Info-Mac 4/Info_Mac IV CD-ROM (Pacific HiTech Inc.)(August 1994).iso/Periodicals/InfoMac Digest volume 12/infomacv12-078.txt

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Date: Wed, 25 May 94 23:52:05 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #78
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 25 May 94       Volume 12 : Issue 78

Today's Topics:

      [*] BatteryAmnesia 1.3.0; a PowerBook battery utility
      [*] comMIDI 1.0 (real-time MIDI over Modem)
      [*] CompUSA 10% restocking return policy
      [*] Conflict Catcher II 2.1.1 Demo; extensions utility
      [*] Conflict Catcher II update => 2.1.1; extensions utility
      [*] Control Strip Clock 1.0.0; a clock for the new PB utility
      [*] CopyDoubler 2.0.3 Lite updater; a file compression utility
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-030
      [*] DeskMates 1.2.5; useful desktop programs
      [*] Fokker Triplane Demo v.2.89
      [*] FrontDoor v1.2.0; front end to file servers
      [*] HangMan 1.4; a classic game of words
      [*] Hunt for Barney; a deadly game
      [*] IM_Mac1.0b28a; a communcations program
      [*] KeyChart; layouts for Quark and PageMaker
      [*] Letter-Gothic-EGG [monospaced] font
      [*] Macintosh Commadore 64 Emulator
      [*] MongoPong v1.0; a variation on the classic 2 player game
      [*] omega0.75.hqx - dungeon game
      [*] Orc startup Screen
      [*] Personal Log v1.0.6; a diary
      [*] polyominoes-50.hqx (board game; replaces v. 4.0)
      [*] railroad2font1.0; where characters are cars
      [*] RailroadIcons; head on views
      [*] ram-doubler-102-updt; a virtual memory utility
      [*] Ray Dream Designer 3.0.3->3.0.4 patcher
      [*] Ray Dream Designer 3.0.x->3.0.4 patcher
      [*] Send File, an Auto-Reply script for Eudora 1.4
      [*] Skeleton Startup screen
      [*] Spellit 1.0 - a spelling tutor
      [*] Sub Battle Simulator Demo v.1.5
      [*] Tex-Edit 2.4.1; a simple text editor
      [*] TidBITS#227/23-May-94
      [*] VendorDA 1.43a (b&w); a list of computer vendors
      [*] VendorDA 1.43a (color); a list of computer vendors
      [*] VendorDA 1.43a updater; a list of computer vendors
      (R) Problem with PPP on PB
      7.5 appletalk router?
      [?]How do I turn off the page numbering in SimpleText or TeachTextv7.0?
      [?]StyleWriter II software problem!
      [Q] Photoshop Temp folder in remote Macs trash
      ARA & 28.8 kbps modems (HELP!)
      Cable modems (Q)
      Etherwaves, printers, etc.
      eudora-PC
      Excel -> PICT
      Excel Graph as a PICT
      Excel Graph as a PICT (A)
      Excel PICT Chart Answer
      Firewall aware programs
      for SE-type screens ?
      Freddie Registration
      HD Icon Disappearance (R)
      HP Deskwriters
      IIci microphone?
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #76
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #77 (2 msgs)
      Keeping SLIP alive
      Learning French
      Mac List Server
      Menubar cruncher for SE-type screens (R)
      MS Word Graphics?
      Musician needs Mac advice (Q)
      NewGen/PowerMacintosh 7100/GeoPort
      Opinions of Duos
      Ordering a LineLink modem f
      PC Exchange does not load...?
      Problem with Zterm (A)
      Q650 First Impression (C)
      Q650 First Impression (R)
      QuickTime 2.0 MIDI Support
      RAM Doubler _still_ blocks all other extensions
      RAMDoubler points of interest
      Reading Japanese (NEC) 1.2M floppies (A)
      Reading Japanese (NEC) 1.2M floppies [A]
      SCSI Cable ??
      SoftWindows vs. Geoport
      TeamLinks Mail & Apple Events
      Topographical Maps per e-mail
      Unexpected SLIP disconnects (was: Re-Express Modem)
      Unknown Applications
      What is wrong with Fox Pro?
      Which 68040 machine should I buy?
      White Knight crashes, please help!
      WriteNow 4, Excel 4, and DW 5 driver?

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Date: 24 May 1994 15:20:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BatteryAmnesia 1.3.0; a PowerBook battery utility

Keywords:  POWERBOOK BATTERY DISCHARGE NICAD CHARGER ADAPTER

BatteryAmnesia 1.3.0 for PowerBooks (by Jeremy Kezer)

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

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

Version 1.3.0 adds...
  -  Name changed from DeepDischarge to BatteryAmnesia to prevent trademark
     infringments.
  -  Color support added.
  -  Plot of discharge curve now displayed.

Version 1.2.0 added...
  - Speech Manager support, so BatteryAmnesia can "speak" voltages.
  - Ability to quit other applications, to prevent data loss.

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

Jeremy Kezer
143 Songbird Lane
Farmington, CT  06032-3433 (USA)
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-amnesia-130.hqx; 123K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 94 09:44:37 EDT
From: [e-mail] (B. Kirsch)
Subject: [*] comMIDI 1.0 (real-time MIDI over Modem)

comMIDI 1.0 allows real-time playing of MIDI over a high-speed modem.

Jam with friend over the phone!  Play gigs from home!

If you use it, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Barry Kirsch
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/com-midi-10.hqx; 49K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 07:21:06 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] CompUSA 10% restocking return policy

Hi,

The evening of May 22nd, while beta testing (i.e. playing) Apple's eWorld, I
drilled down through Computer Center:News & Industry Information:MacWEEK
Online:MacWEEK Round Table:Tips to Mac the Knife and found a "conversation"
regarding how CompUSA has a 10% restocking policy for Apple products! I posted
this note on a Rochester, NY FC BBS (Mac's Last Stand 716-247-9056) and the one
reply todate (last note of this message) makes it seem that this new policy
might be more Apple's than CompUSA's fault. I haven't heard of this new policy
of Apple's affecting other stores. While it is not uncommon for manufacturers
to get very very tough on their suppliers, this is the first time that I have
heard of a sales outlet getting beat up!

Bruce

[Archived as /info-mac/info/compusa-restocking-fee.txt; 8K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 94 13:23:27 EDT
From: Alan D Earhart <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Conflict Catcher II 2.1.1 Demo; extensions utility

This is a fully working demo of the extensions manager Conflict Catcher II
 v2.1.1. This demo will work for 72 hours. This archive contains a text
 file which describes CC and how to get in contact with the company.

It is a binhexed StuffIt! 3.0.7 archive.

Alan
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/conflict-catcher-ii-211-demo.hqx; 124K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 94 13:17:56 EDT
From: Alan D Earhart <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Conflict Catcher II update => 2.1.1; extensions utility

This an update to the extensions manager Conflict Catcher II to 2.1.1.

This archive also contains a text file which describes the fixes.
 It is a binhexed StuffIt! 3.0.7 archive.

Alan
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/conflict-catcher-ii-211-updt.hqx; 137K]

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Date: 25 May 1994 08:57:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Control Strip Clock 1.0.0; a clock for the new PB utility

Keywords:  POWERBOOK PORTABLE CLOCK CONTROL STRIP

Control Strip Clock 1.0.0 (by Jeremy Kezer)

I wrote Control Strip Clock while familarizing myself with the Control Strip
software.  I thought that others might find it useful, so I polished it up and
released it.

The Control Strip Clock module will display the current time in the Control
Strip.  It has several user-configurable options via the popup menu, which
allows the user to format the display to their liking.  Freeware;
requires Apple's Control Strip software.

Jeremy Kezer
143 Songbird Lane
Farmington, CT  06032 USA
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/control-strip-clock-100.hqx; 86K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 22:33:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CopyDoubler 2.0.3 Lite updater; a file compression utility

Here is the latest updater for CopyDoubler Lite.  It will
update it to version 2.0.3 Lite.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/copy-doubler-lite-203-updt.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 94 10:42:16 MET DST
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-030

C.S.M.P. Digest             Wed, 25 May 94       Volume 3 : Issue 30

Today's Topics:

    Apple's blatant disregard for User Interface Guidelines
    List Manager clikLoop problem... but whose it?
    Opening a file with C standard i-o routines
    Sym CDK vs CodeWarrior PPC: first impressions
    Where is the inheritance in AE objects?
    [Q] How to prevent _DragWindow from selecting the window?
    [Q] casting Str255 <--> (char*)

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-030.txt; 198K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 16:42:53 -0500
From: David Darby <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DeskMates 1.2.5; useful desktop programs

This is an updated version of the very popular Macintosh shareware program
containing an analog clock, multiple notebooks, a stopwatch, a calculator,
an alarm scheduler, calendar with daily appointments, a date pad, an
address book and much more. It has been upgraded to include multiple fonts,
styles, sizes, colors, case changing, word wrap, better timing accuracy,
less RAM usage, auto-hide feature when in background, bolding of calendar
days with attached duties, improved finding ability, and eradication of
major bugs! This is a major upgrade, and is recommended for all users of
DeskMates and interested others. Hope you like it, and thanks to all those
who have made suggestions and sent their shareware fee!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/desk-mates-125.hqx; 612K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 18:39:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Fokker Triplane Demo v.2.89

