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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 22 Jun 92       Volume 10 : Issue 149

Today's Topics:

      [*] Banzai sounds
      [*] Bible Promise Stack 1.3 Submission
      [*] Demo of Exotic Shanghai II Tiles
      [*] DepthCharge17.hqx
      [*] Empire Master demo 2.0
      [*] Jobs1984speech (sound)
      [*] MacPhase_1_1_0.hqx
      [*] New version of ShutdownLater ...
      [*] ResEdit TMPL Types DA
      [*] Upload
      [*] UUTool 2.2
      [*] Wdef patch 2.0
      Added torque start-up ROMS for old Quantum drives (A) (2 msgs)
      AOL GATEWAY PROBLEMS
      AppleTalk-Ethernet interfaces (Q)
      Audio CDs - How Do They Know? (R)
      Color, Plain Paper printer wanted
      concatenation (A?)
      Creating templates in Excel 3
      Cutting Edge drivers
      EtherNet networks (setting one up)
      Eyeballs
      File Creators & Types
      Fonts: usage
      FTP Programs for the Mac (Summary)
      GhostScript for the Mac (Q)
      Gopher (Q)
      How to get Mac Word to DOS Word Perfect 5.x?
      How to read HPGL file on a Mac?  (Q)
      Information recorded in audio CD's (A)
      Is Apple's Demo CD-ROM out yet?
      ka9q for the Mac (Where do I get it) (A)
      Looking for Demo programs
      LPunch Converter
      LPunch Format (3 msgs)
      LPunch Format <Partial answer>
      Mac LC II + System 6.0.8
      MacTCP & powerbook (A)
      MacWeek
      MacWeek (C)
      modem software
      PB sleeping
      Postscript cartridge for HP LaserJet IIIp?
      Printing problem
      problem w/ SuperPaint
      Problem with THINK Pascal & FileGuard (A)
      Qudra Cpu cache aut-configuration tool?
      Question
      Scanners
      screen snapshot (A)
      SLIP
      Software Registry Question
      Strange conflict btw MacWrite II, Alarm Clock
      SuperPaint 3.0  Install Problem
      TidBITS & MacWEEK
      TTConvert
      unbinhqx for vms?
      Video-capture on the Mac (Q)
      Where is the ETHERNET driver for the QUADRA? (Q)
      Why no Apple RAM disk option on less than a Quadra?
      Yet more Mac Word 5 to DOS Word Perfect 5.1

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 12:57:37 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Blystone)
Subject: [*] Banzai sounds

I found out that I did not send the file correctly last time.

Please find the attached binhexed stuffit archive of my favorite sounds from
the movie Buckaro Bonzai.

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/buckaro-bonzai.hqx; 309K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 16:20:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Danny McCampbell)
Subject: [*] Bible Promise Stack 1.3 Submission

Dear Info-Mac,

Here is the new version of The Bible Promise Stack. It seems that the NIV
version of the Bible
is copyrighted so the verses I was using out of that text was a copyright
infringement.  The
stack now contains only the King James Version of the Bible.  I am working
on getting permission
to add the NIV back to the stack.  Please accept this submission and thanks
for putting up with
my screwups.  God bless and thanks.

Danny McCampbell

[Archived as /info-mac/card/bible-promise-13.hqx; 228K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 15:21:17 PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Demo of Exotic Shanghai II Tiles

This is a self-unstuffing archive containing three files:
*"Postcards Demo" (368K)
*"Postcards ad" (59K)
*"Read Me" (5K)

"Postcards Demo" is a demo of "Postcards for Shanghai II," a trio
of scanned, photographic-quality tilesets for use with Shanghai II.
The tilesets--Beasts, Landmarks and Tropics--include sounds,
animations, and informational blurbs about each tile.  To use the
demo, you'll need version 1.03 of Shanghai II.  An updater to
version 1.03 is here on sumex-aim  This version adds a feature
and fixes some bugs (including the background-beep bug and the
tournament score bug).

"Postcards ad" displays and can print an ad/order form for
"Postcards for Shanghai II."

"Read Me" contains instructions and details about the other two
files.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/shanghai-ii-postcards.hqx; 426K]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 15:28:32 PDT
From: Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DepthCharge17.hqx

Dear moderators, this file should go in info-mac/cp, and the previous versions
(DepthCharge-133.cpt.hqx) should be removed.

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DepthCharge 1.7

I am posting this on behalf of the friend of mine in England who wrote it.

This extension allows you to quickly and simply change the monitor setting
without all the bother of having to open up the monitors control panel.
Just click the mouse button anywhere while holding down a (user-specified)
combination of modifier keys, and a popup menu appears allowing you to change:

1. The bit depth of the screen (number of colours or greys), and
2. Whether the monitor is set to colour or grey-scale.

It is almost identical in operation to the similar 'RadiusWare' utility,
but of course this one does not require that your Mac has a Radius monitor
plugged into it.

This extension has been tested successfully with System 6.0.7 and System 7.

Version 1.7 now also allows changing of the control panel sound volume
setting.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/depth-charge-17.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 13:36 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Empire Master demo 2.0

There has been a lot of discussion about Empire Master on the
news lists recently and people have been asking where the demo
version went.  It seems that the sumex-aim archives are purged
>From now and then.

So here it is again, the latest released Empire Master demo.
This is a strategic two player wargame where you start with one
city, capture more and try to conquer the world.

The demo version includes the complete game, but you cannot
save and restore partway through.  It also forces you to deal
with a completely obnoxious dialog when you quit.

The order form indicates that prices are valid until July
1992, but the given prices will be honored at least until
november and at most the price will go up $2.

Chris Eliot

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/empire-master.hqx; 356K]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 19:28:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jobs1984speech (sound)

    "It is now 1984...  will Big Blue dominate the computer
industry?  The only obstacle is Apple...Is George Orwell right
about 1984?"
    The above are portions of this sound file and come from a
rousing speech that Jobs made.  Add this to your Apple
historical sound archives.  The fidelity is excellent and was
recorded via audio cable into a Mac LC.
    This is a StuffIt file.

Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/jobs-1984-speech.hqx; 783K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 22:23:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MacPhase_1_1_0.hqx

=============================
== MacPhase Version 1.1.0  ==       by  The Otter Solution
== ShareWare Version       ==            10 Limekiln Rd.
=============================            Whitesboro, NY  13492

AOL:  OtterSol
CompuServe:  74017,461
Internet:  [e-mail]

MacPhase is a 1D and 2D data analysis and visualization
application.  Some of MacPhase's features include:

-Import/Export several different file formats (Raw, TIFF, PICT,
 Text, etc)
-Printing is optimized for PostScript printers.
-Group several plots on one printed page.
-Operates on data as floating point numbers, not as scaled bytes.
-Several math functions; +,-,/,*,sin,cos,tan,etc...
-Several different forms of FFTs and Inverse FFTs
-Filters
-Windowing
-Tool palette for data editing and visualization.
-Data Window calculator.
-Line, Color Contour (aka. raster or gray scale), Contour, Vector,
 3D wireframe, 3D surface, Line, combination plots
-Plot styles can be saved and applied to data
-Color Table animations
-PICT Overlays
-Brightness and Contrast Control
-Data animation (movies) capabilities
-Write you own MacPhase Add-Ons and call them within MacPhase.
-Balloon Help
-32 Bit Compatible
-Loads More!!!

Requirements
==============

System 6.0.5 or higher.  System 7.0 compatible.  256 Colors, FPU,
at least 2 meg RAM.


Whats New Since MacPhase 1.0.0t
==============================

There are several new features since version 1.0.0t some of them
are:

-Gradient Plots
-Improved Contour Plots
-A new method of handling MacPhase settings.
-Save files as 8-bit TIFFs
-More control over MacPhase < > System clipboards
-More graph options; improved line styles and sizes, etc
-RPN Calculator for quick arithmetic image calculations
-A customized system clipboard which you can use in your own
 programs
-Code modules can be added on to MacPhase.
-Balloon help.
-Several bug fixes
-and many others.

Take a look and see why everyone's using MacPhase...

AOL:  OtterSol
CompuServe:  74017,461
Internet:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-phase-110.hqx; 419K]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 13:12:18 +0200
From: "(Message from the Greek Islands)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] New version of ShutdownLater ...

This is the last version of my utility ShutDown later which
forces the mac to shutdown after a specific time.

You can find the changes from version 1.0 in the file
"Version History"

Andreas KOKKINOS
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/shut-down-later.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 19:06:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin, Geochemical Research, Texas A&M)
Subject: [*] ResEdit TMPL Types DA

This is a desk accessory which contains the field type info for creating
TMPLs in ResEdit 2.1. Very simple, very small. Downloaded from AOLs Mac
Utility (MUT) forum.

[Archived as /info-mac/da/resedit-tmpl-types.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 17:21:08 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Upload

Herewith updated, debugged version of software existing on system.
Harold Brochmann 604-926-6716.
1-D Chaos Explorer v0.1b
 1992 by Matthew Hall

Enclosed is a binhexed, self extracting archive containing 1-d
Chaos explorer and related files.  This latest release fixes a
bug in the earlier version which caused the display on black
and white monitors to be rather, well, unpleasant. Also is
included, by popular (1 vote) demand, a non-fpu version of the
program and some additional help.

1-D Chaos Explorer is an application designed to explore the
dynamics of functions on the real line. It allows you to type
in any function of one variable (and a parameter) and will
let you explore such topics as chaos, period doubling, Cantor
sets (fractals) and others through a variety of graphs and
plots (plain graph, orbital densities, escape times and the
ever popular bifurcation plot).  Also includes ability to
perform Newton's method.

This application was designed to give an intuitive feel for
dynamics on the real line, and I hope, is a good introduction
to chaos for high school level math and up

This application will work on any computer.  Another version
is included to take advantage of computers equipped with a
math coprocessor.  Will run in limited color on color
Macintoshes, includes on-line help, and programming help to
let you include your own plug-in (read 'much faster than
interpreted') functions.  1-D Chaos Explorer is Shareware.
If you keep it, like it, and especially if you learn something
>From it, please send $5 or $10.

Matt Hall
(during school year, I can be reached at [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/app/chaos-explorer-01b.hqx; 147K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 23:55:06 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Wieser)
Subject: [*] UUTool 2.2

Greetings!  Here is UUTool 2.2, a major update in the UUTool line (so
please notify people).  It replaces UUTool 2.1 in the util directory.
It is a binhex'd compactPro'd archive.

What's New in 2.2?
- fixed a bug in decoding file names
- added text segmentation split support
- fixed error message bugs in the audio file to mac conversion

What does UUTool do?
- encode and decode uu**coded files very quickly
- translate simple 8-bit audio files and AIFF files
- split text files by size or by line

UUTool is (C) 1992 by B. Wieser.  It is freeware, but donations
are always appreciated!

[Archived as /info-mac/util/uutool-22.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:37:39 GMT
From: ROBERTO AVANZI 338188/SM <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Wdef patch 2.0

This is a binhexed-stuffed (v3.0) archive containing an enhanced
version of an Apple code snippet by Steve Falkenburg, of MacDTS.
Includes source code, think C project and the sample app.
It adds a part to the window. That is a new box is added to the
title bar, and you can click on it. It works with the current
WDEF, whatever it is, may it be the Sys6, Sys7, Stretch Init,
etc... one, since it uses the code of the original WDEF you were
using, and does not provide a new one, then adds new behaviour.
This version differs from the original one in the sense that it
tracks the added part, instead of simply reporting that the user
clicked inside. This is much more consistent with the rest of the
user interface. There's still room for improvements.
Use it just as it were the original snippet.
Roberto Avanzi [author of Bob's Eyes Pro]
<[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/wdef-patch-20.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 12:10:59 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Brian Korver)
Subject: Added torque start-up ROMS for old Quantum drives (A)

Getting the news ROMs from Quantum is a breeze (don't even try to get them
through whoever you bought the drive from, it didn't work for me).  I just
called Quantum and asked for the number for Technical Service.  The person
I talked to there knew the problem and asked for the ROM version number on
I currently had and for my address.  The new ROM arrived in two days as I
recall.  It was all very, very simple.

Brian Korver
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 08:19:23 EDT
From: Ephraim Vishniac <[e-mail]>
Subject: Added torque start-up ROMS for old Quantum drives (A)

   A few weeks back, someone posted information suggesting that for
   those of us with old Quantum drives which appear to have problems
   starting when cold, there is a ROM update available.
   I would appreciate any specifics anyone has on this...

