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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 19 Jun 92       Volume 10 : Issue 148

Today's Topics:

      [*] Aase st module resubmission
      [*] Blackjack Trainer (Part 1 of 6)
      [*] Bob's Eyes Pro, now version 1.3.6 !!!
      [*] Escapade 1.3.2
      [*] Import-Export Tools 2.2
      [*] mac-bread-board.hqx
      [*] NIH Image 1.44 Application(Binhex)
      [*] Password v1.4
      [*] SoundHack 0.60
      (C) Identifying GUEST users who are file sharing on System 7
      3.5" Floppy Protection (FAQ...?)
      [Q?] Mac LC II + System 6.0.8 + Virtual Memory (Connectix,...)?
      Alias Zoo Problems
      America Online Mail Difficulty
      Answer to Spreadsheet question
      Apple's ads
      Audio CDs - How Do They Know? (R)
      Batman Returns sounds
      boomerang for sys 7?
      Boston MacWorld Expo hotel info (A)
      Buyers  Beware
      Change in Address
      Cutting Edge hard drive
      Disk From Hell (3)
      DNA analysis software
      FlashWrite ][
      Funny Sys. 7 problem? (A)
      Funny Sys 7 problem: Don't panic
      Good deal on Quadra accelerators
      HD not booting
      How to share a System 6 Volume with other machines? (A)
      How to view Quicktime file (Q)
      IBM Wheelwriter to Mac
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #147
      Information recorded in audio CD's
      ka9q for the Mac (Where do I get it)
      LPunch Format
      Mac Plus and 7 (C)
      MacTCP & powerbook
      MacWeek (3 msgs)
      MacWeek (C)
      Menu Choice (C)
      Microsoft Upgrades?
      More Mac Word 5 to DOS Word Perfect 5.1 questions...
      Now Up-to-Date demo?
      Pop-mail client software (again...) (Q)
      Powerbook: A dangerous companion?
      Power supply for external hard drives
      problem w/ SuperPaint
      Ram Disk (A)
      RAMdisks
      screen snapshot
      Sound recording with Macintosh LC
      Startup sheet blues <A>
      System on Maxima RAM Disk?
      True Type vs Others
      TT vs other fonts (A)
      Upgrading a Mac Classic II (A)
      WANTED: Hardware Reference Manuals for pre-plus MAC.
      Word_frequency_in_Word_4.0?

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:25:23 GMT
From: ROBERTO AVANZI 338188/SM <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Aase st module resubmission

Hi, netters !
Enclosed is a SoundTracker Module I wrote several years ago
on my good'ol Amiga 1000. Now that I have also a Mac IIsi I
dumped the module from Amiga SoundTracker and ported it to my
Mac. It is a piece from Edvard Grieg's second Peer Gynt suite,
the one whose title sound something like 'The cave of Aase, the
king of the mountain' (??? I know only how the title is in
italian, sorry ???). My friends enjoy it a lot, and little kids
too. I hope you'll like it too. Maybe drop me a e-mail line :+)
Sounds particularly well if you have stereo output.
Roberto Avanzi
<[e-mail]>
(binhexed compact-pro archive, folks)

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/st/grieg-peer-gynt-suite.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:09:28 EDT
From: Chuck Weinstock <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Blackjack Trainer (Part 1 of 6)

I apologize for having to send this a second time, but the submission
>From earlier this week was a Stuffit Deluxe archive, and some folks
are having trouble expanding it.  This new submission is identical
except that it is a self extracting archive.
=================
This is the demo version of Blackjack Trainer, a full featured program
that teaches basic strategy and professional level card counting.  It
is the only such Macintosh program endorsed by reknown blackjack
experts Arnold Snyder and Anthony Curtis.  In addition to checking
your play as you practice, Blackjack Trainer offers extensive drilling
modes as well as a high-speed simulation capability.

This demo version of Blackjack Trainer is identical to the full
version except:
- You can't save configuration files, and
- There are no 5's or 6's in the deck.  They've been replaced with
  jacks and queens.

This is a self-extracting archive.  Once you've converted the binhex
file just double-click on the application and follow the installation
instructions.

Blackjack Trainer is copyright 1992 by ConJelCo.  All rights are
reserved.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/black-jack-trainer-20.hqx; 270K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:26:49 GMT
From: ROBERTO AVANZI 338188/SM <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Bob's Eyes Pro, now version 1.3.6 !!!

BOB'S EYES PRO version 1.3.6.                                June 17, 1992
#
This little application shows several windows (up to eight) each one with
two eyes looking curiously at your pointer. You can move, resize and zoom
the windows and also change the colors of the eyes. Try to click in a pupil
and be ready to suffer. They'll go to sleep at random times. They are
designed to work in the background under system 6 with MultiFinder on or
System 7 and later. You can save the settings. Useful if you have them as
a startup application.
It is a kind of X-Eyes for the Macintosh Operating System, but try them
both on a Mac running A/UX and compare !!!
#
This application is distributed as PostCard-Ware: this means that to keep
them you do not have to send me money (as in ShareWare products) but
a PostCard. My address is in the app and in the documentation file enclosed.
I have also several E-Mail addresses to report problems etc...
<<This file supersedes the old version (v1.3.5).>>
#
#                                   Roberto Avanzi
#                                   <[e-mail]>
(enclosed is a binhexed compactpro archive)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bobs-eyes-pro-136.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 06:40:36 EST
From: David L. Virga <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Escapade 1.3.2

In response to the recent raves about Escapade, here it is for the
Sumex archives.  This is version 1.3.2.  It's a FreeWare Control Panel,
released in November '91.

Escapade is a very nice utility that provides Command-key equivalents
for dialog buttons.

Dave
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/escapade-132.hqx; 61K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 11:24:42 -0400
From: Robert Murray <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Import-Export Tools 2.2

This is the latest version of my tools, which are used to import and
export text in and out of stacks. There are a few bug fixes and enhance-
ments suggested by some helpful users.

Please read the notes on the first card for information on future
updates to this stack.

