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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 27 Jul 92       Volume 10 : Issue 180

Today's Topics:

      [*] AliasZoo 1.4.1
      [*] Dive Log 1.5 Stack Submission
      [*] Expression2.hqx
      [*] fc301.hqx
      [*] King Lear stack
      [*] MacZoo 2.1
      [*] Murph's VAPORWARE column for August 1992
      [*] OptimizationInvestigation Stack
      [*] Quicktime_Movie
      [*] Submission
      Animating colors on QuickDraw Bitmaps
      Bad F-lines
      Bad F Line Instructions on an LC
      Be Nice to Powerbook Feet
      Changes to Macintosh Shadows on archie.au
      Chicago (trip to)
      ChineseTalk
      Consulair Assembler (A)
      DataThief...how to reduce number of points
      DeskWriter DiscWrepancies
      Deskwriter greyscale question
      Disappering HD icon
      Discharging a power supply
      FYI Sharing Printer with Macs and Unix Systems
      Greek Fonts......
      Hacking the system
      How To Wake A Sleeping Powerbook?
      HyperAnimator
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #179 (3 msgs)
      Internet connections
      Invisible Text
      Large postscript plot help
      Looking for a cheap replacement HD
      Mac Emulators
      Machine recommendations
      macInTalk and HyperCard
      MacTools Optimizer (R)
      MacWorld Boston Netters Dinner
      MacZip 1.0
      Math fonts (C)
      Mirror (was Misleading Mac Adverts) (C)
      Mobius 030/2pg disp for SE (A)
      PageMaker/WriteNow 3.0 Prob
      PowerBook FAQ (sorry!)
      ratfor for Macintosh (Q)
      scroll2 utility
      SendPS FAQ
      SendPS problem (R)
      shareware mac spreadsheet(s)
      Simple Player
      Stats Apps/StatView 4.0 (Q)
      Street Fighter II Sounds (Request)
      Summary: Mac-to-VAX PostScript via Kermit
      touch-typing softwre
      what's new in PowerBook 110

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 17:28:13 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Cliff Mccollum)
Subject: [*] AliasZoo 1.4.1

Howdy.  Here's the newest version of AliasZoo (ver 1.4.1).  This version
fixes a couple of annoying bugs (which are described fully in its accompanying
read-me file) most important of which is that it now runs on Macs without
color QuickDraw.  I'd appreciate it if you could check it out to make sure it
has arrived safetly and then post it in the Util section.  Thanks!!! :)

ps. Could you also delete the two old version of AliasZoo that are still
sitting in that directory, once this new version has been placed there?

Cliff McCollum (author, AliasZoo)

(Note this replaces /info-mac/util/alias-zoo-14.hqx)

[Archived as /info-mac/util/alias-zoo-141.hqx; 86K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 9:26:14 HST
From: "Michael A. Hoffhines" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Dive Log 1.5 Stack Submission

Archivists -

Please add the Compacted and BinHexed stack Dive Log 1.5 included below
to your archives.

The Dive Log stack is intended for use as a SCUBA dive logging utility. Use
it freely and send me a postcard or e-mail regarding your favorite dive site.

Version 1.5 fixes a couple of bugs and requires Hypercard 2.x. Thanks
to the users of the previous version for their communications and
suggestions.

- Mike

[Archived as /info-mac/card/dive-log-15.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 14:50:26 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Expression2.hqx

Here is the Adobe Premier filter I used to make the Mandelbrot movie on
ftp.apple.com as /pub/pugh/quicktime/mandelbrot.bin.  Be sure to download
the movie in binary.  The filter submission is binhexed though.

There are instructions included.  This filter does a bunch of things,
including Julia sets and a variety of Mandelbrots.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/app/premier-expression-filter.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:39:11 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] fc301.hqx

For those of you who downloaded version 3.0, release 3.01 fixes a bug that
occured on 68000 machines (Mac Plus, Mac SE, etc.). This bug resulted in an
"Unimplemented Trap" error before the applciation brought up the main window.
This problem has been resolved.

For those who doanloaded the previous FontClerk 2.2, I think you will find
version 3.01 much improved with several new features. New features include:

-Conversion of installed Macintosh TrueType to Windows TrueType
-Runs on all Macintosh systems running System 6.05 or later
-New "Sample Point Sizes" report type
-New editable sample text
-View sample text in any point size or style
-Windows are modeless
-Window positions are saved from session to session
-New preference dialog for customizing the application and reports
-Works even if your Macintosh does not have outline fonts (TrueType)

For those not familiar with Font Clerk 3.0, it is an application for managing
installed fonts. It allows you to view sample text in any font or style, and
produce several reports types that make managing fonts a bit easier. You can
also get detailed information about any font, such as the ascent, descent, and
leading values for each font, and in any point size. It also allows you to
print a report showing the keystrokes required for all charcaters, allowing
you
to locate the hard-to-get-at graphic characters hidden in some fonts. The full
0-255 Macintosh ASCII character set it supported.

Font Clerk 3.0 is 32-bit clean and will run on any monitor from the 9" on up.
You must be running System 6.05 or later.

Several incompatibility bugs from version 2.2 and 3.0 were fixed in 3.01.

