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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 27 Dec 92       Volume 10 : Issue 306

Today's Topics:

      [*] 1992 World Factbook Stack.cpt.hqx
      [*] Add/Strip 3.0.2-->3.0.3 updater
      [*] Clock Chime sounds (cuckoo, china clock, Big Ben)
      [*] DA 1.2
      [*] Mount Image 1.2b2 control panel (for DiskCopy .image files)
      [*] Murph's VAPORWARE for January 1993
      [*] Pong
      [*] XGator 2.0 Demo
      Announcing CONNECT Magazine
      Asynchronous LaserWriter Driver
      Backups with Word 5.0a-why are they there?
      Duo Dock HD
      Eudora 1.3b116 available
      File errors
      Macintalk
      Macintosh sounds played through modem
      Maxtor 7213S SCSI
      More on the Mirror Quick JPEG Board
      NetBunny
      Quadra 900 with full video ram
      QuickTime Photo-JPEG compression
      Radius Math and 7.1
      Special characters in Word 5.0 when Word 5.0 says no
      symbol font with male and female signs (Q)
      System 7.1/Font/Printing Question...
      ViewEdit replacement anyone?

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 04:30:04 PST
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: [*] 1992 World Factbook Stack.cpt.hqx

Appended below, mailer willing, is the compact'd binhex'd HyperCard 2
stack edition of the 1992 World Factbook.  This stack is about 2.8 MB
long (the file 1992factbook.cpt.hqx below is about 1.7 MB) and
contains the full text of the recently-released US Government
publication --- data on 264 nations, dependent areas, and other
entities around the world, plus appendices --- a total of 1590 cards.
The stack has a simpler (and, I hope, better) structure than last
year's World Factbook Stack, which it supersedes --- separate cards
for each country's info in the categories Geography, People,
Government, Economy, Communications, and Defense Forces.  The data are
claimed to be current as of 1 Jan 92, with major political events
updated through 30 June 92.

The 1992 World Factbook Stack is based on non-copyrighted public
information; it is free software under the GNU General Public License.
Unfortunately, I can't attempt to scan in the maps for each country
this year --- if anybody else can, and wants help in linking the maps
to the textual data, please contact me.  But the text alone is
interesting and useful as a research work.

Best,  ^z   ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/card/world-fact-book.hqx; 1695K]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 14:23:25 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Add/Strip 3.0.2-->3.0.3 updater

Here are UPDATERS to versions 3.0.3 for Add/Strip 3.0.2 and Edit
Add/Strip 3.0.2 (/info-mac/util/add-strip-302.hqx).

Add/Strip is Jon Wind's fabulous utility (shareware $25) designed to
automatically perform much of the work of cleaning up TEXT files
destined for import to page layout, word processing, database, or
spreadsheet programs, as well as export from these programs to a
DOS-based or mainframe computer, all in a fraction of the time

[Archived as /info-mac/util/add-strip-303-updater.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 14:24:26 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Clock Chime sounds (cuckoo, china clock, Big Ben)

Three clock chimes (as System 7 sfil files). Cuckoo, China Clock,
Big Ben.  Used with SndControl 2.2 (from
/info-mac/sound/program/sound-manager-package-176.hqx) any of these
can chime the hour (or half hour or quarter hours) without interrupting
typing, file transfers, or other processes.

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/three-clock-chimes.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 01:09:57 -0800
From: Michael Ross <antigone![e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DA 1.2

Submission-- AreaCodes/TimeZones DA version 1.2

AreaCodes/TimeZones is a DA list of area codes (in numerical order)
and their respective time zones and location (state or province). It
is useful if you wish to identify a good time to call someone or to
take advantage of cheap phone rates. Version 1.2 incorporates the
latest area code changes.

Uses Bill Steinberg's DisplayDA. StuffIt 1.5.1 format.