      SERVICE NOTICE: 20MB/40MB HARD DRIVE REPAIR EXTENSION PROGRAM

           ( Copyright 1991, Apple Computer Inc.)


                 OVERVIEW

We have discovered that a certain batch of half-height internal 3.5" 20MB and
40MB hard drives and some external 3.5" 20MB and 40MB drives may have been
subjected to disk media contamination. These drives may experience a number of
different symptoms, as fully described later on in this notice. To address this
problem, Apple is offering a 20MB/40MB Hard Drive Repair Extension Program for
customers and Service Providers with drives manufactured four years ago or
later that meet all the criteria below. A new drive, P/N 661-1629, has been
substituted for the problem drives.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/old-quantum-drive-fix.txt; 10K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92  12:47:25 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AOL GATEWAY PROBLEMS

*** Resending note of 06/22/92 12:38

To Dennis Lougheed and others having difficulties with AOL Gateway . . .

I experienced similar problems trying to reply to a note from AOL. After
talking to the Byte Jocks, they suggesting the following which has since
worked for me!

USERID = SISITKA%AOL.COM       <- SISITKA is my AOL Address
NODE   = UU.PSI.COM

They discovered this by looking at the header from an AOL note. I suggest
getting someone on AOL to send you a note and see where it came from.
This is PURE MAGIC to me, but it works!

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 16:02 WET
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk-Ethernet interfaces (Q)

I suppose I should start with the obligatory 'I hope this isn't a FAQ...',
but I won't, just to be different.

The Problem
===========

I intend to link a couple of Macs in my research group together with a
DeskWriter C using an AppleTalk network.  These machines will not have
slots available for connection to the campus-wide Ethernet (and the
servers that have a small amount of Mac software on them).  I understand
that there are boxes you can put on the AppleTalk network that act as
some sort of gateway on to the Ethernet (albeit with low bandwidth).

The Question
============

Does anyone out there have experience with the type of setup I've described
above, and can they make any hardware (and software, if such is needed)
recommendations?

If I get enough responses, I shall post a summary to info-mac.

Thanks in advance.

Alun

Alun J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 02:31:42 CDT
From: [e-mail] (David Fiel)
Subject: Audio CDs - How Do They Know? (R)

By my crude calculations the "lead-in segment" should be able to hold 10MB of
information.  This would be plenty of space for not only the name of the album,
but all the songs and lyrics, an album cover picture, and about 50 more
pictures.  Why isn't this valuable CD space used?

David Fiel  *  [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 12:29:48 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Color, Plain Paper printer wanted

Info-Macer's,
Do any of you have opinions about color, plain paper printers?  We are looking
for alternatives to the Tektronix Phaser III.  The printer should be around
$10K, must be networkable (EtherNet, LocalTalk, etc), and have a low price per
page.  Speed is not essential, nor is any particular technology desired.
Any tips, suggestions or experiences any of you have had shopping with or using
a color, plain-paper printer would be helpful.  Because of the hurry we're in
to get this printer, could you please respond directly to me?  Please don't
write asking for the info unless you also are in a hurry.  I will summarize my
findings for the net should I have any to publish.

Thanks,
Glenn Fink
[e-mail]
[phone]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 18:40:28 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: concatenation (A?)

On Thu, 18 Jun 92 16:01:50 EDT you said:
>Naive question:  Is there a mac utility allowing the concatenation
>of very large files (i.e., like the UNIX cat)?

Try info-mac/util/unity-311.hqx

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 22:01 EST
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Creating templates in Excel 3

In my most recent Microsoft newsletter there was a little article about setting
the default font for Excel (I, along with many others, was surprised that
Microsloth added style sheets to Excel, but no provision for saving one as a
default! Excel 4 is the same! Why this is, I do not know...)

I personally like using 10 point Univers in my spreadsheets and was glad to see
that something could be done besides manually changing each new sheet. They
said to set up a document they way I wanted it, and save it as a template with
the name "Worksheet" in my Excel folder (which is in my "prefs" folder, I
believe). This way, whenever I want a new file, this will override the usual
"Worksheet" in the dialog box. No such luck. Now I have two "Worksheet"
choices. The first is the regular one, the bottom one is my modified one. So if
I do my usual, command-n-w (new; worksheet) I still get one with Geneva 10pt.
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? The template shows up in the dialog box, but
it doesn't replace, as the newsletter said, the old choice.

Robert Brockman, [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 10:34:28 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Cutting Edge drivers

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Any suggestions on where to find Cutting Edge drivers?  She's running System
> 6 on her Plus.

It's certainly more expensive, but you could also buy Silverlining
>From La Cie, Drive 7 from Casa Blanca Works (?) or Hard Disk Toolkit
>From FWB. I'm sure any of those would do the trick and would probably
be a far better bet anyway since something will require new drivers
in the future too, and Cutting Edge/Ehman, though hanging on by a
thread (they were purchased by the company that was supplying them),
is unlikely to be around long.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 23:23:46 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Apu Mullick)
Subject: EtherNet networks (setting one up)

  As a follow-up to my request for help in setting up an EtherNet network
in a K-12 school, please find below an edited version of my preliminary
goal statement, as requested by some. Apologies on the length (I tried).
  Furthermore, as requested by some I will be periodically submitting
summaries of anything I happen to learn regarding EtherNet networks. I
would appreciate the others who have indicated that they are in the same
position as I am to send summaries of their efforts, either to me or to
the Digest.