Font Clerk 3.0 is Shareware. Due to the recent hard financial times, I have
kept the fee small in hopes that all can afford it. The Shareware fee for Font
Clerk 3.0 is $10. Thanks for all of you who have supported this application by
sending in your Shareware fees. As usual for those who have registered, there
is no need to pay the Shareware fee for this version.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/font-clerk-301.hqx; 193K]

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Date: 26 Jul 92 07:27 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: [*] King Lear stack

continuing with the free Shakespeare Hypercard stacks, appended below
is King Lear v.1.0 ... with many new features and layout enhancements,
thanks to help from Rand Valentine and others.  "How sharper than a
serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" (King Lear, Act I,
Scene IV).... free software under the GNU General Public License ...
^z

[Archived as /info-mac/card/king-lear-10.hqx; 143K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 19:52:36 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacZoo 2.1

I've seen a couple of reports that the MacBooz .zoo file extractor
doesn't always produce good files.  Here's an alternative, that also has
some limitations but may work better (It's 50K bytes larger, so it
should do more, yes?).  I haven't had an occasion to use either program,
so I can't say whether either works or not (needless to say, I downloaded
this from somewhere, but I didn't write it--see the docs).

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MacZOO 2.1

1/7/92

The interface to MacZOO is a command line interface -- sorry, but
we wanted to modify a minimum amount of the code written by ZOO's
creator, Rahul Dhesi.  After double clicking on the MacZOO icon,
type in the command line arguments as described in ZOO.MAN.  For
example, if on a UNIX or MS-DOS command line you would type "zoo
a temp *.c" (which would add all files with names ending in ".c"
to a ZOO archive called "temp.zoo"), you would enter "a temp *.c"
in the MacZOO startup window.

Also, MacZOO will not archive and compress anything but text files.
Executable files on the Mac, for example, are not single files like
they are on most other systems, and so ZOO would have to be
extensively modified to handle them.

Thus, MacZOO is intended as a program to handle archives of text
files which will be transferred among various machines.  Since ZOO
runs on UNIX machines, OS/2 machines, NeXTs, Amigas, Ataris, and
MS-DOS machines, Macs can now handle ZOO files created by these
machines and vice versa.  Even Apple II's and CP/M machines have
unZOO programs.

ZOO 2.1 was ported to the Mac by Jim Wolff and Brooke Anderson,
who assume no responsibility for the results of using MacZOO --
even if it causes your computer to explode, killing everyone within
a several block radius.

[Archived /info-mac/util/maczoo-21.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 15:17:37 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Murph's VAPORWARE column for August 1992

Vaporware also is available by email to [e-mail]
(subject ignored)
$MAC GET VAPORWARE-08-92.TXT

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/vapor/vaporware-08-92.txt; 12K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 14:31:35 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] OptimizationInvestigation Stack

Dear Moderators:

Please accept for submission the file "OptimizationInvest.sea.hqx" appended
to this document. It is a StuffIt Classic SEA of a HyperCard stack
containing my graduate thesis on engineering optimization methods,including
cool color PICTs and a nifty glossary function. My thesis was converted to
a stack to accompany software being written by my Prof to show what the
software can do, but the stack is a stand-alone document and I thought some
people might get a kick out of it. Contact me if you have any problems.

Tony

[Archived as /info-mac/card/optimization-utilization.hqx; 1288K]

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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 1:35:41 bst
From: "Dr H. Rzepa" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Quicktime_Movie

This is a Quicktime animation of the molecular orbitals
during the interconversion of dimethyl butadiene and dimethyl
cyclobutene, as calculated using a CAChe Scientific Workstation.

Submitted by Dr James Currie

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/molecular-orbitals.hqx; 123K]

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 10:23:33 EDT
From: Pascal Gosselin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Submission

Here is a bunch of AppleTalk Remote Access CCLs that I have
collected.

A collection of AppleTalk Remote Access CCL files.  If your modem is not
supported in the ARA 1.0 package, you may find it here.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-ccl-scripts.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:01:30 CDT
From: "Andrew B. McAllister" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Animating colors on QuickDraw Bitmaps

Time to come out of the shadows of the info-mac list and pose a
question instead of just reading them.

I'm trying to write a simple program that reads in a bitmap picture
>From disk, and displays it in a window; then allows the user to move
slider controls to manipulate the brightness and contrast of the picture.

I've gotten as far as reading and displaying the picture using the
CopyBits procedure to copy from an off screen bitmap to my window, but now
I would like to animate the palette to adjust the brightness and contrast.

The problem is that the palette just won't animate (really). I've
written another test program that draws a square and animates its
colors, but the bitmap just won't do it.

I've seen other programs like Image 1.44 and Photoshop perform this little
trick, but can't figure out how they did it. I've also read the Inside Mac
volumes looking for the answer, but they don't get very explicit.

Obviously I would like to solve this problem with as little black magic
as possible so that I can avoid screwing up my system's environment.

I'm writing this little bit of code with Think C and calling it from
MacProlog on a IIcx with sys7 etc.

If you can help or know someone or (somewhere) that can help, please
e-mail and I will summarize and post the code for the list.

Andy McAllister
University of Missouri - Columbia (The Big MOO)
[e-mail] (or [e-mail])

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 19:30:21 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bad F-lines

On Sat, 25 Jul 92 14:30 BST you said:
>So, I thought, I'll boot from the internal hard disk and then try to
>reinstall the System on it by running the Installer from the floppy.
>Everything would go okay until it got to the stage where it ejects Install 2
>and asks for Tidbits.  Then the Installer would get totally out of sync
>with itself, because it would suddenly produce an additional dialog box on
>the screen saying "Please insert Install 2" - but refuse to continue with
>either Install 2 or Tidbits disks.

