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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 12 Dec 93       Volume 11 : Issue 238

Today's Topics:

      [*] ACampingStory->card
      [*] alarm-book-13-demo.hqx
      [*] ARA script for Ultima Home Office
      [*] At Your Service 1.2
      [*] carols-in-color v.2.0
      [*] Christmas'93 jigsaw puzzle
      [*] Christmas'93 jigsaw puzzle - mini version
      [*] cmaster12x->125.sit.hqx
      [*] CompuCash
      [*] FishingFlashCard->card
      [*] Gnuplot 3.5 for Macintosh (2 msgs)
      [*] Grunge Font
      [*] HyperCard Script Lister
      [*] KeyCapApp 2.0 (source exaple)
      [*] M5Mac1.1->snd/util
      [*] MacOberon 4.0.2 (repost)
      [*] MyLittleKitchen->card
      [*] MYST sound file
      [*] Pentominoes 1.4.1 (board game)
      [*] Pentominoes 1.4.1 (source code)
      [*] Pittsburgh to Morgantown Flight Simulator Controller
      [*] PlanetMinus-> card
      [*] proFit-412-fpu-demo
      [*] quicken-4-updater-r6.sea.hqx
      [*] random-insults-10.hqx
      [*] Random Insults 1.0
      [*] SITComm SendNews AppleScript
      [*] StyleWriter I+ hack 1.2
      [*] Synchronize! 3.0.1
      [*] texref-10.cpt.hqx
      [*] trek-quoter-23.hqx
      Advice on PC vs Mac networks (R)
      Apple Auction (Wash, DC
      CD-ROM Encyclopediae (R)
      Chinese text editor
      Christmas decorations for Macs (R)
      Comments invited on LaserWriter Select 360
      Cursor cdev/Extension Needed
      Duo vs. HWSU 2.0.1
      FoxBase/Pro discussion Groups?
      Ink Refills
      Intermittent Floppy Problems
      Internet Verbiage
      Netter's Dinner @ MacWorld
      Postscript,Smalltalk, and IINTX
      Quadra 610 resets (Q)
      Quicken 4 Updater Information
      SITcomm (Q)
      strobe program
      StuffIt BinHex fixer corrupt?
      System 6 Scrapbook
      System 7
      Terminal Emulator
      text sorter?
      The Internet Starter Kit - Configuring MacTCP.
      two icon questions
      TypeStyler vs. LetraStudio
      Why not ftp using the Chooser ?
      Working Model vs. Interactive Physics
      Xmas lights conflict? (Q)

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 15:11:38 -0012 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Simone Bettini 227678/IL)
Subject: [*] ACampingStory->card

A discovery stack to encourage reading on a secon grade level.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/a-camping-story-hc.hqx; 507K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 10:04:30 CST
From: [e-mail] (Dan Repich)
Subject: [*] alarm-book-13-demo.hqx

AlarmBook 1.3

Revised demo version of AlarmBook utility.

This software allows a user to set up audio and visual alarms
that have the ability to launch applications or shut the Mac down.
It also allows a user to communicate with other AlarmBook users
on a localtalk network.  Message sending with audio, and file
transfers are supported without a dedicated server.

This new version differs from the previous version in several ways.

1. Allows you to launch the app from the desk accessory.
2. Demo version more functional than previous demo version.
3. Bug fixes in message sending.
4. Included online documentation in MS Word format.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/alarm-book-13-demo.hqx; 957K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 19:15:58 -0600
From: "Jim Golden" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ARA script for Ultima Home Office

            RE>ARA script for Ultima Home Office Modem
>Does anybody have a working script for the Ultima Home Office modem?
>We can't get a few of them working properly.
>
>                                       Thanx,
>                                       Sid Bernstein
>                                       [e-mail]

I am using ARA with the Ultima Home Office, I am enclosing two scripts
that I have used , if your mail system can not handle enclosures, I am
also sending it to Info-mac or you can download it from Prometheus BBS
at [phone].

Jim Golden                   [e-mail]
Chancellors Office
California State University

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-ultima-home-office.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 05:47:06 +1100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] At Your Service 1.2

Version 1.0 -> 1.2 Bug Fixs + Changes.
 ---------------------------------

* Management of the 'Function' menu within the AYS Installer stack has been
improved to ensure that it is always highlighted when positioned on a
service definition card.

* Collection of captured data via a script now only occurs after any string
matching has been carried out.

* The text with a text edit window may now be extracted via the property
'text'
eg. get the Text of window 'editorname'

* A new scheme of service window closure ensures that a service is always
closed correctly regardless of the status of the current card.

* The 'Selection' submenu  for a text edit window do longer requires a
selection to be made for it to be highlighted.

* The pathname specified via the AttachLogFile message no longer needs to
be an existing file.

* The handling of HyperCard pathnames for multi-disc environments now works
correctly.

Abstract.
 --------
At-Your-Service 1.0 is a HyperCard communications package that -

* provides a toolkit for installing self contained communications
capabilities into new or existing stacks. The installed facilities provide
a fast, simple and secure way of launching multiple, simultaneous
communication sessions.

* is based upon Apple's Communications Toolbox technology, consequently
connectivity is only limited by the range of Connection and Terminal
Emulation tools that are available on your machine.
(N.B. The package comes bundled with a public domain TCP/IP/telnet tool and
Apple's VT102 terminal emulation tool).