                       Thanks, Apu

Alternate Addresses (for regular addresses, see sig below):
     InterNet: [e-mail]
     FidoNet:  Apu Mullick (1:2605/[e-mail])

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AN ETHERNET 10BaseT (to be confimred) NETWORK CONNECTING:
A LocalTalk network *
     multiple: Mac Plus, Mac LC (slot has IIe card), GCC BLP II (PSLTnp)
An AppleShare File Server *
     Mac SE (may be combined with the mail server on a more powerful
machine.
      Slot has Apple 5.25" MS-DOS drive card)
A mail server (in the near future)
The Publications Office *
    Mac SE (slot has Radius 2 Pg. Display Card, possibly replaced by
IIci), Mac
     LC, LaserWriter IInt (possilby replaced)
8 Offices
     upto 22: Mac Plus, Mac Classic, Mac Classic II, Mac LC, Mac LC II,
unknown
      printers (some shared between offices, no more than 1 per office).
LC &
      LCII some (will) have IIe card.
Department
     1 Mac LC (IIe card) (four different locations)
Office A *
     Mac Plus, Mac Classic, Mac (unknown), GCC BLP Elite (PSLTnp)
Office B
     Mac Powerbook 140
Office C
     Mac Classic
     laser printer of unknown type ?network?
Campus
     2+ Mac Classics (off-premises location ?dial-up connection?)
Room for expansion including:
    4 Offices (approx. 4 computers)
    additional computers and/or printers at the above locations
    additional computers and/or printers at other than above locations
    possibly a few (emphasis) MS-DOS computers
    replaced computers would be installed at other, unspecified locations

Management: Network management and analysis from any computer connected
to the
         network.
        Easier the better. (I wonUt be here forever!)
Security:
   LocalTalk Room must be able to communicate with file server restricted
only
    by user, group and access priveledges as set on the file server.
   LocalTalk Room must be able to access all other aspects of the
network,
    including mail server and printers, limited by router passwords.
   All network users must be able to freely use LocalTalk Computer Room
    equiptment without restrictions.
   Dial-up connections must have either callback or Caller ID capacity.
   Outgoing modem use by password.
   Office B must be able to use printer in Office C seemlessly.
   Password (min.) required for all network changes.
Budget: Unknown
Time Frame: Earliest poss. implimentation, Sept. 1992
Area: Throughout large building, Off-premises, Dial-up ?


               *   - Marks existing LocalTalk network
            PSLTnp - PostScript, LocalTalk network printer

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InterNet: [e-mail]         UUCP: rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!apu_x

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 18:39:20 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eyeballs

On Wed, 17 Jun 1992 14:57:37 GMT you said:
>In MacWorld I read about a shareware program called: eyeballs, or
>something like that, that one installs on powerbooks, where the eyes
>always looks in the direction of the cursor.  Does anyone know where this
>can be obtained via the internet?

Eyeballs are part of info-mac/ex/desk-critters.hqx.  Yes, you can use
them to "see" where the cursor has gone.  They sit on the menubar where
they don't get covered by other windows (a problem with using Bob's Eyes
for the purpose).  The feet are fun too.

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 14:40 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: File Creators & Types

Hello:

I am looking to find a complete listing of file types and creators for the
Macintosh and what they are.  Any help anyone can provide would be greatly
appreciated.

Please EMail me  at IN%"[e-mail]" and I will post the responses.
Thank you in advance for your help.

Steve Stearns
IN%"[e-mail]"

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 21:49:25 EDT
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fonts: usage

The ongoing discussion about font technology usage and preferences has finally
provoked me into advertising my choices:

I have always had a very healthy respect for Adobe technology and have
despaired of Apple's several unnecessarily stupid decisions to indulge in
*Type Battles* in preference to adopting the best technology: PostScript
and Display PostScript.
Armed with this prejudice and an awareness of the pecking order in which
PostScript printers deal with fonts, I have chosen to cast my lot with
Type 1 technology, and more particularly Adobe Type 1 technology whenever
possible, even to the point of converting available TrueType fonts to Type 1
fonts. I happen to have Metamorphosis and BitFont, which I have used to convert
the TrueType versions of Chicago, Geneva, Monaco and New York into Type 1, with
 corresponding bitmaps of various sizes. I also run ATM 2.0.3.
All my *LaserWriter* fonts are Adobe Type 1 (as provided with ATM and with
Adobe Plus Pack). Also I avail of every ooportunity to purchase Adobe Fonts *On
 Special*: I have Eras, Hiroshige, Garamond, and will acquire more as good
offers come along.

Cheers.

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 12:29:03 EDT
From: Dave Virga <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP Programs for the Mac (Summary)

Many thanks to all who responded to my plea for a Mac Command Line FTP
program (Thomas Garcia, Sam McLane, Stephen Pendergast, Jon Pugh,
John Rosborough, Larry Rosenstein, Ron Rushing, Thomas Russ, Brad Stone,
and John Verrault).  Wouldn't you know it, but I had one under my nose
all the time (sheepish grin)!  Oh well, I still learned a lot.

For my needs, the NCSA and BYU Telnet programs fit best.  Again, my goal
is a program that provides as full a Command Line Interface as I could
get, using the standard user-level command set (ie, dir, cd, get, put,
mget, mput, show, bye).  I want this because my FTP connections tend to
be too slow for my level of patience.  One of the most visible time
thieves that I've noticed is the directory list downloads that the
windowed FTP programs automatically do.  As I mentioned before, the
Sumex Infomac digestdirectory listing takes a long time to download, and
all I'm really interested in is the latest few issues.
So, for my needs, I'm very happy with these programs.

My recommendations for the net:
- If you have a short-distance and responsive FTP connection, look into
  the freeware Fetch and the grossly-underpriced shareware Xferit.  They
  both have nice Macified interfaces that will make the whole FTP process
  extremely easy and efficient.
- If you are experiencing speed and throughput problems, try playing with
  the NCSA/BYU Telnet programs, and see if you can trim the process time
  down more to your liking/patience level.  You get a complete set of
  user-level commands and a scrolling window, and very little else - but
  that should be enough.
- If you need a full suite of TCP/IP programs, check out VersaTerm-PRO,
  version 3.6 (the latest as of yesterday).  The FTP module works very
  well, and also integrates with the Telnet module.

Here are brief descriptions of the six programs that were recommended:

NCSA Telnet 2.4.12 and 2.4.18  (freeware)
Available from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu  128.187.2.20
   Recommended by several people, but I was never successful connecting
   to this host to get it.  But I have a copy of version 2.4.5, and it
   has a CLI, so I assume that these newer versions do as well.  It has
   a very plain CLI - you type commands, and get responses in the same
   window.  There is no "FTP>" prompt, so don't wait for one - but it
   understood all of the commands that I threw at it.

NCSA Telnet with BYU Extensions v2.5B (beta)  (freeware)
Available from bert.cs.byu.edu  128.187.2.20
   This version of NCSA Telnet has the same CLI as the original (NCSA)
   version - BYU doesn't appear to have modified this part.

