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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 11 Jun 92       Volume 10 : Issue 142

Today's Topics:

      [*] FEdit+ 1.08
      [*] JPEGView 1.0
      [*] Merz HyperCard Stack
      [*] PlayMaker News 1/1
      [*] Spider-demo1.2m.sea.Hqx
      [*] TextTrap.sit
      "not enough finder memory to work with hard disk" (A)
      3-D CLIP-ART
      512K SIMMs--The Use (A) (2 msgs)
      A matter of graphics, transfers, and madness...(Q)
      a question
      Audio CDs: How Do It Know?
      Changing Renumber Default in Word 5? (Q)
      DW 3.1/sys6.0.8
      experience with MICRO MAPS?
      Extended keyboard and PB170 (C)
      Fly Icons and ~MOOF~
      FORUM by Pacer (Q)
      Framemaker
      FTP programs for the Mac
      Help Needed(Sticky Cursor)[A]
      HyperCard Serial Communications Toolkit (Q)
      Icon clumping in Sys 7 (A)
      image files,diskcopy (q)
      ImageWriter I???
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #141
      is apple cd 150 an XA drive
      lexis and westlaw
      Mac II/IIx Upgrades
      MIF translator to get files from FrameMaker (A)
      Mouse Does Not Move (Help)[A]
      OzTeX
      Personal LS to Personal NTR upgrade
      postscript
      Powerbook 170 problem with internal and external modems
      printing via ethernet
      re- MIF translator to get f
      Reinking cartridges
      Shareware Registration on CompuServe
      SoftwareFPU
      Typing diacretics after a vowel?
      White Knight Text Downloads (A)
      White Knight Text Downloads (C)
      White Knight Text Downloads (Q) (2 msgs)
      word-processor with mail merge facility
      WordBASIC
      XCMD to test for 24 or 32 bits?

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 14:05:44 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FEdit+ 1.08

Someone on the Mac-User list asked about FEdit. It wasn't in the
sumex archives, so here it is. In the "About FEdit" box it says that
the program is available "from better computer stores" *OR* by sending
$40 to MacMaster Systems in Fremont, California. That sounds to me like
a shareware arrangement.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/fedit-plus-108.hqx; 69K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 04:56:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Aaron Giles)
Subject: [*] JPEGView 1.0

Enclosed is an important upgrade to JPEGView (new version is 1.0), a
freeware utility for viewing both JFIF and compressed PICT files, as
well as converting between the two formats.

It is strongly recommended that those using JPEGView 0.9 upgrade
to this new version, as it provides much cleaner handling of
PICT creation and JFIF extraction.

Changes from Version 0.9:
   - Cleaner handling of JPEG identification and PICT-to-JFIF conversion
   - Now supports offscreen bitmaps for fast window updates (if enough
    memory is available)
   - Zooming, cropping, and picture rescaling options
   - Ability to view pictures in full screen mode (sans menubar)
   - Support for loading non-JPEG PICT files and for compressing
    uncompressed PICTs
   - Statistics window showing memory and image information
   - Explicit support for multiple-monitor systems
   - Can now be used for saving and opening compressed PICT0 resources
   - Allows the creation of thumbnail images for JFIF files
   - Support for Balloon Help and an improved Help interface

Important Features of JPEGView:
   - It's free, simple, and easy to use
   - Requires only 512k to open most pictures and can open multiple pictures
   - "Smart" picture loading does not rely on file types
   - Automatically scales pictures to fit on screen
   - Creates and allows viewing of preview images
   - System 7 friendliness, including AppleEvents and 32-bit cleanliness
   - Extensive on-line documentation and Balloon Help
   - Two "Drag and Drop" applications for fixing file types
   - Cool ray-traced demonstration picture

IMPORTANT NOTE: JPEGView *requires* both System 7.0 and QuickTime to run!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/jpeg-view-10.hqx; 190K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 23:56:44 EDT
From: J. R. Valentine (Creider) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Merz HyperCard Stack

Fellow netlings,

Destined to become a cult classic among HyperCard users, I am releasing
my Merz HyperCard stack to the general public (drum-roll...) Merz is a
stack dedicated to the memory of the artost Lirt Schwitters, who is
said to have wandered the streets grabbing bits of blown paper to serve
as material for his artistic creations. He also wrote astounding sound
poetry with the sounds of coughs and sneezes. The Merz stack does neither
of these things-- instead it draws random art using the various graphics
procedures available in HyperCard. It plays random music while it creates
its random art. There is also a funky Haiku generating card. The
amazing thing is that this stack is totally free!

Rand Valentine
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/merz.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 06:22:04 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Cayetano)
Subject: [*] PlayMaker News 1/1

PlayMaker News, the premier PlayMaker Football mag.  Articles include:  The
Art of Late Game AI, The Legality of Pick Plays, Standings from the various
on-line leagues, and much more.  PageMaker file.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/play-maker-news.hqx; 117K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 23:14:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Spider-demo1.2m.sea.Hqx

Spider (Monochrome) is a popular 2-deck solitaire game which is
challenging and fun to play.  This program supports animation, sounds,
infinite undo, statistics, and has many options. Both versions (1.2
and 1.2m) of this program support all combinations of large, small,
color, and monochrome displays. They are compatible with systems 6, 7,
A/UX, and support all Macs from the Mac Plus up. The color version,
Spider 1.2, has outstanding color cards, which were hand drawn pixel
by pixel and were specially designed for Spider. The Black and White
version, Spider 1.2m lacks the fancy color cards of Spider 1.2 and is
therefore smaller. It downloads faster, uses less disk space, less
RAM, and a fully functional version costs less.  This, however is a
FREE Demo version.