Michael Ross
Antigone Press
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/da/area-code-time-zone.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 14:25:33 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mount Image 1.2b2 control panel (for DiskCopy .image files)

AS POSTED TO AOL

Subj:  MountImage 1.2b2                      December 24, 1992
From:  AFA SteveY

AUTHOR:    Steve Christensen
EQUIPMENT: Any Macintosh
AUTHOR:    Steve Christensen
NEEDS:     DiskCopy "Image" files; decomp. w/ StuffIt 3.0 or AOL 2.0

Keywords:  DISK COPY DISKCOPY IMAGE FILE MOUNT

Mount Image is a Control Panel that lets you to mount an image file
(created with DiskCopy) as a read-only volume. Mount Image is often used
in lieu of Apple's DiskCopy, but it has one important advantage.
DiskCopy can uses the image file to (re)create floppies, while Mount
Image "pretends" it is a separate volume while actually still residing
on the hard drive. So, Macs with only 800K disk drives can gain access
to image files that otherwise require writing to 1.4 Mb floppy drives.

Replaces /info-mac/cp/mount-image-12b1.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/mount-image-12b2.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 12:20:43 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Murph's VAPORWARE for January 1993

Vaporware also is available by email to [e-mail]
(subject ignored)
$MAC GET VAPORWARE-01-93.TXT

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/vapor/vaporware-01-93.txt; 14K]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 00:18:55 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Pong

The oldest arcade game ever.

EVER.

Written by David L. O'Connor in 1985, in Megamax C.
Recompiled in THINK C in 1992 by Yair Elharrar.
Source code (modified) included.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pong.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 11:05:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeffrey L Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] XGator 2.0 Demo

XGator is software that turns a Macintosh into an X client for standard X
servers. XGator, which runs on a Macintosh, lets any standard X server connect
over TCP/IP to a Macintosh and display a full bit-mapped representation of the
Macintosh desktop. The X terminal or workstation controls the Macintosh using
its own keyboard and mouse.

The demonstration version of XGator incorporates all the functionality of the
product except the ability to create your own user lists. Note that the
demonstration version of XGator runs for 10 minutes at a time.

 =========================== What can you do with XGator?

XGator gives X terminal or workstation users full remote operation of the
Macintosh, allowing them to:
%       Run any MacOS application from their X workstation, increasing the
number
of applications available to them.
%       Share screens with and support Macintosh users from their X
workstation.
%       Manage Macintosh networks by controlling remote AppleTalk nodes on
their
network from an X workstation.
%       Cut and paste text between X server and Macintosh applications,
eliminating complex file transfers.

Other XGator features include:
%       User ID and encrypted password access control.
%       Compatibility with all Macintosh models and System Software.
%       User-controlled mapping of X workstation keys to Macintosh keys.
%       Zoom option doubles the size of the  Macintosh display for
precision work.
%       In use screen on XGator Macintosh protects confidentiality of
in-process work.

By the way, MacTCP1.1.1 is included with the demo package; apparently the
demo qualifies under the distribution license for MacTCP. [Mr. Subliminal
is giving some of you a real important statement by that off-hand remark.
Listen to Mr. Subliminal.]

Enjoy.

Jeff Needleman <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/xgator.hqx; 463K]

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 15:36:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan, LILoL, Univ. Strasbourg II)
Subject: Announcing CONNECT Magazine

Patricia,

thank you for your prompt response.

However, I am sorry, I shall not subscribe. And I am going to tell you why,
hoping the message gets passed on to a higher level --  mebbe even the top,
who knows?

The reason is simple: the price to be paid by foreigners like me is THREE
TIMES the US rate ($36 vs $12); TWICE even if I discount the special offer.
Now, I do not shirk from paying a fair price for a commercial product that
I am interested in. Nevertheless, I do not like being taken for a ride. I
am campaigning on the Info-Mac list against  Apple software producers for
precisely the same reason: as soon as a soft crosses the Atlantic, prices
are multiplied by a factor ranging from 2 to 5! Similarly for MacWeek, $30
per year in the US, $90 for us stupid european buggers. I simply can *not
believe* postage costs justify this.

Please do not feel there is anything personal in this e-mail -- no offense
meant; it's just that I am a little fed up with  being considered a sucker.

