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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 28 Mar 96 Volume 14 : Issue 75
Today's Topics:
(Q) Home Automation Software?
7.5.3 & control panels
7.5.3 on a PowerBook 540c
7.5.3 updater
[A] Accessing Ethernet via AppleTalk?
[A] Eudora segmenting.
[A] FileList+ status
[Q] 7.5.3 & floppy drive
[Q] Accessing Ethernet via AppleTalk?
[Q] Inexpensive PCI Video Card searched
Accessing Ethernet via AppleTalk?
Answer: 7.5.3, NOW & control panels
Apple LocalTalk Bridge [A]
Control Strip Module Needed!
Graphical User Interface History?
Language for learning?
Mac Performa 5215CD
Parallel printer on a Mac (R)
PC and MAC Network
Power Computing - THUMBS DOWN!
QUESTION: Odd ADB behavior
running PC programs on a PowerMac
Stuffit Browser III
System 7.5.3 and Crashes
System 7.5.3 and Word 6.x
To OT or not to OT?
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:13:57 -0800
From: [email protected] (Blake Ward)
Subject: (Q) Home Automation Software?
I'm about to build a new house and I plan to build in lots of wiring for
home automation. Unfortunately, almost all of the computer software that
I've seen for automating a home is for DOS or Windows. Can anyone
recommend any reasonably sophisticated home automation software that is
available for the Macintosh? Since I haven't committed to any particular
standard yet, I'd be interested in software for standards like CeBus or
LonWorks in addition to the more common X-10 stuff. Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:11:22 +0100
From: [email protected] (David Andriessen)
Subject: 7.5.3 & control panels
> >I did a custom installation of system 7.5.3 on my 68040 mac. Now I'm
> >having three main problems
> >1) my system crashes alot more often than when I had system 7.5.1
Never do a custom install since new systems often contain things you might
need without knowing and oyu get 68K and PPC stuff mixed on your HD. The
only solution now is to do a new install of 7.5 and take out whatever you
did before then update it with an easy install of 7.5.3 this will then only
update what's needed for your Mac.
cheers!
david
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Subject: Re: [A] Eudora segmenting.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 12:28:33 -0500
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>It seems that Eudora Lite uses the old Mac TextEdit routines which handle a
>maximum of 32K of text at a time in a single window, consequently Eudora
>segments the mails into 32K chunks if they exceed this size.
Everything but the "consequently" is right -- there are much more elegant
solutions to this problem than presenting the user with 10 messages (or
whatever) when there's really only one...
>Eudora Pro does not have this problem
Sure it does. It does exactly the same text mangling.
>and this may be an incentive to
>upgrade.
There are several advantages to Pro over Lite but this isn't one of them.
Eudora 3.0, if it's ever released, will finally fix this awful hack, and
that may well be only available commercially (I have no idea, but it
seems reasonable). Maybe that's what you're thinking of. But the current
Eudora Pro is just as stupid in this regard as Eudora Lite.
rs/[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:06:58 +0900 (JST)
From: [email protected] (Shari Custer-Poza and Tito Poza, Jr.)
Subject: 7.5.3 on a PowerBook 540c
I installed the Update 2.0 on a (clean installed) copy of System 7.5 on my
PowerBook 540c and had the following problems:
-System Error (Type 8) forcing me to restart *every* time I put it to sleep.
-Now Menus crashing (Finder error?) every time I accessed the menu bar.
Using the Now Utilities updated control panels (5.0.2) didn't cure the
problem. Worse yet, returning to 7.5 didn't cure Now Menus crashing
(although it did solve the sleep problem).
I initialized the internal hard drive using Apple HD SC Setup (the newest
version with Update 2.0) before clean installing everything. Could it be
the Now Menus problem was related to the way the driver was updated?
Any thoughts or experiences on this would be very appreciated.
Shari
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 14:45:38 -0800
From: Larry MacDonald
Subject: 7.5.3 updater
The first time I did the update, it took six hours to sort out.
The second time, it took 10 minutes.
A couple hints:
SpeedDoubler and Ramdoubler should be tossed. New new system doesn't
need or like them.
You need FreePPP, which doeNOT come with the updater. Without it, PPP
won't work.