Robert Murray
MIT Media Lab
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/import-export-tools-22.hqx; 78K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 21:49:33 -0400
From: Eric Conger - Microcom <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac-bread-board.hqx

MacBreadboard is a TTL Trainer/simulator, and was designed for the
electronics student/hobbiest.  It includes a simulated breadboard, power
supply, dip switches, LEDs, 7-segment displays, a buzzer and more.
MacBreadboard comes with online context sensitive help, and a 50 page user
manual.  It runs in color, gray-scale, and black & white.  It even prints
timing diagrams!

MacBreadboard is a blast to use, and will be available from several home
electronics sources, as well as directly from the author.

In this demo version you cannot save, print, or use more than one chip at
a time.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/mac-bread-board.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:11:11 -0400
From: [e-mail](Wayne Rasband)
Subject: [*] NIH Image 1.44 Application(Binhex)

NIH Image V1.44 is an image processing and analysis application for the
Macintosh that is in the public domain. It has painting and image
manipulation tools, a macro language, tools for measuring areas, distances
and angles, and for counting things. It supports TIFF, PICT and PICS file
formats. Using a frame grabber card, it can record sequences of images to
be played back as a movie. It can invoke user-defined convolution matrix
filters. It can import raw data in tab-delimited ASCII, or as 1 or 2-byte
quantities. It also does histograms and even 3-D plots. It is limited to
8-bits/pixel, though the 8 bits map into a color lookup table. It runs on
any Mac that has a 256-color screen and a FPU (or get the NonFPU version)

--wayne rasband([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/app/image-144.hqx; 376K]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/image-144-nonfpu.hqx; 385K]
[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/image-144.hqx; 504K]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/image-144-docs.hqx; 320K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 12:38:19 +0000
From: Ralph Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Password v1.4

Here is the latest upgrade to my Password protection utility for the
Macintosh, Password v1.4.

Changes from the previous version include the ability to choose to allow
for several attempts to type the password before shutting the machine down,
which may make life easier for poor typists.

The shareware conditions have changed slightly since last time to make it
easier for overseas users to pay their fee!

[Archived as /info-mac/util/password-14.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 23:11:49 CDT
From: Tamer M Selim <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SoundHack 0.60

Here is SoundHack v0.6.  Perhaps the words of the author, Tom Erbe, best
describes the program's purpose:

---
I am writing this program to perform various soundfile manipulations on the
Macintosh that have previously not been available.  At the present, I have
implemented soundfile type conversion, soundfile convolution, the phase
vocoder,
a binaural filter and an amplitude analysis and gain change module.  In the
near
future I hope to add a spectral dynamics processor, and Larry Polansky's
mutation synthesis.  SoundHack can now read and write the following formats:
Sound Designer II, Audio IFF, IRCAM, DSP Designer and NeXT .snd (or Sun
.au).  It can read (but not write) raw data files. It can read and write 8-bit
5Law,
8-bit linear, 32-bit floating point and 16-bit linear data encoding.

This program only works on Mac II and above machines!  That is:
you need a 68020 + 68881, a 68030 + 68882 or a 68040.

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/sound-hack-06.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:19:52 CDT
From: "ascct6::mrgate::mrgate::ascvms::treble"@ascct6.asc.slb.com
Subject: (C) Identifying GUEST users who are file sharing on System 7

From:   NAME: TREBLE <TREBLE@ASCVMS@MRGATE@ASCCT6>
To:     "[e-mail]"@M_INTERNET@MRGATE@ASCCT6

Kee Netherly suggests turning off GUEST access to see who complains about
losing access to your shared volumes.  There is a much better way.
It's a $49.95 utility called Nok Nok from Trik, Inc.

Trik, Inc.
400 W. Cummings Park, Suite 2350
Woburn, MA 01801
617-933-8810
800-766-0356

Nok Nok tracks all logins to your shared volumes and identifies guests
by their zone and Chooser name--even if they login as a GUEST!  Nok Nok
allows you to log the users in a file, set maximum connect times, and
alert you to connections in four different ways.  The only thing it
doesn't do (maybe next version, hint, hint, Trik?) is log the users
actualy activity; i.e. what did the user do while connected?

For fifty buck, this is the best way to monitor your network access
of your precious Mac!

(Disclaimer: I have NO affiliation with Trik, Inc.  The opinions expressed
here do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer)

John Treble
[e-mail]
Austin, Texas

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Date: Friday, 19 Jun 1992 07:50:08 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Kenneth Falkenstein)
Subject: 3.5" Floppy Protection (FAQ...?)

Hello there good neighbor (TM Wilson),
   There seems to be a debate around the hallways here as to the merits of
the plastic bags that come with all boxes of floppies.  The question is:
"Should we keep the floppies in these bags after we store data on them?"
I have always heard that they are prone to static build-up, which sounds
logical.  But what about protection from dust and link, since they fit so
nicely in our shirt pockets.  Is this just another case of over-packaging,
since the boxes are usually shrink wrapped?
   If adequate interest, I will, of course summarize.  Thanks all!

Ken
[e-mail]
McLean, VA
*
*

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 08:59:02 GMT
From: [e-mail] (paolo petta)
Subject: [Q?] Mac LC II + System 6.0.8 + Virtual Memory (Connectix,...)?

As for as I am informed, the Macintosh LC II is the `highest end' Macintosh
that will run under a pre-System-7, i.e. System 6.0.8.

Is there a version of Virtual (by Connectix) that will work with this
configuration (LC II + System 6.0.8) - or any other virtual memory product
that will?

Please reply by e-mail!

Thank you in advance,

paolo
--
paolo petta                                            [phone](Tel)
Austrian Research Inst. for Artificial Intelligence    [phone](Fax)
Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe     [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:53:21 -0400
From: [e-mail] ("Michael J. Tarr")
Subject: Alias Zoo Problems

Alias Zoo has several problems:

1. The documentation refers to version 1.3, but version 1.2.5 was
distributed.

2. Doesn't seem to find aliases that are more than two folders deep.

3. Can't point an alias at a folder.

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 20:33:07 -0400
From: bfield![e-mail] (Dennis Lougheed)
Subject: America Online Mail Difficulty

I'm having difficulty getting mail through to America Online. I'm using
[e-mail] for the network address which I thought was what I read here and
>From the instructions my friend on AOL sent to me. My messages don't bounce,
they just seem to "evaporate". If anyone else is having similar problems or can
clarify where I'm going wrong, please E-Mail me. Thanks.