I've seen that particular installer problem several times.  It's
probably an INIT conflict (with what, I haven't a clue my extensions
plus cdev's total around 50).  I've learned that whenever I plan to run
the installer after booting from the internal HD, ALWAYS boot with the
shift key down (no extensions).  I've never had that "please insert
several disks at once" error when all extensions are off.

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:21:36 PST
From: Monte B. Olsen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bad F Line Instructions on an LC

>The same thing happened when I attempted to boot using the Install disk that
>came with my office's Quadra 700.  In both cases, the boot process would bomb
>just after the desktop pattern was drawn, but before entering the Installer.

We had the same problem here in our department. It turns out that when we
first
installed System 7.0, we forgot to turn off our virus checking software. It
corrupted the system file. We had to trash the system files on the hard disk
drive (internal) and reinstall from the floppy. The important thing, for us,
was
to trash the old system and finder files.

Apple's documentation does mention that. We just overlooked it. Then, when we
did turn off the virus software, it was too late. The system and finder files
on
our internal hard drive had already been damaged.

Monte Olsen
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

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Date: 27 Jul 92 10:31:00 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Be Nice to Powerbook Feet

Well my brand-new (almost) Powerbook is limping these days.  It seems that
the micro-speck plastic that locks one of the feet in place has broken.
I might have done this by travelling with the feet extended, but I have been
very gentle.

Just a warning to everyone with Powerbooks to treat those feet gently.
Hopefully it will be easy to fix once I figure out where, who and how.

Steve Portigal, [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 06:26:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Woodgate)
Subject: Changes to Macintosh Shadows on archie.au

    Changes to Macintosh Shadows on archie.au
    =========================================

Major changes are taking place on archie.au with respect to
the organisation of the shadows of the Macintosh archives
on archie.au

1.      "Old" subdirectory of Info-Mac shadow is being cleared.

The Old subdirectory of the info-mac shadow ( /micros/mac/info-mac/Old )
is being cleared, i.e. deleted so it can start building again.

The Old directory icontains material that has been deleted from the
Info-Mac archive at Sumex-Aim. It is locally  maintained ( i.e. on
archie.au ), and is *not* copied from Sumex-Aim.stanford.edu with
the rest of the material.

This will be happening Wednesday ( July 29 1992 ) in the late afternoon
( Australian Eastern Standard Time ).

My apologies for the sudden announcement of this. Concerns addressing
this issue should be *mailed* to me ( [e-mail] ) as soon as
possible; however it is very unlikely that any changes to this plan will
be made.

Please note that this information is not being lost, it will be kept on
tape; this is in case space can be found on another machine for this
material at some time in the future. This tape will *not* be available
for extraction of material by request.

It is hoped that this action will leave enough space to be able to proceed
with the following:

2.      Terminator Archive to be shadowed on archie.au

To enhance the list of major archives shadowed by archie.au, it is
intended to commence shadowing of the  the Terminator archives
( terminator.cc.umich.edu ) late Wednesday ( 29 July 1992 ), Australian
Eastern Standard Time.

                        David Woodgate
                        AARNet Archive Working Group
                        [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 14:01 N
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Chicago (trip to)

Hello netters,

I intend to visit the MacWorld Expo in Boston and then to see a friend
who has just finished his studies in Chicago.
I would love to take lunch once in mid-August with someone on the net
living and/or working in the Chicago area.
Don't be afraid, my friend already took the job as a tourist guide, but
a few tips on places for computers, software and bookstores would still
be appreciated.
Please answer soon, as I will leave my machine on Wednesday.

Dan Wismer              [e-mail]
University of Fribourg
Switzerland

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 17:00:22 cdt
From: "Duckenfield,Paul" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ChineseTalk

anyone notice on the Apple Developer's CD for May that the index lists
ChineseTalk, etc. as residing in the International System Software directory,
but in fact, it is nowhere on the disk? Not only is ChineseTalk no longer
there, but neither is any other Asian version of the System. I guess that all
those fonts are just taking up too much room.

Paul Duckenfield
Grinnell College

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:49 PST
From: Dan Dalal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Consulair Assembler (A)

    I've been using the Consulair Assembler product, called in another
    life as the MDS(Macintosh Development System) for several years.
    Since I upgraded to system 7 on my se/30, the system no longer works
    well for me and I use MPW's assembler instead. You'll find a lot of
    the old MAC assembly language books using examples written in MDS/
    Consulair and that some of the examples now don't quite jive with
    MPW when you try to assemble them under it...

    As for the company, I can tell you that one of the chief developers
    of MacC, MacCjr and quite a few other programs, including the
    Assembler
    is Bill Duvall, one of the original Mac developers who I think now
    works at Apple ? This is the guy who I believe wrote the original
    "EDIT" program...If that tells you anything ? Wether or not he was
    ever an employee of Consulair, I don't know...

    Consulair used to be out of Portola Valley in California, but I think
    that they are now back East somewhere...

    I've called Consulair a number of times and I've been helped quite
    well...I can't say that today, as its' been several months since I've
    last called them. The last phone # I had for them is 208-726-5846.
    Maybe you can squeeze more information out of APDA about them ?

    I am also a owner/user of their MacC jr product and it too is now not
    usable under system 7...

    My main concern for you is that you make sure the product you buy
    from them is system 7 compatiable and includes the various system 7
    libraries and support files...

