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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 10 Sep 92       Volume 10 : Issue 218

Today's Topics:

      [*] AD-Holistic Sofa 0.94
      [*] alpha-505.hqx
      [*] Caroleschunk, a vomit-letter truetype font
      [*] Corrupt TwinPeaksTriviaStuff.HQX file?
      [*] Cubist 1.21
      [*] DeskTools version 1.0
      [*] Fireflies (After Dark module)
      [*] Flash-It 2.3b1 (control panel)
      [*] Holistic Sofa 0.91
      [*] MacEncrypt 1.0
      [*] PathName from FSSpec (pascal code)
      [*] Planes, X-rays and my Mac (Summary)
      [*] QuickTime Player
      [*] REPOST: Colour Text Package
      [*] ResCompare 2.5 (part 1 of 2
      [*] Reset ADB -- Fix 'frozen trackball' problem
      [*] Submission: font - PlanetsVUW
      [*] Tetris2000 v 1.3
      [*] TheNews-22.sit.hqx
      [*] Wiltonian, a neon-sign type truetype font
      "Problems" with startup Ico
      .hqx.z files(A)
      AlarmsClock vs SuperClock
      Apple Talk Remote (Q)
      BixHex 5.0 (C)
      Bug: System 7 & 400K disks
      Colour Classics?
      Comm toolbox
      Corrupt Vol Info Blocks
      CursorSpin Library (C)
      CyberPort desk picture posting
      DarkSide 3.2 (C)
      Desktop pictures
      Eudora missing Bitnet mail
      Hard Drive Problem
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #214
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #216
      Kolor under system 7
      Look for sound, "I'm a philanderer" (Q)
      Mac 2si Sound Problem
      Mac front end for VAX/VMS
      Mac Plus mouse --> ADB adapter
      MacTCP licensing (2 msgs)
      MacTCP licensing correction
      MacTCP licensing questions
      making a floppy startup
      Mode32 program (Q)
      Movie to PICTs conversion
      NEC CDR-35 drive
      Network mail (R)
      Network wiring
      Opening the PB-100 to insert a memory (or fax) card
      PAN (Performing Arts Network)
      PB100 problem
      PB100 QUESTIONS
      PB100 QUESTIONS (A)
      plugging in a lot in my mac
      QM-L information? (A)
      QT and AD--more
      Quantum Phone Number (Q)
      TcpPlay
      three in three
      Unknown Application and File
      Zmodem Tool (For CTB)--Is there one?

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 17:42:28 EST
From: "Alan Keahey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AD-Holistic Sofa 0.94

At the risk of sounding immodest, this After Dark module is a "must
have" for all Douglas Adams fans. Even those who don't know
about Douglas Adams should still get a kick out of it.

Holistic Sofa is a screen saver which attempts to reconcile the
paradox of the sofa stuck in the staircase, as detailed in "Dirk
Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". It uses holistic methods in an
attempt to extricate the sofa. It is the author's hope that if
thousands of people around the world run this program in parallel,
then we can succeed in this task, without having to resort to
all those other things which I can't mention in case I give away
the ending of the book.

Compressed with Compact Pro. hqx'ed with mcvert 1.83.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/holistic-sofa.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 12:57:53 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Keleher)
Subject: [*] alpha-505.hqx

Alpha 5.05 is by far the most powerful programming/LaTeX-ing editor
available for the Mac, bar none.

Alpha has been in continuous development for three years, and has hundreds
of registered users (and I tend to believe that there are a few users out
there who haven't paid, too). Alpha is completely programmable, with
user-defined menus, unlimited binding of functions to keys. The Mac
paradigm is fully supported, yet the interface doesn't get in the way when
it isn't needed. Every function or macro in Alpha can be accessed via the
mouse OR keyboard shortcuts.

FEATURES:
    - standard Mac interface
    - complete programming language (Tcl)
        - first-class functions
        - conditionals, iterations
        - lists
        - function tracing
        - external code module support
        - over 2000 lines of sample Tcl source
    - user-definable hiearchical menus
    - mapping of any function (over 150 available)
      or macro to any key combination
    - rudimentary command-line "shell", including "ls", "cd", "mv",
      "rm", as well as interface which allows other commands to be
      added by the user.
    - can be customized extensively (can be configured
       as a coke-bottle emacs)
    - multi-file searching
    - unlimited undo/redo
    - full regular expression (GREP) searching and replacing
      (including alternation)
    - extensive online help
    - rectangular editing
    - 7.0 friendly, supports AppleEvents
    - temporary memory support
    - anonymous keyboard macros
    - configurable popup function and LaTeX section menus
    - electric braces and semicolons
    - window tiling
    - unlimited named markers and buffers
    - mark stack
    - 'C' programming templates
    - word wrap to window or 'fillColumn'
    - continuous row/col display
    - saving of backups to a different directory
    - user-definable "modes", providing special functionality
      or configurations based on file suffixes.
    - any font/size
    - support for international keyboards
    - reads and writes Unix and IBM file formats
    - saves window positions, selection
    - and Many, Many, More...

ALPHA is shareware and has a fee of $25. (Still!)

Pete Keleher                                    [e-mail]

        Peter Keleher
        P.O. Box #1892
        Department of Computer Science
        Rice University
        Houston, Texas 77251-1892

Alpha requires at least system 7.0 in order to run.
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[Archived as /info-mac/app/alpha-505.hqx; 404K]

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Date: 09 Sep 1992 10:28:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Caroleschunk, a vomit-letter truetype font

This is the truetype font CAROLESCHUNK, a really gross font in which
every character is made up of a head spewing "chunks" out of its mouth
to form letters.  I use it on the headers of every assignment I hand in....
This font is a must-have for every twisted font collector....

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 center 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/caroleschunk.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:43:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Kevin)
Subject: [*] Corrupt TwinPeaksTriviaStuff.HQX file?

To whom it may concern:  Several people downloaded the TwinPEaks TriviaStuff
stack from info-mac and reported problems trying to unBinHEx the file.  The
original bin file I sent you had problems with the line feeds, but you told me
of the problem and I sent you a new binary file.  After hearing about problems
people are having, I re-checked the file using CompactPro and DeHQX.  I am
sending along a clean copy of the BIN file.  Please either have someone check
the file that is in the archive or put this one in its place.  Sorry for the
confusion, thanks for your help.

Kevin.

enclosed: the original description file AND the binary file for the Twin Peaks
Trivia Stuff stack.

===============================================================================

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; 560K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 17:41:07 EST
From: "Alan Keahey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Cubist 1.21

This is an update to a program I submitted a year or so ago, although
I think it is no longer in your archives (it used to be in util).

