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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 1 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 82
Today's Topics:
[!] Microsoft to buy Apple!?
[*] Apple StartUp + Crash Snds 1.3 - 4th release of Start-Up and Crash
[*] ART Music 3.5.2 (in Translators)
[*] Chatter 2.03.1
[*] Copland Space 15" Desktop Art
[*] Count WWWebula 1.2.3 CGI
[*] Flightstick Pro 1.2.9 Installer
[*] HAND! - Issue #7
[*] Hubert's 3D Macintosh Icons, v1.2.1
[*] LW Bridge OT patch 2.0.1
[*] Mac 7.5.x Start-up Screen, (polished and professional)
[*] Mac Games Cheats - April '96
[*] MedCard v0.93
[*] memmapper-13.hqx
[*] Net-Print Version 3.5
[*] NewsHopper 1.2
[*] NewsWatcher Cyrillic
[*] PPPop 1.4 - submission to comm/tcp/conn
[*] Speed Tester
[*] Star Battle ][ ~ The Audio Sci-Fi War Continues
[*] TidBITS#321/01-Apr-96
[*] XTimer 1.9.1
7.5.3 & MSWord6.01 & SAM
[A] Booting from Ext HD partitions with 7.53
[A] System 7.5.3 Crashes
[Q] Apple Portrait Display Fuzzy with PB 5300e
Appearence vs substance
Info-Mac Digest V14 #81
Ram Doubler and Modems
replace 7.5.2 CD
Unavailable 6300 Modem Port
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Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 08:18:38 -0500
From: Gordon Watts -- Brown University
Subject: [!] Microsoft to buy Apple!?
[Ouch. What will the anti-trust folks have to say about this? -Gordon]
CUPERTINO, California--April 1, 1996 -- As part of Apple's ongoing commitment
to its business users and their requirements for cross platform compatibility
Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that Microsoft, Inc. will purchase Apple
Computer, Inc. pending approval.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to help the MacOS achieve further market
penetration," Gil Ameilio, the new CEO of Apple Computer, said. "No longer
will corporate IS managers have to ask `Apple or Microsoft?` Apple brings a lot
to this merger -- superior human interface, Quicktime, Quickdraw 3D, Quicktime
VR, and, of course, OpenDoc."
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, described some of the more technical
aspects of the buy out: "Look, Apple has clearly done it right on several
fronts, and Microsoft on others. The object of this merger is to try to take
the best of the two operating systems and combine them. QuickTime, for
example, will become the default movie and music architecture on the all
future Windows operating systems. It will be developed to fully support
the Windows platform. Windows packages like DirectDraw and DirectSound will
be ported to the MacOS making it much simpler for game developers to develop
for both platforms. We are also considering making the Visual C++ mac cross
platform development tool a standard part of the mac system. This would make
it possible for programs to write with the Windows API on a Mac system."
Amelio continued with the long range plans for the merged company, "Eventually,
perhaps 10 years from now, we envision the two operating systems coming from
a common code base. Using the technology of Apple's Appearance Manager the
user will be able to select a Windows or MacOS look for their computer."
Other technologies that will be ported to Windows include QuickDraw 3D and
QuickDraw GX. QD3D will replace OpenGL on Windows systems. On the Apple
platform QDGX has not had good market penetration due to its large size and
heavy demand on system resources. However, Gates noted "Windows users are
used to large system components and programs like Word; fortunately both memory
and CPUs are dropping in price."
Peter Lewis, the ever-practical award-wining shareware author for the Mac, was
enthusiastic: "Anything that lets me write programs for use by more people is
fine by me." He went on to comment that, secretly, he has always admired the
Windows platform and looks forward to working with it. Adam Engst, author of
several Internet books and publisher of TidBits, an electronic Macintosh
newsletter, noted that "this merger will put to rest, forever, the questions of
Apple's viability. No one is worried about Microsoft going away." Guy
Kawasaki, Apple fellow and moderator of the famous EvangeList mailing list was
quite excited about the plan: "I did give him my book, How to Drive Your
Competition Crazy."