This a demo version of Fokker Triplane for the Macintosh.  Lets you fly for
about 5 minutes (then you run out of fuel!).  Works on all Macs better than
a Mac+, but works best in 16 color mode.  Probably the easiest to fly
flight simulator for the Macintosh.  Available from MacWarehouse or call
Alliance Interactive Software at (305)-423-4289.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/fokker-triplane-289-demo.hqx; 484K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 10:07:13 --100
From: [e-mail] (Brian K. Jacobsen)
Subject: [*] FrontDoor v1.2.0; front end to file servers

FrontDoor v1.2.0 (C) 1994 by Brian K. Jacobsen

Features:
* Asks the user for username/password, and mount the volumes, which
  the user have access to, from up to 16 preselected servers.
  - which can be placed in different zones !!!!! -
* ChangePassword on all servers which supports this
* Password protected preferencepart
* Optional: Paste ownername into username
* Optional: Allow guestaccess
* Optional: Change name of booting harddisk
 - the Optional's are set on/off in the preference-part

Shareware:
1 Licens: US$25 - Site Licens: US$100

System requirements:
* System 7
* A network with access to one or more AppleShare servers
  (Supports AFPVersion 1.1, 2.0 & 2.1)
* If using zones, then Phase 2

Changes since v1.1.7:

* Now FrontDoor encrypts it's passwords, when sending them over the network
  (If the server supports it..)

  The support includes:

  At login:
  "Randnum exchange" & "2-Way randnum exchange"

  When changing passwords:
  "Randnum exchange" (Here Apple doesn't support 2-Way scrambling).

  The scrambling used is the NBS DES.

Doc in Microsoft Word v5.1 & ASCII

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/front-door-120.hqx; 61K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 08:30:40 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Ola Montan)
Subject: [*] HangMan 1.4; a classic game of words

This multi-language game playes the famous word-guessing game of "Hangman".
It speaks Swedish, Spanish, Irish Gaelic and English, more languages can be
added if I get help with translations.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hang-man-14.hqx; 391K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:38:42 -0500
From: Chris Moberly <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Hunt for Barney; a deadly game

    This is a hypercard game where you can kill Barney in several ways!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hunt-for-barney.hqx; 361K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 09:31:21 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Adam van Gaalen PA2AGA)
Subject: [*] IM_Mac1.0b28a; a communcations program

=20
Release Notes - IM/Mac 1.0=A728a

- removed flickering when dialogs show with Balloon Help enabled.

- Path in first 'From ' line can now be 256 characters.

- Changed Internet address ([e-mail]).

- X-Mailer line no longer shows beta character.

- The name of the document printed is now properly set. It used to
  be 'Untitled'.

- Installing System Update 3.0 did crash IM/Mac during unstuffing of
  files. The temporary '.sit' file is  no longer created within the
  Temporary Items folder, but in the folder that IM/Mac is run from.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/radio-im-mac-10b28a.hqx; 200K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 18:06:32 +1000
From: Alan King <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] KeyChart; layouts for Quark and PageMaker

The attached upload contains a stuffit 1.5.1 archive hqx

Enclosed in the archive are two layouts. One in Quark Xpress 3.3 and one in
Pagemaker 5.

They are graphical representations of the Apple Keyboard II which show what
character will be typed when the key is typed either as a single keystroke
or in combination with Shift-option, Option and Shift.

What is especially useful is that the characters on the layout are in a
style sheet. So by simply changing the style sheet to another type style or
font size the whole sheet is reset. Ideal for graphical typefaces like
Dingbat.

Supplied as shareware, GBP 5 or US$ 10. Australians A$15

Hope you can find space to post this.

Thank you, Alan

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/key-chart.hqx; 117K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 20:03:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Letter-Gothic-EGG [monospaced] font

This Plain (Roman) version of the classic font Letter Gothic, a *freeware*
incarnation called "LetterGothic-EGG," is intended to serve one purpose:
To print text, such as from online sessions, that originally has been
created on fixed-pitch (monospaced), Elite (12 characters per inch)
platforms or devices, such as many Unix, IBM or Atari computers; and have
the resulting output look more or less as though it had been produced on
an IBM Selectric(R) typewriter.  Period.

This minor update, which adds a 14-point bitmap (screen) size to the
PostScript and TrueType versions of the font, should be downloaded by
existing users only if this additional point size is needed on-screen.

Enjoy.
Traci J. Ingram
[e-mail]     | or |     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/letter-gothic-egg.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 12:28:03 1994
From: [e-mail] (Julian Lewis-Booth)
Subject: [*] Macintosh Commadore 64 Emulator

I found this and wondered if it could be placed in the Archive for general
consumption.

It is a full C64 emulator, enclosed in the package are two versions one is
68k and the other is Native PowerPC.

Regards

Julian Lewis-Booth

[Archived as /info-mac/app/commodore-64-emulator.hqx; 512K]

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Date: 24 May 1994 21:03:27 -0600
From: "O'FALLON, JOHN" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MongoPong v1.0; a variation on the classic 2 player game

I would like to submit a new Macintosh game I have recently finished.  The
game, MongoPong, runs on any Mac II or higher with a color or grey scale
monitor.  If you list descriptions then...

Like the ancient computer game "Pong", two players (or one against the
computer) use paddles to keep balls out of their goals.  MongoPong adds
bumpers, tubes, moving goals, multiple balls, opponent freezing, and a whole
lot more to breathe new life into this classic genre.

The author, myself, is John O'Fallon, and the game is a $10 shareware
product.  Any other questions can be directed to me at:

[e-mail]
John O'Fallon

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/mongo-pong-10.hqx; 172K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 18:05:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Mark G. Rodenkirch)
Subject: [*] omega0.75.hqx - dungeon game

   "Omega for Macintosh" is a rogue-like multi-dungeon game which runs on
Apple Macintosh series.
   This game is based on Omega version 0.75 and is implemented some more
features in it.

o Hardware/Software Requirement

   Macintosh series hardware
     (main window uses Black&White color)
   2MB RAM for the application
   System 6.0.7 and later

o Installing and Starting the Game

   Just put 'omega' file and 'OmegaLib' folder (with its includes) on your
disk. They must be in the same folder.

   Double-click the 'omega' icon and start the game . You can also double-
click a saved file's icon to continue the game (although the saved file
will be deleted after loading).

o TODO in the Game

   If you double-click the 'omega' icon, you will see the title screen
and high score board. After that, you will be asked which way to select,
"run a character" or "play yourself." If you choose [r] then the character
is determined by random number (you can still re-roll them). If you choose
[p] then you are asked some (/many?) questions to determine the character
>From your personality, and the result will be saved (by your choice) to
the '.omegarc' file and it can be used for the new games afterwards.
And note that the player's default name is set to the user-name of
Network ID (but it can be changed by 'R' command).

   Between the play, you can use '?' command to display help messages on
the screen. To read the outlines for this game, choose "a: Overview."
To learn about commands, choose "l: Dungeon/City/Other Command List" or
"m: Countryside Command List."

o Release Note

   I ported the source from Omega version 0.75, and also ported curses
library from PCcurses version 1.4.

   Omega is copyright (c) 1987,1988,1989 by Laurence Raphael Brothers

   PCcurses was made by Bjorn Larsson (900114).

   And I added some features by public demand:
 1. '^p' command saves 20 messages (10 in the original)
 2. Return key and Enter key can be used to exit "*** MORE ***" status.
 3. Escape key can be used to exit the bank (Only 'X' command can do in the
   original).
 4. Some messages and screen drawing are changed to fit the situation.

o Thanks to:

   Laurence R. Brothers, Bjorn Larsson, Wataru Hirano, Yoshio Horiuchi,
Katahira, Masanori Miyoshi, and all the beta-testers.

   Special Thanks to Mark G. Rodenkirch for posting this application
to Internet on behalf of me.

A mi vida un dia llego una ola desde el mar.

                        Yoshibumi Fukuda
                        ([e-mail])
[Archived as /info-mac/game/omega-075.hqx; 476K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 10:25:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bosaiya <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Orc startup Screen

Here is a nice little ray traced picture for your archives.  This
particular image is an Orc from the fantasy game Mythos (available
online, or contact [e-mail] for more info).

I am the original artist and have the copyright authorization.  This
image is free and distribution is unlimited.  Please feel free to
distribute far and wide.  This image may be distributed on commercial
CD-ROMs and packages so long as it is not altered in any way.

Regards,

Bosaiya
Knock Out Productions

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/orc.hqx; 186K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 94 00:25:30 -0500
From: "Michael F. Kamprath" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Personal Log v1.0.6; a diary

(NOTE: This version fixes some elusive bus errors that didn't always cause
problems.  I was finally able to track them down.  If you ever complained of
Personal Log crashing when you record an entry, I found the source of the
problem.  It was actually in a section of the code that was far removed from
the crash point.)

Personal Log v1.0.6
by Michael F. Kamprath
e-mail: [e-mail]

Requirements: System 7.0 or greater.

Have you ever wanted to keep a diary?  Do you need to document your actions?
Would you like to be able to easily take notes?  Do you currently keep notes in
one, big, disorganized Word file?

