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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 23 Sep 94 Volume 12 : Issue 126
Today's Topics:
[*] Alpha 5.96; a text editor
[*] commsService; a "rolodex" like communications facility
[*] csmp-digest-v3-060
[*] Disk Charmer 2.2; a disk (floppy) copy utility
[*] GMS1.0b2 (music w/ QT2.0 library)
[*] Ic 1.00; a game
[*] LineSort 1.1; a BBEdit extension
[*] LinksPro 1.0.1 updater; a network game
[*] Molecular Designer; a scientific application
[*] September 1994 Inside Mac Games Free Preview Edition
[*] Soon v4.6.0; a calendar, sun & moon utility
"Get URL" BBEdit/EasyView Extension
(Q)InterSlip & LineLink 144
>8 mb on IIcx -- Mode32
[Q] Mouse is stuck solid (2 msgs)
Amazingly, it's been 10 years...
(2 msgs)Any Good Unrestricted Newservers?
Apple User Groups (R)
configuration of multiple internet accounts
Desktop bug?
Desktop Rebuild @ System 7.5 (A) (2 msgs)
DiskCopy/PowerMac/System 7.5 (2 msgs)
Eudora MacTCP error
file security program (question)
In-house BBS - any suggestions?
Info-Mac Digest V12 #122
Info-Mac Digest V12 #125 (2 msgs)
NewsWatcher, MailConverter, EasyView & Eudora tip
PC-Mac Server Connectivity
PLAINTALK on "non AV macs"?
QUED/M vs BBedit
QuickDraw GX -> PS file
QuickDraw GX -> PS file? (2 msgs)
Quicktime 2 & screen-filling pictures?
Retrieving Stuffit files via FTP
scanner/printer tool (2 msgs)
Shareware
Speed Disk 3.0->3.1
System 7.5 Upgrade Trials
The LC That Wouldn't Say "Die"
Using more than 8Mb on a Mac IIcx? [R] (2 msgs)
Warbling speech manager voices
Word 6.0 Converter (for MW5.x)
Yellow light
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 20:55:06 CDT
From: [email protected] (Pete)
Subject: [*] Alpha 5.96; a text editor
This is version 5.96 of Alpha, a completely customizable and programmable
text editor especially tuned to handle source code and LaTeX files. Please
see the enclosed docs for more details.
Alpha is ShareWare, $25 (same price since 1991!).
[Archived as /info-mac/text/alpha-596.hqx; 1081K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 08:42:31 +1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] commsService; a "rolodex" like communications facility
commsService is a easy-to-use, point-and-click shareware application for
the Macintosh that provides a "rolodex" like communications facility. The
application provides facilities for recording the details of commonly used
communications connections/sessions as a series of parameters on an
individual "card". Once the details have been recorded the name of the
card (connection/session) then appears in a scrolling list on the menu
screen. Repeated connections may then be made simply by double clicking on
the name of the required connection in the scrolling list.
The ease of use of the interface and the power of the scripting language
make this an ideal communications application for the classroom and/or
computer lab.
The details recorded on a communications "card" are referred to as a
"service". A service is defined as any process running on a local or
remote computer, eg. an Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) or a Campus
Wide Information System (CWIS). Each service is uniquely defined via a
series of 15 parameters that describe attributes such as the name, the
method used to connect to the service, the login and logout scripts, etc.
The application permits multiple, simultaneous sessions to be active at any
one time. A typical session might therefore include a serial connection to
your local OPAC in one window, whilst another window displays information
>From a CWIS, and a third displays a remote network connection to a second
OPAC.
The application utilises the power of HyperCard's scripting language,
HyperTalk to provide a powerful communication scripting facility. It
achieves this by defining a series of communication specific language
extensions that enable scripts to communicate directly with services.
commsService is based upon Apple's Communications Toolbox technology,
consequently connectivity is only limited by the range of Connection and
Terminal Emulation tools that are available on your machine. (NB. The
application comes bundled with several tools including a public domain
tcp/ip/telnet tool and Apple's VT102 terminal emulation tool).
commsService is AppleScriptable.
Once a series of services have been defined, a copy of the application may
be made and then "locked" to prevent access to the service definition
cards. This is particularly useful for those circumstances where the end
users are to be prevented from seeing/modifying the service details.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/term/comms-service-20-hc.hqx; 950K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 15:08:30 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-060
C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 22 Sep 94 Volume 3 : Issue 60
Today's Topics:
Books to learn assembly language on Mac?
FYI: Fun Bug with CustomGetFile
How to call 68K lib from PPC code?
PROBLEM: Serial Port Programming & PowerBooks
Using CLUTs to simulate page flipping?
Why is AppleScript type checking absent?