Regards
 ~=michel
--
Michel Eytan                             [e-mail]
Lab Info, Log & Lang                              V: [phone]
22 r. Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg     F: [phone]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 11:46:43 -0800
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: Asynchronous LaserWriter Driver

I was reading about an Asynchronous LaserWriter Driver put out by APDA.
Does anyone know if this is available for free distribution without being a
member of APDA? If it is available, please post it to sumex.

Thanks.


Scott Allen Gruby
Macintosh Technical Specialist
Academic Computing Services, Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 15:52:17 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Backups with Word 5.0a-why are they there?

Can some kind soul please tell me why, when I go to the Tools menu and select
Preferences and choose Open & Save, and I UNCHECK the box that says Always
Make Backup, Word 5.0a (System 7.1, Duo 230, 2 to the power of 873 inits :-)
ALWAYS makes a backup anyway?

Does it have something to to with the fact that I've checked Allow Fast
Saves?
 (I know, I know, RTFManual- but I've got REAL work to do and don't really
want to spend "hours" flipping back and forth through a thick reference manual
when it's SO much easier to waste a little net bandwidth by asking someone in
NetLand who may already know- ok, so I'm lazy- but at least I'm honest and I
did turn on Balloon help- to no avail, of course- I'm still confused :-).

Anyway, by definition, it seems to me that when Always Make Backup is NOT
checked it should never make a backup, no?

Well, if anyone is feeling generous and has an anwser, I would be most
grateful...

As usual, much thanx in advance,
Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

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Date: 28 Dec 92 06:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Connecting Point St Paul,DLR)
Subject: Duo Dock HD

Has anyone tried to install an internal HD into a Duo Dock?  Pretty nasty
job....anybody have any bright ideas on how to do it smoothly....i tried an
Apple 80 meg with some extended drive and power cables but still couldn't get
it to fit right.....


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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 11:18:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeffrey L Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eudora 1.3b116 available

Steve Dorner just posted the new version of his fabulous Eudora program;
you'll find it at ftp.qualcomm.com listed as
/mac/Eudora/beta/Eudora1.3b116.sit.hqx.

Also, as many of you know the distribution charges for MacTCP1.1.1 were
changed recently. Formerly, Eudora users could get MacTCP with Eudora for
free, but qualcomm.com is not licensed to distribute MacTCP in that
fashion.  You can find MacTCP1.1.1 in the demo version of XGator, which I
just submitted for posting in the archives and should be available there
soon.  I presume technically that you can only use that copy of
MacTCP1.1.1 with the demo version of XGator and thus must physically
remove it and use your own licensed copy of MacTCP1.1.1 with Eudora each
time you run it. I also presume that pigs can fly and all politicians tell
the truth...

By the way, I'm indebted to Shaw Wu for the information about Eudora and
MacTCP; he was kind enough to inform the Mac-L list and I'm happy to
pass the info along here.  (Shaw tells me he's off to Asia for a
three-week vacation, so won't be answering e-mail for a while, by the
way.)

 Jeff Needleman <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 18:54 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: File errors

I've been trying to backup our hard disk onto a Vax disk which can be
mounted by our Mac using DEC Pathworks.  From time to time I find I can't
move files and folders around on the backup (ie the Vax disk) using the
Finder; this is because of errors of type -5011.  A quick check reveals
that this is an AFP error (whatever that means) and specifically refers to
"AFP flat volume" (whatever that is).
I am concerned that this might be happening because errors on the Mac hard
disk (they were the reason for doing the backup in the first place) were
perhaps being mirrored on our Pathworks disk, but I'm not sure.  In any case
there is a workaround, namely to copy files from one location to a new one
which the Finder doesn't object to on the Pathworks disk, then trash the
originals and move the new files and folders into the locations you wanted
in the first place.  But what are the AFP errors, and is there any way to
run a catalog check on a Pathworks disk?

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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:26 PST
From: "DAVID R. ANDERSON" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintalk

The Hypercard 2.0 stack archived as  pub/macin/macintalk.hqx at
ftp.uni-kl.de is able to read (and speak) text which is typed into a
text field. I was surprised by this capability since I have
not seen Macintalk demonstrated.

Murph Sewall explained (Info-Mac 305) that the program does
not include Macintalk, but the stack does read most text clearly.