If you answered yes to any of these, then Personal Log is for you.  Personal
Log
allows you to keep a collection of notes in a single, easy-to-use file.  You
can
password protect this file, search it's entries, and even "speak" the entries
(if you have Speech Manager" installed).  Unlike other "note taking" programs,
Personal Log's interface is very simple and easy to use.  Personal Log fully
supports System 7: Balloon Help is enabled in every menu, dialog, and window;
you may use Apple Script to control Personal Log; and the interface is in full
color (when available).

Personal Log is shareware; the fee is US$15.  See the accompying manual for
more
information.

Michael F. Kamprath
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/personal-log-106.hqx; 458K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 18:13:38 -0700
From: Kevin Gong <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] polyominoes-50.hqx (board game; replaces v. 4.0)

19 May 1994

Polyominoes 5.0 is copyright 1990-1994 by Kevin L. Gong.

And then there was color.

Polyominoes 5.0 is the long-overdue color version of Polyominoes.  A
polyomino is a piece made up entirely of squares connected
edge-to-edge.  For example, a domino is a polyomino with 2 squares.
In Polyominoes, you can use pentominoes, tetrominoes, trominoes,
hexominoes, or create a set of your own pieces using the Piece Editor.

Polyominoes is really three games in one.  In game mode, you have a
very interesting strategy game in which you try to put the last piece
on the board.  The pieces can be flipped or rotated in any manner.
You can use any of the over 60 different boards, or create one of your
own using the Board Editor.  In puzzle mode, you can try to place all
the pieces on any of the boards.  In spanning puzzle mode, you try to
RspanS the board with the fewest number of pieces.  The program keeps
track of all of your best efforts.

Polyominoes is Shareware, $8.00 registration fee.  It should work on
any Macintosh with either System 6 or 7, with or without 32-bit
addressing.  It should work with both color and monochrome monitors.
Note to users with gray scale monitors: you should either play around
with the color settings in the program, or trick it into using
black/white mode.  To make it run in black/white, set your monitor
depth to black/white before running.

Major changes since version 4.0:
    %    color!
    %    another way to rotate/flip pieces
    %    preferences file remembers keyboard and color preferences
    %    options to allow alternating of who goes first, and cycling of boards
    %    640x480 screen support
    %    hexomino pieces added
    %    piece editor to create your own piece sets
    %    probably faster
    %    28 additional boards
    %    new "smart borders" so the boards look nicer
    %    a new tougher level to play against (as if it wasn't hard enough
     already)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/polyominoes-50.hqx; 222K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 19:16:36 -0700
From: BENJAMIN COIFMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] railroad2font1.0; where characters are cars

    This file contains a MODERN PASSENGER TRAIN font, a collection
of contemporary locomotives and passenger cars.  For example, if you
type "qad" you will get a "locomotive-baggage_car-coach".  It is
PostScript  and is compatible with my earlier railroad fonts (PASSENGER
TRAIN and FREIGHT TRAIN).  Although it is similar in style to the
earlier fonts, it contains all new material and can be used on its own.
    The font was designed for high resolution printers (e.g., laser
or ink jet printers) and the bitmap may not look the best on screen.
You should print out the sample files that come with the font to get an
idea of its detail.
  This font will enable you to couple together your very own Amtrak
train.

Benn Coifman        [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/railroad2-10.hqx; 148K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 19:23:29 -0700
From: BENJAMIN COIFMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RailroadIcons; head on views

 This file contains a collection of Railroad icons. Most are head on
views and two part side views of f-7's (passenger locomotives). There
are also a few heralds, a steam engine, a caboose and one or two other
things.

 Enjoy!

Benn Coifman        [e-mail]
            [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/railroad-icons.hqx; 127K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 15:36:12 -0500
From: Ed Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ram-doubler-102-updt; a virtual memory utility

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-102-updt.hqx; 112K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 13:35:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (John T. Chapman)
Subject: [*] Ray Dream Designer 3.0.3->3.0.4 patcher

This file will update version 3.0.3 of Ray Dream Designer to version 3.0.4.

Downloaded from the Ray Dream support forum on America Online and reposted
with permission of Ray Dream, Inc.

Enjoy,
John T. Chapman  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/ray-dream-designer-303-to-304-updt.hqx; 517K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:12:07 -0400
From: [e-mail] (John T. Chapman)
Subject: [*] Ray Dream Designer 3.0.x->3.0.4 patcher

This file will update versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 of Ray Dream
Designer to version 3.0.4.

Downloaded from the Ray Dream support forum on America Online and reposted
with permission of Ray Dream, Inc.

Enjoy,

John T. Chapman  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/ray-dream-designer-30x-to-304-updt.hqx; 1606K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 12:46:07 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Philippe Casgrain)
Subject: [*] Send File, an Auto-Reply script for Eudora 1.4

    Here is a little script I wrote that will auto-reply to all the
persons in your "In" mailbox whose "Subject:" matches a string you define,
appending a file you have selected.
    Very useful in handing large e-mail requests for a particular file
you have!

(Requires AppleScript, Eudora 1.4. Freeware.)

Philippe

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/eudora-send-file-as.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 10:31:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bosaiya <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Skeleton Startup screen

Here's another ray traced startup screen for you.  This one is a
skeleton, also from the game Mythos (available online, or contact
[e-mail] for more info).

I am the original artist and have the authority to post, etc. etc.  This
image is free and distribution is unlimited.  Give copies to your
friends.  It may be included on commercial CD-ROMs and packages so long
as it is not modified in any way.

To use a startup screen, simply drag it into your system folder.  Next
time you restart, instead of that boring "welcome to Macintosh" screen,
you'll have something pretty to look at.

Regards,

Bosaiya

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/skeleton.hqx; 194K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 09:17:20 -0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Spellit 1.0 - a spelling tutor

Spellit 1.0 is a HC 2.1 stack designed to provide spelling practice with
digitized voice feedback. Text entry is from either regular keyboard, or an
on screen version using a mouse. Spelling help provided. Limited error
correction. Users adapt vocabulary by adding new cards and pictures.Adapted
from HC stack Laura's Letters.
D. Ripley
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/spell-it-10-hc.hqx; 360K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 18:31:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Sub Battle Simulator Demo v.1.5

Sub Battle Simulator is a WWII submarine simulation.  The Demo version lets
you play against a single convoy for about 10 minutes.  The actual product
runs in both B&W and color and contains 60 missions in both the Atlantic
and Pacific theaters letting you play either as a American or German sub
skipper.  Runs on all Macs, and uses Macintalk speech to text technology.
The shipping version includes Macintalk Pro and Sound Manager 3.0.
Available from MacWarehouse and other Macintosh software sources or call
Alliance Interactive Software at (305)-423-4289.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/sub-battle-simulator-15-demo.hqx; 1753K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 94 12:25:27 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Tex-Edit 2.4.1; a simple text editor

[Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-241.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 94 16:57:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#227/23-May-94

TidBITS#227/23-May-94

Apple does TV set-top boxes, Fred Showker does Macworld
   Washington, and Global Village drops prices on its popular
   TelePort and PowerPort modems. Last week's article on
   advertising to overseas Mac users spawned many useful
   comments, and for Newton users, how would you like to
   read TidBITS on the Newt? All this, more details on AOL,
   the new PowerBooks, and yet another industry merger.

Topics:
    MailBITS/23-May-94
    Handheld TidBITS
    Apples and TV Oranges?
    TelePort Prices Drop
    International Vendor Comments
    Fred Does Macworld Washington
    Reviews/23-May-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-227.etx; 30K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 23:55:45 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Andrew T. Laurence)
Subject: [*] VendorDA 1.43a (b&w); a list of computer vendors

As mentioned in TidBITS #227. The latest version, 1.43a. I downloaded 1.43
and ran the 1.43a updater. This is the black/white version.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/vendor-da-143a-bw.hqx; 173K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 23:58:53 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Andrew T. Laurence)
Subject: [*] VendorDA 1.43a (color); a list of computer vendors

As mentioned in TidBITS #227. The latest version, 1.43a. I downloaded 1.43
and ran the 1.43a updater. This is the color version.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/vendor-da-143a-color.hqx; 196K]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 23:54:46 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Andrew T. Laurence)
Subject: [*] VendorDA 1.43a updater; a list of computer vendors

This file updates VendorDA version 1.43 to version 1.43a. Included are
updaters for both b/w and color versions.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/vendor-da-143a-updt.hqx; 47K]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:04:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Larry Wink)
Subject: (R) Problem with PPP on PB

Last week I wrote to Info-Mac Digest with the following problem:

> I tried to set up my PB 165 (8/80 running System 7.1 with Update 3.0 and
> MacTCP 2.0.4) and found that MacPPP 2.0.1 could not find my internal modem
> (ZOOM PBK 144).

I received a number of responses to this problem including many from those
with very similar problems although the details varied. The following is a
summary of possible solutions and my conclusion about the probably root
cause.

[e-mail] (Tom Karches) suggested:

> Be sure you select either "internal modem" or "external modem" from the
> PowerBook Setup control panel.

A good idea, especial for those like myself who commonly use both the
internal (for a modem) and external (for a printer) modem ports since the
printer port is use for a LocalTalk network connection. (How about one more
serial port Apple?) However, this was not the problem.

[e-mail] (Adam C. Engst) wrote:

> This sounds like a conflict with something else - try shutting off
> all but MacTCP and the PPP extension and control panel - that's all
> that's really necessary.
>
> I always suspect fax software on principle...