Microsoft is very aware of Apple users' needs and their devotion to the Apple
platform. Gates compared the phenomena to beer lovers who refuse to drink the
common beers and insist on the more expensive, but better tasting Microbrews.
To assure Apple customers, Microsoft is planning a large PR campaign. Over $20
million dollars is to be spent on advertising. The theme song will be "We are
the Champions" as performed by Queen, the rights for which were purchased for
more than 13 million dollars.
Apple's home page on the World Wide Web can be currently found at:
http://www.apple.com/, however, it will soon move to a link from
http://www.microsoft.com/.
Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby
acknowledged.
-30-
END
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:38:23 -0800
From: (David Schaub)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Apple StartUp + Crash Snds 1.3 - 4th release of Start-Up and Crash
Apple_StartUp+Crash_Snds_13 is the fourth release of my sound collection.
This is my collection of Start-Up and Crash sounds made by apple computers. I
am hoping Apple does not mind this distribution. I also hope these can be
permenantly maintained on info-mac, since they are very Apple specific files.
---
David P. Schaub
[email protected]
http://gulf.uvic.ca/~dschaub
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/apple-startup-crash-snds-13.hqx; 1533K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:36:55 -0800
From: (Timothy A Herzog)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ART Music 3.5.2 (in Translators)
ART Music is a translator that converts Finale EPS files to Illustrator
format, so you can edit a page of music just like a graphic (add color,
other graphics, move notes, etc.). ART Music is FAT; it runs on 680x0
computers and runs native on Power Macintoshes. Version 3.5.2 maintains
compatibility with Finale 3.5.x, and fixes a couple of minor bugs in
previous ART Music 3.5.x releases.
Shareware: $20.00
-----------------------------------------------
Timothy Herzog Two Bits Worth, Inc.
[email protected] +1 (612) 227-2920
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/art-music-352.hqx; 193K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:36:32 -0800
From: (Alex Doyle)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Chatter 2.03.1
Chatter is a program that allows more or less real time text message
communication with other computers that are running Chatter and are
connected to an AppleTalk network. It can support up to 4 connections
at once, and does not require program linking to be turned on.
At the user's request, it can install an extension, Chatter Listener,
in the System Folder so that the user can be notified of connection
requests when Chatter isn't running.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/chatter-203.hqx; 204K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:38:46 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Copland Space 15" Desktop Art
A PICT file of my first Coplandesque desktop. It can be used by anyone with a
15" color monitor and a few add-ons. It's a spacey electric blue and purple
desktop with simulated 3-D menu bars. It's "3-D appearance" is very cool.
There are panels to place your hard drive and desktop folders icons on.
Instructions for installation are included. Other shareware files required
for proper installation. This is a full desktop background.
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/copland-space-desktop-15in.hqx; 825K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:35:20 -0800
From: (Gregory S. Combs)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Count WWWebula 1.2.3 CGI
Count WWWebula is a Macintosh CGI for use with WebStar, NetPresenz, or
MacHTTP 2.2. (i.e. a Macintosh WWW Server). (READ: THIS CGI IS *NOT* FOR
UNIX MACHINES, NOR WILL IT RUN ON ANY UNIX INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS'
WEB SERVERS)
Count WWWebula is a graphical access counter. It will display the number
of "hits" your web page has received in the form of a gif image.
Count WWWebula is shareware. Commercial (and Government) entities need
to send me $25 dollars c/o Kagi Software per server running the counter,
if you are planning on using it (Please read the enclosed license
agreement for complete details). You can do this via the included
"Register" application. Individuals, educational institutions, and
non-profit organizations need not send in the registration fee, but if
you choose to you will get added technical support. (otherwise only
limited trouble-shooting will be available to you).
