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- Info-Mac Digest Thu, 21 Jan 93 Volume 11 : Issue 16
-
- Today's Topics:
-
- [*] InfoMaker sample docs
- [*] lpDaemon - a BSD compatible printer daemon for the mac
- [*] lpr-12.hqx
- [*] QuickBasic PCR (LaunchApp)
- [*] QuickBasic PCR (MDEF & GetIndPattern)
- [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 4
- [*] System 7 Pack! 3.3 Release
- [*] System Errors Explained. A Handy DA.
- [*] the stack itself
- [*] TwiLight screen saver version 7.1.2
- (Q) from Brazil and with a Classic II dead ...
- 10-finger typing?
- 3M 3.5" diskette drive clea
- Another reason for .hqx
- Apple's Demand Estimation (Phhht!!)
- Associating snds to actions in FM Pro 2 (Q)
- AutoDoubler [Actually Gatekeeper] woes (C)
- Bad F-Line (JASE)
- BinHexing on the net
- BinHex vs. Binary
- CAD software
- Daystar Digital a mickey mouse operation?
- Dual Monitors
- E. Vishniac's Whereabouts - Many Thanks!
- Earth GIF
- email address for Electronic Arts?
- EPS, GIF, or PICT Maps
- Folder size limit setting on server
- Font savants
- Footnotes in MS-Word 4.0
- FrameMaker woes - try Quark? (A)?
- GrayShare on PLW LS and PLW SC ?
- IIsi sound problem?
- InBox Questions (R)
- Investment software (Q)
- Is there a free Mac Unix?
- Mac Password Protection
- Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS (C)
- PageMaker and RTF
- PICT to RAST conversion
- PowerBook 160 trackball speed
- PowerLock Problem (Q)
- Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT (3 msgs)
- reclaiming HD space - instructions
- Russian Language translation software
- SRP & IPO via FTP?
- SuperDrive Problem
- The Stacker
- Tremendously Huge PostScript Files
- Uncompressing .Z files
-
- The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa.
-
- The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
- any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu
- [36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help.
-
- Please send articles and binaries to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
- Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:14:07 -0500
- From: Clare_Durst@brown.edu
- Subject: [*] InfoMaker sample docs
-
- Ross Moran submitted InfoMaker a few days ago. He'd recommended
- InfoMaker to me when I was looking for a util that would insert tabs into
- text files downloaded from a mainframe or whatever, *even if there were no
- spaces between fields for the tabs to replace*. I downloaded what turned
- out to be the not-quite-latest version from AOL, which came with examples,
- and Ross uploaded the LATEST version to Info-mac, but without examples.
- Since I found the examples extremely helpful in understanding how to make
- it do its thing, I'm here sending them along. For the (admittedly
- specialized) task of parsing files, especially ones of a kind you'll handle
- frequently, InfoMaker beats out MacSink or Tex-Edit and can handle bigger
- files and do more things than Columnbo.
-
-
- Clare Durst, Coordinator, Sys&Pub * (401)863-2676
- Office of Dean of College, Brown University * Clare_Durst@brown.edu
- Box 1828, Brown U., Providence RI 02912
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/util/info-maker-examples.hqx; 21K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 15:15:41 +0800 (WST)
- From: "Casper A. Boon" <casper@mips.cs.murdoch.edu.au>
- Subject: [*] lpDaemon - a BSD compatible printer daemon for the mac
-
- lpDaemon and LPR
- ---------------
-
- lpDaemon is a utility that implements the Berkeley Line Printer Protocols on
- the Macintosh. It normally spools postscript file sent from a unix host and
- sends them to a LaserWriter on the Mac network.
-
- LPR is an lpDaemon client that submits jobs to a printer queue. Typically a
- text file is to a unix print queue.
-
- lpDaemon and LPR run under system 7 and require MacTCP.
-
-
- Casper Boon
- Jan 1993
-
- casper@mips.cs.murdoch.edu.au
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/util/lp-daemon.hqx; 75K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 16:28:06 GMT
- From: sygnet@iap.fr (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
- Subject: [*] lpr-12.hqx
-
- lpr 1.2 is a small Application that sends Postscript files
- (that you can create on a Mac by "printing to a file"
- using the LaserWriter driver) on a Ethernet TCP/IP network
- to a choosen address and pass it to the lpd queue in order
- to print on a printer attached to a Unix box.
-
- Some people requested such a program, I didn't write it and
- don't remember where I fond it, but here it is.
- (Warning: this lpr 1.2 is not to be confused with
- /info-mac/util/mac-lpr-1.3.hqx that just do background
- poscript printing on a Mac)
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/util/lpr-12.hqx; 63K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 16:25:59 -0800
- From: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matthew Xavier Mora)
- Subject: [*] QuickBasic PCR (LaunchApp)
-
- Pure Code Resources for QuickBasic (PCR)
-
- A long time ago I was going to release a library of PCR's for
- QB. I never got around to finishing up the library since I no longer
- program in QB, so I decided to post them to the net in case there are any
- other QB programmers that could use these PCR's. I'm making them freeware
- because I don't have the time to support them. If you want the source for
- any of these PCR's, it can be had for a small fee. If there are any bugs,
- let me know and I try and fix them.
-
- Good luck and I hope these are of some use to you.
-
-
- Matthew Xavier Mora
-
- --------
- Enclosed is a PCR that lets you launch an application given its
- full pathname.
-
- Usage:
- CALL
- LaunchApp(filename$,volumename$,DirId&,vrefnum%,sublaunch%,VARPTR(result%))
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/lang/qb-pcr-launch-app.hqx; 6K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 16:48:22 -0800
- From: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matthew Xavier Mora)
- Subject: [*] QuickBasic PCR (MDEF & GetIndPattern)
-
- Pure Code Resources for QuickBasic (PCR)
-
- Enclosed is a PCR that lets you use a pattern menu in your QB
- programs. This test program also includes GetIndPattern to load
- the pattern from the resfile. DisposeMenu gets rid of the pattern
- menu.
-
- Note:
-
- A call to menu(0) will return one less that the menu's ID number.
- For example Menu(0) will return 127 instead of 128 for a menu
- whose ID is 128.