You must run the Network Software app that comes in the Apple Extras
folder before you can communicate. It makes either Classic Appletalk or
the TCP/IP (Open Transport) active while making the inactive one
invisible in your extension folder/control pannel.
Get rid of Mac Easy Open, too, or you'll keep rebuilding the desktop.
Definitly do a completely clean install of 7.5...you don't need to update
it to 7.5.1...before you run the updater.
Check out MacinTouch website for good technical info links on the new
system.
By the way, before I had 3-4 crashes a day (Type 11), and haven't had one
since the new system got in and working.
Lawrence A. MacDonald [email protected]
MacDonald Ventures
Venture Capital/Strategic Marketing
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 20:17:04 -0600
From: [email protected] (Andrew Vernon)
Subject: [A] Accessing Ethernet via AppleTalk?
On Wed, 27 Mar 1996 [email protected] (Javier Pedreira) offered the
following advice to [email protected] (Jon Stewart):
>You can solve your problem by installing an software router in the 7100.
>Apple sells one, and as far as I can remember, it isn't expensive.
Yes, but I certainly wouldn't want to hamstring that nice 6218 with
LocalTalk networking. Go ahead an pony up for an ethernet card for this
one-- you won't regret it.
As for the LaserWriter and the SE, you'll want to ask yourself this: Are
these machines headed for the scrap heap anytime soon? Your LaserWriter
Select is of fairly recent vintage, but the SE is a museum piece. If you
intend to keep these older devices on the network beyond the next few
months, then Wicho's suggestion of the AsantePrint device is your best bet.
You plug the AsantePrint into the ethernet, then your LocalTalk devices
into the AsantePrint, which acts like a miniature router. On the other
hand, if you're planning to buy an ethernet-ready printer, you may as well
toss the SE-- It's not a viable candidate to go ethernet alone.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:11:09 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jerry Wolf)
Subject: [A] Eudora segmenting.
>It seems that Eudora Lite uses the old Mac TextEdit routines which
>handle a maximum of 32K of text at a time in a single window,
>consequently Eudora segments the mails into 32K chunks if they
>exceed this size. ... Eudora Pro does not have this problem and
>this may be an incentive to upgrade.
WRONG! Eudora Pro 2.1.3 suffers from the same inadequacy. We can hope
that a future release will perform otherwise.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:37:29 GMT
From: [email protected] (J. de Vries)
Subject: [A] FileList+ status
[email protected] writes:
>> I've just been trying out Bill Patterson's FileList+ to catalogue my
>> heap of floppies. The documentation (from 1992) says that Bill was
>> hoping to go commercial with the program, but the email address given
>> doesn't work.
>>
>> So does anyone know if the program did go commercial, possibly changing
>> its name in the process, or if there's a more recent version than
>> 1.0b21?
>I am also using FileList+, and I haven't been able to get in touch with
>its author. To my knowledge no final version was ever released. Too bad,
>because I've tried several floppy cataloguers from Info-Mac, and, IMHO,
>none comes near FileList+ in terms of speed, flexibility, power, and
>economical disk and RAM usage.
Recent e-mail address: [email protected]
Jan de Vries [[email protected]]
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:48:41 -0700
From: William Radvanyi
Subject: [Q] 7.5.3 & floppy drive
I've got a Quadra 650 with the PPC Card that has a problem seeing the
floppy drive (you insert a disk but it doesn't show up on the desktop). I
suspect a conflict in the control pannels, but I haven't had time to confirm
this. Anyone else have any suspects? Everything was fine before the
upgrade. Everything works after a Restart.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:38:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bruce Carter)
Subject: [Q] Accessing Ethernet via AppleTalk?
>I have just linked our three lab Macintoshes (7100, Performa 6218CD and SE)
>and a LaserWriter Select 360 via AppleTalk with no trouble. No more
>sneakernet! Unfortunately, only the 7100 is connected to our campus
>EtherNet. Is there a way for the other two computers access to the
>EtherNet (and, ultimately the Internet) via the 7100's connection, or must
>I buy EtherNet cards for the other two machines as well?
>
>This is a schematic of our current setup:
(schematic deleted)
One solution is to run the Apple Internet Router on the 7100. For full
TCP/IP capabilities, if you don't have a gateway on your network, you'll
also want the Apple IP Gateway.
