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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 16 Jun 92       Volume 10 : Issue 145

Today's Topics:

      [*] *The Bible Promise Stack 1.2 Submission
      [*] achi.hqx
      [*] After Dark Blank 1.0
      [*] AliasZoo125.cpt.hqx (alias utility)
      [*] Blackjack Trainer V2.0 (demo) (Part 1 of 6)
      [*] game upload
      [*] GopherApp, Internet Gopher client
      [*] Graf 1.4.3 Addendum
      [*] HyperDecisionTree 2.0.4
      [*] LeeMail 1.2.4
      [*] Merry Wives of Windsor v.1.0 stack
      [*] Mille Bornes 1.2.1
      [*] NeXT WDEF INIT
      [*] nuntius-11b2.hqx
      [*] Nuntius 1.1b1
      [*] SearchforSpock.sit.hqx (sounds)
      [*] Submission: Pump and snatch network utility
      [*] system-picker-10b11.hqx; 27k
      [*] ThoughtPattern 1.3 Demo
      [*] TidBITS#128/15-Jun-92
      16 Mb SIMMs on Quadra/950?
      Aladdin & Alysis: miscommunication (2 msgs)
      Aldus FreeHand 2.0 Bug (?)
      A matter of graphics,transfers, and madness-SUMMARY OF RESPONSES
      Any Influence Diagram Software for Mac?
      Audio CDs: How Do It Know? (A)
      CarpetBag not the problem
      Changing the Stationery default button (Q)
      Connecting a 95LX to a Mac
      connectivity (A)
      Desk Accessory Cloning (Q)
      Dos mounting utils/32bit
      FEdit+ (A)
      FEdit Plus (use carefully)
      Great new product for WORD 5
      II/IIx/IIfx-> Quadra
      Inaccessible Truetype characters (A)
      Internet to AppleLink Problem
      Mapping keys on the Mac (Q)
      Microswitch fixed in Apple Mouse
      Modem, HardHandshake cable, and Quardra (q)
      NTR upgrade
      Printing to a Mac Printer from Sun Network
      Quadra 750 (C)
      Re-formating my hard drive
      SE/30 Problems
      se/30 question
      SendPS under System 7 (A)
      Slip for the Mac
      StyleWriter Background Printing <A>
      Superpaint 2.0 vs. Radius DirectColor/GX
      Synergy (VersaTerm-PRO) Telephone Number? (R)
      Text Editor for large files (a)
      Text editor for large files (R)
      True Type vs. BitMap fonts (Q)
      VersaTerm (Synergy) Address (R)
      Watermarks
      Word 5.0 styles bug (C)
      Word 5 Spelling and Grammar Update

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:50:26 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Danny McCampbell)
Subject: [*] *The Bible Promise Stack 1.2 Submission

Please accept my submission of the latest version of my Hypercard Stack
entitled
"The Bible Promise Stack."  This version is 1.2.  It fixes a couple of
coding bugs
and the look of the stack is a little different and easier to use.  Also,
exported text is
stored in teach text format.

Thank you very much!

This stack will replace Bible-Promise.hqx in the card directory.

Danny McCampbell

[Archived as /info-mac/card/bible-promise-12.hqx; 313K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 16:58:26 CDT
From: PC0TMYS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] achi.hqx

Enclosed is a Stuffit 1.5.1 archive containing an Achi game
program that I wrote. The program is freeware and can be run
on any Macintosh computer. It requires 230K of memory and is
32-bit clean.

Achi is a board game for two people. You can play against
the computer or against another person. It is similar to
tic-tac-toe, except that you get to move your pieces after
you put them all down.

Documentation is available online and as a "read me" file.

Bill Hale

[Archived as /info-mac/game/achi.hqx; 78K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 17:51:00 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Greg Stewart)
Subject: [*] After Dark Blank 1.0

Blank is an After Dark module which simply blanks your screen.

Sometimes you and your monitor need a break from cute critters and
swirling lines. Blank is also appropriate for machines which do not
have time to animate screen savers, such as file servers and machines
which run utilities in the background.

This module is freeware.


Greg Stewart
Tandem Computers Incorporated
19333 Vallco Parkway, LOC 3-01
Cupertino, CA 95014
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/blank-10.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 22:40:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AliasZoo125.cpt.hqx (alias utility)

AliasZoo will locate all alias files on a selected volume.  All aliases
are then checked to see if they have valid owners (called resolving).
Disconnected aliases can be deleted, or reconnected to new owners.  The
abilitity exists to check only local pointing, network pointing, or both
types, of aliases.  Includes full balloon help.  The quickest and easiest
way to get control of the mountain of alias files on your hard drive(s).
Requires System 7.  Requires Compact Pro to expand.  Shareware $15.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/alias-zoo-125.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 10:32:27 EDT
From: Chuck Weinstock <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Blackjack Trainer V2.0 (demo) (Part 1 of 6)

Blackjack Trainer is a full featured program that teaches both basic
strategy and professional level card counting.  It is the only such
Macintosh program endorsed by reknown blackjack experts Arnold Snyder
and Anthony Curtis.  Blackjack Trainer is fully configurable as to
rules and counting methods.  In addition to correcting your play,
Blackjack Trainer includes extensive drilling modes as well as a
high-speed simulation mode.

This demo version of Blackjack Trainer provides the full functionality
of the regular version except:
- You can't save any configuration files, and
- The decks are missing all 5's and 6's (they've been replaced with
  jacks and queens).

Blackjack Trainer is Copyright 1992 by ConJelCo.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/black-jack-trainer-20.hqx; 234K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 18:07:06 UTC+0100
From: Junior_Empresa-Zaragoza <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] game upload

From: IBERTAZA SoftGuarre
Suject: BEYOND JUSLIBOL (The game)

    This is a Spanish World Builder Game.

    After 6 months of hard work, no studing and thousands of
bears here it is.
    This game can easily hurt childrens heart so don't leave to
your little brothers. This is a the game that simulates some of
the things that should be done to become an Engineer, this is not
the real but nearly.

    The game is in Spanish, so learn Spanish if you want to
 play.

    This program is Shareware.

Que hay de nuevo viejos!!
Espero que os divirtais con este juego.
Y no seais cochinos y jugar con las dos manos.

                Yours sincerely:

                    The CULO

The CULO and IBERTAZA SoftGuarre are registered trademaks, any
copy of this program will not punished.