-
-
- Usage:
-
- CALL GetMDEFMenu(menuNo%,menuResno%,VARPTR(MenuHndl&))
- GetIndPattern Index%, PatResID%, VARPTR(pat&)
- DisposeMenu MenuHndl&
-
-
- _______________
- Footnote:
-
- A long time ago I was going to release a library of PCR's for
- QB. I never got around to finishing up the library since I no longer
- program in QB, so I decided to post them to the net in case there are any
- other QB programmers that could use these PCR's. I'm making them freeware
- because I don't have the time to support them. If you want the source for
- any of these PCR's, it can be had for a small fee. If there are any bugs,
- let me know and I try and fix them.
-
- Good luck and I hope these are of some use to you.
-
-
- Matthew Xavier Mora
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/lang/qb-pcr-pattern-menu.hqx; 6K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 18:18:44 EST
- From: Michael Fulmer <mfulmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Subject: [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 4
-
- This is my 4th set of Simpsons sound samples. As were the others, these were
- recorded at 11KHz and are contained in a folder in a self-extracting archive.
- In the name of each sound file I have put the episode number (visible in the
- closing credits) of the show each came from, in case any of you want to track
- down the circumstances of the sound. For those who don't yet know, the
- Simpsons
- FAQ and Episode Guide are archived at ftp.cs.widener.edu [147.31.254.132] in
- the pub/simpsons directory. These files are a great help if you are logging a
- Simpsons video tape collection, and its just darn fun readin', too! nJOY!
-
- Five fingers! Freak show!
- Michael Fulmer
- mfulmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/sound/simpsons-grp4.hqx; 468K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:57 EDT
- From: STEIN78@WILMA.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
- Subject: [*] System 7 Pack! 3.3 Release
-
- System 7 Pack! 3.3 - the System 7 Customizer!
-
- Just recently awarded 4 stars by MacUser magazine! (Feb. 1993)
-
- System 7 too slow? Too inflexible?
-
- You need the System 7 Pack!
-
- -Increases speed of Finder copies by 300%
- -Increases speed of Finder by removing ZoomRects.
- -Change Finder's menu command keys!
- -Add application-document links. (e.g. MacWrite ---> MS Word.)
- -Change the way the Finder displays the date in its windows!
- -And Much More!
-
- Or, you can order directly by calling Insanely Great Software at
- 1-800-368-5195.
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/util/system-seven-pack-33.hqx; 62K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 14:38 GMT
- From: Big Nose <LAWA%IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
- Subject: [*] System Errors Explained. A Handy DA.
-
- In response to several recent requests for info on what the
- System Error numbers mean, the following is a DA which does
- just that. It was written by Bill Steinberg, and although it
- won't help you fix your machine after it's crashed, it will at
- least make you sound more authoratative when you phone your
- Computer Department to moan at them.
-
- Regards
-
- Andy Law
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/util/sys-errors-da.hqx; 28K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 3:50:37 -0600 (CST)
- From: PSHUTTO@MERLIN.NLU.EDU (MACJEDI)
- Subject: [*] the stack itself
-
- I don't think I can send both this message and the stack in one message.
- Sorry.
-
- Movie Nudes 2.1 is a Hypercard stack that lists over 300 occurences of
- nudity by male and female actors in the movies. Complete information is
- in the stack itself.
-
- Cecil Hutto
- PSHUTTO@merlin.NLU.edu
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/card/movie-nudes-21.hqx; 231K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 09:31:40 +0100
- From: robert@info.win.tue.nl (Robert Lukassen)
- Subject: [*] TwiLight screen saver version 7.1.2
-
- Hello moderators,
-
- please find enclosed the latest update of the free screen saver for
- Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Classic II computers. This version (7.1.2)
- replaces the earlier releases (7.1.0 and 7.1.1) and fixes a bug that
- caused the screen saver to malfunction on 68000 based machines (Classics).
- My apologies to all that have experienced this problem and thanks to the
- many people that have helped me since the first release.
-
-
- Description:
-
- This is a screen saver for Macintoshes which support the Apple brightness
- control panel. It dims the screen to a user brightness level that the
- user can set via a user-friendly control panel. It uses almost no memory,
- runs completely in the background and uses little CPU time. While dimmed,
- programs continue to run, so print-jobs are not interrupted.
-
- Full balloon help is implemented and documentation is included in the
- package (a TeachText document).
-
-
- Needed:
-
- A Macintosh computer which supports the Apple brightness control panel.
-
- System 7.0.1 or later.
-
- A postcard of your home town, since this software is postware.
-
-
- This version replaces all previous versions, in particular the version
- currently archieved at sumex as info-mac/cp/twilight-711.hqx. Thank you.
-
- Robert 'MacBear' Lukassen
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/cp/twilight-712.hqx; 21K]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:40:27 EDT
- From: mazzuca@inf.puc-rio.br (Daniel Anibal Mazzuca)
- Subject: (Q) from Brazil and with a Classic II dead ...
-
- Dear Netters,
-
- During the last months I have been writing my PhD thesis in a Mac Classic II.
- All goes right until yesterday when I tried to turn it on. Sunddenly,
- exactly when it was loading the TOPs extension, a bomb system message
- appeared:
- "Bus error, please restart and press down the shift key to ignore the
- extensions" (or something like that). So I did and the desktop appeared
- normaly.
-
- After that, I shut the Mac down, turned it off, diconnected the printer, modem
- and TOPs cables and intented to restart it again. At this time a strange
- melody
- played and a white screen appeared. Nothing else. I have intented to restart
- it
- several times but I always got the same result.
-
- note: the system icon didn't appear and the Mac didn't access nor the hard
- drive neither the floppy drive.
-
- Here, in Brazil, there is not authorized dealer and I don't know what I can
- do.
- Could I do something from the keyboard (pressing some magic keys) ? Has anyone
- heard about that problem ? What's wrong ? Any suggestions ?
-
- note: The Mac was not moved and it is very well treated.
-
- Configutarion:
- Mac Classic II 4/40 System 7.0.1, StyleWriter, Teleport modem and Tops
- network.
-
- >From Brazil: Maria Claudia Mazzuca
- e-mail: mazzuca@inf.puc-rio.br
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:01:48 PST
- From: Markus Fromherz <fromherz@parc.xerox.com>
- Subject: 10-finger typing?
-
- I am looking for a program that teaches 10-finger typing.
-
- Please respond to <fromherz@parc.xerox.com>.
-
- Thanks!