*** 1.2.3 Changes
Threading will no longer ever be a problem. Use of the Thread Manager
has been removed. It didn't make it any faster anyway. In fact it made
it quite a bit slower. I've found that one should only employ threading
in a CGI if, and only if, the whole CGI process takes more than 5
seconds or so. Count WWWebula was around 1-2 seconds. It was just way
too much hassle for too little good (none).
A few memory problems have been removed. One problem involved writing a
short string to some random place in memory, though you've probably
never experienced a bug caused by this.
Added limited balloon help to the File Menu's items. (Only limited,
since the Apple Guide answers most questions.)
You can no longer manually check SIVC information via the "Current
Version Info..." menu item if you don't already have an open TCP
connection. This stops crashing on machines running MacTCP or MacPPP
whenever you aren't connected to your Internet Service Provider.
Fixed a problem with spurious crashes on 68K Macs.
Please note all the changes in 1.2.2.
Gregory S. Combs
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/count-wwwebula-123-cgi.hqx; 339K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:37:05 -0800
From: (Peter A. Cohen)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Flightstick Pro 1.2.9 Installer
Flightstick Pro 1.2.9 is the installer program for CH Products'
FlightStick Pro v1.2.9 drivers.
I'm not affiliated with CH Products at all; just a user.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/flight-stick-pro-129.hqx; 700K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:37:50 -0800
From: (Mike Romaniuk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] HAND! - Issue #7
HAND! (Have A Nice Day!) is a monthly newsletter of clean, funny jokes and
quotes.
The HAND! (Have A Nice Day!) newsletter can be found at:
http://www.bapp.com/hand
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/hand-007-pdf.hqx; 120K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:38:54 -0800
From: (Rishi Gupta)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Hubert's 3D Macintosh Icons, v1.2.1
Included in this icon package:
- A ResEdit resource containing ics#, ics4, ics8, ICN#, icl4, and icl8
resources of all the Mac "form factors" that have ever been released, with
the exception of the original Lisa (Mac XL) and the entire line of
PowerBooks. Sorry!
- A folder containing the exact same icons as the resource file, ready for
immediate copy-and-paste.
- A Simpletext Read Me file.
***
* What really distinguishes this icon package (along with the 2D
package=DD, which should be available at the same place you found this) from
the other icon archives is that virtually every single variation of Mac
form factors has been included. Remember the original LC? It was slated
to have 2 internal disk drives, but at the last minute Apple decided to put
a hard drive in instead, so a case cover was used to cover up the drive
slot. If you look closely, at the "LC (original)" icon, you'll be able to
make it out. Very minor variations in Mac cases, such as the "lip" found
in all manual-inject disk drive-equipped Macs or a slight remold of the
disk drive and CD areas (for example, some of the II-series, the Centris
610 series and the Quadra series) are included. For instance, the Quadra
800 icon set has eight variations, which include the 4 different optional
drive (CD and DAT) locations. Whatever desktop Macintosh you have, in
whatever configuration, you should be able to find a matching icon.
Additionally, all of these icons look great no matter what depth monitor
you have, although black and white _and_ in "View By" _anything_ except
"Icon" is pushing the limits somewhat.
* For those of you who have a 520-series Mac (ie the Mac TV, LC 520, 575,
580 and Performa equivalents) and can't find a 3D icon of your Mac
anywhere else, try this one! I spent a few hours getting it right.
I can be contacted at the following addresses:
[email protected] >KOB - RFTS !
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/mac-games-cheats-96-04.hqx; 129K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:34:22 -0800
From: (Vincenzo Della Mea)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MedCard v0.93
I've uploaded MedCard0.93.sit.hqx, containing an application written
in Hypercard 2.2 for translating text files coming from EBSCO Medline
(c) CD-ROM into tab-delimited files. The application allows to select
fields to be exported and eventually to add a topic field for further
processing; in addition, it converts authors and source following
standard bibliographic rules. It is a very simple, rough and slow
program. MedCard comes with an example file for Filemaker (c) that
allows to import files generated with MedCard and roughly manage the
bibliographic references.
