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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 12 Jun 92       Volume 10 : Issue 143

Today's Topics:

      6.0x on PowerBook?
      6 slot murders (C)
      8-bit desktop background pi
      Access to WestLaw and Lexis
      Apple Monitor Warranty Question
      AppleMouse MicroSwitch
      Avon Calling my MacFX
      Backgrounding
      Built-in debugger/monitor help needed (A)
      Can you connect an extended keyboard to a powerbook ?
      CD Rom & Magneto-Optical Questions
      CD roms drives
      DeskWriter C - New Model? (Q)
      Dialog Box shortcut? (summary)
      Disappearing cursor on IIsi
      Error -1070 when server goes down (Q)
      Essence of Ives Sound File--How to "Play"?
      fax modems
      Fedit
      FORUM by Pacer (Q)
      FTP programs for the Mac (R)
      Graphics,Transfers, and madness (C)
      Help Needed (Sticky Cursor) [A]
      Hypertalk: how to read directories? (Q)
      Icon clumping in Sys 7
      image files,diskcopy (A, I think)
      image files,diskcopy [A]
      ImageWriter I???
      ImageWriter I with Newer Macs
      lexis and westlaw
      lexis and westlaw (R)
      mac apps on a Sun
      Mac II/IIx Upgrades (2 msgs)
      Mac II/IIx Upgrades (C)
      meaning of (numbered) error
      Mirror Monitors and Superdrive Translation
      Mouse Problems [R]
      None
      No posting "Multifinder 6.1b9" at ANY ftp site...
      PageMaker 4.2a problem
      PageMaker 4.2a Problem ---- Fixed!!!!
      Partition Switching (A)
      Personal LS to Personal NTR upgrade
      Personal LS to Personal NTR upgrade (Q)
      PLW LS to PLW NTR upgrade
      Problem among Think Pascal & Fileguard
      Prometheus 14.4 modem.
      PS files
      PSI 2.0
      RE- Fly Icons and ~MOOF~
      re Can you create a PICT image from postscript code
      SendPS (Q)
      SLIP for the Mac?
      Stripping linefeeds (C)
      Stylewriter and labels
      Superfluous LF's vanish in at a single stroke (A)
      Sys7 Disappearing HD Icon
      Terminator 2 Beep
      Text editor for large files
      The value of expertise :)
      True Type Fonts
      Unusual Delay
      Video-capture on the Mac  (Q)

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 20:33:36 CDT
From: Chris Obyrne <[e-mail]>
Subject: 6.0x on PowerBook?

Is there anyway possible, with Resedit or by hook or by crook, to get
System 6.0whatever to run on my PowerBook 140? I have 4mb of RAM and want
to run a RAMdisk with both the system and my main application (ClarisWorks)
in it. A thousand guilders for the person who answers me positively :)
Thanks in advance!

Chris OByrne
Raisio Inc.
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:28:01
From: "G.Allsopp" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 6 slot murders (C)

Steve Paris writes:
> HEY APPLE, HOW ABOUT A 68040 UPGRADE BOARD FOR OWNERS
> OF SIX-SLOT MACS!!!

Sorry Steve, but you may have noted a comment in a note I posted last week.
Further to this I can confirm the rumour that Apple have finally killed the
6 slot machine. Last week I was frantically ringing round trying to find a
dealer who would give me a IIx to IIfx upgrade - I thought I was lucky, but
he got back to me earlier this week with the news that the IIfx upgrade is
no longer offered by Apple.

The good news is that Apple are instead offering a trade-in on 6 slots.
The bad news is that a IIx (4/80) to Quadra 700 trade-in costs #2096
for a 4/80 and #2321 for a 4/160.

As I only have the allocation for a IIfx upgrade (#1042), I am now
desperately looking for another #1000+ - any offers?

Of course, all this might apply to Apple UK only.
All prices are in Pounds sterling, but as Apple don't seem to have heard
of exchange rates, I guess 1 pound sterling = 1 US dollar!

Graham Allsopp, University of Sheffield, UK
[e-mail]

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Date: 12 Jun 92 09:40:53 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 8-bit desktop background pi

                       Subject:
                       8-bit desktop background picture?_
Is there a free/cheap way to get a desktop background picture of
arbitraryv size with 256 colors?  I'm using DeskPict (v1.1), but it seems to
give me only about 16 colors.  I would prefer a way
compatible with some type of randomization (I now use Randomizer).  Also, I
have no idea how much RAM this uses, but would like to keep it down to a few
100k at worst.
 -------------------------------------------
I, too, use DeskPict and, up until a couple of weeks ago, I was just
using the "Apple Balls" screen as my desktop background.  I was
just using Randomizer to randomize my startup screens, but I've
hacked it with ResEdit to randomize my DeskPict desktop pattern.
And it works perfectly fine on my machine in 256 colors:  Mac IIcx, 8 MB RAM,
System 7.0.1 + TU 1.1.1, tons of extensions, and a folder  of about a dozen
full-color startup screens that I've downloaded from sumex info-mac/art folder,
which I'm using for startup screens and desktop backgrounds.


 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

 Carpenter Hall Annex
 Phone: [phone]
 [e-mail]

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Date: Friday, 12 Jun 1992 10:05:17 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Access to WestLaw and Lexis

Seth Ness asked about software that access the Westlaw and Lexis legal
services from the Mac.  Our Law School using Macs and PCs to access
both services.  Contact Westlaw and Lexis (I don't have their numbers
in front of me at the moment) and they can give you the information on
the Macintosh version of their access software.

Jeff Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Friday, 12 Jun 1992 10:09:02 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Monitor Warranty Question

A little while ago, Apple announced a repair/return program for their
13" RGB Hi Res monitors.  I believe they found a defective capacitor
that needed to be replaced.

We have several 13" RGBs that fall in the serial range of the "recall".
After checking with our campus Computer Store, we were told that Apple
is not repairing/replacing all monitors in the S/N range -- only those
that have already failed.

This sounds a bit strange to me.  Usually Apple replaces or repairs all
devices in the "bad" serial range whether or not it has failed.  Has any-
one any experience with this recall who can either confirm or refute our
campus bookstore?


Jeff Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 08:11:03 -0400
From: "Steve Marsh"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleMouse MicroSwitch

Howdy,  I also have a dead mouse (no, the cat didn't get it) and haven't been
able to find a replacement microswitch that fits.  Does anyone know a source for
this part?