Cubist is a pseudo-screen saver designed exclusively for people using
small screen macintoshes, large screen users should ignore this
submission. There are two versions, FKEY and application, both
of which show  3D objects bouncing around on your screen. This newer
version of Cubist also has a special interstellar mode which allows
you to play dice with the universe. The new version also has far
smoother graphics. Programmers who are interested in learning about
3D graphics might also be interested in the source code, which is
available from the author.

Compressed with Compact Pro. hqx'ed with mcvert 1.83.
This program is guaranteed to not enhance your productivity.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/cubist-121.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:28:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] DeskTools version 1.0

DeskTools Version 1.0

Shareware $20.

DeskTools is a combination of some of the most common desk
utilities: telephone directories, card index files,
reminders with alarms and calendars and a small text editor.

It comes with a sample of each one of the utilities and a small
user manual.

Should run fine on any Mac (Plus and higher) using system 6.0
or higher.  It has balloon help and it is 32 bit clean.

Please send bugs, comments and wish list for future versions to

    Rodrigo Fontecilla
    504 Norcross Way
    SIlver Spring, MD 20904

Enjoy.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/desk-tools-10.hqx; 240K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 15:26:26 CDT
From: Scott Lindhurst <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Fireflies (After Dark module)

Fireflies is an After Dark module that simulates Asian
fireflies synchronizing their flashes. It's Freeware.

Compact Pro, binhex format.

Scott Lindhurst
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/fireflies.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 13:56:28 EST
From: [e-mail] (-s92080391-m.lowe-ele-60-)
Subject: [*] Flash-It 2.3b1 (control panel)

> Flash-It 2.3b1 is an interium test version which accomodates some requests
> from users of Flash-It 2.2.  I am fairly confident that 2.3b1 is just as
> reliable as 2.2.  You are warned that the 2.3 "final" may or may not
> eventually come out, because I am working on a substantial upgrade which
> takes advantage of 32-bit QuickDraw available on System 7.  If I succeed,
> the next official version will be 3.0 rather than 2.3.  At this moment I
> reserve the right to change my mind between 2.3 and 3.0.  Until then, the
> official version continues to be 2.2.

Author: Nobu Toge

Internet:      [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/flash-it-23b1.hqx; 88K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 17:43:32 EST
From: "Alan Keahey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Holistic Sofa 0.91

This version of Holistic Sofa was provided mainly for those users
who don't have a copy of AfterDark, or who are running older,
incompatible systems. It contains 2 executables, an FKEY and an
application. AfterDark owners should check out the AD module version
of this program.

At the risk of sounding immodest, this screen saver is a "must
have" for all Douglas Adams fans. Even those who don't know
about Douglas Adams should still get a kick out of it.

Holistic Sofa is a screen saver which attempts to reconcile the
paradox of the sofa stuck in the staircase, as detailed in "Dirk
Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". It uses holistic methods in an
attempt to extricate the sofa. It is the author's hope that if
thousands of people around the world run this program in parallel,
then we can succeed in this task, without having to resort to
all those other things which I can't mention in case I give away
the ending of the book.

Compressed with Compact Pro. hqx'ed with mcvert 1.83.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/holistic-sofa-standalone-091.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:17:28 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MacEncrypt 1.0

acEncrypt
        by  J. Clarke Stevens

MacEncrypt is a program that uses the Data Encryption Standard (DES)
to encrypt macintosh files with a user supplied password.  This protects
your data from being read by anyone who doesn't know the password.

MacEncrypt is easy to use.  You can select files for encryption using
standard file dialog boxes or using the "drag and drop" technique from
the finder.  MacEncrypt is just 21 kBytes long and takes only 128 kBytes
of RAM.  It is System 7.0 and 32-bit compatible.

J. Clarke Stevens
Georgia Tech Research Institute
[phone]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-encrypt.hqx; 46K]

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Date: 9 Sep 92 00:21:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] PathName from FSSpec (pascal code)

I spent the long weekend cursing at the AppleEventManager
trying to get the finder to open a control panel. Anyway,
one of the things I discoverd was that the alias manager will
give you a path name if you ask for it. Since my program needed to
display the path name, I wrote a function that will return a full
path name in a handle (not in a str255 so you it won't crash with long
path names) when you give it a fsspec.

I also figured out how to get the finder to open a control panel.
You need to send an open selection event. I finally found an example that
worked and ported it to pascal. If you would like to see that code I can
post it here also. Its a direct copy of C.K Han's C code that is on the
developers CD.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/pascal/path-from-fsspec.txt; 3K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:13 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Planes, X-rays and my Mac (Summary)

Here's the summary of articles I received today 9-9-92

    I would like to thank all of the follwoing persons for responding to my
query on
x-rays and macs.  Thanks again for the quotes and personel stories you passed
on. c-

    8 IN%"[e-mail]  8-SEP-1992  Traveling with a Mac
    9 IN%"[e-mail].e  9-SEP-1992  Mac and Airport
   10 IN%"hp48sx@wuarchive  9-SEP-1992  RE: Planes, X-Rays and My Mac
   11 IN%"JM144%MOLECULAR-  9-SEP-1992  Xrays and IIsi
   12 IN%"[e-mail].n  9-SEP-1992  Computers thru airport security
   13 IN%"[e-mail]  9-SEP-1992  RE: Planes, X-Rays and My Mac
   14 IN%"[e-mail]  9-SEP-1992  Planes, X-Rays and My Mac
   15 IN%"davegrow@tecnet1  9-SEP-1992  [ANS] Planes, X-Rays and My Mac
   16 IN%"herren@middlebur  9-SEP-1992  x-rays & Macs
   17 IN%"[e-mail].  9-SEP-1992  RE: Planes, X-Rays, and My Mac


I have traveled with both a Mac Plus and a Mac SE/30 and have
never had any problems. They've both gone through X ray machines
and have even been checked as baggage.

Nevertheless, I don't recommend doing either, if possible.
Foreign airlines, like Air France or KLM, seem to
have special handling for fragile baggage, but the domestic
airlines don't.

As for X ray machines, I'm pretty sure you only need to worry
about your hard disk. The other thing I do, when I don't feel
like setting up and turning on the computer, is I back everything
up onto floppy disks. I then send the computer throught the X ray
machine and ask for the floppies to be inspected by hand. However,
I have never had any problem with the X ray machine messing up my
hard disk.

Deane Yang

[Archived as /info-mac/report/xrays-and-planes.txt; 11K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 23:58:04 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] QuickTime Player

David A. denBoer
Musi Computer Products
[e-mail]


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: Wed, 9 Sep 92 09:26:55 NZS
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] REPOST: Colour Text Package

My apologies, due to my reliance on filename completion when posting
the Colour Text Package I posted ColourText, and old out of date
development version, instead of ColourTextPackage, the real McCoy.