Fetch 2.1b3 (beta)  (freeware)
Available from dartvax.dartmouth.edu  129.170.16.4
   Fetch is a good, solid FTP program built around a Standard File
   interface.  Its Command Line Interface consists of a menu pick which
   brings up a "Give me a command" requester; the host's response is
   put in the Fetch Transcript window.  When I tried to enter my favorite
   command, "dir info-mac/digest/im/infomacv10-14*", it came back and
   said that it didn't understand the "DIR" command.  Apparently, there's
   an even lower level set of FTP commands that I'm not familiar with, and
   Fetch's CLI uses those commands.  Fetch's documentation does tell you
   of this - the CLI command is a straight pipe directly to the FTP server,
   and is provided as an "if nothing else works" option.

Xferit 1.5b4 (beta)  (shareware $10)
   Xferit is by far the best Macified FTP program that I've seen.  When you
   connect with XFerit to an FTP site, it opens windows on your screen
   to represent directories on the ftp server, just like finder windows.
   Then you can select, or shift-select things on these windows and DRAG
   them to a folder in your hard disk, and those items will be copied
   automagically.  Very nice!!  Ten dollars is a pittance for the amount of
   work put into this program.  The command line interface is the same as
   Fetch's - lowest level FTP, such as you would send with the normal level
   FTP "Quote" command.  And again, the (superb) Xferit docs make that
   clear.

Novell LAN Workplace for Macintosh (commercial)
   This program is part of the Novell Netware for Mac suite.  I don't
   speak Novell, and so I haven't tried this.  But, it was recommended....

VersaTerm-PRO  (commercial)  Synergy Software
   This package is a very nice suite of TCP/IP programs, including Telnet
   (with DEC-VT and TEK emulations, among others), FTP Client and FTP
   Server modules.  I use v3.5.1, but there's a new release out now (v3.6).
   The FTP Client doesn't support a CLI, but v3.6 does let you customize the
   directory list through the Filter option (on the popup menu).  Basically
   it just restricts the list to the files which pass the filter.  You also
   get a multiple selection Standard File type dialog, which allows you to
   select all the files you want to download; then pressing the Download
   button brings them all down in one swell foop.


Dave
[e-mail]

**  MY opinions!  Don't try to say, "The Government said..."  **

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 20:20 WET
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GhostScript for the Mac (Q)

I've asked archie, but while there seem to be versions of GhostScript for
Unix and DOS machines, there doesn't seem to be one for the Mac.  Does
anyone know of one, or of anyone in the process of porting the code to
the Mac.  It would be really nice to be able to take a Postscript file
and dump it to a QuickDraw printer (without buying Freedom of the Press
or something similar, that is).  The thing wouldn't need a fancy interface
-- just drag the Postscript file on to the GhostScript icon, and it starts
printing on your currently selected printer.

Just a thought.

Alun

Alun J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 12:07:59 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Gopher (Q)

Hello netters,

In a recent Digest, the program "Gopher" was described as being very good,
especially for biologists.

Where can I get it and what does it do?

Please reply directly to me.

Many thanks.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:41:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Terry Thiel)
Subject: How to get Mac Word to DOS Word Perfect 5.x?

[e-mail] writes:
>Here's the problem: I use MS Word 5.0 on my SE/30 but one of my summer
>supervisors wants me to submit my reports (I'm a psychology intern) in DOS
>Word Perfect 5.x format.
>Word 5 has the translator, but the manual doesn't really elaborate how to
>get it to a DOS disk. If I had more time I could try a bunch of different
>ways and see which works best, but I don't have more time, and would rather
>draw on the experience of all you kind folks.
>  1. Save it as a DOS WP file on my hard disk and then use
>     Apple File Exchange to transfer it over to a HD DOS disk?
>  2. Or something else (i.e. should I buy a translator package?)
You could do several things.  One is to save the file as WP on a IBM formatted
disk using something like Access PC, DosMounter, or Apple File Exchange.
These all cost money.  You could buy a copy of WriteNow 3.0 (academic price
$75)which is probably the best and fastest word processor for the Mac and does
an
excellent job of translating these formats.
-Terry

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 10:02:31 ITA
From: davide proserpio <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to read HPGL file on a Mac?  (Q)

Hi,
  I have some pictures produced on a PC in a HPGL format (The graphic language
of Hewlett Packard printers and plotters). Someone knows haow to read HPGL file
s and trasform them in a format readable by most of the graphics package availa
ble on mac (like Super Paint or MacDraw II)?
Any shareware or freeware is on the net?=

thak you all.
        davide

e-mail stinch at imisiam.mi.cnr.it

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 09:21:44 EDT
From: Doug Larrick (HLO2-3/N2; DTN 225-6017)  22-Jun-1992 0922
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Information recorded in audio CD's (A)

> 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?

The information that is stored in the CD's header is, in fact, a serial number,
plus a table of contents.

Some (audio) CD players (including mine :-), which is how I know about this)
access this serial number to recognize the disc and retrieve various
disc-specific information: the name, your preferred listening level, the fact
that you never want to hear track 3.  The information is stored in the CD
player's RAM, though, and not on the disc.  You must teach it the things you
want it to remember.

Given the massive amount of storage on a CD, it's a shame "they" didn't see fit
to store the disc's name (and also the names of the tracks) on the disc.
Perhaps some day.

-Doug

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 14:31 N
From: "Gary T. Czychi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is Apple's Demo CD-ROM out yet?

Hi netters,

as the subject says, I'm looking for the new Apple CD-ROM where they have
compiled a bunch of demo programs from commercially available software.

I'd be glad for any information.


Thanks a lot for your help,


  Gary

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 23:05:27 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: ka9q for the Mac (Where do I get it) (A)

In 10-148, Charles E. Bess asks:
>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

When ka9q was ported to the Mac from the IBM, its name was changed to
MacNet.  It's available at archive.umich.edu, filed as

/mac/utilities/communications/macnet.sit.hqx

The program uses the SLFP (Serial Line Framing Protocol) to connect to a
network via dial-up, and since that seems available only on the Merit
Network, the program is of little use to anyone not able to hook up to the
Merit Network here in SE Michigan. There are long-distance telephone
networks that have cheap phone rates to Merit which might be worth looking
into. If you want to investigate this approach, telnet to hermes.merit.edu
and type "Help" at the "Which Host?" prompt. That will bring you to a
comprehensive help file including phone numbers for accessing Merit,
various charges, and numerous options for hooking up.