* includes 'communications' extensions to HyperCard's scripting language
(HyperTalk) to provide a powerful communications scripting facility.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/at-your-service-12.hqx; 658K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 16:19 EDT
From: "FISHERKJ@SNYDELVA" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] carols-in-color v.2.0

    Carols-in-color-20 is a major overhaul, now including *30*
    Xmas tunes playable on 16 different instruments:

    Angels We Have Heard on High
    Away in a Manger
    Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
    The Cherry Tree Carol
    The Coventry Carol
    Deck the Halls
    The First Noel
    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
    Good King Wenceslas
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
    Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
    The Holly and the Ivy
    I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
    I Saw Three Ships
    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
    Jingle Bells
    Joy To the World
    Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
    O Christmas Tree
    O Come, All Ye Faithful
    O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
    O Little Town of Bethlehem
    Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
    Silent Night
       'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
    Wassail Song
    We Three Kings of Orient Are
    We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    What Child is This?
    While Shepherds Watched

    ...and, by popular demand, a drawing of a naked cherub blowing
    a horn.  The interface is new, and the code tries to adapt for
    different memory and monitor conditions.  Lyrics are included.

    Requires: HyperCard 2.1.  Works better with, but does not
    require, color Quickdraw and QuickTime.  Chokes on some older
    Macs.  Caches and accelerators may cause odd tempos.
    Bug reports are encouraged.

    Ken Fisher <fisherkj@snydelva>

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/carols-in-color-20-hc.hqx; 234K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 18:47:29 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Christmas'93 jigsaw puzzle

Merry Christmas! This program gives you a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas
to run on your Mac. Works in color or b/w. Color requires a 640*480
pixels screen. Tested on SE, PB180c, Quadra 840AV, systems 7.1 and 6.0.7.
If this file is too big for you, consider the "mini" version, which is
b/w only and only 1/3 of the size.

Freeware.

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/christmas-93-jigsaw-puzzle.hqx; 341K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 18:49:47 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Christmas'93 jigsaw puzzle - mini version

Merry Christmas! This program gives you a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas
to run on your Mac. This is the "mini" version for those of you who must
download it over slow links (modems etc). It is b/w only, while the
big version is in color. Works fine on my SE with 6.0.7.

Freeware.

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/christmas-93-jigsaw-puzzle-bw.hqx; 120K]

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Date: 12 Dec 93 12:43:01 EST
From: Jersey Scientific <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] cmaster12x->125.sit.hqx

This updater converts CMaster 1.2.x into CMaster 1.2.5. Fixes include improved
operation of the parser for files > 32K, SmartReturn/SmartIndent fixes, and a
few other minor changes.

CMaster installs inside of THINK C / Symantec C++ for Macintosh and enhances
its editor. Full featured demo versions exist on AppleLink (in the 3rd parties
demo folder) and on CompuServe (in the THINK Library). One will be posted here
shortly.

For more information on CMaster, send mail to [e-mail].

Jersey Scientific, Inc

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/cmaster-12x-to-125-updt.hqx; 48K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 16:54:25 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Ken Long)
Subject: [*] CompuCash

Dear people:

This is the "post" version of CompuCash, which I wrote.  I decided
that people had a dificult time recognizing the value of it without
actually seeing it (although some did).  This document is most of
the "shareware" version and is shareware, as well.  So here's my
deal:

If you read this and like it, are entertained by it, or you realize
something about the subject matter you did not realize before
(computers, money, etc.), or if you actually do gain by the content
of CompuCash, please help me out by compensating me for my efforts.  Be
honest - society needs more of honest.

I'm asking $20 for my work, here.  If you think that's too much,
send what you think it is worth.  If you do send the $20, I will
send you the exclusive information I deleted from the shareware
version, which registrants of that version received.

That includes the lists of computer-related (mostly Mac) marketable
product ideas, and service ideas.  They are for things not yet being
done or made.  Things any registrant may implement and cash in on.
This "post version" has some examples, so you can decide if it would
be worth a peek at more, with some illustrations (GIF).

It also included CompuCash in a ready to print form, with a color
title page, and instructions to make a professionally bound hard
copy.

Thank you!

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/compu-cash.hqx; 166K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 15:08:05 -0012 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Simone Bettini 227678/IL)
Subject: [*] FishingFlashCard->card

multiplication flash cards, for those who need to study but
would rather be fishing.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/fishing-flash-card-hc.hqx; 785K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 13:47:39 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Philippe LAVAL)
Subject: [*] Gnuplot 3.5 for Macintosh

Hello,

Find inclosed a version for macintosh of Gnuplot 3.5
It as bee compacted and binhexed by CompactPro 1.33.

The file contain just the application and documentations
If you want the sources: there are in another file send to
sumex-aim.stanford.edu

Bye

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/gnuplot-35.hqx; 760K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 13:45:41 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Philippe LAVAL)
Subject: [*] Gnuplot 3.5 for Macintosh

Hello,

Find inclosed a version for macintosh of Gnuplot 3.5
It as bee compacted and binhexed by CompactPro 1.33.

The sources are for Think C 5.04 but compile as well
with Think C 6.0

Bye

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/gnuplot-35-c.hqx; 1111K]

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Date: 10 Dec 1993 08:24:09 U
From: "Scott Yoshinaga" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Grunge Font

Here is my latest font release called "grunge" It is used as a display type
face and is meant to give you the feeling of being grungy! Heh. I got the idea
after listening to Alice In Chains for 2 hours straight. Check it out!
-scott yoshinaga
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/grunge.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 93 21:28 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] HyperCard Script Lister

This stack creates text files listing all the scripts in a given
stack. You can also get a list of all properties of all objects
in a stack. And you can have a list of all fonts assigned to
objects in a stack. With sounds. Free.

Ilan Szekely
E-mail : [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/script-lister-hc.hqx; 79K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 10:29:37 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] KeyCapApp 2.0 (source exaple)

Enclosed is my modified version of DTS's keyCap App. I add the 3D key effect
and modifier key support. Maybe some one else can add more features. The
source code is in c. A Think C project is included.

Xavier

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/key-cap-app-c.hqx; 108K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 15:07:06 -0012 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Simone Bettini 227678/IL)
Subject: [*] M5Mac1.1->snd/util

This is a Macintosh compiler of the  famous Music V  sound
syntesys language. It have been integrated with a simple text
editor  and a powerful graphic instrument editor and have
translation capabilities from the two rapresentation (textual
and graphical) of the instruments. It can generate sounds in
several different formats and has some sound format conversion
utilities.