- Steve Marsh  "[e-mail]"   ;-)

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 9:55:26 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Avon Calling my MacFX

Dear NetWorld

I had just returned from a trip to Florida, where I had defended the
reliability of the Mac against a DOS machine, only to find my machine had
been tampered with and was dead. The tampering was not deliberatly
malicious, but someone had used it and eventually couldn't restart it and
so abandoned it. They were just trying to get a file, so I won't hold
them responsible.

The scenario: MacIIFX with a recently upgraded to 32megs (PL SIMMS I
think), 320 Rodime Drive external, 240 Quantum Drive internal (which was
actually made for an SE but I stuck it in anyway), and a Northern Telecom
920 Meg drive, which I personally think was the problem because my boss
had a lot of trouble with it before he gave it to me. CD player and a
Mass Micro external with 45 meg drives. When I returned from my vacation
I could not get my computer to start, it had the flashing question mark.
When I started with a floppy drive my internal disk was gone. So I used
Mac Tools to recover my internal, and reformated the drive. I called the
company to make sure that the latest Quantum drivers were system 7
compatable. The tech guy told me yes before I even told him the version
number of the driver, which did not instill a great deal of confidence.
After reformatting the drive I reinstalled system 7.0.1. Then I began to
rebuild my drive, and this is were I could have made a mistake, I started
taking recovered files and putting them into my system folder. Not a lot,
just some shareware inits that I didn't other copies of, broadcast for
example. Then I proceeded to re-establish my network connection. We are
not running EtherTalk phase II so I had to get an older copy of EtherTalk
and put it in the system folder. It didn't work, so I put in MacTCP, and
still nothing. I kept restarting and occasionally my monitor would go
bad, I mean really bad. I looked like a TV with a bad picture, with no
vertical hold and a lot of snow. So I gave up, and decided to set my
system up a little more. I have 2 monitors so I set the menubar to the
monitor I wanted and re-set my background colors, and then it happened,
it locked up. When I pushed the restart button I got the door bell
chimes. I started of a disk and tried to install the system on my
internal. The process progressed to the first disk, and then informed me
there was a problem installing on the disk and could not continue. I
tried on the Rodime, which succeeded but when I restarted, door bells. So
I started unhooking everything, the big nothern telecom first, then the
whole SCII chain, but nothing but door bells. Then I tried the a
different internal, all I had was one from an old SE, and when I put it
in, the SCII cable caught on fire. Undaunted, I replaced the SCII cable
and the power cable. There was no fire, but still I got door bells. Thats
the whole long sorry story. I am sorry I took up so much space here but I
wanted to get in all the possible confounding variables. I think it could
have been a termination problem, or a driver, but I wouldn't think that
would cause a total melt down. This has never happened to me before, I
mean a TOTALLY dead mac, especially one that is essentially only a few
months old (the motherboard). It is ironic that I had, just the day
before, argued that Macs are just as reliable as DOS machines. Now I
don't know any more. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Troy Kelley

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 15:30:55 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Backgrounding

What is necessary to run backgroud printing on a Mac SE/30 running
System 7.01.dot? More precisely, why is it my Stylewriter has background
printing but my friend's does not? We think we're set up pretty much
the same, the only difference is that I have 15 meg of disk space free
and she has about 2. The Background printing button in her Chooser
is completely grey.

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

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 13:58:37 EST
From: Thomas Fruin  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Built-in debugger/monitor help needed (A)

Thanks to all who responded to my question about the commands in the built-in
debugger. The best answer (from Maarten Carels) was also the most obvious one:
just read Tech Note #038: The ROM Debugger. Now why didn't I think of that?

Below is the (short) text of that Tech Note. Since it was last updated on
March 1, 1988, a new feature was not documented yet: to quit to the Finder,
simply type:

G FINDER

Here is the text from Tech Note #38:

"The debugger in ROM (not present on the Macintosh 128, Macintosh 512, or
Macintosh XL) recognizes the following commands:

PC [expr]   (program counter)

Typing PC on a line by itself displays the program counter. Typing PC 50000
sets the program counter to $50000.

SM [address [number(s)]]   (set memory)

Typing SM on a line by itself displays the next 96 bytes of memory. Typing SM
50000 will display memory starting at $50000. Typing SM 50000 4849 2054 6865
7265 2120 will set memory starting at $50000 to $4849╔ Subsequently hitting
Return will increment the display a screen at a time.

DM [address]   (display memory)

Typing DM on a line by itself displays the next 96 bytes of memory. Typing DM
50000 will display memory at $50000. Subsequently hitting Return will increment
the display a screen at a time.

SR [expr]   (status register)

Typing SR on a line by itself displays the status register. Typing SR 2004 sets
the status register to $2004.

TD   (total display)

Displays memory at the ╥magic╙ location $3FFC80, which contains the current
values of the registers. The registers are displayed in the following order:
D0-D7, A0-A7, PC, SR.

G [address]  (go)

Executes instructions starting at address. If G is typed on a line by itself,
execution begins at the address indicated by the program counter.

NOTE: If you want to exit to the shell, you just need to type: SM 0 A9F4,
then G 0

NOTE: If you crash into the debugger and the system hangs, try turning off
your modem."

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

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 21:26:05 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Can you connect an extended keyboard to a powerbook ?

On Wed, 10 Jun 92 08:59 MET you said:
>Does anybody know if it is possible to connected an extended keyboard to a
>Mac Powerbook (170) ? The PB170 manual explicitly states that only low-power
>devices should be connected to the ADB bus, and the Extended Keyboard II does
>not show the special low power icon.

What the manual says is that IF the ADB device is NOT a low-power
device, you may drain the battery even though the PB 170 is plugged into
an AC outlet.  The discussion doesn't imply damage, and it's actually
good for the PB battery to be drained lower than the sleep cutoff
voltage the PowerBook uses (that's why folks sell those $160
conditioners).

Hence, my <TOTALLY UNWARRANTEED!> inference is: you can use an extended
keyboard BUT, you must be plugged into an AC socket when you do so, AND
you should be prepared to shutdown and leave the PB plugged into the AC
for several hours after you've disconnected the keyboard.

Per a discussion of about a year ago, it is RISKY to plug or unplug ANY
ADB device while a Mac is powered up (I have no idea whether the ADB and
SCSI ports are "hot" while a PowerBook is asleep--I don't take chances).
Hence, shutdown the PB 170 while connecting or disconnecting any
external keyboard.

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 1:21:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Ty Willis)
Subject: CD Rom & Magneto-Optical Questions

Hi, folks -

  It's been a while - I've been off in VMS-land for a few months.  I'm finally
getting back to my Mac, and all the projects I want to do... and  I've been
saving up a few questions for all you netfolks...