-
- Markus Fromherz
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:29:38 -0500
- From: "Tom Scott" <Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
- Subject: 3M 3.5" diskette drive clea
-
- 3M 3.5" diskette drive cleaner (A)
- jbthoo@ucdavis.edu (John Thoo) asks:
-
- >I bought the 3M floppy drive head cleaner for my SE/30, and
- >was ready to try it until I read the instructions ... the first
- >of which asks me to determine if my floppy drive is single- or
- >double-headed. Could someone please tell me? Thanks much.
-
- All disk drives since (I think) the Plus have been double-headed
- drives (capable of accepting double-sided, or 800K disks). If
- your machine can format a disk to 800K (DS/DD disks), then it's
- double-headed; if you're limited to 400K then you have a single-
- headed drive, but I don't think the single-headed drives have been
- around for about 7-8 years.
-
- Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
- Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY 14853
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:27 EST
- From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
- Subject: Another reason for .hqx
-
- In 10-15, Barry Brown wonders about the usefulness of the .hqx format
- (under the subject "Expander 3.0.1 woes (R)").
-
- In addition to Bill Lipa's explanation that archive files are often mailed
- to users and/or pass through odd machines that are better at handling text,
- I'd add that the files are mailed to the archives as well. Uploaders don't
- have to wait for an FTP connection to be available to submit a file to the
- archives, and the archivists don't have to fuss with the files more than
- necessary. The archivers take the "blurb" at the beginning and reprint it
- in the digest, and then the entire file with "blurb" is stored as an .hqx
- file in the archives. The result is that when you download the .hqx file,
- you have the original summary description as text as well. That's very
- handy for many of us, and would be lacking if files were kept in binary
- form.
-
- I agree that it's quicker and easier to download a smaller file in binary
- format. But it takes only a few seconds for me to type "hexbin *.hqx" on
- the VAX system I'm using (hexbin is an alternative to mcvert) and convert
- the files. Many users of the archives don't have such tools available.
- Jeff Needleman <needje@msen.com>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:35:11 -0600
- From: nem52463@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
- Subject: Apple's Demand Estimation (Phhht!!)
-
- Hello again!
-
- After reading IM #15's (long) entry about PowerPC vs. 68060 and
- Windows NT vs. Taligent, as well as possibilities for Apple's new
- machines, I thought I'd add my $0.02.
-
- My biggest problem with Apple right now has two parts: pricing and
- bad estimation of consumer demand. As we all know, Apple's prices
- are too high. I don't mind paying a premium over PC prices if I
- know I'm getting a machine with better quality, a loyal installed
- base, and excellent softward - and I believe we get those machines
- >From Apple. When I'm paying TWICE what my roommate did for his
- 486/33MHz clone for an equivalent IIvx system, however, AND AT
- EDUCATIONAL PRICES, NO LESS!!, I get a bit upset. I may not be
- the best economist in the world (I only needed two course to satisfy
- the Social Science requirement), I KNOW demand for Macs is high enough
- that if Apple lowered prices significantly AND PUBLICIZED IT
- AGGRESSIVELY, their sales would go through the roof. Total revenue
- would definitely increase (see any ECON textbook's section on price
- elasticity of demand, and realize that Apple's is HIGH). If total
- revenue increases, we see even more neat stuff from Apple, and
- everybody wins (except PC clone makers, but who cares?).
-
- But we've got a problem. Apple can't estimate demand worth a darn, as
- we've seen since the October 19 machine rollout. I ordered a Mac IIvx
- system in mid-November (IIvx 5/80 with CD-ROM, 14" monitor, Extended
- Keyboard II, QuickTime Kit, PC Exchange), and it totalled over $3700.
- I've not seen ANYTHING since then. I stopped by the campus store
- yesterday, and they said that Apple's taking about TWELVE WEEKS to get
- these out the door. T W E L V E W E E K S !!!! Did they really
- think their first "multimedia-ready" Mac wasn't going to sell like
- crazy? Didn't they realize that the Performa 600 and 600CD were going to
- do alright at the stores? WHY AREN'T THEY CRANKING OUT MOTHERBOARDS
- LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW???
-
- The same thing with the new PowerBooks...I understand there's a problem
- with flow of the active-matrix screens in the supply channel for the
- PB 180, but why aren't they on top of everything else in the PB line?
- We're constantly hearing about delays in orders, etc., etc. THE
- PRODUCTION LINES SHOULD BE GOING NON-STOP; if Apple can't handle it,
- CONTRACT PRODUCTION OUT to good firms, as has been done before!!
-
- Don't get me wrong here. I love the Mac, I support Apple and I toast
- their future good health. I'm excited about PowerPC and the 68060, but
- when my IIvx won't even be in my hands when the next line of machines
- is announced (that's my guess, anyways), I tend to get a bit despondent.
- So come on, Apple, get the executives THINKING, ask your engineers what
- they can do to fix problems, and LISTEN to them!! And by the way, when
- you see an order for "MICKELSON," please rush it to the University of
- Illinois!!!!
-
-
- Neil E. Mickelson
- n-mickelson@uiuc.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:07:17 +0100
- From: news@divsun.unige.ch
- Subject: Associating snds to actions in FM Pro 2 (Q)
-
- >Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
- >Path: usenet
- >X-Xxdate: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:03:15 GMT
- >Organization: Dpt. Anthropology, U of Geneva, Switzerland
- >X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
-
- Hello world,
-
- I wonder if someone could tell me if it's possible to associate a sound
- to an action (a button actually) in FileMaker Pro 2.0 ?
-
- Sounds can be 'played', but only if they're in a picture/sound field.
- Moreover, one needs to double click it to play the snd, and fields can't
- be defined as buttons (i think).
-
- Has anyone any ideas ? Thanks in advance.
- --
- David C. Roessli - Dpt Anthropology & Ecology - U of Geneva -
- SWITZERLAND
- Email roessli@sc2a.unige.ch | Phone +41(22)343-6930 | Fax +41(22)300-0351
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:47:11 EST
- From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM%VTVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
- Subject: AutoDoubler [Actually Gatekeeper] woes (C)
-
- On Tue, 19 Jan, Jack Repenning replied to Charlie Mingo, in part:
-
- >"The point" (that it appears Charlie missed) is that GK's whole
- >purpose is to detect actions whose most probable explanation is viral
- >activity. GK is the only viral protection available that protects
- >against viri not yet known at the time of writing.
