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Info-Mac Digest             Wed,  9 Sep 92       Volume 10 : Issue 217

Today's Topics:

      [*] Bolo Map Collection 1.0
      [*] CursorSpin Library
      [*] TidBITS#141/07-Sep-92
      [*] UULite 1.4 Release for the Mac
      [*] WEDGIE, a 3-D truetype font
      [*] WHARMBY, another 3-D type truetype font
      !DeskPict 1.1 (R)
      1 meg Simms used, for sale?
      AlarmsClock vs SuperClock
      Apple Marketing in Europe doesn't have a clue ...
      ARA Problem: Users & Groups windows unusable!
      ARA WON'T INSTALL (Q)
      Becoming a Registered Apple Tech
      BixHex 5.0 (C)
      Cheers sounds
      Colour Classics?
      Comm toolbox
      Connecting from the Boonies (A)
      DarkSide 3.2 (C)
      Eudora (& pop3 in general)
      Excel 4.0 problem (R)
      Follow Up: New Quantum ELS Drives
      FullWrite Pro
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #211
      MacTCP licensing
      NEC CDR-35 drive
      Need beep randomizer (R)
      PB100 QUESTIONS
      plugging in a lot in my mac
      PowerBook 100 docking problem
      Problem compiling zmodem
      QT PICTs and ClarisWorks (PS)
      QuickTime PICTs and ClarisWorks
      Restarting with ColorSwitch (NOT)
      Savvy
      Security and network connections for PowerBooks
      Serial Port C Code (Q)
      Servers, modems
      software location
      SSMP for CTB
      Word 4.0 and gray cell

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 17:32:44 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Bolo Map Collection 1.0

Enclosed find a ResEdit file containing our first edition of Bolo BMAP
resources  for playing Bolo on modified island geographies.  If you don't
know how to modify the BMAP resources in Bolo get the Two Player Island
file we uploaded to Sumex several weeks ago (the Two Player Island is
included in this package as well).  A description of the modification
process is included there.


There are five island resources in the collection:

"Two Player Island"  -  As the title states this one was developed for two
players.

"Three Player Island" - Ummmmm... lemme see.... ummmm...  for three
players???

"Big City" - an island completely covered by city blocks - real fun!

"Mid City" - an island with two fortified cities with a swamp between them.
Our best battles have been on this island.

"HellHole" - Primarily for two players or two teams. This one must be seen
to be believed!


Have fun and kill 'em good!!!


Earl T. Benser             ([e-mail])
James R. Campbell, Jr.     ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-collection.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 20:48:33 GMT-0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] CursorSpin Library

Recently, I became quit disturbed with the currently available cursor
spinning code. The cursor spins irregularly, sometimes skipping frames and
generally looking unpleasant.

So, I sat down and came up with a small, yet powerful library you can use
in your own programs. I utilize VBL tasks to obtain a VERY smooth cursor
spin. I have included the library, FULL SOURCE CODE, a demonstration
application, a ResEdit template for spinning ('SPIN') cursors, and some
sample cursors to boot.

The code is extremely safe and easy to use; it contains only three external
functions, and it performs error checking everywhere.

You need only call: BeginSpinning () or BeginResSpinning (), where the
former takes several arguments listed below, and the latter takes its info
>From a 'SPIN' resource.

You have control over:

color (yes/no)
number of frames
initial delay before the cursor comes up
and speed (frequency) at which it spins

When you are done, simply call StopSpinning().

/////////////////

This code was written in THINK C 5.0.

Enjoy!

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel E. Rudman
The University of Michigan
Computer-Aided Engineering Network
Macintosh Systems Administration

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/cursor-spin.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 22:04:25 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#141/07-Sep-92

TidBITS#141/07-Sep-92

 Hot off the phone lines comes Mark Anbinder's report on the MBDF
   authors pleading guilty! We also have the details on how IBM
   managed full-screen, 30 frame per second video on the Ultimedia,
   a report of a net tizzy over utilities removed from Now
   Utilities 4.0, notes from the bargain-hunting Murph Sewall on
   the Abaton Scan 300/Color, and finally, the second installment of
   our Gateways series, focussing this time on CompuServe.

Topics:
    MailBITS/07-Sep-92
    MBDF Authors Plead Guilty
    Now Utilities Hullabaloo
    Abaton Scan 300/Color
    Gateways II/CompuServe
    Reviews/07-Sep-92

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-141.etx; 28K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:10:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeff Strobel <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] UULite 1.4 Release for the Mac

I am pleased to announce the release of UULite version 1.4
for the Macintosh.