If you like this program please send e-mail to
        [e-mail]

If you don't like it go to the CULO.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/beyond-juslibol.hqx; 981K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 19:39:51 EST
From: Don Gilbert <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GopherApp, Internet Gopher client

>From "Readme.Access" document on Info Mac archive:

    The archives have recently been made available through
the Gopher protocol, which provides many advantages over FTP.
Primary is that the protocol is stateless, and connections do
not have to be maintained while "browsing". ... Use of gopher
for archive access is currently recommended above all other
methods.

GopherApp is one of several available Macintosh gopher clients
that will let you browse and fetch files from Info Mac and other
archives.

Here are more of the details:

GopherApp is an Internet information service program for
Macintosh computers.  It provides a Finder-like link to the range
of Internet Gopher services.

GopherApp is being written by Don Gilbert, using the MacApp
extensible Macintosh programming framework from Apple Computer.
It is actually a subset of a biosequence analysis program
called SeqApp.

To use GopherApp, your Mac must have a network connection to the
Internet, and it must have MacTCP installed and operating (as
with NCSA Telnet, Eudora, network news and similar MacTCP-based
Internet programs).  You can also use GopherApp over telephone lines
when MacTCP has a SLIP interface and you dial-up to a Serial Line IP
server.

Comments, bug reports and suggestions for new features
may be addressed via e-mail to

         [e-mail]

                         -- Don Gilbert

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/gopher-app.hqx; 320K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 11:27:18 EST
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Sutherland)
Subject: [*] Graf 1.4.3 Addendum

About Graf 1.4.3 Addendum.

The Default Plot that comes with Graf 1.4.3 is set to use
a log y scale.  This works fine, but it could be a little
confusing.  Here is a replacement Default plot that has a
more reasonable linear scales setting.

This is a directly binhexed file since it was so small.

cheers

Ralph Sutherland

[Archived as /info-mac/app/graph-143-default-plot.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 10:58:58 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] HyperDecisionTree 2.0.4

    This is the latest version of this stack. It fixes a bug
    which caused a button (Save System) to appear over top
    a field when it wasn't suppose to be there. I am suprised
    no one told me about it. Anyway this is the latest.

    For those of you who have never used HyperDecisionTree, it is a
non-inferential expert system shell which allows an expert to
create a decision tree of their knowledge and then save the
decision tree as a separate stack in order to give to users in need
of the expertise contained within the stack. The stack primarily
serves as an overview of the decision tree, allowing the expert to
follow questions and answers down the road to specific conclusions.
The expert can even display graphics as part of a conclusion.

Troy Kelley

[Archived as /info-mac/card/hyper-decision-tree-204.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 13:36:28 EST
From: Lee Fyock <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LeeMail 1.2.4

LeeMail 1.2.4 is a MacTCP-based SMTP mailer for the Mac.  LeeMail acts like a
"regular" internet host when sending and receiving mail.  No dedicated servers
(even on a unix machine) are needed.

Version 1.2.4 is mainly a bug-fix release over 1.2.1.

LeeMail runs under systems 6 and 7 and is 32-bit clean.  If you have any
questions, please mail me at the address below.

Lee

Lee Fyock
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/lee-mail-124.hqx; 148K]

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Date: Sun, 14 Jun 92 16:56:30 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: [*] Merry Wives of Windsor v.1.0 stack

appended below is a HyperCard 2 stack of the Shakespeare comedy "The
Merry Wives of Windsor" --- proofread and arranged by ^z --- free,
out-of-copyright software, under GNU GPL.  "Why, then the world's mine
oyster, / Which I with sword will open." --- Pistol, Act II Scene II.
^z ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/card/merry-wives-of-windsor.hqx; 100K]

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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 92 23:03:56 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Mille Bornes 1.2.1

Here's a new version of the card game "Mille Bornes".  Some of you may
remember "1000 Miles" by Robert Harris; well, I re-wrote it to look a bit
sharper.

The program requires an 8-bit, 13" (or larger) monitor, in order to run.
Also, the sound doesn't work unless you're running system 7.

Greg Abbas

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mille-bornes-121.hqx; 291K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 10:49:51 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Kjell Krona)
Subject: [*] NeXT WDEF INIT

I have hacked the NeXt Windows INIT, so that it works correctly under
system 7. It turned out that there was some new window type(s) intro-
duced in system 7, so some more case switches had to be added... It
also fixes the problems (in some windows) with HyperCard 2.x and
MacWrite II. I also added some new close and zoom icons. Unfortunately,
these are only B&W bitmaps, and sometimes the old (drawn) icons come
back on color screens. This is only a cosmetic problem, however. I
have used the hacked INIT on my SE/30, my PowerBook 100, and a IIci at
work with no problems (using system S-7.0) for 9 or 10 months. Under
low memory conditions, the system sometimes will revert to the WDEF in
ROM, but it does not seem to cause any harm.

This Compact Pro archive includes source code in Think C. There is
also code for a small application (Tester) that can be used to test any
changes in the source code before you try to install it in your system.
If anyone cares to add color bitmaps, it  would be great...

I don't remember where I got it from in the first place, but the original
authors are credited in the source.

    - kjell         [e-mail] (Kjell Krona)

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/next-sytle-windows.hqx; 131K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 18:39:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Peter Speck)
Subject: [*] nuntius-11b2.hqx

Subject: comm/Nuntius1.1b2.sea.hqx

Update of Nuntius: newsreader.
Contains important bug fix.
Read comp.sys.mac.comm for further details.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/nuntius-11b2.hqx; 401K]

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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1992 14:57:26 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Nuntius 1.1b1

Here's the latest version of the multithreaded newsreader, downloaded from
lth.se. Many changes compared to 1.1a2, including "mark read" command,
scans groups for new articles before opening, and you can move its data
files in any folder - just double click the preferences file to start up.

mike

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/nuntius-11b1.hqx; 398K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 22:28:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SearchforSpock.sit.hqx (sounds)

    The following sounds are from the movie, "Search for Spock",
and were recorded directly via audio cable into a Mac LC.  The
fidelity is quite good:

* Bones confessing to Spock
* Needs of the One...
* SPOCK-I have been...your friend
* What is your wish
* You Must Make the Choice
* Your Request is Not Logical

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/search-for-spock.hqx; 574K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 16:25 BST
From: Gripper <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Submission: Pump and snatch network utility

Pump and Snatch    Version 1.17

by Nic Munro, Eton College, Windsor, Berks, SL4 6DP, England.