Another excellent idea but not the problem since I had already verified
that the situation persisted with all non-Apple extensions and control
panels disabled by using Extension Manager. And, while I share Adam's
suspicions of fax software, FaxSTF 3.0.1(beta), which used to be the source
of many problems, now appears to be part of the solution (see below).

[e-mail] (Larry J. Blunk) took the time to exchange several e-mail
messages with me trying to isolate the source of the problem. He first had
me verify that my modem is a "non-bus" modem (a modem that is just attached
to the modem port internally and doesn't need to register a driver in the
CTB) and that the port speed was set to greater than 14,400 baud since:

> In general, most modems can't autobaud at 14,400 (including 14,400 modems).
> You should use either 19,200, 38,400, or 57,600.

My modem is a "non-bus" modem and I had the port speed set at 57,600.

He then suggested that I attempt to log into my PPP Server manually using
the Terminal Window in MacPPP 2.0.1. This was to:

> see if the modem is responding to AT commands at all.  This will bypass the
> built-in dialer code.

This worked like a charm. I had absolutely no difficult manual entering my
initialization string, the server's telephone number and logging in using
the Terminal Window. But MacPPP still could not auto-dial the server.

Finally, Mr. Blunk concluded:

> MacPPP initially sends an ATE0V1 and waits for an "OK" to check for the
> presence of a modem.  As far as I can tell, the modem is not responding
> to this for some reason.   I suspect that the modem resets itself on DTR
> being raised and this is taking some time.   MacPPP waits a second before
> sending the command, but perhaps this modem requires longer.

This is, I believe,  correct. It has always been my impression that the
Zoom internal modem was slower to respond than the Zoom external that I use
with my desktop machine. In this case the difference in response speed is
significant and probably the root cause of my problem.

For those who are afflicted with this problem, there are three courses of
action:

1) Use the Terminal Window in MacPPP 2.0.1 and manual log onto your Server.

2) Use FaxSTF 3.0.1(beta) to mediate the transfer of the internal modem
port to MacPPP (turn on the fax software and set it up to auto-answer,
FaxSTF will smoothly, but slowly, release the internal modem port to MacPPP
when you click "Open" and MacPPP's built-in dialer will work).

3) Wait for the nice people at Merit Network and the University of
Michigan, to release an update of MacPPP that will allow setting a variable
time delay before it gives up on slower PowerBook modems.

Many thanks for all you responded and especially to Larry J. Blunk.


Larry Wink <[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>
"Still naked in the periwinkle."

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 13:58:12 MST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: 7.5 appletalk router?

We're told that System 7.5 will include MacTCP. That's good, especially since
it seems
most Macs come with Ethernet built in these days, and TCP/IP is pretty
standard.

I'm wondering, though, about Appletalk routing--basically the functionality of
Apple's Internet Router, I guess. Seems to me with Ethernet standard on many
Macs,
but not available or practical on others, that an Ethernet-LocalTalk bridge for
AppleTalk ought to be a standard part of System 7.x.

In my case, a home office, I have an old IIcx with a third-party Ethernet card,
a Quadra 610 with built-in Ethernet, a LW II NT (LocalTalk only), and a Duo 210
(ditto). Also on Ethernet are Unix and Windows.

It's frustrating not to be able to run AppleTalk over Ethernet between the IIcx
& 610,
given that I have the hardware. I can do it, of course, but then neither
machine can
talk to the LaserWriter--or the Duo.

Related to that, and given MacTCP becoming standard, I'd like to be able to run
TCP/IP
apps on the Duo (say), tunneling through LocalTalk to the 610 and thence put on
the
Ethernet.

I know I can buy various routers here and there to solve most of this, but
since the
hardware is *standard* on new Macs, seems the me that the basic enabling
software
should be as well.

Somebody please tell me to please shut up, 7.5 already has a router built in!

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:13:30 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [?]How do I turn off the page numbering in SimpleText or
TeachTextv7.0?

Hi.

I would like to turn off the page numbering in SimpleText or TeachTextv7.0. Can
this be done? If so, how do you do it?

Thanks in advance.

--Bruce <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:09:22 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [?]StyleWriter II software problem!

Hi.

I have a StyleWriter II using a Plus (4MB) running System 7.1, Printer Share
v1.2, and StyleWriter II driver v 1.1. My problem is whenever the printer is
printing, background or foreground, my cursor will not move horizontally. When
the printing is done, the problem is gone. Anyone have any experience with this
problem or solution for it? It makes no difference if I boot with extensions
off.

Thanks in advance.

--Bruce <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 12:39:23 EDT
From: trm26 ("Tom Mimlitch (Ext 2207)" <[e-mail]>)
Subject: [Q] Photoshop Temp folder in remote Macs trash

Has anyone had problems with Adobe PhotoShop putting a temporary folder in
the trash can of a remote Macintosh computer.  And the user of that computer
cannot empty it from their trash until the first person quits Photoshop.
Any help would be appreciated.  Here is our unique setup, that I hope
contains some hint of what the problem really is.

First the Scan stations are Mac Quadra 800 72/230 running Adobe PhotoShop
2.5.1.  These operators work completely locally, and have no remote drives
mounted.  We are using PixelCraft 7650 scanners.  When the operators are
finished scanning a batch, they move it to a work completed folder on their
own machine.

Now the uniqe part of our set up:  we have another Mac Quadra 800 32/230
that is set up to automate the streamlining (vectorizing) of the scanned
images.  This machine has the drives of all our scan stations mounted.  We
have developed several AppleScripts which watch the completed folders on
each of the Scan stations, and picks up any work it finds there, copies it
to its own drive, and then start streamlining the batches.  When this is
done the batches are automatically forwarded to other Macs where our
graphics editors do their thing.

Several times a week, this Temp folder will appear in the Streamline
stations trash can and mess up our automated process.  We have not been able
to see it actually being moved or created in the trash can, we only see it
sometime after the fact, since the streamline station is usually unattended.

Thanks in advance,                      ToM.
--
Thomas R. Mimlitch
Business: UUCP: osu-cis!chemabs!trm26  INET: [e-mail]
Personal: 1547 Cunard Rd., Columbus, OH 43227

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Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 07:16:23 +0300
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: ARA & 28.8 kbps modems (HELP!)

Hi,

I need some info on 28.8kbps modems?  If someone has some info on one or
more of the subjects below, please send me a note.

1.      Is there an ARA script that works with a Magic 28.8kbps modem?

2.      Who makes Magic modems?  Do they have an Email address?

3.      Is there a primer on how to write ARA scripts out there?  I
remember that there is an Apple developer tool for making them.  Can
someone send it to me or at least tell me which developer CD it is on?

4.      Does Apple still support ARA?  I would like to get an Email address
of someone I can talk to directly at Apple.

Thank you, David
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 16:38:55 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Cable modems (Q)

A couple of weeks ago in the Sunday NYT there was yet another article on
the coming infobahn. One interesting comment concerned cable modems, which
the article said were available for around $400 for PCs and had up to 40
times the throughput of tele-modems (the general point was that cable
companies might be better positioned to develop the infobahn than telephone
companies).

My question is: does anyone know anything about this technology on the Mac?
Over the summer I want to set up some kind of connection between my home
and our campus fibre-optic network so that I can access the RS6000 cluster.
I was looking at using PPP across a telemodem, but if these are about to
become dinosaur technology, I should change my plans.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 11:21:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Lyman C. Green" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Etherwaves, printers, etc.

Dear Info-Mac readers,

Having decided that for our intents and purposes, the Etherwave's by
Farallon are the easiest way to get our Powerbook users onto the
corporate Ethernet, we have purchased some EW's for our department.
Having worked out the kinks with installing the software on the
powerbooks, everything seems to be going smoothly on that side.  BUT..
(there'ss always a but, isn't there?)  We decided we wanted to take
advantage of the ability to string printers on EW's.  There doesn't seem
to be any problem with doing it on a HP 4/ML.  I simply checked the
"printer compatibility" mode check box with Farallon's adapter setup
utility, and plugged it into the 4/ML.  Pow, there it was on the
ethernet, accessible from just about anywhere!  Unfortunately, it has NOT
proved to be so easy with a DeskWriter C.  I think it's the drivers.
The printer doesn't show up under either of the current drivers I
have-Deskwriter C (Serial) or Deskwriter C (Localtalk).  Now this doesn't
really surprise me.  What I want to know is:  has any individual or
company been in a similar situation and found a solve, from either
Farallon or HP?  If I had newer/better/different drivers, would I be able
to see the DWC on the net?

Is there meaning to the universe? (whoops, sorry, wrong question)

I am going to find the recent references to the HP driver site, and check
what's out there.  Then, if that doesn't work, I'm going to wait to hear
from some printer/net genius, in the hopes that we don't have to scrap
the whole project.

Lyman C. Green, SFA Support - Glaxo, Inc.

Thanks to all of you out there who've answered my questions before, and
thanks to all who might answer this question.

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 16:20:48 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: eudora-PC

On Sat, 21 May 1994 13:25:40 EDT, Per G Lind wrote:
>I'm looking for Eudora for PC. Can somebody tell me
>where to find it, and perhaps e-mail a copy.

ftp.qualcomm.com

PC Eudora *requires* Windows and TCP/IP.

