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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 20 Dec 94       Volume 12 : Issue 162

Today's Topics:

      [*] 68k Nyet! 1.0
      [*] [*] Citizen Poke issue 3 - humor magazine
      [*] After Dark module: Newton Fractal Map
      [*] BalloonPopper FKEYs; Balloon Help controls
      [*] ChristmasTime 1.0; an interactive card
      [*] Control Strip Toggle; toggles the control panle on/off
      [*] Daves Challenge/pools of darkness solution
      [*] Eudora 1.5.1, an SMTP/POP email client
      [*] File Type/Creator List v1.3
      [*] FinderToggle 1.1; kills and launches the Finder
      [*] Greg's Browser 2.5; a file browser
      [*] HenryVI_PartII_v.1.0; the Shakespeare play
      [*] hyperinfo-10-hc; a knowledge processor
      [*] MacHTTP 2.0; a World Wide Web server
      [*] Marathon New Sounds Patch
      [*] Merry Xmas!.sea.hqx (Interactive Christmas Card)
      [*] MultiMusicMovieMaker 0.5; merges QT music files
      [*] MyEyes 2.0.1 (final release); draws eyes in the menubar
      [*] NetPhone 1.0 Demo, the Internet Telephone
      [*] NewsWatcher 2.0b22, a Usenet newsreader
      [*] Nine Inch Nails 2.0; info about the band
      [*] OutOfPhase1.03; digital music synthesis
      [*] OutOfPhase1.03NoFPU; digital music synthesis utility
      [*] Pizzicato; a sound of plucking a violin's strings
      [*] pot-of-gold-11; a game [bug fix repost]
      [*] PowerMacSoftware.sit.hqx - list of PowerMac software
      [*] PPPReport 1.0b3; logs internet usage
      [*] SNOWBALL Ref Notes 3.01 - HyperCard 2.2 Biblio/Notes Stack
      [*] Sound Effects - More Effects
      [*] TaskMan 1.2; switches between processes
      [*] Warlords II Demo; a game
      [*] ZX Loader 1.02: ZX Spectrum tape reader
      (Q) HP Cartridge Container Wanted
      (Q) System 7.5 - error 11
      <A> .PCD PhotoCD Viewer for Mac?
      [Q] MacPPP with USR Mac&Fax
      [Q] Monitor positions forgotten in System 7.5
      [Q] Startup Sound
      [Q] Weird memory problem
      AppleTalk network problem [Q]
      BASIC for Macs
      Can Quicktime movies be viewed under MS Windows?
      card compat. w/ PCPC & Quadra?
      connecting to internet via MacTCP & PPP
      Downgrading from 7.5
      Envisio/Mirror e-mail address, please?
      Excel and 1-2-3 alternatives
      excel question
      Fixing Finder memory
      Fixing the Finders memory <alternate means>
      Global Village fax/modem
      HELP!!! File Sharing Could Not Be Enabled!
      HTML to RTF or some other format (Q)
      ImageWriter print in background?
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #159
      info needed for DOS cards from Reply (Q)
      Internet Interviews II: World Wide Web
      IP access in Miami
      I wonder
      mach10
      mactcp updatermactcp/MacTCP_2.0.6
      Mac TV Tuner Cards
      Modems
      multiple clipboards
      Netscape bookmarks bug - has it been fixed?
      Open Box, Void Warranty: How can they TELL?
      PB520 32 bit addressing
      PowerPC 601->604 upgrades
      PPP problem
      Prevent internal drive from mounting
      Problem enabling sharing
      System 7.5/P630/Background copying problem...
      Toggling MacTCP between Ethernet and InterSLIP (both connected)
      UnmountIt is great (C)
      Wanted:  clipboard converter CR to LF
      What happens to memory after crash....?
      White Knight 12.02 Problem (C)
      Word-List

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:56 -0600
From: "Chris Thomas, ICONtact Developer Database Librarian"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 68k Nyet! 1.0

68k Nyet! 1.0
the 68k object code stripper

68k Nyet is the inverse of those PowerPC code strippers.  It removes,
autmagically, the 68k code resources of a fat application.  This can free
up anywhere from Zero to dozens of Megabytes per application.  I don't
recommend it's use upon 68k-only applications, as those applications will
not work after being processed by 68k Nyet!, though you will free up some
substantial hard disk space.

I can be reached at <[e-mail]>.  Comments, suggestions,
faint  praise, and bug reports are all wonderful and welcome.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/nyet-10.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:38 -0600
From: Scott Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] [*] Citizen Poke issue 3 - humor magazine

This is issue 3 of Citizen Poke, an electronically distributed humor magazine
>From Amherst College.  It is in PDF format, for which the Adobe Acrobat reader
program is needed.  You can get that program from our site
("ftp://unix.amherst.edu/pub/poke" or "http://www.amherst.edu/~poke") or from
Adobe's site ("ftp://ftp.adobe.com" or "http://www.adobe.com").

Please grab a copy, read it, pass it ou;to your friends, tell others about it.
Add our web page to your hotlist.  A new issue comes out every two weeks, so
keep an eye out for issue 4 some time soon!  And if you have feedback or
questions, write us at [e-mail]

Thanks!

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/citizen-poke-003-pdf.hqx; 772K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:45 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Huangxin Wang)
Subject: [*] After Dark module: Newton Fractal Map

A new (series of ) AD module to create beautiful fractal image based on
Newton's iteration. The calculation can resume when entering After Dark
again until the image is completed.  The fractal image will be saved as PICT.
Shareware.

Huangxin

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/newton-map-ad.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:38:14 -0600
From: David Shaw <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BalloonPopper FKEYs; Balloon Help controls

I have a love-hate relationship with Balloon Help.  It can be really
useful when I am checking out a new program, (and don't feel like reading
the manual :-) ) but it can be excruciatingly annoying when left on and
you have to see the darn thing drone on about every single item you
happen to pass with the cursor.  Thanks, but I already know what a scroll
bar is.

Anyway, here's a solution:  Just use one of these BalloonPopper FKEYs!
One hit to turn it on, another hit to turn it off.  Easy as pie.

David Shaw
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/balloon-popper-fkey.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:47 -0600
From: Grace Sylvan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ChristmasTime 1.0; an interactive card

ChristmasTime is an interactive Christmas Card and play area, designed
for the young at heart everywhere. You can customize the message and
sound, decorate the tree, peek at the presents, play with the
manger.... and I'll leave a few things for you to discover yourself.

Tigger (Grace Sylvan)
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/christmas-time-10.hqx; 932K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:38:20 -0600
From: David Shaw <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Control Strip Toggle; toggles the control panle on/off

Enclosed here is Control Strip Toggle, a program I wrote to fix a nagging
annoyance I had with Apple's Control Strip program.  I love the program,
but it always seems to be in the way when ever I needed to use the bottom
bit of the screen for something (and since I use a PowerBook, I need all
the screen real estate I can get!)  Anyway, in this package is a
mini-application (which you can put in your Apple Menu Items folder)
which will toggle the Strip on and off, and a few FKEYs which will do the
same thing.

This is an update (version 1.1) which will allow Control Strip Toggle to
work with Men and Mice's Desktop Strip as well.

Control Strip Toggle is public domain (I think I spent more time drawing
the icon than I spent on the program...)

Enjoy!