-
- Say what? SAM has been doing that for some time, in addition to the viri
- that it knows about. The AD README says that three SAM Intercept checks
- must be disabled for the two programs to coexist. Just as for GateKeeper,
- you must create a privileges entry for both AutoDoubler and CopyDoubler
- checking file/other. Is there an additional conflict?
-
- Am I missing something again? I get confused so easily.
-
- Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 20 Jan 1993 21:28:24 -0700
- From: "Apgar, Eric" <apgar#m#_eric@msgate.corp.apple.com>
- Subject: Bad F-Line (JASE)
-
- Found this on AppleLink... (JASE stands for just another system error)
-
- The Motorola documentation states that a bad F-line exeception occurs if:
-
- 1) Opcodes that have bits 15-12 equal F, bits 11-9 equal to 0, and the
- remaining bits are not part of a valid MMU opcode cause a "bad F-line"
- exception (i.e. the CPU tried to execute garbage).
-
- 2) Opcodes that have bits 15-12 equal to F and bits 11-9 not equal to zero
- are
- treated as coprocessor instructions (e.g. FPU). If the coprocessor is not
- present and responds with a bus error then you also get a bad F-line
- instruction.
-
- All of the reasons given for bad F-line are valid: init/cdev conflicts,
- software that isn't 32-bit clean, programs that think an FPU is present but
- isn't, RAM errors, corrupted system software, insufficient memory size for the
- program, buggy programs, etc... These can be nasty to diagnose, even for
- someone who has a debugger and is used to examining particle traces, core
- dumps, and chicken entrails.
-
- Apgar@Apple.com | Eric Apgar alias Gar | I said it, NOT Apple.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 20:51:55 CST
- From: Raph Koster <RKOSTER3@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
- Subject: BinHexing on the net
-
- Regarding the comments of someone who called BinHex a "pain"... I for one
- would be UNABLE to download files if they were not in BinHex or uunecoded
- format. The VM mainframe and the terminal program that my university
- hands out won't do binary downloads. The entire archive at UMich is
- useless to me because binary capability is expected.
-
- Just wanted to put in my fraction of a dollar... (1/50th, that is...)
-
- -Raph Koster
- rkoster3@ua1vm.ua.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:05:59 -0600
- From: Dave@GERGO.TAMU.EDU (Dave Martin)
- Subject: BinHex vs. Binary
-
- >[As you mention, it permits the mailing of files. As we have mail and
- >Bitnet servers, this is important. It's also generally more reliable to
- >sling a text format such as Binhex around through weird machines and
- >connections. By using mcvert on your host machine (if applicable), you
- >can get rid of the extra overhead before downloading. -Bill]
-
- What about using a portion of the new disk for binaries, at least while
- there is room to spare? I don't know how much work this would take to set
- up or maintain -- ya'll certainly do enough free labor as it is -- but it
- might make things easier for those who prefer to keep the bandwidth down
- (since BinHex'ing makes the files larger).
- I'd be willing to lend a hand, as I'm sure others might be as well.
-
- Is this a feasible idea, or even a desired possibility?
- -- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU - DBM@AOL.COM --
-
- [I don't want to have to maintain two separate images of the archives, one
- in binary and one binhex. Every change and fix then has to be made in two
- places instead of one. Maybe there is a mirror site that holds the files
- in binary form? -Bill]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:38:21 -0700 (MST)
- From: ALAN LEVINE <LEVINE@maricopa.edu>
- Subject: CAD software
-
- Our colleges are looking for reviews/evaluations of any CAD software,
- for Mac or PC. Please direct any info to me:
- {-- alan levine\ maricopa community colleges\ levine@maricopa.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:44:46 PST
- From: herren@middlebury.edu
- Subject: Daystar Digital a mickey mouse operation?
-
- I wonder if anyone else has had such serious problems in dealing with
- Daystar Digital?
-
- We purchased a 64K cache card for one of our IIsi servers running
- FirstClass. Our intent was to also install an ethernet card in this machine
- as well. Upon delivery of the cache, and based upon the recommendation on
- page 24 of the manual, I called Daystar tech support for their
- recommendation of a specific model of ethernet card. They recommended a
- particular model from Dayna. We ordered the Dayna card they specified but
- when it arrived, it didn't fit with the cache card. So, another call to
- Daystar. This time they said, "oh, we should have recommended the E/si and
- not the E/30." So we repurposed the E/30 card and ordered the E/si from
- Dayna. It arrived. Exact same physical problem with installing it with the
- cache card.
-
- Another call to tech support. (their manual claims to have tested the
- installation with all of the cards they recommend). Now they tell me, "Oh,
- we have a new design for the the adapter card that should work." (why do I
- feel that "should" is the operative word here?). I explained that our
- spring semester is about to start and I need to have this machine
- operational RSN and asked if they could ship me the new design adapter and
- when and if it works, I'd ship the older design back. I was told by the
- tech support person that she couldn't authorize that (fair enough) but that
- a customer service rep would call me by 5pm that day to arrange the
- cross-ship.
-
- 48 hours later I still hadn't heard from anyone so I called back again. Ah,
- I find out, that a cross ship will delay the shipping of the new design
- adpater for at least two days. It would be faster if I would return my
- existing adapter first. (Hmmmm. Federal Express from Vermont to Flowery
- Branch, GA and _back_ is faster than Federal Express one way from GA to VT?
- I was born in the south, lived much of my life in the south and still own
- land there but I don't recall it being _that_ much slower than the rest of
- the nation...but then, I lived in Nashville, TN, not Georgia).
-
- Caveat emptor...
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:19:43 CST
- From: fiel@idnsun.gpct.vanderbilt.edu (David Fiel)
- Subject: Dual Monitors
-
- Is there a way to use two monitors at the same time on a Mac IIsi? I don't
- want to use another video card, which would provide a split screen effect.
- Rather I want the same picture on both monitors. Would a simple Y cable
- work or would that overload the drivers of the internal video? Thanks
- for your help.
-
- David Fiel * fiel@idnsun.gpct.vanderbilt.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:58:02 +0000
- From: steven.taylor@mrc-applied-psychology.cambridge.ac.uk
- Subject: E. Vishniac's Whereabouts - Many Thanks!
-
- Hi there all,
- Many thanks to everybody who responded to my query as to Mr. Vishniac's
- address; wouldn't you know it actually appeared in the VERY SAME ISSUE as
- my message!!