Please replace any copies in your archives with this correct version.


The Colour Text Package supports coloured text in HyperCard fields.
Text may either be coloured using the original 8 QD colours or the full
RGB range. Also included is an external for the standard Colour Picker
dialog.

This package compliments other packages which provide colour in
HyperCard (Colorize HC, HyperTint, Pictoid Package, Apple QT XCMDs) by
providing a simple low-memory usage way of adding colour to fields.  A
short overview of the other packages is included for reference.

Package is copyright and generally free for personal use (its costs you
a PostCard, also some restrictions on use by ShareWare authors), for
full details see license included.

Enjoy

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/color-text-package.hqx; 44K]

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Date: 8 Sep 92 23:51:02 U
From: "Michael Hecht" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ResCompare 2.5 (part 1 of 2

Regarding   ResCompare 2.5 (part 1 of 2)

[ResCompare 2.5 - part 1 of 2]

Here is the latest release of ResCompare, a FREE utility that compares
resource
files and creates patches.

This version adds several new features, like difference windows, encapsulated
resource files, and resource editor support.

The documentation is in Word 5 format.

--Michael

[Archived as /info-mac/util/res-compare-25.hqx; 155K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 12:10:39 -0400
From: "Alan D. Danziger" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Reset ADB -- Fix 'frozen trackball' problem

This program, which I wrote quite some time ago, fixes a problem I
understand was somewhat common to people with multiple devices on
their ADB ports.

Sometimes, when the Mac is booted, the mouse, trackball, or keyboard
(sometimes two of the three, rarely all three) refused to work.  At
first, my only recourse was to reboot the machine.  Finally, while
playing with Think Reference (An excellent _Inside Mac_ -style utility
>From Symantec), I found out about the ResetADB system call.  So, I
wrote a tiny program to call this function, which reset the ADB,
reloading the device driver for the trackball.

Two caveats:  I have since found out that resetting the ADB is a _BAD
THING_ on some older SE machines, which had a bug in their ROMs
relating to the ADB.  The system patched it, but after the bus was
reset, the patch was cleared...

Also, you might ask how one could launch this program if the mouse (or
trackball, or both) didn't work.  Answers: FinderKeys (or something)
in System 6 from Now Utilities 2.x (or so I'm told)and System 7.x.x
both give you the ability to make a selection via the keyboard.  So,
use the arrow keys to select it, & hit command-O.

This program is freeware.  Share and Enjoy.  All I ask is that if you
find it useful, try to let me know.  Redistribution is allowed, as
long as I am credited.  All rights reserved.  This product has no
warranty, and much disclaimer.  I hope you never need it.  But if you
do, here it is.

One last point:  The icon took longer to design than the program did
to write.  Funny, eh?

    -=Alan Danziger
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/reset-adb.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:57:11 +1200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Submission: font - PlanetsVUW

This is a font I did some years back that has the astronomical symbols for
the sun and planets. Bitmap, Type 3 and Fontographer source included.
It's free: enjoy.

[e-mail]
exp(i*pi) = -1

[Archived as /info-mac/font/planets.hqx; 26K]

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Date: 09 Sep 1992 20:46:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: EDVIN ALDRIAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Tetris2000 v 1.3

Dear Administrator,
  Here, I submitted the new version of Tetris2000. This is a version 1.3 of
  thi
s Tetris. This new version fixs several menu problems appeared on the last
vers
ion. This version is already tested on Mac LC, Quadra 700 and Mac II Si. So fa
 it does not have "Hang" problem.
It still does not support moveable window since it is intended to work on 12
inch RGB monitor. Multi Finder still work with menu " Hide Window "

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/tetris-2000-13.hqx; 72K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 20:45:32 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Bill Cramer)
Subject: [*] TheNews-22.sit.hqx

And now, TheNews V2.2 ...

TheNews is a net news reader for the Macintosh.  Through its
easy-to-use interface, you can subscribe to any of the
available news groups, read articles, post new and followup
articles, and mail followups.  TheNews requires

   *  a news server running NNTP
   *  a link to the news server (LocalTalk or EtherNet)
   *  MacTCP
   *  a mail server running SMTP (optional)

TheNews is shareware -- $25, payable to:

   Bill Cramer
   251 West Central, Suite 142
   Natick, MA  01760
   USA

Site licenses are available -- see the "README" file for details.

What's new in this release:

  * Improved user interface on the post and mail dialogs
  * Improved user interface for subscribing/unsubcribing
    from news groups
  * Support for separate SMTP and NNTP servers
  * Optional user authorization
  * Saved/appended articles are saved in mailx format
  * Mark read/unread now allows you to mark multiple articles
    at once
  * Added a 'forward article' via email feature
  * Added a 'next group' command which allows you to jump
    directly to the next group without closing the current group.
  * Added support for background processing when reading
    large group and article header information (and the people
    said 'amen':-)
  * Put the user preferences into a separate file
  * Updated to work with either System 6.xx or System 7.xx
  * Updated to work with either MacTCP 1.01 or MacTCP 1.1
  * Added limited support for editing the news groups file indices
  * Fixed a problem which prevented making connections to certain
    SMTP servers
  * Fixed a problem with handling low memory situations (which
    was the source of most bombs)
  * Updated the code to compile under Think 5.0 (better, faster,
    stronger, or at least different:-)

Refer to the README file and the User's Manual for more information.

Enjoy!

251 West Central Street, Suite 142      | "You can buy better,
Natick, MA 01760 USA                    |    but you just can't pay more."
Internet: [e-mail]  |
CIS: 70322,3412                         |

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/the-news-22.hqx; 293K]

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Date: 09 Sep 1992 10:29:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Wiltonian, a neon-sign type truetype font

This is the truetype font WILTONIAN.  It is a different-type of font
which looks like the old neon signs' letters used to.  Inother words,
they look like they are connected when together ina word, as
though they are made up of connected neon tubes.  Not a beautiful
font, but one that is very creative and could be fun to play with!

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/wiltonian.hqx; 26K]

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Date: 10 Sep 92 12:57:25 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: "Problems" with startup Ico

     "Problems" with startup Icons (A)
>I have a large number of goodies with startup icons on my recently-acquired
>Quadra 700 and I have noticed some differences in the way the icons display
>on bootup compared to my previous IIsi machine.  Instead of a appearing in a
>single (largely) alphabetical sequence there appear to be two separate
>sequences.

[...Stuff deleted...]

>       All of this prompts several questions:
>       (i) Why are their two sequences and does it matter?

