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Info-Mac Digest             Sun,  6 Sep 92       Volume 10 : Issue 214

Today's Topics:

      [*] /game/Windows3
      [*] BinHex 5.0
      [*] Birthday Alarm
      [*] DarkSide 3.2 System 7 screensaver
      [*] das-blinken-lights.hqx
      [*] dir-scanning-sample.txt
      [*] ex/VolumeMenu
      [*] F1 Demo
      [*] Fetch 2.1 available
      [*] Finder Info 1.1
      [*] FLINTSTONE, another primitive-looking truetype font
      [*] flippy.hqx
      [*] game/PXMoria1.0.cpt.hqx
      [*] glypha-ii-11.hqx
      [*] INITScope2.0
      [*] lakeside startupscreen
      [*] macload-14.hqx
      [*] macwoof 1.5.3
      [*] members-only-10.hqx
      [*] mishu-wuhan-20.hqx
      [*] PRISMA, a really _cool_ truetype font
      [*] Re: Looking for some sample appletalk ATP code...
      [*] Shakespeare.vol.1.cpt.hqx
      [*] simple-qt-player.hqx
      [*] soaring-von-11.hqx
      [*] SpeedyFinder7 v1.5.2 (control panel)
      [*] Submission: Color Icons
      [*] TwinPeaksTrivia.hqx
      [*] waynes-world-grp3.hqx
      .hqx.z files
      2MB PowerBook RAM available
      Accelerator for LC
      Appletalk Remote Access bug (A)
      Appletalk Remote and printers
      ARA and remote access to InterNet
      ARA interfering with non-network printer (A)
      Compile Problem
      Consumer demand et cetera for Macintosh in UK
      CTB and HC 2.1 (A)
      Dead Floppy
      DeskWriter vs. StyleWriter
      Develop? (A)
      Excel 4.0 Problem
      Extensions Manager - new features (2 msgs)
      FDHD Upgrade (C)
      Fileguard
      Greek System Resources
      Hard Disk Problem
      Initial reactions to Now Utilities 4.0
      Installers...again! :-)
      LC VRAM (2 msgs)
      Mac-in-Dos Anywhere?
      MacWrite Pro
      MBDF Authors Plead
      mcvert 1.8.3
      New Macs Rumor (A)
      New Quantum ProDrive
      Now Utilities 4.0
      QuickTime & AD
      Random StartupScreen CP?
      Rebuilding Desktop with ColorSwitch??
      shareware programs...
      shareware spreadsheets
      Sharing phone lines with fax (R)
      sick miracle piano
      stuffit expander
      StyleWriter v. DeskWriter (2 msgs)
      Tech support mailing list ideas
      Virtual screen navigator for Mac IIci
      Where/when is MacWrite Pro?
      Where can I find a Japanese version of system 7?(A)
      White Knight (Q)

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 19:14 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] /game/Windows3

Hey folks, have you ever NOT wanted to run Windows 3 on your Mac?  Yeah,
we all know the feeling.  Well, now you CAN'T, at least not with this
little application (try SoftWindows instead).  What we have here is an
amazingly lifelike "implementation" of Windows 3 for your Mac, I mean,
it really looks like the real rip-off, I mean, thing.  Its main purpose
seems to be to allow you to thrill to the range of error messages
everybody's favourite gooey can throw up with alarming frequency.  At
least one part of this package appears to be functional, however, and
that's the Winmines game - hence this has gone in the games directory
(but is that the only reason?).  The entire package is guaranteed to
provide at least a few minutes of mirth and merriment - go on, bewilder
your friends (or those you dislike intensely)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/window-3.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 18:48:55 PDT
From: [e-mail] ( John Thoo )
Subject: [*] BinHex 5.0

Here is BinHex 5.0.
Hope that someone finds this useful.

--John.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/binhex-50.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 12:03:13 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Birthday Alarm

This little utility can warn you of birthdays coming up in the next few
days. Put an alias of the application in the startup folder. Look ahead
time, sounds and other things can be modified by the user using ResEdit.
The birthdays are in a text file, which makes it very easy to modify the
birthday list.

For more info: read the READ-ME file.

Have Fun!

Andre' C. van der Ham                   EMAIL: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/birthday-alarm.hqx; 79K]

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Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 23:10:07 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DarkSide 3.2 System 7 screensaver

A new version found in the dts/hacks directory at ftp.apple.com.
A screensaver program that runs in the Background. Includes extensive
documentation and a gaggle of modules such as "Channel 3", Galaxy, City,
Fireworks,  Stars.. even a politically correct Recycles  module.   You
can define the "hot corners", as well as "test" faders and password
protect un-fading. v 3.2

Replaces /info-mac/util/dark-side-311.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/util/dark-side-32.hqx; 469K]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 07:44:18 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] das-blinken-lights.hqx

Das Blinken Lights is a small application that displays a window of
blinking lights, much like the array of blinking lights you see
flashing on the computers in movies.

     ---------   Doc

[Archived as /info-mac/game/das-blinken-lights.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 15:19:54 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] dir-scanning-sample.txt

Here is the directory scanning code.  Written under MPW 3.2.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/dir-scanning-sample.txt; 18K]

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Date: 04 Sep 1992 14:41:54 +1200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] ex/VolumeMenu

Volume menu is a utility that puts a volume control at your
fingertips.  Rather than having to get out the sound control
panel, you simply hold down some modifier keys (user-defined)
and click in the menu bar.  Volume menu is so convenient
that I use it all the time.

It has been used by me (author) for about the last nine months
on various machines including a Quadra700 and has never caused
any problems.

v1.0 is shareware.

Volume menu is almost identical in interface to MacBrightness
(another of our products) - a utility for adjusting screen
brightness on Classics and Classic II's.  MacBrightness is
PostcardWare.

Both VolumeMenu and MacBrightness require system 6.04 or later
to run.

You can contact me at INTERNET: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/volume-menu-10.hqx; 18K]

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Date: 02 Sep 1992 15:30:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] F1 Demo

Enclosed is F1 Demo. It is demonstration version of a new Macintosh Fidonet
mailer program that directly competes with Tabby, MacWoof, and Copernicus.

The program has a ridiculous expiration date of October 1, 1992, but it is
probably just long enough to try it out.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/f1.hqx; 239K]

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Date: 4 Sep 92 10:03:53 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Fetch 2.1 available

Fetch is a MacTCP-based FTP client for the Mac developed
by Dartmouth College.  It is freely available for educational and
non-profit use, and users in for-profit settings can license a copy
for $25 (see the About box for details).

Version 2.1 includes the following new features:

* New menu layout.
* View File and View File List commands (with searching and printing).
* All windows are resizeable and size/position is remembered.
* "Post-processing": Fetch can be configured to automatically
open various file types with specific applications.  This is one way to get
automatic expansion of Compact Pro and StuffIt! Deluxe archives.
You can also auto-open GIF files, run SEAs, etc.  This feature requires
System 7.0.
* A separate Transcript window to show network chit-chat.
* Delete Folder works with non-empty folders.
* Directory pop-up is more Mac-like (it shows hierarchy rather than just a
list).
* File sizes and dates can be shown (for Unix servers anyway).
* Expanded preferences, including a default download folder, default
password, default type/creator for binary files, the option of seeing
"messages" from the server, and the ability to ignore files beginning with a
dot.
* Shortcuts now include a starting directory.
* Fetch sends and receives Get Info comments (if you use MacBinary or
AppleSingle format).
* Shortcuts can be reordered (click and drag).
* Help can be searched and printed, and there is Balloon Help.
* Shortcuts can be accessed directly from the File menu.
* Optional translation of text files to and from 8-bit ISO character sets.
* Servers that require "account information" (i.e. the ACCT command) are
supported.
* Servers that use alternate TCP ports are supported.

Fetch comes with an on-line manual which can be searched
and printed.  Bugs reports, suggestions, and inquiries for
site or source licenses should be sent to [e-mail].

Jim Matthews
[e-mail]
Dartmouth Software Development

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/fetch-21.hqx; 253K]

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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 17:49:49 PDT
From: Talcott <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Finder Info 1.1

Finder Info is an easy to use Macintosh application for modifying a
document's Finder information (type, creator and Finder flags).  If
you don't understand what this information is, then Finder Info
probably isn't for you.  On the other hand, if you are acquainted
with this information, then you will like Finder Info as it offers an
easy way to change any file's Finder information.

Version 1.1 adds drag-and-drop launching under System 7, Finder flags
for both Systems 6 and 7, and more.

Finder Info is Freeware.

Adam R. Talcott
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/finder-info-11.hqx; 18K]

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Date: 04 Sep 1992 14:11:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FLINTSTONE, another primitive-looking truetype font

This is the truetype font FLINSTONE.  It looks sort of like it sounds, blocky
and 'primitive'.  It is an all-caps type font, with numbers.

This file has been compressed via compact pro 1.33.