In this version some bugs have been fixed and a volume and a
windows menus have been added.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/m5-mac-11.hqx; 389K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 23:34:31 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacOberon 4.0.2 (repost)

"MacOberon 4.0 Folder", which contains all of the files that the
MacOberon system is made up of, and "Toolbox Interfaces", which
contains interface files for expert programmers.

MacOberon requires a Macintosh equipped with an MC68020 CPU
and a floating-point coprocessor (or an INIT that emulates
the FPU).  It will not run on a Macintosh Classic or any
other Macintosh that has only an MC68000 in it.  On the
Macintosh Quadra, MacOberon runs with caching enabled.

MacOberon now supports QuickDraw printers.
A large Monitor is highly recommended.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac-oberon-402.hqx; 808K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 15:13:05 -0012 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Simone Bettini 227678/IL)
Subject: [*] MyLittleKitchen->card

A small kitchen in wich little girls can play.

[And little boys, too. ;-O  We cook, honest! --isl]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/my-little-kitchen-hc.hqx; 584K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 22:30:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Larry Rymal_Macintosh Custodian <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MYST sound file

Folks,

    The CD ROM game, MYST, is a game worthy of any gamer's collection.
    The
graphics are amazing, the game play addicting, and the music is fantastic,
adding to the mood of the particular situation that the player may find he
or she trapped in.  The spookiness and eeriness of the music, in concert
with the game play can literally make one get out of his/her chair.
    The following submission is a System 7 Myst music sound file and
was compressed with StuffIt Lite.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/myst.hqx; 582K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 23:13:54 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Mark Pilgrim)
Subject: [*] Pentominoes 1.4.1 (board game)

Pentominoes is a board game where you must fit 12 pieces (of five squares
each) into a variety of boards. Pieces may be rotated or flipped, but may
not overlap each other.  A great geometric puzzler that goes back 40 years!

Pentominoes 1.4.1 fixes several technical bugs (27, to be exact) from version
1.4  Pentominoes is distributed under the GNU General Public License; complete
C source code will be uploaded to the archive sites in a separate archive.  If
you do not have FTP access, e-mail the author at [e-mail] requesting
a copy of the source code, the game itself, or a list of other programs by
the same author.

System 6 and 7 compatible; supports B/W, grayscale, and color monitors;
includes sounds.  Sounds work under system 6, but may require 6.0.7.

Pentominoes 1.4.1 is copyright 1993 by Mark Pilgrim, MerriMac Software Group.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/pentominoes-141.hqx; 212K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 23:16:02 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Mark Pilgrim)
Subject: [*] Pentominoes 1.4.1 (source code)

Pentominoes is a board game where you must fit 12 pieces (of five squares
each) into a variety of boards. Pieces may be rotated or flipped, but may
not overlap each other.  A great geometric puzzler that goes back 40 years!

Pentominoes is distributed under the GNU General Public License; this archive
contains complete THINK C 6.0.1 source code for the Pentominoes application,
as well as complete source code for an external application used to set up
Pentominoes' self-integrity checker.  You may freely redistribute this package
as a whole; you may freely modify this application and re-distribute it under
the GNU General Public License.  See the file "GNU General Public License" in
this archive for details.

This code handles, among other things, events, menus, apple events, a prefs
file, Gestalt environment checking, asynchronous sounds, hierarchical menus,
dialogs, windows, off-screen bitmaps, file management, standard file dialogs,
the correct use of ReleaseResource instead of DisposeHandle (27 instances),
and the soon-to-be-famous "cough to continue" modal dialog filter proc.  None
of this is very well commented, but feel free to direct any questions to
[e-mail].

Pentominoes 1.4.1 is copyright 1993 by Mark Pilgrim, MerriMac Software Group.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/pentominoes-141-c.hqx; 283K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 14:36:10 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Pittsburgh to Morgantown Flight Simulator Controller

           Pittsburgh to Morgantown Controller
                 For FS-ATC 2.1
             Copyright by Jeffrey N. Fritz
             9 December 1993  Version 1.37
            All Rights Reserved

  No doubt many folks would love to fly above the clouds from
  Pittsburgh International to Morgantown, West Virginia--home of the
  11-0 Sugar Bowl bound West Virginia Mountaineers! (Go Ers!) With the
  PIT-MGW controller and a few other goodies, you will be able to do
  that just that. You'll even be able to communicate in real time with
  simulated air traffic controllers. The controllers will call out
  positioning information to you all along the route. When you break
  out of the clouds, Morgantown's Hart field will be dead ahead!

  The PIT-MGW controller simulates a Crown (USAir) commuter flight from
  Pittsburgh International to Hart Field in Morgantown. The air route
  follows the actual route flown by the commuter (weather permitting)
  several times a day, seven days a week. The aircraft usually flown is
  a Shorts 330. With full out throttle and a little imagination,
  Microsoft Flight Simulator's Cessna 182 can come close to emulating
  the Shorts.

  This is the first of what will be (hopefully) many controllers for
  Microsoft Flight Simulator and Miika Asunta's FS-ATC. I would enjoy
  hearing from private or commercial pilots or from air traffic
  controllers. Maybe you have a flight plan that would be fun to
  simulate. I'd be glad to work with pilots or controllers in creating
  new controller files, especially for ILS routes that professional or
  private pilots have flown.

                   Getting started

  To use this controller you need three things:
     1.  Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (Mac version)
     2.  FS-ATC 2.1 Air Traffic Control software for Microsoft Flight
     Simulator
     Macintosh version 4.0 (Available on Sumex-Aim and Nautilus CD-ROM.)
     3.  Mallard Scenery files,  SD-11 World Scenery and SD-9 World Scenery.

  Please see the read me file.  It contains more information on the
  controller and on how it operates.