It certainly would be easy to type a Christmas message into
the Hypercard stack to surprise family members. This may
not be Macintalk, but it could be very useful in its own way.

Dave Anderson
Bitnet: MathDave@CWU
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:53:51 -0500
From: Keith McDuffee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh sounds played through modem

I would like to know if there happen to be any free/share-ware programs
available that allow one to use a Macintosh to play sounds not just through
the modem port (since this is were most other sound devices are attached),
but through the modem onto the adjacent telephone line.  How about programs
that can be bought?  If there isn't one such program available, this might be
a good idea for some programers looking for something new to fool around
with.

Keith McDuffee
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 13:12:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Eldon Barber <[e-mail]>
Subject: Maxtor 7213S SCSI

I have a Maxtor 7213S SCSI internal 202.9Mb hard drive on my shelf, put can't
seem to be able to format it.  I can't get a formating utility to be able to
recognise that it is on the SCSI bus.  However, the SCSI Spy and SCSI
evaluator work fine on it.  The guy who sold it to me said it
was Device ID 6.  My 40Mb internal that came with the machine (MacLC) is a
1989 vintage quantum on ID 0.  That one works fine and stuff.  The 40Mb
dirve is also SCSI version 2, whereas the new Maxtor is version 1.  There
are two places where jumper bars can be fitted, but I don't know what they
set.  Can anyone clue me in?  (please e-mail...)
---rick
[e-mail]
(happy new year)

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 09:20:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Daniel Neuman <[e-mail]>
Subject: More on the Mirror Quick JPEG Board

As was suggested, the decompression rates of a JPEGed QT movie will not be
the same without the Mirror Quick JPEG Accelerator board. It will be slow
and not satisfactory. There fore unless one intends on showing the  clips
only on computers that have the board, or unless one uses them as raw
footage in an editing environment such as Adobe Premiere and then re-saves
them in that format (i.e. as a Premiere movie), it won't be useful to have
such a board.

It turns out that the VideoSpigot software has a compactvideo option. It
took a 10 second QT clip and compressed it from 6.5 MB down to 3.1 MB,
which was even better than the JPEG compression (which yielded a 3.2 MB
size file). The only problem is that the compactvideo compression takes
almost half an hour on a Quadra 950 to compress a 10 second clip.
(Remmeber the board would do something like this in about a minute and a
half).

Perhaps a batch compressor would be a good idea.

________________________________________________________________________
Daniel M. Neuman                         Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 14:14:01 PST
From: Lewis Jr. High <[e-mail]>
Subject: NetBunny

I am trying to find a copy of NetBunny (the hack that will send the
Energizer Bunny across a co-worker's screen) that does not have the
face of someone who I would assume is the author.  Does anyone know
where I can find a version with the bunny's face?  Please respond
to my e-mail address ([e-mail]).  Thanks for your
help.

Jeff Mealiffe
Technology Consultant
Lewis Junior High School/San Diego City Schools
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 18:19:00 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Quadra 900 with full video ram

I have a Quadra 900 that has just had its VRAM upped to 2MB for 24bit color
and since then there have been all kinds of troubles.  The most common is
dropping into Macsbugs when launching many apps.  The second most common is
having the finder give me and error -192 when not running MacsBugs.  This
occurs after trying to launch an app and then have it just fail to load and
go back to the finder.  This can be solved by a forced quit.  I have tried
both 7.1 and 7.0.1 Tuned.  This error occurs with both.  Both with extensions
on and off.  The VRAM is from Techworks.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jon Gross
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 14:31 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime Photo-JPEG compression

This will probably make sense only to those who have lots of graphic
images and spend time trying to eke out every last bit of floppy disk
space for them, but:
Has anybody noticed a change in QuickTime's Photo-JPEG compressor since
version 1.5 appeared?  I find that using the "Normal" (quality = 2)
setting, compression is a few percent tighter, but on "High" (quality = 3),
QuickTime 1.0 was tighter by a few percent.  Thankfully Normal compression
is usually so good that I seldom have need of the High setting!