Dennis Lougheed Elmira ON   <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 09:40:42 -0800
From: [e-mail](Thomas C. Garcia)
Subject: Answer to Spreadsheet question

You asked:

   >Does anyone know if there is a spreadsheet for the Mac which allows
   >you to do *both* in-cell editing (1-2-3 for the Mac allows this) *and*
   >attach "notes" to individual cells. I think I care more about the
   >second capability than the first, so I'd also like to know if there's
   >a sheet that does it, even if not the other.
   >
   >Graeme Forbes
   >Internet: [e-mail]

According to my experience and MacWorld's lastest issue reviewing Excel,
1-2-3, and Resolve, only Excel can do individual cell annotations, and only
1-2-3 can do in-cell editing.  I have tested other spreadsheets, although
not lately, and none would do both... in fact, only 1-2-3 has in-cell
editing of all spreadsheets.  I think is a nice touch, but hardly a great
advantage to have in-cell editing.  I would wait a couple of days/weeks for
Excel 4.0 though.

** Thomas C. Garcia S .               ** [e-mail]      **
** The University of British Columbia ** [e-mail] **

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:06:25 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Apple's ads

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> When someone walks
> >into a computer store to buy a computer (with nothing else decided except
the
> >fact that they WILL buy a computer) the salesperson will make sure they
leave
> >the store with a PC.  Will these ads decrease the number of people buying
PCs

Here's where you're wrong. If someone has seen the ads pointing out
that Windows is not exactly a piece of cake, they might be (a) more
likely to go to a store to check out a Mac, or (b) pushier when the
salesthing assured them that yes, they really did want this nice 2
MB 286 with Windows 3.1. Time will tell, but I think the ads are a
good move.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:35:23 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Audio CDs - How Do They Know? (R)

Well...I went to the library and checked out "The Compact Disc Book" by
Bryan Brewer and Edd Key, and here's what it says on pages 91-92.

     The area of the disc which holds the data is partitioned into
     three sections:

     1.  The lead-in segment (2-mm wide), which holds digital
     operational data, including a "table of contents,"
     for the entire disc.

     2.  The program area (up to 33-mm wide), which can store
     up to two billion pits in about twenty thousand
     revolutions of the spiral track.

     3.  The lead-out protion (1-mm wide), which signals the
     end of the disc.

Hmm...that "table of contents" in item 1 sort of sounds like a file
allocation table to me...complete with the name of the disc, and the
locations of all the files.  Just like what we're used to dealing with
with floppies and hard drives...and they know the name of each individual
disk we put in.

Gee, looks like my library training came in handy for something.

keg

* Keith E Gatling                                [e-mail] *

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 9:51:58 PDT
From: "Brion K. Lienhart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Batman Returns sounds

I realize it's just barely out in the theater, but I would like a couple of
sounds from the movie. They've been using them in the television ads so they
shouldn't be too hard to get. The one I most want is when Catwoman says "Meow",
and any others would be a bonus. If someone could do this I would be grateful
for 15 - 20 minutes, and I'm sure other people would as well.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 13:36:26 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: boomerang for sys 7?

Is there a shareware or commercial product that works like boomerang, and works
under system 7? I know that super boomerang is available in the Now Utilities
package but I don't need all the other stuff in the package. I find that
navigating around a couple of partitions in open and save dialog boxes under
system 7 is a pain.

Paul

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 18:27:45 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Boston MacWorld Expo hotel info (A)

If you get a hotel that is within a block of a T line you can get anywhere
you'll want to go during MacWorld. The "T" is the metro, or BART, or "the
Elevated" or whatever other name you have for train type mass transit.

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: 18 Jun 92 18:31:52 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Buyers  Beware

I consider myself a rather patient person, but unfortunately I feel I have to
warn the net about a company that exploits us friendly computer consumers.

I ordered and paid for a Powerbook 170 (2 in fact) along with a bunch of
cords and acouterments in late November of '91. The company was PC PLUS of
Arlington, Virginia. [I should have been warned by the name.]

At any rate, to make a very long and tedious story only tedious, it took the
company about two and a half months to finally deliver the computers (I
realize that the PBs were hot items, but my sales representative, Kareem,
told me countless times "It's already on its way to you." Had he been honest
and told me I would not see it for a quarter of a year, I would have taken my
business elsewhere.

That part is tolerable, though, if  annoying.

The intolerable part is this. The computers came, but the cords and
rechargers did not. It has now been almost 8 (eight) months, and I have yet
to receive the items I paid for back in November. Kareem kept telling me that
they were just about to come in (alternately he would tell me they HAD
already come in and were on the way to me.)

Eventually I called him up (by this time having logged tens of dollars of
phone bills to Arlington, VA [I live in Hanover, NH]) and told him to cancel
the order and send me the check. Reluctantly, he said he would.

That was three months ago.

I have yet to receive recompense, and am now forced to pursue the matter with
the Virginia Better Business Bureau.

I hope my experiece can help other netters  avoid such hassles when they buy
new computers. One way they can do that is to purchase their hardware
somewhere other than PC PLUS of Arlington, Virginia. Good luck.

-tig

PS: I have no connection with any business mentioned above (or any
competitors) other than being a duped consumer.

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Date: 18 Jun 92 17:57:35 EDT
From: "Robert Hess [ZMac]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Change in Address

Attn:   % Info-Mac Digest
               Subject:
Time:6:53 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Change in Address
Date:6/17/92
I have changed jobs and, since I exchange mail with a number of IMD
readers, I figured I would kill several birds with one stone.

You can reach me at:
AppleLink: MACWEEK (please put "ATTN: Robert Hess" as the subject and
as the first line of the body)
CIS: 72511,333 (you may Internet me here, if you wish)
AOL: RHessJr (I'll be using the MacWEEK account soon, however, so try
to avoid this one)

...and stay tuned for an MCI Mail account (they say I need one...what
the heck...)