David Shaw
WWW http://hertz.njit.edu/~dms1070

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-strip-toggle-11.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:39:12 -0600
From: [e-mail] (scott)
Subject: [*] Daves Challenge/pools of darkness solution

This is the solution to Dave's Challenge - the final part of the SSi game
Pools of Darkness - including the maps and stratedy  The solution is not
included in the clue books or any other place that I know of.  Legend says
that if you can beat dave's challenge, you are the best SSi game player in
the universe, or someting corny like that.
Email replies to [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/daves-challenge.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:50:02 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] Eudora 1.5.1, an SMTP/POP email client

This is the latest version of Eudora from Steve Dorner and Qualcomm. Most
of the changes in 1.5.1 are under the hood, although there's a completely
new interface for configuring Eudora.

Attached to this message are the Fat version of Eudora 1.5.1 and
the manual in Word format.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-151.hqx; 624K]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-151-docs.hqx; 465K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Ilan Szekely)
Subject: [*] File Type/Creator List v1.3

Type / creator list v1.3 - 1481 entries, 17-December-1994

The list of file types was compiled and editted with a lot of effort.
The original list is based on the contents of MAC disks I use at home and
at work. New versions are mostly additions sent in by people who downloaded
the list and sent me updates. I did my best to make the list as accurate
and full as possible, but can assume no responsibilty for errors in the
list.

Ilan Szekely
E-mail: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/type-creator-list-13.hqx; 266K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:38:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Reiman)
Subject: [*] FinderToggle 1.1; kills and launches the Finder

FinderToggle is a simple FKEY. If the Finder is running, FinderToggle will
kill it. If it is not running, FinderToggle will launch it.

1.1 fixes a problem with FileSharing. If you are running FileSharing and
FinderToggle, then you should definately upgrade. If you aren't, then you
should upgrade anyway just in case you launch sharing later and forget you
did so.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/finder-toggle-11-fkey.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:38:53 -0600
From: "Gregory D. Landweber" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Greg's Browser 2.5; a file browser

Greg's Browser requires System 7 and Color QuickDraw. This version is
intended for 680x0-based Macs, although it will work in emulation on
Power Macs. The "Fat" version of 2.5 will be released in January 1995.

Greg's Browser provides a faster, more convenient, and less cluttered
alternative front end for the Finder. It displays multiple hierarchic
folders within a single window, and it lets you browse into StuffIt and
Compact Pro archive just like they were normal folders. Greg's Browser
takes full advantage of Apple's "Macintosh Drag and Drop" and Aladdin's
"StuffIt Engine" extensions. It can also view invisible files.

Changes in Version 2.5
o Japanese file names should no longer appear as gibberish.
o Added a "Magic Menu(tm)" modeled on the one included in Aladdin's
  StuffIt Deluxe package. This feature requires the "StuffIt Engine".
o The Browser now recognizes StuffIt SpaceSaver compressed files.
o Added "Eject" and "Erase" menu items. These require System 7.5.
o Several other minor improvements and bug fixes.

Greg's Browser is one of the winners of the 1994 MacUser Shareware Awards.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/gregs-browser-25.hqx; 132K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:43 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: [*] HenryVI_PartII_v.1.0; the Shakespeare play

appended below, mailer permitting, is the ~150 kB binhex'd compact'd
self-extracting archive "HenryVI_PartII_v.1.0.sea.hqx", another in the
Shakespeare Stack series --- the play Henry VI, Part II (including the
oft-quoted line, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
>From act iv, scene ii) ... free software under the GNU GPL, requires
HyperCard 2.x ... I'll start work on Henry VI, Part III next....

Happy Holidays!  -   ^z  ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/henry-vi-10-pt2-hc.hqx; 124K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:50:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Go Simon Sunatori)
Subject: [*] hyperinfo-10-hc; a knowledge processor

This HyperCard stack helps you organise and process information into
knowledge base Objects.  Once you store HyperCard Object elements in the
master Source Library, stacks can be automatically built and updated
through a correct-by-construction method.

Go Simon Sunatori, P.Eng., M.Eng.
[e-mail], [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/hyper-info-hc.hqx; 63K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:49:58 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Shotton)
Subject: [*] MacHTTP 2.0; a World Wide Web server

MacHTTP 2.0 is the latest update to the widely used World Wide Web server
for Macs. This version contains a HUGE number of features from the previous
version. It provides all of the functionality of Unix WWW servers with the
Mac's usual ease of use. MacHTTP 2.0 includes:

- Enhanced Common Gateway Interface functions for script and application
authors, including POST and HEAD methods and extra AppleEvent parameters
for
scripts
- Increased security, security by domain name and username/password security
- Complete AppleEvent/AppleScript interface for remotely administering MacHTTP
- improved performance
- User interface enhancements
- Improved examples, tutorials, and documentation

MacHTTP 2.0 is a fat binary and runs in native mode on all Macs. It
requires System 7 and MacTCP. For more details, see the MacHTTP Home Page
at http://www.biap.com/

Chuck Shotton
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mac-http-20.hqx; 1238K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:39:14 -0600
From: Patrick Gray <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Marathon New Sounds Patch

This is a patch I made for the Marathon Demo.  It patches the "Sounds" file and
gives you some new sounds, as well as some altered ones.  The new sounds
include the SSM Rocket Launcher fire, the SSM Rocket explosion, the alien growl
sounds, and the Alien Weapon fire.  The altered sounds include the Assault
Rifle fire, the Grenade Launcher explosion, and the handgun fire.  I felt the
sounds Bungie provided were a bit weak when it came to powerful weapons, and
the aliens didn't sound mean enough, so this patch is what I came up with.
This is not connected with Bungie in any way, so if it doesn't work, you can
blame me, not them.  Thanks.
                                                patrick gray ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/maratho-new-sounds.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:37:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Robert H. Brueckner)
Subject: [*] Merry Xmas!.sea.hqx (Interactive Christmas Card)

This is an interactive Christmas card, done in Director 4.03, which
gives a computer-age version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. Has
music samples, motion, and fun graphics. Please approve in time for
Christmas!

Thanks.

Rob Brueckner

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/merry-xmas.hqx; 1409K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:37:29 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Paul C. H. HO)
Subject: [*] MultiMusicMovieMaker 0.5; merges QT music files

MultiMusicMovieMaker merge multiple QuickTime 2.0 music movie into one.

Why?
At this time there is only one reason. Make 'Music' file for Marathon Demo!
Just drop a bunch of music movies onto the icon. Then use ResEdit (or similar
utility) to change type/creator of the resulted movie file to type = 'msik',
creator = '26.2'.

I will write a MultiMusicMoviePlayer sometime.

System Requirements
+ System 7 or later.
+ QuickTime 2.0 or later.

Paul C. H. Ho
Pink Elephant Technologies
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/multi-music-movie-maker-05.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:39:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Federico Filipponi)
Subject: [*] MyEyes 2.0.1 (final release); draws eyes in the menubar

MyEyes is a small extension that draws on the menubar a pair of eyes
constantly following the cursor movement

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/my-eyes-201.hqx; 66K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:50:00 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Green)
Subject: [*] NetPhone 1.0 Demo, the Internet Telephone

NetPhone, the Internet Telephone, is here!

If you've been itching to talk in real time over your 14.4k Internet
connection, then your wait is over!

NetPhone requires System 7 and any Internet connection, modem or LAN-based.
NetPhone runs on a 16MHz 68020 or better, and runs native on PowerMacs.