If you want to see what this font looks like before you download it,
and you have downloaded font-preview from sumex, you can see what it
looks like at the top right of PICT #2.  If you do not have font-
preview, and are interested in downloading fonts, it will save you
a lot of time and hassle.

This font uploaded courtesy of the Underground Phont Archive.
Jason Osborne

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/flinstone.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 19:45:36 EDT
From: "Geoff Adams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] flippy.hqx

Flippy is an After Dark module which scrambles your screen by flipping
portions
of it around in an effect similar to the old rotating gas station signs.  It
has several options to control the flipping, and it works on monochrome and
color Macintoshes.

Enjoy!
--Geoff Adams

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/flippy.hqx; 28K]

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Date: 04 Sep 1992 11:29:13 +1200
From: [e-mail] (Richard Knuckey)
Subject: [*] game/PXMoria1.0.cpt.hqx

Purple X's Moria for the Macintosh v1.0. (UMoria 5.5.0)

A Single Player Dungeon Simulation Game by Robert Alan Koeneke and James
Wilson. Macintosh port by Richard Knuckey ([e-mail])

This  is the the second major release of my port of Moria. New features in
this version over v1.0b2 include patches to bring the game up to UMoria 5.5.0
from 5.4.0, a few misfeatures fixed, a few down-right bugs fixed and more menu
items actually do something. For more details see the Read Me.

Included is a Manual by Jim Wilson and a literary transcript of a game by
David Grabiner. Source code for UMoria is avaliable via FTP and was recently
posted to comp.sources.games. Source incorperating this port, the colour code
and the Archimedes port will be avaliable soon.

Moria may be copied and modified freely,  but  may not be sold or marketed IN
ANY FORM without the permission and written consent of  the  authors  Robert
Alan Koeneke  and James E. Wilson.  We retain all copyrights to this program,
in either  the  original  or  modified forms,  and  no  violation,  deletion,
or change of the copyright notice is allowed.  Furthermore, we will have no
liability or responsibility to any user with respect to loss or damage caused
directly or indirectly by this program.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/umoria-55.hqx; 440K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:45:48 -0700
From: Samuel S. Tai <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] glypha-ii-11.hqx

Glpyha II
Version 1.1
by john calhoun

Glypha II requires a 13" monitor set at 4-bit display depth.
This is the freeware color sequel to jc's famous black & white
game.  Combat flying sphinxes in an Egyptian temple, but beware
the acid pool, the Evil Eye, and the Mummy's Hand.  Destroy eggs
before they hatch into new sphinxes for bonus points.

Glypha II is compatible with System 7.  (I don't know if it's
Quadra cache compatible.)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/glypha-ii-11.hqx; 241K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 20:58:47 -0400
From: [e-mail] (David Sumner)
Subject: [*] INITScope2.0

INIT-SCOPE 2.0 is an INIT/cdev combination that provides you
with a HIGHLY DETAILED account of your computer's start-up
activity. It provides much more information than any other
product of its kind. It is useful for locating INIT
conflicts, and debugging INITs among other things.

INIT-Scope tells you:
1. What the environment of your computer is like at startup.
2. Which traps are patched by each INIT.
3. The low-memory global variables changed by each INIT.
4. What resources are loaded in by each INIT (and the order
   in which they were loaded).
5. Detailed information about installed VBLUs, Notification
   Requests, Time Manger routines, Shut-Down routines, and
   Drivers.
6. A Trap History of each INIT. This includes the parameters
   for many of the traps.
            Iand MUCH more.

And INIT-Scope does this without patching any traps itself!

INIT-Scope also lets you intercept (via a debugger) any INIT.
INIT-Scope will drop you into the debugger just as the INIT
is about to execute.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/init-scope-20.hqx; 98K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 13:59:25 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] lakeside startupscreen

This is a startupscreen of a lakeside house, 256 colours, 640x480 screen size
Enjoy.

Paul

[Archived as /info-mac/art/lakeside-startup.hqx; 247K]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 03:58:34 EDT
From: "Geoff Adams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] macload-14.hqx

[MacLoad 1.4]

This utility is very reminiscent of xload for Unix machines, but runs
in MacOS.  It displays a histogram of CPU load, averaged over the past
minute, and updated every five seconds.  It runs very smoothly, and
hogs *very* little CPU time itself.  Useful for keeping tabs on your
system's performance.

Version 1.4 has these improvements over 1.3:
  - Added the ability to display a figure after the decimal point in the
      load number.
  - Made the Prefs load/save mechanism more reliable.
  - Fixed a bug which would prevent the window size from rescaling if the
      load crept above several hundred.

Geoff Adams   -   [e-mail]   -   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-load-14.hqx; 39K]

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Date: 03 Sep 1992 17:15:42 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] macwoof 1.5.3

Enclosed is MacWoof 1.5.3. The latest update to Craig Vaughan personal
Fidonet mailer for the Macintosh. MacWoof allows you to connect to a Boss
fidonet BBS running any Fidonet compliant mail program and downlaod all of
your mail, send your outgoing mail, and download and upload files.

MacWoof is peerware -- the messages you post indicate at the bottom how
long you have been "evaluating" the program without paying for it.

This will most likely be the last update to MacWoof for several months, as
Mr. Vaughan is now working on other projects.
Rob Dewhirst

[Archived as /info-mac/util/macwoof-153.hqx; 330K]

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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:07:51 PDT
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )
Subject: [*] members-only-10.hqx

Members Only is a FREE System 7-only utility that will scan your network for
other Macintoshes, and build a list of their users' names. You can select
users
>From this list and add them to your Users & Groups.

Enjoy!
--Michael Hecht

[For those of you who didn't get it mailed to you in the digest... erp,
 sorry about that. -Bill]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/members-only-10.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 05:36:00 -0600
From: raymund ken-guan chan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mishu-wuhan-20.hqx

 Mishu-Wuhan Demo 2.0 is a DA and extension with a set of fonts that allow one
to paste Chinese characters as text or pictures into other applications such
as Microsoft Word, MacWrite, Hypercard, Word Perfect or any application that
accepts Apple's standard Styled Text or Pict clipboards. Chinese Word or
MacWrite documents can be imported into PageMaker and QuarkExpress. It will
work under System 6.0.7 or 7 and best of all, you do not need to have Apple's
ChineseTalk System installed! Printing is very slow on postscript
laserprinters, but only slightly longer than normal on quickdraw printers
such as the Imagewriter, LaserWriter LS, Sytlewriter. Faxing documents is
also quite fast. The method of character selection is similar to ChineseTalk
via pinyin. The only difference bewtween this demo and the full version is
only the characters up to the pinyin "feng" are here.

The DA will not work properly unless both the fonts and extension are
installed and the System restarted. The demo guide is in Word Format.
You can open it with MacWrite, Microsoft Word or any other word processor
that can handle that format by first opening the application and selecting
Open from the file menu. Choose the Guide when the get file dialog appears.
Instructions on ordering the full version are included in the READ ME
FIRST document and demo guide.


Mishu was given a four and a half mice rating by MacUser magazine in 1989.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/mishu-wuhan-20.hqx; 147K]

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Date: 04 Sep 1992 14:12:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PRISMA, a really _cool_ truetype font

This is the truetype font PRISMA.
It is a really cool font.  All letters are caps, but the 'lowercase'
letters are smaller caps than the 'upper-case'.  Each letter is made
up of a lot of little lines side by side.  This gives eachletter a
sort of optical-illusion look.

This file has been compressed via compact pro 1.33.

If you want to see what this font looks like before you download it,
and you have downloaded font-preview from sumex, you can see what it
looks like at the top right of PICT #3.  If you do not have font-
preview, and are interested in downloading fonts, it will save you
a lot of time and hassle.

This font uploaded courtesy of the Underground Phont Archive.
Jason Osborne

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/prisma.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 18:11:08 GMT
From: Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Re: Looking for some sample appletalk ATP code...

In article <[e-mail]> Alex Bratton,
[e-mail] writes:
>If you have some sample code (ATP) that opens, registers, and dumps some
>data, I'd really appreciate seeing it.  This has been bugging me for a
while
>and I think I need to look at some working code to see what I'm missing.

Here is some more sample code, which opens and registers an ATP socket.
It is from the Macintosh User Authenticator mentioned in a previous post
be me.

The code is written for Think C 5.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/atp-sample-code.txt; 5K]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 07:06:27 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: [*] Shakespeare.vol.1.cpt.hqx

Appended below is a 1.18 MB file, "Shakespeare.vol.1.cpt.hqx", a binhex'd
compact'd HyperCard 2 stack of a dozen works by William Shakespeare.
Included are clean, out-of-copyright texts, formatted and proofread by me,
for three comedies ("A Midsummer-Night's Dream", "As You Like It", and
"The Merry Wives of Windsor"), three tragedies ("Romeo and Juliet",
"Macbeth", and "King Lear"), three histories ("King Henry IV, Part I",
"King Henry IV, Part II", and "King Richard III"), and three poems-
collections ("Sonnets", "Venus and Adonis", and "The Rape of Lucrece").