Spider 1.2 and Spider 1.2m are Copyright 1990, 1992, Steven R. Weiss.
All rights reserved Worldwide. Free distribution of the demo versions
in their original form by electronic means or on floppy disk is
permitted providing that the distribution is not for profit.

Steven R. Weiss
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/spider-12m.hqx; 163K]
[Archived as /info-mac/demo/spider-12.hqx; 253K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 15:09:51 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TextTrap.sit

TextTrap is freeware from Michael Budiansky of Pi Zero Software. It's a
flexible capture utility which allows you to save to disk any text written
to the Mac screen. Buttons allow you to toggle on or off the saving of text
written by DrawText, DrawJust, DrawString, and DrawChar commands.

Don't confuse this with usual capture utilities which save a screen at a
time. You can set this control panel running and capture a whole session of
communication with a mainframe, for example, without having to copy and
paste each screen. You can also capture help files from programs that do
not allow them to be printed or selected for copy/paste.

I have one fancy program for IBM 3278 emulation while connected with a
mainframe. It has its own capture utility for the session--but the opened
captured session is virtually unreadable, filled with color and graphic
escape sequences. This utility provides a readable copy of such sessions.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/text-trap.hqx; 51K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 10:53:54 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Cas Meyer)
Subject: "not enough finder memory to work with hard disk" (A)

It souds like your program has made the desktopfile very large. You can do two
things. I don't know which is the best:
1. rebuild the desktop by rebooting (from floppy?) while holding the CMND
and Option-Key.
OR:
2. increase the finder memory size on a boot floppy and boot with the flop.

Good Luck I hope it works.
Cas

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 19:34:18 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 3-D CLIP-ART

Are there any clip-art collections suitable for use in Swivel-3 or
similar programs?  I seem to recall seeing an advert for 3D clips in
MacUser/MacWeek some time ago but have been unable to trace it.  Of
course, PD collections would be especially good to know about...
Thanks: Roz ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 21:22 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 512K SIMMs--The Use (A)

On 10-JUN-1992 19:48:29.39, Murph Sewall wrote,

>That's odd.  According the the Macintosh Memory Guide (from COnnectix),
>*both* the LC (presumably the LC II as well) and the Quadra 700 can use
>512K SIMMS.  You can use the Memory Guide's "search" function (key:
>512K) to confirm that for yourself.

I have the latest Connectix Guide (copyright 1992) right in from of me
(the hard copy version) and it says explicitly that "The LC does not
support 256k or 512k SIMMS. Only low memory configuration of 2 or 4 Mb
are possible."

For the Q700, "256k and 512k SIMMS will not work."


Shaw Wu <[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 23:24:18 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: 512K SIMMs--The Use (A)

On Wed, 10 Jun 1992 21:22 EST you said:
>>That's odd.  According the the Macintosh Memory Guide (from COnnectix),
>>*both* the LC (presumably the LC II as well) and the Quadra 700 can use
>>512K SIMMS.  You can use the Memory Guide's "search" function (key:
>>512K) to confirm that for yourself.
>
>I have the latest Connectix Guide (copyright 1992) right in from of me
>(the hard copy version) and it says explicitly that "The LC does not
>support 256k or 512k SIMMS. Only low memory configuration of 2 or 4 Mb
>are possible."
>
>For the Q700, "256k and 512k SIMMS will not work."

Connectix argues with Connectix, I guess:

get info-mac/info-mac/report/mac-memory-guide.hqx (also copyright 1992 -
April 16).  Does the hard copy mention the LC II (that would be one way
of figuring out which is the *most* recent)?  I don't own an LC (I'd put
4 MByte SIMMs in the slots if I did) and I've already got 1 MByte SIMMs
in the Quadra, so my ego isn't wrapped up in this (modest curiosity only :)

"Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see." -- Will
Rodgers.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 14:08 EST
From: ELLEN RICCA AT MCC <[e-mail]>
Subject: A matter of graphics, transfers, and madness...(Q)

Before the questions, I think a little background is required.

My name is Ellen Ricca, a lowly clerk in the
Information Technologies dept. of a community college. Because
I happen to know a little bit about lots of computer-type stuff
(hows that for technical jargon :-) ) my new boss (the director of I.T.)
seems to think I am an *expert* (his term).

I would say that I do know more than the average clerk but a heck of
alot less than your average system manager. Well in any case, his
latest inquiry of me has prompted me to post to you'all (only my second
time). There are huge gaps in details here but try as I might I couldn't
get him to give me many, so please bear with me if this sounds twisted
and vague. I have already searched and searched the various reference
material here (MacWorld, MacUser, PC World) and have yet to find a
satisfactory answer.

O.K., here's the situation. We have a Publications Dept. here that
uses a Macintosh Ci and Si to produce catalogs, school logo and the like.
There software includes Illustrator, Freehand, Quark X-press, Word 5.0.

We also have a Facilities Mgt. dept that wants to produce roadsigns,
building signs, office signs etc.. whenever they need one. The facilites
dept has an IBM 486s that they use for other un-related applications.

In the past Facilities has always "contracted out" to have signs made, now
they want it done in-house so that there is a more uniform look, cost control,
and turnaround time.  O.K, here comes a question
(I think!)...