Version 1.4 has the following features:

  * One-step "Smart" uudecoding:
     - Multipart file decoding with automatic article header/footer
       removal - no manual editing required
     - Source file may contain multiple output files,
       e.g., the source file may contain any number of gif files:  all
       will be decoded
     - Configurable "Drag and Drop" decoding of any number of files
       (System 7 required)
     - "Super Smart" uudecoding for problem files.
     - File Merge and Decode for decoding images from multiple input
       files for news readers that don't support appending on the fly
     - Straight File Merge for merging text files
  * One-step uuencoding:
     - Auto file splitting to simplify Usenet posting
     - Auto file description insertion in first or all encoded parts.
  * Smart automatic file Type and Creator stamping - user configurable
  * Manual file Type and Creator editing on any file
  * UNIX To Mac text conversion
  * Mac To UNIX text conversion
  * Help
  * Usenet Read News Tutorial


...Jeff Strobel                                [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/uulite-14.hqx; 106K]

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Date: 07 Sep 1992 22:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] WEDGIE, a 3-D truetype font

This is the truetype font WEDGIE.  It looks sort of like it sounds,
as each letter looks like it was carved out of a wedge of wood.  It has a
nice 3-D effect.

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/wedgie-3d.hqx; 116K]

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Date: 07 Sep 1992 22:58:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] WHARMBY, another 3-D type truetype font

This is the truetype font WHARMBY.  It is a caps font.  Each large, sans-
serif letter is accompanied by a mirage-type shadow, as if these were
letters standing on the ground, and the sun is above and behind them.
It is very nicely done.

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 bottom 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/wharmby-3d.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 01:41:46 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: !DeskPict 1.1 (R)

On Mon, 7 Sep 92 18:01:40 PDT you said:
>I'm using a Radius Color Pivot/LE.  Now, !DeskPict properly
>scales the backdrop to fill the screen upon startup or restart
>(whether in landscape or in portrait mode), but doesn't seem
>to know to *rescale* the backdrop after I pivot the screen.
>
>Does anyone know how I might coax !DeskPict into checking the screen
>size each time after pivoting?  Also, does anyone know if NOW Utilities'
>DeskPicture works properly with a Radius Pivot?

Now's DeskPicture (no presently on the market because it has been
removed from Now 4.0 and the new, additional collection of Now Utilities
hasn't been released yet) is the commercial successor to !DeskPict.  In
addition to fixing the glitch that some time overpaints desktop icons,
DeskPicture allows changing pictures without restarting.

I don't have a Pivot to try it on, but presumably you could reinstall
the desktop, or switch to a different one with the correct aspect ratio,
when you pivot your Pivot (or flick your Bic, whichever comes sooner ;-)

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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 19:58:41 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1 meg Simms used, for sale?

Lots of people upgrade their computers with new SIMNS, then try to find
takers for their old 1 meg SIMMS.  When I did this, I used the ones I
took out to boost my wife's old Plus to 4 megs.  But most of the time
people are told they are worthless.  I have a student who could really
use a set of four 1 meg SIMMs for a similar machine.  Is there a source
for such things cheap, or free?

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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 01:43:22 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: AlarmsClock vs SuperClock

On Mon, 07 Sep 1992 15:56:59 -0500 you said:
>Frankly, I don't care much about the loss of AlarmsClock, because (i) it
>didn't even work properly (made the system clock on my Mac pause and
>skip backwards!), and (ii) SuperClock! is a perfectly functional
>replacement.

AlarmsClock works fine for me.  SuperClock is so good, that I wouldn't
have purchased Now's clock for itself, but it comes with NowMenus,
SuperBoomerang, and other things that are worth the price of the whole
package.

As long as I have AlarmsClock I use it because it displays the day of
the week as well as the time.  It doesn't chime the hour, but SndControl
takes care of that nicely (and SndControl's chime can be interrupted
when I don't want to wait for 12 bongs at noon).

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 09:20:11 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Subject: Apple Marketing in Europe doesn't have a clue ...

Alan {and Fellow Netters],

you write in Info-Mac Digest 10.215:

    Young people who buy the 100, Classic and LC are Apple's future
market
    -  if those in Europe don't discover that they paid x2 the real (US)
    market price

I have already had the occasion to tell the list that the situation for
software is *much worse*, although the companies put forward 'translation
and adaptation' and 'customs' charges that are more often than not spurious.

Let me give a recent example: we wanted to buy a Prolog for our students,
licenced for 10 Macs. Price for the *non-translated & non-adapted* version
(none other exists) of AAIS Prolog over here: 3850FF each (which is now $785,
but even a year ago was $688) -- no rebate for Universities no site licence.
Finally I bought a site licence from the AAIS Co. for the 10 Macs for $969
(including handling and air-mail postage) + FF960 ($195)!!! Saving on the
whole, which has a wonderful environment (you can create windows, menus,
dialog-boxes etc from inside the language).

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

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 21:47 EDT
From: "There's nothing to do but fear itself." <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA Problem: Users & Groups windows unusable!