  I worked very hard to make this controller as accurate as possible.
  Its development involved numerous conversations with professional
  pilots and air traffic controllers. I hope you enjoy it.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/fs-atc-pit-mgw-137.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 15:15:26 -0012 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Simone Bettini 227678/IL)
Subject: [*] PlanetMinus-> card

A funny educational stack for learning subtractions.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/planet-minus-hc.hqx; 447K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 18:58:50 -0600
From: Ehrensperger Marcel <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] proFit-412-fpu-demo

After having posted our (non-FPU) demo version of proFit 4.1.2
here, we have received numerous request for the FPU version of
the demo package.

Here it is.

proFit is an application for scientific data analysis for the
Macintosh.
It comes with a professional graphic editor for presentation of
data and mathematical functions, a built-in Pascal compiler for
defining functions
and data transformation algorithms, offers an interactive fitting
environment for modelling data and much more. And still, it is very
easy to use. Everybody working with functions and data should have a
look at it.

This package also includes a short introduction showing all
features of proFit.

The enclosed demo version provides all features of proFit except
file saving and data export.

contact.
kurt sutter
QuantumSoft, Postfach 6613, CH-8023 Zurich, Switzerland

AppleLink   CH0211
Compuserve   100022,2221
internet    [e-mail]   or
         [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/pro-fit-412-demo-fpu.hqx; 646K]

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 11:08:35 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] quicken-4-updater-r6.sea.hqx

Posted for Intuit - please don't ask me Quicken questions, I don't own it. :-)

cheers ... -Adam

----

Our latest maintenance release is R6. Quicken 4 Release R6 includes fixes
to a few specific, customer-reported problems and improves application
compatibility on certain platforms.

However, R6 contains no new features or feature enhancements, so you may
not notice a difference when updating your copy of Quicken 4 to Quicken 4
R6.  Most people do not need to update to this release, but it will not
hurt to do so.

To make updating your copy of Quicken 4 easy, and to allow you to update to
the latest release at no charge, we have developed an updater patch -- the
Quicken 4 Updater (to Release 6).  This patch may be used by (and
distributed to) any registered Quicken owner free of charge.

Eric Tilenius, Product Manager, Quicken for Macintosh, Intuit

EMAIL: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/quicken-4-r6-updt.hqx; 233K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 18:09 MST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] random-insults-10.hqx

[I guess the subject line is self-explanatory...  --isl]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/random-insults-10.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 18:08 MST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Random Insults 1.0

Random Insults 1.0

Random Insults combines random phrases from several lists of
adjectives, adverbs and nouns to create insults.  Sometimes this
results in hillarious combinations.  With the lists provided and
the randomization factor, there are over a million possible
insults in this little HyperCard stack.

Here are a few of the possibilities:
    You low-budget shovel-full of second-hand foot fungus!

I got the idea from a list I found.  IUm not sure where.
This stack is free.  It is designed for fun, but use these
insults at your own risk!  I am not responsible if you are
disowned, dismembered, or disliked for using these insults.
Have fun.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/random-insults-10-hc.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 10:47:47 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Povl H. Pedersen)
Subject: [*] SITComm SendNews AppleScript

Enclosed is an AppleScript that you can drag-n-drop files onto, and it will
login to you UNIX host, send the dropped files as news articles, and
disconnect.

You will have to open the script with script editor to make a few local
adjustments, and enter your username/password. You will also have to create
a new service in SITcomm that uses the Text Tool to send files, and this
service must be called "SendNews", and is used from the script.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/sitcomm-sendnews-as.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 21:16:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] StyleWriter I+ hack 1.2

Howdy,

This is a somewhat enhanced version of Adam Schenker's hack to safely use the
new StyleWriter II driver with the older StyleWriter printers.

The StyleWriter II driver is not included; you have to get it from Apple...

Please read enclosed instructions before hacking ;-)

This version includes an automatic patch thanks to ResCompare by Michael
Hecht.

Cheers, Igor

P.S. I heard a rumour that the very latest version of the StyleWriter II
driver is safe to use with the StyleWriter without these modifications, but
I have not confirmed it, yet.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/stylewriter-ii-hack-12.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 02:30:12 PST
From: [e-mail] (Toshiyuki Kumashiro)
Subject: [*] Synchronize! 3.0.1

This is Synchronize! 3.0.1, a file synchronization utility. As a way of
introducing you to Synchronize!, you may use its basic file synchronization
features FREE. Just decompress this Compact Pro archive and try it out. The
many advanced features of the program may be demonstrated with folders which
contain less than 400K. Unlimited use of the advanced features requires the
purchase of the program, which is $29.95.

The following is a list of the features of Synchronize! 3.0.1:

Features

Completely automatic operation. Starts once or periodically at a preset time,
or when disks become available. Automatically connects and disconnects
AppleTalk Remote Access and file server disks.

Hierarchical display of files to be copied, just like the Finder. See the
files
which will be copied, and the folders they reside in.

Synchronize deleted files. When you delete a file from one disk, Synchronize!
recognizes that the matching file should also be deleted.

Check for conflicts. Synchronize! notifies you when two matching files have
both been changed, or a file will overwrite a matching file of another type,
and lets you set the action to be taken.

Copies files to and from any disk which appears on the desktop. Works with
AppleShare, File Sharing, and AppleTalk Remote.

Copies bidirectionally (for file synchronization) or in one direction only
(for
a quick backup, or file distribution to other sites). Creates an exact
duplicate of a folder or a hard disk by copying only new or changed files.

Copies in the background, at variable speeds. Set the copying speed that best
fits your style P slow and unobtrusive, or really fast, faster than the
Finder.

Log your activities. Review the results of previous synchronizations,
including
ones done automatically.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/synchronize-301-demo.hqx; 202K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 93 20:08:56 EST
From: [e-mail] (Mike Mayer)
Subject: [*] texref-10.cpt.hqx

TeXRef probably belongs in either the text directory.