Individual stacks of these works were released over the past six months,
as I proofed them.  This "Volume 1" unified version brings them all
together, in a consistent format, with new features (glossary, note
fields, search/print buttons, etc.) and a stack design based on work by
Rand Valentine of the University of Western Ontario. Free software, under
the GNU General Public License; please extend, enhance, enjoy, etc., as
you wish.  Requires Compact Pro to decompress, to a 1.8 MB HC2 stack; uses
12- and 24-point Palatino fonts, curly quotes, em-dashes, italicized/bold
text styles, etc.  Works on any Mac that runs HyperCard 2.

Next,"The Tempest"!  --- ^z   (Mark Zimmermann, [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/card/shakespeare-volume-1.hqx; 1156K]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 04:19:09 CDT
From: David A. Denboer <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] simple-qt-player.hqx

This is a simple QuickTime Movie Player.  It allows opening and closing
of movies only.  It NEEDS system 7 or greater to run.  Please feel free
to distribute this to anyone who uses QuickTime.
This program was written in THINK C 5.02, portions (C) 1992, Symantec Corp.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/simple-qt-player.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 22:27:11 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John D Rouse)
Subject: [*] soaring-von-11.hqx

            Soaring Von v 1.1

    The following is a program that I wrote to simulate distance, rate,
time, gravity type physics problems.  Initial distances and velocities can
be changed and a variety of results are calculated.
    The program is well suited for high school students that are
curious about the effects of gravity and I hope that Soaring Von finds his
way into the classroom.  The program also makes for a nice diversion for
college physics students.
    The program is compressed with Compact Pro.  It is also Shareware
and $15 or $25 to register.

                        John Rouse
                        [e-mail]

    I'm not exactly sure to which folder this program belongs.  It
should probably go with other educational software or application
programs.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/soaring-von-11.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 16:21:06 EST
From: [e-mail] (-s92080391-m.lowe-ele-60-)
Subject: [*] SpeedyFinder7 v1.5.2 (control panel)

Speed Options
=============
- speeds up the Macintosh System 7.0, 7.0.1 or 7.1 Finder when copying files
  by using an optimal (or use manual) amount of Process Manager (MultiFinder)
  memory as well as large data transfers which you can optionally apply to
  floppy disc, network or external file system transfers.
- eliminates those (subjectively) annoying zoom rectangles - they're nice but
  slow on low-end Macintosh models.
- eliminates the (subjectively) annoying delay before a file's name can be
  changed.
- when dragging files to the Trash, holding down the "option" key before
  dragging will delete the files when placed into the Trash by the Finder.
  Holding down the "control" key will delete locked files also.

Cool Options
============
- displays colour floppy disc icons instead of the boring old black and white
  icon.
- displays the type (or format) of the floppy disc - (SS=single sided,
  DD=double density, HD=high density and PC=MS-DOS).
- displays whether the floppy disc is locked either by a little black dot over
  the hardware lock hole or by a strap over the disc icon.
- adds a "Quit" selection to the Finder's File menu optionally attaching a
  command key shortcut "Cmd-Q".
- places a command key shortcut for "Make Alias" - "Cmd-M".
- optionally removes the "Balloon Help" menu from the menu bar.
- finds originals of aliases directly or for the Info window. Holding down the
  "option" key when selecting either the Menu Bar will cause the "Get Info..."
  and "Find..." selections to become "Get Original Info..." and "Find
  Original".

Document Linking
================
- document linking which launches documents whose creating application is
  unknown under a known local application. The Finder has two pre-defined
  links for "TEXT" and "PICT" files. You may add your own (e.g. MacWrite files
  are opened by MacWrite II).
- SpeedyFinder7 is also capable of "on the fly" document linking. When the
  Finder comes across a document that it cannot launch, it normally puts up
  an alert saying that the document can't be launched. On the fly linking puts
  up the standard file dialog and asks the user for an application with which
  to launch the file.

Changes
=======
- 1.5.1 (27-Aug-92)
This release involves improvements to the "optimal guess" routine when copying
files in the Finder. It hopefully removes an obvious delay which occured for a
reason I never worked out. Also implemented was the large data transfers, a
bug fix and document linking. This bug was to do with the colour floppy disc
icons in 24-bit/32-bit colour mode.

- 1.5.2 (30-Aug-92)
Bug fixes: Folders did not appear when selecting an application to link a
document to, Macintosh PC Exchange floppy disc icons were not being displayed
correctly with my colour disc icons as well as a cosmetic bug in the document
linking options dialog. This has now been fixed. Document linking has also
been taken one step further with "on the fly" linking which is implemented in
this version. The startup animation has been removed. Removal of the "Balloon
Help Menu" was added.

- 1.5.3 (??-???-??)
Impending release with background copying, freeing up the Finder to do other
tasks.

=======================
System 7 dependant.
Requires Compact Pro to decompress.
Author: Victor Tan.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/speedy-finder7-152.hqx; 56K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 07:53:57 PDT
From: James Cook <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Submission: Color Icons

Icons by Geoffrey Z.

These icl8 icons are attempts by myself to liven up the windows of the Mac
world.  Feel free to both use them and give them to anyone who you think would
enjoy them.  If, by some rare chance, you actually enjoy them enough to desire
many more of my psudo-modern art icons, simply send a disk, a self-adressed
& stamped somthing (so I can ship the disk back!) and 5$$$ (I'm one of those
typical starving collage students who enjoys working with a computer, and this
small amount of money is simply an incentive for me to spend more time on the
computer and less on studies!)  Oh, and if this program even gets anywhere
geographical, I would love a postcard so that I can see how far it has
traveled.
    Thanks.

    Geoffrey C. Zatkin
    Trinity Collage, Box 474
    Hartford, Ct
    06106

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/geoffrey-z-icons.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 11:59:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Kevin)
Subject: [*] TwinPeaksTrivia.hqx

The Twin Peaks Trivia Stuff stack contains the following....

300 trivia questions and answers, that you can either take as a quiz
of user determined length(you input the number of questions), or you
can browse through the questions randomly or sequentially.

A list of cast and crew, and a linked press release listing from ABC-TV
for the second season.

A "Find-the-Word" game, where you try to find how many words you can make
out of the letters in "Twin Peaks".

Lists of characters and locations metioned in the show.

A transcript of the dialogue from Cooper's longest visit to the black lodge.

A stupid, mindless, early-days-of-computer-arcade-style game that is more
annoying than useful or interesting.

 ---------------------------
That's it.  If anyone encounters any bugs or factual inaccuracies, please drop
me a note.  If you think one of the trivia questions is wrong, send along some
documentation please, and I'll  release another version if there are enough
errors or bugs  ...hopefully not! 8)

[Archived as /info-mac/card/twin-peaks-triva-stuff.hqx; 559K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 22:44:18 -0400
From: jason r mihalick <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] waynes-world-grp3.hqx

Dear Moderators,

    Here is the third of four archives containing
sounds from the Movie "Wayne's World".

    This archive contains sounds recorded in a 3:1
compression ratio using Sample Editor.  The sounds were recorded
using the built in sound input on a Mac IIsi, and I think that
you'll find that they are of good quality (for using the built
in mic).
    The sounds in this archive are as follows:

        It Will Be Mine, Oh Yes, It Will Be Mine
        It's So Huge...
        It's Sucking My Will To Live...
        Name Tags and Hairnets
        No Way ... Way
        Not!
        OoooOhhhh
        Party On...

    Please note that System 6.0x users may not be able to play these
sounds as I have discovered that the compression format used by Sample Editor
is not one that Soundmover seems to like.  If any System 6.0x users do get the
sounds to play, please drop me a note telling me what you did to get the
sounds
to play.  Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.

    The sounds are free, however, so I hope you all enjoy them as much as
I have.

                    -Jason R. Mihalick
                    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/waynes-world-grp3.hqx; 353K]

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Date: 5 Sep 1992 13:13:25 AST
From: "Yves Volpe"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: .hqx.z files

I'm a new user of electronic mail and I have recently downloaded
files with the following suffix: .hqx.z

I'm not able to open them and I would like to know, which
application I should use and where to get it.

So I will appreciate if someone is kind enough to help me.

Thank you

Yves
Yves Volpe
CUSLM
165 Boulevard Hebert
Edmundston, N.-B.
Canada, E3V 2S8
FAX: [phone]

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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 01:30:01 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: 2MB PowerBook RAM available

On Fri, 4 Sep 1992 08:00 EDT you said:
>I just upgraded my 4MB PowerBook to 8MB and therefore have a 2MB module
>available.  I don't necessarily want to sell it over the net but I'll
>gladly send it to the person making me the most creative offer. Anyone
>who bought a 2MB PowerBook interested?