Question #1:

  Concerning CD-ROM drive bundles - are they worth it?  I'm attracted to a
particular bundle from Tiger Software (NEC CDR-73 w/about ten CD's and a pair
of desktop speakers).  Has anyone had experience with this bundle, or does
anyone know of any other top-quality CDR-73 bundle?  I'm looking primarily for
multimedia-related CD's, and don't *really* need the speakers...

Question #2:

  Concerning erasable magneto-optical drives - does anyone have figures on the
numbers of these drives that are currently in use?  Is the 5.25in. more common,
or the 3.5in. ?  I've pretty well decided on which unit I'd buy in each form
factor (thanks, MacUser), and I think I'd be pleased with either... but I'd
hate to buy the 5.25in. drive and then find out that 80% of the installed base
is 3.5in. ...

Question #3:

  This is for a friend - I remember a company called Orange Micro that
manufactured a NuBus card which was basically a clone-386-on-a-card-in-your-mac.
It used the Mac's keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and allowed you to run most of
the IBM-word stuff right inside your Mac.  We went looking for an ad in
MacWorld, MacUser, and MacWeek, but couldn't find one.  Did they follow Jasmine
right off the face of the planet, or do I need to see my opthamologist?
Anybody have thier address/phone number?

  Please respond directly to me; I'll summarize for the net if interest is
expressed.

Thanks,

Ty Willis
Stephen F. Austin State University
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:23:36 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: CD roms drives

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> 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.

I _believe_ that the innards of the two Apple CD-ROMs are the same,
but that the case is different. No currently shipping CD-ROM drives
fully support the PhotoCD spec's multiple sessions, but the new Apple
drive will support a single session (that means if you take your CD
back and get more pictures on it, the drive won't be able to see them).
The multiple session drives should be coming soon.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 00:47:26 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan P Arnold)
Subject: DeskWriter C - New Model? (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Netters,

>I have heard various rumours about HP having a new model of the DeskWriter
>C scheduled for release sometime soon.  This new model would have a second
>cartridge holder so that you could print color and black at the same time
>(kind of like the 11" x 17" version).  Is this true?  Does anyone have any
>idea when this new DeskWriter C might be available?

>Thanks!

>Colin Lamb - MacMeister 8-)>  -  Drake University  -  Des Moines

"A new inkjet colour printer was introduced to Canberra printer
users ......(some stuff omitted).  The first noticeable feature
of the HP PaintJet XL300 is the long sausage shape design......
The unique claim that HP makes for the colour inkjet is that it
is the first printer to have a colour version of PCL5 - the
advanced printer driver used in the laserjet III series.
Both Windows and Macintosh users have been considered with support
for third party fonts ......
( also some stuff about on-screen colour matching, Pantone colours
up to 18Mb memory, Postscript level2 option, up to 6min /A4 page)

Price $6000 Australian. "

... sure am glad I didn't buy a colour printer a month ago!
----
Alan Arnold                      |  e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 09:30 PDT
From: Tigger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dialog Box shortcut? (summary)

A few days ago I posted a message looking for a replacement for Commander
Dialog, since it broke under System 7.  The replies I received overwhelmingly
suggested a program called Escapade, which does not seem to be available in
the Info-Mac archives as several people indicated.  It is however available
>From mac.archive.umich.edu as /mac/system.extensions/cdev/escapade1.32.sit.hqx.
There was also one vote each for programs called DialogFilter, YesNoCancel,
and KeyTools.  Since Escapade is now serving my needs admirably, I did not
examine the others.  My thanks to all those who responded.

Greg Orman

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:22:02 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Disappearing cursor on IIsi

I recently installed a IIsi for a friend, who has subquently had
a problem with the cursor disappearing after activating
AfterDark using the "sleep corner".  After returning to the normal
screen the cursor has become invisible.  It's not a freeze-up, since
the command keys still work, and you can guess where the cursor
is based on certain responses (menu's drop when mouse button is
pressed, etc.)

Setup:  IIsi, sys 7.01, tuneup 1.1.1, GateKeeper 1.2.5 (+ Aid),
Disinfectant init,  AfterDark 2.0v, Now Utilities, Easy Access, and
File Sharing.

AfterDark is set up to require a password when interrupted.

Removal of Easy Access from the Control Panels _seems_ to make the
problem go away, but I'm sceptical that the problem is really gone,
since it was intermittant anyways, and since we had never activated
EasyAccess (all features turned off in the Panel.)

Anyone else seen disappearing cursors like this, and know the source?

Thanks.
Don

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 15:33:11 CDT
From: Bryan K. Walls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Error -1070 when server goes down (Q)

One of my coworkers has a MacIIci with file sharing on.  Often I have his
drive mounted and open on my IIx when he shuts off his mac to go home for
the day.  I get a notice that the server is going down, and it vanishes
off my desktop.  Fine.

But then I get a dialog that says 'The disk "Coworker(80)" can not be used,
because an error of type -1,070 has occured.'  If I click okay, the dialog
goes away for about 3 seconds before reappearing.  If I go to an application,
I just get the flashing icon in the menu bar and can go on with work.  I
can do things in the finder if I hit return every 3 seconds to clear the
dialog.  Any idea what is happening?  Any way to make it stop except making
sure I don't have that disk mounted after 3:00pm?

Bryan Walls
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 19:16:33 EDT
From: Jon Butler <[e-mail]>
Subject: Essence of Ives Sound File--How to "Play"?

Can someone explain how to "play" the "Essence of Ives" sound file?  Sound
Mover doesn't seem to recognize it.  Many thanks.  Jon Butler

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 14:47-0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: fax modems

 Subject: fax modems

 Hi:

 Has anybody any experience with the Supra fax modem v.32? It's a 96/96 that
 compares favourably in price with the Abaton Interfax 24/96, but I've not seen
 anything about the quality of the hardware or software.

 Bob Wolfe Queen's University

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 20:58:32 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Mark Hayes)
Subject: Fedit

>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.

Well it sure doesn't sound like one to me! It sounds like ordering
directions for a fully commercial product, and I would *really*
hate to see SUMEX get burned on this one, especially after its
recent embarrassment with BeHierarchic.

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Date: 12 Jun 92 01:23:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michael O'Henly)
Subject: FORUM by Pacer (Q)

In digest <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

> 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 onferencing request.

    I looked into PacerForum a while ago and found Pacer quite
willing to answer questions and provide useful information. At that
time they had a HyperCard "slideshow" demo - but nothing that would
actually give you a flavour for the product (big mistake, in my
opinion). PacerForum has been reviewed recently in both MacUser and
MacWorld.
    I bought their comm program, PacerTerm, and although it is not
without problems, I basically like it. Support from Pacer is
first-rate.