- I would also like to apologise for consistently spelling his first name as
- Ephriam when in fact it should have been Ephraim.
-
- Thanks once again,
- Steve
- steven.taylor@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:04:17 -0600
- From: spectre@uiuc.edu (Ian)
- Subject: Earth GIF
-
- In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:
- >I was looking for a good GIF of the earth. The most popular one
- >about is a view of Africa and the Middle East. I would like
- >to have an angle showing the United States. Any suggestions?
-
- The problem is that the best Earth picture we have shows Africa and the
- Middle East... the Shuttles fly too close to the earth to get good full
- earth picts, and so the good pict is from the Apollo program... and
- there ain't no more Apollos. (Can you believe it, they even threw out
- the *plans* to a lot of the parts, so we can't even just build new ones
- if we so desired? We'd have to reverse-engineer them, or design new
- ones.)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:19:13 -0500
- From: ai888@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Flesher)
- Subject: email address for Electronic Arts?
-
- Does Electronic Arts (publisher of Deluxe Music Construction Set)
- have an email address for customer support? Failing that, a phone number?
- There's no hint of these in my aging manual, and I have recently run into
- a few problems with the program that I'd like to ask them about.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:18:06 PST
- From: wyattw@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Wyatt A Webb)
- Subject: EPS, GIF, or PICT Maps
-
- Hello all!
-
- I am looking for crisp line art maps of the United States (just the
- contiguous 48 is fine) and of the world.
-
- I would prefer a flat map, not the ones that look like they've been
- peeled from a globe (what are those called?). I like Greenland looking
- bigger than South America ;-)
-
- Thanks for any pointers!!
-
- -Wyatt
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:58:53 PST
- From: spohn@rcf.mayo.edu
- Subject: Folder size limit setting on server
-
- Does anyone know of any fileserver administration layered products that
- will allow imposing folder size limits using Appleshare fileserver 3.0.x?
- I'm hoping that I won't have to completely replace the entire fileserving
- package to accomplish this.
-
- Thanks in advance!
-
- - Al Spohn spohn@mayo.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:08 CST
- From: "Robert E. Front" <T121267@twncu865.ncu.edu.tw>
- Subject: Font savants
-
- Font savants,
-
- I am preparing a camera ready volume of poetry and am looking for a
- suitable typeface. I'm especially interested in Electra, a Linotype
- face designed by W. A. Dwiggins, which was used in the first edition
- of The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Anyone who knows where this
- font can be obtained or anyone interested in being commissioned to
- create a Truetype or Laser quality Electra please respond directly to
- my e-mail address.
-
- Thanks,
- r o b e Thanks,
- r o b e r t
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:43:17 -0600 (CST)
- From: "Francis J. Van Wetering" <fjvanwet@cwis.unomaha.edu>
- Subject: Footnotes in MS-Word 4.0
-
- Can anyone tell me why MS-Word places so much space PRIOR to a footnote
- when printed? More importantly, can anyone tell me if this can be avoided?
-
- F. J. Van Wetering, Ph.D. INTERNET: fjvanwet@unomaha.edu
- "If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed to be replaced anyway."
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:56:39 cst
- From: David Bourne <david-bourne@uokhsc.edu>
- Subject: FrameMaker woes - try Quark? (A)?
-
- > it for under $200? (The font problem will only affect you if you have
- > different character sets with the same family name, as in the three
- > Lucida NewMath fonts. Otherwise it *is* just like having Type Reunion
- > installed.)
- I'm just guessing but is it possible using ResEdit ti create two (three) new
- fonts with different names but the same font information. It should be
- possible to give each of these distinct family names and font IDs etc. You
- could even install them into Framemaker to avoid confusion with other
- prgrams. You would need to do a global change font in program in which you
- have the files now. (Just 'thinking' as I write - maybe writing before
- thinking) I can't give you the complete answers from memory but maybe these
- ideas will help.
-
- David Bourne
- OU HSC College of Pharmacy
- 1110 N. Stonewall Ave
- Oklahoma City, OK, 73117-1223
- (405) 271-6471
- david-bourne@uokhsc.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:18:45 GMT
- From: sygnet@iap.fr (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
- Subject: GrayShare on PLW LS and PLW SC ?
-
- Hi
-
- I've read various things about GrayShare. I know it
- enables a StyleWriter II to be shared among
- mutliple users on a AppleTalk network. But is it possible
- to network a PersonalLaserWriter LS ? How about a PLW SC ?
- And what about its grayscale rendering ability on a StyleWriter II
- and on the above mentioned PLWs ?
- Finaly can one buy GrayShare alone ? If yes, how much is it ?
-
- Thanks for any information you may have.
-
- J.F. Sygnet <sygnet@iap.fr>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:44:51 PST
- From: herren@middlebury.edu
- Subject: IIsi sound problem?
-
- Just for the record, I have been running a IIsi on my desk for well over a
- year with another 21 of them in a lab just beneath me and we've never
- experienced the sound problem so many folks have raved about (gee, I almost
- feel left out!). It it possible that I'm running something that prevents
- the problem or that others are running something that causes it?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 17:19:39 -0500 (EST)
- From: 00bkpickeril@leo.bsuvc.BSU.EDU
- Subject: InBox Questions (R)
-
- >May be someone has answers to the following questions:
- >
- >1. what is the latest version of INBOX ?
- >2. is INBOX Quadra compatible ?
- >3. is there a distributer of IMBOX in Germany ?
- >4. any other contact address ?
- >
- >Thank you for your help !
- >
- >Hans
- >kroeger@fn.dornier.de
-
- Inbox is QUITE dead. CE bought the program from Sitka (TOPS) and
- offered Inbox users and very nice deal on CE Mail. (About $25 per
- node, as I recall--I didn't take them up on it.)
-
- Quadra compatible? Ha! Inbox was hardly system 6 compatible!
-
- I suppose you could try calling or writing CE. They may offer you
- some sort of discount on CE Mail.
-
- A quick look at the ole' QuicKeys box reveals:
- CE SOftware, Inc.