--
Bruce Carter, Instructional Software Designer (208)385-1851@voice
Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 (208)385-1856@fax
http://mentor.idbsu.edu/BruceCarter/home.html [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 10:55:00 +0100
From: [email protected] (Wolfgang Husmann)
Subject: [Q] Inexpensive PCI Video Card searched
I want to connect my second Apple MultiScan 17 to my PM 8500/120 (1024x768
pixels at 75Hz and 256 colors). I definitely do *NOT* need any 3D
acceleration, virtual desktops, and so on. All I do with my Mac is programming
and I need the larger desktop area.
Any pointers to an inexpensive PCI video card?
Any experiences with using cards from "IBM compatible" vendors? The PCI video
cards from Mac proofen vendors are obviously aimed to the high end graphics
market and their prices are way to high for my application.
Wolfgang Husmann
This is my personal opinion and I am not speaking for Linotype-Hell.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:53:20 +0100
From: Remmy Tourment - Zero the hero
Subject: Accessing Ethernet via AppleTalk?
> In Info-Mac V14 #73 Jon Stewart asked:
>
> >I have just linked our three lab Macintoshes (7100, Performa 6218CD and SE)
> >and a LaserWriter Select 360 via AppleTalk with no trouble. No more
> >sneakernet! Unfortunately, only the 7100 is connected to our campus
> >EtherNet. Is there a way for the other two computers access to the
> >EtherNet (and, ultimately the Internet) via the 7100's connection, or must
> >I buy EtherNet cards for the other two machines as well?
> Wicho answered :
> You can solve your problem by installing an software router in the 7100.
> Apple sells one, and as far as I can remember, it isn't expensive. The
> downside to this is that you'll exact a performance penalty in the 7100
> since all network traffic from and to the other two machines and the
> printer has to pass through the router. And you'll have to have the 7100 on
> at all times (at least when you want the other machines to reach the
> ethernet network).
I tried this solution and agree.
> Another possibility is an hardawre device like those sold by Asante, which
> let you connect a certain number of LocalTalk devices to an ethernet
> network. They're more expensive than Apple's solution, but you'll probably
> get better performance (I can't be sure, since I've never used one of them)
> and you don't have to have the 7100 on for this to work.
I also agree. There are also Shiva's FastPath and Dayna's InterPrint that
allow Appletalk to go from LocalTalk to EtherNet.
But you have to be aware that to access to Ethernet is not the same thing
as to be on the Internet. It is only a first step. You also have your
solution to be able to transmit the protocols involved. For instance the
AIR and EtherPrint solutions can have the localtalk macs acces to Appletalk
on Ethernet, but to my knowledge NOT to the Internet, because they don't
transmit TCP/IP. On the other hand FastPath allows both TCP/IP AND
Appletalk to cross from LocalTalk to Ethernet.
Hope to be of help.
Remmy Tourment
Cemagref
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:54:39 -0800
From: John Collins
Subject: Answer: 7.5.3, NOW & control panels
Subject: 7.5.3 & control panels
Naom Wrote:
I did a custom installation of system 7.5.3 on my 68040 mac. Now I'm
having three main problems
1) my system crashes alot more often than when I had system 7.5.1
2) about every other time my control panels doesn't read in my apple
menu
where I use NOW Menus to read my menus it just says that my control
panels folder is empty but then when I go into my system folder and
actually activate a control panel it then usually is displayed in my
menu.
3)on my PowerBook 5300cs my computer will not restart with extensions
enabled. What might the problem be (I did an easy install on this
one)
===================================
Easy one. You need to update Now Utils to 5.02. That outta fix it.
It's free and posted around the net.
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 22:59:32 EST
From: [email protected] (Shih-Tung Ngiam)
Subject: Apple LocalTalk Bridge [A]
>pull the network connector). After numerous checks with Apple, they
>advised that LocalTalk Bridge is incompatible with PCI/Open Transport and
SuperBridge 4 from Sonic systems (www.sonicsys.com) is supposedly Open
Transport-compatible, but I haven't tried it yet. It wasn't clear from your
post which of the devices are on localtalk and which are on ethertalk.