The PPP protocol is coming into wide use; Merit has already implemented it,
and intends to phase out support for SLFP. A new version of ka9q for the
IBM uses that protocol. But, so far as I know, there is no Mac dial-up
program using PPP and no MacTCP driver for PPP as yet.


Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 14:30 N
From: "Gary T. Czychi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for Demo programs

Hi netters,

I'm looking for demo versions of commercially available software. I am
mainly looking for games or programs in foreign languages, but would
appreciate any software demo, no matter what.

If you have a demo or can tell me where I can ftp it from, please get in
contact with me. Maybe some the Mac archives in netland would be interested
in these programs as well.

Thanks a lot for any help,

  Gary

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Date: SAT, 20 Jun 92 22:45:15 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: LPunch Converter

With the help of Marek Behr and Robert E. Winston I was able to locate a
program called LPunch Converter in the archives at [e-mail].
If you want to wnload it, the command is: $Macarch GET LPDECODE.HQX. The
program worked perfectly under System 7.0 with Tuneup 1.1.1. It saved me a lot
of time. The program doesn't take a lot of space on a disk, so it could be a
good idea to get it when it's still available. Otherwise, it's a real pain to
convert these LPunch files into a normal format.
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 00:27:38 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: LPunch Format

In V10 #148 you asked:

 > 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?

There is an un-Puncher at the [e-mail].
It's not listed in their Info-Mac archives mirror but you can retrieve a
copy via E-mail with this message:
<to:>  [e-mail]
Leave the subject line blank.
<message:>  $MAC GET LPDECODE.HQX

__
Robert E. Winston
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 00:48:01 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: LPunch Format

On FRI, 19 Jun 92 00:22:49 EDT you said:
>Some files are archived in LPunch Format because some lines have more than 80
>characters. Is there a program to convert these into a normal format?

email to [e-mail]
(subject ignored)
$MAC GET LPDECODE.HQX

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 10:02:15 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: LPunch format

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

I seem to remember there being a program that just did this. Have
a poke around in the utilities or comm directory at sumex.

> In conclusion, is there a better way?

I personally just run them through a Nisus macro that replaces

    (one or more digits)/(one digit)/  with nothing

Piece of cake and quick too...

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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Date: SAT, 20 Jun 92 00:23:47 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: LPunch Format <Partial answer>

Someone was kind enough to send me a program called LPunch Decoder written by
John Hill from the UK in 1990. It's a free program written for System 6.0. The
E-Mail in the documentation is the following one:
[e-mail].
I would like to know if the author modified his original program for System
7.0. I will try the program and if everything work well it could be uploaded to
the archivchives. I would prefer that John itself upload his program.
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]
A special thank to Marek Behr from U. of Minn.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 23:57:59 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac LC II + System 6.0.8

>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.

Excuse me, but the Mac IIci, IIfx (and probably even the IIcx and IIx) will
blow the doors off of a LC II and run System 6 just fine.  Perhaps you mean
that the LC II is the NEWEST Mac that will still run System 6.

>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?

Virtual 3.0 should do the trick.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 23:05:58 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP & powerbook (A)

In 10-148, Bob Greenlaw reports problems getting MacTCP1.1 to work on his
Powerbook.

Bob, move MacTCP to the root of your System folder (that is, in the System
folder but not contained within any subfolder). I'll be that does it--it
solved a similar problem for me.

This technique is very useful whenever something in the Extensions folder
or the Control Panels folder won't work. System 7, for backwards
compatability will always look in the System root for stuff that it can
load after loading everything from the "right" subfolders. Some programs
written years ago looked for such items in the System root and, by gum,
darn it, they still do. (None of this System 7 Extensions nonsense for
them!)
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 15:17:17 CDT
From: Robert Blystone <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWeek

In reference to MacWeek.  Forget it.  Tidbits is better and when Mac makes
PCWeek, its real news.  MacWeek is a waste of time.  I had a subscription
three years ago and Zipht Davis cancelled.  I called, I wrote letters, I
filled out forms, I even visited their booth at MacWorld.  I get PCWeek,
Open Systems, Info-World, and at least five other controlled circulation
publications.  I spend not less than $50,000 a year on Mac equipment.
Apparently I don't qualify.  And guess what, I don't miss MacLeak one bit.
Adam Engst does a better job than they do.  As for Mel Martinez, he should
qualify easily.  I learn stuff from his postings all the time.  So if Ziphtt
Daphis is listening:  I'm going to tell their advertisers to save their money
and advertise elsewhere.  And as a final hoot, I received a new Ziff Davis
publication a few days ago about Corporate Computing, forget it, its a waste
of time and trees and ink.  Flame off.  Blystone in Texas

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 23:04:28 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWeek (C)

In response to some recent comments/questions about MacWeek, may I present
a summer rerun Q&A from INFO-MAC 10-060 (an INFO-MAC classic moment from
the past):

>
>Date: 4 Mar 92 16:29:50 GMT
>From: [e-mail] (Michael O'Henly)
>Subject: Beginner's questions for the net
>
>In digest <[e-mail]>, rbrooks writes:
>
>>3.  Does anyone know the scoop with MACWEEK?  I used to get one of their
>>    complementary subscriptions, but then changed jobs.  I informed them of
>>    me new address, to no avail.  But then, _they_ sent me an offer for a
>>    free subscription: I sent it off, but still don't receive copies.  Any
>>    advice from anyone with a similar problem?
>
>       Complimentary subscriptions are given to people with lots of
>purchasing authority. You indicate your potential value to MACWEEK by
>having a lawyer fill out the complimentary subscription questionnaire.
>Currently, the qualifying requirements are:
>
>     -  128,000 Macs at your site, and;
>     -  $3.2 million dollars that you are planning to spend on
>       Mac-related products in the next hour and a half, and;
>     -  a relative at Ziff-Davis.
>
>       If you qualify, you will get a free subscription. It will
>mysteriously stop coming after six issues.
>
>       Good luck.
>
>       Michael.
>
>--
>Michael O'Henly
>McPherson Library                Internet:  [e-mail]
>University of Victoria                      [e-mail]
>Victoria, B.C., Canada             BITNET:  lux@uvvm
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 16:05:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kaufman Ng <[e-mail]>
Subject: modem software

I just got my Supra v32.bis modem a couple days ago.  I'm a novice in
modem stuff.  Here I wanna ask a couple questions:
1) I wanna get a better modem software.  Any suggestions?
2) Which one is better?  Whiteknight?  Smartcom II?