Robert

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:43:58 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Cutting Edge hard drive

I sold a 60 Mb Cutting Edge drive and the buyer decided to reformat the
drive.  Now her Mac Plus does not recognize the drive.  The one disk that
I had with the hard drive does not help.  And, Cutting Edge is no longer
in existence.

Any suggestions on where to find Cutting Edge drivers?  She's running System

6 on her Plus.

Thanks.
Ann Woods

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 13:23:32 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk From Hell (3)

Re: Disk From Hell (1) and (2): Never mind.

I had a little time this morning to look at the problem again. Right on
schedule it refused to eject the locked floppy containing the Connectix
Macintosh Memory Guide stack after quitting to Finder instead of to Home.

I dragged the floppy to the desktop and did the same thing. No problem. I
could trash the folder. Hmmm. Check the floppy time. Old and new Norton,
old SUM, old and new MacTools, DiskTester, Disk First Aid -- all said
the floppy was fine. What the heck, reformat it anyway. After what looked
like a normal format, the disk could still not be "put away" for the same
reason -- one of its non-existent files was in use. Restart time.

After restart, inserting the hell disk yielded an offer to format it. OK,
format it. Again an apparently normal format. I copied the stacks back on
to it, locked it again, went through the previously reproducible "disk
>From hell" procedure, and the disk splat-Y'd away. No problem, mon.

No, I have no idea. It was certainly related to that floppy, but it was
just a tad too subtle for any utility to notice. Apologies to Connectix,
DayStar, Symantec, and everyone else I bothered with this.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 11:56 EDT
From: Dr.Peter T. Boag <[e-mail]>
Subject: DNA analysis software

If anyone out there has first hand experience with DNA analysis software
such as 'MacVector' by IBI or 'GeneWorks' by Intelligenetics, I would
appreciate advice useful prior to purchase. Also sources of public
domain or shareware DNA software for Macintosh would be useful. Many thanks
in advance for suggestions.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:13:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: FlashWrite ][

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Does anybody know Dan Welchs, the authors, e-mail address

You can reach Andrew Welch, author of FlashWrite ][ at:

  [e-mail]


I love gateways... :-)

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 22:02:10 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Funny Sys. 7 problem? (A)

In 10-147, Marc Friedman wonders about that little cup that appears in the
upper right hand corner of his screen whenever he hits the shift key five
times, and the sound that accompanies its appearance.

You're activating Easy Access, Marc, an init that allows use of the keypad
for cursor movements and mouse clicks. Just take it out of your System
folder if you don't want it.

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 19:16 EST
From: Mark Cornick <[e-mail]>
Subject: Funny Sys 7 problem: Don't panic

>        I'm not sure if I'm experiencing a feature of system 7,
>an extension someone has put on my system without my knowledge,
>or a virus.  Whenever I press the shift key a few times
>consecutively (about 5 times), a small object appears in the upper
>right hand corner of my screen (to the right of the application
>menu).  The small object looks like a small cup.  Once it appears,
>pressing the shift key additional times causes an arrow to appear
>that points down into the cup, the cup fills, empties, and then the
>arrow and cup disappear.  During all of this, an unusualy
>arcade-type sound is made (provided your sound is on).

It's not a virus. It's a control panel called Easy Access which should be
described in your System 7 manuals. (If not, it allows you to type shift,
option, control, and command characters without holding down the modifier
keys. Among other things.) If this doesn't appeal to you, you can simply
find a file called "Easy Access" in your System:Control Panels folder, and
trash it.

Mark Cornick
James Madison University
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 17:29:13 PDT
From: [e-mail]  (Andrew Kass)
Subject: Good deal on Quadra accelerators

There has been a bit of discussion about the Quadra/overdrive and I have
looked into it myself. Apparantly, they are shipping them only for the 900..
they should start shiping for the 700 within a month. One of my friends with
a 900 installed one of these babys and it really screams along now. He is
extrememly happy with it. I myself have a 700 and am definately going to buy
one of these.

I talked to a consultant friend of mine and he said that he could get these
for me for only $300 (compared to list of $349), if I could find two other
people who would get them with me. So, for all you Quadra 900 owners who feel
upset about the 950, here is a way to make your machine just as fast for
just $300! And for all you 700 owners (like me) who feel left out by Apple
not introducing a 750, you can get a 750! (But apparently you will have to
wait a few weeks).

As to its reliability, I work for a firm that makes ATE equipment - the
machines that test and rate the processors in the first place. A processor
rated 25MHz will run at 33 with no problem if you have the fan on it.
Probably even if you didn't (but I wouldn't suggest it).

If you are interested in getting together on this purchase, please let me
know.
I probably won't order them until I am sure about the 700 version (after all,
that is the one that I want!), but if there are a bunch of 900 people who want
to get them, I will let this guy know so they can have them now (as long as
there are two other people who are willing to wait so I can get my price :-) .)

Please reply by mail.

Andrew Kass
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 11:14:37 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Dave Platt)
Subject: HD not booting

> I have an SE/30, running with System 7.0, which was upgraded
> from an SE.  Last night I re-formatted (setting the interleave
> factor to 1) and re-partitioned my EMAC 105 mb external hard
> disk.  The problem is that I now cannot boot off that disk.

The most likely reason is that when you restored the files to the disk,
your restoration problem failed to "bless" the System folder (i.e.
didn't put its directory ID into the volume header, so that the boot
code in the ROM could find it).  You can confirm this suspicion by
opening up the hard-disk root window and selecting "View by icon".  If
the System folder icon that of a generic folder, and doesn't have a little
image of a Mac on the front, then you've found the problem.

To fix this particular problem:  open the System folder, drag either the
Finder or the System out onto the desktop, then drag it back into the
System folder and close the folder.  The folder icon should then have the
micro-Mac on it, indicating that the folder has been successfully blessed.

If this fails, then you may need to run the Installer and tell it to
reinstall the system software.  Chances are you won't have to do this,
though.