Vincenzo Della Mea ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/data/med-card-093-hc.hqx; 505K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:37:22 -0800
From: (Garry Roseman)[email protected]
Subject: [*] memmapper-13.hqx
Memory Mapper draws a graphical representation of the Mac's memory
space. It shows where programs and objects reside in memory and makes
things like memory fragmentation easy to see. Memory Mapper also
displays the virtual memory space so that you can see which parts of
memory are paged out to disk.
Version 1.3 is a general update that improves the interface and fixes
some bugs.
Freeware. Copyright (c) R. Fronabarger 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/memmapper-13.hqx; 54K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:35:39 -0800
From: (The Moes)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Net-Print Version 3.5
Net-Print 3.5
This extension allows you to easily print or save selected text from
Netscape. This extension will be especially useful to libraries and
schools who would like to save on paper. To use this extension just select
the text and hold shift while choosing print or save. PLEASE READ THE
README.
Many bug fixes and new features.
Thanks,
John Moe
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/net-print-35.hqx; 18K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:34:57 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] NewsHopper 1.2
NewsHopper is the award-winning offline newsreader for the Apple Mac.
NewsHopper requires System 7, MacTCP, and access to a news (NNTP) server.
This trial version expires after 30 days of use.
For more info, the NewsHopper web page is located at:
This package may be included on the info-mac CD ROM archive.
Regards,
Laurent Humbert
SW15 Software
[email protected]
http://www.demon.co.uk/sw15
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/news-hopper-12-demo.hqx; 607K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:35:07 -0800
From: (Andreas Prilop)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NewsWatcher Cyrillic
Read Russian and Ukrainian newsgroups with NewsWatcher!
Bitmap fonts and keyboards are included. ResEdit is required.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/newswatcher-cyrillic.hqx; 31K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:35:57 -0800
From: (Rob Friefeld)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PPPop 1.4 - submission to comm/tcp/conn
PPPop, Version 1.4, March 26, 1996. PPPop is a MacPPP 2.0.1 (or FreePPP)
operator application. It puts up a little button window which will open and
close a PPP link -- without having to run the Config PPP control panel.
MacPPP must be installed for PPPop to run. OT compatible. PPPop includes a
session timer, a session log function, a menu for selecting a server, and
an application launcher which can automatically run applications. Many
enhancements and a few bug fixes since the previously released version
1.3.2. This version is $10 shareware.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/pppop-14.hqx; 279K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:37:39 -0800
From: (Brian Begstrand)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Speed Tester
Speed Tester is based on a little program called "Check Ticks", this
program makes 10,000 calls to GetNextEvent(), and then quits. Speed Tester
expands on this idea.
Speed Tester is Freeware, and may be distrubuted by any medium, as long as
it is kept in it's original form (Speed Tester, Speed Tester (68k), and the
ReadMe file), and no money is recieved by the distrubutor for use of the
program.
If you have any comments or find a bug, please let me know, my e-mail
address is: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/speed-tester.hqx; 84K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:38:34 -0800
From: (Jeff Click)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Star Battle ][ ~ The Audio Sci-Fi War Continues
Clixsounds, creator of unique Macintosh sound files, has released the
second episode of its original stereo "Star Battle" Science Fiction
series of sounds!
The "Star Battle" series brings you incredible sound quality full of
vivid audio imagery and is an on-going epic tale of the Alpha-1
squadron's mid-space battle against intruding beings from another planet.
The epic began in Star Battle as Eagle-1, a member of the Alpha-1
squadron, was being pursued by an alien assailant. After attempts at
calling to Red Leader, the squadron captain, Eagle-1 is wounded by a
brutal missile from the alien ship. We are left not knowing the fate of
Eagle-1, as the massive explosion of his ship fades to silence, ending
episode 1.