Since the author has no Internet access, I am happy to forward e-mail.
Please bear this in mind regarding reply times!
Mark Price
[e-mail] (preferred)
[e-mail]

Author's ReadMe file:
 ------------------------------------------------------------
Pump and Snatch is an application which broadcasts the complete contents
of a File, Directory or Disk across a LocalTalk network.  As all the
computers receive the update at the same time it can drastically reduce
copying times.  For instance, it is quite reasonable to expect to
completely replace the contents of 20 Mbyte hard disks on 30 computers
in half an hour using this system.  It is mainly useful for schools and
universities who have many identical computers which need the same
software on each hard disk.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/pump-and-snatch-117.hqx; 102K]

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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 92 15:59:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Dave Elliott)
Subject: [*] system-picker-10b11.hqx; 27k

The latest version of Kevin Aitken's utility, replacing system-picker-10b10.
Comments and bugs to Kevin at
    AppleLink:  AITKEN.K
    America Online:  HartAitken
"If one SCSI drive is partitioned into several volumes, the Macintosh
normally starts on the first partition it finds that has a 'blessed'
System Folder.  To solve this problem, System Picker 'deblesses' all
System Folders on the partitioned drive, except for the System Folder
that the user chose from the pop-up menu. Upon startup, the Macintosh
checks each partition looking for a 'blessed' System Folder, skipping
the partitions that do not have 'blessed' System Folders."

I've been using in with System 7 (tuned-up) on my IIci, happily.


David

[Archived as /info-mac/util/system-picker-10b11.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 14:38:20 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Bang)
Subject: [*] ThoughtPattern 1.3 Demo

Please post this new demo to the info-mac archives.

ThoughtPattern is a free-form database/personal information manager
developed by Bananafish Software. It has been called "the Mac's first
serious personal information manager"(MacWorld,6/91) and offers flexible
and powerful information storage and retrieval tools. Store ANY piece of
information--short notes or large chunks of text (>32k), linked files,
thoughts, ideas, or anything else.  For each TP item (including linked files),
you can attach tabs (key words/phrases), cross-reference items, set alarms
or priorities, and much more.  Search using fast tab searches or complex
boolean searches of tabs and text (even in  compressed, linked files).
Linked files can be either viewed directly from within ThoughtPattern
(TEXT, Paint, PICT, or EPS) or double-click on an item's icon to open
the file in its native application. This fully functional demo (up to
25 editable items per infobase) reads files of any size and includes
a sample TidBITS archive (including the recent System 7 Tips issue;
permission granted by Adam Engst) and great database of over 300
quotations on life, knowledge, wisdom, work, technology, etc.

Steven K. Bang                              !  The empires of the future
Sciences-Engineering Library                !    are the empires of the mind.
University of California at Santa Barbara   !
e-mail: [e-mail]             !           -- Winston Churchill
 ----------------------------------------------------------------

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/thought-pattern-13.hqx; 552K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:24:35 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#128/15-Jun-92

TidBITS#128/15-Jun-92

 This is an issue of the small and the large. First come short
   notes about Super Boomerang, pop-up menus, and three of the most
   popular word processors, Word, Nisus, and WriteNow. Then comes
   the meat of the issue with a preview article on FileMaker Pro
   2.0 for the Mac and Windows, some in-depth analysis of Apple's
   Newton announcements, and a look at works programs by Matthew
   Wall that leads into a special issue on ClarisWorks later this
   week.

Topics:
    MailBITS/15-Jun-92
    Menu Usage
    Word Processing Notes
    FileMaker Pro 2.0
    Apple Newtons II
    The Works Concept
    Reviews/15-Jun-92

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-128.etx; 29K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 17:12:37 +0200
From: Hans-Ulrik Karlen <[e-mail]>
Subject: 16 Mb SIMMs on Quadra/950?

Hello net... net??

We're on our way to acquire a flashy new Quadra 950 to use for multi-media.
That's why we are going to put maximum memory (as we thought 256 Mb) and a
really big disk (presumably a Maxtor 1.3 Gb) into it.

But... a reseller (of memory chips, that is) told me that the Big Q supports 16
Mb SIMMs in only three of the banks - bank A being the offender as I understood
it. It was  ** NOT **  a problem of space, as to him. I am aware that at least
one bank (D?) requires low profile SIMMs. Our (mostly well informed  :-) )
Apple
rep did not know anything of the kind; no service bulletin has been sent out
this far. On the other hand; our friends in Cupertino doesn't support 16 Mb
SIMMs - 'just' the old 4-banger - as if that should make a difference...

Has anyone else heard anything in this direction? And by the way, is the Maxtor
line-of-disk a good choice? I need a fast answer, our summer holiday is here
and
the decisions are harder to come by for every day.


MacUlrik
MacGuru%information.&[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:03:22 PDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aladdin & Alysis: miscommunication

In Info-Mac 10-135, I posted a warning from Aladdin that the More Disk
Space program from Alysis has a serious problem with StuffIt which causes
loss of data. (StuffIt puts only part of the data into the archive because
it gets incorrect information from the System about the size of the file it
is archiving--the System returns the size of the MDS-compressed file, but
MDS expands the file when feeding it to StuffIt, as it should do in order
to be transparent.)

Farokh Lam of Alysis responded in 10-136, in part, that:

>This is not totally true. There is a problem between Stuffit Lite Beta and
More
>Disk Space compressed files, but we are not convinced that it is our "fault".
>Compact Pro works just fine with More Disk Space compressed files.
>
>But we feel that users should have a choice between Stuffit Lite and Compact
>Pro and have offered to work with Aladdin, before Stuffit Lite gets out of
Beta
>Testing, to determine who needs to make changes, and if we determine that we
>have to, we will post a updater for More Disk Space on all online services.

I've seen no further public comments by Aladdin, but over at the Alysis
board on AOL there are several statements from Alysis personnel about how
companies should work together, and how since the problem affects only a
forthcoming version of StuffIt now in beta test it should have been solved
between the two companies privately.  There's also been a running argument
among me and several MDS users over on Prodigy about this issue, with two
people assuring me that the problem only affects the beta release of
StuffIt--they were told so when they called Alysis technical support.