Hi there: I (think) I have a new and unusual problem with AppleTalk Remote
Access. I recently acquired ARA through my purchase of a PowerBook, and was
thrilled: "Hey great, now I can dial in to my home mac!" So I eagerly went to
install ARA on my home Mac (an SE/30, sys 7.01 tuned, lots of inits but read
further).  Anyway--installation went smoothly, although I was a little
skeptical when the installer claimed to be modifying the System File. But I
launched Remote Access and everything seemed to be fine.

Fine, that is, until I opened the Users & Groups control panel. Therein, I
noticed immediately that *no* user (Guest included) displayed information in
his or her "user" box regarding Remote Access features; that is, there was no
lower extension to the user's window containing checkboxes to "Allow users to
dial in" or set a callback number. Thus, I could not set up users to dial into
my mac.

Furthermore, I have noted that the users & groups display is positively
unusable with ARA installed.  I can enter passwords, but *no* checkboxes
on user windows function (including those for "Allow user to connect", "Change
password," and "program linking"). In short, the Users & Groups control
panel seemed to have had its resources and bounding rectangles scrambled.
This might be confirmed by the fact that when I click and drag in a User's
window, I get a *selection marque* and the graphics in the window shift
about 15 pixels to the upper left, as if the window were trying to scroll!
The strange part is, the control panel exhibits this behavior ONLY when
ARA software is enabled: otherwise, the Users & Groups control panel behaves
normally and everything works fine.

So, I thought, this is a weird software conflict, since I have some weird
faxmodem software running. So I disable everything except Extension Manager
1.7, mode32, and Apple-only inits, including everything from ARA. The same
behavior is exhibited in the Users & Groups control panel. So I replace the
Users & Groups control panel: no dice. Finally, I go a friend's machine (IIsi,
system 7.0.1 tuned, NO inits and the system just installed: as virgin as a
system gets), install ARA, and WHAM, the Users & Groups control panel exhibits
the same behavior on that system! When I disable ARA, everything returns
to normal.

My bet is that the ARA disk I got contains some data corruption and hence
the installation is messed up everywhere I go. (Nortons and MacTools do
not report any physical damage on the disk, but that may or may not be
indicitive of a problem.) But out of curiosity, has anyone out there had
a problem like this? Am I overlooking something ridiculously simple?

Thanks in advance!

Geoff Duncan    [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:57:54 -0500
From: Glenn Stauffer <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA WON'T INSTALL (Q)

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:
>Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 22:23:38 -0700
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: ARA WON'T INSTALL (Q)
>
>Gentle Folk of the Net,
>
>I can't seem to get Appletalk Remote Access to install on my Mac IIci 8/80,
>running sys 7 and tuneup 1.1.1
>
>I've tried turning off all extensions but that doesn't seem to help.  The
>ARA installer tells me that it has installed successfully but when I reboot
>and double-click on the application, I get a message saying either the
>application didn't install correctly or one of the extensions is turned off,
>but as far as I can tell the extensions installed are turned on.  I've
>tried installing over and over again with the same result.
>
>Can anybody tell me what is going on and how I can get the blasted thing
>installed?  Thanks.
>

You're missing one step - turn on AppleTalk in your Chooser window.  I
can't compliment Apple on the ARA error-handling in this situation.  I've
seen more people stymied by this one error.

Glenn Stauffer
Swarthmore College Computing
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 23:17:51 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Becoming a Registered Apple Tech

I seem to remember a posting that talked about how normal users
could be sponsered by a local dealer to become are Certified
Apple Tech.  I can not find that posting though; could someone
kind person point me in the correct direction?  Thanks!

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 23:38:01 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: BixHex 5.0 (C)

Regarding whether to keep BinHex 5.0 in the archives, how about
hacking BinHex 5.0 with ResEdit so you can _only_ decode files,
not encode them?  It seems like a simple menu dimming would do.
Just an idea..

                    Hisham.

Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp.  [Internet: [e-mail]]

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 16:52:07 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Wong)
Subject: Cheers sounds

Recently I sent cheers-grp1.hqx to the archive.  Now all I am asking for is
that all who have gotten this file to send me back some feedback.  This is
my first attempt at producing a sound file and of sending the file to the
net.
All feedback, either good or bad is fine.

Thanks
  Jeff Wong

   [e-mail]

Archived in info-mac/sound/cheers-grp1.hqx

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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 10:49:30 EDT
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Colour Classics?

Now that it seems that Apple will not be marketing a colour version of the
Classic II, does anyone know what colour tube was to be used? What resolutions
it supported? whether it is available from a third-party source? whether it
can be used in an SE30? and at what cost?

Just curious!

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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 10:43:35 EDT
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comm toolbox

    Here's a FAQ for everbody, although I looked through past digests
and couldn't find it anywhere...