    Depending on your requirements, you may also want to look at
Meeting Maker from On Technology. They'll send you a time-limited-but-
fully-functional demo that will knock your socks off...

    Michael.
--
Michael O'Henly
McPherson Library                Internet:  [e-mail]
University of Victoria                      [e-mail]
Victoria, B.C., Canada             BITNET:  lux@uvvm

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 08:03:50 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FTP programs for the Mac (R)

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

  BYU's version of NCSA Telnet has a built in command line FTP program.
You can get the latest version via anonymous ftp to bert.byu.edu in the
path NCSA_Telnet:Think C.  Note, in order to use v2.5B with MacTCP, you
must have the line HARDWARE=MACTCP in your config.tel, or else the program
will use the built in NCSA drivers.

     - Brad Stone
       Computing Support Coordinator
       Brigham Young University

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 14:19 EST
From: Ellen Ricca <[e-mail]>
Subject: Graphics,Transfers, and madness (C)

Thanks to all of you who so promptly responded to my query.
Your polite, encouraging, and extremely informative posts will
certainly be of tremendous assitance to me.
(p.s. -- some of the posts were quite humorous, as well!)

      -- Who ever said "computer people" don't have a sense of humor?

Ellen

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

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 20:46:55 EST
From: [e-mail] (Dhanesh K. Samarasan)
Subject: Help Needed (Sticky Cursor) [A]

>> 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'.


> It was the microswitch under the mouse button that was broken
> inside.


In my recent experience, Apple's latest batch of
ADB mice (post-Quadra, say) are EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE.
I can't even remember how many I've had replaced for
the same CPU: it's either three or four...

Anyone else experience the same problem?


Dhanesh



PS: There was also at least ONE pre-10/91 mouse recall...

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 10:35 EST
From: "Robert S. McLean" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypertalk: how to read directories? (Q)

In a Hypertalk handler, I'd like to be able to find out what files are
available to be read, preferably including other information about size,
file type, etc. ... in short, the information one gets by reading a
directory (without human intervention via any dialog).
I'd also like to have the handler walk the directory tree,
exploring sub-folders.

I assume an XFCN is required to do this, but have been unable to locate one.
But it sounds like lots of people might want to do that. Any leads?

Bob McLean
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Dept. Measurement, Evaluation and Computer Applications
252 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Canada  M5S 1V6

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Date: 12 Jun 92 03:29:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Erick Young)
Subject: Icon clumping in Sys 7

Jeff Needleman writes:


>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.


   This isn't quite the problem I tried to describe. The problem is not
with say, rearranging a bunch of icons and accidentally having some
overlap each other on the same grid location. The "icon clumping"
I'm referring to is when you have a folder of icons neatly arranged
with the "always snap to grid" option, and one day you open the
folder and all of the icons in each column are overlapping each
other about three fourths of way, making what appears to be a bunch
of "column icon clumps."

   Usually when it happens, the view changes from the "small icon"
setting to the "view by icon" setting. Subsequently changing views
doesn't help.

   Someone gave me a tip about turning the "always snap to grid" option
off, but that didn't seems to work (after the "clumping" struck that
is).

   Again, this isn't one of the most gripping Mac problems facing us
today, but if anyone has some info, I, and it seems some others,
would be grateful. Thanks.

Erick
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 00:17:58 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: image files,diskcopy (A, I think)

On Thu, 11 Jun 1992 08:37:30 PDT you said:
>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.

Have you got DiskCopy's application memory set to 1792 (the necessary
size for a HD floppy to be read into memory)?

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

Date: 12 Jun 92 01:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: image files,diskcopy [A]

zeev fraenkel asks why files are distributed in DiskCopy format.

Some programs require installers. These installers frequently require their
files in specific orientations and on disks named appropriately. Rather than
send you a single file and a list of instructions on how to assemble the
installer floppy, DiskCopy is used.

I don't know why DiskCopy wouldn't use virtual memory but I use it with 2M or
real memory and 1.44M floppies without any problems.

Robert


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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 08:55:57 -0400
From: John Josephson <[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

Sure.  Just use the standard imagewriter driver.  I have done this
successfully from a new PowerBook 170.  .. jj

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 13:57:16 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ImageWriter I with Newer Macs

On Friday, 6-12-92, Michael Everson Asked:

> 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?

Yes.  I don't have all the cool new stuff that many who come here to work
and play do.  I have an SE and ImageWriter I.  Apple makes a cable that
adapts the interface cable on the IWI to the round (DIN, I think), eight
pin output on newer Macs.  Mine works just fine.  SLOW, but fine.

I got my cable from a real Apple dealer (whatever that might mean today).
Hope this helps.

Dave Griffey, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 10:53:34 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: lexis and westlaw

> Seth Ness <[e-mail]>
> lexis and westlaw for the mac

Lexis and Westlaw software are available for the Mac.  Your friend should
contact the campus representative for Lexis and Westlaw or contact the law
library.  Here are the customer support numbers for both companies:

   West Publishing:    Tel. (800) WESTLAW
   MEAD Data (Lexis):  Tel. [phone]

 -------------------------------------------------
Thomas B. Thomas
Director of Computing Services
Pace  Law School

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 04:46:35 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: lexis and westlaw (R)

Seth Ness writes:

   > 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

My sister-in-law, who lives downstairs from us, is a law student using
student versions (or maybe a student discounted version) of Wetslaw and
Lexis on my Mac.  She has been provided with terminal emulation software
for both systems, so I know that you don't need SoftPC to do it.

By the way...I can't take the mystery anymore, I have to ask...what exactly
is Ness Gadol Hayah Sham"?  It sounds like Hebrew to me, but that's about
all I can figure out.

keg

* Keith E Gatling                                [e-mail] *

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 15:58:39 EDT
From: JF <[e-mail]>
Subject: mac apps on a Sun

I am looking for any information on software that allows one to
run Mac applications on a Sun (e.g., vendors, speed, cost ...).

Thanks, in advance

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 17:06:42 PST
From: John Wical <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac II/IIx Upgrades

On Mon, 8 Jun 1992 14:07:45 EST Steve Paris said:
>
>HEY APPLE, HOW ABOUT A 68040 UPGRADE BOARD FOR OWNERS
>OF SIX-SLOT MACS!!!
>

I'd buy it!

