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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 8 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 86
Today's Topics:
[*] APPLES BC E-NEWS 96/04
[*] Chiral 1.0.3 Update
[*] CLIPFOLIO 1.5
[*] FREEWARE Game Submission for Archive
[*] gas-ppc
[*] getResName XFCN 1.0
[*] GNU CPP for PowerMacs.
[*] HTML Form Parser 1.0b1
[*] ModPlayer 2.0
[*] Stereo "Reaper Beep"
[*] Stike's Revenge
[*] Tools Plus 3.0 Application Development Libraries
[*] Web-Knitter 0.97b
[*] Yank 1.1
(again) sound input problems--please help
(no subject)
7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments?
[A] Untrashable folder
Cross Platform Disk-spanning Compression?
Info-Mac Digest V14 #83
Info-Mac Digest V14 #85
Looking for Tardis
netscape
New system updater and RAM/SPEED doubler
PC Mag article
Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
Printer woes
Removable Drives
Stylewriter Engine??
Suitcase 3.0 - Speed Access - SoundMaster Conflicts
Untrashable folder
Word 6.0 to Word Perfect Mac
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:05 -0800
From: (Corbett Enders)[email protected]
Subject: [*] APPLES BC E-NEWS 96/04
A FREE electronic newsletter by Corbett Enders & Chris Stevens, co-editors.
Apples BC E-News is the Official Electronic Newsletter of the Apples BC
Computer Society.
In This Issue
* Around Banff
* Photoshop Tips
* Techno File
- Ethernet .vs. Appletalk
* The IAQ File (Infrequently Asked Questions)
* Millard's Mac Musings
- Granny Smith - Settling In
- A New Style of Floppy
- Apple Giveth...
- Apple Taketh Away...
- System 7.5 Update 2.0
- ClarisWorks Easter Egg
* The Imagination Works
* Taking it to the Macs
* Letters to the Editors
[Archived as /info-mac/per/bce/apples-bc-e-news-96-04.hqx; 604K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:15 -0800
From: ("Cajun" David Richard)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Chiral 1.0.3 Update
Ambrosia Software, Inc. has just released a Chiral 1.0.3 Updater. This
updater only works if you already have an earlier version of Chiral.
If you do not already have Chiral, you need to download the complete
Chiral 1.0.3 package.
This updater brings Chiral up to Chiral 1.0.3, the latest version
which contains a number of bug fixes and adds a few features. All of
the files in the Chiral 1.0.3 Update should be extracted into your
existing Chiral folder to properly upgrade Chiral to version 1.0.3.
The following is a list of the bugs that were fixed in Chiral 1.0.3:
-- Included a revised version of the 8 channel Sound_Tool that works
better on lower-end Macs
-- Fixed a bug that caused the menu bar to stay hidden upon quitting
Chiral 1.0.2
-- Removed eWorld (*sniff*) from the FAQs and Registration
application
-- Updated the version and FAQ information
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/chiral-103-updt.hqx; 379K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:07 -0800
From: (SingleTrac Software)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CLIPFOLIO 1.5
Copyright (C)1995 SingleTrac Software.
All rights reserved.
System 7.0 or greater required.
Clipfolio watches your work and every time you cut or copy
information to the clipboard, Clipfolio copies that information. Your
information is saved and you can come back later to use it over and
over while you continue copying new stuff (which is also being saved).
Clipfolio will save up to 20 of your most recent cuts or copies.
Automatically!
When you want to access something that Clipfolio has saved,
simply bring up Clipfolio's window and select the desired item. It
will be put back on the clipboard in its original form!
Both PowerPC and 680x0 versions of Clipfolio are included.