    I recently downloaded a shareware program that "requires the com-
munication toolbox to be present". I'm running System 7.0 with TuneUp
1.1.1; I originally believed the comm toolbox was included in System 7,
but every time I try to run this program, I get a notice saying it
isn't present. I explored ftp.apple.com but couldn't find anything
likely. Does anybody have an exact path or another site (And path)
for this package (Which I assume Apple is distributing as system soft-
ware, without fees...)

    Thank you all,

Rebecca Aiken
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 17:35:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Connecting from the Boonies (A)

Pat Pruyne <[e-mail]> writes:

  > In short: I am looking for connection options for a novice Mac user
  > that I advise who lives in a region with (apparently) no local BBS,
  > MUGs or InterNet public-access hosts.  By connection I mean a
  > resource/gateway he can dial his modem into to enter a peninsula of
  > this wonderful electronic world. History: he bought a modem (v. happy
  > w/ TelePort BTW) and signed on to AOL until he ran $400 in the first
  > month.  No kidding.  I tried Apple's MUG referal group
  > ([e-mail]) which provided a local MUG with no
  > BBS (they didn't know of any either).
  >
  > Any other ideas?  His phone area code is 413; western Massachusetts,
  > and his zip code is 01230, but I think more universally applicable
  > answers are more useful to fellow readers.

   Well, after a little detective work with the ZIP directory (why can't
you just TELL me he's in Great Barrington?), I found a few answers.

   First of all, don't bother calling Apple for a BBS (how would they
know?).  Find a list of Mac BBS's (I use one called "BBS List #24" from
MACCOMM on CompuServe), and start by checking the relevent area code (413).
Since that list dates from March 92, I then cross-checked them against the
current Fido Nodelist, to make sure they were still active (as of last
Friday).

   A quick search for Mac BBS's turns up:

Pioneer Valley PCUG1      413-256-1037          9600  1:321/109
Amherst       MA [*]
Baudville                    413-562-1870               9600  1:321/304
Westfield     MA
SpaceMet South          413-592-0942     2400  1:321/302   Holyoke       MA
Moonrise                      413-665-1158       9600  1:321/117
Sunderland    MA
Macintosh Only BBS!        413-746-3202         9600  1:321/307
Springfield   MA
SpaceMet North          413-772-2038            2400  1:321/151
Greenfield    MA

[*] The first one appears to be a User's Group BBS.

   All of these (except Sunderland? -- not on my map) are along I-91 which
runs up the middle of the state, while Great Barrington is at the Western
boundry, so they're they're probably not a local call away.

   There are BBS's in Great Barrington, but they're not Mac-oriented.  I
turn up:

1:321/207  Chapparal                Paul Moulthrop      Gt Barrington MA
-->        1-413-528-5129           9600
1:321/226  Berkshires Link          Brett Simms         Gt Barrington MA
-->        1-413-528-6938           2400

   He could make arrangements with either of these systems to bring in
Mac-oriented Fido echos (he may have to operate as a "point," if they don't
have enough disk space to carry them).

   I recommend he get a high-speed modem (9600 or higher) and call
Central Mass (would that be Intra-LATA LD?).  If he wants Internet access,
he would have to call at least as far as Cambridge (the world.std.com
at 617/739-WRLD).

   If Pittsfield is a local call, he could access PC Pursuit, and get 30
hours of 2400 access to most cities in the US for $30/month.  (Call
800/877-5045 for details.)

   I regret that this isn't an easy or cheap solution, but one reason
people live in cities is so they don't have to go as far to find the
things they want.

  >   He has often wondered aloud if there is an 800 number access anywhere.
  > like a fine idea doomed by its inevitable popularity.

   It's not the popularity -- it's the cost.  Such a BBS would have to
charge its users at least $6/hour to cover the long distance charges.  By
that standard, AOL is a bargain.



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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 19:21 WET
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DarkSide 3.2 (C)

DarkSide of the Mac v.3.2 crashes on my Plus (4 MB RAM, System
7, TuneUp 1.1.1, various extensions) with an 'Unimplemented
Trap' error (an increasingly common error message these days --
perhaps the MPW C compiler or the associated libraries aren't
really compatible with the 68000) when I try to run one of the
*two* screen saver modules it permits me to use.

Perhaps you could reinstate v.3.1.1 in the archive for
Plus/68000 users, until the bug is fixed?

Alun

Alun J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 21:24:25 CDT
From: [e-mail] (The DarkMage)
Subject: Eudora (& pop3 in general)

Greetings:

     Please don't whack me for posting a UNIX question since I believe the
problem to be on the Mac end!  We have been using MacPOP for our department
Macs (some of our professors haven't subscribed to the idea of actually
logging
onto a system to get their mail).  Since it has been a lot of trouble and
grief,
we decided to try upgrading.  MacPOP is a client using the pop2 protocol
(which
runs through the UNIX demon popd).  We got pop3 (using the demon popper) which
sits on the same port (#109), so we had to remove popd.  We now have two
problems:

     1) despite being told pop3 was backwards compatable, MacPOP now claims
    that you have used an "incorrect password" even when we are very sure
    that we have used the right one.