The recently released WinPMail at risc.ua.edu in /pub/network/pegasus also
accesses a POP server over TCP/IP (as well as the traditional Novell
connection).  don't know whether WinPMail using TCP/IP requires the
Novell server (I don't know how it could tell POP from a Novell system from
POP on a UNIX host), but I suspect that WinPMail may be an alternative to
PC Eudora that could be worth a look.

David Harris is working on a new version of Mac PMail that also will
support TCP/IP.  I'm looking forward to taking a look at it, although I'm a
happy camper using Mac Eudora.

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 10:41:56 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Kamien)
Subject: Excel -> PICT

 re>Excel -> PICT                                         5/25/94
                                   10:35 AM
>         Does anyone out there know if there is a way to save an Excel
> graph as a PICT file so that I can pull it into PowerPoint and use it as
> part of a presentation? It seems kinda strange that this is not an
> available option. When I tried a Save As... it would only let me save as
> a template, or as some other version of Excel, like 2.2.

Copy and Paste should do a fine job if all else fails.  We do this all the
time from Excel 3.0a to MacDraw.  If you're using Excel 3.0, make sure you
have the 3.0a version, since that patched a problem with copy and paste of
graphs. What version of Excel are you using?

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

Date: 24 May 1994 13:27:15 U
From: "Anderson, Tim" <Anderson#m#[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel Graph as a PICT

"Mr. Troy Kelley" writes

>Net World,
>
>        Does anyone out there know if there is a way to save an Excel graph
>as a PICT file so that I can pull it into PowerPoint and use it as part of
>a presentation? It seems kinda strange that this is not an available option.
>When I tried a Save As... it would only let me save as a template, or as some
>other version of Excel, like 2.2.
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated


With the Excel chart window open (and in front), press the shift key and then
choose "Copy Picture..." from the Edit menu. (This item was "Copy" before you
pressed the shift key.) Make the appropriate choices in the dialog that
follows. Now the chart is in the form of a PICT in the clipboard. Just switch
to your drawing/presentation software and choose "Paste". There you have it.

Note: if you didn't get it the right size and/or color where you pasted it, be
sure you selected the right option in the dialog after selecting "Copy
Picture..." and that your chart's page setup is correct in Excel.

I don't know why Microsoft choose to implement the process this way.

Hope it helps.

Tim Anderson

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:05:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lisa Bjarke <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel Graph as a PICT (A)

In infomacv12-077, Troy Kelley asked:

> Does anyoune out ther know if there is a way to save an Excel graph as
> PICT file so that I can pull it into PowerPoint and use it in a
> presentation?

Troy,

Both the freeware control panel Pictify and the shareware control panel
Flash-it can save part or all of the screen as a PICT.  Both are
available at sumex and its mirrors.  However, if you have enough memory
to open both Excel and PowerPoint at the same time you can just copy the
graph in Excel and paste it into PowerPoint.

Lisa Bjarke
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 18:40:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Neil Schulman, emeritus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel PICT Chart Answer

Excel can save the chart into a PICT. You have two ways to do it. While the
chart is open, select all and copy (copies as PICT) and you can paste into
some other program which can handle embedded documents. Another way which
will work w/o embedding is to create an embedded chart (if you use
separate chart documents, copy the chart by selecting all and then copy,
then open a worksheet and paste) in the worksheet. When you click on the
chart once and copy, it will copy as a PICT which can be pasted anywhere.

Yet another way is to create the embedded PICT and then select a range of
cells which may contain whatever you want and press command-shift-c. This
will copy the selected range to the clipboard as a PICT document that can
be pasted somewhere else, like the scrapbook or another program.

Neil Schulman; [e-mail] [e-mail], [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 14:59:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Lyman C. Green" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Firewall aware programs

Fellow Info-Mac ppl,
I am looking for firewall aware internet applications.  I have currently
been using Fetch, which can be fooled into using a "user@host" format in
the user field, since the firewall we have has a ftp proxy server on it.
Anarchie nicely recognizes firewalls, directly typed into a "firewall"
field.  Unfortunately, I haven't gotten it to work with the Archie part
(searches) though "gets" or retreives work great.

Is anyone out there aware of any other apps that are firewall aware?  I'd
love to get a gopher surfer, or a Mosiac that is aware...

Any help is appreciated!
Lyman Green

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 16:20:52 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: for SE-type screens ?

On Thu, 19 May 1994 23:11:01 +0200, Ulf Dittmer
>back when I had an SE I used an INIT that would set the menubar in
>condensed letters to let you see all the menus in programs like
>Excel and Word that go wild on menus. Now I'm searching this INIT
>for a friend and cannot remember the correct name.

I can't remember its name either (nor whether it continued to work under
System 7), but you may want to take a look at MICN 1.8 (Menu icons), a
control panel that saves space on the menu bar by using icons (and you can
create and add your own) which take up LOTS less space than some text
headings.  I have a 14" display, but take up menubar space with Shamon,
Window Picker, Popchar, ColorSwitch, AlarmsClock, Eyeballs, and Apollo--so
I need to 'conserve' too :-)

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

Date: Thu, 26 May 94 00:22:00 -0640
From: [e-mail] (Cash)
Subject: Freddie Registration

Help! I d/l Freddie 1.2.6 about 4 weeks ago. At the time I thought it was the
greatest thing since s..., sliced bread. So being the dutiful netter that I am
I promptly wrote a check for the registration and snail-mailed it to KemT. Last
week after nary a note I e-mailed Mr. KemT at AOL and guess what? Correct, no
response. Now I'm begining to become a "NOID" . Can someone out here please
advise on the next step, or do I pick another off-line QWK reader and spread
the news to the 30 million other netters in the world?  Thanks for the help.

Cheers, Cash

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 14:23:55 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Philippe Casgrain)
Subject: HD Icon Disappearance (R)

>The icon has changed into a blank page with a turned-in top right hand
>corner. I am unable to paste any other icon into the Get info box,
>without getting the cryptic message, "The command could not be completed
>because it cannot be found." I AM able to copy/paste into the ALIAS of
>the hard disk icon and to/from all OTHER icons like normal!

    Hi! I had exactly the same problem with a multiple-user machine here.

    What happens usually is as follows:

-> Everytime you paste a custom icon on a folder/disk, an invisible file
"Icon\r" is created at the root level of that disk/folder (the "\r" is a
"return" character, because technically the file is not called "Icon", it's
"Icon" + <return>).
-> Then the "Has custom icon" bit is set for the folder/disk.

    What happened in your case?

-> The invisible file "Icon\r" was deleted (how? your guess is as good as
mine...)
-> The Finder can't find the icon file so it puts up the generic "Document"
icon.
-> You can't paste a new icon, because the Finder can't delete the old
"Icon\r" file before creating a new one.

    What's the (very simple) fix?

-> Find a folder that has a custom icon.
-> Look inside that folder with a tool that "sees" invisible files and
changes their attributes, such as FileBuddy or ResEdit. Open the "Icon\r"
file. Make it visible (I use Get File Info in ResEdit).
-> Open the folder in the Finder. There is now a file called "Icon" that is
visible. _OPTION-Drag_ that file to the root level of your hard drive (i.e.
where you keep your System Folder and stuff). This will copy the "Icon\r"
file to its destination, not move it.
-> Make _both_ files invisible again with the tool you used above.
-> Restart your Mac.

    Now, your HD's icon should be the same as the folder you pulled the
icon from. No problem, since now you can cut-and-paste icons normally!

    Hope this helps.

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 10:19:34 MST
From: [e-mail] (Simon Radford)
Subject: HP Deskwriters

MacWarehouse is selling HP deskwriters for $200 "while
supplies last." I assume this is a closeout. Before I bite,
I'd like to get some reaction from current owners to to
inkjets in general and the HPs in particular.

Thanks,  Simon Radford   NRAO - Tucson

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 14:59:12 EDT
From: "Michael Gallamore"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIci microphone?

>Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 15:57:48 -0400
>From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
>Subject: IIci microphone?
>
>On Wed, 18 May 1994 22:36:00 -0500 (EST), Sanjay Kumar wrote:
>>Where can I get a microphone for a MAC IIci and for
>>how much? The unit at home is from work and the original
>>got lost or was never with it.
>
>The IIci did NOT ship with a microphone (ever).  There's no sound input
>jack on the back.  Once upon a time, there was a NuBus card that came with
>a microphone and some software for the Mac II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, and IIfx.
>I don't know whether the product remains available (the current market for
>it is limited).

For recording sound on a IIci, and Mac models without sound input, Macromedia
has a product called MacRecorder (hardware and software).  The harware part of
the model that I have plugs into either the modem or printer port, and is
capable of 8-bit linear sound recording.  If you have two of the harware parts
you would be able to record in stereo by using both the modem and printer
ports.
I don't know if the current version is any different than this or not.  I
called
MacWarehouse and they sell MacRecorder for $189.00.  This includes the hardware
and software.  The software includes SoundEdit for recording and editing the
sound.  Hope this helps. :)



Michael Gallamore
NSWCDD  [phone]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:04:46 PDT
From: Scott McLagan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #76

I'm ditching my copy of Microphone Pro because of a nasty bug
that Software Ventures Inc. acknowledges but refuses to fix. I spent
much time and numerous long distance phone calls (at my expense)
helping them identify a bug that crashes the machine when the
micro-editor is used during a Telnet session. Finally, they
acknowledged the bug but then told me that it was going to cost
me $65.00 to purchase an upgrade to avoid the crashing. I'm steamed.