TeXRef is a tool which simplifies the process of adding references to a
  manuscript for journal publication.  Although the intended audience is
  those who use TeX to typeset their papers, TeXRef may prove useful
  to other, if they are willing to format their paper only after it is
  completed.  Shareware-$10.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-ref.hqx; 90K]

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

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 13:18:57 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Chris Tuft)
Subject: [*] trek-quoter-23.hqx

Trek Quoter 2.3 is a simple program I started during a boring=20
afternoon. I had a list of Star Trek quotes (The Old Series,=20
The Next Generation, and the movies) and I decided to build=20
a program to randomize their display. Since then, I've=20
polished it up quite a bit and put a pretty good interface=20
on it. Well, here's Trek Quoter.=20

Trek Quoter is FREEWARE!
Also, Trek Quoter requires System 7 to run!

-Chris

[Archived as /info-mac/app/trek-quoter-23.hqx; 230K]

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 15:15:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Sandro Menzel)
Subject: Advice on PC vs Mac networks (R)

> Do any of you out there have hard facts on the costs of administering
> Windows/Novell vs Macs with AppleShare or have gone through this kind of
> conversion?

We're going through our own conversion from a Mac-based network to a
Windows/Novell-based network at my workplace. From my recent experience,
Intel-based networks REQUIRE AT LEAST THREE (3) times the startup
(configuration, et al) costs of a Macintosh-based network. And this is if
you purchase every PC identical - same manufacturer, same cards, same hard
drive, same RAM... You get the picture.

Remember that 640K limit from oh-so-long-ago? Well, it's still there. Not
quite as predominant as it used to be, but it still requires time to figure
out what you want/need to load high vs low and, more important, if it'll
actually work.

Novell is a truly incredible NOS (network operating system) that gives you
almost limitless security configurations. This is both good and bad. While
you can create some pretty elaborate security schemes, you can also bank on
some serious learning and maintenance time.

After getting well into this new network setup configuration we found out -
quite bluntly from some of our consultants - that, "Novell and Windows
don't work well together." Argh! It's piece of cake - relatively speaking -
to connect to Novell via DOS. Doing so through Windows is something that
our highly esteemed consultants are working on right now.

And if you're interested in adding Macs to your Novell network, you can
probably add about a day of extra configuration on your server. Our same
consultants spent almost spent almost two days establishing communications
between our existing Mac-based network and our incredible Novell server.

I've been in on a little of the data conversion - using Nisus' powerfully
scriptable Find/Replace to alter some of the data. Personally, I don't see
much difference in data conversion costs with one platform over the other.
It would have more to do with the import abilities of your database.

> Right now 4 of us administer our existing Unisys B-20 (CTOS) proprietary
> networks.  That includes setting up user accounts, program development,
> training, hotline support, hardware repair, and designing-installing new
> networks.  From everything I have seen we will need at least 6 people to do
> the same thing in the Windows/Novell area.

Key words here are _at least_.

"Keep your life, stick with a Mac-based network."

Take care.

Sandro Menzel      |  Network Administrator  | "Is it a Jensen or
[e-mail] | Media Technologies, Inc |   is it a Healey?"

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

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 93 10:55:18 EST
From: "Christopher B. Hopkins (Wesley)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Auction (Wash, DC

Anyone out there go to the Apple Auction here in DC?  Other cities?

I went to the Ross-Dove Co. auction for Apple (it was in MacWeek and others)
and was really surprised at the high pricing of the bidding.  Eventually,
the prices came down as the afternoon went on but at the beginning people
were being outright stupid.

For example: at 10:30am, the CDROM 150s were going for $250!!! By almost
two pm, I picked one up for less than half that..

Anyone else have similar/different experiences there or at the other
auction locales?  If its nearby for you and you're in the market, I
would advise people to go but be willing to spend the afternoon (or come
late) as the first 2-3 hrs were not worth it!!!

Christopher [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 12:19:54 EST
From: Tom Smyth <[e-mail]>
Subject: CD-ROM Encyclopediae (R)

 _Technology and Learning_, Vol. 14, No.1, Sept. 1993 reviews so-called
 multimedia encyclopediae from Compton's, Encarta, and Grolier with more
 information than conclusions.

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 21:34:06 GMT
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Chinese text editor

I vaguely recall reading something in infomac relating to a Chinese
text editor or utility to read Chinese texts but I can't trace it now
that I need it for someone. Does this ring a bell anyone ? Thanks.

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 14:00:00 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Christmas decorations for Macs (R)


On 8 Dec 1993 [e-mail] (Mike Craymer) wrote:
> Does anyone know of any desktop patterns or screen savers (preferably After
> Dark modules) with a Christmas theme?  I noticed the Xmas Lights control
> panel posted in issue 235 and wondered what else might be available.  How
> about an AD module of a Santa flying by in his sleigh or a group of elves
> building toys (Macs)?  I'd browse through the archives but I can never seem
> to get in.  Thanks in advance and a Merry Christmas to everyone!

At sumex-aim, grab  gui/ad/after-dark-santa.hqx.

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

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 15:07:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Neil Schulman, emeritus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comments invited on LaserWriter Select 360

Does anyone have any comments on the laserwriter select 360?  It seems like
such an awesome deal not to have any drawbacks.  Does anyone know how good
postscript faxes are?

Thanks!

Neil

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 03:38:11 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Tom Davis)
Subject: Cursor cdev/Extension Needed

I am looking for a control panel or extension that will let the user control
the size of the mouse pointer/cursor. There used to be a cdev called
BigCursor but it only worked under sys 6. I need something similar that
works under sys 7/7.1 for a 74 year old lady that I help who is having eye
problems. I have been able to enlarge everything else that she needs using
the Views control panel but she keeps loosing sight of the cursor.

Please reply to me and I will summerize for the net.