The demo version of NetPhone is available for anonymous FTP at:
  ftp://ftp.netcom.com/em/emagic/NetPhoneDemo-10.hqx
Note that this site is often busy during peak hours (17:00-01:00 PST)

It will soon be available on Info-Mac and it's mirrors, in /comm/tcp/

Information about NetPhone, including links to download the demo
are at
  http://www.emagic.com/netphone/mainblurb.html

The demo version is fully functional, with the exception that any
outgoing call will be limited in duration to 45 seconds. If you receive
a call from someone who has purchased the full version your call will
not be cut short.

NetPhone can interoperate with vat-based audio software (eg Maven for the
Mac).

The full commercial version will be released at the end of January 95.

Andrew Green                        [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/net-phone-demo.hqx; 337K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:51 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] NewsWatcher 2.0b22, a Usenet newsreader

This is NewsWatcher 2.0b22, the latest version of John Norstad's excellent
MacTCP-based newsreader. Perhaps the most interesting new feature in this
version is support for the Internet Config database of Internet
preferences.

Help support Internet Config!

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/internet-config-10.hqx

cheers ... -Adam
[e-mail] -- [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/newswatcher-20b22.hqx; 696K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:38:07 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Vagabond Jim)
Subject: [*] Nine Inch Nails 2.0; info about the band

Attached is Now I'm Nothing 2.0, the comprehensive Nine Inch Nails
information HyperCard stack and the latest release from Zoom Street
Software.  It contains tracklists, graphics and a short history of the band
and its lead singer Trent Reznor.  For more details on Nine Inch Nails you
can check out the alt.music.nin newsgroup.  This stack will be updated
periodically.  Please upload it to all of the appropriate places...

Thank you...
        Vagabond Jim
        [e-mail]
                                                        vagabond [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/now-im-nothing.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:36 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] OutOfPhase1.03; digital music synthesis

OutOfPhase is a program for digital music synthesis with the
following features:

- GNU licensed
- Unlimited number of instruments, tracks, simultaneous notes
- Sampled and indexed wave table driven synthesis
- Parameters controlled by envelopes
- Built in programming language for waveform construction
- High quality output (16-bit stereo 48kHz possible)

Direct all correspondence and bug reports to:
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/out-of-phase-103.hqx; 690K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:54:48 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] OutOfPhase1.03NoFPU; digital music synthesis utility

This version of OutOfPhase does NOT require a floating point unit.

This program requires System 7 and a 68020.  A floating point
unit is strongly recommended.

OutOfPhase is a program for digital music synthesis with the
following features:

- GNU licensed
- Unlimited number of instruments, tracks, simultaneous notes
- Sampled and indexed wave table driven synthesis
- Parameters controlled by envelopes
- Built in programming language for waveform construction
- High quality output (16-bit stereo 48kHz possible)

Direct all correspondence and bug reports to:
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/out-of-phase-103-nofpu.hqx; 705K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:34 -0600
From: Lloyd Burchill <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Pizzicato; a sound of plucking a violin's strings

Pizzicato (pits-ee-KAH-toe): the sound of plucking a violin's strings,
rather than bowing them. An elegant replacement for your system beep sound:
just decompress, and drag onto your system folder icon.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/pizzicato.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:39:10 -0600
From: "Adrian 'Coolness' Pinter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] pot-of-gold-11; a game [bug fix repost]

Heres a game I wrote.  The general object is to find the leprechaun.
Good Luck!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pot-of-gold-11.hqx; 609K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:37:44 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Richard A. Fowell)
Subject: [*] PowerMacSoftware.sit.hqx - list of PowerMac software

A list of over 100 files at the umich archive that are either
"accelerated for Power Macintosh" (/mac/powermac) or are
otherwise PowerMac related, together with information on
how to obtain them. Text file, Stuffit, BinHexed.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/powermac-software-list.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 17:50:54 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Peter Atkins)
Subject: [*] PPPReport 1.0b3; logs internet usage

Have you ever wished for some way to log  your Internet usage? PPPReport was
designed to do just that. It's not that you don't trust your Internet
providers, just that it's nice to know that you are getting what you pay for.
Until now, there has been no easy way for Macintosh users to keep track of
their on-line time.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/ppp-report-10b3.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:50:07 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] SNOWBALL Ref Notes 3.01 - HyperCard 2.2 Biblio/Notes Stack

SNOWBALL Reference Notes 3.0 is a bibliography/notes management HyperCard
stack.  It requires HyperCard 2.2 and is an update to SNOWBALL Reference Notes
versions 1.7, 2.0, and 2.1.  Hypercard 2.1 users should continue to use
version 2.1.

It is responseware, meaning that I would like satisfied users to mail me the
answers to a few questions about their notekeeping processes.

Please place this file in the app directory.  This particular file should be
named snowball-ref-notes-301-hc.hqx.  Please delete the earlier file named
snowball-ref-notes-30-hc.hqx.  This file fixes two problems in the earlier
release.  My apologies to all those who spent time downloading 3.0 in good
faith.  A typo in the README file and a variable reference error in the text
reporting function escaped my testing efforts.

Please direct any questions or comments to:

John M. Ford
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/snowball-ref-notes-301-hc.hqx; 107K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:37:13 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Sound Effects - More Effects

Here are some new effect modules for SoundEffects 0.9.1 or later.
=46uture releases of SoundEffects will include these modules (or
newer versions) as well, so this is a sort of upgrade for
SoundEffects 0.9.1 users.

To use them, place them inside the "Effects Folder" (where the
other effects are), then launch SoundEffects. The new effects
will now appear in the "Effects" menu (or in its submenus).

The new modules contained in this archive are:

- QUICK MIX
a mixer, while waiting for the powerful one to be built into
SoundEffects.

- INVERT
flips the waveform upside down.

- DRAW LINE
changes the waveform to a straight line connecting the first and
last samples of the selection.

These effects are =A9 by Alberto Ricci, and they are an addition
to SoundEffects, which is Shareware $15.

If you're on internet, you can find the latest version of
SoundEffects along with the newest effect modules by anonymous
ftp at:
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/Ricci

Enjoy!
- Alberto Ricci.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/more-effects-sound-effects.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:39:07 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mason A. Pritchett)
Subject: [*] TaskMan 1.2; switches between processes

Here's version 1.2 of Paul Cunningham's cool extension TaskMan.
TaskMan is an extension which adds the ability to switch between running
processes using the keyboard.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/task-man-12.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:39:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Gary Makin)
Subject: [*] Warlords II Demo; a game

This is the latest version (v1.0.4) of the Macintosh demo of Warlords II.
It is the complete game, with only one scenario and without music and
speech. The commercial version of Warlords II comes with six scenarios,
alternate army, city and shield sets, and can generate random maps.

Gary Makin
Strategic Studies Group

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/warlords-ii-104-demo.hqx; 1872K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:50:10 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Guenter Woigk)
Subject: [*] ZX Loader 1.02: ZX Spectrum tape reader

ZX Loader reads ZX Spectrum program and data tapes through the built
in audio input of your Macintosh and stores them in tape files on your
hard disk.

These tape files may be loaded by my ZX Spectrum emulator. (separate file)

I have retrieved most of my ZX Spectrum tapes with this program (some
were unreadable after 12 years ...)

ZX Loader can decode any program and data which was saved using the
original ZX Spectrum low level saving routines. This includes: headerless
data, long headers and illegal block types; even blocks with wrong
checksum.

The included application is the international version, you may recompile
the included source with Think C 6.0 to get a German version.