     2) we got a copy of Eudora which is a pop3 client.  When we run it, it
    gives us an error (after trying to connect) saying that "the
    connection
    started to come up and then failed" (or something similiar).

I suspect the problem to be with the Mac programs and not the UNIX demon,
since
I sat there with etherfind running watching port #109.  When MacPOP tried to
connect, some packets came in.  When Eudora claimed it was trying, we never
saw
any packets arrive.  Either it's not sending, or it's not sending to 109 like
it is supposed to.  Has anyone out there experienced any similar problems, and
(more importantly) have you gotten your system working?  Thanks!


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

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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 01:40:38 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 4.0 problem (R)

On Tue, 8 Sep 92 07:28:47 -0400 you said:
>I had this problem (out of memory error with Excel 4.0 help), in my
>case on a IIfx under system 7.0.  According to uSoft Tech support,
>the problem is a conflict with SAM, versions 3.0 - 3.05.  Typical
>uSoft to blame someone else, but the problem did go away when I
>switched temporarily to Virex and stayed away when I upgraded to SAM 3.0.9.
>Hope this is helpful

Bull's-eye!  It turns out my colleague in the School of Engineering was
using an even OLDER version of SAM (2.5?).  I told him to try taking it
out and he called back late today to report that fixed the problem with
Excel 4's help.  I've given him Disinfectant 2.9 until he can get his
SAM updated (probably his department failed to respond to an upgrade
notice during one of Connecticut's all to frequent budget crises ;-)

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Date: Wednesday, 9 Sep 1992 08:57:15 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Follow Up: New Quantum ELS Drives

Hisham Abboud responded to my question about the new Quantum ES drives.
He said:

> announcing a drive isn't the same as producing it.  It usually takes 3-6
> months to ramp up production lines.  In addition, some companies wait
another
> 2-3 months to make sure all bugs and problems are ironed out from the
product
> before they commit to it.

I have no doubt that he's correct.  However, the article, which appeared
in the July 27 issue of MacWeek, did say "the new ProDrive ELS series ...
is already in production and will ship to distributors and OEMs next
month."  I know that vendors preannounce products, but if MacWeek is
accurate in their statement, OEMs should have gotten the drives sometime
in August (or sometime this month--if we really want to be charitable).

Since the OEMs only need to come up with a power supply and case, we
should begin to hear something within the next month or so about the
new drives.  I am holding off my purchase of a 105 MB hard drive pending
some word on the new drives.  (My 11 year-old son, who is heir to the old 45MB
Jasmine, is less than pleased aboutthe  holding pattern on the purchase of a
new drive).  So I'm curious as to whether I'll be waiting for six weeks,
six months or six years!


Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 08:54:45 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FullWrite Pro

First, a thanks to all of you out there for your help
on the autodoubler/movie question.

I have decided to keep on using FullWrite Pro in spite
of the fact that it is no longer supported since I could
not find anything to replace its citation capabilities
(I tried Framemaker and was impressed by all it could
do, but it (the demo) seemed to run slowly and that
was annoying).

With that introduction....my question:
When I delete a word in most word processors the
space next to the word goes as well (ie selecting
the word sets the space up for deletion). In Fullwrite
Pro only the word is deleted and I am left with two
spaces between words.  I CAN live with this but it
is really annoying.

Does anyone out there know how to get FullWrite Pro
to use a 'smart word delete' ?

As usual, thanks for any help....

m i k e silverstein

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 00:06 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Mitchell)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #211

GIFConverter 2.3b2 is _almost done_. The bug reports were more
numerous and cut deeper into the program than I anticipated. This
version should be a _lot_ better.

By _almost done_, I mean that I'm taking a break right now from
working on it. I need to make some final tests and package it up.

It will work better with changing the number of colors, reading
and writing JPEG files, System 6 (sorry 'bout that). It should
crash a lot less.


--
Kevin Mitchell -- [e-mail] -- Chicago, IL

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

Date: 9 Sep 92 09:02:00 CST
From: "Coons, David" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP licensing

There was a message here recently that began:

> I have recently downloaded the MacTCP control panels from sumex (in
> the Eudora release).  I am using them in conjuction with the NCSA
> telnet.mactcp program and trying out LeeMail 1.2.4 on a MacIIsi with 5

I spoke a few weeks ago with Apple's Software Licensing Department
(ASLD) about MacTCP.  NCSA has acknowledged that their current
non-MacTCP version of Telnet runs poorly if at all on the Quadra; the
MacTCP version, however, works fine.  I asked ASLD how Quadra owners
could go about getting MacTCP.  The person I spoke with said there are
three ways to obtain MacTCP:

   -   "Commercial Use License", in which the developer pays a fee in
       order to distribute MacTCP with their product; this is the
       route Eudora and PATHWORKS for Macintosh have taken;
   -   "Internal Use License", where the organization pays Apple a
       one-time fee for the right to distribute any number of copies
       of MacTCP within the organization; the cost to our university
       for this license, for example, would be $1,000;
   -   Buy a single end-user copy from APDA for $100.