[Q] _PBCatSearch vs Recursive Indexed _PBGetCatInfo
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-060.txt; 56K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:10:41 +0100
From: [email protected] (Fabrizio Oddone)
Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 2.2; a disk (floppy) copy utility
Disk Charmer 2.2.x is a neat utility that lets you conveniently
initialize (or verify) floppy disks.
It _requires_ at least System 7 to run.
It has a nice, modeless interface.
Help Balloons are everywhere.
It supports drag&drop - even the new Drag Manager.
It is able to create larger disks: you gain 8.5K on a 800K disk,
18.5K on a HD disk (if you keep one large file filling the disk,
such as a Compact Pro/StuffIt segment).
It is the first disk formatter supporting the handy "Undo" feature
we all know and love.
It is the first disk formatter able to initialize and verify disks
(hold your breath) **in background**. To access this feature, you need
the Thread Manager Extension from Apple Computer, unless you have
System 7.5 which incorporates it.
Look for the Thread Manager on ftp.apple.com:
ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/mac/sys.soft/th ... -2-0-1.hqx
New from version 2.1.4:
Works around the Thread Manager bug (see the enclosed note for details);
Drag Manager support;
Fixed a subtle bug that could affect the Lock out bad sectors option.
Enjoy yourself and remember the shareware fee!
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-charmer-22.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 19:05:01 -0600 (CST)
From: "Glenn Andreas"
Subject: [*] GMS1.0b2 (music w/ QT2.0 library)
Enclose is GMS1.0b2, a library for adding background music with QuickTime 2.0
to your programs (QT 2.0 not included). It is a .o file that can be linked
with most any compiler (it was written in TP) There are six simple calls
(init,
de-init, idle, suspend, resume, and play) that provide a simple way to use
the music playing components. Once set up, playing music is a simple as
playing a sound resource (simpler, actually). Includes a utilities to convert
MIDI files to "Musi" resources (it doesn't play MIDI files directly).
This is a "companion" library to the Oct MacTech article on QT Music. If you
want to include this library in your application, all I ask is a copy and
credit in the about box...
Glenn (yes, I'm still working on Chimera) Andreas
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/gms-10b2-o.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 12:01:44 -0500
From: "Tom Barbalet"
Subject: [*] Ic 1.00; a game
I would like to submit my programme, Ic 1.00 for your site.
Assuming what posting-guidelines contains I certify that my programme "Ic 1.00"
is virus free, contains no commercial references and will not cause damage
through normal use.
Tom Barbalet.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/ic-100.hqx; 118K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 09:01:53 -0700
From: [email protected] (Craig H. Maynard)
Subject: [*] LineSort 1.1; a BBEdit extension
LineSort 1.1 is an ideal sorting companion for BBEdit, the Macintosh
text editor from Bare Bones Software. This new extension adds to
BBEdit the capability of sorting lines of text. LineSort has been
tuned for maximum performance -- it is speedy, robust, and can
sort very large documents.
LineSort 1.1 offers the following features:
Copyright )1994, Craig H. Maynard. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-line-sort-11.hqx; 19K]
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 23:43:44 -0500
From: [email protected] (Stephen Jonke)
Subject: [*] LinksPro 1.0.1 updater; a network game
Enclosed is the updater for LinksPro Mac. It updates version 1.0 to
version 1.0.1. I picked it up off of America Online.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/links-pro-101-updt.hqx; 187K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 12:01:32 -0500
From: [email protected] (Dmitry Boldyrev)
Subject: [*] Molecular Designer; a scientific application
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/molecular-designer.hqx; 114K]
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 22:38:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brooks Seymore
Subject: [*] September 1994 Inside Mac Games Free Preview Edition
Here is the September 1994 IMG Free Preview edition for adding to your
archives.
Brooks Seymore
Inside Mac Games
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/per/ingam/inside-mac-games-94-09.hqx; 820K]
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 14:53:11 +0200 (CEST)
From: Christian Karpp
Subject: [*] Soon v4.6.0; a calendar, sun & moon utility
Hello,
this is my latest version of "Soon4", v4.6.0, a calendar, sun & moon utility!
Now coming in both, a plain 68000 and an FPU Version...!
What Soon4 shows you:
1. The weekday and date in "long form"...
2. How many days are gone so far and how many are left this year, including
automatic leapyear detection...
3. The current location and timezone including automatic DST detection
4. Three different twilights:
The astronomical - starts/ends when the sun is 180 below horizon. That's
when no more daylight's left at all...
The nautical - 120 below horizon. Used for naval purposes, starts when the
brightest stars come out...
The civil - 60 below horizon. Ends when there just not enough light left
for work (traditional, that is
4.1 If you're beyond the polar circle (north or south) you're also noticed
about the polar night and the midnight sun...
5. Sunrise and -set time...
6. The moonphase with it's exact days, the position of the moonterminator and
a common phrase of the actual phase...