ZX Loader requires System 7, an audio input and color QuickDraw.

ZX Loader is Freeware (see GNU license agreement included in .sit archive).
Privat use and distribution is free.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/zx-loader.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 14:44 GMT
From: REUBEN B GIRLING University of York UK <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) HP Cartridge Container Wanted

I would like to get a Print Cartridge Storage Container for my Hewlett Packard
Deskwriter Printer Cartridges so that when I am using the Colour (or Black)
cartridge the Black (or colour) can be kept in the proper container.
My problem arises because such container did not asccompany my ex-demonstration
model printer. The item is depicted in the DeskWriter C Setup Guide on pages 2
and 3. I can offer a nice card mounted picture of York in exchange drawn by one
of the City's popular artists, such views being favoured by tourists. Please
contact me by e-mail in the first instance. Thanks. Reuben Girling.

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 17:24:40 U
From: "James Smart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) System 7.5 - error 11

                      (Q) System 7.5 - error 11
Well this  has probably been resolved several times here - but I missed
it.  I have been running 7.5 on  a IIci for about six weeks and it has one
very unnerving trait.  It will hang occasionally when doing something
related to the network (eg., printing, getting mail etc.). When I try to
reboot, I see the "Apple@  Event Manager" icon  then an error box
indicating that a system error  occured and identifies it as "error type
11" and to reboot with shift key down to turn off the ints.  I do this and
 this time the Apple@ Event Manager Icon does not show - but the same
error message appears.  At this point the only solution that I have been
able to come up with is  to reinstall the system software.  At which time
it runs - maybe several days until I again go through the same sequence. I
have found that if I am running Macsbug - when I bootup, after one of
these crashes, it will throw it into the debugger right where the error
message came up with the note "Unimplemented Instruction at 00091224...
egad.. anyway if I give it ae ea or es command it will finish booting with
all ints off.  Has anyone figured this one out yet - or is it too
obvious??

[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 20:27:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: <A> .PCD PhotoCD Viewer for Mac?

Here are answers to questions about PhotoCD's that I posted earlier. Thanks
to Al Bloom for being the first to send me information!

PhotoCD images are (evidently) in PICT format, because SimpleText opens
them...this bit of information is from the AppleCD 300i Plus owner's manual
that I had never opened.

Here are some other facts from the same manual:

  You can Copy images from the app Slide Show (comes on every PhotoCD) into
whatever graphics app you wish.

  Images have numeric file names (e.g., 01, 02, 03...) and the CD-ROMs all
have names like PCDnnnn, where nnnn is a 4-digit number. Naturally, you
can't assign or change any of these.

  You need Apple Photo Access and QuickTime (1.6.1 or newer) in your System
folder.

  The photo processor includes 5 versions of each image on the PhotoCD, at
different resolutions ranging from 192 x 128 to 3072 x 2048.

Someone in another newsgroup posted the hint to ask your photo processor to
write all images onto the PhotoCD in horizontal format, because vertical
format images take much longer to open. You would have to rotate them 90
degrees in software every time you opened them.

Miles Abernathy, [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 14:31:28 -0500
From: Neal Carothers<[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] MacPPP with USR Mac&Fax

Has anyone had any success using MacPPP at 14,400 with a USR
Mac & Fax (14,400) modem?  If so, I could use your help...

I can connect (to the University's UNIX box) at 9600 no
sweat, but at 14,400 ConfigPPP gives me a "Timeout" error:
"Waiting for OK".  Apparently, the modem isn't "OK" at the
higher speed; ConfigPPP's terminal window won't even work
at 14,400.  (The modem works just fine at 14,400 using a
serial connection instead of PPP, btw.)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Neal Carothers <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 15:18:55 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Paul J. Rodman)
Subject: [Q] Monitor positions forgotten in System 7.5

I'm running System 7.5 with two monitors and all the standard 7.5 software
and have two monitors attached to my IIcx.  For the life of me I cannot get
the system to remember the position of the second monitor past a reboot.

Has anyone else had this problem and know of a solution?

Paul Rodman.

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 15:13:18 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Oliver Hammrich)
Subject: [Q] Startup Sound

Hello Mac wizards!

Is there any way to replace the startup sound
(that means the 'bong' the Mac plays when
you restart or power up)?

Please respond to me directly, I will collect
all answers for info-mac.

                    Thank you in advance, Oliver

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 01:39:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Rafael Saar <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Weird memory problem

This is a problem I'm suffering from for a while now.

In short, every once in a while a program quits when it just started with
some error (very often -39 or -605) and from there on it wouldn't start
again.  It tells me that I must increase the SIZE allocation to match the
minimum required size.  Yet, when I go to Get Info, I find that the
Preferred memory size is either equal to or higher than the suggested and
minimum sizes.  So I decide to rewrite it just to make sure, or I even
make it bigger (I have more than enough RAM) but it still gives me an
error.  Even worse, it gives me weird sizes like 4k or 7437966599k in both
the error messages and the Preferred memory size in the Get Info box.
(Those sizes are just examples, it really follows no rule).
My only solution is to reinstall the program, but after a while this
might happen again!

I tried to think what configuration or new software I installed just
before I started getting those problems.
I bought a new Zoom voice/fax modem with MaxFax software.  This program
constantly monitors the modem in the background and takes up the modem
port all the time.  I thought that problems only occured to modem related
programs as it first appeared on America Online and on Microphone LT.
Both of these programs must overwrite the modem port that's being used by
MaxFax.  But then it also occured with Quicken that  doesn't use the
modem, so I'm not sure anymore.
I also installed 8 more Megs of Ram (for a total of 16), but I believe
the problems started before that.
Anyway, it seems that the problem is in software and not in hardware
since the memory allocation of my programs are randomly changed or just
not correctly recognized.

Did anyone ever experience similar problems?
Any help would be very much appreciated!  Thanks :-)


Rafi Saar,   Columbia University:   [e-mail]
             America Online:        [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 12:23:14 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Dr. Stefan P. Mueller)
Subject: AppleTalk network problem [Q]

We are having very strange problems with a small AppleTalk network. The
line itself and the Phone Net connectors are ok electrically. All Macs are
running System 7.1 with System Update 3.0 and were updated with the Network
System Installer 1.4.5. Until recently all Macs and both laser printers
were visible on the entire network and the automatic remote backup with
Retrospect performed flawlessly. I wasn't around when the poblems started
but nobody recalls any specific event. It seems though that 1 or 2 Macs
were moved to another other location along the wire when the trouble began.


===#====== Ethernet
   |
   |                               separated
   |                                  here
 SE/30                                 |
 Apple                                 V
Internet----#-----#-----#-----#-...-#--/--#-----#-...-#-----#-- Apple Talk
 Router     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
            |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
           Mac1   |    Mac2  Mac3  Mac7  Mac8   |    Mac9  Mac10
                  |                             |
                Laser                         Laser
                Writer                        Writer
                IIg 1                         IIg 2


Now we can only "see" certain devices from a given Mac, e.g. Macs 1-7 only
have access to Laser Writer 1 and Macs 8-10 only to printer 2. No Mac can
access both printers anymore. Likewise, the Macs themselves are not all
visible (with File Sharing on). It is especially weird, that e.g. Mac6 can
see Mac3 but Mac7 only Mac2. We considered a length problem and separated
the network at the position marked in the diagram but this doesn't alter
this strange behavior. If we plug in only Mac1 and Mac10 everything is
fine, adding additional Macs causes problems beyond a total of 4 - but this
is far less than the theoretical maximum. The Apple Internet Router does
report an increase of errors with an increasing number of Macs, however, it
does not show entries under "distance related problems" (sorry, I don't
know the exact messge - we got a German version).