A lower-probability problem is that your disk formatting program might have
marked your disk partition as non-bootable.  If this is the case, you'd
need to rerun the program and tell it to change the partition flags.

Dave Platt                                                VOICE: [phone]
          Domain: [e-mail]      UUCP: ...netcomsv!ntg!dplatt
 USNAIL: New Technologies Group Inc. 2468 Embarcardero Way, Palo Alto CA 94303

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 22:04:40 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to share a System 6 Volume with other machines? (A)

David Dantowitz wonders in 10-147:

>How does one share a System 6 volume with other machines.  Sharing
>a System 7 volume with a System 6 machine is easy right out of the
>box, but how about the other way around?

It's System 7 that has the file sharing capabilities, not System 6. If you
could do it the other way around, then System 6 would have file
sharing--and you know it doesn't. You can upgrade the System 6 machine(s)
to System 7, or you can use the sort of file sharing methods that existed
for System 6.  I always liked the freeware program produced by Claris named
Public Folder. It works with both System 6 and System 7 (be sure to get
version 1.01 for Sys 7 use); in my modest network of a couple of machines
running System 7, I use it instead of the System 7 filesharing because it
has little overhead and my need for sharing is small. Get it from:

uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu:/mirrors/info-mac/comm/public-folder-101.hqx

If it's at sumex-aim itself, neither I nor Archie can find it.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:48 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to view Quicktime file (Q)

Dear net,

I have downloaded and decoded a Quicktime file from the art\qt directory on
sumex. How can I actually play or see what is in that file ? Help is
appreciated.

Daniel van Kraalingen

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 19:22:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Garry Russel Burgess)
Subject: IBM Wheelwriter to Mac

Does anyone out there know if there is a way to transfer files from the
IBM Wheelwriter to the Mac/

Garry

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 14:58:05 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #147

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 09:03:36 CST
From: Isidro Gerardo Avila-Calderon
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Pop-mail client software

Hi,
I am looking for Pop-mail client software: what I want is to use the
software with a PowerBook 170, AppleTalk Remote Access and a FastPath
 I would like to hear from commercial and shareware options.
May be Mr. Pugh or Mr. Bloom have some idea? =-)
Thanks in advance... (please respond) =-)

Isidro Gerardo Avila-Calderon
--
pl205102@tecmtyvm           (Bitnet)
[e-mail]  (Internet)

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

1. you can obtain popmail by anon ftp from boombox.micro.umn.edu
2. you can obtain eudora by anon ftp from isis.u-strasbg.fr
both are free!

==michel

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 15:42:10 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Information recorded in audio CD's

If there is in fact title and other possibly useful information
recorded on audio CD's, does anyone know how to get a program to
access it?  I would love to be able to use my CD-ROM drive to catalog
my audio CD's!  In fact, why don't programs like CD-Remote that come
with the Apple CD-ROM extensions read and display this info?  Is it
because it's not there, or someone just didn't take the trouble?
Thanks for any definitive info.  --Peter Szolovits

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 07:07:59 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Charles E. Bess)
Subject: ka9q for the Mac (Where do I get it)

I was wondering if someone could point me to a location where I could ftp
ka9q for the Macintosh (and what is the name of the file)? Thanks
[e-mail]

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Date: FRI, 19 Jun 92 00:22:49 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: LPunch Format

Some files are archived in LPunch Format because some lines have more than 80
caracters. Is there a program to convert these into a normal format? Best trick
I have found is to use Excel and do a global search and replace. At the
beginning of most lines in LPunch, you find something like 34/1/, so you do the
search with a wild caracter "*". You replace **/1/ with nothing. It's very long
with a 68000, 10 lines in 1 minute. A 5000 lines document would take 500
minutes or over 8 hours !!! Also in some lines the trick doesn't work because
after the replacement, the text is refused by Excel.
Another way with a shorter text is to use Word. You open the text you want to
convert and convert it to a monospaced font like Monaco or Courier. Then
holding the option key you drag to cover what you want to delete on the left
side of the text. Then you clear the text. The only problem is that on the left
you will find sometimes find caracters belonging to the line before. If you cut
them, you miss some words.
In conclusion, is there a better way?
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 10:50:07 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Michael A. McGuire)
Subject: Mac Plus and 7 (C)

>....
>...... (Yes folks, that's right, I run System 7 on my Mac Plus. I
>always was the sadist :-)
>
>Mark Cornick
>James Madison University
>[e-mail]

Me too, and I love it!  I would like to love it faster but I still love it.

Michael McGuire, [e-mail]

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

Date: 18 Jun 92 20:19:00 EST
From: "GINBOX::"Bob_Greenlaw-2141_EMail""
<"Bob_Greenlaw-2141_EMail"[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP & powerbook

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date:    Thu, Jun 18, 1992 @ 4:42:23 PM
Re:      MacTCP & powerbook

I am unable to get MacTCP vs 1.1 to load on the Powerbook 170.
When I try to access NFS Share it tells me that MacTCP has not loaded.  When I
access the telecommunications package, it trys to connect to the vax, but never
does.
When I try to use the versaterm FTP client tool, it tels me that I need the
communications toolbox installed.
Obviously, MacTCP is not loading.  I've worked all afternoon on it and can't
get it working.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 14:50:43 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Subject: MacWeek

>By the way, if anyone has an e-mail address for MacWeek or Ziff-Davis or
>anyone responsible within either organisation, please forward it to me so I
can
> forward this message to them.

Try [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:48:53 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MacWEEK

> Anyway, my questions:
>
>   -How long did it take any current MacWeek recipients to start receiving
>     MacWeek once "approved"; or turn-downees to recieve the offer to buy?

It's not that simple. MacWEEK is controlled-circulation so they keep
a certain number of people in certain parts of the country (and, I
believe, in certain types of jobs) at quotas. You can be approved,
but not receive your subscription until someone in your group already
subscribing drops out.

They do that because they have to keep the circulation at a certain
rate to be able to charge advertisers a certain amount per number
of subscribers. I don't quite understand it all the time either, but
that's how it works as far as I can tell from their media kits.