7. Two analog clocks:
- Upper clock, which is a 24 hours analog clock.
It shows the start/end of daytime/nighttime plus twilight. This gives you
a graphical impression of how much day-/night-/twilight hours you have
that day...
- Lower clock - is a "usual" 12 hours analog clock. It's updated every
second and shows you the current time...
8. A graphic of the current moonphase...
9. The buttons:
- The "Log" button, prompts the user for a start and end date and writes
the date to a textfile. In a window with 6 buttons you can choose, what
data you want to be logged to the file. "Everything" or just some
selected
moon phases (new, half(wax), full, half(wan))...
- The "Thank You" button, quits the program...
Docfiles included.
have fun, Xn.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/soon-460.hqx; 133K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 18:37:18 +0200
From: [email protected] (Martin Jourdan)
Subject: "Get URL" BBEdit/EasyView Extension
In Info-Mac Akif Eyler said:
>Subject: [*] "Get URL" BBEdit/EasyView Extension
>
>One extension calls Anarchie to get a file or directory
>listing from within BBEdit and Easy View.
>
>Just place the insertion point on any URL that begins with
>"ftp:" and choose the extension from the menu.
This sounds great, but this is the first time I hear of extensions to
EasyView. How do I install this piece of code for use with EV (I have
version 2.4; is there a more recent one?) and how do I use it from within
EV (there's no "extension" menu)? Many thanks in advance.
Martin Jourdan -- INRIA, Projet ChLoE, Rocquencourt, France
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Date: 23 Sep 1994 07:58:29 -0600
From: "Laurie Tyzenhaus"
Subject: (Q)InterSlip & LineLink 144
Subject: Time:8:01 AM
OFFICE MEMO (Q)InterSlip & LineLink 144e Date:9/23/94
Does anyone have a script for InterSlip using a LineLink 144e modem?
I've tried writing one, but can't get past the "connect at 9600" message. At
that point the entire package quits with the famous message "Application
"unknown" quit . . .". Well, you get the idea.
Any help is appreciated.
Laurie Tyzenhaus
Please e-mail responses to [email protected],
and I'll summarize if there's interest.
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 14:56:21 EST
From: Btroen
Subject: >8 mb on IIcx -- Mode32
To utilize greater than 8 mb of RAM you need 32 bit addressing. The IIcx ROM
does not support this. Connectix has released a freeware patch for those Mac's
without the 32 bit capable ROM's. It's called Mode 32.
It can be found at info-mac (and mirrors) at info-mac/cfg/mode32-75.hqx
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 17:18:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jeff Fischer)
Subject: [Q] Mouse is stuck solid
I have an SE/30 running System 7.1. The arrow cursor appears in the top
left corner of the screen, but will not move. I have tried another mouse, a
different ADB port, zapping the PRAM and reinstalling the system software,
all to no avail.
The strange part (at least to me) is that the mouse button seems to work.
Pressing the button does drop the Apple menu. Even stranger, if I use the
Mouse Keys from Easy Access, they do not work for cursor movement either,
but pressing the 5 key does work the mouse button, as expected.
I'm out of bullets. I have a hard time understanding how this could be a
hardware problem, but that's about all that's left, as far as I can see.
Anyone out there have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.
(P.S. I encourage replies to the list, but if you could please e-mail me as
well I would really appreciate it. I need to get this fixed ASAP! Thanks.)
Jeff Fischer
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 17:18:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jeff Fischer)
Subject: [Q] Mouse is stuck solid
I have an SE/30 running System 7.1. The arrow cursor appears in the top
left corner of the screen, but will not move. I have tried another mouse, a
different ADB port, zapping the PRAM and reinstalling the system software,
all to no avail.
The strange part (at least to me) is that the mouse button seems to work.
Pressing the button does drop the Apple menu. Even stranger, if I use the
Mouse Keys from Easy Access, they do not work for cursor movement either,
but pressing the 5 key does work the mouse button, as expected.
I'm out of bullets. I have a hard time understanding how this could be a
hardware problem, but that's about all that's left, as far as I can see.
Anyone out there have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.
(P.S. I encourage replies to the list, but if you could please e-mail me as
well I would really appreciate it. I need to get this fixed ASAP! Thanks.)
Jeff Fischer
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:06:16 -0800
From: [email protected] (Kee Nethery +1 408 974 7889)
Subject: Amazingly, it's been 10 years...
>So, I was wondering if any of you gearheads out there have a copy of the
>first Info-Mac digest sitting in your little databases. When was the first
>issue? It was before my time.
>
>The reason is, if we've been doing this for 10 years, then we need to have
>a party, and it would help to know the proper birthday. Of course, the
>next question is how do we throw a virtual party...
Wecould honor all present and past moderators by treating them to a dinner
at some Hunan food place in San Francisco around the time of MacWorld.