I suspect you must have just moved from System 6 to System 7.  In System 6's
System Folder, everything is just thrown into the System Folder, and is loaded
in alphabetical order regardless of whether it's an INIT, a cDev, an rDev, or
whatever.  System 7's System Folder is more organized:  it has an Extensions
Folder (Sys 7's Extensions used to be called INITs under Sys 6), a Control
Panels folder, and a couple of other "grouping" folders.  The order which
things load in are:
    (1)  Alphabetically from the Extensions folder,
    (2)  Alphabetically from the Control Panels folder, and then
    (3)  Alphabetically from the remainder (root level) of the Sys Folder

That's why you have the two (actually you could have THREE alpha sequences -
maybe the stuff looading in from the third level don't display icons).


>       (ii) Virex 3.6 "ought" to load first but neither the settings in it's
>       control panel nor appropriate renaming alter it's position - which is,
of
> course, "first" in the second sequence.  Does this matter?

Virex, being a control panel, loads in the 2nd sequence of system goodies.
You
could make an alias of it and put the alias in the Extensions folder, or just
move the Virex file to the Extensions folder.  It shouldn't matter.

Hope this helps!

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:44:45 JST
From: [e-mail] (TAY  Huan Nan)
Subject: .hqx.z files(A)

[e-mail] wrote in Info-macV10#214
>> ...files with the following suffix: .hqx.z
>>
Yves, you may have got .hqx.Z instead.  The last "Z" is capital.

These files are probably  first BinHexed by BinHeX program (popular for the
Macintosh) and then compressed with the 'compress' command in UNIX or
Maccompress on the Macintosh.

To retrieve, follow the steps below:
    1. on your unix machine
        uncompress xxx.hqx
        (here I suppose the downloaded file is xxx.hqx.Z)
    2. download to you Mac, then unBinHex it by BinHeX program or some
       compress programs like Compact Pro or StuffIt, or if you have
       Fetch, its even easier, just downlaod with it and you shall get
       it unbinhexed properly.(These programs are available on info-mac.)

Good luck

Huan Nan                        Toshiba Corporation, Japan
=====The usual disclaimers apply=====

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 13:43:47 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Hades)
Subject: AlarmsClock vs SuperClock

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>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.

    AlarmsClock works for me as well, although I did have make it
install after all of my other NU 4.0 Modules to get it to work properly.
I happen to like it a lot. It can sometimes be a nice compliment to
Remember?.

>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).

    Actually, this is not true. It is in fact very easy to set an alarm
to play a sound every hour on the hour. It was the first thing I did
when I installed AlarmsClock 4 months ago. Just remember to not flash
the Apple Menu, not to display the Alarm name and to reset after 1
second.

-Hades

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 17:12:25 BST
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Quick)
Subject: Apple Talk Remote (Q)

Does anyone know if the modem toolkit is available yet, and if so, how
much?

Kevin Quick
Computer Support Engineer
The Open University

Mail by Eudora 1.3b46

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 23:38:08 PDT
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
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..

I would just remove it and repost Macbinary and Unfolder, both of which
decode macbinary files admirably.

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:49:05 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bug: System 7 & 400K disks

I have discovered what seems to be a bug in System 7.  (Actually System
7.0.1 with tuner 1.1.1, on an LC II)
   When a file is copied onto a 400K (single-sided) disk, the modification
date of the copy is changed to the present date.  Sometimes the create date
is also changed, but this does not happen every time.
   This bug only matters if you need to move a file from a new machine to
an old Mac with single-sided drives.  There are probably not many of those
left (I put mine to sleep a month ago); nevertheless System 7 does support
single-sided disks, and so it should do it properly.

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 22:31:40 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Colour Classics?

On Wed, 09 Sep 92 10:49:30 EDT you said:
>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?

According to MacWeek, Apple is still planning on a color "compact"
Mac--in January. One possibility is that MacWeek is not as current as
the source who passed along the fact that Apple had recalled the Color
Classic II's they'd been beta testing.  However, I wouldn't be surprised
to hear that Apple decided that the 16-bit LC II bus has about reached
the limits of it's viability and decided to do some redesign (wishful
thinking perhaps?).

The Classic II was said to be using a Sony 10" tube (but the way Sony
and Apple figure display space, that might have been the same size as
what Apple refers to as 9").  The tube probably won't fit in an SE/30
case (rumor had it that Apple is updating the Classic design--more
curves?  better balance in a totebag?).

Wouldn't it be nice if what they now have in mind is a one piece color
system with a real 32-bit bus, VRAM, a 25 or 33 MHz 68030, an FUP
socket, and a PDS slot?  For say $2,000 list?  Sorta what you'd always
hoped the SE/30 would become?

Apple should hurry along though.  InfoWorld says they have a color PowerBook
in mind for 1993 for LOTS less than the $5,250 + your own PowerBook.

Maybe some anonymous party will set me straight on this one?  ;-)

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 05:55:13 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Hall)
Subject: Comm toolbox

[e-mail] writes:
>    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...)

The CTB *is* in System 7. You likely don't have any tools installed,
and the app isn't savvy enough to have a seperate message for "you
have the ctb, but don't have any tools".

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:31 MST
From: Steve Klaass <[e-mail]>
Subject: Corrupt Vol Info Blocks

Greetings all,

We have recently been witness to a rash of floppy disk failures on our
Macintosh network.  The failures don't seem to be linked to any specific
hardware/software combinations, i.e. we use LC's, LCII's, II's, SE's, etc. on
the network, and a large assortment of network applications.

The failures seem sporadic and random, yet the pattern is always exactly the
same:
First, the user is told "This disk is damaged" when he/she inserts the
floppy.
Next, when we run Norton Disk Doctor, the initial message is that the volume
information block is corrupted.
Then, when we run Norton in depth, the two errors are found:
    1- Catalog Tree is damaged, invalid node type.
    2- extents length is inaccurate.

The problem is fixed quickly and the disks work well after that.
Hmm..

According to IM v4, an invalid node type for a B*-tree record would be any
type
other than $0 or $FF (index or leaf node).  The extents record would seem to
be
particularly vulnerable with heavy fragmentation.

Thing is, this happens with new and old disks alike.  At times it seems that
it's MS Word that it goes bad in, other times it's Superpaint, etc.

The only thing in common with all the machines is that all machines are
running
a network frontend that replaces the finder with a log-on/authorization
module,
finds and runs network software, etc.

The only disk operations that the frontend does is ejecting disks.
To do that, it calls UnmountVol, then if no error is returned, calls Eject.
According to IMv4, UnmountVol is suppose to close all open files.  It doesn't,
but instead returns a -47 file busy error if there is an open file.  No
problem, we just won't eject the disk if we get a -47 (or other error that
indicates that UnmountVol was not successful.

HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE?
It is the most frustrating thing we've ever had to deal with here.  We cannot
duplicate the error purposefully, it just "happens" every once in a while.
We use a number of INITS, but none that really do anything with disk resources
or data from disks.

Why would user floppies suddenly start failing rampantly?

I apologize for the length of this, I'm hoping that the additional info will
ring a bell in some guru's head.

Thanks in advance for any leads,
Steve Klaass
"[e-mail]"
"klaass@pc" (bitnet)

P.S. Please reply directly.  If there are any FAQ archives on this, I would
love to know where to find them.

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:18:48 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CursorSpin Library (C)

There are a couple of problems with using a VBL task for spinning the
cursor; the advantage is obvious - smooth cursor spinning. Nearly the
same results can be had by spinning the cursor during the main event
loop.

The problem I see relates to a crash or forced quit of an application.
The cursor will keep on spinning even though the application has died;
not too bad but it sends a false signal to the user that your program
is doing something usefull when in fact it is dead. Related to this is
what happens when I force quit an application with a VBL task for
cursor spinning? I bet it crashes the Mac! This is definately not
something you want to have happen.

Personally, VBL tasks are for those things that are absolutely important
time wise; the spinning of a cursor is not so important as to warrant a
VBL task in my opinion. Have your application perform some task that
is important in that VBL - don't waste it on spinning cursors.

This is not to say that I will not enjoy the code however; an example of
using VBL tasks is worth a good look.

Cheers
--
David Milton, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]   Bitnet: milton@UOFMCC

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:37:31 -0400
From: "Steve Marsh"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: CyberPort desk picture posting

Just a minor gripe - the cyberport desk picture is truly awesome, BUT it would
have been considerate (and saved a few bits racing through the wires) if Nick
De
Mello had mentioned that it was made only for a 19" screen and is not useable
on
(IMHO) the fairly common 13" monitors. Fade to mellow...

- Steve Marsh  "[e-mail]"   ;-)

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:43:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DarkSide 3.2 (C)

I have been running DarkSide 3.2 on a Mac IIfx at work, so I don't get
"Unimplemented Trap" errors, but I also was only able to access two
Faders from "Darkside Settings", "Blank Screen" and "Random Fade" (though
"Random Fade" is a bit silly with only one other fader to randomly select
>From ;-)  There is a workaround, though. Just choose "Open Fader..." in the
File menu. You will be given the choice of all of the installed faders to
open; open one of them, and the problem magically cures itself. When you
subsequently select "Darkside Settings..." all of the faders are accessible.
I have no clue why this works, or why DarkSide 3.2 has this problem.
Hope this helps...

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:29:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: David James Foremsky <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desktop pictures

On 08-Sep-92 in Info-Mac Digest V10 #215
user The Moderators@SUMEX-AIM writes:
>bays for disks, and a trash chute.  You'll need a program to install it in
>the desktop.  I used DeskPicture* from NOW Utilities*, but there are plenty
>of programs out there that do the same thing.  The document is binhexed, and

Are there any other "desktop installation" programs on the info-mac
archives or any other archives?

Thanks in advance,
deej

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 21:24:44 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eudora missing Bitnet mail

I'm trying to help a user configure Eudora to retrieve his mail from his
University's POP server. The user happens to be my brother, who is
[e-mail] and rneedle@waynest1 on BITNET. His account is on
a VM/CMS machine running PROFS.

What seems to be happening is that Eudora picks up from the POP server all
mail that is listed in PROFS as being addressed to
[e-mail], which is the way the POP account ID is configured
in Eudora. But any unread mail in PROFS which is listed as addressed to
rneedle@waynest1 is ignored. Eudora will not accept an address of
rneedle@waynest1 or [e-mail] in its configuration file,
insisting on a full legitimate internet domain.

Any suggestions?  Thanks.

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:06:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Hard Drive Problem

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about my sticking hard disk.
You all were very helpful.

I talked with Quantum tech support, and it seems that I have a case of the
dreaded sticktion! :(  What's the fix?  Well, since my drive is out of
warranty,
buy a new drive.  Replacement for a Pro80S is $160 directly from quantum.  I
think I'll be using my current drive until it kicks the bucket, then I'll buy
a new one.  By then, I should be able to get a 1 Gig drive for that $160. :)

BTW, if anyone is interesed, Quantum's Tech Support number is 1-900-740-4433.
That's $5 per call.

                   Ken

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:15:37 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Marcus Harvey)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #214

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

You're showing your age; that should be 'crop headed creative types' ;-)

Marcus Harvey, Polytechnic of Central London IRS
[e-mail] - JANET  marcus%sun.pcl.ac.uk@ukacrl - BITNET/EARN

                              ...Bubble Up!

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 15:45:22 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #216

Hello, net. A quick query, if you please.

A user at our site has a IIci running System 7. For video, has uses a SuperMac
Spectrum 8*24PDQ to drive an Apple 13" RGB monitor.

When System 7 Tune-Up 1.1.1 is installed, he gets a crash upon shutdown. When
the Tune-Up is removed, the problem goes away. Running the monitor from the
built-in video port is no problem. He has already checked with SuperMac; they
told him to look at the SuperVideo control panel but weren't able to pin
down whose problem this is.

Has anyone out there had similar problems. Overall, he likes the 8*24pdq very
well, but the crashes are a little disturbing.

Thanks in advance.

Albert Everett
UALR Academic Computing Services
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 11:01 HKT
From: [e-mail] (Rick Jarvis)
Subject: Kolor under system 7

I would like to add a few simple color enhancements to the desktop under
system 7. The old cdev Kolor accomplishes a good bit of this but not in a
consistent manner. For instance, changing the color of menu text takes for
applications but not for the Finder. Can anyone suggest a replacement for
Kolor or indicate if there are System or Finder resources which can be
altered with ResEdit? I'm not looking for more functionality, just
something which works consistently. Reply to me directly and I'll summarize
if there are sufficient responses. Thanks.

Rick Jarvis, Hong Kong Univ Sci & Tech, [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 22:03:04 EST
From: "Terence R. Slywka" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Look for sound, "I'm a philanderer" (Q)

I am looking for the sound that was posted to the Unix newsgroup
Rush.Limbaugh.fan (or some such), for his song "I'm a philanderer".
If anyone has it in one file or knows where I can get it please
contact me by direct e-mail.

Thanks in advance.