Designed and written by Eric Stadtherr
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/clipfolio-15.hqx; 132K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:11 -0800
From: (Jason Salisbury)[email protected]
Subject: [*] FREEWARE Game Submission for Archive
Software Novelty No.6
How many pulls of the trigger does it take to get to the center of a mad
cow's skull? Now you can find out. Enjoy the rage of the United Kingdom, Mad
Cow Roulette. This high quality Macintosh-compatible software novelty will
provide endless eons of entertainment as you push a Mad Cow over the edge by
playing Russian Roulette. Requires Macintosh, Macintosh-compatible, or
PowerMacintosh (PPC) computer running System 7 or greater, with monitor
capable of supporting 16 grays, or 16 colors, or better. Best of all, it's
FREEWARE.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/software-novelty-no-6.hqx; 185K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:19 -0800
From: (Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah)[email protected]
Subject: [*] gas-ppc
Hi:
I'd like to submit my port of the GNU GAS for PowerPC. Here it is:
Napi
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/gas-ppc.hqx; 174K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:25 -0800
From: (Mike Byrne)[email protected]
Subject: [*] getResName XFCN 1.0
getResName is a HyperCard xfcn/XFCN which performs a simple but sometimes
critical function: given a resource type and number, it will return the
resource name.
Free for non-commercial use, includes both 68K (XFCN) and PPC (xfcn) versions.
For more info:
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/aimosaic/stude ... Byrne/SSL/
----
-Mike
Mike "Sunburn" Byrne
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/aimosaic/stude ... nts/Byrne/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/get-res-name-xfcn-10.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:21 -0800
From: (Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah)[email protected]
Subject: [*] GNU CPP for PowerMacs.
And this is my port of the GNU CPP to the PowerMacs:
Napi
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/gcc-cpp.hqx; 92K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:01 -0800
From: (Niel M. Bornstein)[email protected]
Subject: [*] HTML Form Parser 1.0b1
BBEdit Extension by Niel M. Bornstein
Copyright (c) 1996 PLR Software, Inc.
HTML Form Parser is a BBEdit extension to parse the output of HTML forms.
You would get the output mailed to you, for example, and the extension
will parse all the nasty little ASCII codes for non-alpha characters into
characters.
There are three modes of operation:
* If there is no window open, it will parse the contents of the
clipboard
* If there is a window open with no selection, it will parse the
entire contents of the frontmost window.
* If the frontmost window has a selection, it will parse the
selection
In any case, it will put the results of the operation in a new, untitled
window.
I use it in combination with Eudora. If I get just one message, I copy it
>From Eudora and run the Parser on it. If there are several, I save them
to one text file, then open it in BBEdit and run the Parser on the file.
This software may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (which should have been included in this distribution).
Niel M. Bornstein
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-form-parser-10b1.hqx; 25K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:09 -0800
From: (Jari Uppa)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ModPlayer 2.0
Here is the latest version of ModPlayer (shareware $10).
Changes since 2.0b2:
-------------------
- Fixed a bug which caused crash on PowerMacs
- Updated Player Pro driver
- New graphics and icons
- Moved preferences to menubar
- New WDEF
- Some small bugs fixed
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Jari Uppa Puutarhakatu 8 a D 68 20100 Turku Finland
[email protected] http://www.utu.fi/~jariuppa/
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/mod-player-20.hqx; 431K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:27 -0800
From: (Jeff Click)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Stereo "Reaper Beep"
The "Reaper Beep" is a haunting new sound file that makes a great sample
to use as your system alert beep. It is a short, distinct sound that is
somewhat of an unearthly low-frequency 'buzz' that bounces from speaker
to speaker at the end. It sounds great on all systems, and moreso if you
have external speakers or headphones with a low-frequency response.
The Reaper Beep is available in both 16-bit/44kHz and 8-bit/22kHz
versions and can be downloaded here or at the Clixsounds WWW site at
http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/ .