What graphic file format will transfer (translate?) from a mac platform to a
dos platform and vice-versa with as little effort as possible?

What I *think* he (they?) want to happen is for the graphic artist in
Publications to send Facilities a logo, or a map design on disk, they
then pop it into their IBM486 and are able to open it instantaneosly in
"X" name graphics program and/or "Y" name word processing program
(to add text to it). I don't even know what output device it will be
printed on or if that even matters at this point (I heard  mention of
some sort of vinyl sheet printer -- who knows!).

Do they just need the same software on both platforms, i.e., Illustrator and
Word on the MAC and Illustrator and Word on the PC?

Would they still need some sort of "file translator" on the receiving end?

What if they should end up with completely different applications, i.e,
Illustrator and Word on the MAC and lets say CorelDraw and WordPerfect on
the PC? How could they seamlessly transfer then? Or is that impossible?

Now I know the text can always go ASCII to ASCII, but what about all
those different graphics formats (PICT, EPS, TIFF, etc..)?

I know this is a long and obtuse post, but I hope someone out there can
understand what I'm trying to ask, even if the only answer is that there
is no answer. Thanks......

  ELLEN RICCA, Middlesex Community College, 33 Kearney Sq, Lowell MA 01852
Internet: [e-mail] / FAX: [phone] / Tel:[phone]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 16:58:28 EDT
From: [e-mail] (J. Andy Henson)
Subject: a question

To whom,
I hate to ask simple questions because it injures my pride, however ignorance
has it's costs....so:
I've found out from a former co-worker that aim.stanford.edu is a "mecca" for
information and binaries.  I've gotten a load of wonderful stuff from you. I'm
wondering where else on Internet I can look for MacArticles and general
MacGoodies to peruse/review/learn from.
And, thanks for providing what for me is an invaluable source of up to date
information. :)            andy henson      [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 06:42:51 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Edward Floden)
Subject: Audio CDs: How Do It Know?

Having the pleasure of borrowing a friend's AppleCD SC for the week, I've
been enjoying my favorite audio CDs while staring at my SE/30. But one item
puzzles me: the CD Remote extension can 'catalog' an audio CD when you
enter the title of the disk and the name of each of its tracks, and it
saves that information in a preferences file.

So *how* does the extension uniquely identify an audio disk, so that it can
find the correct listings for a disk when you reinsert it? Do audio CDs
have ID numbers embedded in them, or does the extension use some other
method? Maybe the first second of data on each each disk is sufficient to
uniquely identify the disk?

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 21:33:05 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Changing Renumber Default in Word 5? (Q)

I frequently need to create and edit numbered outlines in Word 5.  The
Renumber dialog box under the Tools menu forces you to use Arabic numbers
unless you type out a different format in the box provided.  The format
I follow is I.A.1.a.  Due to frequent editing, I need to keep removing the
numbers and then renumbering, which means I have to retype my example
format each time.  I called Microsoft tech support to ask if there was
a way to change the default scheme to my preferred format.  I was told
that it is not possible.  But still I wonder.  Might there be some way
using ResEdit or some other tool to go in and either change the default
or having my example permanently glued into the example box?

David Van Nuys
Psychology
Sonoma State University

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:55:14 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DW 3.1/sys6.0.8

>whalla (<--spelling might be incorrect) it worked.
 ^^^^^^
Hmmm, I like that - almost phonetic there, but I think
"vwalla" would be a little better. :-)

My favourite version is "viola". :-)
                          ^^
                          (note the reversed "i" and "o")

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:20:54 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: experience with MICRO MAPS?

Has anyone had good or bad experiences with MICROMAPS'
MapArt?  I'm about to buy the CD with both PICT and EPS
images, but want to check my "expert panel."  I'm mostly
interested in maps of Scandinavia, the countries, the main
cities, and counties.  Do the maps have topographical info, or
things like rivers and lakes?
Thanks for the help!
Louis Janus (sometimes) in Scandinavian Dept., U of Minn.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 03:30:11 EDT
From: Shekhar Govind <GS#[e-mail]>
Subject: Extended keyboard and PB170 (C)

>Does anybody know if it is possible to connected an extended keyboard t
>Mac Powerbook (170) ? The PB170 manual explicitly states that only
>etc.

I have used the Apple Extended Keyboard (and the Apple ADB mouse as
well!) with the PB170 without any _apparent_ problems.
When I have used it, the PB has been running off the AC adapter and
not its battery (should that make any difference?).
Usual disclaimers apply.

BTW, it is strongly recommended that the Mac be shutdown before
hooking up any ADB device.

Cheers - Shekhar Govind,    Lafayette College.   [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 11:28 PDT
From: Ed Costello <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fly Icons and ~MOOF~

Greetings,
    I found an invisible folder (called ~MOOF~ - where the first and last
characters are tildes) of 13 interesting icons in the Fly Icons package in
sumex.  Could someone explain what a dog-cow is (apart from the obvious
polymorphic entity) and it's significance.  I feel like I'm outside looking at
an inside joke . . . I hate when that happens.   :)

Thanks,

Ed

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 13:36 PDT
From: Ed Costello <[e-mail]>
Subject: FORUM by Pacer (Q)

Greetings,
    Anyone hear of a product called FORUM?  It's by a company called Pacer.
I was asked to investigate this as a candidate solution to a multi-user
conferencing request.