The new, Star Battle ][, is an intense, 30-second sound that brings to
light the perspective of Red Leader as he is commanding the Alpha-1 team
to fall into formation, not knowing of the fact that Eagle-1 was being
persued by an intruder. He hears the distorted distress call of Eagle-1
and instantly takes action...but is it in time to save Eagle-1?!
Find out in this excellent, original production from Clixsounds. Both
episode are freeware sound filesare available at the Clixsounds WWW site
at:
http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/
The second episode will be available in both 16-bit/44kHz and 8-bit/22kHz
versions. Please note that the 16-bit version will only be available
until April 15.
Enjoy the Battle!
CLIXSOUNDS CAN BE REACHED AT:
Internet: [email protected]
America Online: CLIXSOUNDS
WORLD WIDE WEB:
http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/star-battle-ii-8-bit-22-khz.hqx; 1720K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 23:39:48 -0800
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#321/01-Apr-96
TidBITS#321/01-Apr-96
This week's issue is a particularly serious one: we bring news of
a major Internet downsizing and of TidBITS being cited under the
Communications Decency Act of 1996. We review FEdit Pro and a few
new Netscape plug-ins, look into an announcement of a new Newton,
investigate a report that Microsoft's testers may strike, and
take a look at the new Mac of the Month club.
Topics:
MailBITS/01-Apr-96
TidBITS Staff Cited
Mac of the Month Club
WebCommando Moves In
Larger Newton Due This Spring
Microsoft Testers Threaten Strike
FEdit Returns!
Internet Downsizing Brings Heavy Losses
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-321.etx; 30K]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:36:14 -0800
From: (Eric Long)[email protected]
Subject: [*] XTimer 1.9.1
No timer tracks like XTimer! All Features Enabled! Automatic
tracking for FreePPP/MacPPP, CompuServe and America Online!
Automatic Rate management, Automatic Log management. Open/Close
PPP Connections. Detailed session logging. Variable size timers.
Auto-Launcher. Localizable. And much more! This is the online
time & expense utility you ought to have! Powerful & versatile!
Requires System 7.Shareware $15 (Kagi Available) By Eric Long.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/x-timer-191.hqx; 361K]
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 08:40:46 GMT
From: Bob Jones
Subject: 7.5.3 & MSWord6.01 & SAM
After seeing a number of posts for help, and sending some Email
responses, I guess it's time for a post here.
Word 6.0.1: Despite loading the recommended patches, my 6100/66
froze whenever I opened/closed a file. The solution I found was to
disable Apple Menu Options in the Control Panels. Annoying, but I
had so much work to do that I did have time to be more elegant.
SAM: You have to go to the Symantek site and download both SAM 4.0.8
and a new virus definition file. Please note that you can't download
these using Netscape, because Symantek stores them as .bin files. I
had to use Fetch to get them. Now SAM works fine.
Both fixes were mentioned in the WWW MacInTouch pages. I recommend
going there and reading all the 7.5.3 advice available there.
Bob Jones
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 16:52:53 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [A] Booting from Ext HD partitions with 7.53
Gert-Jan de Waard wrote :
>Love to hear solutions for the startup from an external partitioned disk.
>Any help is appreaciated. Is there any-one who has a successful external
>(partitioned) startup disk with 7.5.3? Disk-driver software used?
Gert-Jan,
The first physical partition on our (external) boot drive contains System
6.0.8, but most of the time we boot from the second one, containing System
7.5.3.
Since these were created using Silverlining (5.6.3), we simply use a La
Cie-supplied Apple Menu Item called "Silver Volumes," which has a check
box for setting whether or not the volume is to be mounted at start-up.
We keep this *un-checked* for the first partition.