John

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 00:49:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Terry Thiel)
Subject: Mac II/IIx Upgrades

[e-mail] writes:
>HEY APPLE, HOW ABOUT A 68040 UPGRADE BOARD FOR OWNERS
Someone told me that Apple had approved an upgrade for IIfx owners to the
Quadra.  I have never seen anything else on this but it would be worth a call
to Apple to find out.  Unless someone on the net knows about it.
-Terry

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 09:25:56 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac II/IIx Upgrades (C)

Steve Paris writes:

   > 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.

Ah...now I understand.  I couldn't understand before why people who had
just bought what had been the top model Mac got so upset when a few months
later Apple comes out with a better one.  After all, your word processor,
spreadsheet, database, and graphics programs all still run on the old
machine.  So what was the problem?  Was it really that you no longer owned
a top of the line machine?  When I bought my first Mac back in 86 I knew
that the SE was going to come out very soon, but I wanted a machine to
write my papers (and get my wedding planned on) then...not later on when
the new machine came out.  So I bought the Plus and used it up until last
year when I bought an LC...and watched all the other new Mac models come
out in the meantime.

But, as I was saying, I think I understand the problem here.  All this
time I thought we were talking about regular average Joe and Joanne
users.  I couldn't understand why, except maybe for status, they would be
upset about having anything less than the top of the line machine.  As a
result of reading Steve's message, I see where I was wrong, and it makes
sense now.  The average users really *don't* care that there are now four
more models that are much better than theirs, nor do they care that their
model has been discontinued, as long as it works with the software they
want to use.  The people who *do* care (and I'm assuming this from the
list of software Steve mentioned) are those who do development work which
needs the latest and greatest software put out which might actually
require the soul (and hardware) of the new machine.

Okay, I understand now...we're talking two entirely different groups of
users.  Average people like me don't really care whether or not we have
the latest and greatest machine as long as we can keep churning out our
work.  However, there are those who really need the latest machine because
of the work they do, and I suppose they have a right to be upset.

However, there is also a small group of technosnobs who don't really
*need* the latest and greatest machine for any work purpose, but who
suffer a blow to their ego when their machine isn't the top of the line
anymore.

Okay...to those who really really need these fancy schmancy machines, I
say go ahead and complain.  But the rest of us really don't have a whole
lot to complain about.

Besides...we *all* knew that eventually there would be better machines
than the ones we bought.

Okay...I'll shut up now.

keg

* Keith E Gatling                                [e-mail] *

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

Date: 12 Jun 92 09:38:01 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: meaning of (numbered) error

                       Subject:
                       meaning of (numbered) error_
i am a mac novice and therefore my question probably has a
trivial answer: like everyone else i get from time to time an
error message in the form of a cryptic number ( -620 is the
latest example). how do i find the meaning of these numbers?
is there some hidden helpfile which has a list of all error messages
and their meaning (even IBM VM/CMS has such a thing!) or is
there a book with such a list. thanks for your help and sorry to
bother you.
                                         zeev fraenkel
                                 [e-mail]

 -------------------------------------------
First of all, it's no bother at all.  The combined wisdom of all that
contribute to Info-Mac make it one of the most useful "knowledge
repositories" that you'll come across, and I like contributing when
and if I can.  If we are "bothered" by doing this, we simply wouldn't do it.

Now to answer your question.  One particularly useful source of info on Mac
error codes is a Hypercard stack called the "B & C Encyclopedia". B & C stands
for Bomb and Crash, and it gives you a more thorough explanation of what causes
the error,  and gives recommendations about how to fix it.  The version I have
only has a limited number of error codes (-620 wasn't in it), but the author is
supposedly working on version 2.0 which will include many more codes.

Contact Erik C. Thauvin at MacSpect Inc., 2269 Chestnut Street Suite 338,  San
Francisco, CA 94123, Phone [phone] or at Internet address
[e-mail].  I think someone may have posted it at sumex, but
I'm not sure.

Also, thanks to Murph for the suggestion in 10-141 about
info-mac/util/system-errors-701.hqx.  I didn't know about this resource.  ;-)


 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

 Carpenter Hall Annex
 Phone: [phone]
 [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 21:34:30 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mirror Monitors and Superdrive Translation

On Thu, 11 Jun 1992 15:40:00 EST you said:
>> I understand that Apple Superdrive can translate files from the Mac to
>> Dos format.  Has anyone had experience translating a Mac Word document
>> to a Dos WordPerfect file using Superdrive?  Is the translation
>> trustworthy?
>
>Apple does not provide translators for Word or WordPerfect.  You'll have
>to look at a package such as MacLinkPlus (about $120) to do that for
>you; it has several hundred translations which it can do for you.

Before you expect the $105 (MacConnection's price for MacLink Plus--you
do NOT need the version with the cable!) to solve the problem note that
ALL of the translators are less than perfect.  I've experienced some
truly bizarre font selections moving a file from MacWrite II to PC Word
and back (would you believe two fonts checked at once? :)  Usually,
translation of straight text, italics, underlines, and bold is fine.
Headers, footer, footnotes, autodates, sometimes tab and margin
settings, and most other "special" formatting features get mangled in
various ways.  We've just about given up on trying to move graphics back
and forth at all let alone embedded graphics.

Our executive MBA program elected to by more expensive and less powerful
Zenith notebooks (NOT the new Z-Notes either) over the PowerBook 140 for
next fall because translation is NOT reliable.  In effect Apple (and
Claris) have put a significant portion of their sales success in the
hands of a small Trumbull, Connecticut company that no one has otherwise
heard of.  That's NOT DataVis's fault, it's Apples.  It's also number
one dumb.

I don't mean to knock DataVis either.  MacLinkPlus WILL translate to
some degree between hundreds of combinations of word processing,
spreadsheet, database, and graphic formats.  It can be really handy when
someone needs to translate say Ami Pro into WriteNow or some such.

I've already written an emphatic message to our regional Claris and
Apple reps.  Apple MUST take responsibility for translations among
market leading word processing (Word, Word for Windows, Word Perfect),
spreadsheet (1-2-3, Excel for Windows), and database (dBase) formats and
Mac software if they really expect a serious fraction of corporate
America to migrate from 286, 386SX, etc. platforms to Macs.  Few have
the budget or patience to make a sudden "everyone changes next Monday
morning" move, so Apple has got to insure that a "no hassles" mixed
environment can actually exist; else forget it.  I love the challenge
and will do things like translate PC Word Perfect 5.1 to RTF and import
that on the Mac (or similar "exotic" solution).  Even I often find
solving the problem is not worth the aggravation; my everyday user
colleagues won't settle for anything less than stick the MeSsy DOS disk
into the Mac and double-click (well, yes they're so PeeCee trained that
they'd be willing to use the open file dialogue, but that's the ABSOLUTE
limit <no kidding>).