    Users of the product are encouraged to reply.  Also any information on
the company or other products are hereby solicited.  :)

Thanks in advance.

- Ed

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 00:13:26 EDT
From: Michael Kazlow <[e-mail]>
Subject: Framemaker

[e-mail] asks for a MIF translator. Maclink plus supports a
very good MIF 2.0 and MIF 3.0 translator. It will let you translate to most
popular MAC and PC WP programs. By the way MIF stands for Maker Interchange
Format.

For those of you who have been complaining about Words lack of support needed
for technical writing let me say that Framemaker is your answer if you have
a Postscript printer. It allows you to do have references anyway you want.
It can keep track of numbered tables, equations, footnotes following almost
any numbering scheme (by document, chapter, section, etc. They will renumber
as needed. Frame will keep track of these over multiple files if you need to
split up your file. It has a nice framemath similar to MathType or Expressionis
t. It does tables (with style-like sheets). Its a dream. However, it is quite
expensive if you can't get the academic discount. The support policy sucks.
It does not support quickdraw printers very well. However, I love the program.

I would not give up Word. It is my main WP. But for printing papers and books
it is great. You can order a free demo from Frame to check out the program
for yourself. I don't have Frames 800 number available but one number is:
408 433-3311.

 From the computer of: Michael Kazlow (Bitnet: KAZLOWF@PACEVM)
Acknowledge-To: <KAZLOWF@PACEVM>

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 13:42:30 EDT
From: Dave Virga <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP programs for the Mac

I have tried a few FTP programs for the Mac, but they all lack a feature that
my Vax-based program has: tailored searches.  I cannot afford to sit around and
wait for the Mac FTP programs to download "/info-mac/digest/im/*.*" when all
I'm interested in is "/info-mac/digest/im/infomacv10-14*".  That's a fifteen
second evolution compared to a five-minute evolution for me.  This is the only
thing that keeps me using the Vax FTP instead of VersaTerm-FTP, HyperFTP or
Fetch 2.0.6 - the three that I've tried.

Are there any Mac FTP programs that have a command-line option, or at least
this kind of search capability?  Even commercial?  Please???

Dave
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 10:50:26 CEST
From: Vittorio Dell'Aiuto <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help Needed(Sticky Cursor)[A]

>michel eytan:
>Trouble started about a month ago: the cursor seemed to 'stick' to the files,
>ie when passing over a file (or folder) it blackened and carried the icon.
>My dealer said it was 'soft trouble'.

For my experience, I think your dealer is wrong. Forget the
software, no blame on it.
A friend of mine had exactly the same problem, and I figured out
that the real problem was in the mouse; the button often remains
pushed.
It was the microswitch under the mouse button that was broken
inside. She just bought a new mouse and now she has no such
problem at all.

BTW, now I have the broken mouse, and it's not worthwhile to
spend a lot of money for a new one: it's sufficient to change the
microswitch, that's soldered in three points (not so complicated
to change by yourself), and it shouldn't cost more than one
dollar.
The only problem is that I'm not able to find one of the right
dimensions; the standard size is a bit too large, and it doesn't
fit.

Hope this helps!

Vittorio Dell'Aiuto   ***   [e-mail]


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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:14:45 PDT
From: Jerry Tangren <GSW$[e-mail]>
Subject: HyperCard Serial Communications Toolkit (Q)

Does anyone have experience with the Serial Comm Toolkit for Hypercard
that they would like to relate? We are just getting into roll-your-own
uses of the Mac serial port and would like to keep them within
HyperCard. I am assisting a faculty member with almost no programming
experience who wants to do as much on his own as possible. Besides
research uses, he plans to use the Serial Comm toolkit at home with his
ham radio equipment. So far he seems to have been very sucessful.
However, there are occasional bugs in the system, and we are looking
for a few words of caution.

This is the Toolkit offered in the APDA catalog. Apparently, develop-
ment was halted at an early stage, and it's offered under the user
beware heading.

If anyone knows a better way for our communications savy man with
little programming let us know. We have been using VersaTerm Pro, but
have taken that program as far as it can go.

Jerry Tangren     <Internet: gsw$[e-mail] >
                  <BITNET: gsw$en@wsuvm1>

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:11:20 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Icon clumping in Sys 7 (A)

>The Finder automatically aligns icons to an invisible grid unless
>you request otherwise, so icons can wind up on top of each other
>easily. If you drag an icon with the command key held down, you can
>position it wherever you like.

Actually, the default setting for System 7 is just the opposite.
That is, icons align to the grid automatically only if hold down the
command key while dragging. The Views control panel can be used to
set which way you want it to work (the checkbox is "always snap to
grid").

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 08:37:30 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: image files,diskcopy (q)

dear netters
i have some more novice questions: it has to do with with image files
and the diskcopy utility: it seems that some files, in particular
the large ones on some archives (not SUMEX) are in a disk-image format.
it seems that you download these files via ftp, de-binhex them and unstuiff
them in the usual way but then start the complications: these files
cannot be used immediatly but must first be "loaded" and then transferred
using "diskcopy" to a floppy. moreover they are in a floppy-specific
format, i.e. you cannot download a 800K file to a 1.44M diskette.
my first question is what is the advantage of having these files in a
disk-image format in the first place. it seems like an unnecessary
complication. my second question is a practical one. when i try to "load"
some 1.4M files in image-format, which have been de-hexed and "unstuffed"
in the usual way, i always get a "-620" (not enough physical memory) error,
despite the fact that i increase the virtual memory by one or two MB.
is it true that "diskcopy" can use only "real" RAM memory and does not
use the virtual memory available on System 7? and if so, is the only
solution (after reducing the operating system to the bare minimum) to
buy more RAM? thanks in advance for your help.
                                             zeev fraenkel
                                     [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 14:14:02 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: ImageWriter I???