Clixsounds can be reached at:
Internet: [email protected]
America Online: CLIXSOUNDS
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/reaper-8-bit.hqx; 169K]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/reaper-16-bit.hqx; 535K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:13 -0800
From: (Cray FX)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Stike's Revenge
Yet another resending of Stike's Revenge, a set of levels for the
commercial game Lode Runner the Legend Returns. This is just a slight
change in the read me file. Thank you.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/stikes-revenge-lode-runner.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:23 -0800
From: (Water's Edge Software)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Tools Plus 3.0 Application Development Libraries
TOOLS PLUS 3.0 application development libraries let Macintosh developers
easily create a professional looking application using Symantec (THINK)
C/C++, THINK Pascal or CodeWarrior compilers. Virtually any GUI element is
created with a single line of code. Once created, elements work with each
other without the need for additional "support code," thereby letting
programmers eliminate thousands of lines of GUI and event related source.
Windows drag. Buttons click. Pop-up menus pop. The Edit menu edits. Scroll
bars scroll. One line creates it. One line makes it work!
Tools Plus supports and automates all standard user interface elements. It
also seamlessly integrates support for high-demand extras such as: floating
palettes, tool bar, the best picture buttons anywhere, MS-style tabs,
sliders, and much more. When you buy Tools Plus, you get everything you
need to create a complete "3D look" interface.
Get extraordinary results with ordinary C/C++ or Pascal. Create great
looking applications in less time, with dramatically less code and with far
fewer bugs. It's easy to learn and easy to use.
For all model Macs and PowerMacs running on System 6 or 7.x. Includes
comprehensive documentation and tutorials. No royalties. Tools Plus 2.6
was rated 4 stars by Macworld magazine (Feb 96).
SuperCDEFs (world-class controls for the discerning developer) can be seen
in action in this evaluation kit. The illustrated SuperCDEFs user manual is
included, and it shows off flat and 3D buttons, sliders, tabs and a
thermometer.
Contact: [email protected]
Water's Edge Software : Voice: 1-416-219-5628
---------------------------------------------------------------
For the fastest response, please send messages to:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/lib/tools-plus-30-demo.hqx; 3056K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:03 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Web-Knitter 0.97b
I just made some improvements it's now up to 0.98 thanks it can be
updated at
http://www.suba.com/~chicago/web
Ron
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/web-knitter-097b-hc.hqx; 648K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:33:17 -0800
From: (Maui Software)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Yank 1.1
Yank is a shareware application that does two things:
1) Cleans up your Preferences folder by moving outdated files to the Trash.
2) Uninstalls an application and all files created by the application by
moving them to the Trash.
Nothing is deleted - all files are moved to the Trash.
Open the Trash folder and watch those unneeded files pile up!
Yank is a fat-binary application, which means it runs in native mode on a
Power Mac, and it works on 68K Macs as well. System 7 is required.
For more information, please see the files in the User's Manual folder.
New for 1.1:
* Choose between searching just the Startup volume, or all mounted volumes.
* Uninstall Control Panels as well as applications
* You can move files from the Trash back to where they came from with the
Finder's "Put Away" command:
1) Click on the files in the Trash that you want returned.
2) Select "Put Away" from the File menu (or type Command-Y).
Yank from Maui Software
email: [email protected]
http://aloha.net/~mauisw
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/yank-11.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 09:56:24 +0200
From: [email protected] (Ard Jonker)
Subject: (again) sound input problems--please help
>hi. we recently got several new powermac 7500s in our lab, and our lab
>program
>is now no longer able to record from the microphone.
You are not using the same microphone are you?
The 'old' mic is delivering some 1 mV, while the audio mic input on the
7500 expects 100 mV.
I have this little opamp that does the trick of adapting levels (see
below). I am yet experimenting with the appropriate resistors, but I do get
a weak signal. When I apply higher gain, the quality drops enormous, so I
will look into two opamps in tandem. The 22k and the 1mu set makes a
virtual ground at half the power supply voltage. Could be 10K, but for
clarity of the scheme, I call them 22k.