    Good luck.

    Dan Dalal

    [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 16:26:16 EST
From: George Tempel <[e-mail]>
Subject: DataThief...how to reduce number of points

We're evaluating DataThief here and would like to know how to reduce the
number
of traced points in autotrace to end up with fewer data points.

Any suggestions...I'm not real familiar with the program, but one of our
engineers has been using it, and came up with this question.


"Oh no, not again..."--Douglas Adams

george f tempel
[e-mail] (144.252.1.1)
[e-mail] (AmericaOnline)

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 16:25:19 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Francis Knight, SIEM UK Felixstowe)
Subject: DeskWriter DiscWrepancies

     A propos Graeme Forbes' problems with the DeskWriter:

> I am getting rather inconsistent results trying to output greyscale to
> my DeskWriter (driver 3.1) from Nisus and Publish It Easy. I know there's
> a principle behind the results, I just can't figure out what it is.

I've just finished a largish report, also in Nisus (3.0.6). I proofed it on
my local DWC (driver 2.0), and was annoyed that the graphics I'd imported
with thin lines were rather thicker. I went into Nisus' graphics mode and
edited them all to 1/4 point, being roughly DW hairline weight. Didn't
proof again, but produced PostScript and sent it to the Digital LN03R
hanging off our VAX. Nice hairlines. Reading Graeme's note I went back to
the DWC this afternoon, printed in "Best" mode, and got 1pt lines again!

I must say the DWC I acquired as compensation for having to relinquish an
ordinary DW is giving rather more niggling problems. Every attempt to print
these days gives a "Bad Cartridge Connection" error. (And why can't that
dammned "Please bring HP Print Monitor to the front" dialog do it itself,
instead of sending me mousing to the top right?) I can clean the contacts,
jiggle the cartridge in its carriage, or just press "Continue" to get my
print job, which looks ok to me. But within minutes, the problem's back.
The 51608A black cartridge (_not_ refilled) seems to leak rather readily
too. What happens when the small white sponge at the home position is
saturated?

Should anyone know Victor Meldrew, that's the way I'm headed!

Cheers,
Francis K.

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 11:01:50 PST
From: Monte B. Olsen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Deskwriter greyscale question

>I am getting rather inconsistent results trying to output greyscale to
>my DeskWriter (driver 3.1) from Nisus and Publish It Easy. I know there's
>a principle behind the results, I just can't figure out what it is.

Graham,
Check that you have the latest DW drivers (V3.1 available on Sumex). They have
three settings in the options section of the Print Dialogue Box. Turn on
Balloon
help to be sure, but I think the option you want is the middle one (Scatter).
If
you still don't get greyscale, turn on the color selection in the Print
Dialogue
Box and that should do the trick.

This printer driver is 100% better than the old one. Expecially since it
allows
background printing and is lightning fast at getting you back to the
application.

Hope this helps,

Monte Olsen
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:36 GMT+0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Disappering HD icon

Hello!
Today my custom HD icon was replaced by a plain white icon.
When I try to paste a new icon I get a cryptic finder message saying
something like: The operation could not be done since it could not be found.
Does anybody have an idea of what is going on here?
I'm running system 7.0 with tune-up 1.1.1 on a cx.
This has happened to my internal HD, my external is ok.
By the way, I ran Norton util on the disk and it says everything is OK.
Thanks in advance for any help.

My email address is : [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 17:26:34 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Benjamin White)
Subject: Discharging a power supply

My power supply went out in my OLD Mac 512KE.  Even though this is an acient
machine, it is still of considerable use to me as a second computer.  I have
found a cheap power supply that I know works, and feel confident that I can
install it.  However, I know that the compact mac power supplies hold a
considerable charge, and can be dangerous.  Can anyone tell me how to
safely dissipate this stored charge?

Reply to me and I'll compile for the net.

Thanks in advance.

Ben White
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 19:11:16 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FYI Sharing Printer with Macs and Unix Systems

When I was at the Mactivity conference, I looked for solutions to
the problem of using one laser printer with both Macs and Unix
workstations connected via ethernet. Here's what I found:

1. Use a PostScript HP IIIsi with an HP TCP/IP ethernet card and run
InterPrint from InterCon on each Mac. This software allows Macs to
print to Unix printers. I think it is in beta test right now and SLP
is $195 single user, $895 five user, $1,595 ten user, etc.

2. Use a PostScript HP IIIsi with an HP TCP/IP ethernet card and run
software on one of the workstations that provides a print queue for
the Macs (The queue will show up in the Chooser like any AppleTalk
printer). I think this can be done with a number of commercial
AppleTalk products for Unix, but should also be possible using CAP.
If CAP will work, the cost of this solution would depend on what
arrangements the users have made for Unix technical support.

This solution could be modified to use any PostScript printer that
you can connect to a Unix system (i.e. via a serial port, parallel
port, or ethernet port).

3. Use a PostScript HP IIIsi with both a TCP/IP card and a LocalTalk
card. Then connect one of the ethernet connected Macs to the printer
via LocalTalk and run a new program on that Mac called LaserBridge.
This program allows up to five LocalTalk printers to be used by
ethernet connected Macs. It is made by Sonic Systems and the show
price was $100 (it's only needed on the one Mac). Unlike Liasson
which is a router and takes quite a performance toll on the Mac
running it, LaserBridge is just a bridge and apparently uses very
little CPU. I was assured by the HP rep that both a TCP/IP ethernet
port and LocalTalk port can be installed and the printer will
automatically switch between both ports, but I did not see this in
action.