There is nothing as nice as having a HELP line like the readers of the
Info-Mac Digest with a zillion info sources on the other end of the line.

Tom Davis
[e-mail]

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

Date: 11 Dec 93 15:34:32 EST
From: Ric Ford <[e-mail]>
Subject: Duo vs. HWSU 2.0.1

I have a report that installing Hardware System Update 2.0.1 according to
directions on a Duo that's in a Duo Dock with its own hard drive can corrupt
the Duo's internal drive, rendering it unbootable. This is apparently a
problem
with HD SC Setup 7.2.2, part of HWSU 2.0.1.

The person who reported this worked with Apple tech support on identifying and
resolving it, and the workaround used was to connect the Duo as a SCSI disk to
another Mac, run FWB Hard Disk Toolkit, mount the Duo drive with an HDT
temporary driver, backup the contents, reformat with an older version of HD SC
Setup and restore the contents again.

Has anyone seen this problem? Can anyone confirm it?

Thanks,

Ric Ford
MacInTouch columnist, MacWEEK

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

Date: 11 Dec 1993 19:58:16 -0600 (CST)
From: Chip Eckardt <[e-mail]>
Subject: FoxBase/Pro discussion Groups?

Does anyone out there know the address of any FoxBase/Pro groups on the net?
We are standardizing on FoxPro for Mac/Windows/DOS here at University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (because that was the best database that runs on all 3
platforms).  Thanks for any info.
-Chip Eckardt-

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

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 21:44:37 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Andy Stolper)
Subject: Ink Refills

I was wondering if anyone out there could give me suggestions on where I could
buy ink to refill my HP Deskwriter 550c.  About six months ago or so,  I
bought a "refill kit" from Computer Friends in Oregon for about $80!  The kit
included 4 syringes & needles, and 4 two oz. bottles of ink (red, blue, yellow
and black), as well as some gloves.  All of these things, except for the ink,
I had access to, so I basically wasted $40 on the syringes, needles and
gloves,
but I learned from that one...

Anyhow, I am now running low on ink...  Especially black ink...  If I was to
order the ink from Computer Friends, it would cost me $10 - $15 for two oz. of
a single color.  That means that if I wanted to get all four colors,  I would
have to shell out $60, which is fine, but 2 oz. doesn't last me all that
long...  Does anyone know of any other suppliers of ink?  It can be either
waterproof , or regular.  I am just looking for a better deal.  If you could
just post the name of the company, cost of the ink and a phone number I could
reach the company at, it would be much appreciated!

Thanks!!!!

Andy Stolper

[e-mail]


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

Date: 12 Dec 1993 18:59:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
Subject: Intermittent Floppy Problems

Anthony, a HD diskette formatted to 800k will give bad results on some
floppy drives and be OK on others. It was not clear as to whether this
you could be your problem.  HD's should only be used at 1.4M in HD
floppy drives.  I have no idea as to whether 800k diskettes with the hole
punched in them so they look like HD diskettes have any problems.
When a floppy drive starts going bad, it will have trouble reading other
diskettes and disks it writes will be difficult to read on other drives.

Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA

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

Date: 11 Dec 1993 09:26:14 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet Verbiage

I was talking with one of my colleagues recently and mentioned a
discussion I was having on my Internet discussion group.  Hoes DOES
one describe communicating with someone on the 'net?  Have I "talked"
with someone, or "corresponded"?  What is the appropriate verb for
an e-mail communication?

-Dwight

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 11:17:00 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
Subject: Netter's Dinner @ MacWorld

It is time once again for the Netter's Dinner @ MacWorld.  This  is the first
of three calls for reservations.  Feel free to invite your friends.

MacWorld is Wednesday, January 5 through Saturday, January 8. My gut feeling
is
that we should have the dinner on Thursday or Friday (the 6th or 7th).  Also
up
for debate is whether we should go with a dinner, as we have in the past, or
change to a buffet in order to promote mingling and socialization.
Personally,
I was opting for seperate cubicals with Macs so we could communicate via
email,
but some thought that defeated the purpose of the affair.

Last year's dinner was excellent with HOT and spicy Hunan Chinese food
bringing
many a tear to participants' eyes.  It ran about $25.  The  buffet is only $12
but is correspondingly less interesting.  I haven't spoken to my contact there
yet, only a flunky, but I'm certain he can beef up the menu for us (or
asparagus it up for you Leonard).  Nevertheless, if the buffet comes out
wimpier than the dinner, I may make an executive decision, otherwise it is up
for the vote.

In addition, we have decided to do an awards show since we have a crowd, a
podium and an attitude.  Our show will be completely frivolous and irreverent,
in the net tradition.  I ask that each respondant include an award category
and
nominees.  I and a select group of idiots, er, judges will prune and massage
the list prior to the event.  Future calls will include the list as it
accumulates.  I'll start by including my category: Best Kept Internet Secrets
with nominees: the World Wide Web (ala NCSA Mosaic), Bolo and Inside Mac
Games.
Feel free to suggest additional nominees or categories.

Once again, I have to reiterate that this dinner is HOT AND SPICY.  We will
not
tone it down and will not be able to provide non-spicy variants since it is a
group meal.  We will be providing some vegetarian dishes so that Leonard and
others will be able to participate, but Hunan food is hot and spicy and that's
the way it is.  I'm sorry, but sacrifices must be made on occasion and if you
can't eat hot and spicy food then you are it.

So, RSVP with your votes:

1) Which day? Jan 5 through 8, 1994.

2) Sit down meal (as before with 10 people per table, $25 per head) or
   the buffet if I can get it jazzed up to the dinner equivalent.

3) Your category and nominees for the frivolous awards show.

4) Any other ideas or suggestions you have.