Thanks!

Kauf

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 10:23:23 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: PB sleeping

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I personally _always_ sleep the machine, but I've never actually managed to
> leave it off for 24 hours.

And what's your wife think of that, Jon? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 13:58:57 EDT
From: Phil Calvert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Postscript cartridge for HP LaserJet IIIp?

Hello.  My boss just bought a LaserJet IIIp to use with his Mac SE.
According to the manual that comes with the Appletalk kit for hooking the
two together, we need to buy an HP Postscript cartridge (part #33439Q).
I called a local computer store and they quoted me a price of $695.  That
seems awfully steep.  Do we have to buy a Hewlett-Packard cartridge or are
there other, compatible cartridges available?  If so, which ones are of
good quality with a reasonable price?  Know of a good source?  Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Phil Calvert
<Bitnet: pncsppc@ncsuvax / Internet: [e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 12:14:25 PDT
From: [e-mail] ( John Thoo )
Subject: Printing problem

Hi, y'all!

My brother-in-law is having some trouble printing, and asked if I would
post his query for him; so here 'tis:

%   We have a favor to ask of you.  We have a printing problem and I was
%   wondering if there might be anyone out in MAC land who might have
%   experienced the same problem and what solution they came up with.
%   Here's the problem.
%
%   Belle is putting together a technical manual for this company that
%   uses alot of very specific fonts. e.g. Stone Sans, Sans Seriff,
%   Optima Bold Oblique, to name a few for the text, and
%   Letter Gothic Bold for the screen layouts.  I have the Outline fonts
%   in the system folder(Outside of the extension folder) and the bitmapped
%   fonts in the resource/font folder in Suitcase. (I'm not sure I'm
%   using the terms Outline and Bitmap correctly.  I'm hoping you'll
%   know what I mean anyway.)
%
%   The screen layouts were created using MacDraw II and pasted on the
%   document as PICTURES under Word5.0.  The document is printed on
%   QMS PS410 laser printer.
%
%   The problem is, during printing, in some of the screen layouts, the
%   last few columns on the right of the text within the screen is chopped off
%   even though the screen boundaries remained intact.
%
%   - Could this be a printer memory problem? (I have 2 meg on the printer
%     and 8 meg on the SE30) or
%   - could it be that the printer is not recognizing the font for the screen
%     layouts(Letter Gothic Bold) or
%   - could it be that I don't have the proper setup or
%   - could it be that the QMS PS410 is not totally compatible with the SE30?
%
%   I'm hoping that you or someone out there might have the answer.


Tony (that's my bro-in-law) doesn't have easy access to the digest, so it
is requested that any advice/help/etc be sent directly to him at

  <mavrik![e-mail]>.


Thanks in advance (and on Tony's behalf) for your help.

--John.

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 10:24:53 BST
From: [e-mail] (Tech Pubs)
Subject: problem w/ SuperPaint

Mark Cornick <[e-mail]> writes:

when you dismiss the dialogue box, the
scroll bars on your document are disabled.

Upgrading won't fix this, I see it on S/Paint 3 as well, with a completely
different bunch of extensions on a IIcx.

I don't recall seeing it on Superpaint 2 on Sys 6, and only really became
aware of it after installing Tune-Up - however, I can't be sure that
S7 or Tune-up cause it.
It doesn't seem to cause any problems, but it is worrying.  Anyone from
Aldus/Silicon Beach out there care to comment? I would like it fixed, too.

Malcolm Bebb   [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 09:08:49 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)
Subject: Problem with THINK Pascal & FileGuard (A)

The problem you're having is because of a bug in FileGuard, which should
be fixed in whatever the latest version is of that program. Earlier versions
didn't gracefully handle selectors to the _HFSDispatch trap that they didn't
know about.

R.

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 20:53:35 EDT
From: [e-mail] (steven s kang)
Subject: Qudra Cpu cache aut-configuration tool?

All,
    Someone told me there may be a public domain tool that automatically
turnes on/off the CPU instruction cache on a Quadra depending on whether
or not the application in question is compatible. Is there a tool like this?
That would be great; it saves me lot of work of repeatedly turning the cache
on and off manually. If there isn't one yet, I wonder if there is a heuristic
which can determine whether or not an application is compatible. From my guess,
one would have to examine the assembly code entirely. Perhaps, Apple
has some software like this.
-Steve

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 13:43:59 MST
From: [e-mail] (Diane Martin)
Subject: Question

Does anyone know how to issue commands to a bitnet listserv or archive from an
internet mail-only machine? I would like to get files sent to my workstation,
but we only connect with a mail server once per half-hour. Because of this,
there is no possibility for interactive connections, and mail is the only
alternative. I read once about how to do this while I was in school, but of
course I never had the need since we were spoiled with constant internet
connections!

Thanks...Steve Shankman [please reply not to this address, but to
[e-mail]]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 13:49:24 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Donald P. Mitchell)
Subject: Scanners

Greetings Net,

I am sight-handicapped (20/400) and need advice on selecting a scanner
to go with my Mac LC with sys 7 and 13" color monitor.I must use Close
View.Which of the following would be best for text, graphics and
photos?

Scanners: Apple One, ScanMaker 600zs, Abaton Scan 300/color
Software: Read-It-Pro, OmniPage, WordScan

Many thanx, Don

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:44:06 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: screen snapshot (A)

To make a screen snapshot you type Cmnd-Shift-3.
This among other things is on the Finder Shortcuts page five in the Help
menu of the finder.
Cas

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 00:43:37 -0800
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: SLIP

I know that this question has already been asked, but it was not answered
to my satisfaction. Does anyone know if there is a shareware/public domain
SLIP software that would allow me to use programs such as Gopher,
Net-Agent, other news readers and/or mail programs? I know that there are
commerical programs, but I want to see how it works before I invest money
into it.

(The question was answered before that BYU Telnet does SLIP, but as I
understand it, it only supports SLIP within itself and cannot be used with
other programs.)

You assistance would be much appreciated.

Scott Gruby
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 14:45 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Software Registry Question

Hello:

I am looking to locate a database/service that has a complete listing of all
Macintosh software titles.  I am a database developer and want to verify that
the names I choose for my database applications are not currently being used by
others.  Any assistance that anyone can provide will be appreciated.

Please EMail me at IN%"[e-mail]" and I will post the results.  I
thank you in advance for you anticipated prompt assistance with this request.