Maybe a few hundred netters could attend
to eat Hunan food and swaplies.
I'll bet Jon
has some idea where the festivities could take place andhow to arrange the party!
Kee Nethery
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:06:16 -0800
From: [email protected] (Kee Nethery +1 408 974 7889)
Subject: Amazingly, it's been 10 years...
>So, I was wondering if any of you gearheads out there have a copy of the
>first Info-Mac digest sitting in your little databases. When was the first
>issue? It was before my time.
>
>The reason is, if we've been doing this for 10 years, then we need to have
>a party, and it would help to know the proper birthday. Of course, the
>next question is how do we throw a virtual party...
Wecould honor all present and past moderators by treating them to a dinner
at some Hunan food place in San Francisco around the time of MacWorld.
Maybe a few hundred netters could attend
to eat Hunan food and swaplies.
I'll bet Jon
has some idea where the festivities could take place andhow to arrange the party!
Kee Nethery
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:06:48 -0600
From: [email protected] (Neil E. Mickelson)
Subject: Any Good Unrestricted Newservers?
Hey everyone--
I am looking for a newserver that carries a lot of the alt.binaries.*
newsgroups. My server here at UIUC doesn't carry a lot of the stuff I'm
interested in, like sounds and pictures, and I'd like to track these down.
Anyone out there with a server address I could try? BTW, I use
NewsWatcher, so any configuration information you could provide for such a
server would be great.
Thanks for the help...
Neil Mickelson
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 10:09:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul Koch
Subject: Apple User Groups (R)
Here's a source of information which may help:
[email protected]
Paul Koch
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 19:06 PDT
From: [email protected] (NII Awards - Peggy Findley)
Subject: configuration of multiple internet accounts
To Whom...
We are putting together the Nii Awards for national broadcast next year.
We have set up two accounts with the internet provider earthlink. I need
to access both accounts from one computer. The people at earthlink
suggested mactcpnet switch. I need to configure this to be as quick and
easy as possible. Could you please advise??
Thnx,
Peggy
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:56:34 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mike Basham)
Subject: Desktop bug?
Tell me if anyone's every heard of this one:
1. Make an alias to an application on a non-startup hard disk.
2. Copy the alias to a folder on the startup hard disk.
3. Restart
4. The alias will have changed to a "generic" application icon. Won't
support drag-and-drop.
5. The really strange part: The application itself will also have changed
to a generic icon and loses support for drag-and-drop.
- Rebuilding the desktop sets things right, but it gets screwed up again on
the next restart.
- Problems only show up with Applications that have aliases stored in a
folder on the startup disk. All other applications are unaffected. If I
trash the alias and restart, the Application gets its icon back.
Specifics: PowerMac 8100/80, System 7.5.
Weird, huh?
Mike ([email protected])
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:36:02 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Desktop Rebuild @ System 7.5 (A)
"After rebuilding the desktop file with System 7.5, the machine rebuilds once
again on restart."
According to Apple, extra rebuilds happen under 7.5 if you have Macintosh
Easy Open installed. Their solution, you guessed it, is to deinstall MEO.
Reading what they say very carefully (InfoAlley I.9, p. 14) I think they
mean that if you want to avoid the rebuilds *permanently* you have to
deinstall MEO *permanently*. Great solution, guys. Incinerating the
computer would also work.
Graeme Forbes
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:36:02 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Desktop Rebuild @ System 7.5 (A)
"After rebuilding the desktop file with System 7.5, the machine rebuilds once
again on restart."
According to Apple, extra rebuilds happen under 7.5 if you have Macintosh
Easy Open installed. Their solution, you guessed it, is to deinstall MEO.
Reading what they say very carefully (InfoAlley I.9, p. 14) I think they
mean that if you want to avoid the rebuilds *permanently* you have to
deinstall MEO *permanently*. Great solution, guys. Incinerating the
computer would also work.
Graeme Forbes
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 20:07:57 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: DiskCopy/PowerMac/System 7.5
You might recall that some time back I wondered about DiskCopy 4.2
dying in PPC mode on my Q650 with Apple's PPC upgrade card. I got a bunch
of responses, most of the "No problem, mon" persuasion but several of
the "Gee, I thought that only happened to me" type. A couple folk said
to replace my DiskCopy 4.2 with DiskCopy 5.
Heavy snooping on the net yielded no DiskCopy 5, but one respondent sent
me a copy. It failed in the same way.
This week I got System 7.5, and it made all the difference in the world
over the 7.1.2 I got with my PPC card. DiskCopy works! And Apple File
Exchange no longer hangs my computer. Whee!
The best part of 7.5, from my perspective, is that it doesn't need the
despised enablers. Instead of a PPC and a 68k version of each boot disk,
maybe more depending on what I could fit on a floppy with the enablers
for every Mac in the office, a single disk works. The System file on the
7.5 Disk Tools floppy is over 800k, but it needs no enabler, so you can
get a goodly sized app on the rest of a 1.44M disk.