- P.O. Box 65580
- W. Des Moines, IA 50265
- (515) 224-1995
-
- --Brian Pickerill <00bkpickeril@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:32:57 -0500
- From: "Steve Marsh" <marsh2@nrlfs1.nrl.navy.mil>
- Subject: Investment software (Q)
-
- Howdy all,
-
- I'm looking for any free/share/buy-ware for tracking investments,
- particularly commodities & futures. Among the features I'm looking for
- are the ability to plot high/low/close prices, various running averages,
- and account bookkeeping (bought/sold/current value). Any trend analysis
- capabilities would be a bonus. All replies welcome (I'm just paper-trading
- now, so I still have a shirt on my back!)
-
-
- - Steve Marsh "marsh@anvil.nrl.navy.mil" ;-)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:58:07 +1100 (EST)
- From: RYANPH@mrl.dsto.gov.au (Philip FX Ryan)
- Subject: Is there a free Mac Unix?
-
- Hiya
-
- I have spent the last week or two getting and testing a couple of ftp-able
- versions of Unix for the 80386.
-
- (one is 386bsd by Bill and Lynne Jolitz - requires a minimum of 40 MB of
- your PC hard disk; the other is Linux by Linus Torvalds - it requires less
- than 386bsd => however for Unix, you really want 100 MB+)
-
- Anyway, I know that there is A/UX, and MachTen (the first takes over the
- computer and allows you to run Mac software; the second is just another
- System 7 application), I was just wondering if any net gurus knew of any
- 'public' or 'cheap' versions of Unix for Macs.
-
- It would seem to me that a port to the Mac could take advantage of the
- Mac's ROMs to do a much better X-windows than PCs. Also, there are less
- hardware complications with Macs cf PCs, so you would think that it would
- be easier to do a Mac port.
-
- (Also saw a hint in Andy Ihnatko's MacUser [January '93] column that a
- version of Unix - bsd 4.3 - might be in the works.)
-
- Of course, one could always say that it would be easier to port whatever
- software it is that one might to run in Unix, to the Mac, than to port Unix
- itself. Who knows?
-
- Phil Ryan
- Melbourne, Australia
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:25:51 -0600
- From: jedwards@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Judy Edwards)
- Subject: Mac Password Protection
-
- I am looking for a reliable shareware password protection software for my Mac
- iis
- iiSI with System 7. Can you make a suggestion/recommendation?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:27 EST
- From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
- Subject: Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS (C)
-
- In 11-15 Mike (FRIDBERG@SENSEI.PFC.MIT.EDU) suggests White Knight as a
- program to use for establishing the 8 bit VAX hookup to read Cyrillic
- characters.
-
- White Knight is a great program and as Mike says will have no problem
- establishing the right connection over a modem. But the original questioner
- specified an AppleTalk or TCP/IP connection without a modem; White Knight
- can't do that. Yet.
- Jeff Needleman <needje@msen.com>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 15:23:22 EST
- From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
- Subject: PageMaker and RTF
-
- Hi everyone,
-
- Can PageMaker read RTF files? Thanks,
-
- Hisham.
-
- Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp. [Internet: abboud@cedrus.com]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:50:04 -0500
- From: Don Seltzer <dseltzer@draper.com>
- Subject: PICT to RAST conversion
-
- Mail*Link(r) SMTP PICT to RAST conversion
- I'm looking for a Macintosh utility that converts from PICT format to the
- bitmapped RAST format used on Sun and other Unix workstations. The closest
- thing that I have found is Imagery 1.8 which does the conversion the other
- way.
-
- Don Seltzer (dseltzer@draper.com)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:46:13 -0500 (EST)
- From: Scott Kaplan <sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu>
- Subject: PowerBook 160 trackball speed
-
- I read your original post on info-mac, and I thought someone who
- was an actual frequent PB user would answer first. Apparently not.
-
- If you have the speed all the way up in the control panels and
- the trackball still moves that slowly (and you know from using,
- what was it, a PB 145?, how much quicker it should be), it sounds
- like your PB 160 has a mechanical or electrical problem of some
- sort. It does not sound like a software problem or anything that
- can be fixed with ResEdit (I've never heard of modifications to
- mouse or trackball speed by ResEdit...Not that it can't be done
- but it's never been needed.)
-
- I would take that PowerBook back to where it was bought and make
- them check it out.
-
- Scott Kaplan
- Amherst College
- sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:06:28 EST
- From: leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
- Subject: PowerLock Problem (Q)
-
- Hello netters,
-
- I'm puzzled with the startup application called PowerLock 3.1 which
- was recently uploaded to Sumex. For some reason, the decoded
- program is useless. It can't be launched nor is it recognized in the
- cp folder. If double-clicked, I get the famous message "... could not
- be opened because the application that created it could not be found".
-
- The application was downloaded as a .hqx file and then decoded with
- Stuffit Expander 3.0. That's as far I can get! BTW, I did the downloading
- twice, just in case that was the problem.
-
- Am I the only one with this problem?
-
- Thanks for any help.
-
- Leo G. Leduc
- leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 20 Jan 1993 23:12:26 -0800
- From: HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky)
- Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT
-
- In article <1993Jan21.024645.18182@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au>,
- Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au> writes:
- >>raw performance, as the 601. It will be faster in real use because
- >>only "native-mode" RISC applications will fully exploit the 601.
- >
- >You use of "native-mode" seems to imply some sort of sleeze on the
- >part of the PowerPC to support 680x0 code (akin to the 386's
- >Native, Protected, Real and Virtual 8086 modes (bletch)). However
- >the PowerPC processor won't have been contaminated with this sort
- >of backward compatibility hack. The '0x0 support will be done
- >entirely in software, which is going to make it slow but at least
- >it wont blight the world for years to come.
- >
- Completely true, I didn't mean in any way to disparage PowerPC. I
- think it will be a standard through the early days of our third
- millenium (A.D., of course)
- >
- >I think your analysis of Windows/NT vs Taligent is flawed for one
- >big reason and that is that Taligent is producing a radically
- >different operating system/user interface. Windows/NT is basically
- >Mach 3.0 with a standard operating system server bolted on top
- >(and a Posix server too I suppose). But it's not radical. It's
- >basically the same as unix except that it doesn't carry around all
- >the baggage that unix carries around. It's more like a classic
- >"Operating System". On top of that it runs (da da da!) the Windows
- >user interface. [Microsloth actually advertise it as "Has the same
- >user interface as Windows 3.0" like it's something to be proud of.
- >Shame shame shame.] This is not an exciting product.