I then asked if a person could use the MacTCP they obtained from
Eudora (a free program) with NCSA Telnet.  The answer was no, it can
only be used with the program it came with, in this case Eudora.

This is a pretty interesting situation.  Legally and ethically, since
our campus hasn't purchased an Internal Use License, I must advise our
users that in order to get MacTCP for use with Telnet, they must buy
it from APDA for $100.  But then one of their friends finds MacTCP
inside a package of Eudora, gives it to them, and all of a sudden I
look like I'm working on commission from Apple.  It's similar to the
ShareWare paradox: "But someone gave it to me for free.  Why should I
pay for it now?"

Not , just wanted to let you know what I found out.


David Coons, Microcomputer Specialist                  [e-mail]
Academic Computing Services, Texas Tech University       [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 00:24:35 +0200
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: NEC CDR-35 drive

Does anyone know which is the most recent driver
software for a NEC CD-ROM model CDR35 - and
where I can get them? I bought such a drive
 second-hand, and on the disk which came with
it were those files:

NecCDDrvr NEC CD-ROM driver v2.0 of Feb 9, 1990
Foreign File Access v 1.0 of Dec 13, 1989
High Sierra File Access v. 2.0.1 of Jan 12, 1990
ISO 9660 Access v. 1.1 of Aug 2, 1988
Music Box application v.? of Feb 12, 1990

I already wrote a letter to NEC in the United States,
but it seems they either don't want to reply or they
never received it.

Thank you for all suggestions.

Christian F. Buser          [e-mail]


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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 01:42:46 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need beep randomizer (R)

On Tue, 8 Sep 92 07:54:02 PST you said:
>Darren Cokin <[e-mail]> writes:
>>I have been reading the digests for a while, and I remeber there was a
>>program that would play a different sound for every system beep.
>
>It's called Speed Beep, and it's up to version 2.0.6 now. I don't know if
it's
>on sumex...

Was at sumex but is no longer.  Archie probably can locate a copy.
/info-mac/sound/program/sound-manager-package-175.hqx will not only
randomize sysbeeps, but disk ejects, disk inserts, trash sounds, and a
passel of others.  The sounds don't even have to be in the System
folder, much less in System.  I've currently got about 135 sysbeeps in a
1.1 MByte snd suitcase ;-)

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:33 EDT
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB100 QUESTIONS

Some quick questions for you Powerbook 100 owners out there!

I'm preparing to purchase one (probably from Citibank; the deal that Murph
mentioned the other day), but need some advice/answers:

1. Is it possible for me to add the RAM (MacConnection has a 4mb card for
$199) myself, or do I have to take it two hours away to my nearest dealer
and pay him or her to do it? I know from reading the PowerBook files in the
/report directory on sumex-aim that the 140 and 170 are difficult to open,
but it made no reference to opening the 100.

2. Since it comes only with a 20mb drive, I'll need some sort of
disk-doubling program. I've ignored most of the AutoDoubler/SpaceSaver/
MoreDiskSpace/WhateverElseThereIs wars over the past few months, so I'm open
for suggestions: on a PB100, with 6mb of RAM, and a 20mb disk, what would
YOU use?

I'd appreciate any answers/opinions as soon as possible --- everyone's
running out of 100's and I've just recently decided I have to have one :-)
to finish my dissertation etc.

Thank you,

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

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

Date: Tue,  8 Sep 1992 20:09 MST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: plugging in a lot in my mac

Well, after I decided to wait and buy an optical disk drive in 6 months
to 1 year, I ran out of HD space and had to buy a Syquest 88MB.

My question is this...I would like to have the drive power up with my IIci
Would it pull to much on the ci's power supply if I plugged the drive in
the back of the IIci and then plugged the monitor (which is currently plugged
into the back of my ci) into the back of the Syquest drive (it has two
power outs)?

        Thanks in advance...

                Aric Friesen

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 13:54:27 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PowerBook 100 docking problem

I have a PowerBook 100 4/40 with Apple's HDI-30 SCSI disk adapter
(M2539LL/A). I am trying to dock the PB to a Mac SE w/NewLife 25MHz
accelerator board. The SE is running System 7.0 with Tune-Up v1.1.1 and has
4mg RAM.