Or someone who's about to buy a 2/20 PB.  We just got our Citi$ premium
booklet today.  We rarely find anything in there that's really tempting
(usually there's a mail order price somewhere that's even better).  So,
there are likely to be CitiBank MasterCard or Visa holders out there in
Macland with lots of surplus Citi$ just like we have :)

This month's *hot* offer is a 2/20 PB 100 for $699.90 + $400 Citi$'s
(too bad I can't deed folks some of ours, we've got more Citi$'s than
we'll ever consume).  I wonder if they've actually got the PB's in stock
(or how long they'll keep them in stock at that price)?

Anyway, if someone gets one and wants your 2 MByte memory expansion,
I've got a Connor 40 MByte left over here (I wonder if a drive from a
170 will fit in a 100?  And how do I erase the software that's on the
Connor... Hmmmm?).

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

Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 18:15:01 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Accelerator for LC

Thanks to all the people who repsonded to my request for suggestions
about what LC accelerator to go for. The clear favorite was the
DayStar 40MHz Power Cache, tho' I think that 33MHz is more within
my price range. I can't use the slower FPU currently occupying the
PDS in my LC with the faster accelerator, but it turns out that the
application I was most concerned about uses mainly integer math
anyway. So I can get the cheaper version of the accelerator, without
the FPU.

Now I have to make the final decision, between  a personal LaserPrinter
at the office and faster LC at home. Unless someone reading this would
like to buy one of the two for me...

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 13:39:44 EST
From: Thomas Fruin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Appletalk Remote Access bug (A)

John Quiggin mentions he can't print to his Personal LaserWriter when
he has AppleTalk turned on (to work with AppleTalk Remote Access).

I presume you're talking about a Personal LaserWriter LS connected to
the printer port? If so, you need to tell Remote Access  to  transmit
AppleTalk only through the modem, and not through the printer port as
well (which is normal when you activate AppleTalk).

You do this by opening the Network control panel  and  selecting  the
option "Remote Only" as opposed to "LocalTalk (Built-in)".That should
do it!

-- Thomas Fruin           El Camino          [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat,  5 Sep 1992 16:03:28.02 MST
From: [e-mail] (Glendale College)
Subject: Appletalk Remote and printers

> But! My Personal Laserwriter won't print with Appletalk turned on. So I
> have to reboot to use the printer.

Try setting REMOTE ONLY in the network control pannel.  Using this setting,
I am able to keep a remote connection, and use a local Imagewriter.

    KC Hundere                            [e-mail]
    Glendale Community College


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

Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 08:59:55 BST
From: [e-mail] (Sak Wathanasin)
Subject: ARA and remote access to InterNet

In Info-mac digests vol 10 no 213, John Quiggin <[e-mail]> writes:

 > Maybe someone could post a message explaining what the SLIP
 > prorgrams do that ARA doesn't.

They allow you to dispense with ARA. If that doesn't sound very useful, it's
because you are lucky enough to connect to one of the few Internet access
points
that is Mac-based; most (probably over 90%?) are based on other OS - usually
Unix - and *only* talk TCP/IP.

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

Date: 05 Sep 1992 12:15:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Fred Condo <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA interfering with non-network printer (A)

John Quiggin (whose mailbox is mysteriously unreachable by me) writes:

>Eventually, I discovered the problem was that my Mac (being
>alone) had Appletalk turned off. When I turned Appletalk on
>and rebooted, ARA ran fine.
>
>But! My Personal Laserwriter won't print with Appletalk turned
>on. So I have to reboot to use the printer.

I believe that there is a simple solution to your printer problem. Since, as
you say, your Mac is not on any network, you should go to your Control Panels,
and open the Network control panel. Select the Remote Only icon inside that
panel. This will liberate your printer port for your non-network printer.
I hope this proves to be a successful solution.

Fred Condo, Ph.D. | [e-mail] | [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 21:09:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Tomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Compile Problem

Dear Helpers,
  I have, with the help of folks at this address, compiled zmodem in my
account at Tenet. This was done with the zmodem-part*.shar. Four parts.
When these were in my account I would use: sh zmodem-part1.shar  and so on
until all four parts were upacked. Than:  make bsd  this would cause the
complie and all would be fine. Now in trying to help others in the group
compile zmodem all goes fine until the : make bsd  Now we get the message

Tenet> make bsd
cc -O  -DMD=2 -Dstrchr=index -DV7 rz.c -o rz
sh: cc: cannot execute
*** Error code 1

Stop.
Tenet>

Any ideas? Thanks for the help.
            john in el paso

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 10:45:54 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Ben Fowler)
Subject: Consumer demand et cetera for Macintosh in UK

We have already had one quotation from the UK edition of MacUser, so I feel
justified in mentioning another article in this magazine.

The very first article praises Apple UK for reaching first position in the
sales league table with the LC II, and by implication displacing IBM (the
PS2 55?) from that place. What is especially pleasing is that this was
achieved through Apple UK's dealer network.

Apple UK have claimed that they do not sell Macintoshes through high street
shops and stores for two reasons

i)      there is no consumer demand, and,
ii)     high street shops do not wish to stock Macintoshes

IMHO both of these assertions are a little inexact.

Nearly everyone contemplating buying a computer for personal use puts ease
of use towards the top of their priorities; and many know that the Mac has
a reputation in this respect. If they did not know this for themselves (and
many people in the UK would not know what a Mac is (compared to an IBM
compatible clone), nor would be acquainted with someone who does), they
could read "Which?" the consumer magazine that would tell them.

Many people do, therefore, consider buying a Mac, they usually then do one
of two things, they reject the idea of buying a Mac on prejudice (Mac's are
too expensive, Mac are for 'graphics' (whatever that is), Mac's are for
games, there are no games available for the Mac, Mac's are for long-haired
'creative' types, I don't know anyone who uses a Mac, ...), or, they go
into a shop (vide infra) and are sold an IBM-compatible ("Take this fine
286 machine Madam, it is what they use in industry", "This 286 machine will
meet your needs for years to come; it will not be outdated, many clones
like this from 1984 are still being used with today's software", "Use these
Windows, this graphical interface is just the thing, it is becoming quite
popular now", "Windows - the system for the keyboard-phobic" ... (I have
heard all of these)).

If anything, the fact is that in a fair comparison, in an open market,
Mac's are chosen in preference to IBM compatible clones, what I might call
the "Macintosh Challenge", but the fact is that most buyers do not get to
an open market, and get a chance to make a comparison. The demand is there,
but Apple (judging from that statement from Apple UK) have closed their
eyes to it.

I feel that there is an large demand for Mac's that is being stifled by
their not being readily available, by their being priced so far from IBM
compatible clones and by their being so badly advertised. To claim that
there is no consumer demand for Mac's is like claiming that there is no
demand for champagne having observed that people are so keen on the fruits
of the vine that they drink vinegary white wine (at a time when champagne
sales are booming (!)).

I have been "in the market" for an entry level Mac since March, and at
every branch of Lewis's, Dixons and Wildings where I have asked, I have
been told by the men and women "on the shop floor" that they are extremely
keen to sell Mac's, but are far from sure whether they will get an
agreement with Apple to retail Mac's. Now it may be that others in these
shops with greater knowledge of what will and won't sell in the high
street, and perhaps a greater sense of responsibility for their shops
profitability have other views, and these views have prevailed; but I doubt
it. To me, as a customer, there seems to be a great untapped and therefore
unused sales force for Mac's, which is irritating as it means that I must
do more leg work before deciding what Mac to get.

Earlier this year I visited a computer shop in the East Riding of Yorkshire
which I knew had a wide selection of books, to look for information on how
to use Resedit.  Having found no book on anything at all to do with the
Mac, I asked a few straightforward questions of the shop assistant as to
why they ignored such a seemingly interesting computer. I felt that I was
lucky to leave with my life, as this individual turned puce and explained
through clenched teeth that his shop had been trying to stock Mac's for the
past eighteen months, and that Apple wouldn't play ball. Was it his fault,
he said, that Apple didn't want his shop as an outlet?

I am not sure that Apple reads this digest, so I can't expect any action or
reaction. In a similar context, an e-mail correspondent said to me recently
that not only was he unsure (from reading the advert about the DOS 5
unerase function) whether anyone at Apple had a fair knowledge of both DOS
and the Mac, but that there was a fair chance that nobody in the department
responsible for that advertisement understood either. It is not a question
of separating heads from shoulders, but of extracting fingers.

Please, Apple, there has been about a year and half in which neither DOS
nor OS/2 was a sensible OS to choose. You can clean up here. Why wait till
Windows grows teeth that bite.

Ben,
An Apple proselyte - endangered species

CU L8R

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

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 13:39:44 EST
From: Thomas Fruin <[e-mail]>
Subject: CTB and HC 2.1 (A)

Jeff Kline asks how to work  with  the  Communications  Toolbox  from
HyperCard. I know of two ways:

o  More or less free:  Apple Computer used to sell the Communications
   Toolbox  HyperCard  Toolkit (or a similar name) via APDA.  The kit
   consists of a number of stacks with XCMDs that talk to the CTB.