If, after the computer has booted System 7.5.3, we need access to the
first partition, a quick click on Silver Volumes' "Mount" button will pop
this "drive" onto the desktop - but unless we also check the Startup box,
it will then stay out of sight to the OS at the next start-up.
(Silverlining also allows one to password-protect such disk mounts, if
desired.)
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 16:49:12 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [A] System 7.5.3 Crashes
After following the System 7.5.3 postings in the last ten or so Info-Mac
Digests, I offer the following comments:
The 2.0 Update so far is stable on:
1. IIci (12mb RAM, plus RAM Doubler)
2. Quadra 610 with DOS card
3. Several PM 6100/60's (8mb and 16mb RAM, plus RAM doubler)
4. PowerBook 5300e (16mb RAM, plus RAM Doubler)
5. LC 575 (4mb RAM, plus RAM doubler)
It also is stable on a lab full of 5200/75 LC's and 5300/100 LC's,
*except* that there are seemingly random machine-to-machine crashes at the
time Adobe Type Manager 3.9 loads. Removing this Control Panel always
clears up the problem. (I have reported this to both Adobe and Apple, but
have not yet heard back from either of them.)
The PB 5300e has the "Universal System Folder" on its hard drive, and when
it is set to PB SCSI disk mode, the IIci boots from it just fine. Best of
all, the Finder, using the IIci's internal video with an Apple Portrait
Display, has now sped up to the point that it *almost* equals System 6.0.8
- which is to say, nearly double!
Clearly, on this particular 68030 machine at least, System 7.5.3 is a
major improvement.
We do have one *huge* problem, however: Another stock PM 6100/60 (16mb
RAM, initially with RAM Doubler) is totally unstable. After removing just
about every Extension and Control Panel - in addition to starting with the
Shift key held down - the computer still crashes with increasing
frequency. (This machine *does* have some NetWare, QuickMail and ARA
support that the above 6100's do not have.)
Norton Disk Doctor 3.2.1 was run prior to installing the Update, with no
problems reported. Now, however, there is a Volume Bitmap problem that
Norton purports to fix, but which always reappears on every subsequent run
of the program. So, the behavior at this point *may* be due to disk
corruption - caused by System 7.5.3? - or something else entirely? Who
knows?
(Our next step will be to boot the errant 6100 from our new "magic
bullet," the now-Universal PB 5300, and see if the behavior persists.
This feature alone may turn out to be worth the price of the upgrade.)
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 16:46:25 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [Q] Apple Portrait Display Fuzzy with PB 5300e
A PowerBook 5300e (monochrome/gray-scale) will drive our Apple Portrait
Display, but while the latter is razor-sharp when connected to the
internal video of a IIci, characters on it have a sort of "ghosting" or
fuzziness when it's driven by the PB.
With the PB's internal video, is this just the "nature of the beast"?
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 20:53:51 -0600
From: [email protected] (Andrew Vernon)
Subject: Appearence vs substance
>>I can not understand why anyone would get excited about the superficial
>>*appearence* of Copland, when its substance and functionality are not yet
>>available. If you prize appearence over substance, why not get Windows 95?
>>:-)
>Mac users are well known for their iconoclastic tastes in user
>interfaces; besides, if Greg Landweber & Co. can persuade folks to pay
>good money for a pretty face, more power to them. And yes, I *did* see
>the smiley after your facetious Win95 jibe...
Ummm... I don't think this debate is of much merit. All Greg Landweber did
was announce a new release of the 'Aaron' extension, which gives your Mac a
different look. After reading the digest for five years, I've seen a lot
of stuff entered into the archive. Some of the enhancements are
functional, many are purely cosmetic. You have the right to download or
not to download any of the archive's offerings, so feel free not to. As
for changing the look of the Mac environment, I've downloaded no fewer than
ten-- Aurora, Aaron, Church Windows, and even WDEF III, an old control
panel to give you NeXT-style windows, just to see what they do. It's easy
to see that these kind of enchancements are quite popular and they don't
exact much of a performance hit. I'm just glad to see that it's possible
to _personalize_ the "personal computer" this easily.