Has anybody encountered and solved a similar problem?

Thank you very much for your help!

Stefan

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 07:52:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: BASIC for Macs

There is a shareware program called "chipmunk-basic-3.1.0.hqx" available on
info-mac and its mirrors.  This is a Basic interpreter for the 68K Macs.  There
are also some commercial products available.  You can find these listed in the
back of any Mac magazine.

Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 12:37:14 EST
From: [e-mail] (Robert M Coben)
Subject: Can Quicktime movies be viewed under MS Windows?

Sorry for mentioning MS Windoz here, but....
I have a Quicktime movie that I'd like to send to someone who only
has Windows. What do they/I need to do such that they could play
the Quicktime movie? I heard about "Quicktime for Windows" but all
I really need is a Quicktime player (like MoviePlayer for the Mac)
and don't want to purchase any additional software if I can get away with
it.

It was also suggested to me to convert the Quicktime movie to AVI format
but I would need the "Video for Windows" tools that Microsoft provides.
(Do they cost $$? If not, where are they downloadable from?)

If you have converted a Mac Quicktime movie to Windows could you send me
e-mail ([e-mail]) and I will summarize the responses if there
is any interest. TIA.....
.....rob

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 17:43:53 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: card compat. w/ PCPC & Quadra?

I was previously running an external grayscale monitor made by PCPC, on my
IIsi, using a card that came with the monitor.

When I upgraded to a Quadra 840av, the card would no longer function
properly, even though the connector looked like an appropriate connector and
it fit in the Quadra's NuBus slot just fine.

Question No. 1:  Does anyone know of a card or other method of running this
PCPC grayscale monitor on the Quadra 840av?

Question No. 2:  When I upgrade to a PowerPC 7100, does anyone know of a card
or other method of running this PCPC grayscale monitor on the PowerPC?

Thanks,
Jan France
E-mail:  [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:35:32 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: connecting to internet via MacTCP & PPP

> i am trying
>to connect and have been using adam engst's internet starter kit for
>mac, 2nd edition. everything appears to be set up properly,but the last
>dialogue box that appears on the screen is "link dead".  the people at 1-800
>sos apple walked me through the installation, but to no avail. the internet
>provider i am going through walked me through the best he could, i have
>re-installed mactcp several times but no change. any secrets or
>other help?  i have a mac centris 660av with geoport modem.  the
>modem string i am using is ok according to the mac people at
>1800sosapple. any help would be appreciated. please email to [e-mail]

GeoPorts are known to be very flaky, but you should be able to get by with
an AT&F1 init string, I believe. Most of the problems that people
experience with this stuff is due to modems, so if you can try another
modem, I'd recommend that as a way of tracking down the actual problem.
It's also possible that there's something wrong with the way your account
was set up on the provider - I've seen more than one case where the PPP
connection fails because the account was really set up as a shell account.
You can't rule out extension conflicts (especially with fax software), or
noisy phone lines, or much else without some careful testing.

Since you have the second edition of the Starter Kit, read through the
troubleshooting section of Chapter 12 carefully, and even consider that
some of the things that had only been reported with InterSLIP might be true
of MacPPP as well. For those that don't have the book, much that
information is in the Dominating MacTCP draft that I'll finish someday, but
which is on:

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

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:34:05 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Keith Rhee)
Subject: Downgrading from 7.5

[e-mail] writes:

>I was wondering if I could keep the Control Strip and Stickies from 7.5
>when I downgrade back to 7.1 on my Duo and 7.1.2 on my PPC? Has anyone
>tried this? Also, does the Audio CD player work under 7.1 software?

   Audio CD player works with 7.1, as far as I know.  The Control Strip
   should work, too, I think.  Dunno about Stickies, though.

--
                                  Keith Rhee
                 A boss says "Go." -- A leader says "Let's go."
                              [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 20:54:07 GMT
From: KWONG LEON <[e-mail]>
Subject: Envisio/Mirror e-mail address, please?

      If anyone has an e-mail address for Envisio or Mirror,
please let me know.
      I'm in the UK with an Envisio Notebook Display Adaptor
that isn't working properly. (This product was also badged
and sold as a Mirror, Envisio's parent company.)

      If you have a system extension for this product which
is more recent than the one I have, I would be very grateful
if you could e-mail me a BinHexed copy of it. I have EVE030
v 1.2.9; creation date, Jul 30, 1992.

      The background to this story is that I have had my
first-generation PB (a 145) fitted with this video-out
adaptor for a long time - a just-in-case addition. It was
not until two days ago that I attached an external monitor
to my PB for the first time.
      I am hoping it is a software problem that can be fixed
by a newer extension rather than a hardware fault.

      Many, many thanks,
            K.W. Leon<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 07:55:40 +0100
From: Roland Whitehead <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel and 1-2-3 alternatives

>Right now, I use excel for my spreadsehet, and dislike it.  No particular
>reason, it is just awkward.
>I use nothing at all of the sophistication of excel, and would love a simple
>share- or free- ware spreadsheet.  Is there such a thing?

Its not shareware or free ware but if you want an integrate app that has
great spreaksheet functionality AND simplicity then you should look at
RagTime from B&E.  I used to use Excel and Word and Xpress for document
preparation, wordprocessing and spreadsheets but now only use RagTime.  Its
also cool as a DAL front-end, comms tool and mailing system (with
PowerTalk).

If that is not basic enough then why not ClarisWorks?

>I often get the idea that the whole federal government or at least Exxon
>could be on one 12 billion line spread sheet, and that excel would be up to
>it, arcsins and all.  Has anyone every actually used those things in a
>spreadsheet?  I feel inferior because my spreadsheet deson't use cotangents,
>only addition.  What is that stuff for?

You mean sin,arcsin and atan?  Don't they teach you elementary maths in the
the US?  They're for doing triganometry which, as we should all know, is
vital for geometry.  I have used them many times for solving geometrical
prblems in 2 and 3 d.  Who needs a 3D modeller when you have a spreadsheet
with trig functions!

Roland Whitehead

****** CONTINUUM * 92 Chertsey Road, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6BX, UK *****
[e-mail] * Tel [phone] *  Fax [phone]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 14:19:01 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: excel question

I am doing a LISTS global to see if there is a list for excel questions, but
I am posting here to see if someone can answer what I suspect is a trivial
question.

I have two columns, call them A and B, which are several hundred rows long.
 To sum them, of course, I do =sum(A1:a200).

I would like to do a partial sum of column A, such that if there
is an entry in the B column corresponding to the A column, that cell is NOT
included in the sum.

To be fortranish,
      do lab i = 1,200
      if b(i) eql 0
lab  sum = sum+a(i)

I am sure it is easy, but I am a self taught exceler, and the manual is
horrible.  I can find no reference to what I need to do.

Thank you for the help.

Michael B. Luskin

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 20:23:20 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: Fixing Finder memory

There is an easier way to increase the Finder's memory than going
into it with ResEdit:

1) make a copy of the Finder
2) change the type to APPL
3) Get Info... and set the memory size
4) change the type back to FNDR
5) move the original Finder out; move the new Finder into the System
   Folder

[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:13:29 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Fixing the Finders memory <alternate means>

There is a MUCH more simpler way than what [e-mail] said. Look for a
hack called Finder Fixer. This will allow you to change the memory prefs of
the finder. You must then restart, and it will be changed. Look mommy, no
ResEdit!