   The toolkit has always existed only in beta form,  and now I don't
   see it being offered anymore.  I got a copy  off one  of  the  CDs
   that  Apple sends  to developers.  I wouldn't  know how to get the
   toolkit now, perhaps a reader can help out?

   The externals have a bug or two,  but otherwise work nicely.  I've
   used  them  with  the  Serial Tool,  Apple Modem Tool,  ADSP Tool,
   MacPAD Tool (X.25), XModem Tool and Kermit Tool.

   If you want to see an  example of these  externals  working, check
   out my stack that  receives  news wire services through the serial
   ports: /info-mac/card/noticias.hqx

o  Commercial: CommsTalk for HyperCard Developers Kit is a commercial
   version of the same thing:  XCMDs that talk to the CTB.  The XCMDs
   do the same,  but are more professional and polished.  Futhermore,
   the  XCMDs  give  more feedback to the user.  I have no experience
   with CommsTalk, but I liked what I read in the manual.

   To find out more about CommsTalk, contact its author:

   Paul G Smith
   CommsTalk HQ
   40 St Marks Road
   Henley-on-Thames
   Oxon. RG9 1LW. UK.

   Phone: [phone]

   AppleLink:  pgsmith
   Internet:   [e-mail]
   Compuserve: 100010,341

Good luck with HyperCard and  the  Communications  Toolbox.  Whatever
communicating you want to  do  with  HyperCard,  I _highly_ recommend
using the CTB.  You write your code once,  and after that you  get to
use  whatever  communications  tool that happens to come out (such as
the new Kermit Tool that was just posted - I grabbed it immediately!)

-- Thomas Fruin           El Camino          [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 03:50:02 CDT
From: [e-mail] (The DarkMage)
Subject: Dead Floppy

Greetings:

    Got a question about deceased FDHD floppy drives.  The one in my IIcx
recently decided to give up the ghost without warning.  When I put a disk in,
it makes the initial chunking noise it always did, but I don't hear it spin
up the disk.  The system declares the disk needs formatting.  If I tell it
to format the disk, it claims that it failed and spits it out.  It has power
(or it wouldn't know I stuck a disk in or be able to eject it), and the data
line is tight (I checked twice).  Any thoughts on what could cause this?

    EXCUSE ME!  I just stuck a disk in to verify my descriptions of the
sounds it did/didn't make, and NOW the @#%$&%$@$%$ thing is working
perfectly.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if it croaked again tomorrow, so your input
is still appreciated.

Christopher Barkley
The DarkMage
[e-mail]
Reality is a State of Mind

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

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:39 CDT
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeskWriter vs. StyleWriter

I really cannot speak for the StyleWriter, however, I CAN say that I couldn't
be happier with my DeskWriter--now upgraded to a DeskWriter C.  While
the StyleWriter might have an edge in resolution, the DeskWriter is a hands
down winner in speed and ease of use.  With the new drivers for both the
DW and DW-C, you get great looking graphics (in grayscale on the DW) and
even print spooling.  The only drawback I've found is in the use of RAM.
The DW's seem to me to be memory hogs--especially when using print spooling.

-Dwight

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

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 13:39:44 EST
From: Thomas Fruin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Develop? (A)

Develop is an excellent magazine for developers on the Macintosh and
Apple II (although its emphasis is on the Macintosh).  It is brought
out by Apple 4 times per year,  and costs $30 a year in the US,  and
$50 a year in all other countries. These figures may not be accurate
since I'm reading from an old issue.

I highly recommend develop,  because it's articles  are  good (often
>From developers at Apple itself). But  one  of  the  most  important
benifits is the free  Developer CD that comes with each issue of the
magazine. If you own or have access to a CD reader, the CD is really
worth it: it comes with the source code of all back  issues  of  the
magazine, lots of utilities, technical information, etc.

For more info, here's the phone and fax numbers and email addresses:

Phone orders: 1-800-545-9364 (US)
          [phone]  (International)

Fax orders:   [phone]

Email orders: DEV.SUBS       (AppleLink)
          [e-mail] (Internet)

-- Thomas Fruin           El Camino          [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 01:11:41 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 4.0 Problem

I got a call from a colleague who "will learn about email
one day soon" :)  Since I don't use Excel in any flavor, I can't offer
more than general advice about his question.

He has an 8/80 IIcx on which he just installed System 7.  Excel 4.0
seems to work just fine but when he tries to invoke Excel's help, he
gets an "out of memory" or "not enough memory for this function."  He's
tried the same program and small spreadsheet file under System 6 and
help works fine.  I'm dealing with this over the phone, so all sorts of
interesting things could have been left out, I suppose.

For example, I did ask if he let Microsoft's installer put all the files
where they belong, and he says yes.  But he may well have installed Excel 4
under System 6 and THEN upgraded to 7 (any of you with user support
experience know that they'll tell you anything over the phone :)

He's running a pretty unencumbered System 7, so I seriously doubt that
he's really out of memory.  I told him to try uping the application memory
>From 2048 (recommended) to 4096 (he tried 2500 without success).  Either
LOTS more memory is going to solve his problem or the error message isn't
really indicating what's wrong.

Is this a problem someone has already solved?  Hints, clues, wild guesses
greatfully accepted.

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 20:11:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Resnick)
Subject: Extensions Manager - new features

Scott <[e-mail]> writes:

>Could some kind person take a minute and write a quick description
>of the file types which EM considers? They are:

>INIT - System extensions
>cdev - Control panels
>RDEV - Chooser extension
>PRES - Serial printer driver
>PRER - Remote printer driver
>adev - Network driver
>fext - Network extension
>scri - System foreign language script
>cbnd - Communications Toolbox (CTB) connection tool
>fbnd - CTB File transfer tool
>tbnd - CTB terminal tool
>ddev - Database extension
>appe - Background only application
>gc24 - ????
>adrp - Application alias
>dbgr - Macsbug or other low-level debugger
>dfil - Desk accessory
>APPL - Application

Don't know what the gc24 is. Sorry.

Pete Resnick
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 20:11:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Resnick)
Subject: Extensions Manager - new features

Scott <[e-mail]> writes:

>Could some kind person take a minute and write a quick description
>of the file types which EM considers? They are:

>INIT - System extensions
>cdev - Control panels
>RDEV - Chooser extension
>PRES - Serial printer driver
>PRER - Remote printer driver
>adev - Network driver
>fext - Network extension
>scri - System foreign language script
>cbnd - Communications Toolbox (CTB) connection tool
>fbnd - CTB File transfer tool
>tbnd - CTB terminal tool
>ddev - Database extension
>appe - Background only application
>gc24 - ????
>adrp - Application alias
>dbgr - Macsbug or other low-level debugger
>dfil - Desk accessory
>APPL - Application

Don't know what the gc24 is. Sorry.

Pete Resnick
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 20:43:24 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FDHD Upgrade (C)

On Fri, 4 Sep 92, waxman (Does he/she have a real name?) asked:

>Does any know about the FDHD upgrade?
>
>The kit comes with a note saying "Installation instructions are in
>Volume 6 of the Technical Procedures Binder (November 88)".  I took a
>guess and put the replacment PROMs in a got the machine to boot and
>read/write low density disks, but still no high?

Is this the second question on this subject in almost as many days, or
did waxman make two postings, or is my memory as bad as I fear?

In any event. I really think you need an active death wish to do an FDHD
upgrade by yourself. What did it cost me to have a certified Apple tech
do the job on Leslye's Mac II? Nuthin. The most would be maybe $45 for
the hour(-) of work, and the puppy works. There are some things that God
did not mean civilians to succeed at, and the FDHD upgrade is one. And if
an Apple tech does the job and sends back the old ROMs, you get a nice
rebate check.

I've done a lot of Mac upgrades myself. I pass on the FDHD upgrade. The
reason is that Mother Bloom raised no dummies. Some flakes, to be sure,
but no dummies.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 18:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Fileguard

Does anyone know of a program available via FTP that allows you to lock files
and applications. Similar to Fileguard.

Chris Tanski

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 16:16 CDT
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: Greek System Resources

Hi!

On behalf of my brother I am trying to obtain a copy of the System 7 Greek
Script, Keyboards and Fonts. Is there anyone out there who could mail me a
copy?
Alternatively, is there anybody who has a Greek System 7? To receive the
entire
system, however, I would please like it to be sent to my account
"[e-mail]", because I have more storage space there.

I have succesfully extracted the analogous software out of a Hebrew system,
which is available by ftp at ftp.apple.com. Hebrew and Arabic are the only
non-
Roman script systems they have available there, though.

I understand that were I a certified Apple developer I would receive a CD with
all the newest system software for any country on it, for which it exists. But
I don't even have access to the Developer CD ROM.

In case somebody might wonder why I don't tell my brother to use the Symbol
font, the reason is that it does not have provisions for the diacritical marks
used in Greek.

Any Help someone could give me I would greatly appreciate.