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 00:19:07 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Radius Math and 7.1

RE: System 7.1 and IIci Math Performance

I've discovered a way to get math speed back into Mac IIci's and other 68882
equipped machines with 68030 processors when running System 7.1. As has been
published in the Mac press, Apple dropped a Math SANE "hack" in System 7.1
that was in 7.01. This "hack" had speeded up math, and some graphics
performance on the IIci and others when running 7.01.

Radius Math 1.5, an extension available on-line (at least on AOL) from
Radius, seems to improve math performance by at least 50 percent on a IIci
running 7.1. Speedometer 3.1 tests showed math performance numbers improving
>From 12 to more than 18, with graphics performance improving, but less so. I
have tested this on three IIci's: One with a Radius 8.24 xp card (and 16-inch
Apple RGB), the second with Apple's latest 8.24 GC card in accelerated mode
(into another Apple 16-inch RGB), and the third IIci was using on-board video
(into a 13-inch Apple RGB.)

No conflicts were discovered, all three machines are running with the same
init sets as before (more than 20 in once case), and I have found no problems
at all: no crashes, freezes or other anomalies. I did find that machine
performance improved to a greater degree when Radius Math loaded early in the
startup sequence.

Dennis Dimick
Arlington, VA
[e-mail]
Plant BMUG: Dennis R. Dimick
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 20:53:51 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Special characters in Word 5.0 when Word 5.0 says no

>Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 9:32:56 EST
>From: Matthias <[e-mail]>
>Subject:      Trouble with WORD 5.0 Equation Editor (Q)
>
>Dear friends of the WORD,
>  I have a serious problem with the Equation Editor, delivered with
>WORD 5.0. I need a character that is produced by option-l. This works
>quite nice inside WORD. But when I try to use it in an equation using
>the Equation Editor, I can not create that character!

[deletions]

>Thanks in advance. And Greetings to everybody.
>                                                 Matthias
>[e-mail]
>
Pop-char should solve that problem. It is on sumex in either
info-mac/cp or info-mac/ex
It is named pop-char-252.hqx

Let us know if you don't know how to ftp sumex.-Pete Tamas

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 09:20:45 CET
From: "Willem N. Ellis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: symbol font with male and female signs (Q)

Dear world,

For many publications in the field of biology we need the well-known symbols
for male (the spear and shield of Mars) and female (Venus' looking glass);
less often used, but still useful are the symbol for hermaphrodite (not
surprisingly a combination of these two) and for worker (like a female symbol
with two "horns"). Surprisingly, despite the wealth of fonts that is available
for the Macintosh, I never found a font containing these four symbols. (Mobile
-if I remember the name well- has a male and female symbol, but this is not
really compatible with normal text.) In the days of the Imagewriter I bought
Fontastic with the only purpose to make appropriate changes in some bit-mapped
fonts. However, to go as far as to purchase Fontographer to keep up with
the StyleWriter/laserprinter developments is a bit steep.
  Therefore I once more ask your help. Is there anyone who knows of the
existence of a symbol font containing the ones we need?

Many thanks in advance for any suggestion.

Willem N. Ellis

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:09:40 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1/Font/Printing Question...

Can someone please explain to me why when printing a Canvas 3.05 graphic in
Word 5.0a document on a Duo 230 with System 7.1, PrintMonitor lists an error:
"
cannot find Geneva- using Courier instead" when, in fact, Geneva (true type
and various bitmap sizes) are sitting plain as day in my Fonts folder (so
blessed with the "A" on its icon)?

Am I missing something, or what?

Thanks in advance for any help...

Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:21:42 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: ViewEdit replacement anyone?

Subject line says it all: I'm looking for a replacement for the EXTREMELY
buggy ViewEdit for MacApp 3.0.  Anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance,
Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 13:03:13 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>

On 21 Dec 92 20:54:00 CST you said:
>[One of the key points of the PowerPC RISC design is that it is more
> cost-effective than the Motorola and other complex chips. Even if the
> speed is similar, the PowerPC Mac will come at a reduced price. Also,
> power consumption should be lower, which is important for portables. -Bill]

Notebook computers will be based on the 'Oxymoron CPU' (the LOW power
PowerPC ;-) aka the PowerPC 603.

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