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 20:25:03 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chuck Garrett)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #81
>I *think* I remember reading somewhere that there was
>a key that you could hold down during startup to make a Mac ignore an
>internal hard disk for situations like I have. Does anyone know if this is
>true and what key it is that I should hold down?
If memory serves correctly, it is Delete, Option, Command, Shift. I
remember by the acronym DOCS.
Chuck Garrett
[email protected]
Youth is a gift of nature, age is a work of art.
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:51:31 +1000
From: [email protected] (Bill Stanford)
Subject: Ram Doubler and Modems
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #74, [email protected] (Jonathan
Massy-Greene) wrote:
>I am recent newbie to
>Mac (I saw the light and left PC).
>
>I have a 6200 with Ram DOubler installed and a Banksia 28.8 modem. Anytime
>I want to use the modem I have to have Ram Doubler turned off, as it
>occasionally drops the connection or at the very least will drop the
>transfer rates to around 200 bps. This means I am having to use Virtual
>Memory which is slowing it up a little but would prefer to put my hard
>earnt money to work.
Jon, did you bring the Banksia across from your PC? If you did, then your
modem initialization string may be the real problem here.
In the factory settings (given by &f or &f1) for a PC, it's usual to have
the Data Terminal Ready (DTR) setting at &d2, which means a DTR drop causes
the modem to hang up.
But the Mac, with its neat little 8-pin mini-DIN serial port hasn't enough
pins nowadays, and thus we're forced to use a more limited set of hardware
handshaking based on Clear to Send/Request to Send. Pin 1 of the mini-DIN
connector, hardware handshaking out from the computer, is in fact either
RTS or DTR, though most Mac software uses RTS; and thus Mac modems have &d0
in their &f factory settings--&d0 ("0" = zero) means DTR drop is ignored
(assumed ON) by the modem and it takes no action.
As an example of this, the USR Sportster for the Mac used to come with &d2
preselected by a DIP switch, and many users with Macs initially couldn't
use their modem at all, just no connects, even with the simplest terminal
software.
Sorry for the technicalities here, if it's all incomprehensible don't
worry. Just use an initialization string like AT&FD0W2; and have a glance
at the Banksia manual to check that your factory settings _are_ given by
&f--they are in the Banksia manual I've seen--and not &f1. If your modem
did come from your PC, you'll be able to see under the &d listing that the
default is &d2, and that will confirm the problem...
Uh, if you didn't bring the modem across from your PC, then the problem may
just be RAMDoubler... and you might just be stuck with it till Connectix
squashes the bug...
--Bill Stanford||[email protected]||[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 20:29:48 +4300
From: Robert W Jenkins
Subject: replace 7.5.2 CD
I recently purchased a used PPC 7200/90. It came to me without the
system CD or manual and I would like to purchase these items from
Apple. But I have had no luck with the fellows at SOS-APPLE or Claris.
Does anyone out there know how I might get these two items. I have a
registered copy of 7.5 and would really like to just send it back to
them and "upgrade" to 7.5.2.
NOTE: Yes, I have ordered 7.5.3 CD but I need the original CD too.
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 23:53:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Peter John Roberts)
Subject: Unavailable 6300 Modem Port
My new 6300 came with an internal modem card installed. The modem port
is covered, and the User's Guide says, "Don't connect anything to the
modem port if you have an internal modem."
The problem is that I need BOTH modem and printer serial ports to run my
MIDI equipment.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this?
With an external modem I simply use an A/B switch to choose between
modem-use of the modem port and MIDI-use of the modem port.
Is there any way I can do something similar with an internal modem?
If I need to remove the internal modem card, is there anything else I have
to do as well?
Please respond directly to me as well as to the digest.
Thanks.
Pete Roberts [email protected]
MacPartners Development [email protected]
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