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

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 14:47:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Paul Antaki)
Subject: Postscript,Smalltalk, and IINTX

I am experiencing a problem printing on two printers: Laserwriter IINTX and
Laserwriter IIG. On the IIG, everything seems to work fine but on the IINTX
some of the pages are not printed. I am printing from a postcript file and
using the LaserWriter 7.1.2 driver. The postcript file is generated by
VisualWorks code and sent to the printer via a Smalltalk primitive. I have
discussed this problem with ParcPlace and they say that the problem must be
the printer driver or the printer. Apple says they can't help.

If I add a showpage at the end of the postscript file I get an extra page
after every page on the IIG but everything prints fine on the IINTX (except
for the occasional extra page). I have read the technical note relating to
showpage and LaserWriter drivers but it does not seem to apply to the newer
drivers like the one I am using.

Since I am getting different behaviour from the same code on two different
printers I suspect it has something to do with the printers. Any
information you may have would be greatly apreciated.

Paul Antaki

-----

Paul Antaki
Prodigy Technologies Corporation         Phone: [phone]
1100-1190 Hornby Street                    Fax: [phone]
Vancouver, B.C.                         e-mail: [e-mail]
V6Z 2K5

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

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 03:25:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Stein)
Subject: Quadra 610 resets (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>I have just obtained a Quadra 610 for use at work, and while it
>is a nice fast machine, I was disappointed to find that it does
>not have a reset button or a programmer's button.

If it's like the Centris 610, just check the back, on the left.  (From
the front, reach back with your left hand.)  There are two well
disguised switches, a reset button and a programmer's button.
--
Alan H. Stein                     [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 22:19:08 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Quicken 4 Updater Information

<Note: I've submitted this updater to the archives - it should appear soon
depending on the backlog at the various archive sites.  -Adam>

...........................


Date: 10 Dec 93 01:38:29 EST
From: Eric Tilenius <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quicken 4 Updater Information

Fellow Quicken Enthusiasts,

Fist, I want to thank all of you who wrote after seeing information in TidBITS
about our Quicken 4 Updater.

Among the dozens of notes you've sent, I've received many positive comments,
valuable suggestions, and good ideas.  I hope you'll forgive me for not
responding individually, but I wanted to get back to everyone quickly.

Most of you asked about how to update your copy of Quicken 4 to our latest
maintenance release.  Adam Engst, editor of TidBITS, is working with me to put
our Updater on the main Macintosh file sites on the Internet where you'll have
access to it.

HERE'S THE SCOOP...

As part of our ongoing commitment to product support and customer service,
Intuit produces maintenance releases of our software from time to time in
order
to correct problems brought to our attention.

Our latest maintenance release is R6. Quicken 4 Release R6 includes fixes to a
few specific, customer-reported problems and improves application
compatibility
on certain platforms.

However, R6 contains no new features or feature enhancements, so you may not
notice a difference when updating your copy of Quicken 4 to Quicken 4 R6.
Most
people do not need to update to this release, but it will not hurt to do so.

To make updating your copy of Quicken 4 easy, and to allow you to update to
the
latest release at no charge, we have developed an updater patch -- the Quicken
4
Updater (to Release 6).  This patch may be used by (and distributed to) any
registered Quicken owner free of charge.

Since I don't have direct access to the Internet (and Intuit doesn't have an
Internet site at this time), TidBITS editor Adam Engst has graciously
volunteered to put the Quicken 4 Updater on the main Macintosh file sites.  I
really want to thank Adam for this -- he's going far beyond what's required
and
is helping all of us out.  (Please join me in thanking him!)

In a short while, when the updater is available at those sites, Adam will put
a
note in TidBITS saying where you can get it on the internet.

BTW, if you are not sure what your current release number is, follow the steps
in the section at the end of this note ("How to find your release number in
Quicken 4").

SOME OTHER NOTES...

Some of you asked whether Intuit has an internet address for technical
support.
Unfortunately, we don't have that capability at this time.  (While I can't say
when or if that might happen, I'm personally pushing for it -- I think it
would
be a good service to our customers.)

As some of your may have gathered from the note in TidBITS, I'm in marketing,
not technical support.  And, while I always try to help when I can, my
insanely
busy schedule doesn't permit me to answer too many questions on an individual
basis.  Still, I'm always open to (and welcome) suggestions, comments, ideas,
or
what have you.  I'll do my best to answer as time permits.

For support, I am pleased to announce that we will be opening, as of December
20
(target date) an Intuit forum on CompuServe.  As of that date, those of you
with
CompuServe access will be able to GO INTUIT for technical support, updates and
support files, information, and also to leave us your product suggestions.

Additionally, we're in the process of training and adding additional technical
support representatives to our Quicken 4 for Macintosh Support Line:
415-858-6044 (5am to 5pm, Pacific Time, M-F).  Unlimited telephone support on
this number is available at no charge to all registered users.

Again, we're also taking a look at other support options and welcome your
suggestions.  (I've got internet support on my list!)

ONCE AGAIN...

Thank you, everyone, for your support of Quicken.  And for writing.

I hope this information and the release of our updater will help you out.
(Look
for details on how to get it -- coming soon in an issue of TidBITS!)

Take care, have fun using Quicken, and Happy Holidays!

- ERIC -

Eric Tilenius, Product Manager, Quicken for Macintosh, Intuit

EMAIL: [e-mail]


* * * * * * * HOW TO FIND YOUR RELEASE NUMBER IN QUICKEN 4 * * * * * * *

To determine if you would benefit from the Quicken 4 Updater (to Release 6),
you
can check your current release number by following these steps:

1. Within Quicken, go to the Apple menu and select "About Quicken..." A window
will come up showing the names of those who contributed to the development of
Quicken 4 for Macintosh.

2. Type the letter "R".  The release number of your copy of Quicken 4 will
appear to the right of the words "Version 4".

3. Click anywhere on the credits window to make the window go away.

If your release number is lower than R6, you may wish to use the Quicken 4
Updater to update your copy of Quicken 4 to Release 6.  If your release number
is R6 (or later), you do not need this Updater.