This solution could be modified to use any PostScript printer that
has auto-sensing ports (you could connect the workstation to a
serial port or even a parallel port in some cases instead of
ethernet).

4. Use any PostScript printer that has a LocalTalk port and connect
this to ethernet via a hardware device (box about the same size as a
modem) called EtherWrite/LPR. This device provides IP to AppleTalk
conversion and EtherTalk to LocalTalk conversion so both Macs and
workstations on ethernet can use the same printer without installing
additional software. This product is still vapourware (I think the
rep said to expect it sometime in the fourth quarter). I don't know
what it will cost, but I'd guess somewhere between $500 and $1000.
EtherWrite/LPR will apparently support up to six LocalTalk printers.
It is from Compatible Systems.

5. I think (but did not verify) that a Novell Netware server running
Netware 386 3.11, Netware Mac 3.01, and Netware NFS will provide
printing service for Macs, Unix systems, and PCs to any PostScript
printer. What sort of connections to the printer that would work is
something I cold only guess at. Netware Mac supports printers on
LocalTalk (via a Dayna DL2000 card in the server). Netware 386
supports printers on the parallel port of the server. HP sells an
ethernet card for the HP IIIsi that works with Netware and supports
IPX (EtherTalk as well?). Extended Systems sells a card for the HP
IIIsi that supports IPX and EtherTalk. HP sells another card for the
IIIsi that supports TCP/IP. Which of these options used with a
Netware server would provide printer access for Macs, Unix systems,
(and PCs)? I dunno, but I'll bet one of them will work. Cost of this
solution depends on the configuration of the server (figure at least
$5,000 total) but you also get a great file server as well.

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 19:01 EST
From: _3 OUT OF 4 AMERICANS MAKE UP 75% OF THE POPULATION
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Greek Fonts......

Does anyone know of any "fancy" greek postscript/truetype fonts on the net.
In "fancy" I pretty much mean anything other than the standard symbol font,
the use is for a newsletter - I just haven't been pleased with the results I
have gotten from using the Symbol font.

    Thanks,
    Jon Christiansen
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 17:23:34 EDT
From: Clinton Collins <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hacking the system

Calling all ResEdit Hackers and people in the know about the System file,

DITL resource 6045 is the Replace file dialog in the System file.  I
renumbered the buttons such that the Replace button is #1 and the Cancel
button is #2.  Now, lo and behold the Replace button is the default
choice instead of the Cancel button (which is what I want, human inter-
face guidelines or not).  However, after doing this, the Replace button
acts like the Cancel button and the Cancel button is now the Replace
button.  What to do?  Perhaps someone knows the right code resource to
alter a la the recent modification to get the finder to show the free
disk space in K versus M.

Regards, Clinton (budding ResEdit Hacker) Collins, bebrf14@nervm

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 17:27:37 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: How To Wake A Sleeping Powerbook?

On Sun, 26 Jul 1992 00:09:27 EST you said:
>> >I need a way for quick keys to wake my sleeping powerbook automaticly ...
>>
>> When you put a PB to sleep the processor and HD shut down.  The only thing
>> that's "on" is RAM (and presumably a sensor that will powerup the PB when
>> a key is hit).  There's no way to read a clock that's not running.
>
>And you can't do it with AppleEvents across a network, either.  In fact,
>I know of no software-only way to wake a sleeping PowerBook.  Nor could
>Apple DTS suggest anything, the last time I checked in with them.

Although it's not part of the current design, it ought to be possible
to design the PowerBooks to be awakened by a signal from AppleTalk as
well as from the keyboard.  There is a GOOD REASON why such a design
would be a good idea...

If a PowerBook is put to sleep while sharing it's HD, then an attempt to
access the volume by another Mac will hang that Mac :-(  If instead, the
attempt to access, woke the PowerBook up, that would make sense.  Yes, I
know, the PowerBook sleep command warns that net access should be
disconnected, but it's easy enough for someone to forget they've left
file sharing on.

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:37:33 EST
From: [e-mail] (Rolf Kocherhans)
Subject: HyperAnimator

I have heard ( a while back ) that there is a DEMO version of
HyperAnimator (HyperCard stack with actors) available somwhere,
could someone please upload it to the net or point me into the
right direction.
Regards Rolf

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

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 17:37:29 -0400
From: Neil A Haldar <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #179

In response to Steve's question about IP addresses...

The easiest way I've found is to Telnet to NIC.DDN.MIL and use their "whois"
server to look up names... :)

-Neil

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

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 20:29:46 -0400
From: Dave Saunders <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #179

> Definitely an FAQ, but that's OK. SendPS only knows to look in
> the System Folder (not subfolders) for LaserWriter. It will
> work if you move LaserWriter to the System Folder proper.
>
> NOTE: Making a COPY of LaserWriter to the System Folder also
> works, but then LaserWriter shows up twice in the Chooser, it's
> a waste of space, and is just another thing to miss when you do
> a System software update. Making an ALIAS to LaserWriter does
> NOT work for SendPS 2.0 and Chooser doesn't like it either.

Put the LaserWriter in the top level of the System Folder. You don't need to
make an alias and it will still show up just fine in the Chooser. System 7
will find Chooser devices as long as they are either in the Extensions folder
or in the root of the System folder.