>   -For those paying for subscriptions, how much and to what address?

Customer Service Dept.
MacWEEK c/o JCI
P.O. Box 1766
Riverton, NJ 08077-7366
609/461-2100

$99 per year, $6 per issue, $300 per year overseas

Of course, you could just read TidBITS, Vaporware, and the nets, but we
don't cover nearly as much stuff for free... On the other hand,
we also don't kill trees. :-)

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: FRI, 19 Jun 92 18:57:34 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: MacWeek

Why subscribe to MacWeek when we have Tidbits? It's also a weekly publication,
it's free and if you subscribe you will get it right in your Mac. Check
Info-Mac #147 to download.
Many interesting informations. Recently there was an excellent analysis of
Excel 4.0. Last issue was about Claris Works.
Regarding MacWeek itself. Last year, at MacWorld Expo in Boston I got a free
issue. I sent the included subscription card after carefully completing it. A
few weeks later, in September 1991, I received a reply congratulating me
because qualified for a free subscription.
I'M STILL WAITING!!!
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 9:56:14 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Mel Martinez x8378)
Subject: MacWeek (C)

Here is my story of "Gawd, what does it take to subscribe to MacWeek?!".

Off & on over the last year and a half I had sent in the silly survey to try
and qualify for a free sub.  Never got a response except occasionally I would
get another survey form.  Finally, I wrote to them asking for an actual
subscription form so I could actually PAY for one, but instead they sent me the
stupid survey form again (which does not have a way to indicate, 'hey, I'll pay
for it, damn it!').

Next, I tried exagerating my influence by including numbers for my whole
University as my 'organization' instead of just my research group.  ;)  That
was about 5 months ago.  Still no response 'till about 3 months ago I got yet
ANOTHER survey form.  I filled this one out more honestly and sent it in.  No
response for 2 months.

So I give up and track down someone else's copy of MacWeek and extract the
subscription info from the fine print under the table of contents :

    US: $99 (US) (per year)
    Canada/Mex: $150 (US)
    International: $300 (US)

    Customer Service Dept.
    MacWeek c/o JCI
    P.O. Box 1766
    Riverton, N.J.  08077-7366
    [phone]

Resigned to the fact that I would never fool them into giving me a free sub, I
wrote out a check and mailed it.  That was about a month ago.

THE VERY NEXT DAY, I recieved a postcard from them saying that I had indeed
qualified for a subscription!!!!!!!!  It also said to allow about 6 weeks of
processing/handling.

As I said, that was about a month ago.  I have recieved no indications from
them since regarding either my 'free' subscription or my 'paid' subscription.
I am just hoping that when I get them I will be able to give them the
subscription numbers off the labels and combine them.  I have done this with
other subscriptions, but I have little faith in the organizational status of
MacWeek after all this.  They don't seem to be run very smoothly.  That is, of
course, only indicative of their subscription handling service.

I guess I will just wait and see for a few more weeks...

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 18:00:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Mr. Michael Grabenstein)
Subject: Menu Choice (C)

    Just a small comment on version 1.1 of Menu Choice. I really like the
looks of this one. It has potential, but it is just not quite there yet.
    The recent selection on the Apple menu is a great idea, but it
bombs every once in a while.
    On my9 color system it replaces that nice little color apple with
a b/w apple
    If you have a folder in the apple menu you have to get into is
contents by using the pop menu. Just highlighting the folder and releasing
does nothing.
    I hope the writer of this little piece of software fixes these bugs.
It definately has its place now that BeHierarch has gone commercial.
    If the author actually sees this post, he/she can mail me at:
[e-mail]
or
[e-mail]

Take care,
    Mike.

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 19:35:58 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microsoft Upgrades?

Folks, MS's computer system has gone goofy. Last month I got an upgrade
offer for Excel. For Windows. At my VA Tech office address. My only MS
registered product at the office is Works. I sent the card back with a
note saying that my only Excel was of the Macintosh persuasion, and it
is registered to my home address, and what are they talking about?

This week the home mail included an upgrade form for Word. I don't have
Word. My only home-registered MS product is Excel. Version 3. Mac.

What on earth are those MicroSoft pukes (no offense) doing? I realize
that Microsoft is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla and can do whatever
it wants, but does this not seem as flat stupid to you as it does to me?

I see Excel 4 upgrades offered by the major mail order firms for from
$88 to $99. Why should I bother with MS's $100+ upgrade, even if they
could get right what I am upgrading from and to?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 16:16 EST
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: More Mac Word 5 to DOS Word Perfect 5.1 questions...

A few days ago I posted a question concerning the easiest and best way to get
my Word 5 documents to a 3.5" DOS disk in Word Perfect 5.1 format. Most folks
suggested using an Apple File Exchange filter from sumex in lieu of the
translator that came with Word 5.

When I try the translator that came with Word 5, using either WP 5.0 or 5.1 as
the target format, it crashes my maching hard when the little corner dialog box
says it's about 70% through the conversion.

When I save it as RTF and try the sumex AFE filter, it crashes my machine hard
at about 50% through the conversion.

I've tried re-installing the filters (which is a pain with Word's installer!),
running in 24-bit mode, running with ZERO INITs, starting with a new "clean"
file, etc. but nothing seems to help.

What DID work, was borrowing a friends DataViz filter set for AFE. It worked in
the sense that it didn't crash my SE/30, but didn't do a great translation,
although it is workable.

Has anyone else had any experience similar to what I've described above? I'm
running System 7.0 splat on a 8mb SE/30, no virtual memory used. I've had no
problems with Word 5 until this point, and this is a pretty severe problem
right now!

Any help would be appreciated...

   Robert A. Brockman   aka [e-mail] or [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 16:10:10 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Now Up-to-Date demo?

Does anyone know of a demo version?  I seem to recall that one was posted
to the net some time ago, but I can't seem to locate it...

Any help would be most appreciated.