The fact is that Alysis has simply misinterpreted Aladdin's note. Aladdin
said that the version now in beta test recognizes the problem. Aladdin
never said the problem was limited to the beta version. Alysis just assumed
that. Both of the MDS users on Prodigy (at my request) tested the shareware
1.5.1 version of StuffIt by creating an archive using an MDS-compressed
file and then unstuffing it. In each case, the archive was corrupted and
the original file could not be recovered from the archive.

Version 1.5.1 of StuffIt is distributed to all Mac subscribers to AOL. It's
safe to assume that all subsequent versions of StuffIt and StuffIt Deluxe
have this problem with MDS as well.

Since this problem might cause a loss of data for a lot of people, Aladdin
was certainly right to circulate a warning as it did. I'm sure that when
Alysis recognizes the seriousness of the problem it will work harder to
correct it. Until that's done, PLEASE be very cautious if you must use both
programs together. Expand any MDS-compressed files before archiving and all
will be well.

Again, let me emphasize that I believe Alysis just misread the comments by
Aladdin, and that its technical people are passing on what they believe to
be true. They are NOT lying--they are simply wrong. Perhaps Alysis will now
concentrate on fixing the problem and skip the questioning of Aladdin's
motives for the nonce.

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 05:33:43 PDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aladdin & Alysis: miscommunication

To put my comments on this miscommunication in context, here's the letter
Alysis posted on its AOL bulletin board:

>Subj:  Beta Software                         92-06-05 18:18:27 EDT
>From:  Alysis
>
>I could be walking out on a limb here, but I believe that one purpose of beta
testing is to uncover incompatibilities with software that has already been
released.
>
>Since beta software is a work in progress, it is generally the responsibility
of the software developer doing beta testing to correct the incompatibility.  A
work in progress can be changed with less investment of resources than a
product which has been frozen and released.  Of course this requires an
understanding of the incompatibility on the part of the company doing the beta
testing and development.
>
>Aladdin has posted a message stating that they have an intimate understanding
of the incompatibility between their beta software and our released software.
They chose to blame released software that was working well for many thousands
of users rather than make their beta software compatible.
>
>Since the Aladdin software is in beta, pointing fingers on either side or
trying to find a party at 'fault' doesn't make a lot of sense -- the purpose of
beta testing is to find problems and then fix them, not to find problems and
then fix the blame on someone.
>
>In the past we have worked with Microsoft, WordPerfect, Symantec, Dantz,
Magic, CE Software and a host of other companies to insure compatibility
between their software and ours.  Aladdin is not an exception: We have offered
to correct the incompatibility as soon as Aladdin stops changing their software
and releases it.   We have also informed users of how to work around the
problem using the MDS exception lists and other archiving programs, including
MDS.
>
>Justin Gray,
>Alysis Software Corporation

Obviously, Alysis has no idea that the problem holds for the older
shareware version of StuffIt too...
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 13:37 EST
From: Mike Vaughn <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aldus FreeHand 2.0 Bug (?)

Running Aldus FreeHand 2.0 (behind the times, I know) on a Mac II,
I have run into a bug when I try to create an EPS file for a
figure with Symbol font text. The EPS file defines the Symbol font
twice, and does not properly handle the printing of the relevant
characters.

I can work around it by editing the EPS file, but that requires
ResEdit to change the file type to TEXT (from EPSF) and then an
edit of the EPS file.

Is this a well-known bug? Has it been fixed in 3.0?

Mike Vaughn
[e-mail]        MTVAUGHN@NUHUB     mikev@neuhep

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 16:42 EST
From: Ellen Ricca <[e-mail]>
Subject: A matter of graphics,transfers, and madness-SUMMARY OF RESPONSES

Below are some of the helpful suggestions I receieved to my post
about graphics/text transfer and translation accross platforms....

Thanks again to all those who responded.

Ellen Ricca

[Archived as /info-mac/report/graphics-transfer.txt; 10K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 08:39:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Connie Fennema)
Subject: Any Influence Diagram Software for Mac?

    I am trying to find any influence diagram software for the Mac that
lets you modify, manipulate, and analyze decision analysis models .

    If anyone knows of any software like this, please let me know at:

        [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 20:08:25 MDT
From: "Paul Gilmartin [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Audio CDs: How Do It Know? (A)

On Sun, 14 Jun 92 07:05:36 EDT  [e-mail] (David Fry) said:

> Audio CDs have encoded on them someplace the number of 72nds of a second
> of music that is recorded on them.  For instace, if the
> CD is 53 minutes, 28 seconds long, the CD has the number
> 53*60*72 + 28*72 = 230976 stored on it.  It is assumed that
> no two CDs have exactly the same length, so the CD Player software
> uses this number to identify the disks.

Ah, me, they must never have heard of the "birthday paradox".  Among 20
people, there's roughly a 50-50 chance that two have the same birthday.
similarly, among a few hundred CD's, there's roughly a 50-50 chance that
two will have the same identifying number.

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:36:07 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: CarpetBag not the problem

I complained about the problems I was having with CarpetBag while
running NOW Utilities recently.  One of those helpful "I'm not having
a problem" replies sent me back to look further.  Turns out it was not
CarpetBag at all, but WYSIWYG Menus.  I turned it off and CarpetBag
worked fine.  However, I don't decide why WYSIWYG Menus went bad, when
it was working fine earlier.  But I can live without it.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 15:32:15 EST
From: Ernest Potenziani <[e-mail]>
Subject: Changing the Stationery default button (Q)

Does anyone know how to change which button is the default upon launching a
stationery document.  When double clicking a "stationery" document, the OK
button is highlighted.  But inexperienced users on our Mac IIci generally just
enter a filename and click OK which causes the new document to be stored in the
default application folder.  Does anyone know if there is a way (such as with
ResEdit) to set the SAVE IN button as the default?  Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely, Ernie Potenziani
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 18:04:18 BST
From: Bernard Khoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Connecting a 95LX to a Mac

There must be somebody in MacLand that owns an HP95LX... you know, the PIM (and
by that I mean Personal Information Manager) with Lotus 1-2-3.

I'm thinking of buying one (if only because the Newton won't have RPN 8-)... I
know that it is possible to connect a 95LX to a Mac, via a kit sold by HP. My
question is, what have people's experiences been with this setup? It is also
apparently possible to use Kermit on the 95LX to transfer data via a home-brew
cable... any experiences?

E-mail to me. If replies enough, then will I summarize!

Bernard Khoo
University of Cambridge, UK.