What's a good communications program? I've used White Knight in
the past and liked it, but no Telnet support as far as I know.

Thanks as always,

Scott McLagan ([e-mail])
Coordinator for Computers, School District 43 (Coquitlam)

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:17:08 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #77

>Date: 20 May 1994 15:54:03 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Dwight K. Lemke" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: BackSplash II
>
>Would someone be so kind as to send me a copy of BackSplash II from the
>MacUser archives on Compuserve?  Your kindness is appreciated!
>
>-Dwight Lemke
> [e-mail]


Me too PLEASE.

I have been usin Backsplash for ages. What is new in Backsplash II

Colin McLaughlin        University of Western Sydney Macarthur
Senior Administrative Officer   Student Services Division

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:20:38 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #77

>Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 23:11:01 +0200
>From: [e-mail] (Ulf Dittmer)
>Subject: Menubar cruncher for SE-type screens ?
>
>Dear netters,
>
>back when I had an SE I used an INIT that would set the menubar in
>condensed letters to let you see all the menus in programs like
>Excel and Word that go wild on menus. Now I'm searching this INIT
>for a friend and cannot remember the correct name. On sumex are
>things like Small Screen and Mini Screen but they do different
>things. Does anybody know how it is called or where to find it ?
>Many thanks in advance for any information.
>
>Greetings,      Ulf
>[e-mail]


You could also try Menuette whic lets you have Icons for menu titles

Colin McLaughlin        University of Western Sydney Macarthur
Senior Administrative Officer   Student Services Division

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 16:49:33 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Keeping SLIP alive

[e-mail] (Luke Stein)

>9. I use Nuntius to access usenet.

I can't use Nuntius myself, because it will inevitably sooner or later
crash my system.  NewsWatcher is much more reliable.

>Usually I leave MacSLIP pinging so that
>my connection will stay active if I step away from the computer. However,
>whenever I load up Nuntius, I get the message "There is Not Enough Memory
>to Keep MacSLIP Active at This Time. Close Windows or Quit Applications..."
>Does Nuntius have some feature with the same effects as Fetch's "Keep
>Connection Active?

I think you should definitely not be pinging so much; aside from the memory
problem you have noted, your constant (once-a-second) pinging will consume
a significant fraction of your SLIP connection, AND it will slow down your
Mac, AND it will tie-up the SLIP server, slowing down everyone else's
access needlessly.

A much less intrusive solution would be to make Eudora check for email
every 5-10 minutes.  This will prevent the idle-line timeout (which is set
to 20 minutes), without tying up unnecessary system resources.  You
certainly don't need to ping every second to prevent an idle timeout.

By the way, if you're going away from your Mac for over 20 minutes, you
should seriously consider dropping your SLIP connection.  As you know,
panix's SLIP lines are currently oversubscribed, and a lot of people have
to wade through many BUSY signals to get online.  People who sit on SLIP
lines for no reason just aggrevate this problem.  (Panix can't add new
lines until next month.)

Panix management has discovered that some people have been keeping their
SLIP line up for days at a time, during which time they obviously can't be
using it personally.  I believe some sort of corrective mesaures are being
planned to prevent this from happening in future.

>1. How does one go about extracting binaries using Nuntius (1.2) In the
>alt.binaries groups, most of the files seem to be in multiple parts.
>Everything which I tried (using the extract binaries command) came out
>corrupted.

The command works, but sometimes the binaries really are corrupted, or have
funny headers.  NewsWatcher will always let you save the binaries to your
disk, which could allow you to manually edit out whatever header junk was
causing the problem.

>...there was a character which looked somewhat like a rabbit. When
>I clicked on the box, the resulting character was what appeared to be a
>lamb. The character is typed Option U, Shift Y. ...Decimal: 217. ...
>Fooling around at home, I found that the character is a Y with 2 dots
>over it =8D in every other font as well as in Geneva except for 9 and 12 pt.
>In 9 pt. it is a lamb. In 12 pt. it is a rabbit. Does anyone know the story
>behind this?

The character is different for each font size.  In Geneva 14 it is a bird
sitting on a wire.  I think it's purpose was to identify different fonts.
They have been there in Geneva since 1984.

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 08:47:01 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Learning French

Berlitz have products to learn Japanese, German, English, Spanish, Italian and
FRENCH.  The courses are on CD and solby Educorp.
[phone] for orders [phone] for informations [phone] for
fax

Also at a Boston Macworld Expo I saw the Hyperglot products. They offer courses
in Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and FRENCH.
[phone] for orders [phone] for technical support
The address is: P.O. Box 10746 Knoxville TN 37939-0746 USA
Louis [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 94 17:07:22 EST
From: "Nordlund, Steve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac List Server

Hello,

I am looking for list server software to run on a Centris 610.  Does anyone
know
where I can FTP a copy.  Thanks in advance.

Steve Nordlund
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 02:37:20 +0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Front)
Subject: Menubar cruncher for SE-type screens (R)

In Info-Mac Digest V12 #77 Ulf Dittmer ([e-mail])
writes:

>back when I had an SE I used an INIT that would set the menubar in
>condensed letters to let you see all the menus in programs like
>Excel and Word that go wild on menus. Now I'm searching this INIT
>for a friend and cannot remember the correct name.

The one that comes to my mind (sure there are others) is Cramn Bar by James
Walker. The version I have is 1.2 which seems a bit old (Oct. 7, 1991).
Walker's e-mail address at that time was [e-mail]. Check
out the extension archive at sumex, it may still be there. And best of all
it's free ;-)

r o b e r t

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 94 11:36:42 MST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: MS Word Graphics?

I'm having a problem with Word 5.1a and PowerPoint 3.0.

I have a simple block diagram slide in PP that I want to copy, and then
paste into Word. It works fine on the screen. Boxes with Fill set to "None"
also print fine. But boxes with fill set to WT (white) print totally black!

This is a problem for me because I have some overlapping boxes and need an
opaque (white) fill. BTW, setting fill to "Background" also prints black.

I'm printing on a LW NT II with 8.1.1.

Opening the graphic with Word's editor doesn't seem to help.

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 04:57:37 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: Musician needs Mac advice (Q)

A professional musician friend asks for advice on what are the most
cost-effective Macs to look for nowadays in the used market, for her
needs (music software, writing/graphics for lessons for her students,
plus standard online activities, word processing, etc.) --- tnx for
any comments or caveats!
 - ^z (Mark Zimmermann, [e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 00:03 AST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NewGen/PowerMacintosh 7100/GeoPort

Dear Info-Mac's friends:

    I have the next situation.  I have a PowerMacintosh 7100 and a NewGen
printer (connected by appletalk).  Everything prints fine until the GeoPort was
installed.  I can see the printer when I select in the Chooser.  The GeoPort
works fine with the PowerMacintosh 7100.  When I try to print I only see in the
PrintMonitor, the name of the job and always "processing jog".  I can print
correctly from others Macintosh and PowerMacintosh in the net.  When I remove
all the files relationed with the GeoPort and try to print, the job comes
fine.
Do you know any incompability, any idea.  Thanks in advance.

Samuel Gomez/Jesus A. Rodriguez
University of Puerto Rico
[e-mail]

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

Date: 25 May 1994 06:43:46 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Greg Wertz - 'system')
Subject: Opinions of Duos

I'm considering bying a Duo/Dock combination.  I was wondering what people
thought of them?  Are there any compatibility problems with other MACs?  Does
the Duo/Dock combination really provide the performance/functionality of a
standard MAC?

Greg.

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 94 17:04 BST-1
From: Pindar Infotek Ltd <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ordering a LineLink modem f

>From Pindar user Ian McCall

Subject: _Ordering a LineLink modem from the UK
I'm thinking about getting a LineLink $99 modem in about a week or
so, and would appreciate it if someone could give me some details
about how I'd order it from the UK.

Failing that, if someone could give me the 'phone number of the place
that sells it (MacWarehouse US, isn't it?) I'd be grateful.

I'd also like to hear from anyone in the UK who has experience with
ordering the modem and getting it going using MacTCP and SLIP.

Thanks in advance for any information.



Cheers,
       Ian



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

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 14:27:06 -0500
From: Bienvenu Jay  <[e-mail]>
Subject: PC Exchange does not load...?

Macintosh PC Exchange is not loading on my mom's Performa 600 (sys. 7.1P).
It doesn't load even when all other extensions and control panels are moved
out of their respective folders.  It gives no symptoms that it is not loading
during the boot process; it isn't until one inserts a DOS disk or tries to
open the control panel that one learns that it hasn't loaded.  Copying it from
a backup of the copy that came with the Performa has not worked.

Anyone out there have a remedy?  (We will try installing from another copy.)

                        -- Jay

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:56:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Thompson)
Subject: Problem with Zterm (A)

>Hello,
>I am having problems consistently while quitting from Zterm on my LCIII. The
>>program works great except when I try and use the 'Command-Q' keyboard
>shortcut >to quit. This hangs up the whole machine, and the only way out is to
>do a >force-quit. (Command/Option/Escape).