    - bob

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 08:19:39 CST
From: Isidro Gerardo Avila-Calderon
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Pop-mail client software (again...) (Q)

Hi,
Sorry to repost this question, but the mail is erased from the accounts
on thursday, so if any response come with the mail it is gone with the
wind... =-)

Well, here it goes:
I am looking for Pop-mail client software (commercial, PD, shareware, happy-
ware, whateverware), I think TCP/Connect II is an example. But I need more
opinions as I am not the expert in telecommunications.
What I want is to use the Pop-mail software with a PowerBook 170 and Apple
Talk Remote Access to connect the PB to a Mac with FastPath and from here
take advantage from the software, ie. read mail from a Vax machine, establish
a connection to other machine (emulation), etc.
I am desperately needed of this info, so please respond...

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 11:51:52 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Powerbook: A dangerous companion?

Can someone fill me in about the hazards of powerbook batteries and what
precautions to take? Also, does any one have any experience in operating
the 140 or 170 in very hot and moist environments (temp over 90 degrees).

Thanks in advance! Eric.

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

Date: 19 Jun 92 21:26:14 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mike Schatzberg)
Subject: Power supply for external hard drives

You can buy a replacement cabinet from:

Western Systems, 613 South "I" St.,
San Bernardino, CA  92410,
phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

I deal with Lloyd and you can tell him I sent you, if you think it will help.

Make sure you tell them the drive type, the Mac model, if you need a power
cord and SCSI cable (usually yes), and whether you need a terminator for the
disk.

Mike Schatzberg, Salomon Inc, 745 Route 3, Rutherford, NJ 07070 USA
Phone: [phone]   Email: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 22:33 EST
From: Mark Cornick <[e-mail]>
Subject: problem w/ SuperPaint

Hi folks... We are running SuperPaint 2.0a (behind the times, yes, but we have
no money to upgrade) with System 7.0 and Tuneup 1.1.1. If, while in SuperPaint,
one performs any menu operation that sets up a dialogue box (i.e. Preferences,
Other Font Size, Bezier Settings...), when you dismiss the dialogue box, the
scroll bars on your document are disabled. (I.E. no gray area, as if the entire
window was disabled.) A quick click onto the desktop, then back in the document
brings the scrollbars back, but it's rather annoying. Does anyone know of a
fast, free fix to this problem? Oh yeah, we're running DiskLight, FileSaver,
Gatekeeper, MountImage and ATM, but the problem exists with or without these
extensions. Your help is appreciated. Since there's gotta be someone else who
can't afford to upgrade in this slow economic scenario, I will summarise for
the archives. Thanks...

Mark Cornick
James Madison University
[e-mail]

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

Date: FRI, 19 Jun 92 16:28:51 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: Ram Disk (A)

The problem is not the processor but the amount of memory the machine can
address. For example, if a software takes 2 Mb of physical disk space and needs
2 Mb to work, you need a RAM disk of 4 Mb. The code will load itself into
memory, but since the program doesn't know it, it will use it's usual 2Mb to
work.
On older Mac, we used to work a lot with Ram Disk creating a disk for each
program. On that disk there was a System customized for the software (more or
less fonts and DAs. You would then load the RamDisk program and tell which part
of the disk you wanted in memory. You could use only a part of your total RAM
as a Ram Disk. After that you did a shutdown,, inserted the disk and everything
you asked went into memory. After that, it was automatic each time you inserted
the disk. The nice thing was being able to work without hearing a single sound,
since there was no physical disk access and no fan.
At that time programs were built differently. Many were accessing the disk
like some versions of MacWrite. Putting the program in memory with a Ram Disk,
gave us a lot of speed, since the program was actually addressing ram instead
of a physical disk. Also we could use the two disk drives to save the files.
If the machine can use an older System, it's still possible to use a Ram disk,
but you would have to switch back to older programs designed differently from
today's.
Louis Bergeron  [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 22:54:21 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: RAMdisks

> I remember being told that the reason the RAMDisk wasn't available on
> lesser platforms was because the RAMdisk designers wanted the RAM disk to be
> able to survive restarts and system errors without losing any data on the
> RAMdisk.  (try it and see...I was surprised the first time I used a ram disk
> and the Quadra crashed... the RAMdisk came back up in the Finder, no
> problem!)

> Apparently earlier versions of the ROMs execute a destructive memory test
> upon all startups or restarts. This destructive memory test overwrites
> all previous data in RAM as part of the test.

> Starting with the Quadras and the PowerBooks, the new ROMS run a
> non-destructive test instead, so your RAMDisk is ready and waiting for you
> when you finish restarting.

The Quadras still perform the destructive memory test, but the ROM uses the
MMU to make the RAMdisk read-only, which prevents it from being changed
during the reboot.  The only time the MMU allows write access is through the
File Manager, so stray memory accesses cannot affect it either.

This memory test is only performed on startup, not on restarts.

I believe this is also the way it is done on the 140 & 170, but the 100 is
the one that skips the memory test.  This is because on the 100 Sleep and
Shutdown are the same.  They both keep power to the memory, allowing the
RAMdisk to exist across restarts and shutdowns.  This also allows the 100 to
wake up on a timer, a feature which is not available on the 140 & 170.

The reason the RAMdisk isn't added to the System is that it has to be in ROM
since the System isn't available during a restart.  Thus, the RAMdisk is
only available on the newest machines with the newest ROMs.  I don't know
why the RAMdisk isn't available on the Classic II, or even if it is
available.

Concerning the startup sound in the PowerBook 140 & 170.  If the sound level
is zero then the startup sound will play at full volume.  The way to avoid
being embarassed is to turn it to 1 and install AlphaSound (available in the
archive) to play Biff from Back to the Future saying "What are you lookin'
at, Butthead?" Thus you will displace the embarassment to someone else or at
the very least get a smile and flaunt your PowerBook coolness.

I personally _always_ sleep the machine, but I've never actually managed to
leave it off for 24 hours.

Jon

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 11:17:55 EDT
From: SDIA000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: screen snapshot

I used to know how to do this but I forgot. Can anyone tell  me the
key sequence to capture an image of the screen to the clipboard in
system 7. I am using an se 4/20meg.