Pin 8 is V+ of the opamp, pin 4 is the V0 of the opamp. d and q are dynamic
mics (the $1.00, 0.5 cm0 thingies, or use your 'old' mic). TL072 is a
commonly available dual opamp. Pretty noisy I think. To suppress hiss, use
a .1 mu condensor in parallel to the 1M resistor (experiment with this). To
increase the signal, you can increas 1M to 2M (again experiment).
Amplification is calculated as (1M/10K)x, while the 10K should remain. Boy,
pretty crowded drawing....
Cheers, Ard
+9V-+------+----+------+8(TL072)
3k3 22k 1mu
| | +-|--1M--+
| | | | 5|\ |
+.1mu+-|----|--|+\7+---2K2----outL(live)
| | +--+-+--|-/
(L)d 10k| 10k| 6|/TL072(half)
+----+-+ +-+----------------out (gnd)
(R)q 10k| 10k| |\TL072(half)
| | +--+-+--|-\
+.1mu+-|----|--|+/-+---2K2----outR(live)
| | | | |/ |
| | +-|--1M--+
3k3 22k 1mu
0V -+------+----+------+4(TL072)
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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 96 21:50:18 0500
From: allen
Subject: (no subject)
Hi; I need help
I can not find a New driver for a Sharp JX-320 Scanner, For a Power Mac
Can you Help me
Thank you
Allen Gendron
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 13:06:52 -0700
From: [email protected] (Tony Sprackett)
Subject: 7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments?
My experience with 7.5.*1* to 7.5.3 on a Quadra 605, 8MB RAM, APS external
1GB HD, 4 partitions
I realize that the question was directed towards converting from 7.5.2, but
68 k users probably never went to 7.5.2, and will be facing upgrading from
7.5.1 like me.
1) Did you encounter any problems with the actual installation? Did the
installer function properly without doing a clean install of 7.5.2 first?
Has anyone done the install on a PowerWave?
Yes, I had to do a clean install of 7.5, then installed the upgrade on that
but the cleaning out of junk in my system was helpful anyhow I think.
2) What definite practical advantages of 7.5.3 over 7.5.2 have you
noticed? Do you consider this update a major improvement?
Open Transport increases ftp download speeds by up to 75% over MacTCP.
3) What applications, extensions, CPs, etc don't work under 7.5.3 that did
work under 7.5.2? Have you found solutions?
Ram Doubler 1.6.1 works except that I cannot copy files from one drive to
another, or to a floppy without a freeze. I save up such tasks, switch off
RD, and do them all at one time, then activate RD again. Option dragging
does not work even with RD turned off. Both tasks mentioned cause the
system to freeze.
4) I'm annoyed that Open Transport is apparently "required" for PCI Macs
(gee, MacTCP is running just fine on my machine at the moment). If you
were using MacTCP under 7.5.2, what happened to it when you updated to
7.5.3? Can you switch networking with the NSS app, or not? Have you had
reason to try to switch back to MacTCP, and could you do it easily?
No comment, except that I'm very happy with OT 1.1
5) What communication applications *still* don't work under Open Transport
1.1? I've read one report that Eudora Lite doesn't work, but haven't seen
that confirmed.
None that I've used including Eudora Lite 1.5.4 have been a problem.
Actually, I have noticed that Mosaic 2.01 seems more unstable than it was
under TCP, but I only use it to check out my html work from an alternative
browser to Netscape, and apparently the 3.0A2 version of Mosaic is meant to
be more compatible with OT.
6) Just what advantages does Open Transport really offer? Someone claimed
that he was getting an incredible throughput of >8 KBps downloading a
binhexed file from the net via a 21600 modem connection (he didn't say if
the file was compressed, though). This would be several times faster than
the best I can get over a 288 modem with MacTCP! Is this kind of speed
reproducible?
As stated earlier, I have achieved up to 75% faster download speed with a
14,400 modem using Anarchie 1.60.