Well, I just thought that I'd pass the solution I came up with along. I had
to remove Greg's Buttons v3.2. It conflicted with the software just enough
to cause Zterm to crash. It's a pity, as now I'm reduced to a standard set
of Mac buttons as opposed to the cool looking Greg's Buttons. Sigh... Life
is cruel. But now, my LCIII isn't crashing! Yay!

Thanks,
Kevin Thompson  [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 08:24:43 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Carol Conti-Entin)
Subject: Q650 First Impression (C)

>...The non-auto-inject floppy drive would be a nuisance even
>if it worked properly. It is a bore to have to remember to push the disk
>all the way in, instead of inserting it most of the way and having the
>drive grab it and continue the insertion. Heck, if that was all I had to
>do, I could live with that. But ejecting a floppy doesn't quite. Not all
>the time. Or even most of the time today. The sumbitch ejects just a hair
>above the opening in the Q650's case. As in it doesn't. I must reach in
>with a finger and push the disk down a tad to get actual ejection. That
>certainly never occurred with what I call "real" Mac floppy drives.

Al, you may have gotten a lemon drive.  I bought a Q650 five weeks ago,
recently enough that it has the newer CD-ROM drive like yours.  My floppy
drive ejects the floppies normally -- no finger needed.  (I'm basing my
definition of "normally" on the IIsi, IIcx, and SEs which I've used.)
As for having to remember to push the disk all the way in, having read
plenty of complaints on the Net about the new drives, I expected to have
to retrain myself. But, perhaps because of the shape of the drive opening,
from the day I brought the Q650 home, I have inserted floppies without my
brain having to go off of autopilot.

--
Carol Conti-Entin   Internet: [e-mail]   N.E. Ohio, USA

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 17:46:48 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Gary L. Gray)
Subject: Q650 First Impression (R)

Al,

You may want to have your floppy drive checked out by a service technician.
I agree that these floppies aren't the greatest, but mine does eject much
more completely than your description of yours. Mine ejects the disk so
that it is sticking about 5/8" out of the drive. It is the insertion that I
dislike, not the ejection.

Good luck.

Best regards,
--
Gary L. Gray         |  Engineering Science & Mechanics
Assistant Professor  |  Penn State University

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 20:28:57 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime 2.0 MIDI Support

Greetings, all!

I was net surfing last week, and found this press release on Apple's Higher
Education gopher server.  Since Adam just talked a little bit about QuickTime
2.0's MIDI support, I thought I'd share this with the net.  Since I've been
looking to get into some MIDI timfoolery for a while, but couldn't afford
the hardware, this little bit of propaganda really got me excited about the
next version of QT--even more than the original "digital video" concept did!

Enjoy!

Neil

 ---------


THE FOLLOWING RELEASE MOVED OVER PR NEWSWIRE ON TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1994 AT 8:31
AM, EST.



Contact:
Katy Boos
Apple Computer, Inc.
408-974-4451

Kellie Whitmire
Roland Corporation
213-685-5141 ext. 423

Apple Brings Music to the Macintosh with Help from Roland Corporation

CUPERTINO, California--May 10, 1994--Apple Computer, Inc., a computer
and information industry pioneer, and Roland Corporation, a leading
manufacturer of professional musical instruments, today announced an
agreement in which Apple  will license Roland's musical instrument
sound collection for use in future versions of QuickTime , Apple's
software that brings multimedia capabilities to computers and
consumer electronics devices.
     The Roland  Sound Canvas  musical instrument collection includes
digitized samples of more than 10 instrument families including
piano, organ, guitar, bass, strings and orchestra, ensemble, brass,
reed, percussion, sound effects and more.  These sounds can be used
to create and play music on computers--without users needing to know
the technical nuances of MIDI technology.
     "Until now, our instrument samples have been used primarily by
professional musicians," commented Ikutaro Kakehashi, president of
Roland Corporation.  "The rapid growth in the multimedia industry,
however, has prompted us to lower the barriers to entry for people
who want to create and play music, without assembling an entire music
studio.  Apple's move to include our Sound Canvas libraries with
QuickTime will make high-quality music much more widely available,
while allowing a natural upgrade path to Roland's professional
instruments."
     "Like music in feature films, music in CD-ROM titles and multimedia
presentations results in a more approachable, entertaining user
experience," said Tom Ryan, manager of the AppleSoft Media Software
Group.  "Over time, music will become a standard part of the
Macintosh experience."
     QuickTime Music Architecture Makes Music Easy
The QuickTime Music Architecture, a component of QuickTime 2.0,
includes several features that make it easier for computer users to
create, edit, play, and synchronize music with video.  Through the
use of the Roland instrument library and Apple's proprietary sound
synthesis technology, the architecture requires no additional
hardware to play music.
     A key feature of the QuickTime Music Architecture is that it requires
very little of the user's disk space.  For example, Beethoven's
Moonlight Sonata would require nearly 180MB if recorded as CD-quality
audio, but when stored as a QuickTime movie it only uses 75K of disk
space.  Or an entire corporate presentation--complete with high-
quality images with background music--could fit on one floppy disk.
     The QuickTime Music Architecture is also compatible with MIDI, yet is
distinctly different from MIDI.  Any Standard MIDI File can be
converted directly into a QuickTime music movie, and MIDI devices,
such as MIDI keyboards, can record directly into music movies.  In
addition, the architecture is scalable, so it will automatically take
advantage of the best available device for playback--including MIDI
devices, such as those offered by Roland.  Unlike MIDI, additional
hardware is not required and users do not need to know how to
configure instruments or channels, or understand complicated file
formats.
     QuickTime 2.0:  Bigger, Faster Video
QuickTime 2.0, announced this February, not only includes enhanced
support for music, but also provides greatly increased performance
for video.  The latest version of QuickTime provides for larger video
windows to be played at faster frame rates, resulting in full-screen
movies without the addition of hardware.  QuickTime 2.0 also provides
an infrastructure for development and delivery of interactive
television applications, including MPEG support and network
enhancements so that QuickTime can address distributed networks and
devices.
     System Requirements
QuickTime 2.0 will run on any color-capable (68020 or later)
Macintosh computer running System 7 or 6.0.7 with at least 2 MB of
memory.
     Availability
The QuickTime 2.0 developer kit for the Macintosh is expected to be
available in mid-1994.  As with previous versions, QuickTime 2.0 is
designed to permit cross-platform compatibility between platforms
which support it.
     Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AAPL) develops, manufactures and markets personal computer,
server, and personal interactive electronic systems for use in
business, education, the home, science, engineering and government.
A recognized pioneer and innovator in the information industry, Apple
does business in more than 120 countries.
     Roland Corporation is a leader in the development and production of
electronic musical instruments.  Headquartered in Osaka, Japan,
Roland manufactures and distributes products through four divisions:
musical instruments, contemporary keyboards, professional audio and a
newly formed multimedia division.  Roland promotes a multi-brand
strategy which includes the Roland, BOSS and Rodgers lines of
products.  Roland is a global company with 19 overseas joint ventures
and affiliates, 40 distributors, and six R&D facilities worldwide.
-30-
Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks and
QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Roland is a
registered trademark and Sound Canvas is a trademark of Roland
Corporation.



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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 14:30:37 -0500
From: Bienvenu Jay  <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAM Doubler _still_ blocks all other extensions

Some time ago, I inquired about a problem with RAM Doubler.  Namely, RAM
Doubler
prevents the loading of any other extensions on my mom's Performa 600 (system
7.1P, 5 megs of physical RAM).  Everything loads normally when the RD extension
is moved out of the Extensions folder.  I upgraded to version 1.0.2. and the
problem persists.

Any assistance would be appreciated.                    -- Jay

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 16:19:03 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAMDoubler points of interest

    I have a few personal pointers and opinions on RAMDouber:

1)      Users upgrading to version 1.0.2: I have heard (but haven't
bothered to check yet) that the 'pref' resource has been removed.
This was the resource that everyone and their dog could change to
get 'RAMTripler' and so on.

    Therefore, if you actually rely on having triple RAM, you
may want to reconsider upgrading. Having said that, I've heard that
there's a couple of sections of the code you can change to increase
the RAM: hopefully someone can post some more info on that?

2)      A few days ago I posted a note saying that RAMDoubler seems
to slow down like it did in version 1.0. I've since done a bit of
testing, and it appears that interrupt routines are affected. For
the technically challenged, this means things such as Frank Seide's
excellent Sound Trecker, which plays music.

    So, the pauses (in the Sound Trecker music, for example)
seem to be caused by moving memory rather than disk access. I have
8 megabytes of real RAM, but even loading a 2 meg program (Sound
Trecker) and then switching back to the Finder causes a break in
the music.

    Perhaps this is because of the patch that Connetix have made
to fix the bug with a memory routine. Anyway, I haven't checked
whether normal sound playing is affected yet, or whether QuickTime
may experience the same pauses in sound, graphics or both.

3)      I've generally been very pleased with RAMDoubler. The product
works well, and I'm lucky that I have access to the Internet to get
the updates.

    However, we have never received anything by mail from Connetix,
and yes, we sent our registration card in. I'm in the UK; has anyone
in the U.S. received anything from Connetix?