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:54:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]    (Yoko Ozawa)
Subject: Mouse Problems [R]

Some answers and comments regarding mouse failures.

1. If your problem is mouse button sticking or not working, and you
got the mouse after Dec., 1990, there was an article in MacWEEK
02.24.92 about Apple's free replacement program. I'll summarize:
>Mfd. in Taiwan between Oct-Dec 1990 ... may have defect that makes
pressing the mouse button have no effect ... Look for S/N between
LT043xxxxxx and LT051xxxxxx, inclusive. Apple's program offers free
replacement throught Mar. 23, 1994... The new problem is separate from
one reported last June, which causes cursor-movement failure in
certain low-power mice (see MacWEEK, 06.18.91)

2. Be careful though. I've had 2 users with the button problem and 3 with
cursor-movement problem.  Here's what happened.

When I called the local authorized dealer, I was told that he's
getting dead mice back by the box-fulls, and whether I have to pay for
the replacement depends on whether the mouse is under warranty
                                                ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
(1yr with system, 90days if mouse was purchased separately). He most
definitely did not ask me what kind of problem I was experiencing with
the mouse, nor tell me that it might be replaced free.  He also said
he didn't know anything about the replacement program ... hmmm.

I then called the Apple CS number. When I asked about the "recall
program" the man specifically said "we have no recall program on
mice." When I reminded him about the MacWEEK article and told him to
look it up if he wants to, and asked him if there was a similar
program for movement failed mice, he said that was the only program
and none exists for the movement problem.
    -- At this point, I decided NOT to bother --
    -- Complaining about the dealer           --
I am now trying to get hold of the June'91 issue because, sad to say,
but, really, I can't trust 'em.
*Any info on this would be very much appreciated*

3. For one System 6.0.x user, the button problem was preceded by the
button apparently sticking -- e.g. folders, scroll boxes being dragged
(not to be confused with System 7 users experiencing the same
phenomenon from an older version TuneUp).  No explanation for this,
but one of my users actually had a case where the mouse would stick
when booted from HD but not with FD -- init conflict? nahhh.(?)

4. For us, the cursor-movement problem mice didn't match the
description for button-failed mice.  One user reported better
performance after thorough cleaning of the mouse mechanism, ball, AND
the sharp edges on the inside of the cover. I noticed someone else
posted about scrubbing the mouse-ball clean.

Good luck to everyone out there with sick mice.  :o)

Yoko
Technical Administrator
[e-mail]

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

Date: 12 Jun 92 00:59 GMT
From: [e-mail] (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: None

Mike Dustan says that there's no MIF translators (actually, he said a lot more
that was useful but that one statement was wrong ;).

MacLink Plus Translators (available from mail order houses) comes with Claris
XTNDs that will let any program which supports XTNDs (all of Claris' products,
for example) import MIF files.

Robert


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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 20:23:37 EST
From: [e-mail] (Dhanesh K. Samarasan)
Subject: No posting "Multifinder 6.1b9" at ANY ftp site...

Hello, all:


With regard to those versions of MultiFinder 6.x which allow
you to hide individual application layers (a la System 7.y),
the powers that be at Apple have spoken:


  > Not supported for general release.  Cannot post it.  Sorry.


A clear statement of a reasonable policy.  As a result, I shall NOT be
submitting "MultiFinder 6.1b9" to sumex, nor do I expect it to appear
on ftp.apple.com, unless someone in Cupertino changes his/her mind.

Sorry if I raised anyone's hopes.


Cheers!
Dhanesh

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 01:18:03 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: PageMaker 4.2a problem

I have been having a weird problem with the latest version of PageMaker (4.2a)
and I was curious if any one else has had this problem.  The problem is if
I try start PM by double clicking on a PM document I get a dialog box asking
me to find PM4.2 RSRC.  Now, I know what your thinking, "Is that all?!?"  Well,
no it is not.  I go and find PM4.2 RSRC in the "Aldus" folder in the system
folder, open it and then get the same boring dialog box asking me to find it
again, and again, and again...
PM 4.2a will startup all the other normal ways.  I have been talking with
people on Aldus' forum on CompuServe.  There have been many suggestions, but
all have gone down in flames.  Rebuild desktop, reinstall, check for old RSRC files
files, delete the 4.2 Defaults, check for multiple sys folders, check for
multiple Aldus folders, and even try Norton Disk Doctor to fix the "bundle bits"
I even made sure it wasn't some glitch with opening 4.2 docs with 4.2a.  I
created a 4.2a doc and got the same result.
SO, is any one else having this problem?  If you have v4.2a, I would like to
hear from you.  If you aren't having the problem (or are) and you drop me
a message, let me know what version of the system software you are running
 and if you are running Tune-up.  It could be that v4.2a don't like Tune-up
1.1.1.  Who knows!  Also if there are any suggestions I would appreciate
them.  If some wonderful soul presents me with a solution, I will post it
on info-mac for all (unless I alone :-( ) unfortunate souls like me.

Thanks,

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 16:21:37 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: PageMaker 4.2a Problem ---- Fixed!!!!

Please ignore my previous message.  I finally figured out what was wrong.
I had the old 4.2 version on the drive, and the document would find that
on before it would find 4.2a, thus v4.2 would then look for the v4.2 RSRC
file.  But I had deleted that and the only version available was the 4.2a
version.  Understandably 4.2 didn't like that.  Therefore, I bestow upon
myself the "Boy Do I Feel Stupid" award.  I anyone does respond before
they see this message, I thank you for your advice in advance.

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 01:22:58 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Dave Elliott)
Subject: Partition Switching (A)

Thanks to all the kind people who suggested possible ways for me to switch
between system folders on different partitions of my internal HD. (All the
suggested methods ended up booting from the _first_ valid system partition
rather than the one chosen by blessing, or bombing).

SPECIAL THANKS to Kevin Aitken for System Picker 1.0b11 (c) 1991 (not 1.0b10)
which precisely and beautifully solves the problem! You can "bless"
any valid system folder on any partition of any disk, without fuss.

I recommend this version highly; if it has any remaining "beta test" bugs
they have not yet shown up, and no other such utility is available.

David

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 00:18:41 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal LS to Personal NTR upgrade

On Thu, 11 Jun 92 12:07:18 PDT you said:
>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).

The paper tray is: "cassette" and what was the 'regular tray' is
"manual" in the "source" item of the LaserWriter print dialog (although
confident, I'm inferring because my NTR was upgraded from an NT which
came with the "cassette"--wasn't optional).