E-mail: [e-mail] (World Order) or [e-mail] (UK Order)

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 08:48 EDT
From: Kermit's Buddy! <[e-mail]>
Subject: connectivity (A)

>I assume that it is indeed possible for IBMs to use Zmodem protocol. I
>would like to link two computers up, a Mac and an IBM together via a
>serial cable. I have Zterm on this end, but I need a Zmodem protocol
>supporting program on the IBM. I don't want to buy any software. Any
>suggestions?

Yes it's possible! However, you will also need a 'null modem' (swaps
receive & send wires) otherwise the software can't 'talk' properly to
each other. The Zmodem protocol is available within many ms-dos
shareware comm. programs; you can also obtain 'real' Zmodem via BBSs.
The file is DSZ.COM and registration is a mere $20.00. You may also
consider using Kermit for both platforms -- it's FREE! -- and will move
2000 bytes/per packet. You baud rate (with either) could be as high as
38.4 Kbaud -- I suspect 19.2 Kbaud is more realistic, though.

>Is there a possibility of being able to use an IBMs HD from a mac? i.e.
>a direct connection, almost pseudo-network like? Without the network
>cards and such? Thanks in advance,

Not that I know of -- I doubt that I would try it..... :-)

Bob  -- [e-mail]  or   [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 15:24:55 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Desk Accessory Cloning (Q)

Dear Mac
Community:

This may be a Mac 101 question, but here goes:  Is it possible to make
a copy of a desk accessory and install it in the system?  I assume said
copy would at least have to have a different name from the original.  Opening
a copy of a DA with resedit informed me that the file didn't have a resource
fork, hence I couldn't find anything to diddle with.

What I'm after is having multiple copies of the Note Pad for keeping track
of various snippits by category.

Possible?

Thanks,
Dave Griffey    <[e-mail]>

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Date: 15 Jun 92 19:13:32 U
From: Evans-IM-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dos mounting utils/32bit

1)  Dos mounter and Access Pc are great utilities.  It makes life a little
easier when someone comes to you and asks you to convert some files from a 5
1/4 messy dos floppy to a mac 3 1/2 or vise-versa.   BUT ... At work the mac I
use has a CD-ROM player hooked up and I enjoy some of the finer tunes while I
whip the little mouse around and punch at the keyboard.    I have used both
DosMounter 3.0 and AccessPC, but they both want to initialize all my CD's [From
Nirvana to Harry Connick Jr.] while one of the two utils are loaded into the
mac.  Will PC Exchange from Apple (or is it Exchange PC) let me insert a CD and
allow me to whistle while I work?  It would be nice :-)

2)  There are numerous list stating what is sys7 savvy, but what about 32bit
addressing?  Has anybody seen such a list ??   [History follows]
I setup a MacIIx with 20mb/sys7/mode32/microtek 600zs scanner and numerous
applications act up or will not work with 32 bit turned on.

Thanx
Troy

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:46:41 PDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: FEdit+ (A)

FEdit Plus was pulled from the archives when questions about its shareware
nature were raised.

I don't think that there's any doubt that FEdit Plus is NOT shareware. That
opinion's based on this excerpt from the Notes to version 1.4:

>Fedit Plus represents several thousand man-hours of work (no exaggeration) and
is intended to be a source of income to the author and publisher - me!  It is
NOT shareware.  It is not intended to be available on a try-before- you-buy
basis.
>
>Fedit, the predecessor to Fedit Plus, was first made available as shareware in
September 1984, progressing up to version 3.05 in May 1985.  During this time
some 200 people registered - thank you very much, you pioneers.  This was
substantially below my expections, and I decided to discontinue distribution of
new versions through shareware.  I have distributed versions later than 3.05
only to registered users - a fact clearly stated in the initial screen in the
program.
>
>Unfortunately, a large number of bulletin board operators, user groups and
others distributing software have missed this fact, and have been freely
distributing version 3.5.  Please don't misunderstand me; I am sure that most
of these people are not deliberately ignoring the copyright notice and first
screen, but nevertheless I feel sure that these unauthorized distributors are
having a substantial effect.
>
>To repeat, Fedit Plus is copyrighted.  It is not shareware.  It should not be
uploaded to bulletin boards or given away.  If revenue continues at the current
level, it is unlikely that the future enhancements mentioned below will be
available.  I would regret that, and I hope that you would also.
>
>I also ask anyone who sees a version of Fedit later than 3.05 or Fedit Plus on
a BBS or a user group disk to inform the Sysop or user group that this is both
a civil and criminal offense.

I think that's pretty clear!
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 11:21 EDT
From: "DAVID A. BELSLEY" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FEdit Plus (use carefully)

In the last newsletter, Adam Engst indicates, quite properly, that FEdit
Plus is quite out of date.  This is true, and I have discovered rather
frequently (with version 1.0.7) that it is quite capable of corrupting
the directory under Multifinder or System 7.  This seems to happen
when one opens a file in FEdit and then switches control to another
open application.  I do not know if this problem has been addressed in
version 1.0.8, but until a version is released that specifically claims
System 7 compatibility, I would exercise much caution in using this
otherwise fantastically useful utility.  Be sure to close out all
FEdit-open files, and even close down FEdit, before switching control
to another application.

david a. belsley

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Date: 16 Jun 1992 14:04:42 EST
From: "Lester Lefton"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Great new product for WORD 5

Netters:
Alkai (206 286 2600) has released a fabulous new product for
WORD5.  Called MASTERWORD it gives you a beasutifal pallette of
loating buttons which are customizable.  It works flawlessly, is a
good value, and adds real functionality to WORD5.  Love the product;
it makes it better than Word for Windows for the PC.

I'm interested in your experience

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 11:56:07 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: II/IIx/IIfx-> Quadra

I have heard rumor of an APPLE program that provides a trade-in credit for
II/IIx/IIfx owners who want to upgrade to Quadra's.  My local dealer
hasn't.

Can anyone out there confirm (or from APPLE- deny) that such a program
exists.

Thanks,

Norm Steffen

Internet:  [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:47:08 PDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Inaccessible Truetype characters (A)

In 10-144, Tony Kroch asks:

>I have discovered what many of you must already know. There are a number of
>characters in the truetype times font (fractions, thorn, eth, and others) that
>are associated with the control keys (CNTRL-A, etc.). However, I can't get
>these characters to print in my word processing program (Word, for one). Can
>anyone tell me how to access them?