Dominik Hoffmann

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

Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 19:00:21 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Hard Disk Problem

I've got a strange hard disk problem that cropped up recently, and I'm
hoping someone out there in netland can help me.  I've got an SE/30 with
a Quantum Pro80s internal that I installed myself (way back in 1990).  A month
or so ago, it started acting up.  When I turn on my computer after it has
been off for a while, it won't boot; it just gives the ? disk.  If I turn
it off and turn it right back on, it boots.  I started listening closely and
noticed that on a cold boot, the hard drive doesn't start spinning up until
3 or 4 seconds after I've turned on the power.  If I cycle the power, the
hard drive is still spinning, and it boots fine.

So, what could cause a HD that has performed flawlessly for over two years
to suddenly stop spinning up properly on a cold boot?   Thanx in advance
for the help.

                  Ken

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

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:31 EDT
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Initial reactions to Now Utilities 4.0

Perhaps this is my punishment for not double-checking what the first NOW
employee said to me (when I posted a message saying I was told 3.0.x utilities
would NOT work with 4.0 ones), but I've been having quite a time with 4.0
(which I went ahead and ordered anyway instead of waiting to hear what the net
said, like I said I was going to do).

An initial comment: the utilities don't work quite like I thought they would.
The merging of NowMenus and Multimaster and tying it in closely with
SuperBoomerang is... interesting. As far as I can see, I can't assign certain
files to certain applications anymore without getting all files the
application
uses ("attach recent docs," which puts things like preference files on there
too; yeah,  I really want to open my Quicken prefs file). There are ways
around
this, but the utilities do work differently, and it will take me a while to
figure out how each of them work now, and how to get back to the way I liked
things.

An initial complaint: NowMenus takes the liberty of putting keyboard shortcuts
in Microsoft Word 5, and I can't get them to stay out. In the finder it's
easy:
just highlight the menu item and press "delete," but they wont stay gone in
Word 5. Take one away and the other one re-appears. I assume this can be fixed
somehow, but I don't like the utility doing this... I felt the update would
keep my Mac as much the way it was as possible, but it would appear that my
preference files for the old (3.0.2) utilities were lost in the shuffle.

Anyone else want to comment, or, better yet, help me fix Word 5 so I don't
have
those &%^$(*! extended keyboard symbols in my menus?


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

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 19:03:03 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Installers...again! :-)

I hate to do it, but I am going to reopen that discussion
about installers that most software companies ship with their
software.  While I don't have a problem with the concept, some
companies installers are not up to par.  The idea behind the
installer is that the novice user can easily install there software
without have to be totally fluent on where each item has to go.
The problem is that not all installers are created equal.  I have
run across several installers that look for a system folder on
the hard drive you wish to install to, not the ACTIVE system folder.
Therefore, if you have two hard drives, one internal and one external,
if you try to install on the non-boot drive, these ignorant installers
will put the necessary software in the system folder on the non-bootdrive.
If there is no sys folder, they create one.  There are some installers
that won't even create a sys folder if one can't be found.  They just
dump everything into one folder.  Then the user has to determine what
go where any ways!  Then there are installers that just don't work! :-)
I purchased Maple (student version) and the installer just keep on
crashing.  Now, I realize that this was most likely an infrequent
fluke.  I did get around it, which a "novice" user might not have
been able to do.  The installer was the Stuffit installer util, so
all the files could be collected and assembled and unstuffed using
Stuffit Deluxe (or Classic).

I basically agree with the idea of installers, but the company should
make sure that the installers are smart enough to had the job that they
are assigned.  Also, companies should make sure that the install/setup
disks that are compressed be in a format that if the installer does not
work, a work around can be achieved, rather then having to send for new
disks.  I am not says that a user shouldn't be able to get new disk, but
that the user should be able to try to install from what he/she has until
the new disks arrive.

I olny bring this up because I have been installing some new software
on computers that have a couple of partitions and have encountered this
problem, which refreshed my memory and awoke the need to complain about
something. ;-)

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92  21:02 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: LC VRAM

This is bound to be an FAQ, but here goes:
What is the maximum VRAM an LC can accept?  I calculate I'll need 600k of
VRAM if I want to retain 16-bit color and upgrade from the 12" monitor to
a 13" one, so can I replace my present 512k SIMM with a 1 Mb one?  If not,
could I get 640x480 16-bit color using a graphics card, and would that mean
sacrificing my PDS slot which presently holds a maths coprocessor?

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92  21:02 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: LC VRAM

This is bound to be an FAQ, but here goes:
What is the maximum VRAM an LC can accept?  I calculate I'll need 600k of
VRAM if I want to retain 16-bit color and upgrade from the 12" monitor to
a 13" one, so can I replace my present 512k SIMM with a 1 Mb one?  If not,
could I get 640x480 16-bit color using a graphics card, and would that mean
sacrificing my PDS slot which presently holds a maths coprocessor?

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

Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 18:16 PDT
From: Michael A Reed                       <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac-in-Dos Anywhere?

'Couple of months ago, this extension-thing called Mac-in-DOS arose from the
depths to enable PC users to read floppies in Mac format.  It's apparently
a TSR (Terminate-and-Stay-Rickety) program that works under DOS 5 (so it
wouldn't be in the Mac archives, I s'pose).  Has anybody seen it around?  I
have full access to internet, but Archie's a bit of a pain somtimes.  Thanks
much for any info.    8)

--Michael A. Reed  ([e-mail])

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 03:44:15 CDT
From: [e-mail] (The DarkMage)
Subject: MacWrite Pro

Greetings:

    I talked to Claris a couple of weeks ago about something, and while I
had them on the phone, I asked about MacWrite Pro.  The guy said that the
most recent word from the gods was "around the end of the year."  When I
asked if this was serious or not, he declined to comment.

    Our interpretation is that MacWrite Pro was supposed to be the next
generation of word processors with lots of clever built in features.  For
various and sundry reasons which are largely irrelevant to us, they didn't get
it out the door in time to beat Word 5 which incorporated many of the same
clever features.  To release the system then would have meant releasing a
program a lot like Word 5 afterwards - making Claris look like they're just
tagging along behind Microsoft (comments about whether or not they are are not
at issue here).  Thus, they're now trying to write the NEXT next generation
of word processors and jump the gun on Word 6.  So, WE wind up twiddling our
thumbs until then.

    On the lighter side, MacWrite II didn't break with System 7 (thanks
to the Mac gods considering how long its been now).  You will also get a free
upgrade to Pro if you buy II now - assuming of course that it's released
before we all dump our Macs and buy new Gonzar 9000 hypercubes.  Ciao.

Christopher Barkley
The DarkMage
[e-mail]
Reality is a State of Mind

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Date: 5 Sep 1992 17:58:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mark Anbinder)
Subject: MBDF Authors Plead

Three former Cornell students, who had been facing a total of forty computer
tampering and related charges in connection with the creation and release of
the MBDF virus affecting Macintosh computers this February, struck a
plea-bargain agreement here in Ithaca yesterday.

David Blumenthal and Mark Pilgrim, each of whom had been facing felony first
degree computer tampering charges, pleaded guilty to one count each of
second degree computer tampering, a misdemeanor.  Randall Swanson pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct.  Swanson was not
originally implicated in the case when the virus was traced to Blumenthal
and Pilgrim, but was charged this summer.

None of the three are currently enrolled for the fall semester at Cornell
University.  While the University is prohibited by federal law from
revealing the outcome of disciplinary action against students, unofficial
word has it that some of the students have been expelled from the
University, and the other(s) suspended for at least one year.  A 27 August
memorandum from William Streett, the Dean of Cornell's College of
Engineering, referred to an unnamed group of students who had been charged
with violating Cornell's Code of Academic Integrity "as a result of improper
and unauthorized use of computers and network systems."  Streett said that
the punishments in these cases "include expulsion and suspension for a year
or more."  The memo went on to remind students of their responsibility in
maintaining academic integrity standards in their computer use, and
suggested that students with special talents in computing and network
systems "put these to constructive use by tutoring other students or through
volunteer work with one of the local social service agencies."

--
Mark H. Anbinder                      [e-mail]
BAKA Computers, Inc.                  QuickMail QM-QM 607-257-2614

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

Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 20:01 CDT
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: mcvert 1.8.3

Hi Everybody!

Recently, I downloaded mcvert 1.83 by Joseph Skudlarek from the archives. I
re-
placed the older version with the newer one before I could make sure that it
works properly. It seems like it doesn't. Typical error messages I get are

> mcvert process-watcher-11.hqx
Converting     ProcessWatcher_1.1.sit         type = "SIT!", author = "SIT!"
hqx_to_bin_fork: writing 370 too many bytes

last perror (may not be relevent): Error 0
mcvert: exiting
>

What is wrong? Did I not compile the code right? It runs on a DECstation
3100.

Or, if indeed this version has a bug in it, could someone please re-post an
older working version?

Thanks a lot!