Also, are you running LocalTalk Bridge or Laserwriter Bridge ? Laserwriter
Bridge is free and came with the Laserwriter 8.3 software set. The
difference between Localtalk Bridge and Laserwriter Bridge is that LW
Bridge only allows one laserwriter to be connected to the ethernetted Mac
and locks up the Localtalk network if more than one printer or any Macs are
connected to the Localtalk network. In any case, it is true that both LT
Bridge and LW Bridge are not compatible with Open Transport.
Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 17:09:36 -0800
From: John Collins
Subject: Control Strip Module Needed!
With the release of the handy Control Strip as part of 7.5.3 there is
now a much needed module for controlling the source for the audio.
The new Monitors and Sound control panel has 3 possible input sources
on an 8500, external microphone, internal CD or external audio input.
Switching often, a control strip module would be ideal.
Anyone working on it?
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:41:14 -0800
From: [email protected] (A. E. Siegman)
Subject: Graphical User Interface History?
I have accessible on my home page a brief history of the origins of
various graphical user interface elements, as used in the Mac and other
computers, i.e. where they first originated or how they emerged, and I
have on my HD some additional comments sent me by Larry Tesler.
But, this topic is not an avocation or area of expertise of mine -- I've
just posted a modified version of a newsgroup msg I picked off the net
several years ago, from a source that has apparently vanished; and I'd
like to be rid of it, turning responsibility over to someone else with
more direct interest.
Is there not some newsgroup that's interested in this sort of thing? I
was surprised that a search of newsgroups at least at my site (Stanford
University) revealed nothing on "user interface" or "interface" or "gui",
or even "history", as applied to computers.
If this rings a bell with anyone, have a look at
http://www-ee.Stanford.edu/~siegman/int ... story.html
and if you want it, it's yours!
(And if anyone wants to post in response to this, they should certainly
edit down the newsgroup list above -- but I have no idea which group
should be the primary focus.)
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 15:14:48 EST
From: [email protected] ( Dan Hofferth )
Subject: Language for learning?
I've got a 12 year old son who is quite interested in learning how to
program our Mac. I'd like to buy a compiler that is a reasonable cross
between power and ease for _both_ of us to use. I program by trade,
but in a very different environment... number crunchers in engineering.
It doesn't _have_ to be C or C++ (I have no alergy to a modern basic or
pascal, for example)... I'm open to anything that will open his eyes
to the world of programming... GUI tinkering?... OOP philosophies?...
code structure... without turning him off with an insurmountable
learning curve. Cost? I dunno... less than $200?
Any suggestions?
(I have a Performa 630CD with the PPC601/66 upgrd and 12MB RAM)
Dan Hofferth
WK: (weekdays)
HM: (weekends)
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 20:01:17 -0400
From: [email protected] (German Bussinger)
Subject: Mac Performa 5215CD
Sorry, I didn't know this list was only in english.
I've been having a few problems with my Macintosh Performa 5215CD. The
first one and most annoying is that I can not run any Adobe applications
such as Illustrator 5.5 or Photoshop 3.0.4. With the rest of Adobe appls.
The second problem is related with my internal 14.4kbps sometimes it just
turns off, with out any reason, showing "Carrier Lost".
I hope someone could help me.
German Bussinger
[[email protected]]
[[email protected]]
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:29:54 EST
From: Shih-Tung Ngiam
Subject: Parallel printer on a Mac (R)
I'm sure GDT will respond to this too, since they are preety good about
monitoring the net, but Powerprint will allow you to connect a parallel
printer to a Mac. It's a hardware serial-to-parallel converter along
with software printer drivers. I've found it a bit slow for laser
printers, but for a dot matrix printer, it should be fine.
If your client is balking at giving up the printer, though, she might
easily balk at paying $99 for Powerprint. Another possibility is
to use info-mac/prn/chucks-printer-driver-140.hqx which claims
compatibility with Epson 9-pin and 24-pin printers. That talks to the
printer though a serial connection. Does the LX-810 have a serial port ?
If so, this would work. All she would need would be a Mac->Imagewriter I
cable (or a Mac->modem cable with an additional null modem adapter.