We have an ImageWriter here. It's the old square one, not the IWI or
IWII that's tilted at an angle.

Can we use this with modern software and equipment?

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:45:35 +0200
From: Bo Lora <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #141

>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 10:19:01 -0600 (MDT)
>From: [e-mail]
>
> I have a Macintosh II with a standard 68020 16Mhz processor,
> math chip and no PMMU. I have heard a rumour that some folks are
> having good luck boosting the speed of the machine by replacing the
> clock chip with a higher speed one. Apparently this works as long as
> the SIMMs installed are fast enough, because the rest of the components
> can keep up with this higher speed. Does anyone know if this is true
> and not just a rumour? And if so, what component do I need to get
> hold of and how do I do it? Anyone done this?
>
>Thanks,
>Ken Mah <[e-mail]>
>

Sounds like a vicious rumor to me....

I think it may had started like this.....

If you take your old FPU (MC68881) and exchange it with a newer  one  (MC688882
same  as  the  IIx)  you  will  have the faster speed.  Although both units are
clocked at 16Mhz the 882 works faster.  By doing this FPU and the FDHD  upgrade
you virtualy convert your MacII to a IIx.  As far as fast memory chips, MacII's
have a wait state for the processor.  This means that anything faster than  120
simms  is  an overkill or waste.  The latter models IIx and IIfx have the 68030
processors which include a cache ram.  There  is  a  way  to  get  around  this
problem,  someone  builds  (or used to build) a small cache card (32K) that fit
between the processor socket and the 68020 chip.  I think a company called
Orchid made this but I haven't had time to research it.

Later,

Bo Lora
BBN Communications
Stuttgart, Germany.

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Date: 11 Jun 92 18:12:11 U
From: "Ron Beloin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: is apple cd 150 an XA drive

                       Subject:                               Time:6:01 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          is apple cd 150 an XA drive [Q]        Date:6/11/92
My local apple dealers are unable to answer this question:
Is the apple cdrom sc 150 (part number M2700LL/D) the same as
the cdrom sc 150 *plus* ? Also, do either of these drives, or
this drive, as the case may be, support the XA standard, which
I think is the designation for Kodak's photo cd stuff.
thanks as always,
Ron
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:41:12 EDT
From: Seth Ness <[e-mail]>
Subject: lexis and westlaw

hi,
a friend of mine is entering law school(fordham) in september and he wants
to buy a computer. fordham told him to get a ibm compatible to use with their
dial-up lexis and westlaw database access. i believe they have a special programfor this and you do not simply emulate a terminal to a mainframe. anyway, i'd
like him to get a mac, so does anyone know if its possible to access lexis and
westlaw on a mac(aside from using soft pc)
thanks

--
 Seth L. Ness                        Ness Gadol Hayah Sham
 [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1992 14:07:45 EST
From: [e-mail] (Steve Paris)
Subject: Mac II/IIx Upgrades

                       Subject:                               Time:2:05 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Mac II/IIx Upgrades                    Date:6/8/92
I've heard (and read) a lot of complaints lately about individuals
who have purchased Quadra 900s, only to see the faster 950 model
released very shortly after.  A lot of people are complaining
about the approximately $1,500 upgrade price.

Sorry, but I don't have any pity.  I bought a Mac II, only to
see the 68030 Mac IIx released shortly after.  I upgraded
for about $2,000 to the IIx.  Now, with its slow processor
and limited memory capabilities, I'd like to upgrade again.
What does Apple offer people like me?  An upgrade to the IIfx
for another $2,000?  Sorry, but I don't really want to buy
all those special SIMMs and SCSI connectors. I have an idea, though:

HEY APPLE, HOW ABOUT A 68040 UPGRADE BOARD FOR OWNERS
OF SIX-SLOT MACS!!!

If I had bought a IIcx, I could at least upgrade to a Quadra 700,
but with the larger boxes, the IIfx is the end of the line.
Also, I think people who have upgraded once to the IIx shouldn't
have to spend the same amount as upgrading from a straight II.

I know the comments about "you wouldn't expect to upgrade your car/washing
machine/first-born child/etc..."  Yes, but I  don't keep forking over
hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars in software updates/ETOs/etc. for my
car/washing machine/first-born child/etc.  It would be nice if my hardware
could keep up with the demands of all this nice software (C++, MacApp, etc.)
Apple keeps sending me.

What do the rest of you think?


Steve Paris   ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 13:36:53 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MIF translator to get files from FrameMaker (A)

[e-mail] asks:
> Does anyone know of an Apple File Exchange translator, a stand-alone
>program, or even a procedure to translate FrameMaker's "MIF" export format
>to something that SOME other word processor can import without losing the
>formatting? Just about any word processor file will do except Nissus.

There's not too much out there other than FrameMaker that actually *reads*
MIF and makes sense of it, probably because MIF reflects so much of the
document's structure which is very Frame-specific. However, FrameMakers on
different platforms *can* read each other's MIFs and retain formatting.
This is MIF's main function in life.

