
Macintosh, so I would need a Macintosh program (I guess).  Thanks for
your help.  Please reply to both this b-board and me at
[e-mail].  Thanks :)

-Conal Ho

P.S. Oh...and I think I didn't make it clear that I will be using FTP between
Nifty.andrew.cmu.edu and my Macintosh which is over an AppleTalk
Connection.  Thus, my Macintosh will be synchronizing via FTP to the
site called nifty.andrew.cmu.edu.

P.P.S.  Please reply to my e-mail address at [e-mail].
Thanks a lot :)

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 10:22:33 -0700
From: Bill Rausch <[e-mail]>
Subject: telnet 2.6

A number of people have asked about setting the Transfer Directory and
complained that it doesn't work. It does work for me.

You use Preferences->FTP Users, select a user name and change it or make a
new one. Then in the dialog box, use the "Change Default Directory" button
to set the new destination directory for that user. The only gotcha is that
if you have set a password for that user, you must reenter it before
clicking OK.  (I'm guessing that the scrambled password is being saved, not
the original one that you may have previously entered.)

I've set up a couple of users with different default directories with no
problems at all. The only difficulty has been the password issue - that is

(I'm guessing about the cause of the problem) just a minor bug and IMHO not
worth getting all hot and bothered about.


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

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 00:47:14 -0600
From: (Pete Chane) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tex on Mac

Is there any software (shareware preferably) that you can recommend for
displaying and printing TEX files on the Macintosh?

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 11:58:40 EDT
From: Tony Silva <[e-mail]>
Subject: three button mouse (R)

Karl Pottie wrote:

> What are the choices for two/three-button mice on the Mac ? We tried the
> Logitech mouseman, but somehow this mouse does not seem to be compatible
> with LCIII and Centris 610 machines. We got one mouseman, but it didn't
> seem to work. When plugged in, the cursor hardly moved and it seemed like
> the buttons were stuck.  When a replacement mouse exhibited the same
> behaviour, we did some experiments, and noticed the mouse works on older
> machines like an SE, Classic or MacII but not with Centris or LCIII/LC475.
> Our conclusion: the mouseman is incompatible with these machines. Logitech
> will introduce a new version soon, but we need a 3 button mouse NOW.
> So my question: what other 3 button mice are there on the market for Mac ?

The Logitech mouseman DOES work with the Mac LCIII. I'm using it right
now w/ MacX.  However, you must have the MouseKey 1.11 cdev installed
in your system. This of course requires that you use the stock
1-button mouse to install the cdev in the first place.

One very minor problem that remains: the cmd+ctl+triangle (restart)
and cmd+triangle (interrupt) key combinations don't work with the
3-button mouse installed in the ADB.

Tony Silva, Atlantic Aerospace Elec. Corp., [phone], [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 15:12:12 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Karl Wurst)
Subject: Voice-Capable Modem Recommendations?

     I'm shopping a new modem and I'd like to get one with voice
capabilities.  I've seen a few in various catalogs, but none of the
ads have much detail.  I'm interested in 14.4k data and fax too.

     The ones I've seen advertised are from Prometheus, Dove, Supra,
Magic and PSI.  If anyone can provide information on any of these,
I'd would be most grateful.  Thanks.

                        - Karl

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 09:57:56 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wanted: the perfect launch pad

I would love to replace the string of aliases across the bottom of my
screen with a nice-looking launch utility, but none of the ones I've
tried combine all the features built in to Apple's aliases: ability
to mix application, document, and folder icons and support for drag-
and-drop document launching (i.e. dropping a text document onto Word's
icon to launch it and Word). Drag-and-drop launching is crucial to me,
but I haven't found it in any of the shareware launch pads. Any
suggestions?

Paul Brians, Washington State University, Pullman, WA  99164-5020

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Date: 29 Apr 1994 08:58:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tobias Kuipers)
Subject: What's the definitive book on PhotoShop?

I was in a bookstore the other day, looking for a book on PhotoShop.
There were too much titles on PhotoShop for mwe to get a good look at
them, so I'm asking you:

What's the definitive book on PhotoShop?

Please respond to my mail address ([e-mail]) as I am not
reading this regularly.
If I get enough answers I'll post a summary.
And yes, I did check any FAQ I could find.

Thanks in advance,

Tobias Kuipers
University of Amsterdam -- The Netherlands

--
Gejongleerd, danig oud.    --- Remco Campert

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Date: 29 Apr 1994 14:41:44 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Keith Marshall)
Subject: What's the modern mem manager?

I'm thinking of getting a Power Mac and I was looking at one the other day
in a store. What is the modern memory manager, what does it do, and what
happens if I leave it off?


Keith

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 14:51:37 MDT
From: David Oberst <[e-mail]>
Subject: WindowPicker bug

I recently got the extension WindowPicker out of the Infomac archives
(/gui).  It provides an icon next to balloon help in the menu bar, which
drops down a list of all open windows.  This is invaluable for the Finder,
and certain other programs where lots of windows may be open.
Unfortunately, it appears that WindowPicker can get "confused" at times;
when this happens choosing a window from the menu seems to highlight Finder
items and sometimes move them (I suspect that however WindowPicker is
talking to the Finder, after the "confusion" it doesn't work properly.  The
"confusion" can be consistently made to happen when the BasicBlack
screensaver activates, but it will happen without this installed, although
I haven't yet pinned down exactly when.

Does anyone out there use WindowPicker, and have you seen this sort of
behaviour.  I really like what WindowPicker does.  I used to use an
extension called Windows (by a German programmer, also here in /gui), but
it has a violent crash problem with PopupFolder.  WindowPicker was written
by Bob Singh and Chris Nuttall at Apple (and is copyright Apple 1992), but
so far I haven't had any luck in contacting them.

Also, does anyone know of any other utility (even commercial) which puts a
Windows menu in the menu bar?  Its just my luck that both the ones I've
tried have a problem with things I don't want to give up!

Thanks - David Oberst/GNWT Bureau of Statistics/Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
[e-mail]

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