And I don't need all the "extra" disks I'd accumulated with 7.1: CD-ROM
driver 5, Network Installer, System Update 3, LaserWriter 8, Enablers.
Did I miss something? Probably. System 7.1 was a pain. I'm freeing up
all kinds of floppies, simplifying my life, and seeing normal things
work normally again.
If you've had anywhere near the problems I've had under 7.1.2, I heartily
recommend spending the too-much money for System 7.5.
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 20:07:57 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: DiskCopy/PowerMac/System 7.5
You might recall that some time back I wondered about DiskCopy 4.2
dying in PPC mode on my Q650 with Apple's PPC upgrade card. I got a bunch
of responses, most of the "No problem, mon" persuasion but several of
the "Gee, I thought that only happened to me" type. A couple folk said
to replace my DiskCopy 4.2 with DiskCopy 5.
Heavy snooping on the net yielded no DiskCopy 5, but one respondent sent
me a copy. It failed in the same way.
This week I got System 7.5, and it made all the difference in the world
over the 7.1.2 I got with my PPC card. DiskCopy works! And Apple File
Exchange no longer hangs my computer. Whee!
The best part of 7.5, from my perspective, is that it doesn't need the
despised enablers. Instead of a PPC and a 68k version of each boot disk,
maybe more depending on what I could fit on a floppy with the enablers
for every Mac in the office, a single disk works. The System file on the
7.5 Disk Tools floppy is over 800k, but it needs no enabler, so you can
get a goodly sized app on the rest of a 1.44M disk.
And I don't need all the "extra" disks I'd accumulated with 7.1: CD-ROM
driver 5, Network Installer, System Update 3, LaserWriter 8, Enablers.
Did I miss something? Probably. System 7.1 was a pain. I'm freeing up
all kinds of floppies, simplifying my life, and seeing normal things
work normally again.
If you've had anywhere near the problems I've had under 7.1.2, I heartily
recommend spending the too-much money for System 7.5.
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 15:10:04 EDT
From: "James F. Palmer"
Subject: Eudora MacTCP error
I need help (or a suggestion of where else to look). I am using Eudora and
and send messages fine. However, when I try to get my mail, there is a
a message box says "Contacting mailbox.syr.edu(128.230.1.5)...", which is OK.
Then another message box appears that says "That pesky MacTCP is acting up
again. -23005 A TCPClose command was already issued, so there is no
more data to send on this connection. {37:147}" I do not know the
meaning of the numbers. My mail account is good -- I can use Eudora from
my neighboring University. Thanks for any help. Please reply directly.
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 19:38:26 -0800
From: [email protected] (frank severa)
Subject: file security program (question)
Can anyone suggest a shareware program that will allow me to lock certin
files?? Serveral people will use this computer and there will be files that
I do not want opened.
Thanking you all in advance.
Frank Severa
" He who dies last, with the best TAN WINS..."
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 07:48:27 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hendrik Demey
Subject: In-house BBS - any suggestions?
My hospital is installing an ethernet backbone to run its software for
patient admission, billing, etc. The medical staff wants to take the
opportunity to install some sort of e - mail system to cut down on the
enormous paper pile.
What are Your suggestions for software/hardware implementation?
Our wishes:
a mixed network (70% DOS, Windows, 25% Mac, 5% Unix)
e - mail between all the medical staff and the hospital administrators,
in a second time also the technical people
access through the users own computer to a centrally located bank of
several CDROM based databases, especially Silverplatter's MedLine
(several people should have access to this database at the same time)
later perhaps also a link to the outside world
Hendrik Demey, MD
Univ. Hospital Antwerp
Critical Care Dept.
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:12:33 -0500
From: [email protected] (Robert Gray)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #122
>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 12:18:22 PDT
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: Opinions on Apples Express Fax/Data Modem (?)
>Net,
>My wife and I recently purchased a Quadra 630 and are interested in the 14.4K
>fax/data modem offered by Apple. Any opinions/comments/experiences to share?
See Chris McVeigh's ([email protected]) rant on this subject in
MacSense9 in the periodicals section of info-mac.
---
TTFN... eh!
Robert Gray
[email protected]
[email protected]
Psychology, Carleton University, OTTAWA, Canada, K1S 5B6
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 19:34:29 -0500 (EST)
From: SKUMAR%[email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #125
Re: Ftping to a VAX - how to get to MAC?
I am ftpind stuff from info-mac to my VAX here. But I can't get the
stuff accessed from my MAC (using Pathworks to map to my VAX drive).
I don;t have a MAC ftp package, this seems to be what I need. If anyone
has ftp'ed this way and has any suggestions please e-mail me. I have
to get the Binhex and Stuffit programs to work first.