Tony Sprackett Staff Writer InterFace Magazine
Victoria BC http://vvv.com/interface/
Personal home page http://www.vvv.com/~tsprackett/
Home of the Major League Baseball Free Agent Lists (updated daily)
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 12:36:16 -0500
From: [email protected] (christopher jones)
Subject: [A] Untrashable folder
[email protected] (chrisjenkin&hilarybraund) bemoan the existence
of a Folder from Hell:
>I've an apparently empty folder in the trash. FastFind tells me it conatins
>11 files - it did when i last used it! If I try to delete it, I'm informed
>i can't as it's in use. I have a BacUp so don't need to recover it.
This isn't original with me, but it's the most often recommended advice:
Put the FfH in another folder. Elsewhere, create a new folder with the
*identical* name as the FfH (just highlight and copy its name). Now put
this new folder into that containing the FfH and choose to replace when
asked. This new folder should be trashable.
If this fails, try using HellFolderFix, available at fine archive mirrors
everywhere.
------
Chris Jones ([email protected])
YOU! Outta the gene pool!
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 02:14:44 +0100
From: Christopher Adams
Subject: Cross Platform Disk-spanning Compression?
Allan Hunter wrote:
>I've got an 8.x-MB database file
>that I have to move from a PeeCee to a venerable but accelerated SE on
>a monotonously regular basis, and there's no cross-platform network.
How about UUencoding (or BinHexing?) the file on the PC, which will give
you a big text file. Use a PC text editor to split it into disk-sized
pieces. Put each piece on a disk and sneaker over to the SE. Load the
files, then use a Mac text editor to carefully cut-and-paste the big file
back together again. Then use a Mac UUdecoder (or deBinHexer) to recreate
the original database file. Stuffit Expander with the engine does both, as
I recall.
If this is too tedious, maybe you could try a simple serial cable
connection between the Mac and PC, and use a standard comms program on each
computer to transfer the file. Progs that use the Zmodem protocol are best,
and ZTerm for the Mac is excellent. I have some info tucked away somewhere
on how to make the connecting cable, if you're interested.
__________________________________________________________
Chris Adams, Birmingham, UK | [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:12:15 -0400
From: Robert Gray
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #83
>From: troy
>Subject: Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
>
>I recently installed Sys 7.5 update #2 on my Powerbook 520 12 meg (+12
>>From Ram doubler). I have found that if you wake the powerbook after
>it goes to sleep you get an ERROR TYPE 8 message. After disabling all
>extensions and non Sys 7.5 CP's I still got the error.
>
>I tried reinstalling the update and still got the ERROR TYPE 8.
>
>After I removed the System Update #2 the proble went away.
>
>Obviously I can disable the sleep mode or lose the update but I doubt
>this is the answer
>
>Anyone else have this problem??
>
>Any other suggestions besides reverting to update #1??
I had this problem with my Duo210. I had to drop RAM Doubler which was/is
a pain as I only have 8meg real RAM. I, to this writing, have not been
able to get things to work with RD in the system. I have seen/heard other
oddities re:RD and 7.5.3 - maybe there will be and update.
Robert Gray * [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:42:12 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chuck Garrett)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #85
>[This sounds good to me. I could maintain a short list of people who would
>review other language posts, send the email whenever I got it. The reviewer's
>would glance at the message and attach a small english summary/translation
>and return it to me. This would force a 24 hour delay on those messages, but
>they would make it. What do you all think? I would like to see the english
>summaries added because a) many people who have the answers know only
>english; so the poster is bound to get a bigger response and b) so I can keep
>track of what discussions are going on in the digest. -Gordon]
I think this is a terrific idea. Especially the english translation.
Chuck Garrett
[email protected]
Youth is a gift of nature, age is a work of art.
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Date: 5 Apr 1996 11:39:00 -0500
From: "Peter Jorgensen"
Subject: Looking for Tardis
Greetings,
What ever happened to Tardis/Timelord? I need it (or something like it) to
run on a Mac Plus client and Mac Classic server (yeah, I know... big time
stuff!).