Steve Stearns
IN%"[e-mail]"

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 01:54 EST
From: Mark Cornick <[e-mail]>
Subject: Strange conflict btw MacWrite II, Alarm Clock

In this corner... MacWrite II, weighing in at 900K.
In that corner... The puny Alarm Clock desk accessory, at 20K.
For some reason (memory conflicts? bugs? hubris?) the Alarm Clock refuses to
open when MacWrite II is the active application. It _will_ open if you hide
MWII and open AC from the Finder. This is on an LC with 7.0, TU 1.1.1 and
4 megs of RAM. OK folks, this is one of the stranger things to come down the
pike, but has anyone else had this problem, or know what to do? The music
and record hacks of WXJM thank you...

Mark Cornick
James Madison University
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 10:13:42 -0400
From: bfield![e-mail] (Dennis Lougheed)
Subject: SuperPaint 3.0  Install Problem

I recently add occasion to reinstall SuperPaint Ver 3.0 on my Mac +. All went
well until I launched and came to the personalization screen. After entering my
name etc the program crashed. The Restart button in the message box would not
function and the mouse had locked up. I shut the power off and restarted. On
launching SuperPaint, I was told that the personalization routine had failed
and I should reinstall. I removed all the SuperPaint files, and turned off all
extensions using Extension Manager 1.6. Exactly the same sequence occurred
repeatedly under System 7. Suspecting that the problem might be System 7. I
rebooted using System 6.0.7 and installed with no difficulty. On returning to
System 7 ( with the current updater installed) and my extensions turned back
on, everything seems fine. Has anyone had a similar experience? Does the
installer not function properly under System 7? Any ideas as to what the
problem might be? Aldus does advertise System 7 compatibility for this
version?

Dennis Lougheed Elmira ON   <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 10:31:28 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: TidBITS & MacWEEK

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

Thanks for the nice words, Louis!

> 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.

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> Many interesting informations. Recently there was an excellent analysis of
> Excel 4.0. Last issue was about Claris Works.

Thanks again, and to be fair all around, I must say that the Excel
review was written by a local consultant and beta tester, Howard Hansen
of the Oasis Group, and the ClarisWorks review was written by Matt
Wall of Swarthmore. Thanks to both of them!

Also, as I said before, MacWEEK really does have different information.
I get a lot of the same press releases and the like, but since TidBITS
contains only what _I_ think is interesting (or can be persuaded to
think is interesting), I cull out a lot of the less cool stuff. The
only drawback to that is that I can't always predict what people want
to hear about, so for instance, I haven't said anything about Claris
releasing the System 7-savvy MacDraw Pro, because it was hovering
on the edge of interesting and couldn't begin to compete with Newton
and Excel for the limited space we have each week.

If you have unlimited time, I recommend that you read both. If you
have limited time and budget and can't get MacWEEK for free, TidBITS
is probably the better choice since it's completely free and is never
over 30K of text, including all the spaces. :-)

For more information on TidBITS, please send email to [e-mail]

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 01:03:02 EDT
From: Tim <[e-mail]>
Subject: TTConvert

My friend tried to convert Window TT to Mac TT, but somehow only one of
a family of font can be converted by TTConvert because all are converted to
the same name so an error results.  And there is no way to change a Mac TT's
name in Finder, or is there?  Has anyone have this problem?

Tim

PS.  TT = TrueType

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1992 12:27 EST
From: Mark Cornick <[e-mail]>
Subject: unbinhqx for vms?

Anybody out there know where I might be able to get an unbinhqx'er for VMS?
(Not UNIX.) Thanks from the poultry capital of the east coast...

Mark Cornick
James Madison University
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:36:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Terry Thiel)
Subject: Video-capture on the Mac (Q)

[e-mail] writes:
>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.
I'm using the DVA-4000 card from Videologic.  The retail price is $2495,
but we got one for $1750.  We are using it to provide simultaneous input
>From two video cameras in seperate screens on the Mac monitor.  The input
then goes onto a vcr for storage.
-Terry

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 10:06:56 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Piszcz)
Subject: Where is the ETHERNET driver for the QUADRA? (Q)

We recently received our Friendly net adapter for a
Quadra 900.  Since the Quadra 900 comes with
an Ethernet Controller built in, I am guessing there
is software driver (Chooser Device) for Ethernet.

All we seem to have is TokenTalk, EtherTalk
and LocalTalk.


Can anyone help?  We recently installed a MacIIcx
on our network without any problems using an
ASANTE board, it came with an ETHERNET driver.

Thanks.

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 18:39:59 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Why no Apple RAM disk option on less than a Quadra?

On Wed, 17 Jun 1992 09:55 EST you said:
>My question for you macphiles out there is this:  Why doesn't
>Apple's RAM disk work in lesser (68030 or 68020+PMMU) Macs?

Apple's RAM disk which survives restarts (and in the case of the
PowerBook 100, even shutdown) requires code in the 1 MByte ROM that
shipped with the Macs introduced last October.

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 21:29 EST
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Yet more Mac Word 5 to DOS Word Perfect 5.1

I figured out what was causing Word 5 and Apple File Exchange to choke on my
file translations: too many fonts in my system. When the conversion is made, it
goes to RTF as an intermediary step, and there is a  bit of RTF code for each
font in my system. When I manually cut out 3/4 of that part of my RTF document,
AFE works fine. When I remove a big chunk of fonts from my system, Word does
fine.

Crashing my machine doesn't seem like a nice way to respond to this
situation, I'd rather Word said something like: "There are too many fonts in
your system for the RTF protocol."


I do have a lot of fonts, but they're all Adobe Type 1, most are just big
families, like the full Adobe Caslon, Garamond, Minion, and Utopia families
(including expert series; that's a lot of fonts right there!) and the numbered
Helvetica's and Univers series. I'm irritated that in order to get my documents
to translate AT ALL to Word Perfect I must compromise the fonts I have loaded.
(I know, upgrade to Suitcase 2.0; I like the way System 7 handles fonts and
don't want to spend moolah to work around what appears to be a Microsoft
problem.)

I checked my Word 5 manuals, and can't find anything on limitations of number
of fonts, or RTF limitations. Anyone else have a similar experience?

>>Special thanks to Steve Jordi for his help with this problem!


Robert Brockman, at [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]

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