- >
- >Taligent's Pink on the other hand may well be exciting. From what
- >I understand it has been design (like the Mac) from the user interface
- >down (not from the hardware up like most OSes). Sure it has some
- >sort of microkernal underneath but it's new and interesting. For
- >example it's unlikely you'll get applications under Pink (certainly
- >not in the classic Macintosh sense). Programs will come as objects
- >that extend the basic user interface in a consists manner, telling
- >the user interface how to deal with new forms of data.
- >
- Whoa! Nellie! Windows NT 3.1 (the first version for whatever reason)
- is what you say but Microsoft is well on its way with Windows Cairo
- (I think that's the development name of it anyway), a fully
- object-oriented paradigm-shifting OS, like Taligent (I shan't call
- it Pink, a silly development name that invokes images of bubble-gum
- wads in my mind).
-
- By the time we get to Taligent, NT will have a similar architecture
- with modularized code (e.g. the table function of "Word" will
- actually execute the code from "Excel"). Microsoft, like Taligent,
- is attempting to remake the face of computers.
-
- >For example take a look at how the Mac user interface is growing,
- >with things like File Sharing, OCE and GX all extending the Finder
- >to support the seamless integration of new forms of data. This
- >is all done through a technology called Finder extensions. Apple
- >wont tell us (programmers) how to do that (because they fear we'll
- >run amock and destroy the user interface of the Mac). However
- >
- >As for other operating system developments I think you'll find
- >that the first PowerPCs from Apple will ship with PowerOpen,
-
- Probably true, certaintly true for IBM's PowerPCs at first. Regular
- users (i.e. those of us who think UNIX makes Klingon seem
- comprehensible by comparison) won't be buying until microkernel
- System 7 for RISC is available.
- >
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:46:45 GMT
- From: Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>
- Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT
-
- In article <1jj5mdINNc5t@morrow.stanford.edu> Mark Rogowsky,
- HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu writes:
- >Ah, I've been away sooooo long....
- >
- > [ lots of interesting stuff ]
-
- Before I begin in earnest I'd like to nitpick one thing...
-
- >raw performance, as the 601. It will be faster in real use because
- >only "native-mode" RISC applications will fully exploit the 601.
-
- You use of "native-mode" seems to imply some sort of sleeze on the
- part of the PowerPC to support 680x0 code (akin to the 386's
- Native, Protected, Real and Virtual 8086 modes (bletch)). However
- the PowerPC processor won't have been contaminated with this sort
- of backward compatibility hack. The '0x0 support will be done
- entirely in software, which is going to make it slow but at least
- it wont blight the world for years to come.
-
- ---
-
- I think your analysis of Windows/NT vs Taligent is flawed for one
- big reason and that is that Taligent is producing a radically
- different operating system/user interface. Windows/NT is basically
- Mach 3.0 with a standard operating system server bolted on top
- (and a Posix server too I suppose). But it's not radical. It's
- basically the same as unix except that it doesn't carry around all
- the baggage that unix carries around. It's more like a classic
- "Operating System". On top of that it runs (da da da!) the Windows
- user interface. [Microsloth actually advertise it as "Has the same
- user interface as Windows 3.0" like it's something to be proud of.
- Shame shame shame.] This is not an exciting product.
-
- Taligent's Pink on the other hand may well be exciting. From what
- I understand it has been design (like the Mac) from the user interface
- down (not from the hardware up like most OSes). Sure it has some
- sort of microkernal underneath but it's new and interesting. For
- example it's unlikely you'll get applications under Pink (certainly
- not in the classic Macintosh sense). Programs will come as objects
- that extend the basic user interface in a consists manner, telling
- the user interface how to deal with new forms of data.
-
- For example take a look at how the Mac user interface is growing,
- with things like File Sharing, OCE and GX all extending the Finder
- to support the seamless integration of new forms of data. This
- is all done through a technology called Finder extensions. Apple
- wont tell us (programmers) how to do that (because they fear we'll
- run amock and destroy the user interface of the Mac). However
- Pink will (ok, should if it does the Right Thing (tm)) be entirely
- based on that sort of technology. The SmallTalk environment has
- supported this sort of thing from Day 1. Apple (with any luck)
- will bring it to a desktop near you.
-
- As for other operating system developments I think you'll find
- that the first PowerPCs from Apple will ship with PowerOpen,
- an OSF/1 based unix (basically AUX 4.0 but not based on System V
- -- and there was much rejoicing) with AIX, BSD and (now that
- OSF and USL have become chums again) System V compatibility built
- in. On top of that it'll run Mac applications in exactly the same
- way AUX does.
-
- Macintoshes come out. This will have the long rumoured microkernal
- (NuKernal???) to replace the Mac OS while still running the
- Mac compatibility libraries (most probably derived from the AUX
- ones).
-
- Share and Enjoy.
-
- Quinn "The Eskimo!" <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au> "Support HAVOC!"
- Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Australia
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:39:55 -0600
- From: Dave@GERGO.TAMU.EDU (Dave Martin)
- Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT
-
- >This sounds a lot like MS-DOS/Windows/Intel vs. Mac. One dominates,
- >the other owns a niche that it holds with the iron fist of customer
- >loyalty. Apple and IBM each have 15 percent of the PC market right
- >now (approximately). That gives them less than one-third of the
- >potential NT vs. Taligent battleground as far as hardware-vendor-
- >sells-you-your-software logic.
-
- You forgot one thing -- Taligent doesn't have the FTC hanging over its
- head, while Microsoft could have a ruling as early as next month. Depending
- on the level of the FTC's decision, this could make a major dent in
- Microsoft's ability to retain their choke-hold on the market, especially
- since their practice of selling MS-DOS & Windows to the PC manufactures for
- bundling with the PCs is one of the major portions of the investigation.
- I'm sure ol' Gates has a number of plans in the wings to bypass the effects
- of whatever rulings come about, but it still might take him a while to
- implement them fully. If the FTC rules that there needs to be a "chinese
- wall" between the various segments of MS, or even that Microsoft needs to
- be broken up (ala Ma Bell) into separate companies for OS and Applications
- (MSWindows, Inc. & MSWordExcel, Inc.) there will be a big rush to fill in
- the openings left behind. This could give Taligent the edge they could use
- to get a firmer foot in the door.
-
- Regardless, it is amusing to watch (and forecast) the directions that the
- computer industry goes (rarely the same direction from all players at the
- same time ;).