I can dock the PowerBook 100 to the SE and it will show up on the SE's
desktop. I can transfer files from the PB to the SE, but every time I try
to transfer a file to the PB, the operation fails -- the file is read, it
starts to write, and then everything hangs and I have to restart the SE. I
have tried different terminators, & different cables. I have reformatted
both the SE's hard drive and PowerBook's drive using Apple's software and
FWB's Hard Disk ToolKit. I have tried this with the PB running System 7.0.1
and 6.0.8. I have called NewLife, FWB, and Apple. NewLife acknowledges that
their board slows the SCSI transfer rate just a tad, but they don't think
their board is the cause. FWB says that it has heard of similar problems,
but they are still waiting for the appropriate Apple cable to test out on a
PB 100. Apple is willing to pick the PB up and check it out, but I would
rather spare Apple and myself the hassle if the problem lies outside of the
PB 100.

Both the SE and the PowerBook have Conner drives; 40 for the PB, 120 for
the SE.

Would anybody have a clue as to why the transfer works from the PB->SE, but
fails from SE->PB?

Yes, I have tried this with all extensions (except the NewLife ones)
disabled on the SE.

Thanks.

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 09:33:18 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Christian Page)
Subject: Problem compiling zmodem


I've just downloaded zmodem for unix from here at sumex, and I can't compile
it. I get these errors:
accom: Error: rz.c, line 349: prototype parameter 2 type must have all
qualifier
s of actual arg (except`outermost`) and pointed to types must be compatible
(ANS
I 3.3.2.2,3.3.16.1)
    if (signal(2    , bibi) ==      ((SIG_PF)1) ) {
       -----------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 349: Argument 2 Type Doesn't Match prototype
descriptio
n; prototype:  pointer to function returning void is different from actual:
poi
nter to function returning int
    if (signal(2    , bibi) ==      ((SIG_PF)1) ) {
       -----------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 353: prototype parameter 2 type must have all
qualifier
s of actual arg (except`outermost`) and pointed to types must be compatible
(ANS
I 3.3.2.2,3.3.16.1)
        signal(2        , bibi); signal(9       , bibi);
       -------------------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 353: Argument 2 Type Doesn't Match prototype
descriptio
n; prototype:  pointer to function returning void is different from actual:
poi
nter to function returning int
        signal(2        , bibi); signal(9       , bibi);
       -------------------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 353: prototype parameter 2 type must have all
qualifier
s of actual arg (except`outermost`) and pointed to types must be compatible
(ANS
I 3.3.2.2,3.3.16.1)
        signal(2        , bibi); signal(9       , bibi);
       -------------------------------------------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 353: Argument 2 Type Doesn't Match prototype
descriptio
n; prototype:  pointer to function returning void is different from actual:
poi
nter to function returning int
        signal(2        , bibi); signal(9       , bibi);
       -------------------------------------------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 355: prototype parameter 2 type must have all
qualifier
s of actual arg (except`outermost`) and pointed to types must be compatible
(ANS
I 3.3.2.2,3.3.16.1)
    signal(15       , bibi);
       -----------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 355: Argument 2 Type Doesn't Match prototype
descriptio
n; prototype:  pointer to function returning void is different from actual:
poi
nter to function returning int
    signal(15       , bibi);
       -----------------------^
accom: Warning 100: rz.c, line 497: statement not reached
    }
       -^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 689: prototype parameter 2 type must have all
qualifier
s of actual arg (except`outermost`) and pointed to types must be compatible
(ANS
I 3.3.2.2,3.3.16.1)
    signal(14       , alrm); alarm(n);
       -----------------------^
accom: Error: rz.c, line 689: Argument 2 Type Doesn't Match prototype
descriptio
n; prototype:  pointer to function returning void is different from actual:
poi
nter to function returning int
    signal(14       , alrm); alarm(n);
       -----------------------^

I'm using a Silicon Graphicswith IRIX 4.0.1. Can anyone help on this?

Thanks a lot!

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92  11:04 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: QT PICTs and ClarisWorks (PS)

I meant to add one thing: if ClarisWorks is very clever and able to save
QT PICTs by throwing them back at the OS, on the other hand it is still
Wild Magic-incapable!  (Why?)