Most postscript printers come with Times as one of the fonts embedded in
ROM (I don't know any printer with true Adobe postscript which doesn't come
with Times). The Mac printing priorities are set up to always use the
printer ROM postscript versions when available. So no matter what changes
have been made in the TT Times font, the printout will always be the
original postscript font.

To get around that problem, just change the name of the TT Times font to
something your printer doesn't have in ROM. Some programs identify fonts by
the internal ID number instead of the font name, so you might have to
renumber the font too. Generally just changing the name will work.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 09:40:12 -0400
From: Mark Halliday <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet to AppleLink Problem

I have a friend on AppleLink with whom I'm trying to exchange e-mail.
His address has a '-' character in it and all the mail I send to him
is returned with a message indicating the address contains an
illegal character in it and the recipient cannot be found. Is there
any way around this problem?

Thanks,

Mark Halliday
MIT Media Lab

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 18:52:54 +0200
From: Tim Ramsey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mapping keys on the Mac (Q)

I am running into a couple of programming problems.

1) The delete key is returning Control-h.  I would like it to return DEL
2) Can I make keys pressed with the option key (e.g. Option-u) return
immediately as opposed waiting for the next keystroke?

I would be grateful to for any answers or even hints (to me at
[e-mail]).

-Tim Ramsey

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 23:26:26 GMT
From: Jim McClellan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microswitch fixed in Apple Mouse

My Apple mouse (serial # LT11072...) died a couple of months ago---NO clicking
Our technician  was able to find a replacement micro-switch here in Atlanta.
Cost was ONLY $3.18 including tax.
He sent the following msg to me:

   I got the replacement from Ack Industrial Electronics (be ready to give them
   the numbers off of the switch).  Their phone number is 1-800-282-7954 or
   [phone] in Atlanta, Ga.

   They may have a minimum purchase amount, but it is no more than $25.  I
   think
   it may only be $5.00.


.....jim mcclellan

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 09:50:16 -2300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Modem, HardHandshake cable, and Quardra (q)

2 questions:  I just got the hardware handshake cable from Maya computer.
It is configured just like the cable I rolled myself from directions in the
Hardware handshake 3-page diagram I have.  But neither connects the #20 pin
(DTR) from the DB25 side to anything.  Is the #20 pin (DTR) supposed to be
connected for Hardware handshake?

Second:  We are looking into changing the way we have folks dial into our
data pool from outside the University.  Our current setup involves
connecting several (24 or so) 2400 baud modems to our Rolm switch (we have
a digital phone system on campus).  We would like to move to high-speed
modems.  But the Rolm switch is a pain to get modems on.  We would like to
maybe get a Quadra 950, install some of those multi-serial port NuBus cards
and hang the modems off of it.  Can this be done?  Can all those serial
ports be used simultaneously for modem connections?  Or would we need to
get Shiva NetModems instead?

All input is greatly appreciated!

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

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 01:34:27 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: NTR upgrade

On 6/15/92, Shaw Wu mentioned that I was wrong about
MacWorld saying that the PLW LS could not be upgraded.  He
suggested I check my specific issues for "verification".  Well
I did.  First let clarify myself: All (MacUser, MacWorld and my
dealer) said that Apple would not be upgrading the LS.  Next,
I was reading the May 1991 issue of MacWorld.  On page 149, at the
bottom right corner the last paragraph on the page begins:
"Still, choosing an LS means living with limitations.  You can
upgrade each PLP to a PostScript-based BLP for $999; no such
upgrade will be offered for the LS." (MacWorld, 'Personal Page
Printers Arrive," May 1991, Pg 149)  As far as the differences
between a n LS, NT, NTR and SC, I will aggree that there is not
a lot of differences other than the controller board.  The SC and
the NT both had the 250 sheet tray.  But since then Apple has gotten
cheap and you have to pay extra for it (or was it built into the
price of the NT and SC).  The box is almost identical.  The only
really difference is the type of controller board.  The LS has a
different type of board than the others.  That is why it cannot be
upgrade with an Apple upgrade.  All others (making an assumption
about the NTR since have not seen it "in person", only a picture
of the rear in MacUser) have a board that sides into that back of
the printer and is held in by two screws.  Therefore, to upgrade
the SC or the NT to an NTR all one has to do is to unscrew the
two screws and slide the old board out.  Then slide the new
board in and re-screw the screws.  Theoretically, when you buy
one of these printers (or an upgrade) an autorized technician
is supposed to do this.  But, when I got my SC I had to install
the board myself.  By the way, for those of you who are interested
the list price of the upgrade is $1299.  I have not be able to get
a "dealer" price since the dealer didn't even know that the upgrade
exisited.  But my guess is you should be able to get it for about
$1000.  Dealer's usually sell their products at 20% to 30% off the
list price.  However, dealers (at least mine) have been screwy about
Apple upgrade prices.

Scott Maxwell

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 13:55:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Marcus Harvey)
Subject: Printing to a Mac Printer from Sun Network

We are in need of a colour printer that can be acessed from our
network of Sun workstations and our Mac (and possibly PC's if they
had anything worth printing in colour!).

I've been looking at the Tektronix IIIPSI but at #12,000.00 with
network interface it's pretty steep.

I was wondering therefore if a colour printer that could only attach
to one of the systems (like a CLC300 on the Mac or an OCE whatever on the
Suns) could be accessible to the other. Would CAP do this?

Anyone else doing this sort of thing?

(# = pounds sterling.)

Marcus Harvey, Polytechnic of Central London IRS
[e-mail] - JANET  marcus%sun.pcl.ac.uk@ukacrl - BITNET/EARN

                              ...Bubble Up!

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 08:51:22 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quadra 750 (C)

I haven't heard of a 33Mh upgrade for the 700 to a 750, tho' it seems
logical that if the 900 is elevated to a 950, something similar will be
in the pipeline for the 700. However, I guess this would be a logic
board upgrade and would cost in 4 figures. One company, Newer, I think,
makes a board that costs about $300 and runs a 700 at 33Mhz. I don't
know how this works: is the original 25Mhz 040 speeded up or replaced?
Does anyone have experience  with this or a comparable product? Is the
speed-up worth the price? Apparently some of the performance improvement
in a 950 is due to faster VRAM, which one would forego if just speeding
up the 700's CPU.

I've seen the 700 speed-upper(s) mentioned in the mags, but not reviewed.
I think Mel Martinez also mentioned one in the digest a few weeks ago.
Mel?