Dave Saunders
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92  15:22:43 EST
From: "RFREDETT@MONROE1" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #179

I hope I am doing this correctly, responding to you directly to answer a
proble
m outlined in the Info-Mac #179. If not, let me know.
This is in response to the Retrospect Error #206 problem.  I know it sounds
sil
ly, but with all of the switching of tape drives and computers, have you
switch
ed SCSI cables?  Intermittent errors of a SCSI device sound familiar to me in
r
egards to cable noise or lack of termination. Secondly, make sure you are
using
the most current Retro.SCSI INIT. (My version is 1.3B, a free upgrade...)

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 15:49:11 PDT
From: Arnie Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet connections

Sorry if this is an FAQ, but which of the commercial services
(eg Compuserve, Genie, etc) works best to send messages to Internet
sites? Thanks in advance.

Arnie Keller
University of Victoria
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 16:44:13 CDT
From: Chris Obyrne <[e-mail]>
Subject: Invisible Text

This should be an easy one: Some places that I anonymous ftp to allow me to
log
in, but when I type ls or dir I just get the ftp prompt again and no lines of
text showing me what files and directories there are. This only happens at
some
places (like wuarchive.wustle.edu). Why is this?

Stumped in Stevens Point,

Chris OByrne
Raisio Inc.

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

Date: 27 Jul 92 13:03:00 CST
From: "JOHN S. CONRADER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Large postscript plot help

Hi,
 I was just wondering if anyone has ever run into the problem of
printing a large sheet picture file (~36"X36").  I need a way of
creating a single sheet postscript file that will print to a large
plotter (36"x ?).  Are there any printer drivers that are capable
of making a large sheet postscript file?  Any help will help.

I do not subscribe to this list so e-mail me directly.
I had some address problems before, but this one should be good.
[e-mail]

-John :)

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 08:36:00 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Looking for a cheap replacement HD

I am posting the following letter for a friend who has no InterNet access:

{
    I am the owner of a Mac II who is grieving the loss  of  his  Mac's
hard drive.    Because  of this I am looking to replace the drive, but on a
budget.  One of the options that I am looking at is buying a  Quantum  52MB
drive (mail-order)  to  replace  the  original  Quantum 80MB unit.  My main
concern about this plan is how do I get the new unit into my Mac.   I  have
considered  installing  it  myself,  but  am  completely unaware of what is
involved in the swap, i.e. is  it  just  disconnecting  the  old  unit  and
plugging in  the  new  one,  or is there much more involved.  I am assuming
that the appropriate driver will be included with the drive.

    If installing the  drive  myself  is  impractical,  I  am  open  to
suggestions as  to  how  I  can get the job done cheaply.  Does anyone know
where I can find the appropriate expertise, on a budget,  in  the  Northern
Virginia/Washington DC/Richmond/Blacksburg area.

    Any advice or recommendations is highly appreciated.
}

Please respond to me directly (I'm about a month behind in the digest) and
I will summarize for the net if I get information of interest to the
entire net, and not just to Virginians.

Glenn Fink
[e-mail] [128.38.1.41]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 19:31:53 -0400
From: Subrata Sircar <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Emulators

[e-mail] (Dieder) writes:
>Date: Wed, 24 Jun 92 02:58:12
>Subject: Emmulators (C)

>Just visited a local store and saw, while scanning the displays, an
>eyegrabbing screen. It was on a NeXT. No, it wasn't 24 bit colour displays.
>It was a copy of Risk being played on it. Risk for the Mac that is to say.
>In otherwords, the NeXT was running an emulator. Quite nifty! But, it sure
>doesn't even come anywhere near the performance of even a Mac 512! Hey, it
>works nonetheless.

My impression is that it's a bit better than a Classic, perhaps on the level
of a Classic II or SE.  It's not speedlike, but on the other hand, it will be
soon (either hardware or software will be fast enough for good emulation).  A
port to NeXTStep '486 is in the works as well.

>Program was called 'Executor', and was demoing its stuff with a very limited
>choice of programs.

Depending on how much you pay, it will run up to 29 (?) "big-ticket" apps.
The basic version will run Word 4.0 and 5.0, and the others include Excel,
PageMaker, Quark Xpress, etc.  In fact, it will probably run a lot more than
that - they only guarantee a few, however.

On a related note, NeXTStep 3.0 will offer some AppleTalk support and direct
access to Mac floppy disks.  It's a lot nicer than tar/AFE/etc, which is what
I had been doing.

Abacus R&D, Inc. offers products called Executor
and HFS_XFer that allows some Mac functionality.

Executor allows you to run Microsoft Word versions 4 and
5, Excel, and other selected programs on your next.  Some
limitations include: no color, no sound, no system 7, no
appletalk, no desk accessories.

HFS_Xfer allows you to transfer files between HFS
(Hierarchical Filesystem) Macintosh disks and the NeXT,
where they're stored in Apple Double format.

The latest demo copy is available via anonymous ftp on
unmvax.cs.unm.edu in /pub/ardi/DEMO.

For more information:

    Abacus R&D, Inc.
    email: [e-mail]
    Voice:[phone]
    FAX: [phone]

Subrata Sircar | [e-mail] | Prophet & SPAMIT Charter Member
Canon Information Systems and I do not speak for each other on all things.

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

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:10:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ronald G Mackley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Machine recommendations

    I hate to waste bandwith on this, but I need an opinion and this
seemed to be the best place to go.