Dominik Hoffmann ([e-mail])

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 00:22:38 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Macs Rumor (A)

On Fri, 4 Sep 92 11:33:36 -0700 you said:
>I heard that some new Mac models will appear soon. Could anybody tell me
>what kind of models will it be and when will they be available ?

get info-mac/digest/vapor/vaporware-09-92.txt

September 14 - Performa line
October 19 - new PowerBooks, new Macs
January - mid-range Macs go 68040.

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

Date: Saturday, 5 Sep 1992 18:23:38 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Quantum ProDrive

A few weeks ago, MacWeek reported that Quantum had announced a new
ProDrive ELS series to eventually replace the current ProDrive LPS
series.  The new drives are reported to cost less, have 40% fewer
components and have a MTBF of 250,000 hours.

Has anyone heard any word of new hard drives coming from vendors
based on the ELS series?  I asked GCC, but their response was that they
had no word of any new drive from Quantum.  (Do you think that GCC
reads MacWeek?)

Anyone who has information on this, please let me know directly at
jfritz@ wvnvm.wvnet.edu or through the Moderator's forum.

Jeff Fritz
West Virginia University

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 00:42:21 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Now Utilities 4.0

The Now 4.0 upgrade arrived Friday.  For those hesitiating due to rumors
that there might be a problem using Alarms Clock and DeskPicture from
3.0.2.  Not to worry, Alarms Clock and DeskPicture still work fine.

On the other hand, I don't see Now 4 as a great improvement over 3.0.2.
Maybe more like Now 3.5?

I haven't gotten used to the changes in SuperBoomerang yet.  It looks
like a couple of ideas have been borrowed from Apollo and the functionality
of  /mac/system.extensions/cdev/nameviewer2.71.cpt.hqx a $20 shareware at
mac.archive.umich.edu.  In fact, Now must have bought the rights to
Nameviewer; otherwise there's likely to another "look and feel" suit :)
I decided not to retain Nameviewer (found I didn't really pay attention
to the information).  It's too soon to draw a conclusion, but I don't think
the new SuperBoomerang adds much to the functionality I had already (at
least it doesn't conflict with Apollo :)

StartUp Manager now moves disabled extensions, cdev's and so forth to
separate folders.  The SAME names as Extension Manager (makes it Extension
Manager compatible).  Other than that, I don't immediately see any
change in functionality (for those who prefer the old way of simply
tinkering with filetypes, I don't see any reason why you can't just keep
using 3.0.2's StartUp Manager).

Now Menu's shows Icons, but their in boring one bit :-(  I may envoke
the option to turn them off because they're so ugly.  One thing that does
look interesting is the document memory (it's possible to launch an app
used earlier in the day and have it open the same documents that were
opened before).  Maybe by next week I'll be wondering how I ever lived
without this new feature?

I haven't noticed any savings in System heap.  Hey, when the heap's
stretched out to 4.5 MBytes, what's a hundred K this way or that ;-)
Certainly, there could be bug fixes or efficiency gains that don't show
up in the menus.  It's really too early to tell whether the $29 invested
in the upgrade was cost effective.  Now Scrapbook (new) looks interesting
and could prove to be worth the cost of the upgrade all by itself (the
blurb says that it's possible to edit within the scrapbook).

Stay tuned.

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

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 12:29:32 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: QuickTime & AD

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I have all these quicktime movies that I would love to store
> on my hard drive, but they take up much to much room.
>
> How successful is autodoubler at compressing these?

Probably not at all, since QT movies are generally already heavily
compressed. Sorry...

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 20:21:26 edt
From: "Wellton Calliope (Spice, Reid)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Random StartupScreen CP?

I'm looking for a Control Panel which will show a random startup screen each
time you start your computer.  I was using Dawn but now I can't seem to find
it anywhere (I lost all the info on my hard drive).  Can someone tell me
where I can find it or something similar?

Thanks,
Reid Spice
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 00:25:38 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Rebuilding Desktop with ColorSwitch??

On Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:33:35 -0800 you said:
>Another quick way is to use Andrew Welch's ColorSwitch CP. Make sure the
>Finder is foremost, then change colour depth. The Finder will restart.
>Change it back, holding down command and option; the Finder will restart
>again and offer to rebuild the desktop.

Evidently, you have an INIT conflict.  ColorSwitch is NOT supposed to
kill Finder (and it doesn't on my Quadra even though I've got 50+ other
system patches loaded).

Killing Finder every time one changes color depth is a poor idea.
Haven't you noticed that every time Finder restarts the System heap is a
few hundred K larger than it was before.  I suppose if you're all loaded
up with 16 MByte SIMMs it's not a bother, but I'm starting to find 8
MBytes confining (PhotoShop's suggested size is 4 MBytes all by
itself!).

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

Date: 06 Sep 1992 18:52:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: BRYAN SMITH <[e-mail]>
Subject: shareware programs...

I am compiling a list of
the best Macintosh Shareware
Freeware programs available.

I am interested in your opinions
concering this topic.  Please
send me a list of your favorite
5-10 shareware programs (please
include a short description and
any comments you would like to
make about the program).

Please send list/comments directly
to my address below.

Thanks in advance.
.......
:  o/ : Bryan Smith
: <|  : Colgate University
: / > : internet: [e-mail]
:.....: bitnet:   bsmith@colgateu

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

Date: 06 Sep 1992 22:22:41 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: shareware spreadsheets

Anyone have a comparison of the two shareware spreadsheets Mariner and
Biplane?
Which is best ? I heard that Biplane went commercial, is that correct ? Any
likes or dislikes from users of either spreadsheet would be greatly
appreciated.  Thanx !
                Brian
                NICE@BUTLERU

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

Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 14:07:34 EDT(-0400)
From: [e-mail] (Edward Reid)
Subject: Sharing phone lines with fax (R)

Lyben sells two switches which allow phone, fax and modem to share a phone
line, and all can take incoming calls.  $110 - $130.

   Lyben Computer Systems
   1150 Maplelawn
   Troy, MI 48099
   [phone]

Edward Reid  (8*}>
  eel:   [e-mail]  or  nosc.mil!titipu.meta.com!ed
  snail: PO Box 378/Greensboro FL 32330

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 11:35:02 EDT
From: [e-mail]      (Robert C. Haushalter)
Subject: sick miracle piano

Dear Netters:
    I just got the Miracle piano for my son's birthday. During setup I
found that one of the connectors for the foot-pedal jack was caught behind the
case and it took quite a while to expose it.  Next, when we tried to use the
earphones, it was very staticy and you had to twist the jack and fiddle with
it
to find a spot where both earphoines would put sound out.
    On the second morning when the keyboard was powered up, all of the
    disp[lay lights came on(only a select few were supposed to lit) and no
    sound would come out.
    So needless to say, I was not happy about the hardware problems,
especially the fatal one.  I bought the unit thru Macwarehouse and plan to
send
it back.  The software seemed nice and the kids really liked it but I am now
wondering if I should get a replacement or just get my money back.
    Has anyone out there had any more positive experience with the miracle
piano??  I didn't notice a toll-free support number for the company that makes
the miracle in their booklets that came with the piano (I always consider this
a bad sign from a vendor).
    If anyone can give me any input about this I would really appreciate
    it.
Please let me know ASAP as I have to send it back very soon.  It would be very
nice for me if you could email me directly and I'll summarize to the net if
I get any responses.
    Please help!

Bob Haushalter

Disclaimer: The opinions are mine, not my employer's.

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

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 17:54:49 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Simon Kozin)
Subject: stuffit expander

Alright for all of you out there that want to be able to expand *ALL*
stuffit (.sit) files and more listen up.  GET the utility entitled
Stuffit expander.  It will allow you to uncompress all, yes all stuffit
archives (except for encrypted ones) this includes stuffit 1.5.1, stuffit
classic, and stuffit deluxe 1,2, and 3.  It will also allow you to
uncompress applelink packages and compact pro (.cpt) files.  Three more
wonderful features include: drag and drop capabilities for system 7,
background processing, AND IT'S FREE!!  So grab it.  I guess in other
words this replace (and does more than) the old util unstuffit deluxe.

its archived at sumex-aim as:

/info-mac/util/stuffit-expander-101.hqx

It works wonders.... give it a try.


Hope this answers all those questions that have been posted lately.

Simon Kozin
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 12:41:38 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter v. DeskWriter

Thanks to all that sent responses to my query. Here is a quick summary of
what I have learned.
PRICE: Deskwriters are about $70 to $100 more than StyleWriters.
OPERATING COST: Not clear. One person believed that the DW had a longer life
than the SW. DW cartridges are $3 cheaper and, I believe, last longer.
MAINTENANCE: A salesman told me that the SW jams more than the DW, however, it
is easier to clear jams with the SW. The DW sold at my university comes with a
longer warranty than the SW. One person told me that should the SW fail after
the warranty expired, you are likely to have to buy a new SW. Apparently, the
SW has few serviciable parts.
SPEED: The DW is almost twice as fast as the SW. Note: You can print in draft
modes on both printers and both allow spooling.
QUALITY: The SW prints better than the DW especially when you use high-quality
paper such as Hammermill Laser plus with wax holdout.
ENVELOPES: The SW handles envelopes better than the DW.
RECOMMENDATION: SW is best for small print jobs such as letters and, if you
use
Hammermill-laser paper, resumes. The DW is better for longer jobs such as
print
ing a proofreading copy of a report.
CAVEAT: If the SW breaks down more the the DW, I would not advise getting it.
Also, HP may be coming out with new color inkjets; perhaps B&W DeskJet prices
will go down.
FURTHER QUESTIONS: How many pages can you get per cartridge? Which is best for
transperancies? Repair problems with the DW?
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THAT RESPONDED.