I've checked the original Info-Mac CD-ROM, the archives, archie and can't
find it, or anything like it.
Thanks in advance.
Peter Jorgensen
This message comes via PowerTalk and a StarNine SMTP gateway.
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 12:31:59 -0400
From: Noam Kutler
Subject: netscape
I recently upgraded to system 7.5.3 for my LC 575 and now just about
every other minute especially when I want to download something or when I
press the scroll bar when it's loading the web page Netscape freezes on
me. I'm using version 2.1 and I have Open Transport 1.1. Netscape says
that it is supposed to be compatible with OT 1.1 but are they wrong?
Also does version 2.0.1 of Netscape fix this problem? If not is there
any way I can possibly fix this? I'm using FreePPP 2.5 the unofficial
version which is pretty good but Netscape still doesn't work.
------------------------------------
Raistlin has come, Raistlin has gone.
------------------------------------
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 96 16:50:15 -0700
From: Larry MacDonald
Subject: New system updater and RAM/SPEED doubler
In a previous post, I said that Ram doubler and Speed doubler didn't work
on 7.5.3.
That is not the case, as it turns out, so I'm posting this retraction.
It is only on a couple PowerBooks that there is a problem, apparently,
and that has a patch available.
I turned both back on for my 6100/84 and haven't had any problems.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:34:36 -0400
From: [email protected] (Scott Curtis)
Subject: PC Mag article
>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:44:46 -0700
>From: [email protected] (Mike Cohen)
>Subject: PCMag (Re: Info-Mac Digest V14 #83)
>
>In article
>(Info-Mac Digest V14 #83), you write:
>>Be sure to drop them a line at if this article has angered
>>you as much as it has angered me.
>That probably won't do much good. I got the following reply from them.
>Maybe emailing her directly may have more of an effect?
>> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 10:20:05 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Diana Garelik
>> Subject: RE: BULLSHIT!
>> To: Mike Cohen
>> MIME-version: 1.0
>>
>> We appreciate your taking the time to write to PC Magazine.
>>Unfortunately, due
>> to the volume of mail we receive, we are unable to respond personally to
>>every
>> message. Similarly, we are unable to provide immediate assistance with
>> specific problems, but we will do our best to get back to you as quickly
>>as we
>> can.
>>
>> Still, we welcome your comments and suggestions regarding PC Magazine. Thank
>> you for your interest.
>>
>> Diana Garelik
>> Editorial Communications Manager
>> PC Magazine
Hey, at least you _got_ a response. My e-mail went unnoticed. I guess my
language wasn't strong enough!
Scott Curtis
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Date: 07 Apr 96 23:27:29 EDT
From: Peter Holland
Subject: Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
>I recently installed Sys 7.5 update #2 on my Powerbook 520 12 meg (+12
>From Ram doubler). I have found that if you wake the powerbook after
>it goes to sleep you get an ERROR TYPE 8 message. After disabling all
>extensions and non Sys 7.5 CP's I still got the error.
>I tried reinstalling the update and still got the ERROR TYPE 8.
>After I removed the System Update #2 the proble went away.
I've been waiting to see whether anyone else has been experiencing this
problem.
In my case it occurs on a Powerbook 180. I too would be grateful for any
suggested remedy.
Peter Holland
Mundaring
Western Australia
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 19:48:03 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Printer woes
I need HELP!! I am using a DeskWriter 520 with my Performa 630 CD. It has
been working fine until today. When I tried to print a letter, I selected
CMD-P, the msg. "spooling" appeared, then nothing. The computer was stuck
with the watch cursor on the screen, but nothing happened. I finally went
to "Force Quit," clicked on that, and the screen cleared, BUT now the
cursor (arrow) was frozen. Only an emergency shut- down would get me out
of that.I looked at the Chooser and the printer was not selected. Why?? So
I selected it again, tried again with printing, and the same results.