    I'm currently using a 3-year old Plus, 4/20, system 7 etc.  I'm
rapidly pushing the boundaries of it's usability.  I'd like to get a new
machine.  Here's the catch.  I can't go over $2000.  I am a senior
studying chemistry and hope to next year be a graduate student studying
chemistry, GRE's and grades permitting.  My question is what would be my
best bet for a machine.  I am rapidly realizing the limitations of
Apple's  price/performance ratio.  As I can't afford a Unix box and
dislike DOS, I wan't to stay with Macintosh.  Is it possible for me to
get a machine that will come close to serving my needs?  I know about
the Apple loan program and don't want to put myself into debt for 8
years.

    If it helps asses my needs, I'm interested in theoretical/physical
chemistry adn hope to study that in grad school.  I would appreciate any
help I can get.  Please send responses to me directly so as to save
bandwidth.  If there is interest, I'll post a summary to info-mac.

    [e-mail]        [e-mail]

    Thanx,

        Ron Mackley

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

Date: 28 Jul 1992 11:30:04 +1200
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: macInTalk and HyperCard

Thanks to Nigel Perry and his macInTalk stack (currently on sumex),
I have been able to use MacInTalk with HyperCard under system 7,
something I thought I could not do! The secret turns out to be that
MacInTalk must live in the folder with HyperCard, not the System
folder; his stack told me this, and then proceeded to work
perfectly. Fantastic.
 --------
matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 16:40:05 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Mel Martinez x8378)
Subject: MacTools Optimizer (R)

In infomac v10 # 177 you write:

>I have concerns that optimizers will put the "optimized" files on bad
>sectors. One vendor told me they get around that by verifying every
>write to the disk. Can anyone comment on whether MacTools' optimizer
>does this as well as if they know of any others that do?

Yes, MacTools Optimizer verifies all writes.

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:03:25 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWorld Boston Netters Dinner

Adam Engst mentioned the netters dinner was probably on Thursday. I've not
seen details about when and where (and if). Could someone
:-) tell me where to go? :-)

grins,
Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 00:29:05 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacZip 1.0

In 10-179, Johnny Lee ([e-mail]) mentions the version of
MacZip I posted to Sumex, and says:

>I am the authour of the Mac port.
>It didn't say so, but the version on sumex is an alpha version.

I just wanted to emphasize that the screen that pops up when the program is
run clearly states that permission is given to any individual or
institution to distribute the program for non-commercial use, and that the
program is freeware. There was no indication at all that it was an alpha
version--the version number, for instance, is given as 1.0 in the program
itself on the opening screen, not 1.0 alpha. I downloaded it from America
On Line.

The Mac community owes thanks to Johnny Lee for writing this useful
program. I'll be looking forward to the final version. I do apologize for
any problems caused by my posting--I was just trying to be helpful.

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 08:30:24 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Subject: Math fonts (C)

I would like to add my $0.02 worth about Math Fonts. In the good old days,
when my Mac 512 made me feel at the summum of power, I had bought, for $8
(!!!)
a diskette called "Maine Fonts" (by Bill Fulton and Joe Harris), based on the
Boston II fonts in part, that I found great. It was for real Mathematicians
(in fact the AMS recommended it), not only for equations. Anyone interested
in details contact me privately at address below. The fonts are superb and
although going back to 1986 they still work fine -- with one exception: they
were neber usable on a French keyboard.

--
Michel Eytan                                    [e-mail]
Labo. Info., Log., Lang.                        T: [phone]
Univ. Strasbourg II                             F: [phone]


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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 17:34:25 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Mel Martinez x8378)
Subject: Mirror (was Misleading Mac Adverts) (C)

In infomac v10 # 178 Murph Sewall writes:

> Mirrors is hopelessly slow and has a regrettable tendency to crash file
> transfers :-(

Could you expand on the details of when it causes these crashes?  I.E.  what
are Mirror's settings and what type of transfer process?

I am curious because I use Mirror and would like to know if this might happen
to me.

I have been using Mirror (through 4 MacTools upgrades now) for a LONG time now
and have never encountered this problem.  The 4-5 times I have had to use it
to
recover over the past couple of years it has worked perfectly.  It has never
caused any file transfer problems for me.  My transfers have been
predominantly
Kermit serial transfers or ftp over ethernet.  This has been on Mac Plus, IIsi
and now Quadra.

This does not mean it does not do what you say, only that I have not yet run
into the circumstances that might trigger it.  I would like to know in advance
what those circumstances might be!

Like you, Murph, I run with far more CPs & Extensions than is safe & sane, so
I
suspect even if this is a 'very particular situation' bug, then I am still
just
as likely as you to run into it. :(

Unless forearmed with foreknowledge, of course!

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:19:29 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mobius 030/2pg disp for SE (A)

>Subject: Wanted: latest driverss: Mobius 030/2pg disp for SE
...

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

They said the best way for you to contact them was via fax. Given that
their AppleLink address is an old style developer address, chances are
pretty good that they are not oriented towards the use of e-mail.

Mobius Technologies
Alameda California, USA

voice 510-523-7900
fax [phone]
[e-mail]

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

Date: 27 Jul 92 10:05:28 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PageMaker/WriteNow 3.0 Prob

               Subject:
               PageMaker/WriteNow 3.0 Problem
Anyone have a workaround for placing WriteNow 3.0 docs in PageMaker 4.x?

 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

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

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 23:31:14 CDT
From: Reverend John <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerBook FAQ (sorry!)