Thanks
-Sanjay Kumar skumar%[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 19:34:29 -0500 (EST)
From: SKUMAR%[email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #125
Re: Ftping to a VAX - how to get to MAC?
I am ftpind stuff from info-mac to my VAX here. But I can't get the
stuff accessed from my MAC (using Pathworks to map to my VAX drive).
I don;t have a MAC ftp package, this seems to be what I need. If anyone
has ftp'ed this way and has any suggestions please e-mail me. I have
to get the Binhex and Stuffit programs to work first.
Thanks
-Sanjay Kumar skumar%[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 11:40:21 +0300
From: [email protected] (Matti Haveri)
Subject: NewsWatcher, MailConverter, EasyView & Eudora tip
Hello, here is a tip I have found useful:
I use MailConverter
(ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mac/info-mac/cmp ... er-122.hqx) to convert
and filter NewsWatcher save-files to mailboxes. I then browse the resulting
file with EasyView's Internet Mail-mode and clip interesting articles to a
new file. Then I import this digested file to Eudora and archive the
messages there.
This way the saved messages are a _lot_ more readable and the archive is
smaller (unnecessary long headers filtered out) compared to the
redirect-to-self-approach with NewsWatcher.
Yes, the procedure is a little complicated. I use EasyView because it is
faster than Eudora and with EasyView I can use the spacebar and b (and
other key-combinations) to easily browse through the messages.
The latest MailConverter 1.3.0 can also convert digests like Info-Mac to
Eudora mailboxes so that replying is easier.
-Matti Haveri
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 13:09:24 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: PC-Mac Server Connectivity
I attended a meeting of Dallas Computer Literacy Program, DCLP. They
explained how they were networked and showed us what networking might mean
for kids. In fact, DCLP trains the kids and the kids set up the networks.
The key was an ipx bridge from appletalk network to novel lan. That
seemed the essential notes on corporations to advise.
We spent getting to know you network game time together, so I will
have histories of who read my e mail to remind me of names and build a
name list. But, I think anybody selling networking might know what ipx was.
uucp was in a sentence somewhere and I asked the meaning of uu and
they said unix to unix and I guessed communication protocol.
Good luck.
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 01:37:00 -0400
From: [email protected] (Agustin Viola)
Subject: PLAINTALK on "non AV macs"?
This might sound like a stuppid question to most of you out there... here goes
annyway.
Can I use Plaintalk, the speech recognition software, on a NON AV MAC? Such as
my LCIII? OK, I know it takes loads of RAM, but can I?
Thanks in advance...
Private replies to please...
Cheers.
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 10:44:00 -0400
From: "bob (r.b.) summers"
Subject: QUED/M vs BBedit
Does anyone have any experience with BBedit (full version) AND QUED/M?
I've used QUED/M for many years (before it got the '/M' for 'Macros' name).
I use it's grep capability to massage the heck out of text files.
I've always used other simpler editors for quick and dirty stuff. Right now
I'm trying BBedit Lite (which I really like).
My boss (a UNIX hacker) likes QUED/M's grep capability on the mac and
asked me to order him a copy. However, I've read that the full version
of BBedit also has grep.
Can anyone give me a comparison of the two editors? I'm not really too
concerned with their abilities to interface with MPW/Think P-or-C, etc
since the editor will be used by itself.
One serious limitation of QUED/M is its lack of an IF or TEST
capability but, of course, that's not part of grep directly. And I've
always managed to work within this limitation (although awkwardly).
BTW, I'm currently using QUED/M v2.5.
If possible, please email me directly. I'll summarize any responses
and reply back here.
Thanks for your help
Bob Summers
Bell Northern Research / Northern Telecom Ltd
[email protected]
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 15:24:26 -0400
From: "Jamie Dananberg"
Subject: QuickDraw GX -> PS file
To clear up some of the latest discussion and that published in the excellent
TidBits by Tonya...
You CAN ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, print to a Postscript file with QuickDraw GX.
I've done it with both Desktop printing turned on or off. With QD GX savvy
programs, there is an Destination drop menu that allows you to send the
output to a printer or to a Postscript file. (Please note: this is different
>From the nice feature of a drop menu that allows you to choose the apecific
output device, like your LW Pro 630 or the PPD Maker GX driver to produce the
font independent digital document). If desktop printing is turned off, then
you get a dialog box not unlike those of the LW 8.x variety with a radio
button that can direct output to a Postscript file.
Even though I find QD GX interesting, it is not too usable. The only savvy
program I have is SimpleText!! I find the QD GX Helper (Desktop printing
option) not too usable so may I put a plug in here for the outstanding hack
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro called Old Print (an update can be found in a very
recent IM digest). It allows you to use GX and the old drivers.