-
- Dave
- -- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU - DBM@AOL.COM --
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 00:16:19 CST
- From: gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu
- Subject: reclaiming HD space - instructions
-
- (1) Start-up with the Disk Tools floppy.
-
- (2) Launch Apple HD SC Setup.
-
- (3) Select Partition and then Custom.
-
- (4) A map of the disk's partitions appears. At the bottom is the
- "extra" space in gray.
-
- (5) Select details. The window shows any available storage as
- free space. If there isn't any, then the disk is already
- partitioned for maximum capacity. Remember this is for Apple
- hard drives!!!
-
- (6) Select OK, then Done, and then quit without making any changes.
-
- (7) If there is space to be reclaimed, BACK UP YOUR HARD DRIVE!
-
- (8) Restart with the Disk Tools disk and launch Apple HD SC
- Setup again. Select Partition and then Custom again.
-
- (9) Now click on the name of your HD in the map.
-
- (10) Select Remove. At the warning "continuing will destroy
- data...", select OK.
-
- (11) The entire disk map should now be gray except for the driver
- at the top. Put the mouse pointer just below the Driver
- partition and drag the partition down to the bottom (if you
- select the Driver partition by accident, select Done and
- start over).
-
- (12) Now a new screen asks you to select the type of partition.
- Choose Macintosh Volume.
-
- (13) Select OK.
-
- (14) When you get the message "Partitioning was successful",
- select Done and then choose Quit.
-
- (15) Restart and enjoy the extra space. Of course you will
- have to restore your hard disk which takes a while!
-
- Hope this helps those that asked for the details.
-
- All disclaimers apply (especially since I am giving instructions
- on how to destroy *ALL* of your data!).
-
-
- Gary L. Gray * Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
- gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu * University of Wisconsin-Madison
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:26:11 -0500
- From: Brian K. Kobleur <wk01803@worldlink.com>
- Subject: Russian Language translation software
-
- Hello Netters!
-
- I'm trying to find software that will translate documents between Russian and
- English. I'm looking for something that will work along the lines of those
- handheld devices, only perhaps a bit more sophisticated.
-
- And, as it's not my money I'll be spending, money is no object!
-
- Thanks,
-
- Brian
-
- PS. E-mails preferred...
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:48:19 -0500 (EST)
- From: "David C. Garrett" <SSA92FAJ12@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU>
- Subject: SRP & IPO via FTP?
-
- Thanks to all who responded to my question about IIvx bundles and 6.0.8. I
- would list you by name but my mailer imploded ;)
-
- A follow-up question, then, triggered by someone who mailed me the November
- 16th Apple Suggested Retail Price list, in MS Word format:
-
- Since my on-campus Authorized Apple Dealer is a yutz, is there any way for me
- to get these SRP lists myself, over the net? Anonymous FTP is good...I looked
- at ftp.apple.com but 'twarn't there, that I could see.
-
- I want the latest latest SRP list, and the Higher Education Purchase Program
- Individual Purchase Option Product List (IPO). I deal with people from both
- inside and outside the college community - so I need both. Well, not NEED, as
- such. It would just make life easier for me and lots of people I know.
-
- If I can't get them myself, then perhaps some kind soul who DOES have access
- could send them to me?
-
- A neat thing I found out about was the Apple Fax Info line, 1-800-776-2333. A
- computer guides you through the menus (Mac Bible joke: "If you are calling
- about DorkMaster Pro for the PC, press 1. If you are calling about DorkMaster
- Pro for the Mac, press 2. If you have ever known lust in your heart, press
- 3."). You can get brochures and spec sheets mailed or faxed to you. Designed
- especially for people who can't get satisfaction from their local dealer.
- Like me.
-
- Thanks, everybody.
-
- -Dave ssa92faj12@rcnvms.rcn.mass.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 21:24:03 -0500
- From: cq973@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Chung)
- Subject: SuperDrive Problem
-
- My SE30's FDHD can't read my disks. I've tried cleaning the drive with
- 3M's head cleaning kit, I tried blowing compressed air into the drive,
- I tried spraying hi-purity solvent into the drive, but the problem still
- persist. When I stick a perfectly good diskete into the drive, it spits
- the diskette out says something about disk error.
-
- Question: do I have to replace my disk drive? how much does replacement
- cost?
- does anyone have any other suggestion beside replacement? are there
- any other FDHD that's compatible with Apple's that other vendors
- are selling.
-
- Any helpful suggestion is welcome.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:51:52 -0500
- From: Pierre Tanguay <Pierre_Tanguay@UQTR.UQuebec.CA>
- Subject: The Stacker
-
-
- Hi netters, have you ever heard of a program called the "Stacker"? It
- supposed
- to stack your hard disk and increase it's capacity. Is someone have an idea
- on
- how it is working and what it is suppose to do?
-
- Thank's for your help.
-
-
- **************
- Pierre Tanguay
- Trois-Rivieres University
- tanguay@neptune.uqtr.uquebec.ca
- **************
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 11:33:16 +0100
- From: bernabe@cnm.us.es (Bernabe Linares B.)
- Subject: Tremendously Huge PostScript Files
-
- Dear Moderators,
-
- I have a Powerbook 100, and when I want to print on a Laserwriter what I do
- is printing a PostScript file and then transfer it (usually with a Floppy or
- via
- FTP) to a Unix system in my office. It works, however the PostScript files
- produced (by my Powerbook and the Macintosh in our office), are tremendously
- huge (over 1MByte for a few pages without graphics). They also take a VERY
- VERY
- long time to be printed on the Laserwriter. I removed the bitmap fonts in the
- System Directory, so that the system would be forced to use the scalable
- fonts,
- but then the PostScript files were about 3 times larger !!!
- Does anyone out there know why this happens and how to avoid it?
- Thanks,
-
- Bernabe
-
- Internet: bernabe@cnm.us.es
- --------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:01:36 -0500
- From: "Tom Scott" <Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
- Subject: Uncompressing .Z files
-
- Uncompressing .Z files
- jcarson@usc.pppl.gov asks:
-
- >Is it possible to uncompress *.Z files after they have been downloaded to
- >the Mac, or can it only be done during a unix to unix transfer.
-
- To which I say:
-
- You can, by using MacCompress. At sumex:/info-mac/util/maccompress-32.hqx.
-
- Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
- Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY 14853
-
- ------------------------------
-
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