Graeme Forbes

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 15:07:44 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re-formating my hard drive

I have a Mac LC II with the standard Apple 80 MB hard drive.  When I tally
the amount used "in disk" and "available" it comes out to be only 75.0 MB.
I have been told that this lost 5 MB may have to do with Apple's standard
method of formatting the hard drive and that if I reformat it myself (and
change some parameters) I can have a full 80 MB drive.  Does anyone have
any experience doing this with System 7?  Will I compromise data integrity?
Please reply directly to [e-mail], and I will sumarize for
the net.

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 19:16:23 -0800
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE/30 Problems

[e-mail] writes that he is having problems since
he has upgraded his SE/30 to 8MB RAM. Please keep me informed of what
happens because I am probably going to get a RAM upgrade this week for my
SE/30. By the way, disable Mode 32. It is useless for 8MB RAM. If I
remember correctly, you need 13 MB RAM or virtual memory in order to need
32 bit addressing. You might be getting the crashes due to the 32 bit
addressing being on. Not all programs like 32 bit addressing.

Scott Gruby
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 15:06:15 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Terry Thiel)
Subject: se/30 question

[e-mail] writes:
>        I'm running a SE/30 with 8MB RAM and with system 7.0.
>        It seems that more and more, the applications that I try to run
>        after taking RAM to 8MB(from 5MB) are getting "BUS" errors of
>        some sort or another...
>        I used to be able to run/compile MS-BASIC when I had 5MB of RAM
>        under system 7.0, but now I cannot with 8MB...
>        Anyone else have these problems ? Suggestions ?
>        PS. I'm also running MODE32
I was under the distinct impression that MS-Basic was not compatible with
System 7.  Perhaps its only not compatible with Mode-32, I seem to have had
a larger number of bus errors myself after taking my SE/30 to 8 meg.
All my software is the latest supposedly sys 7 compatible versions too.
-Terry

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 11:55:55 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Kjell Krona)
Subject: SendPS under System 7 (A)

SendPS 2.0 will work under system 7, if the LaserWriter driver is put
into the system folder proper. I have not tried aliasing it due to
time constraints, I only made a copy. No problems (except the wasted
disc space)

    - kjell         [e-mail] (Kjell Krona)

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 10:59:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (VAX Academic Support)
Subject: Slip for the Mac

Fortunately, I received two positive responses to my SLIP inquiry. (Most folks
asked that I summarize or post any responses.) The reply below provided the
most information. Thanks to Michael A. McGuire and for pointing out VersaTerm
and VersaTerm-PRO also.

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

---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---%<---

> The latest beta version of NCSA/BYU Telnet advertises SLIP support.
> This would provide you with a Telnet client, FTP client, and FTP server.
> It is available via anonymous FTP from bert.cs.byu.edu.  (We seem to have
> a slightly older version of the beta release on ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.  Our
> README files make no mention of SLIP, so for this purpose, I would
> definitely get it from BYU.)
>
> I know there are other PD or shareware version of SLIP, but I no longer
> remember the names or sources.
>
> If you are willing to consider commercial software, the latest update to
> VersaTerm and Versaterm PRO is advertised to include the solution to
> running MacTCP over SLIP.  (This is the SLIP solution that has captured
> my imagination, because it would offer the possibility of using arbitrary
> IP services, not just those built into a particular SLIP implementation.)
> The VT and VT PRO packages include Telnet client, FTP client, FTP server,
> NTP (Network Time Protocol) client, and NTP server, but its SLIP
> solution should in theory be general enough to support such varied
> products as MacX, Eudora, TN3270, or even NCSA/BYU Telnet (in MacTCP mode
> rather than SLIP mode).  VersaTerm is available from mail order outlets
> for significantly under $100.
> --
> Kurt W. Hirchert     [e-mail]
> National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Date: TUE, 16 Jun 92 15:40:08 EDT
From: "Louis_Bergeron"[e-mail]
Subject: StyleWriter Background Printing <A>

The original StyleWriter driver didn't have the background printing option. It
could be the problem. Switch to the last version 7.2.2 and use Tuneup 1.1.1.
Louis Bergeron [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 13:45 EST
From: Mike Vaughn <[e-mail]>
Subject: Superpaint 2.0 vs. Radius DirectColor/GX

Superpaint 2.0 dies a horrible death on a Mac IIci running system
6.0.8 with a Radius Full Page Display (16 gray scale) attached to
the on-board video and an Apple 13" RGB (256 colors) connected
through a Radius Direct Color/GX card. The monitors are configured
so that the Apple monitor is the startup monitor, and holds
the menu bar. Superpaint opens, show the Tool windows, opens
and Untitled window, and dies. (cannot recover through MacsBug,
must restart).

There is a workaround -- set the startup window to be the FPD,
and give it the menubar, but even then, any attempt to move the
Superpaint window onto the 13" screen causes sudden death.

Is this fixed in SP 3.0?

Mike Vaughn
[e-mail]   MTVAUGHN@NUHUB    mikev@neuhep

P.S. I have seen a number of reports of difficulties when more
than one monitor is active, but not this one (and I have not
encountered any others to date).

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 14:03:04 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Mel Martinez x8378)
Subject: Synergy (VersaTerm-PRO) Telephone Number? (R)

Synergy (publishers of VersaTerm, VersaTerm Pro & KalaidaGraph) can be reached
by phone:
        [phone]
by mail:
        Synergy Software
        2457 Perkiomen Ave
        Reading, PA 19606
or by e-mail:
        AppleLink:D2296
        [e-mail]

Enjoy!

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 12:08:11 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Kjell Krona)
Subject: Text Editor for large files (a)

If you like to hack a little, it is quite easy to do this with HyperCard.
HyperCard can read a file of any length, provided only that you do not
read to much of it at a time. As long as the file is open for reading,
the file pointer will be advanced for each reading. As long as you do
not want to go back and forth in the file, you can read a suitable amount
for reading and editing, write out the edited portion, and read in the
next "chunk".

Of course, I cannot *guarantee* that this will work, since I have not
tried to do anyting with such a large file myself, but since the tech-
nique only relies on the basic Mac file system, I see no reason that
it would'nt work. If you have problems doing anything with HyperCard
yourself, drop me a line and will try to do something as outlined above
(however, my e-mail connection will be a little shaky the next few weeks,
so I cannot guarantee an immediate response).