In general, serial connections will be slower than parallel ones,
though, so printing will be slow. On the other hand, if your client is using
an old DOS box now, she may not notice the difference.
Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 18:28:33 -0400
From: [email protected] (Luis =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sep=FAlveda?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Henr=EDquez?= )
Subject: PC and MAC Network
Hi, I'm working on a network with Pc's (windows 95) and Macintosh connected
only for mail with a Unix server. I need to know if is possible to share
files without a connection by ftp or mail with ATACH sentence (eudora).
Luis Sepulveda
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:47:22 -0400
From: Chris Ogden
Subject: Power Computing - THUMBS DOWN!
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 17:34:13 +0000
> From: Lawrence Rugolo
> Subject: Power Computing
>
> On Sat, 23 Mar 1996 Mike Blackwell quoted Greg :
>
> >Does anyone in this group have any experience with Power Computing
products?
>... I really don't even think about it as a clone.
Compatibility-wise, I agree. We have a 604/150 and it works faster than a
9500. Once we got it working (below), it has run well for two+ months.
HOWEVER, support is another matter entirely. The internal 50pin ribbon
cable was defective and it took an amazing amount of grief to get it
replaced.
We still have not received an INVOICE (for a machine that shped in
January!) - YET they charged my credit card. I am about to lose $4K+ of my
own money because I can't get reimbursed. MANY calls to MANY departments at
Power Computing have yielded lots of promises for calls back, prompt
action, etc. - to no avail.
We ordered a Macworld special show bundle for Mac Volume Buyers that was
supposed to come with a CD full of very useful software (they main reason
we ordered it instead of the 9500). We still have NOT received the
software. Two projects we were supposed to use the software for have come
and gone, leaving us high and dry. As above, many, many, many calls about
it to no avail. It has been terribly difficult to get a hold of anyone who
even knows about the promised software, only to be promised it would ship
to us "soon".
I know they moved, changed their accounting systems, etc. But we're about
to enter the second quarter and still NO RESULTS.
Lord help us if the unit malfunctions!
Consequently, we cancelled an order for 93 more units, instead bought
Apple Brand.
POWER COMPUTING NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
_____________________________________________
Chris Ogden
Synapps
voice:919/419-8100 fax:493-8400 Chapel Hill, NC USA
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 05:42:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Akira
Subject: QUESTION: Odd ADB behavior
Here's one that's stumped everyone I've tried it on; anyone got a clue?
I just got a Gravis GamePad for my Performa 636CD, as well as X-Wing.
Last night I plugged the Gravis in and, upon discovering that it wasn't
well suited for X-Wing play, began simply using the mouse.
Suddenly I lost all control. The GamePad didn't respond either, nor did
the keyboard -- even the power key didn't work, nor did the special
emergency power switch in the back. (both have since been working fine,
so I assume that symptom was due to the way X-Wing handles the OS) The
only way I was able to turn it off at all was by hitting the master
switch on my Kensington power director. When I turned the power director
back on, I was able to use the power switch on the keyboard to turn the
computer off and get the "are you sure you want to shut down?" dialogue
box, as per usual. However, no other key on the keyboard works, nor does
anything attached to the keyboard. I also tried chaining the keyboard in
through the GamePad by plugging the latter directly into the computer's
ADB port; no response.
I was able to start without extensions by putting a minimal system disk
in -- the Utilities disk that came with my computer. Same results.
I don't feel comfortable simply diagnosing it as a bad ADB port because
the power switch works. So does anyone have _ANY_ idea what's going on here?
Thanks in advance,
Rich
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 23:14:41 +0900 (JST)
From: [email protected] (Shari Custer-Poza and Tito Poza, Jr.)
Subject: running PC programs on a PowerMac
I have a Power Mac 6200/75 (32 MB RAM) and am interested in the most
economical way to make it capable of running PC programs at endurable
speeds. I know there are both hardware and software solutions. Since I want
to use this capability to run games, it's a low priority and I don't want
to spend any more than I have to. Any recommendations would be most
appreciated. The more specific the information, the better.
If you reply to me personally, I'll edit and compile the results and post
them to the list.
Thanks very much.