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

Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 12:41:38 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter v. DeskWriter

Thanks to all that sent responses to my query. Here is a quick summary of
what I have learned.
PRICE: Deskwriters are about $70 to $100 more than StyleWriters.
OPERATING COST: Not clear. One person believed that the DW had a longer life
than the SW. DW cartridges are $3 cheaper and, I believe, last longer.
MAINTENANCE: A salesman told me that the SW jams more than the DW, however, it
is easier to clear jams with the SW. The DW sold at my university comes with a
longer warranty than the SW. One person told me that should the SW fail after
the warranty expired, you are likely to have to buy a new SW. Apparently, the
SW has few serviciable parts.
SPEED: The DW is almost twice as fast as the SW. Note: You can print in draft
modes on both printers and both allow spooling.
QUALITY: The SW prints better than the DW especially when you use high-quality
paper such as Hammermill Laser plus with wax holdout.
ENVELOPES: The SW handles envelopes better than the DW.
RECOMMENDATION: SW is best for small print jobs such as letters and, if you
use
Hammermill-laser paper, resumes. The DW is better for longer jobs such as
print
ing a proofreading copy of a report.
CAVEAT: If the SW breaks down more the the DW, I would not advise getting it.
Also, HP may be coming out with new color inkjets; perhaps B&W DeskJet prices
will go down.
FURTHER QUESTIONS: How many pages can you get per cartridge? Which is best for
transperancies? Repair problems with the DW?
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THAT RESPONDED.

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

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 12:59:11 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Tech support mailing list ideas

>     Just a thought about the Tech Support idea:
>
> How about an anonymous,moderated newsgroup? kind of like alt.sex.bondage's
> wizvax anonymous posting service. Only Tech support people would be assigned
> an alias, and only people with alias's get to post. This would stop people
> from bothering busy support staff with replys to their posts. Here is the
> a.s.b. trailer if you need it:
>
> Please *don't* post tests or personals here. To use this service, send EMAIL
to:
> Anonymous posting:      [e-mail]        (yes, a dash)
> Anonymous reply:        <user's alias>@wizvax.methuen.ma.us
> Test path/get alias:    [e-mail]         (yes, a dash)
> ACS administrator:      [e-mail]        (yes, a dash)
>
>
> Give each support person an alias that tells who they are, but not where
> they are. i.e. Jim.Apple, Mary.Borland, Steve.TAMU, Adam.Tidbits
>
> Digesting the newsgroup to a List (like Info-Mac does) would be a great
idea.
>
> I believe this solves all of the problems mentioned so far.
>
> If you have any questions about this admittedly complex plan, feel free to
ask.

You're right, it does solve almost all the problems mentioned so far, Steve,
but one problem still remains. Someone has to set this up and run
it. :-)

Any volunteers? Jeff-who-suggested-the-newsgroup-idea-first?

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 12:23:51 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Virtual screen navigator for Mac IIci

I have a user with a Mac IIci and a 16" Apple color monitor.
Unfortunately, he is trying to run a program that was written
specifically for a larger monitor, namely either the 19" or 21"
variety.  The problem: the program in question doesn't "fit" on the 16"
screen. Can anyone recommend a program that would run under System
7.01, and allow the entire program to be seen, either by shrinking the
program's display, or virtualizing the screen so that moving the mouse
to the edge would scroll the viewing area in the appropriate
direction?

I've looked at sumex-aim.stanford.edu, and haven't found anything
workable.  Thanks.

---
Who:    L. Jack Wilson
What:   UTK OAC Microsupport
Where:  [e-mail]
Why:    Standard Disclaimer fits nicely here.

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 00:30:01 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where/when is MacWrite Pro?

On Fri, 4 Sep 92 17:53 BST you said:
>My Apple dealer recently mentioned that now would be a good time to buy
>MacWrite because it's not bad and anyway it would cost "almost nothing"
>to upgrade to MacWrite Pro if and when that eventually arrives.  Has it
>been confirmed that upgrades to the ephemeral MWP will be very cheap, and
>what is the latest prognosis on MWP?

Find another Apple dealer.  During the very first of my infrequent
calls to Claris in September of 1990 (two years ago) the young lady was
apologetic about the slippage in the planned Oct '90 intro date and
indicated that I could expect to upgrade to MacWrite Pro around January
of 1991.  Uh huh.  Last Spring our Claris rep said "August to October
time frame" but MacWeek hasn't offered ANY indication that the arrival
of MacWrite Pro is anywhere near imminent.

MacWrite II is probably selling for what it's worth ($89 at the usual
mail order suspects).  However, if you are eligible for educational
prices, get Nisus (educational price is $99).  Nisus already does all of
the things I've seen promised for MacWrite Pro (well maybe MacWrite Pro
will support more colors), and a major upgrade of Nisus also is in the
works (it's late too, but not as late as MW Pro :)

I should have taken Adam Engst's advice long ago.  I've been using Nisus
for only a couple of weeks, but it's a real pleasure.  I'm far happier
looking forward to the Nisus upgrade than the MW Pro upgrade (Nisus may
even get theirs done first).

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

Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 15:49:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Where can I find a Japanese version of system 7?(A)

[e-mail](TAY  Huan Nan) writes:

  > Fritz Morgan <[e-mail]> ask in InfoMacV10#207
  >> I am looking for a version of the system 7 Japanese system software and
  >> can not find it on ftp.apple.com.  Does anyone know were I might find
  >> such a thing?
  >
  > You have company...all of us in Japan have been waiting for years, and
  > it is rumored to be coming out this Fall.

   I think there has been a quasi-official news release on this...

Japanese Mac System 7.1 Due in Fall - 08/17/92

TOKYO, JAPAN, 1992 AUG 17 (NB) -- Apple Computer (Tokyo) is
preparing to release a Japanese version of the Macintosh operating
system, System 7.1, this fall. With this operating system, the
Macintosh will be able to fully support the Japanese language, Apple
reports.

System 7.1 is an upgraded operating system with features Apple
says were in demand by Japanese users. There's a multi-language
feature called "WorldScript" in which the operating system enables
the development of applications in a number of languages, including
Japanese. WorldScript can deal with a 2-byte word just as well as
a 1-byte word, Apple contends.

This operating system also has kana-kanji conversion software called
"Kotoeri." This kind of language conversion program is generally
called s front-end processor, and it plays a vital role in the
conversion of simple Japanese letters into kanji letters.
This is good news for Japanese users who had to deal with System
7.0's weak Japanese language support. A beta version of
Japanese System 7.1 has already been supplied to application
developers.

  >     I do not use System 7 myself but there is a way to patch  the US
  > System 7 files so that it will run with KanjiTalk6.07.  Its called
  > Gomtalk (latest version 1.3 as far as I know) and has been posted to
  > the net somewhile ago.  It should be available in some of the popular
  > ftp sites in the states.
  >
  >     ps. of course you have to own the  KanjiTalk 6.07 in the first place.

    Posters in North America looking for either KanjiTalk 6.0.7 or GomTalk
can drop me a line.


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

Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 1:31:29 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: White Knight (Q)

Hello netters,

I've been trying to get White Knight 11.14 to recognize and display
diacritical letters (i.e. letters with accents) for the past few days
without much success. I'm particularly interested in displaying the
diacritical letters when I logon a local French library service.

I've tried the PUTPARAM procedure described in the manual on pages 249 and
250 but I still can't get WK to display the correct character set.
Surpringly, the new font (Monaco) appears under the font menu in WK but the
diacritical letters do not show up on the screen.  For instance, an accented
"e"
appears as an "i".  If I use a filter to replace all i's with the
appropriately-accented letter, all normal i's will be replaced also.

I need help.  Please respond directly to me and I'll summarize to the net.

Thanks in advance.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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


Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 17:44:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Wong)
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Cheers1.hqx sounds submission
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Resent-Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 12:46:50 PDT
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Info readers
This file is binhexed and compacted.  I really hope it works, thisis my first
time.

Included is:
 1)Accidents in the home...(Carla)
 2)Shootin out kids...(Carla)
 3)Woman...(Norm)
 4)What's going on...(Norm)

Please write to me and tell me what you think of the file, if it is good or
bad, so that I can decide wheather to send more or quit now.

Thanks
Jeff

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[Archived as /info-mac/sound/cheers-grp1.hqx; 306K]

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