Jamie Dananberg
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 15:51:44 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: QuickDraw GX -> PS file?
Hi,
[email protected] (Mel E. Martinez) wrote in Info-Mac:
>According to Tonya Engst's article in Tidbits #244, QuickDraw GX will does
>not allow for producing postscript files.
>
>Is this true?
>
>What is the recommended mechanism for producing postscript files in the QD
>GX paradigm for those of us who need them?
Mel's question refers to this text in an article I wrote for TidBITS about
QuickDraw GX:
> Especially since options for printing to an EPS or PostScript file
> have disappeared, it seems that an important use of PDDs will be
> for bringing files to service bureaus...
After seeing Mel's query, I double-checked, and the quote above is dead
wrong. The LaserWriter Print dialog box has a Destination pop-up menu, and
the menu offers two choices: Printer and PostScript. The PostScript choice
works much as you would expect. Unfortunately, I still can't figure out how
(or if) you can save to an EPS file.
I'll be sure to clear this up in TidBITS 245, and I apologize for giving
out incorrect information. Anyone out there who knows for certain about
saving out to an EPS file?
thank you,
tonya
Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [email protected] [email protected]
Author of The Word Book for Macintosh Users -- [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 10:08:57 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mel E. Martinez)
Subject: QuickDraw GX -> PS file?
[email protected] (Tonya Engst) wrote:
>
>Mel's question refers to this text in an article I wrote for TidBITS about
>QuickDraw GX:
>
>> Especially since options for printing to an EPS or PostScript file
>> have disappeared, it seems that an important use of PDDs will be
>> for bringing files to service bureaus...
>
>After seeing Mel's query, I double-checked, and the quote above is dead
>wrong. The LaserWriter Print dialog box has a Destination pop-up menu, and
>the menu offers two choices: Printer and PostScript. The PostScript choice
>works much as you would expect. Unfortunately, I still can't figure out how
>(or if) you can save to an EPS file.
>
Tonya,
Thank you very much for clearing this up so quickly. Hey, we all make
mistakes.
>I'll be sure to clear this up in TidBITS 245, and I apologize for giving
>out incorrect information. Anyone out there who knows for certain about
>saving out to an EPS file?
>
Apology gladly accepted. Hopefully someone will know about your last
question. (At least there are a couple of PS->EPS converters out there in
'net land if this ends up being a lost feature.).
I may give GX a trial run this weekend. Since I do a lot of .ps
generation, I'll poke around to see if there is an eps option.
Cheers,
Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 07:43:15 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hendrik Demey
Subject: Quicktime 2 & screen-filling pictures?
So I got Quicktime 2.0; I even read the included ReadMe file. Boy, was I
impressed: screen-filling pictures/movies at last; not the
"lets-look-through-the-keyhole" kid stuff....
Only... how do You get those large pictures in a QT movie?? DO I miss
something, do I need extra software??
Whatever I tried, my movies remain the standard (unacceptable)
small-small variety.
My set-up: system 7.1 (with Finder 7.1.3 in order to use drag-and-drop)
on an LC475 and PB180c.
Thanks for any help!
Hendrik Demey, MD
Univ. Hospital Antwerp
Critical Care Dept.
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 14:49:22 BST
From: Peter Batty
Subject: Retrieving Stuffit files via FTP
I am having severe trouble decoding Stuffit files
after ftp'ing them to my Sun workstation. I append
a mail just received from the info-mac moderators.
Any suggestions welcomed,
Regards,
Pete Batty.
> From [email protected] Thu Sep 22 14:38:40 1994
> Sender: Info-Mac Moderator
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 6:43:59 PDT
> From: The Moderators
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: Peter Batty
> Subject: Re: Retrieving files via FTP
> Content-Length: 1791
>
> Hi,
> Actually, I have no idea! I've never tried to get a file that way.
> Usually I download to my vms machine the .hqx file. Then I download that to
> my mac over a modem, and then I use StuffIt to undo that.
> I think that unsit only works on 1.5.1 archives...
> I would suggest sending this very same mail message to
> [email protected] and ask the list in general. There are bound
> to be people out there that have tried to exactly what you are doing.
>
> Cheers,
> Gordon (info-mac moderator)
> Subject: Retrieving files via FTP
>
> Sirs,
>
> I have obtained the xbin, mcvert, unsit and unsea utilities
> via info-mac ftp back to my Sun workstation. Using mcvert,
> I can get from a .hqx file to a sit.bin file. Unsea also
> appears to be getting from .sea.bin to .sit.bin without
> trouble, xbin gets to xxx.data etc...
> BUT unsit cannot unStuffit any of the files I have retrieved.