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

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 08:44:09 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: SITcomm (Q)

I'm interested in trying out Aladdin's new comm pkg, SITcomm.  Is there a
demo available for downloading?  If not, then can someone who's using
SITcomm compare it to ZTerm, the prog I'm currently using?  Thanks.

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

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 16:32:21 GMT
From: Donald Peterson <[e-mail]>
Subject: strobe program

I'd like to write a program to make the Mac behave as a strobe light. This
means (1) getting the screen to flash, (2) accessing the clock to make it do
this at a fixed frequency, and (3) putting up sliders and so on to allow the
user to control frequency etc.

It would also be good to allow a 'soft flash', instead of an abrupt one, or
to have it start in the middle of the screen and move out to teh edge, etc.

I've programmed in C before, but would appreciate advice on how to do these
system-dependent things on the Mac. Also, does there already exist software
to do some or all of this?

(BTW, don't worry, I'm aware of the dangers of epileptic fits with strobes.)

Thanks in advance,

Donald Peterson.

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

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 18:06:37 -0500 (EST)
From: David Garrett <[e-mail]>
Subject: StuffIt BinHex fixer corrupt?

I think the file cmp/stuffit-lite-binhex4-307a-updt.hqx is corrupt.
I downloaded it twice and couldn't unbinhex it (and no, I'm not using
the screwed-up binhex translator to try to decode it).  I forget where
it came from, but whoever uploaded it, couldja try again?

Thanks loads!

BTW, here's my two cents on the archive's popularity, inspired at 2:30
a.m. on a Sunday, when I was told that the system was too busy and I
should try again later.  (I mean, if it gets much later than that,
it'll be early!)

The chances of connecting successfully with Gopher are slimmer than
the chances of winning the lottery.  So everyone who only has access
to Gopher should buy lottery tickets instead, and when they win, they
should buy more computers for I-M to help handle the workload. :)

-Dave   [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 08:47:00 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 6 Scrapbook

The System 6 Scrapbook contained an image of a champaigne bottle and
balloons, etc.  This image is missing from the System 7 Scrapbook.  Would
someone who has that particular image be kind enough to make it available
to me?  Thanks very much.

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

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 09:40:28 EST
From: Lee Hartley <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7

Question - how can one set up a disk with a virus protection program
and system 7 to use in checking a hard disk. With earlier versions of
the system I kept a disk with disinfectant (and one with otmomizer) for
use in checking the hard drive.  With system 7 I cannot get everything
on even a HD disk.  Certainly there is a solution to this problem - any
suggestions would be appreciated.

Lee

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 21:39:11 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Terminal Emulator

I'm looking for a public domain terminal emulator that supports
both VT 100 emulation and Kermit file transfer capabilities. Any
suggestions on good shareware would be appriciated.

Thanks in Advance.
Max Miller
AT&T Bell Labs

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

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 14:41:34 -0600
From: Bienvenu Jay  <[e-mail]>
Subject: text sorter?

Anyone know of an app that sorts text files alphabetically? (I have a list of
files to download I'd like to sort.)  Is there an extension for BBEdit Lite?

                -- Jay

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

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 10:27:48 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: The Internet Starter Kit - Configuring MacTCP.

I am using the configuration info from The Internet Starter Kit by Adam Engst
but cannot get MacTCP2.2 running.  My SLIP account with nwnexus is open and I
can connect but none of the software from TISK works. For example, Fetch's
dog does not move and I always get an error message saying "No name server
can be found to help locate this host. If you know the host's IP address you
should enter it directly." I have quadruple checked the configuration info
and reloaded MacTCP three times as explained in the book with no success. Can
you help? Thanks, John Berges.

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

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 15:08:19 -0600
From: Bienvenu Jay  <[e-mail]>
Subject: two icon questions

1.  Where does the system store what icons are associated with which file/
creator type?
2.  Anyone know of a ResEdit hack that would let me copy whole icon suites
at once?

Thanks in advance.                              -- Jay

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

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 13:59:10 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Brian Korver)
Subject: TypeStyler vs. LetraStudio

Can anyone comment on TypeStyler vs. LetraStudio for messing with type for
logos, etc.?  Having worked with neither, I'm primarily interested in hearing
people's opinions of them.  Thanks in advance.

-brian
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 14:58:38 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Hans de Wolf)
Subject: Why not ftp using the Chooser ?

Maybe someone can answer this question to me:

Why do we have to use a special application like Fetch to ftp files ?

Fetch works fine, but in fact the way you work with Fetch is just as
un-macintosh as working with the Font/DA-mover. It should not be necessary
to use a special application to move files over a network connection - that
is something we have the Finder for.

Here is a wild idea: ftp should work like ARA. What I would like is a
configuration where I could set up a ftp connection by means of the Chooser,
using something like the AppleShare setup. After connecting, the network
device should appear on the desktop, and should be accessible to the Finder.

Does anybody know if something like this is possible (maybe in ARA 2.x)?
Does it sound like a good idea? Are there technical reasons why this is
impossible ?


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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 03:47:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Matt X. Herbison)
Subject: Working Model vs. Interactive Physics

Hello.  Can anybody out there answer a question: If I get Knowledge
Revolution's "Working Model," is there ANY reason to also get their
"Interactive Physics" program too?  Please help me out.  Thanks.

-Matt X. Herbison                       -Penn State University
[e-mail]                         -Apple Student Representative

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 16:04:39 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Xmas lights conflict? (Q)

I installed Xmas Lights, enjoyed the twinkling briefly, opened my
sound control panel to reset my sound for unrelated reasons, and the
computer froze up.  IIsi running system 7.0.1, zillions of INITS.
Can anybody else reproduce this problem?  I don't feel inclined to
spend a lot of time tracking it down, but if it doesn't occur on
your computer I'll know it's probably some obscure INIT conflict and
forget about it.  If it does, the author should be informed.

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

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