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 21:30:11 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal LS to Personal NTR upgrade (Q)

On Tue, 9 Jun 1992 23:56 EST you said:
>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!". The LS contains no controller board unlike the NT
>and is thus known as a "dumb" printer...:-) However, I believe the
>Personal LW SC is also, but the SC is upgradable...they all are
>apprarently from the same form factor...hmmm....

The Personal LaserWriter form factor also is approximately the same as
the Hewlett Packard IIP, but the IIP (and the LW LS, I think--there
isn't one of those around here that I can inspect) does not have an
expansion "slot" in the back for inserting a board.  When the
LaserWriter was delivered to my office, what arrived was a LW SC and an
NT "upgrade" board (that's always the way the NT has been delivered; the
front of the printer just says "Personal LaserWriter"). To change an NT
to an NTR requires only a board swap.  The slot is, I think the crucial
difference between the SC and LS (would explain why the SC is more
expensive :)

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 01:01:58 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: PLW LS to PLW NTR upgrade

First, Shaw Wu began by asking about the upgrade.  In his message he stated:
"The LS contains no contoller board unlike the NT and is thus known as a
'dumb' printer...:-)  However, I believe the Personal LW SC is also..."
One, true the LS does not have controller board, but the SC DOES!!  While
the SC is a QuickDraw printer and a lot of the processing is done on the Mac,
it does have a Controller board.  (Actually the LS has "controller" board too,
but it does not have a processor on that board.  The SC has a 68000 running
at 7.45mHz.)
Now to the answer to his main question: Is the LS upgradable?  The answer
is NO (at least not at this time).  Contrary to what [e-mail]
said, I don't think there was ever an upgrade from an LS to an NT.  The
boxes for the Ls and the NT/NTR are not the same.  The boxes for the SC and
NT/NTR are the same.  The SC and NT are literally the same printer with the
exception of the system board.  For both printers the system board is shipped
separately.  The dealer (and sometimes the buyer) must install the system
board to make the printer functional.  With the LS it is truely ready to
plug and print.  The board is not a "user" replaceable board.  Therefore
one can upgrade the SC and the NT to and NTR (you could upgrade the SC to
the NT or for some stupid reason downgrade to the SC), but the LS is on
a tropical isle by itself.
In regards to the question asked by [e-mail], yes you can
switch between the two "trays" on an NTR (and NT and SC).  Basically,
all you have to do change whether you printer from the "Paper Cassete"
or from "Manual Feed".  On these printers, "Paper Cassete" means the
250 page paper tray below the printer, while "Manual Feed" means the fold
down tray on the front of the printer (multi-purpose tray).
Just so you know, both MacUser and MacWorld stated that the LS could
not be upgrade to postscript (NT or NTR) when they reviewed it.  Also,
Ionce ask my local dealer if it was possible to upgrade the LS.  The
answer was NO.

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 12:07:01 SET
From: Alex <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problem among Think Pascal & Fileguard

Hi all,
   I have a little problem with a Think Pascal program.
   When I try to create a folder with the function PBDIRCREATE, and with
   FileGuard installed, the program gives me an error -5000 (?????).
   Instead, if FileGuard is NOT active everything goes well.
   I have to create a folder in a server with Appleshare software installed
   from a computer with FG installed.
   Anyone of you knows what mean the error -5000?
   Is there in the internet world a man who made an interface to create
   folders??????
                                                 Thank in advance
                                                      alex

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 10:32 EST
From: "Twenty Two and never been kissed. NOT!!!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Prometheus 14.4 modem.

I am considering getting the Prometheus 14.4 modem for my Mac 2si.

Anybody have any experience with it?

                                Loren Finkelstein
                                [e-mail]

P.S. Is there a version of INFO-MAC for IBM PC's?

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 14:10:39 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Lonadar the Wanderer)
Subject: PS files

I recieved a Post Script file through the UNIX mailing system, and would
like to load it into my macintosh.  Here is a short exerpt:


%AI3_ColorUsage: Black&White
%AI3_TemplateBox: 304 393 304 393
%AI3_TileBox: 17 35 569 765
%AI3_DocumentPreview: Header
userdict /Adobe_packedarray 5 dict dup begin put
/initialize
{
/packedarray where
{
pop
}
{
Adobe_packedarray begin
Adobe_packedarray
{
dup xcheck
{
bind
} if
userdict 3 1 roll put
} forall
366.8574 243.4446 369.6537 241.2874 376.9242 241.2874 c
377.6432 241.2874 L
384.8338 241.2874 387.71 243.2848 387.71 250.6352 c
387.71 262.3797 l
387.71 270.1295 385.3132 272.2068 377.6432 272.2068 c
f
*U
*u
0 D
432.6046 229.0635 m
432.6046 274.1243 L
f
1 D
550.8111 272.1013 m
550.092 272.1013 L
542.2623 272.1013 540.0253 269.8642 540.0253 262.2742 c


Could someone please tell me how I could load this into my Macintosh?
Thanks!

Victor E Aldridge III
Lonadar the Wanderer
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 12:14:19 PDT
From: Markus Fromherz <[e-mail]>
Subject: PSI 2.0

I was told that some PSI windows are difficult to handle on the smaller
screens of SEs, Classics etc. Please write me if you have this problem;
I have a new version that should better adapt to small screens.

Also, please note that PSI 2.0 is not 32-bit clean. If PSI refuses to
run on your Mac (with a type 1 error), you have to switch to 24-bit mode.

-- Markus Fromherz

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

Date: 12 Jun 92 01:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: RE- Fly Icons and ~MOOF~

Ed Costello asks what a dogcow is.

ED! How can you call yourself a Macaphile and not know. ;) The infamous dogcow
is the Mac developers' mascot. Rumor has it the dogcow came into being thanks
to the Blue Meanies, on a three day Mountain Dew high...but no one knows for
sure.

Actually, I'm not sure if anyone knows unquestionably if it was meant to look
so much like a cow or not but Apple employees invented it, so it was probably
intended to look like a fish...

Robert


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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 17:20:48 -0700
From: Larry Rosenstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: re Can you create a PICT image from postscript code

>   1) use the ppm utilities on unix.  I believe that ps to ppm and
>      ppm to pict converters are part of the distribution.

I didn't think pstoppm handled arbitrary Postscript files.  It can handle
raster images (perhaps only those generated by ppmtops).

>   2) Import into Illustrator or another program and print using the
>       print2pict printer driver.  This should provide you with a valid
>       pict file that you can now edit to your hearts content.