    If I hadn't been on the Internet, I wouldn't have received
the updates to RAMDoubler, some of which are quite important bug fixes
and improvements. If the U.S. customers receive information, why can't
they just pay that bit extra and send even a postcard saying there's
an update available? I think it's not much to expect after paying a
considerable amount (prices in the UK tend to be higher).


    Anyway, just my two pence. :-)


    Alex

--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
Mac programmer in C, C++, HyperTalk, assembler
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 16:29:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Reading Japanese (NEC) 1.2M floppies (A)

Hisashi Fujinaka <[e-mail]> writes:

>Does anyone know how to read 1.2M 3.5" floppies?  I've got some in the
>Japanese (NEC) format.  You'll notice that 1.2M is usually standard for
>5.25" floppies, not 3.5", but NEC decided to be contrary.

There is actually a standard 1.2 M format for IBM's using 3.5" disks.  I
think most PC's made in the late 1980's supported it, and for all I know
they may still do so.

I don't know if NEC's 1.2 M format is the same as the US 1.2 M format, but
I think it would be worth trying to mount that disk on an IBM-PC, to see
what happens.

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 10:08:29 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Reading Japanese (NEC) 1.2M floppies [A]

Try getting FDFORM18.ZIP [FD Format] from the Simtel archive. It
allows you to read/write/format non-standard MSDOS floppy disk
formats. Copy out the files on a normal 1.44MB MSDOS floppy and
you're done.
-Mike

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 14:33:39 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bob Durst)
Subject: SCSI Cable ??

Can one leave SCSI cables attached to the computer, but unattached at the
other end?
Any termination problems?
Can one disconnect SCSI devices (the last in the chain) without the power
being off to all devices and the computer?

-Bob D.

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

Date: Tue, 24 May 94 16:38:16 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SoftWindows vs. Geoport

With Geoport extensions installed on a PowerMac 6100/60AV with 16MB
SoftWindows (configured with maximum memory and nothing else running)
moves so slowly that it drops characters on rapidly typed user input
for even the simplest DOS editing applications (XYWrite in this case).

Running with extensions off is not feasible, since this inhibits
communications and printing from DOS apps.  I'm not using any unusual
applications (e.g., memory or disk doublers).  Indeed, the problem
appears even when only Apple and Insignia extensions are present.

What to do?  Pointers to lore on any of these subjects (SoftWindows,
Geoport, extension conflicts) are appreciated.  Thanks,
        Bill Scherlis, CMU.  [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 14:21:15 +0100
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: TeamLinks Mail & Apple Events

Dear All,

We use DEC's TeamLinks Mail v1.2 to interface with our VAX VMS mainframe
mail system via an Ethernet network. I would like to be able to send
a series of TEXT files from an application that I have written to a
specific address using this system. Does anyone happen to know if
TeamLinks supports Apple Events and if it has an event defined for
this purpose? Unfortunately, we have Teamlinks as part of an AFRC-wide
license which covers several sites around the country. Consequently, we
being the Scottish outpost, don't get the manuals which might have shed
some light on the subject.

Thanks in advance,

Andy Law

( Lawa @ afrc.ac.uk                              Big Nose in Edinburgh )

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 17:43:51 CDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thomas)
Subject: Topographical Maps per e-mail

My Internet access is limited to e-mail only. I am looking for topographical
maps of the norhtern Cascades in upper Washington state. They must be on a
scale of 1:25,000. I understand that the U.S. Geological Service could
possibly have what I am looking for, but because of my limited access, it's
virtually impossible to browse through all the directories to ascertain
exactly which map(s) I need.
What would you suggest regarding the most effective method for dealing with
this problem, and would there be any other source(s) where I could more
easily access the information I need under the present circumstances?
(e-mail access only)

Thank you,
John Thomas
[e-mail]
*
Original from address: [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 16:29:19 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Unexpected SLIP disconnects (was: Re-Express Modem)

[e-mail] (Rod McCormack) writes:

>>With MacSLIP, I have problems staying connected to the University dial-in
>>here.  At times my connection vanishes although the line stays connected.
>>The phone is still connected, but my SLIP connection is lost.
>>
>>(1) Has anyone else had this problem?
>
>I can't offer any insights into causes or cures, but I can assure you that
>the problem you cite exists in other environments than your
>660av/GeoPort/MacSLIP setup. I call a commercial service provider on a
>SupraFAX 14.4 modem running on a Mac IIci using MacTCP 2.0.4 and InterSLIP
>1.0fc3, and I experience exactly the symptom you describe, also "quite
>often."

I just thought I'd mention a possible cause: my commercial SLIP provider
has a idle-time sensor, and will disconnect me if I do not access the
Internet for 20 minutes (which is not uncommon if, for example, I am
reading an Info-Mac digest).

I managed to greatly reduce these unexpected disconnects by telling Eudora
to check my mail every five minutes (and I always have Eudora running, even
if I am using another Internet program).  However, Eudora will not make the
regular check when I am actively typing a letter in it, so I still get
dropped once in a while, but now it is pretty rare.

Just a suggestion.

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 15:27:49 -0400
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unknown Applications

Recently I was asked to help read a file with an icon in the shape of a
document with a picture of a partially open folder. Apart from receiving
this file on a diskette, I was provided with little else. When I double
click on the icon I am told that the application that created the file is
not available, nor is any such information available in the Information
Box. I resorted to MacLink Plus to try and see what converters might work
and found that the automatic recognition did not work, but that I could
manually convert from PageMaker Mac to PageMaker PC, from TIFF to TIFF,
>From Text to Text.

This is not the first time that I have had to deal with this kind of a
problem, and in each instance I have wondered whether there is some kind of
a data base in existence which which links File Icons with application
names, version numbers, creator and type. Of course it would be nice if
such a reasonably comprehensive data base were already part of the System,
so that message about the unknown creator could be one pointing to the
actual creator instead.

I would appreciate being directed to the location of such a data base, if
it does indeed exist.

Thanks.

Charles A. Patrick ([e-mail])
International and Professional Relations Division
Statistics Canada
Ottawa, ON  K1A 0T6
CANADA
Tel: [phone]           FAX: [phone]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 11:23:24 +0100 (CET)
From: "Willem N. Ellis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is wrong with Fox Pro?

Dear Netters

I ordered my package of the new Fox Pro early in January. Despite several
phone calls to the local official importer of MicroSoft material, my dealer
so far has not been able to help me (and, I am told, I am not the only one
who is waiting for almost five months).
  What is wrong? Are European customers treated differently, or has there been
a delay in the release? I _have_ seen reviews, though, allegedly of the
definite release.

Willem N. Ellis, Amsterdam ([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 15:08:34 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Which 68040 machine should I buy?

Hello all,

My wife and I are considering purchasing a Quadra (to replace our SE/30).
Prices are
down on these machines, and the time ($) seems to be right.  The models are
considering
are the:
    Quadra 660AV - for the supposed increase in CD video display, as well
as
        potential digital recording capabilities;
    Quadra 650 - for the increased CPU speed, but how does CD video play
back?
    LC 575 - haven`t read too much about this one (but I do know the
specs).
        33MHz 68040 w/o FPU, built in CD player, 14" color monitior;

I don`t know which to buy!

My requirements are:
    I use the computer for MIDI sequencing; the programs I use are
Performer, Unisyn,
        Galaxy, as well as ClarisWorks.
    I want to be able to upgrade to a PowerPC at a later time.
    I don't need Ethernet.
    I don't know if I need an FPU or not (is it required by any of the
above programs?).
    I would like to use a CD player with it, running video at a
*reasonable* speed.

If anyone has good/bad experience(s) with any of the above (or a recommendation
for another model), please e-mail me directly.  I will summarize for the net.

Thanks in advance,
Tom M.

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 15:24:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: FELIX KREISEL [phone] <[e-mail]>
Subject: White Knight crashes, please help!

Dear readers,
I have a problem with White Knight, 11.14
Every time I start it up, the application crashes with an error
message saying:
"Error # -48
Thou shalt not lock the disk White Knight is on."

There appears at the same time a button saying "Pardon me" which I am
supposed to click.   My Mac is a Quadra 605, 80 MB Apple disk, 12 MB
of RAM running System  7.1

Here is the list of System Extensions:
Disinfectant INIT   (version 3.5)
Soft Pivot Driver   (version 2.2)
 Gatekeeper   (version 1.3 of 12-Nov-93)
 Gatekeeper Aid   (version 1.3 of 12-Nov-93)
Caps Lock   (version 7.1)

This application used to run just fine. I checked for viruses and
reinstalled White Knight a number of times.
Please help me.....
Felix Kreisel [phone]

The opinions are my own.        FJK     [phone]

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Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 10:53:52 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: WriteNow 4, Excel 4, and DW 5 driver?

Hello,

My sister is running an old DeskWriter driver on her PowerBook 145 (one of
those drivers whose "version number" begins with an "A" instead of a
number).

I'd like to update her to the new 5.0 driver, but before I do so, I'm
wondering if anyone has had any bad experiences with printing from the
DeskWriter 5 driver from either WriteNow 4 or Excel 4. My sister has an
original DeskWriter and is running System 7.1.

Reply to me, and I'll summarize any responses back to the list...

Thanks,

tonya

Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
  Author of The Word Book for Macintosh Users -- [e-mail]

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