Terence Slywka
Indiana University
TSLYWKA@IUBACS
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:22:28 -0500
From: Fred Berg <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac 2si Sound Problem

I was following a thread regarding sound problems with a Mac 2si, but
apparently missed the final chapter and epilogue.   Someone mentioned that the
problem which was finally identified was the weight/placement of the 13 inch
RGB on the 2si.  If so, what is the solution?  Would appreciate a re-post or
direct response (we have 4 in this configuration arriving any day).  Thanks.
'

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 00:40 CDT
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac front end for VAX/VMS

A sysop on CompuServe recently told me that, in connecting to my school's VAX
using my Mac at home & Microphone II and then dealing with VMS, I was "being
held hostage to a view of computing that is at least five years old". I gather
there is some other way for me to access the Internet, e-mail, ftp, &c.,
though
I haven't yet found out what that might be. Can anybody illuminate me or point
me in the direction of illumination? I have heard of Eudora, Nuntius and a few
other programs, in fact, I downloaded both of these, but their "documentation"
seems to presume that you already know what to do with them.

E-mail replies to me & I will summarize, or, if you prefer, post replies
here.
Thanks in advance.

William Porter
Classical Languages (= Greek & Latin, NOT Cobol, Fortran...)
University of Houston

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

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 21:18:13 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac Plus mouse --> ADB adapter

A bunch of our Mac Plus mice have died. I've got enough ADB mice
to replace them, but no way to adapt the DB9 --> ADB connection.
Does anyone know of a product that will allow a Mac Plus to use
an ADB mouse?

Thanks a bunch. (Apple wants $120.00 per mouse.)

Scott.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 22:34:17 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP licensing

On 9 Sep 92 09:02:00 CST you said:
>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?"

It turns out that UConn HAS purchased an internal use license, and now
that I've got a networked Mac, I'm awaiting delivery of the software
>From our Computer Center.  I could download Eudora, but I'd still have a
problem.  MacTCP alone is NOT sufficient; the network administrator
still has to provide an IP address for my Mac to use.

It seems silly to buy individual licenses at $100 apiece unless you
really and truly will never have more than nine Macs on your network.
On the other hand you could tell the "why should I pay for it" logic
that MacTCP is free but the IP number is $100 (that is if that can't
prove they have a legitimate license, they can't play).

I'm new at this LAN stuff.  I take it there is such a thing as dynamic
IP addressing (our Computer Center staff tells me they are still
figuring that out... seems they have difficulty getting an answer from
others that are doing it, but then, I haven't a clue how many problems
are created by our mottley collection of hardware).  Clearly, dynamic IP
assignments are not mandatory.  If keeping clean on copyright requires
fixing IP addresses for individual LAN nodes, then isn't that the way to
go?

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:43:24 GMT
From: Jeff E Mandel <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP licensing

Coons, David <[e-mail]> writes:
>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.

So let me see if I understand this. I have four commercial packages which
I bought with MacTCP included (Mac320, Mail*Link, NFSShare, and Toolz and
Toyz). If I log into the VAX with Mac320, ftp Cayman's Node Informer to
the VAX, then ftp back to my Mac and transfer it there, then launch it,
and it accesses MacTCP to tell me my IP address, I'm violating my
license(s) for MacTCP? Am I violating my license for Mac320 because I use
it with the InterTCP comm toolbox tool with the copy of MacTCP I
installed from the White Pine Disk instead of the Intercon disk? It is
unreasonable for Apple to expect that, having legally acquired and
configured MacTCP, the end user will necessarily know what he/she can or
can't use. At the very least, Apple might consider some flexibility in
licensing MacTCP for use with freeware and shareware. I'm grateful that
the UIUC people saw fit to get a commercial distribution license for
Eudora, but there are lots of small programs out there which will never
generate $2500 in shareware fees, not to mention the ones which are free.

Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:26 CST
From: "Jeff Schang <[e-mail]>" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP licensing correction

I would like to ammend my previous post.

I would like to say I called Apple and straightened out the licensing
problem.  Apparently, I was in error using MacTCP with other
applications.  It can only be used with the application it is bundled
with.  We are purchasing a site license for $1000.00.

I must add, though, that I think it is ridiculous.  Why if Apple
promotes itself as *the* networked PC must I pay for networking basics.
Why can't MacTCP be part of the Mac OS and alleviate all these problems?

Enough said.  Upon further investigation, I realize I was in error.

Jeff Schang   [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:25 CST
From: "Jeff Schang <[e-mail]>" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP licensing questions

David Coons just posted to InfoMac his conversations with Apple about
the MacTCP licensing.

I am confused by Apple's response.  How about a situation where I have
Fetch, NCSA Telnet and Eudora running.  Since I am running Eudora, I
have a licensed copy of MacTCP.  By Apple's reasoning I can then run
NCSA Telnet and Fetch which ALSO use that copy of MacTCP.  So there is
no licensing problem?.?

What I want to get at is there could be 4 or 5 programs on my Macintosh
which use TCP, in fact some must use TCP, but do not have it included
with the software package itself (Fetch for example).  **WHY** would I
ever PAY for a license when I could just download the FREE package
Eudora and have it sit on my Mac.  I could then use the other packages
in conjuction with Eudora and they would be using a licensed copy of
MacTCP (including NCSATelnet).  Why not just copy Eudora to every Mac
in this case.

Or is it Apple's reasoning that each software package has to
use a different copy of MacTCP, which would not make sense to me.  I run
Fetch, NCSA Telnet and Gopher using my licensed copy of MacTCP which was
included with Reflection2+.  Why couldn't I use them with Eudora which is
free?

I apologize if this is somewhat unfocused, but it seems to me that
there are a number of different scenarios which need to be considered.

Jeff Schang  [e-mail]

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

Date: 10 Sep 92 12:58:31 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: making a floppy startup

     RE>making a floppy startup disk with Sys 7
From: [e-mail] (Kam C. Tsang)
Subject: making a floppy startup disk with Sys 7

A while back I remember seeing an article which descibes how to make a
System 7 startup disk.  The article describes things like using
RedEdit to trim out resources you'd probably not going to need from
the System file.  I forgot where I saw it; can someone point me to an
achieve site where I can download the article, or if you happened to
have a copy of it, please send it to me.  Thanks in advance.

I do not have news access so please reply by email.

-kam <[e-mail]>

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Try sumex.  I believe the info you're looking for is in:
      info-mac/report/powerbook-solutions-guide.hqx

If not there, try:
      info-mac/report/powerbook-tips.txt

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:18:48 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mode32 program (Q)

I am trying to upgrade my MacIIcx from 4mb ram to 20 mb. I have the
following questions:
(1) Do I need the Mode 32 prgram?
(2) If yes, where do I get this?
Thanks for your help.