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92  10:10 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime PICTs and ClarisWorks

Recently I noticed some undocumented behaviour of ClarisWorks 1.0v3 when it
comes to making use of QuickTime-compressed PICTs.  This somewhat confounded
my understanding of how the QT-PICT format was meant to work.  Here's what
I observed; I'll follow it up with a couple of questions:
(1)   Open any QT-compressed PICT (somebody ought to come up with a new
abbreviation for these, like, I dunno, PICT3?) using ClarisWorks.  You'll
be pleasantly surprised that CW will do this without requiring tons of
memory.
(2)   Manipulate it in some way - resize it, draw green triangles over it,
type text nearby, whatever.
(3)   Save your effort as a PICT.  This is where I was surprised - the
result is still QT-compressed.  In fact if you save it in CW format it's
still very small relative to normal PICT2.
Questions:  I had assumed that most applications would happily open QT-PICTs
but would save in ordinary PICT2 format, and that you needed a compressor
program to squash the results back into QT-PICT format.  Is the behaviour
exhibited by ClarisWorks becoming standard now for other graphics packages -
ie QT-PICT in, QT-PICT out, unbeknown to the user?  What really happens in
memory, ie how is that the decompressed PICT reverts to being compressed
when it is saved, or is this a decision made by the application?
It is neat that QT-PICTs masquerade as ordinary ones and hence are sort
of transparent to anything as long as QT has been inited, but my own
feeling is that this can lead to confusion.  Most people still don't have
QT and therefore applications really should default to the ordinary PICT
format when saving, or at least tell you what they're doing

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 08:34:22 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Restarting with ColorSwitch (NOT)

A while ago I mentioned here that you could restart the Finder by changing
the colour depth with ColorSwitch. This is not true; my machine has two
screens, one colour and one b/w (no grey). This seems to confuse
ColorSwitch in some way so that certain applications, including the Finder,
die when it is invoked. When I disconnect the Radius, ColorSwitch works as
expected. I suspect this is ColorSwitch's problem, not Radius'.

Apologies to any I misled.
Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92  11:01 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Savvy

Have downloaded Savvy; very nice.  But what do those letters in an
application's Get Info window mean (no documentation was supplied)?
"H" presumably means high-level event aware, but how about S and R?
There's probably a few I haven't seen yet!

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 14:36:16 CDT
From: Larry Pickett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Security and network connections for PowerBooks

We are about to outfit a "Caseroom" with 57 powerbooks.  We wish to include
them in the campus netword and are very concerned about the drawbacks to
their portability in this situation as they will (hopefully) remain in
the caseroom at all times.  Thus my two questions any experience with
securying these beasts?  I know about Cable Safe and PowerLock and have
heard about LockIt Note (however the phone number I have is not theirs and
I'd appreciate a recent one)  any other solutions.  Second issue we wish to
attach these to the campus net probably ethernet any good products there
with particular attention to solving the problem of stress on the SCSI
port if that is the place to connect the wire.  For the present resist
the temptation to ask why anyone would expose themselves thusly and also
asking where this shopping center is being put.  I can't defend this choice
with the portability problems inheritent here.

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 09:35 PST
From: Magic <[e-mail]>
Subject: Serial Port C Code (Q)

I am looking for a bit of code in C (I'm using Think C) which will grab
standard ASCII from the serial port on my Mac.  This is one way.  I will
not have to send to the serial port.

Does anyone know where I can get information about this?  I may not even
be asking the right question, but I thought I might try.

Thanks for you help...

-Matt

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

Date: 9 Sep 92 17:19:21 U
From: "bsmorgan" <sdrc!netgroup![e-mail]>
Subject: Servers, modems

               Subject:                               Time:4:59 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Servers, modems                        Date:9/9/92
Hi netters -
   I am investigating putting a server on our apple talk network and could use
some ideas/advice:
   We will have 10-15 Mac's hooked up, running system 7, with 3 laserjets.  We
would like to run a 4th Dimension database on a server which could be accessed
by the other users.
In addition, we would like to have a FAX/modem on the server, which would
allow
dial-in for file access and Quickmail access, as well as allowing sending
FAX'es directly from the Mac's on the net.
    Any help would be appreciated!
     Thanks,
       Brian
      [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 13:19:41 CDT
From: Robert Blystone <[e-mail]>
Subject: software location

Several questions concerning software availability and FTP sites.
1.  There is software by the name of Mac Wireman that allows a Mac
      to interface with a CRAY. Does anyone know the version and where
      I can get it, preferably an FTP site.
2.  What is the current version of MacMolecule and is there an FTP
      site for it?

Thanks for any help and my apologies for overlooking potential obvious
sources.  [e-mail]   Blystone in Texas

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 12:47:32 BST
From: John McKinley <[e-mail]>
Subject: SSMP for CTB

Is there an SSMP tool for the Comms Toolbox? If so, from where and how do I
obtain it? Given that SSMP is rather specific to the UK, I guess that there is
little chance of there being such a thing around.

SSMP is the Simple Screen Management Protocol, intended for driving full
screen
editors across serial lines. Some machines here support it. Few others, I
think.

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 20:25:22 HAE
From: Denis Gauthier <5703DGAU@LAVALVM1>
Subject: Word 4.0 and gray cell

Hi from Quebec

With Word 4.0, how could i create a cell in a table that will be fill
 with gray


Denis Gauthier
Universite Laval
5703DGAU at vm1.ualval.ca

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