Again, Illustrator can't read arbitrary Postscript code.  It's native file
format is legal Postscript but it is also highly structured and Illustrator
parses syntactically (rather than by interpreting the Postscript).

You can import an EPS file into Illustrator, but if you try to print that
to a PICT you will only get the file's preview image.

I missed the original question, but one think Illustrator will do is allow
you to create copy objects from Illustrator in the form of a PICT that
contains a crude preview as well as the necessary Postscript code for
printing.  You can paste such a PICT into a word processor, resize it, and
it will print nicely on a Postscript printer.

To do this you hold down the option key while choosing the Copy command.

Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 16:04:17 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SendPS (Q)

I find that Send PS does NOT seem to work with System 7.
I am using the newest version now available through sumex-aim.
It is in my system extentions folder, as is the routine LaserWriter.
Am I doing something wrong?  Do others have this problem?

Mark Dubin

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 22:25:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (VAX Academic Support)
Subject: SLIP for the Mac?

Does anyone know if there is a public domain or shareware version of
SLIP for the Macintosh?  If so, where?

Much obliged.

Josephine Colmenares
Fordham University
colmenares@fordmrh1 via BITNET
[e-mail] via Internet

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 14:59:33 EDT
From: Clinton Collins <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stripping linefeeds (C)

AL Bloom> 1. Set the file transfer filter (Customize/Filter/Edit/File
AL Bloom> Transfer   Filter) to strip out ASCII 010.
AL Bloom>
AL Bloom> 2. Tell White Knight to actually use the filter
AL Bloom> (Customize/Options/   File Transfer and check the "use filter"
box).
AL Bloom>
AL Bloom> I had neglected that second step. A minor but significant
AL Bloom> omission.
AL Bloom> I was also warned to turn off "use filter" on binary (as
AL Bloom> opposed to text or hqx) file transfers, lest a binary file
AL Bloom> get trashed because it just happens to have one or more bytes
AL Bloom> containing ASCII 010. Hmm. That could be more bother than
AL Bloom> editing out linefeeds from downloaded text files.

Clinton Collins, University of Florida, [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 08:46:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: Melissa McMillian-Cunningham <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stylewriter and labels

         I have a question regarding the Stylewriter Printer and label
printing.  I am using System 7and MSWorks with my Classic.

        The problem is that I can get the printer to print 1 label on the
top of each sheet or multiple copies of the same label (single column).
What I want is a single column of labels from my merged document.

        The manual addresses the Laserwriter and Imagemaker but not the
Stylewriter.  Any answers, comments, or attempts to help would be appreciated!
Although I'm not desperate, I will try just about anything.....

Melissa McMillian-Cunningham
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 21:31:02 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Superfluous LF's vanish in at a single stroke (A)

On Wed, 10 Jun 92 18:25:19 EDT you said:
>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.

get info-mac/da/mcsink-70-files.hqx (one of the many handy commands
along with the reverse :).  If you like it, order Vantage (mail order
price is only $7 more than the shareware fee) from your favorite mail
order vendor (I called MacConnection).  Vantage has more features and is
friendlier under System 7.

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Date: 12 Jun 92 19:06:12 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Dipesh Navsaria)
Subject: Sys7 Disappearing HD Icon

Howdy.  I know this was discussed a while ago on info-mac, so could someone
please tell me how to solve this problem:

   My HD icon (under system 7) is a generic document icon.  I can't seem to
change it via the usual "click-on-icon-in-get-info-box-and-hit-Paste" method.

   I'd appreciate any responses...Thanks!

                    Dipesh ([e-mail])

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Date: Thursday, 11 June 1992 9:04pm CT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Terminator 2 Beep

Does anyone know where I can find a beep of Arnold saying, "Of course, I'm
a Terminator"?  I would be MOST grateful.

Please e-mail me directly; if there is interest, I'll post the whereabouts.

Gene Hahn

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 09:04 EDT
From: Jan Richard <[e-mail]>
Subject: Text editor for large files

There's a professor here who needs to be able to look at very large files.
They are up to 185 MB, and consist of up to 300,000 lines 656 characters
wide. The are composed of all digits -- no spaces, letters, nothing but
digits and carriage returns.  MS Word has a file limit much smaller than
that, and of course Teach Text just laughs when you try to load it. Does
anyone know of a very simple text editor, or anything, that will let him
look at the contents of these files?  Shareware would be nice, but he's
willing to buy commercial software also. Please send mail to me directly.
Thanks in advance.

                                Jan Richard, [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 00:17:08 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: The value of expertise :)

On Thu, 11 Jun 1992 14:08 EST you said:
>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).

Don't "experts" get PAID more than "lowly clerks" ;-)  Don't disabuse
your boss; apply for a raise!

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 21:36:11 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: True Type Fonts

On Wed, 10 Jun 92 21:30:09 PDT you said:
>I, too, would like to get those extra true type fonts without having
>to pay $18.  From your recent note, though, I couldn't figure out
>how you did it.  What the heck is an "NTR upgrade"?

The "NTR" upgrade changes a Personal LaserWriter NT into a Personal
Laserwriter NTR ('R' for RISC).  It really will print four pages a
minute.  I've not noticed much improved throughput on a page or two, but
4 or more pages do come out faster.

Our local campus reseller says Apple is now giving the font disks (or
copies) away free.  At least if you bring two formatted 800K's into our
campus store they'll let you copy NTR Disk 2 and NTR Disk 3 which do
have the fonts.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 19:57:14 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Unusual Delay


Once again, I turn to you for assistance with a problem. My Macintosh SE/30 has
been acting a little strange. Since I've turned it on today I've had the clock
icon appear at unusual times, especially when I make selections from a menu.
I haven't made any changes at all to my system (7) in the last few weeks and
this is the first time I've had this problem.

Thank you for your assistance.

Paul

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 18:21:14 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Peter Stuer(student))
Subject: Video-capture on the Mac  (Q)

I'm looking for a way to get images from a video-camera into a Mac.
I don't need the ability to make QuickTime movies etc.
I need this to track some moving objects in real time.
Easy and fast acces to the captured frame from a good programming
environment would therefore be the most important thing. It would
help if the card had a DSP chip on it to offload processing from
the cpu, although that probably would increase the price to much.
Does anyone have experience with this sort off thing? If it is not
available for the Mac, we also have PeeCee's and Sparcs, any info
on that is also appreciated, but off course, the Mac is preferred.

Thanks in advance.
If there is enough interest, I'll summerize to the list.

Peter Stuer
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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