Stan Diamond
St. Lawrence Univ.
[phone]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 15:25:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Albrecht Hofheinz)
Subject: Sound recording with Macintosh LC

[e-mail] writes:

>Hi,

>  Is there anyone who know if a program exist to record sound with the
>microphone of the LC. I know that the SOUND control panel and Hypercard
>2.0 do that... but some better program must exist... no??

>Thanks for your help! (excuse my english!!)

>Francois


There is a little PD or shareware program called Wavicle which lets you
record sounds longer than 10 secs (you're limited only by disk space),
and allows you to do basic editing of the resulting sound files. It was
posted not long ago over comp.binaries.mac, and should be at the usual
archives.
Cheers,
Albrecht Hofheinz
[e-mail]

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

Date: FRI, 19 Jun 92 19:09:50 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: Startup sheet blues <A>

Very easy problem to solve with the help of your FRIENDLY Apple dealer or with
the System 7 Startup Kit. The program LaserWriter Font Utility is designed for
that. It's very simple and effective to cancel the startup sheet.
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 08:17:23 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: System on Maxima RAM Disk?

Is anyone else running Maxima and trying to use its RAM disk as a
startup disk?  Neither Connectix' help line nor their CompuServe forum
have been of any help.  I won't bore the rest of the readers with all
the details, but essentially I'd like to load the finder and system
plus any other essentials on the RAM disk, and load the rest of the
extensions, etc. through aliases, if possible.  No way can my full
system folder fit on the RAM disk, but I don't want to give up its
functionality.  If you have a large system folder (mine is 20 megs)
and are using Maxima's RAM disk as a startup disk, I'd like to
correspond with you.
Paul Brians  BitNet: BRIANS@WSUVM1  Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 09:35:01 IST
From: "Dr. Michael Silverstein" <[e-mail]>
Subject: True Type vs Others

Thanks for all the replies....

One of the replies put things succinctly:
For screen display, the preference is (1) bitmap (2) TrueType (3) PostScript
When it comes time to print on a printer with PostScript fonts built-in,
the preference is (1) PostScript (2) TrueType (3) bitmap.

Most people indicated that
using TT speeds things up on the screen for general usage
(assuming system 7 and a MacII especially, for system 6 and
the older Macs this may not be the case).  The smaller TT
may be hard to read and if that is a problem then the
appropriate bitmaps are preferable.

One of the replies  rang a bell as to why I originally
threw out all the TT fonts.  Evidently if you have TT on
your screen, and the postscript font in your postscript
laser printer you lose WYSIWYG (one of my original reasons
for getting a Mac) since the TT and postscript fonts are not
the same sizes.

I am presently working with a GCC BLP (which I purchased
pre-system 7) and an  Apple IIG both
postscript laser printers, and WYSIWYG is exceedingly
important to me. Since 99% of the time I use standard fonts
and sizes that have both postscript and bitmap equivalents,
I guess that means I stick with bitmaps.....
(an alternative would be to keep a few select bitmap sizes
and TT, but since I have used 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, and 36
in the last few days where WYSIWYG is vital, I will stick
to the former).

by the way, one of the replies did mention that the set
of fonts at sumex is ADOBE-SCREEN bitmaps fonts.

Thanks for all the replies, and I hope that this
has presented an accurate picture of things....
(at least I think that I am less confused...)

mike

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

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 20:05:52 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: TT vs other fonts (A)

I set up Macs on our campus on a regular basis. I always install the
full set of Adobe bitmaps (info-mac/font/adobe-screen.hqx) whether
the computer is running System 6 or 7. I also install the full set
of TrueType fonts if the computer is running System 7.

The bitmaps are used for fast display and accurate matching to the
PostScript fonts in the printer for the common sizes. The TrueType
fonts (if installed) will be used for nice screen rendering when
large fonts are used (e.g. when making a sign) or in-between sizes
like 13 point are used.

This combination works very well. The users get the best possible
performance and screen display quality at the lowest cost.

For the occasional System 6 user with a non-PostScript printer, I
prefer the results of ATM, but I usually install the TrueType init
and TrueType fonts because the full set of ATM Type 1 fonts is very
expensive.

By "full set", I mean Avant Garde, Courier, Helvetica, N Helvetica,
New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, Symbol, Times, Zapf Chancery, and
Zapf Dingbats.

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 20:11:08 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Upgrading a Mac Classic II (A)

>This question might seem silly, but can you upgrade a Mac Classic II
>to more than 4 M of RAM. I've looked through tons of catalogs and
>can't seem to find anything mentioning an upgrade larger than 4
>megs. Any help will be appreciated.

The Classic can be upgraded to a maximum of 4MB, but the Classic II
can be upgraded to (I think) a maximum of 10MB. If I recall
correctly, there are 2MB soldered in the motherboard and 2 simm
slots. You can install 2 4MB simms in those slots for a total of 10.
That is how much memory is in a lab of Classic II computers we have.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 00:46:01 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Darren Slawecki 4508)
Subject: WANTED: Hardware Reference Manuals for pre-plus MAC.

Greetings,
I have a older Macintosh (512KE Motherboard + 2.5M RAM & 105M HD)
that I'd like to upgrade myself.  Not buy an accelerator card, rather
I want to build my own 68030 card. I know it isn't worth the money &
installing a commercial card is cheaper, but I'm in it for the fun/learning.
I've been looking for schematics and descriptions how the basic hardware
works. I need details about the DRAM controller & Video refresh hardware and
the Mac's memory map ( screen/ROM/peripherals ). All the inside MAC
books seem to deal with software routines or are vague about specific
addresses. Is this information outthere?  Any pointers to schematics/reference
docs will help.
Please respond directly to :   [e-mail]

Many thanks in advance,
 -Darren
PS. Please reply - don't count on the other guy/gal.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 21:36:26 GMT
From: Lars H Andersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word_frequency_in_Word_4.0?

frequency.text

Dear Netters
I remember to have seen a message somewhere on the net about a utility
computing the frequency of single words in Microsoft Word 4.0.  Unfortunately
I did not save the message end I would very much appreciate any information
on this.

Best from Iceland

Lars H Andersen
[e-mail]

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