Raman Uppal
bitnet: [e-mail]
internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 11:41:44 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Irwin King)
Subject: Movie to PICTs conversion

Dear Netters,

Does anyone know of an application program that will convert Quicktime clips
into individual PICT or mac paint file format?  The functionality of the
software should be the exact converse of the "ConvertToMovie" application.  It
should take a Quicktime clip and produce a set of PICT files with sequential
numerical extension indicating the frame number.  We need it because we are
trying to conduct some motion image processing tasks on non-Mac machines;
therefore, we need to convert Quicktime clips into individual intensity image
sequences before processing.  Any suggestions or comments?  Thanks in
advance!


Irwin King
Center for Neural Engineering
University of Southern California
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:52:29 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NEC CDR-35 drive

Christian Buser asked about the latest drivers for the NEC CDR-35.  I bought
one about a year ago and have files that are slightly newer than his ( most
are
about one dot issue newer, some are the same version).  I also have an
additional file called "Audio CD Access" that Christian did not mention.
These
were on a disk that was sold separately as the "Macintosh interface" for the
CDR-35 when I bought mine.  There was also a "PC interface" that contained
similar drivers and a SCSI adapter board.  I think that you need to pursue NEC
since these things weren`t free at the time.

                        Tom R.

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

Date: 10 Sep 92 12:58:03 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network mail (R)

     Network mail (R)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:44:13 EDT
From: Michael Pieper <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network mail

We are looking for a good mailer program to run on a local LAN.  We
have used Quickmail in the past which we have found very good.  But
alas it does not work in system 7 and untill we can afford the upgrade
we would like to get a cheap substitute.
Respond directly to me and I'll sumerize.
mike "P".....thanxxx

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

What do you mean "it doesn't work in system 7"?  I'm running several QM
clients
under System 7 right now (QM 2.5).  Even though my QM Server is running on a
IIsi with System 6.0.8, it is possible to run QM Server on a System 7 machine
(make sure you turn file sharing off on the QM Server).

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:33:38 CST
From: "Dan Becque" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network wiring

I'd like to set up an Appletalk network at home for two macs and a
printer.  Quite awhile ago I grabbed the info on how to build CAPNET
connectors cheaply and easily.  Does anyone have any experience with
this setup?  Also, I need to run some cable to make the connections.
Radio Shack sells some 2 conductor twisted wire for wiring alarms. Is
this acceptable twisted pair cable?
Thanks much

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 08:58 N
From: <[e-mail]> ([e-mail] FAX
FRANCE[33] 76-48-39...)
Subject: Opening the PB-100 to insert a memory (or fax) card

Distribution-File:
    [e-mail]

> Some quick questions for you Powerbook 100 owners out there!
> 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

2 Mbyte memory cards are apparently the same size for all PB's,
but larger memory cards are special for the PB-100, no doubt because
of the reduced space available. Here's how to add memory to the PB-100.

1. Shut down the PB.  Remove the charger cable, and switch off the power
switch near the power input. Remove the main battery, and also the 3 backup
cells under the trap on the opposite side to the power input.  Close the
flaps to the backup batteries and ports. Close the PB screen.  DO NOT
REPLACE BATTERIES UNTIL EVERYTHING IS RE-ASSEMBLED, AND SCREWS TIGHTENED.
(Electrical connexions depend on the PB case being held together).

2. Remove the 3 round rubber foot-pads on the rear bottom, lifting them
with a small screwdriver to expose 3 Philips screws.  Remove the Philips
screws.

3. Turn the PB right side up, and partly open the screen, which will then
be held by only one cable.  Gently lift the screen off, placing it on its
back, still connected to the PB by its cable.

4. The keyboard can now be lifted gently from the back, and disengaged from
the front.  The front of the keyboard can be lifted to expose the logic
boards, to which it remains connected by two ribbon cables.  These cables
should not be bent back too far.  Get some-one to hold the keyboard vertical
while you plug the memory card into the obvious connector on the left.
(The fax card plugs in at the extreme back right).

5.  Re-engage the keyboard, making sure that the feet at the back push down
directly over the screw holes.  Replace the screen and close it. Turn the
PB over and replace the 3 screws tightly. Check that the screen opens
normally.  Replace the rubber feet. Replace the 3 backup cells. Replace the
main battery, and switch on the power beside the power input. Hit a key to
boot. Reset the system clock with the general control panel.

I haven't yet discovered how to access the disk drive, but instructions and
tools are apparently provided by some re-sellers of PB drives eg. La Cie.
Anybody like to comment ?

Of course I take no responsibility if you mess up doing this, and if Apple
were to know you had done it, they would not honour their guarantee.  But
like most new Apple equipment, the PB-100 is beautifully made to assemble
easily from a few components).

Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, 38042 France ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PAN (Performing Arts Network)

Does anyone know if it is possible to reach PAN via INTERNET, BITNET, or
any other means than by modem and telephone lines?

Gary Lee Nelson, Professor
Electronic and Computer Music
TIMARA Program
Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH 44074
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 9:05:50 cdt
From: "Duckenfield,Paul" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB100 problem

    I have read somewhere (possibly Info-Mac Digest) that you shouldn't
rename your PB100 hard drive anything other than "Macintosh HD" or it will
lock up on you during SCSI transfers with the HDI-30 cable from Apple.
I haven't bothered to check it out yet, but that could be your problem.

Paul Duckenfield        Grinnell College        [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 11:17:09 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PB100 QUESTIONS

ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]> asks

>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.

The 100 does not need Torx tools to open as it has Phillips screws under the
rubber feet.  These screws hold the screen half of the case to the lower half
containing the logic board, memory, hard disk, ...  Once this is done the
memory socket is easily accessed to install memory.  The 2/20 will not have a
memory card installed, however, the 4/20, 4/40 units will have a 2MB card
installed which must be removed before adding the 6MB card (only one card fits
into the socket at a time).  The hard disk drive is located to the left of the
trackball.  To access the drive you would have to flip up the case top
securing
the keyboard to the lower half.

Something that should be kept in mind is that the 100 (and the 140, 170 units
I
would suspect) use very fragile ribbon cable with zero insertion force sockets
to interface the keyboard and disk drives.  These cables are easily damaged,
so
installing memory and changing disk drives should only be done if you have
done
this kind of work before, or feel at ease with fragile components.

>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 use AutoDoubler on the non-portable system and find it easy to work with and
does the job nicely.

/Eric

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:58:33 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB100 QUESTIONS (A)

>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.