    - kjell         [e-mail] (Kjell Krona)

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 19:52:10 PDT
From: [e-mail] ( John Thoo )
Subject: Text editor for large files (R)

On Fri, 12 Jun 1992 09:04 EDT Jan Richard <[e-mail]> asked:
> There's a professor here who needs to be able to look at very large files.
> They are up to 185 MB, and consist of up to 300,000 lines 656 characters
> wide. The are composed of all digits -- no spaces, letters, nothing but
> digits and carriage returns.  MS Word has a file limit much smaller than
> that, and of course Teach Text just laughs when you try to load it. Does
> anyone know of a very simple text editor, or anything, that will let him
> look at the contents of these files?  Shareware would be nice, but he's
> willing to buy commercial software also. Please send mail to me directly.
> Thanks in advance.

Try Alpha [./app/alpha-403.hqx].  I've never tried opening a file as large
as you describe, but I believe that Alpha can open a file as large as memory
permits.  Other than that, I can recommend Alpha wholeheartedly as an excellent
text editor.

Hope this helps.

--John.
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 22:00:19 EST
From: Jonathan Kamien <[e-mail]>
Subject: True Type vs. BitMap fonts (Q)

True Type vs. BitMap fonts (Q)

Once you've added TT fonts to your system file under Sys. 7, does it
make sense to still keep the older BitMap fonts in there?  Will TT
overide the bitmapped fonts, or will the system use whatever is best for
a particular purpose (e.g., printing or screen display?)

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 08:49:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Michael A. McGuire)
Subject: VersaTerm (Synergy) Address (R)

Synergy Software
2457 Perkiomen Ave.
Reading, PA 19606
[phone]
[e-mail]

Michael

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 13:31 BST
From: MATT <[e-mail]>
Subject: Watermarks

I like the ability of Save-a-Tree to use a graphics-file as a background
for text printouts. I was wondering if there was an easy way to do this kind
of "watermarking" from other programs, e.g. Word 5.

Even better in some ways would be shareware which altered the Print dialog
box to include a radio-button for watermarking. Is this feasible.
Does something similar already exist?

Many thanks

Matt Cockerill     [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 11:27 EDT
From: "DAVID A. BELSLEY" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5.0 styles bug (C)

Sometime back, I asked people who suffered the Word 5.0 styles bug to let
me know so that I could determine whether the bug was "rare", as stated
(reputedly) by MS.  I received 8 replys, all of whom indicated that the
bug was a frequent and constant annoyance.  Given that "replys" to
messages on the net are but a tip of the iceberg, I should think this
bug is not rare, but rather something that can affect vertually any
user transfering files from one machine to another unless special
precautions are taken to make sure both machines use identical font
ID numbers (which should not have to be done).

david a. belsley

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 19:24:06 PDT
From: David McKinnis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5 Spelling and Grammar Update

These are updated versions of the Spelling and Grammar Plug-In
Modules for Microsoft Word 5.0 for the Macintosh. They fix problems
found with the Word version 5.0 Spelling and Grammar commands. In
addition, the Spelling module includes several improvements. Please
see the enclosed Readme for more details.
You may distribute copies of these updates as long as you agree to
be bound by the terms of the enclosed License and Warranty Disclaimer.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/word-50-spell-updater.hqx; 349K]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 23:21:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]

I am interested in 24 bit video cards to be used with the Apple
13" RGB monitor and Mac IIcis, and would like to hear from netters with
relevant
experience. I'll summarize for the net if there is sufficient response:

1. Of the "less expensive" ($500-600 or hopefully, less) 24 bit cards (e.g.
Micron Macrocolor II,  RasterOps 24si, Radius Directcolr/GX, etc.) are there
any clear favorites? What about their various special features (hardware
pan/zoom, etc.)

2. I recently discovered that the neat shareware screen expander program
MaxAppleZoom 1.43 works in 24 bit mode with an Apple 8.24 card (this contrary
to the MAZ documentation which says it only works with Apple 8-bit cards). This
is a nice feature--your monitor increases in size by about 1 diagonal inch. Do
any of the other cards either have the feature in their hardware/software or
work with MAZ? MAZ is almost enough reason to buy the Apple product, since
redraw speed is not that much of a problem on the 13" monitor (despite the Mac
magazines' flurry of reviews of accelerated video boards costing $1-3K).

3. At my lab we have some Apple 4.8 cards with sockets for additional VRAM to
upgrade them to 24 bit capability (as described in Larry Pina's new book "Mac
II Repair and Upgrade Secrets"). But so far, I have only found one non-Apple
source for the VRAM SIMMs--Maya Computer--who want $197 for the required two
256k modules. Are there any cheaper equivalent modules out there?


Thanks in advance for info/advice!

Jeffrey Harris
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 23:22:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]

MacII 24 bit video cards; VRAM (Q)

I am interested in 24 bit video cards to be used with the Apple
13" RGB monitor and Mac IIcis, and would like to hear from netters with
relevant
experience. I'll summarize for the net if there is sufficient response:

1. Of the "less expensive" ($500-600 or hopefully, less) 24 bit cards (e.g.
Micron Macrocolor II,  RasterOps 24si, Radius Directcolr/GX, etc.) are there
any clear favorites? What about their various special features (hardware
pan/zoom, etc.)

2. I recently discovered that the neat shareware screen expander program
MaxAppleZoom 1.43 works in 24 bit mode with an Apple 8.24 card (this contrary
to the MAZ documentation which says it only works with Apple 8-bit cards). This
is a nice feature--your monitor increases in size by about 1 diagonal inch. Do
any of the other cards either have the feature in their hardware/software or
work with MAZ? MAZ is almost enough reason to buy the Apple product, since
redraw speed is not that much of a problem on the 13" monitor (despite the Mac
magazines' flurry of reviews of accelerated video boards costing $1-3K).

3. At my lab we have some Apple 4.8 cards with sockets for additional VRAM to
upgrade them to 24 bit capability (as described in Larry Pina's new book "Mac
II Repair and Upgrade Secrets"). But so far, I have only found one non-Apple
source for the VRAM SIMMs--Maya Computer--who want $197 for the required two
256k modules. Are there any cheaper equivalent modules out there?


Thanks in advance for info/advice!

Jeffrey Harris
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 17:12:57 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Peter Speck)

Subject: comm/Nuntius1.1b2.sea.hqx

Update of Nuntius: newsreader.
Contains important bug fix.
Read comp.sys.mac.comm for further details.

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