Other uses for MIF are for making global changes that can't be done easily
or quickly in FM itself (like "change all my Levelx paragraph tags into
xHeading tags where x is from 1 to 9"), creating mailable FM documents,
etc.

> And what does MIF stand for?
>  Macintosh Interchange Format - Ha.
Naah.
>  Multi-platform Interchange Format - probable since FrameMaker is
>                                      multi-platform.
Uh-uh.

Maker Interchange Format.

Sigh.
Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 10:51:58 CEST
From: Vittorio Dell'Aiuto <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mouse Does Not Move (Help)[A]

>Bob Canfield:
>The mouse on my SE keeps getting stuck. I opened it up, cleaned
>the ball and brushed out some dirt, but to no avail.

I had the same problem, and I also tried to change the pad.
To no avail, as well.
Then I changed the ball with one borrowed from another broken
mouse (read before in the digest) and it worked well.

So I took the bad-working ball and WASHED it instead of just
cleaning it. Water and a brush, nothing more.
It dries very quickly, and when I put it back in the mouse I felt
like having a brand new mouse on a brand new pad!
I think it's just the dust that goes inside the micro-holes of
the ball, making it a bit slippery.

Just remember to dry the ball very well before you put it into
its place!

Vittorio Dell'Aiuto   ***   [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 21:54:56 PDT
From: [e-mail] ( John Thoo )
Subject: OzTeX

On Wed, 10 Jun 92 15:06:54 CDT Bryan K. Walls <[e-mail]> said:
>TEX is available on the mac. For free.
>[....]
>I don't remember where to get it, but you can find out from Archie.

OzTeX is available at <midway.uchicago.edu> via anonymous ftp.

Happy TeX'ing! :-)

--John.
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 12:07:18 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Personal LS to Personal NTR upgrade

>I've heard both sides of the story...about whether the LS is
>upgradable to the NTR or not...the pendulum seems to swing towards
>the "No!".

Well, since the LS, NT, and NTR all use the same box and since there
was an LS to NT upgrade, it seems pretty likely that an LS can be
upgraded to an NTR. I guess asking Apple if they sell such an
upgrade would be the next move.

I have a question related to this. The LS driver has an option to
choose either the all purpose tray or the optional paper cassette,
but the NTR just uses the standard LaserWriter 7.1.1 driver which
does not have such an option.

Is there any way to switch trays on an NTR equipped with the
optional paper cassette? (Obvious need is to put letter head in one
tray and regular paper in the other).

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 12:59:45 EDT
From: Seth Ness <[e-mail]>
Subject: postscript

hi,
i'd like to print a postscript file but for some reason send ps does not work
on the network here. it can't find the printer. so is there another utility
that prints postscript files? failing that is there a way to convert a
postscript file to text or something?
.


--
 Seth L. Ness                        Ness Gadol Hayah Sham
 [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 21:36:18 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Roger Whitney)
Subject: Powerbook 170 problem with internal and external modems

I am having some problems with a Powerbook 170 and internal and
external modems.  I hope that someone can shed light on what is
going on.  The problems occur when I am logged via modems to
another computer.  At some seemingly random time during the
session, the communication between the two modems seems to stop.
The Powerbook still functions fines.  The communications software
on the Powerbook does not freeze.  I can type and select menu items.
This happens with the internal apple modem and an external
Prometheus 1200 baud modem.  When I type a character, the external
modem transmits characters, but does not receive any response.  My
process on the remote machine continues to exist until I exit the
communications software.  The process on the remote machine can
not transmit to the Powerbook.  At other times the communications
software will start to repeatedly display about 6 characters.  The
only way to interrupt this behavior is to quit the communications
software.

This happens with power saver option off, the rest feature off, and
the Powerbook plugged in.  This has happened using Mac kermit
0.9(40), MacLayers 1.0, Terminal 2.2, and QVT 2.1.  I use kermit and
MacLayers on an fx (system 7.0 tuned up with 32-bit addressing on)
with no such problems. The PowerBook is 3 weeks old.  I am running
system 7.0.1 with tune up version 1.0.  This is the system as it was
installed.  The modems at the other end are used by many people and
are fine.  The external Prometheus modem works fine with the fx.

Apple's technical support thought it might be the software or
possible the logic board.  Since the problem occurs using an external
modem, the problem does not appear to be an Apple modem problem.

Has anyone else had this problem or an idea of what is happening?
Has anyone used the above communications software successfully on
a Powerbook 170?  Does anyone know of shareware communications
software that works on Powerbook 170?  I would like rule out
software problems.

roger whitney
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:51:53 GMT
From: Sigrid Junold <[e-mail]>
Subject: printing via ethernet

hi all

we mainly use apollo machines and print from various
laser printers that are hooked up via ethernet. our macintoshes
are also connected to the apollo network via ethernet so that
we can ftp files between mac and apollo. that's about
all the ethernet is used for in this case. i would like
to be able to use it so that we can print stuff from the
macs on the apollo lasers.

the only problem is - i have absolutely no idea how to do
this! it's probably straightforward enough but i don't know
where to start. does anyone out there have some
hints they can give me? i'd appreciate any amount of
info, however basic.

thanks,

sigrid

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 12:09:27 CST
From: [e-mail] (David Gutierrez)
Subject: re- MIF translator to get f

Subject:   re: MIF translator to get files from FrameMaker
In Info-Mac Digest V10 #141, Jim Mueller, MacShaman writes:
>Does anyone know of an Apple File Exchange translator, a stand-alone
>program, or even a procedure to translate FrameMaker's "MIF" export format
>to something that SOME other word processor can import without losing the
>formatting? Just about any word processor file will do except Nissus.