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Date: 18 Dec 1994 15:42:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (anders lund)
Subject: Global Village fax/modem

I was curious if a global villiage fax/modem will work with an original
LC? The fax/modem was sold bundled with a LC475. The person who purchased
the 475 does not want the modem and has offered to sell it to me..  but I
want to know your opinion of the modem, is it worth it?
Does it work with an oricinal LC?

TIA.

--
        ><>     Anders Lund     <><
               [e-mail]
                    <><

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 02:14:46 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Andrew R. Schmiechen -- University of
Wisconsin-Platteville)
Subject: HELP!!! File Sharing Could Not Be Enabled!

Help, I get the error "File Sharing Could Not Be Enabled" everytime I try
to turn on File Sharing.  I have all the proper extensions and control
panels installed.  I have done a scan with NUM 3.0 and SAM 4.0 and nothing
has been found.  I appreciate all ideas that anyone has.  PLEASE e-mail
these ideas to [e-mail].  I need to get this working ASAP so
I can use files on my mac at work.

Thanks.

      Andrew R. Schmiechen        |
         UW-Platteville           |  E-Mail: [e-mail]
Office of Information Technology  |  Finger: Schmiechen@137.104.136.223
    Micro-Computer Specialist     |

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 16:57:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tobias Kuipers)
Subject: HTML to RTF or some other format (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>I am looking for a converter which will convert a HTML document
>to RTF or any other word processor format, preferably something
>that MS Word 4 can read.

You can find pointer (or links:-)) to most HTML2something or
something2HTML converters on:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/faq-software.html#editors

The info on RTF2HTML is in:
ftp://ftp.cray.com/src/WWWstuff/RTF/rtftohtml_overview.html

There's even a Mac binary in there! Haven't tried it, so don't complain.
I did work with RTF2HTML on a Unix box, and that worked just fine, it
even incorporates pictures and things.

Hope this helps,

cheers,

Tobias
--
"There here..."  -- Special Agent Dana Sculley, The X-files
--
URL : http://adam.fwi.uva.nl/~kuipers/

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 20:38:28 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gordon Oppenheimer)
Subject: ImageWriter print in background?

Is there any way to get an ImageWriter to print in the background?

Thanks.

--
Gordon Oppenheimer
Systems Manager
Air Age Publishing
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:35:21 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #159

>Admittedly my home modem is only 2400bps, yet I am told that is not a
>problem.  Is this a common problem.   My system administrator is either
>not cooperating with a solution. (This is a home link, a private PPP
>connection I am attempting) And his only advice is for me to stay with
>Z-Term!!!!:)

A 2400 bps modem may in fact be the problem, since handshaking is pretty
important for PPP and SLIP connections, and with 2400 bps modems, things
get a little weird, not to mention the fact that I've seen numerous timeout
errors and the like with such slow modems. It can work, but I'm never
surprised if it doesn't.

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 18:00:40 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Tim Tu)
Subject: info needed for DOS cards from Reply (Q)

Hi,

I have a Quadra 610, and I am looking to buy a DOS card.  There are two
options: the old, discontinued DOS card from Apple and the new DOS cards
>From Reply.  Can someone give me some information about the new DOS cards
>From Reply?  Or does anyone have its number?

Thanks.

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

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 19:01:21 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Mikael Hansen)
Subject: Internet Interviews II: World Wide Web

Hello, all

Please find the article entitled "The Internet: culture, computer, World
Wide Web" at The Royal Library, Denmark:

WWW:
<URL:http://www.kb.bib.dk/Web/Internet-Interviews/Internet-Interviews.html>

gopher:
<URL:gopher://gopher.kb.bib.dk/11ftp%3aThe%20Royal%20Library%2c%20Denmark%3aThe%20Royal%20Library%20Services%3aWord%20%28English%29%3aInternet%20Interviews%3a>

ftp:
<URL:ftp://gopher.kb.bib.dk/The Royal Library, Denmark/The Royal Library
Services/Word (English)/Internet Interviews/>

e-mail:
<URL:mailto:[e-mail]>

The following people have been interviewed:
- programmers of MacHTTP, Netscape, MacWeb, Internet Config,
    Network Time and JPEGView
- web administrators at the Apple and Claris Web servers
- individuals re: TCP/Connect II, TidBITS and the Yanoff List

These (and other) questions have been answered by the interviewees:
- How do you envision the future of the World Wide Web?
- How do you feel about Apple licensing the MacOS?
- Does System 7.5 have a substantial impact on Internet software?
- Apple and the Internet: web servers, Cool Tools Awards?
- How important is functionality versus software features?
- Your three favorite World Wide Web sites in the world?

At this point, I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone
involved in the project; it was very entertaining and educational. You are
the best!

Please observe, that The Royal Library Internet servers are (and should be)
the one and only place, from which to obtain the article (in whole or in
part). Also, I welcome comments by e-mail pertaining to the article as well
as to The Royal Library Internet servers as such. Thank you :-)

--
Mikael Hansen [e-mail] <URL:http://www.kb.bib.dk>
Programmer and Mac Network Admin, The Royal Library, Denmark

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:35:36 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: IP access in Miami

>I am trying to get IP access for a relative's Mac. They live in Miami (FL).
>I want them to be able to run Eudora and Mosaic. Their Mac runs System 7
>and has TCP/IP software (but no assigned number yet). Oh yes, they are
>interested in the cheapest connection possible.
>
>My question(s)
>
>1. How do I locate an IP connection for them in Miami.

These lists...

http://www.teleport.com/~cci/directories/pocia/pocia.html
ftp://ftp.teleport.com/vendors/cci/pocia/pocia.txt

>2. Other than a Mac, what hardware do I need.

A modem, preferably as fast as possible (or at least as fast as the
provider's modems)

>If you have solved this problem, Your experiences could save me
>considerable time and effort. Thanks.

Not to blow my own horn, but you might want to check out my Internet
Starter Kit for Macintosh book - that's expressly why I wrote it. It's big
and yellow and should be in all good bookstores. A boxed version containing
a second disk and with most of the shareware licensed is in software stores
for about the same price ($25-ish).

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 12:09:02 +0200 (EET)
From: Vesa V Salovaara <[e-mail]>
Subject: I wonder

I would like to know if these font could be uploaded with not only screenfonts
but including type 1 or other printable set of the whole font set.

Thank You.

And merry Christmas.

--

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 10:53:14 -0300
From: "Diego Akerman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: mach10

You can contact the makers of mach10 at:

Tenon Intersystems
1123 Chapala St. Suite 202
Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
[phone], [phone] fax
[e-mail]
AppleLink: TENON

Hope this helps. Doglan//
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 94 18:43:19 GMT
From: "G Marsden (PG)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: mach10

Hi.

I am looking for info on a program called, I think, "Mach10", which is a
unix implementation for the Mac. If you have any info on this, or indeed
any other Mac unix, please could you mail me with the details.

Many thanks,

gary. ([e-mail])
Dept. of Computing Science, University of Stirling, Scotland.

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 12:33:07 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: mactcp updatermactcp/MacTCP_2.0.6

A recent article in either info mac or tidbits mentioned that this file was
available at ftp.tidbits. com.  But when I loked for it, I could not find it.
 Would someone please tell me what the correct title is, and hwere I might
find it?