The PB 100 is a breeze to open BUT I recommend using a dealer. I watched
the dealer fry my PB100 installing a 6meg upgrade and neither he nor I have
any clue as to why it happened nor what could have been done to prevent it.
I've done plenty of work on Macs and after watching him fry mine, I will
never open up a PowerBook.

He did everything correct. He took out both batteries. He grounded himself
and put the powerbook on a grounded table. He removed the three screws
under the three rubber button feet at the back of the PB100 and opened the
powerbook. He grounded himself and the table to the chassis in the
powerbook. He swapped out the memory, reassembled everything, installed the
batteries and ... nothing. The powerbook would not boot without attaching
the power cord. Ultimately he swapped out the daughter board that the CPU
and memory plug into and now my new daughter board mac works fine. Apple
will end up fixing the returned powerbook that now contains my dead
daughter board. He said this had happened once before. They have install
tons of RAM and Modems in PowerBooks and this is only the second time this
has happened BUT, neither he nor I have any idea what he might have done to
prevent this.

Moral of the story: Until I know how to prevent accidental frying of the
daughter board I will never ever open a PowerBook. I want a dealer to do it
so that they can replace it if they fry it. Otherwise, it is a simple
little computer to pull apart. Quite a nice piece of work.

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 10:54:00 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jan Steinman)
Subject: plugging in a lot in my mac

   ...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)?

The switched power from a Mac IIci is limited to 3 amps. (This is in
an Apple tech note somewhere; I don't have the reference handy.) I
suspect that a SyQuest and a color monitor might be approaching that
limit.

If you're electrically and mechanically inclined, it is simple to have
the switched power from the Mac run a 120V relay, which can then
control as much current as you can get through your outlet's circuit
breaker. This is what I use to power up my whole system just by
turning on my Mac IIci: Radius Pivot, TI microLaser, OCEAN MO drive,
SyQuest 44 drive, NEC CD-ROM drive, 600 MB hard disk, several
wall-warts for modem, midi interface, hand scanner, UnMouse, etc., and
a desk lamp!

I bought a cheap outlet strip with a big metal case (the sexy, slim
plastic ones have no room inside), and simply mounted the relay on the
case. I cut the female end off the monitor-Mac cord, and ran it
(through suitable strain-relief) to the relay. While you're in there,
bridge the incoming lines with three MOVs from radio shack -- this
turns your $6.95 outlet strip into a $49.95 surge protector for a few
dollars.

Please be *extremely* careful when working with 120VAC! Because I
don't want anyone's electrocution in my karma, I'm unwilling to
describe in more detail how to do this. If what I mentioned doesn't
immediately make sense, run it by an engineering student, or contact a
local ham radio club. (The latter can also help you get the proper
relay, and introduce you to packet radio and other fun things!)

: : Jan Steinman           [e-mail]                Bytesmiths :
:
: : 2002 Parkside Court                            West Linn, OR 97068-2767 :
:

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Date: 10 Sep 92 13:53:54 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: QM-L information? (A)

     QM-L information? (A)
Tom Scott mentioned a problem with QuickMail, and said he would cross-
post it to QM-L.

Now... what is QM-L? I presume it is some kind of QuickMail mailing
list. True? Can anybody enlighten me? I'm a fan of QuickMail: I use it
daily to telecommute from the unspoiled country town where I live to
my employer 700 km away in smog-ridden Santiago de Chile (they say it's
worse than Los Angeles).

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

QM-L is indeed a listserv concerned with discussing a variety of QM topics.
Frequent contributors are Christian Gurney, CE Software's Technical Support
Manager; Tom Biddulph, from StarNine Technologies (makers of the Mail*Link
gateway); and Tom Clodfelter, from Information Electronics (makers of
QuickMail
Concierge).

The address is [e-mail].  Send your "SUB QM-L yourname" to
[e-mail].


Thomas Scott, Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14901
E-Mail:  [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:38:16 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: QT and AD--more

I have been using AutoDoubler to compress QuickTime files and it does work,
but not perfectly.  Long QT files such as Quayleseason seem to have problems
opening after they have been compressed by AD.  The lights on my diskdrive
come on and stay on for several minutes, but the file never opens. I have
found that I must use DiskDoubler to uncompress the file before I attempt
to open it.  This occurs NEARLY everytime with the larger files, but almost
never with the smaller files.  My disk is not very fragmented, so I doubt
that is the problem.  Anyway, AD does same diskspace, but at a price.

Larry Orr, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Arizona State University
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 17:13:53 BST
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Quick)
Subject: Quantum Phone Number (Q)

Does anyone have a voice mail number for Quantum, or failing that, any
number.


Kevin Quick
Computer Support Engineer
The Open University

Mail by Eudora 1.3b46

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:26 EDT
From: CHRIS TANSKI <[e-mail]>
Subject: TcpPlay

Can anyone tell me what the program TcpPlay does, that's available via
ftp from ftp.apple.com? Thanks.

Chris Tanski

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Seth Ness <[e-mail]>
Subject: three in three

help, i need help with three in three, specifically with 'outside in'
if youre willing to tell me how to solve it, write back.



Seth L. Ness                         Ness Gadol Hayah Sham
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 17:45:14 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Noel Cragg)
Subject: Unknown Application and File

Hello!  After our weekly cleanup of the public Macs with hard drives,
we've discovered a file that we cannot identify.   I looked it up by
creator/type, but still don't know what it does:

Printer           PSYS APPL
Printer-data      PSYS PFIL

Anyone know what this application does?  Thanks much.
--
Noel Cragg \\ Oberlin College \\ OCMR Box 805 \\ Oberlin, OH 44074-1081
[e-mail] \\ [e-mail] \\ [phone]

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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 23:27:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Lance K. Chun)
Subject: Zmodem Tool (For CTB)--Is there one?

Just as there are xmodem tool, serial tool, hayes tool, kermit tool, and so
forth, is there a "zmodem tool" out yet? When using Claris Work, I can only
utilize xmodem--quite archaic for 1992.

Lance

[I believe PacerTerm comes with a zmodem tool. Seaquest Software has
 been working on one for ages which is supposed to be nearing
 completion. It will be commercial, however. They already sell a
 tool which handles x and y modem better than the Apple tool. -Bill]

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:25:39 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jim Barrett)

>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

Well, Chris, pop3 should live on port 110, *not* 109.  I don't know
anything about pop3 being backward compatible with pop2, but the popper
source that I got from ftp.CC.Berkeley.EDU says put it on port 110.

If you *really* have to get Eudora to work with a port besides 110, you
need to ResEdit it (I forget the # of the STR# resource - see the Eudora
Q&A HyperCard Stack).

Jim
--
Jim Barrett                Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co., Houston, TX
[e-mail]                                  713-333-6103

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