MacLinkPlus will convert FrameMaker's Maker Interchange Format files into
MacWrite, MacWrite II, Word, WordPerfect, or WriteNow files.


David Gutierrez
Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

[e-mail]

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

Date: THU, 11 Jun 92 09:39:54 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: Reinking cartridges

I received many comments about reinking cartridges. I tried Mont-Blanc ink and
it's fine. Others used Shaeffer Skrip Black and liked it. Some reported some
clogging. Others used Parker Quink. I tried Parker and scrapped three
cartridges. Perhaps the bottle was a LEMON.
The best trick is to put some alcool with the ink. If you read on the label of
the Apple StyleWriter cartridge you will see that they put some alcool. What is
the best amount? Some say 10%. I think it would be good to mix the ink and
alcool before putting them in the cartridge.
Next problem we have to address it the amount of alcool and ink, not just the
ratio. I would estimate from experience that a total of 10cc is Okay, but I
can't certify that information. I estimated the weight compared with a new
cartridge.
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 18:32:47 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Shareware Registration on CompuServe

CompuServe is providing a new method for shareware writers to collect
payment from users. Here's the official announcement:

>  (11-Jun-91)
>  An online shareware registration service soon to be released on CompuServe will benefit users of shareware products and shareware authors.
>  The Shareware Registration service will allow shareware authors to register their software with CompuServe, and individuals who have tried shareware programs will be able to register them directly with the authors via an online area. Registration fees associated with the shareware programs will be billed directly to the user's CompuServe account. CompuServe will retain a small handling fee and pass the remaining registration amount to the author.
>  Over the next month, CompuServe will only be accepting enrollment applications by shareware authors into this program. Registration of shareware by CompuServe members will be implemented during July. Watch What's New for information.
>  Authors can learn more about the service and enroll in the Shareware Registration area, a part of CompuServe's extended services: GO SWREG.

Going to "SWREG" gives a well-thought-out agreement between shareware
authors and CompuServe. It's too long to quote here, but seems reasonable
to me. CompuServe will pass on to the authors 85% of the shareware fees
collected, which is VERY reasonable.

I have no connection with CompuServe except as a member--and I hope GEnie,
DELPHI, and AOL follow this lead!

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 10:38 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: SoftwareFPU

Has anyone used SoftwareFPU?  In particular, does version 2.21 work properly
with system 7/up?  SoftwareFPU is a control panel device which will emulate the
hardware FPU missing on the LC and IIsi.  Any info will be appreciated.

Steve Waechter
swaechter@utmem2 (bitnet)
[e-mail] (internet)

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

Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 19:53:43 EDT
From: CYMT000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Typing diacretics after a vowel?

Is there anyway to change the keyboard so that one can type a diacretic
after typing a vowel. I don't want to have the overstrike in which 'a~',
for example, has two ascii values. I want the way the US or ISO
Canadien have (a~ has only one ascii value after typing 'a' and '~')
In other words instead of typing '~' and 'a' to get an 'a~' (~ on top
of a) I would like to type an 'a' and then an '~' in the way of hand-
writing.
I tried to open KCHR resource from ResEdit and played around but it
didn't work. Can someone tell me any other way to make it work? Thanks
in advance for all your suggestions and your valuable time.

Mai Ba Tong
[e-mail]
McGill University
Montreal Quebec

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

Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 22:06:40 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: White Knight Text Downloads (A)

  > When I do a Kermit download of a text file, the received file has
  > a linefeed (CONTROL-J) after each carriage return. Except for hqx
  > files, I must go through the extra step of editing out those
  > buggers via global find/replace. I'm sure that some White Knight
  > option will strip those extra linefeed characters, but I can't
  > for the life of me figure out what it is.


Select Customize-> Filter-> Edit (<Command> <F> <E>).
Click the "File transfer filter" button.
Change the character of your choice from "Pass through" to "Strip out".
Then select Customize-> Options-> File Transfer (<Command> <O> <F>).
Click the "Use Filter" button. Pgs.61-62 in the FM :-) .

Robert E. Winston
[e-mail]    Wed, Jun 10, 1992   10:10 PM

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 15:07:13 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: White Knight Text Downloads (C)

Yesterday I asked about somehow removing line feed cahracters (ASCII 10)
>From downloaded text files via White Knight Kermit transfers from out
IBM VM/CMS mainframe. For those interested, it was indeed a RYFM as many
netfolk pointed out. Two steps are involved:

1. Set the file transfer filter (Customize/Filter/Edit/File Transfer
   Filter) to strip out ASCII 010.

2. Tell White Knight to actually use the filter (Customize/Options/
   File Transfer and check the "use filter" box).

I had neglected that second step. A minor but significant omission.

I was also warned to turn off "use filter" on binary (as opposed to text
or hqx) file transfers, lest a binary file get trashed because it just
happens to have one or more bytes containing ASCII 010. Hmm. That could
be more bother than editing out linefeeds from downloaded text files.