Shari
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:01:09 -0500
From: [email protected] (John D. Davis)
Subject: Stuffit Browser III
You're looking for Stuffit Lite or Stuffit Deluxe from Aladdin Inc.
Stuffit Lite is a $30 Shareware product, while Stuffit Deluxe is a
commercial product with other bells and whistles.
You can download the Stuffit Light package and other goodies from the
Aladdin Web page at:
John D. Davis [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:34:11 +0600
From: [email protected] (Nancy Paulson)
Subject: System 7.5.3 and Crashes
Please help,
I am getting crashes on my powerbook 165 after recently installing 7.5.3.
I have an APS 500 mg hard drive with a 4mg memory simm(8mgRAM total)
installed. When I go to the apple menu to go to fax terminal (Express
Modem 1.5.5) I get an immediate crash. It has also happened when going to
the hard drive and trying to start fax terminal from there. The crashed
happened originally while trying to send a fax. Everything went okay, from
holding down the key commands to fax, entering the fax number etc, pressing
send, imaging the document and then it crashed. Upon restart it began to
fax again and completed. We then went to fax viewer to see what was sent
and it crashed again. It crashed one other time while openning a file from
the control strip module that lets you access particular files.
The screen displays the following:
It turns white and shows a column of numbers on the left hand side of the
screen. On the bottom a message appears:
bus error at 00159810 while reading long word from 544c2031 in user data space
______
no procedure name 00159810 *MOVEA.C (A2), A2 12452
The numbers change upon each crash, however, the bus error number seems to
be more consistent.
I have heard so much discussion about Open Transport and FreePPP and
conflicts here. I use MacTCP 2.0.6 and Config PPP 2.2.0 for my internet
connections. I have not seen a control panel for Open Transport so I'm
don't think I have this problem.
I have installed MacBugs 6.2.2 to correct the sleep to wake problem and
that appears to work.
Can anyone help. Please reply personally so I can work on this right away.
By the way does Apple have an email address for technical questions
instead of going through their tiresome phone system.
Thank you to anyone who can be of help!
Nancy Paulson
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 07:55:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: "J. Feustle"
Subject: System 7.5.3 and Word 6.x
Misery loves company, I guess. Nice to see I'm not the only one who now
has a problem with Microsoft Word 6 because of the upgrade to 7.5.3.
In my case, Word will load up just fine, but as soon as you try to get it
to open a file, it locks up the computer, a PowerMac 6100 in this case.
Now, I'm back to Word 5.1, which appears--key word--to operate correctly.
Damn it! Apple stuff didn't used to be this way. Anyone got any ideas on
how to solve this problem? It isn't a problem on my other machine, a 7500
with 7.5.2. Of course, it ain't a problem on my Windows machine either.
Long live the Great Cornholio!
J. Feustle
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 23:29:17 +1100
From: [email protected] (Bill Stanford)
Subject: To OT or not to OT?
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #69, [email protected] ( Dan Hofferth ), writing
about OT's RAM overhead, said:
>I'm sure OT addresses a lot of high performance, multi-ISP, multi-
>protocol needs... but if you don't need the higher octane as much as
>you need RAM... consider trashing it. NSS does NOT completely remove
>it, and you may not need whatever remains.
>
>Comments?
Dan, interesting!
My Update 2 images are still sitting on a Syquest cartridge... And my own
comment here would be, Al Bloom's being nowhere near as silly as Pete
Resnick seems to think he is!
By the way Pete, changing file types to immobilize extensions and CP's is a
hoary old kludge. For instance, Now dropped it at Now Startup Manager 3
after a whole slew of protests... Definitely not good file management,
leaving debris all over your HD... Apple's own Extensions Manager has
never done such a thing, so they've no excuse...
(Sorry to those of you coming in late on this one. The last 3 Digests are
well worth looking back at if you've missed them!)
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 15:21:33 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tristan Meisters)
Subject: uuencoded gif file
Hello All !
A friend of mine just emailed me a .gif file , not as an attachment , but
rather as uuencoded text as part of the message . What I need to know is
how to you go about converting this image back from uuencoded text to an
actual picture , what applications do I need to do this ? Thanks for the
help , it is much appreciated .
cheers Tristan
Tristan Meisters
[email protected]
Somewhere in Canada
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