Michael B. Luskin

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 19:21:28 GMT
From: "David W. Jarrett" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac TV Tuner Cards
Is there now, or has there ever been, a TV Tuner card for
Macintosh computers, besides the one for the Quadra 630 series?
I also don't mean a video card with NTSC input, I mean a card
you can hook a cable-TV cable or antenna to and get TV in a window
on the screen.

David Jarrett

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 10:41:49 EST
From: LEE ALTIER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Modems

What are the best deals on modems right now?  I am particularly interested
in fax/modems.  I have a Mac Classic.  Do I need a modem specifically for
a Mac?  Or will any modem that can plug into a serial port work?  Thanks!

Lee Altier          [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:13:32 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: multiple clipboards

I believe there is more than one extension out there that does let you have
Multiple clipboards, but the one I know of is called SuperClip. The latest
version is 1.5.0

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 23:01 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Netscape bookmarks bug - has it been fixed?

Netscape 0.94B had a bug that made it necessary to import the bookmarks every
time you openned it.  I attempted saving the bookmarks as a different file,
and still it refused to believe that the bookmarks were accessable.
It would show them in the bookmarks menu, but would not allow a drag-menu
click or GoTo from the Bookmarks window unless you did an Import first.
If I tried selecting it before the import, it froze.
These bookmarks originally were made under Netscape 0.9B.
As I have over 150 bookmarks, I don't want to have to recreate them to have
instant access when I open Netscape.
I renamed all the preference files and application files, as mentioned in the
Readme, before trying to import the bookmarks.
Anybody else have this problem?
Can one import bookmarks once in Netscape 0.96B, from a conglomeration of
Netscape 0.94B and 0.9B, and not have to import them
again after quiting Netscape?
Or does one have to recreate the bookmarks for every new version of Netscape?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 17:18:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Woods)
Subject: Open Box, Void Warranty: How can they TELL?

[e-mail] writes:
>How can they tell?  Can they tell that ANYONE has been inside?  And if
>so, do certified Apple dealers initial the motherboard with a felt tip
>marker, or what?  How does someone tell later on whether or not I've
>been foolish enough to try to install my own SIMMS chips (assuming I
>don't try to put them in upside down or something)?

Presumably they can tell that a certified Apple dealer has caused damage
inside a computer from the fact that it is that same thumb-fingered certified
Apple dealer which repairs the system.  If you bring a Mac in for service
saying, "Well, gee, it doesn't work for some mysterious reason, please
fix it under warranty" and they see that all of the SIMM sockets are broken
and there are crowbar marks on the motherboard near the NuBus slots, it
probably doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that you broke it
yourself.

If it's something subtle (you blew out a chip with static while upgrading
the SIMMs) and you cover your tracks adequately (put the SIMMs back the way
they were before bringing it to the shop), then they probably can't find out;
on the other hand, if you're smart enough to do that, they're probably hoping
that you're at least smart enough to take the minimal precautions that are
needed to avoid blowing something out in the first place...

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 08:35:01 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PB520 32 bit addressing

     This was posted on the Archaeology List.... please respond to Wendy
     directly.  I'm just cross posting this message.

     Thanks in advance....

     Date:    Mon, 19 Dec 1994 14:14:02 EST
     From:    Wendy Bustard <[e-mail]> Subject: Software Woes

     I would appreciate help/feedback from any Mac users on the list.  I
     recently purchased a 520 PB to run some specialized spatial analysis
     software developed by UCL.  I did not realize that 32-bit addressing
     cannot be turned off on the 500 PBs and the software runs into
     glitches.  The Dept. that developed the software does not have these
     problems and has neither the time, money nor staff to recode/cleanup
     the programs.
     I wrote to Apple and it seems that the "Apple Assurance" of
     compatibility with third-party hardware and software comes with
     unwritten qualifications.  Customer service said I should have
     identified the problem before purchase and basically I'm out of
     luck.  I'm a PC user normally, so this has been a learning experience.
     Someone here at the Smithsonian said there may be a chip emulation
     program available, and I'm wondering if anyone on the list has heard
     of such a program and where it might be available.  Thanks.
     Wendy Bustard
     Dept. of Anthropology
     Smithsonian
     [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 17:49:55 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: PowerPC 601->604 upgrades

According to the current version of the PowerPC FAQ, current 601-based
Power Macs are "apparently not upgradeable" to 604's. No justification is
given for this claim. Can anyone confirm/disconfirm it? I've been holding
off upgrading my Q800 to a 601 with the intention of using the money saved
to upgrade it to a 604!

Thanks in advance for any advice,
Graeme Forbes

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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:35:19 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: PPP problem

At 5:34 PM 12/14/94, The Info-Mac Moderators wrote:
>I'm a new internet user and am having what seems to be problems with my
>server. I'm using a Centris 660av with the MacTCP, MacPPP software from Adam
>Engst. I just set up a PPP account w/CRL in Marin Calif. that opens, connects
>and seems to work well.  I had no problems the first time I tried to use
>Enhanced Mosaic, that is I got all the way to the Xerox PARC map and looked
>into a  Netizen's homepage. That was on a Friday evening session (around
>6pm).  Since then I've had the following problems:
>W/Mosaic: I get a dialog that say "The system that looks up network addresses
>for you didn't reply within the allotted time". This happens exactly 40
>seconds after I try to get past GNN.  It also happens when I use the "Open
>URL" feature.  It even happens within GNN sometimes ie: when I try to get
>send a message through the Support window.
>W/MacWAIS: I get a "Bad Connection to server" message when it tries to
>initialize a connection.
>W/TurboGopher: I get "Unable to resolve Host Name" message.
>W/Anarchie: I get a "Name server didn't answer" message when I tried the
>ftp.tidbits test.
>My PPP connection to CRL stays open during all of this and again it worked
>well the first time I tried this same process. I've also never had any
>problems reaching AOL.

Check your modem strings very carefully, along with the connection and any
extensions that might be causing handshaking to fail on connection. I've
seen this problem specifically when XON/XOFF was turned ON in the modem -
things would connect fine, but nothing would work, citing DNS errors
always.

Since you have the second edition of the Starter Kit, read through the
troubleshooting section of Chapter 12 carefully, and even consider that
some of the things that had only been reported with InterSLIP might be true
of MacPPP as well. For those that don't have the book, much that
information is in the Dominating MacTCP draft that I'll finish someday, but
which is on:

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

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 13:21:57 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Dan Wismer)
Subject: Prevent internal drive from mounting

I have a little programm, that bombs a lot with System 7.5.
So I created a diskette with System 6.0.7 and the programm (and I still
have 750K free ! :-).

But to prevent desktop rebuilding of the internal harddisk, I am looking
for an old init, that didn't allow the SCSI device 0 to be mounted.

Problem is, that I looked around the net with Anarchie and through old
digests, but I couldn't find the little hack.

Could you someone send that to me ?

Thank you for your help

Dan Wismer ([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 09:03:40 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jason R. Stevens)
Subject: Problem enabling sharing

>I am running System 7.5 on my Centris 660av and trying to make it work as a
>file server via a modem, and I need to start File Sharing.
>
>I was wondering if anybody's ever experienced the following problem in
>Sharing Setup while starting "File Sharing" the message is:
>
>        File sharing could not be enabled!
>
>I have done everything what the manual suggests, and nothing works.  And
>maybe the answer is too simple, and I am too stupid, but it's become really
>annoying.