Which got me to thinking. Yes, I know that sort of thing is dangerous.
Thinking, that is. Anyway, is there such a thing as a drag-n-drop utility
that does nothing but strip line feeds? If so, could some kind soul post
it to the archives? If not, how hard would it be for one of you ace
programmers to create?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 08:46:36 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: White Knight Text Downloads (Q)

Al Bloom writes about problems with text files downloaded from a VM/CMS
mainframe having linefeeds after each carriage return, and wonders if thre
is any way aside from doing the global search and replace gig to get rid
of them.

Well, if I understand the problem correctly, I have the same problem
downloading from the UNIX system I'm on (and I've also downloaded text
>From a CMS system).  I'm assuming that this shows up in MS Word as the
infamous "paragraph marker at the end of every line" problem.

Now assuming I'm correct here, I'm not exactly sure that you really want
White Knight or any other program to automatically strip these out for
you, and here's why.  Most of the text files I download have the
paragraphs separated by a blank line.  If you had your program
automatically strip out all the paragraph markers, you'd have the world's
longest run on paragraph in your document.  What I do instead is to first
change all incidences of double returns (or "return-space-return" on CMS)
into some special sequence of characters like @2@ (my special code for
"two returns go here").  After I've done this, THEN and only then, do I do
a global replace of all returns with a space.  Finally, I go through once
more and change all @2@'s to a single return.  And there are even ways to
make macros of this, but I'm going to assume you know this already.

Of course, it's time for my standard disclaimer...it's always possible
that I don't really understand your problem at all, and that I'm confusing
the carriage return/linefeed issue with something else.  But as usual, I'm
assuming that someone will correct me if I'm wrong.  I like being
corrected, I hate being ignorant and never knowing it.

keg

* Keith E Gatling                                [e-mail] *

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:25:49 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: White Knight Text Downloads (Q)

Allan M. Bloom <[e-mail]> writes:
>This probably ranks with MacUser's "*...But Were Afraid to Ask" section,
>and I should probably somehow use a pseudonym. However, pride must needs
>yield to practicality. My principal interaction is with the TurkeyTech
>IBM VM/CMS mainframe. When I do a Kermit download of a text file, the
>received file has a linefeed (CONTROL-J) after each carriage return.
>
>Except for hqx files, I must go through the extra step of editing out
>those buggers via global find/replace. I'm sure that some White Knight
>option will strip those extra linefeed characters, but I can't for the
>life of me figure out what it is. Any help appreciated.

Sure, Al.

Go to Customize->Filter->Edit and choose "File Transfer Filter". Note
that Carriage returns are Char 13, while linefeeds are Char 10. So,
tell it to strip out linefeeds (only if you are SURE that you get
carriage returns as well).

                tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 12:08:32 GMT
From: Sigrid Junold <[e-mail]>
Subject: word-processor with mail merge facility

hi all

one of my marketing colleagues is close to despair - he's
using a database called Q&A on his PC to produce large numbers
of faxes. Q&A can perform a "mail-merge" by taking 8 million names
and addresses from a database and producing 8 million faxes.
however, Q&A's wordprocessor is absolutely abysmal so the resulting
documents look fairly awful. he's coming around to the idea of
doing this kind of stuff on the mac. does anyone know of a
shareware mac database program that does mail merges?

thanks,

sigrid

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:26:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: WordBASIC

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Oh, and by the way, I like BASIC just as
> much as you do, so what about implementing the BASIC scripting
> language in the Mac version that's already in Word for Windows?

Sorry, Microsoft just announced that they weren't able to do the WordBASIC
module for Word 5.0, so you'll have to wait to Word 6.0 in mid-93
(I'm not holding my breath on that date) to see it.

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:30:35 EST
From: Thomas Fruin  <[e-mail]>
Subject: XCMD to test for 24 or 32 bits?

Does anyone know of an XCMD that tests whether the Macintosh is running in
24 bit or in 32 bit mode? I'm currently using the Oracle XCMDs, and they
don't work reliably in 32 bit mode. I want to give the user a chance to bail
out and restart the machine in 24 bit mode before it crashes.

I looked on the Apple May 92 Developer CD, and found a number of SysEnvirons
type XCMDs, but none return the memory mode.

Perhaps there exists a Gestalt XCMD?

-- Thomas Fruin         Santiago, Chile           [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:17:31 CDT
From: Jay Poutinen <[e-mail]>

Subject: Norton Utilities-Accelerator Conflict
Status: ON 32768
Mailed To: [e-mail]

Those of you who have accelerators on your Mac and try to install
Norton Utilities 2.0 may experience a system crash.
I have a Mac SE with a Dove Marathon 030SE Upgrade, and
experienced a problem with a couple modules of NUM. The modules
I had problems with are the FileSaver and Fast Find.
I talked with Mike at Norton.  He said they know about the problem
and are working on a fix, which they expect to have in mid-July.
All other modules of NUM that I tried work REALLY slick, including
Disk Doctor, Backup, Directory Assistant, Speed Disk, and Key Finder.
I have not tried the remaining modules, although Mike said that
DiskLight, Layout, and Wipe work now.
Hope this might save some of you a few headaches.

Jay E. Poutinen   <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 11:40:47 CDT
From: Jay Poutinen <[e-mail]>

Subject: Logitech's FotoMan
Status: ON 32768
Mailed To: [e-mail]

Just received literature from Logitech about FotoMan.  Looks real
interesting.  Because it's digital (256 gray scales), it needs no
frame grabber.  Comes with a serial cable.

Has anyone had experience with it?  Do any mail order places have
it available?  Price?

Thanks.  Jay   <[e-mail]>

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