Checked the Chooser and again the DW printer was not selected. I selected
it, closed the Chooser window, then promptly reopened it and the DW was NOT
selected.In deperation I reinstalled the DW software.Did not help. Give me
the fix for tis and I will grovel at your feet!
Bill Ingraham
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:01:15 -0700
From: [email protected] (Ray Rizos)
Subject: Removable Drives
Your help in solving an operating system quirk would be, as always, greatly
appreciated.
I have a a Syquest EZ135 external drive connected to my Centris 650. One of
its uses is for testing new software for compatibility. However, the
operating system performs one function which I would love to supress if it
is possible. i.e. Whenever you do a restart the O/S ejects the cartridge.
This I believe is quite normal but very annoying. Is there a method or
software to stop the operating system from ejecting removable cartridges
such as the EZ135 or optical removables.
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 18:17:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: Matthew David Franz
Subject: Stylewriter Engine??
This may seem like a weird question, but somewhere I recall
reading/hearing that the Stylewriters have Canon engines (BJ-200 etc.)
and with the correct software driver(s) and cabling I might be able to run
my Stylewriter II as a BubbleJet on my DOS/Linux box through the serial
port.
Has anybody heard anything of the sort or is this idea just plain goofy?
Thanks,
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Matthew Franz ([email protected])
Katherine Stinson Middle School
San Antonio, TX
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Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 15:38:20 -0700
From: Buzz Bennetts
Subject: Suitcase 3.0 - Speed Access - SoundMaster Conflicts
April 7, 1996
PPC 7100/66, nearly two years old, 16 MB RAM, RamDoubler 1.61, =
System 7.5.3.
Yesterday I installed Suitcase 3.0 on a stable system
As soon as I restarted, SoundMaster (1.8.2) told me I had a bad disk =
(that warning usually occurs when a bad floppy or DOS-configured =
floppy is installed). However, the system seemed to operate =
normally.
I used Conflict Catcher to isolate the warning, and it indicated =
Suitcase 3.0, Speed Access 1.1.2, and SoundMaster as the problems.
In further troubleshooting, I found that I can turn off EITHER =
Suitcase 3.0, OR Speed Access 1.1.2, and SoundMaster no longer tells =
me I have a bad disk. =
Of course, I can also turn off SoundMaster, but I don=B9t know if the =
warning it is giving me is accurate, and that the combination of =
Suitcase 3.0 and Speed Access 1.1.2 is causing, or will cause, =
problems.
Buzz Bennetts
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 19:45:23 +0200
From: Bo Bjulen
Subject: Untrashable folder
> I've an apparently empty folder in the trash. FastFind tells me it conatins
> 11 files - it did when i last used it! If I try to delete it, I'm informed
> i can't as it's in use. I have a BacUp so don't need to recover it.
> The Norton Disk Doctor informs me that:
>
> 'A part of the disk's directory (index node#770) was found to contain some
> invalid information (duplicate Downlink) 700:1801.'
>
> I respond affirmatively when asked to fix it and I am informed that the
> Catalog Tree is fixed. Yet the empty folder remains. With no duplicate that
> Ii can trace using Greg's Browser, FileBuddy, etc..
Use FastFind or FileBuddy to make the folder visible, then empty the trash.
Bo
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 11:05:30 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi
Subject: Word 6.0 to Word Perfect Mac
Roger Marks:
>Lately, I've been getting quite a few Word 6.0 documents in the mail, but I
>can't find any way to read them. Is there a converter around that will
>convert these files to Word Perfect Mac 3.1? I've looked every place I know
>of. The Word Perfect ftp site seems to be dead.
You might want to investigate upgrading to WP 3.5. It comes with MacLink
Plus and will do the conversions just fine!
tom coradeschi [email protected]
http://k-whiner.pica.army.mil/
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