Alex-

I've had this problem before on a PowerMac 6100 running System 7.5.  What
worked for me was trashing the Appleshare PDS file on the hard drives.
It's invisible, so you'll need to use ResEdit to make it visible, drag it
to the trash and then restart.

I don't know much about the Appleshare PDS file, so you may want to hang on
to the old copy of it just in case trashing it screws something up.  I
think you'll just have to redo your file sharing settings.


 -----------------------------------------------------------
Jason R. Stevens
Amiable Technologies, Inc.

[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 15:12:23 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.5/P630/Background copying problem...

Date    12/20/94
Subject System 7.5/P630/Background
>From    Elliot Bennett
To      Info [mac

 Subject   System 7.5/P630/Background copying problem...           20.12.1994

                                                                   3:04 PM
Can some enlightened person please explain to me why NEITHER CopyRight NOR
SpeedyFinder work on my Performa 630/cd (8/250)??  I've installed CopyRight
TWICE from the original floppy and, although the program is there, it just won'
t kick in when I copy something (even if the program is running [manually
launched] when a copy occurs).

Anyone else seen this?

While I'm at it, I remember someone else asking how to get rid of the annoying
"You didn't shut down your mac properly last time" dialog box (which comes if,
for example, your mac has crashed) under System 7.5.  Unfortunately I don't
remember if there was an answer as to how to get rid of this...

MUCH TIA,
Elliot Bennett
Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 21:24:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Roland Hutchinson)
Subject: Toggling MacTCP between Ethernet and InterSLIP (both connected)

In digest <3co6mm$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
writes:
>   I am having no trouble to use both networks, however, I manually have to
>change the gateway address and the network in MacTCP, toggle NFS/Share on
>or off in the Extension Manager, and reboot. It would be nice to automate
>this task for users which are less inclined to meddle with "deep" settings.
>Does anybody know about a utility which would allow to specify which
>network to use and performs the other tasks automatically (espcially
>setting the different networks and gateway addresses)? Of course, a reboot
>will be necessary.

MacTCP Switcher (freeware from net.good.guy John Norstad at
Northwestern University).  Version 1.0 is the latest as far as I know.

It saves the current MacTCP configuration in a document.

You make one document for each configuration you use, then just open
the document when you want to use that configuration.  It will even
offer to reboot the Mac for you if necessary.

Lean, mean, clean and practically foolproof.

--
Roland Hutchinson                               Visiting Specialist/Early Music
 Internet: [e-mail]                          Department of Music
 Bitnet: rhutchin@NJIN                               Montclair State University
 All-in-1 (MSC campus): [e-mail]@wins  Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 16:24:43 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: UnmountIt is great (C)

I know this has been said before (that's how I know about it :-)  but I
think it's worth repeating:  If you're just getting a CD-ROM drive, make
sure that you grab the free utility UnmountIt from the info-mac archives:

  ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/info-mac/disk/unmountit-10.hqx

What does it do?  UnmountIt let's you eject a CD-ROM by dragging onto it
(instead of onto the Trash).  Very handy when the Finder won't let you
eject a CD-ROM because it _thinks_ that the CD-ROM is being shared...even
when you know it's not.

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

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 94 17:54:44 EST
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wanted:  clipboard converter CR to LF

I'd like to have a device of some sort that would translate carriage
returns into line feeds, either working upon text that is in the clip-
board or that will allow me to copy the results into the clipboard
without turning them back into carriage returns.  Purpose:  I read my
email over modem logged into an IBM-VM using Kermit; I can copy sections
of mail and paste them into something else (a word processor, for
example), but I can't paste more than a line into the Kermit window
because either Kermit or the Mac's clipboard apparatus have converted
line feeds into carriage returns, and carriage returns drop me down to
the command line.  I have applications that can change characters in the
other direction (replace LF with CR) but none that will go in the direc-
tion I wanna go.

-Allan Hunter
<ahunter@sbccvm>
<[e-mail]>

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 17:08:35 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tobias Kuipers)
Subject: What happens to memory after crash....?

Well, I guess it's possible, in theory... :-)

No, no way. Even if the data stays resident in memory, it would still be
virtually impossible to filter out the right stuff. I mean, have you
ever seen a UNIX core-dump?

Let's say you are working in something like MS Word, writing some text.
MS Word occupies (say) something like 1.5Mb of your memory. Then, due to
some circumstance only known to Mr. Gates, Ms Word crashes. Now, you do
not know where (or even how) Word stores it's data. So you would have to
scan through the whole 1.5Mb searching for something remotely
recognizable. I think this would very much look like searching for a
needle in a haystack, without knowing where the haystack is and what a
needle looks like.

It is relatively easy (again, assuming the data stays in memory) to look
for something if you know what it looks like, like an ASCII file, but
some of the more complex file formats are much more difficult to come
by.

Well, it's just me saying this,

cheers,

Tobias
--
"There here..."  -- Special Agent Dana Sculley, The X-files
--
URL : http://adam.fwi.uva.nl/~kuipers/

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Date: 19 Dec 1994 19:30:06 U
From: "Kauffman James" <[e-mail]>
Subject: White Knight 12.02 Problem (C)

In a message of 12 Dec 1994 , S.Lott wrote -

> I got a card from FreeSoft, offering upgrade diskettes from 11 to
> 12.0. I sent money, and several things didn't work. Their solution was
> to send 12.03.  It doesn't recognize MacBinary. When I double click my
> phone book it asks me for a password (a known bug). It doesn't
> correctly finalize a ZModem transfer from DELPHI. They suggest I toss
> away the WhiteKnight Stuff document.  I haven't spent a lot of time on
> it.  I was hoping they would use my money wisely and fix their
> software.

I also upgraded White Knight from 11 to 12, but I have had none of the problems
that S.Lott has. I don't have a DELPHI account, but I use WK12 to download from
GEnie and local BBSs with ZMODEM and have never had a problem with finalization
of the transfer. Perhaps the problem is with DELPHI or perhaps the WK setup
used with DELPHI?? Also, I have not had any problems with MacBinary
recognition.

As for the "known bug" of asking for a password when double clicking on a phone
book file, I never did this before, but I tried it just now and my phone book
opened up in WK as usual without asking for a password.

WK is not perfect and FreeSoft is supporting the product. I started with WK
12.01 which I updated to 12.02 then 12.03 and then 12.04. (I downloaded each of
the updates from the FreeSoft roundtable on GEine with ZMODEM.) I didn't seem
to have any of the problems which were addressed by these updates, but I got
them and used them just to be current. I did not retain a copy of 12.03.
Perhaps 12.04 fixed the double click phone book password bug???

I don't doubt that S.Lott is having these problems. I just want to point out
that these problems do not seem to be generic with the product. By the way, I
did have kind of problem early on. I forget the exact nature of the problem,
but it seemed to be caused by using an old WhiteKnight Stuff file. I trashed it
and the problem went away. I would encourage S.Lott to spend a little more time
working the problems with FreeSoft. Perhaps they are environment or
configuration related?

Jim K.

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 08:55:21 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Joern Erik Wennerstroem)
Subject: Word-List

Hello Netters,

Can anyone out there tell me, if a list or other net-forum for discussing
Word (5.x, 6.x) is still alive? There used to be one a couple of years ago
- the role as moderator was passed around between a number of persons and
eventually the list died.
 ----------------------------
            Best,

            Joern Wennerstroem

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