I don't have this info around, and am wondering: can a PB 170 (or any
other) be connected to a monitor? I seem to recall 3rd-party options;
any Apple ones?

I'm considering a PB170 to replace my current LC/13" Apple system for
word processing and DTP work...the PB170 is *how* much faster than
an LC?

I'd been considering a Daystar 33 Mhz board and a second hard drive
for the LC, but perhaps selling my system and getting a PB would
be a better solution.

So-- speed of PB140, 170 vs. LC?

Monitor options, if I find DTP on the small screen too much to bear?

Thanks much,
Rev

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

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 14:41:10 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Mary Lesperance)
Subject: ratfor for Macintosh (Q)

I am running Language Systems Fortran under MPW on my Quadra.
Does anyone know of a ratfor pre-processor that I can use with
my Quadra?

Thanks.

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

Date: 27 Jul 1992 12:30:46 +1200
From: [e-mail] (Wouk)
Subject: scroll2 utility

i would like to get hold of scroll2, a shareware utility mentioned in the
july issue of macuser, on p 13. it is available from ziffnet/mac, but does
not appear to be on sumex-aim. if it is there, could somebody please direct
me to it. if it's not, could somebody download it and put it on sumex-aim.
it is "scrol2.sit in library 3 (inits, cdevs, fkeys)", per macuser. thanks.

fay ([e-mail] or [e-mail])

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

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 23:03:12 PDT
From: Ken Hughes <[e-mail]>
Subject: SendPS FAQ


 Loathe tho I am to controvert the redoubtable [e-mail]
 who remarked in v10n179, 24 Jul 1992 that
 > Making an ALIAS to LaserWriter does
 > NOT work for SendPS 2.0 and Chooser doesn't like it either.

 I have used an LW alias [named " " in the extensions fldr] with CIs, SIs,
  and SE30s for a year now with SendPS, Word, and various graphics apps.
 I believe all the permutations of System 7 with or w/o tuneup have been OK.
 No problems that I am aware of.  Once in a while somebody asks why there's
  a blank spot in the hierarchical menu for the Chooser but that's all.
 I meant to mention this config about six months ago when someone in this
  list mentioned a similar setup but had the position of the alias and the
  extension reversed [putting the LW alias at the system level].

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 08:16:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael A. McGuire)
Subject: SendPS problem (R)

Under System 7 the laserwriter driver is in the Extensions folder.   SendPS
does not know to look there.  Just make a copy of the laserwriter driver
and put it at the root level (same as the finder) of the System folder.
All will be well.

Michael McGuire,  [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:03:51 EDT
From: Don Jeffries <[e-mail]>
Subject: shareware mac spreadsheet(s)

Bill Lipa - need help - would you please circulate my request -
thanks.

netters - your help please - we're working with science
teachers and need to be able to distribute for their use an
inexpensive spreadsheet for the purpose of manipulating data on
the chesapeake bay - the only shareware spreadsheet i'm aware
of [biplane] has an error in the two versions on hand - i
cannot reach the techees at the software company - they're always
"on the phone" - besides biplane has just gone from shareware
to commercial - if you can recommend another it would be much
appreciated. thanks. don jeffries [[e-mail]]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92  19:25 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Simple Player

Regarding recent comments about the need to change the creator of a movie
to TVOD so that Simple Player will recognise it: surely all that's needed
is that the file BE a movie, ie its TYPE should be MooV.  Then you can open
it from within Simple Player or drag the movie onto the application icon.
The file's creator is irrelevant (just as TeachText can read a TEXT file
created by MacWrite, for example).
Just thought I'd clear that up in case nobody else has bothered to say so

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:08:54 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Peters)
Subject: Stats Apps/StatView 4.0 (Q)

Hello All:

Speaking of statistics applications: does anyone know anything about
StatView 4.0.  Any major additions/gripes compared with StatView II
(yeah, right, like I can afford to buy a copy!  B^) )?

Eric

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 00:28:17 EDT
From: Michael Hurt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Street Fighter II Sounds (Request)

If someone has recorded some Street Fighter II sounds, could you please
post them, or if not, could one of you people who record and digitize
sounds please get dsome cool Street Fighter sounds? All the good ones of
all the characters would be nice.
Thanks,
Mike Hurt at Brown University

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:20 EST
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Summary: Mac-to-VAX PostScript via Kermit

I'd like to thank all of the folks who promptly (I had responses within the
hour!) answered my question about getting a large PostScript file from my
Mac to my university's VAX without having Kermit choke.

The answer is... send the file as binary (NOT Macbinary) and tell the
receiving Kermit to expect a binary file (for example: Kermit-32> SET FILE
TYPE BINARY). I did this, and, of course, it worked great.

Thanks again to all who responded!


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

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

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:06:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Betsy Marvit)
Subject: touch-typing softwre

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, but it
seems more appropo than any of the other news groups.  I have a
younger brother who is off to college to be a CS major - and he
doesn't know how to type.  He has asked me for months to get
for him some Mac touch-typing software.  I have heard that there
is a decent program out there, but have not found it.  Does anyone
know where I can find such a program?  Is there some shareware
around?  Can anyone help me out?

    Thanks...



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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 11:09:14 SET
From: Marco Simionato <[e-mail]>
Subject: what's new in PowerBook 110

My Apple dealer mentioned a PowerBook 110 to come out perhaps in October.
What is supposed to be new in it?

Please reply directly, thanks.

Marco Simionato

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