> Firstly, using the list option, although the files names
> & dates appear OK, the file sizes look too big; more
> importantly, unsit always finds a compression type of 13 in
> the header, which doesn't correspond to any of unsit's valid
> types. Logically, since both xbin and mcvert produce this in
> the header, it must be right. So has the format of Stuffit
> files changed? I checked, using od -b, what the file headers
> contained and 13 is definitely where the data compression
> value is supposed to be.
>
> I must assume that many people retrieve files from info-mac
> to Unix systems so I figure the error must be blindingly
> simple, if only I could see it.
>
> Can you either advise me what's going on or forward this
> mail to someone who knows? I don't suppose the author of
> unsit is still at his email address, now that it's been
> four years...
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Pete Batty,
>
> Mercury One 2 One,
> BOREHAMWOOD, U.K.
>
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:57:28 -0400
From: [email protected] (jschrade)
Subject: scanner/printer tool
Hello everyone,
A friend of mine who runs a computer lab is looking for software which will
take an image that has just been scanned and send it to a laser printer to be
printed in the background. This would be like using your scanner and printer
as a Xerox machine. If anyone has seen or heard of this kind of software
please let me know, either directly or through the list, whichever is easier
for you.
Thanks,
Jody Schraden
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:57:28 -0400
From: [email protected] (jschrade)
Subject: scanner/printer tool
Hello everyone,
A friend of mine who runs a computer lab is looking for software which will
take an image that has just been scanned and send it to a laser printer to be
printed in the background. This would be like using your scanner and printer
as a Xerox machine. If anyone has seen or heard of this kind of software
please let me know, either directly or through the list, whichever is easier
for you.
Thanks,
Jody Schraden
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:57:10 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: Shareware
After the recent proposal to nominate favourite shareware/freeware programs
I thought about the ones I could not go without. As well as the obvious
ones which should be on every Mac (not only those with System 7.5!), e.g.
PopChar, SuperClock, ApplWindows, Disinfectant, etc. I would also nominate
the combination of Greg's Browser with DropStuff/Expander Enhancer. This
combination has finally severed any nostalgic attachment I had for the very
first program I registered, Compact Pro, which I originally preferred to
Stuffit Lite for its uncluttered interface. Browser and DropStuff make an
unbeatable team for file manipulation. Brilliant.
There is one other program which is always on my list, and I was amused to
see support for it in a somewhat unusal fashion in a French Mac mag. This
took the form of a retraction published by a hard-disk supplier over
statements that their hard-disks were twice as fast as those of their
competitors. This apparent increase in performance was attributed to the
use of a shareware program with their disks, but not in the machines used
for their competitors disks. And the name of this program which doubles
hard-disk speed? none other than SpeedyFinder. Is that the most unusual
endorsement of a shareware product?
Keith Veitch.
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 10:24:40 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz"
Subject: Speed Disk 3.0->3.1
Symantec has released the update for Speed Disk to 3.1. Before I
run it on my 1 GB hard drive, I am waiting for testimonials from
other, more brave members of our net stating if the problems
really have been fixed. (Speed Disk 3.0 was reported to, at
times, trash data on the drive being optimized.)
It's not that I don't trust Symantec. It's just that I don't
trust Symantec!
Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:06:42 -0600
From: [email protected] (Neil E. Mickelson)
Subject: System 7.5 Upgrade Trials
Hey everyone...
I was just wondering how people who upgraded to System 7.5 liked it. Any
major problems? Does your indispensible shareware still work? Did you run
into any problems going from 7.1 to 7.5?
I'm interested in the upgrade, but I'm not sure if I should blow the money
on it yet. I've got a 500 MB drive, but not a good backup capability, so I
don't want to get things screwed up...
Thanks for any comments.
Neil E. Mickelson
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 15:17:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Russell S. Aminzade: Trinity College of VT"
Subject: The LC That Wouldn't Say "Die"
This is a strange one, though I have a vague, dim memory of a similar
problem somewhere else. We have an LC that won't shut down or restart
when you choose the menu item. Weird, eh?
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 11:41:11 -0500
From: [email protected] (Vinko Tsui (312) 329-3455)
Subject: Using more than 8Mb on a Mac IIcx? [R]
In Info-Mac Digest V12 #125 Stephen Thomas Sum writes:
>>
Well Steve, the program you speaking of is MODE32 by Connectix. Apple also
has a program called "32bit Enabler" but Apple's version does not work for
System 7.5. Connectix has announced that they will be shipping a new
version that is compatible with System 7.5. You can obtain a copy from
Info-Mac, AppleLink, America Online, etc., from your local Apple dealer or
you can pay Connectix a service fee and get it direct from them.
BTW: On another note, Apple will rely on Connectix to update MODE32 and
keeping it compatible for all future System software. Apple themselves will
discontinue their efforts on "32bit Enabler".
I hope this helps!
-- Vinko
_________________
Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:30:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Thomas Sum
Subject: Using more than 8Mb on a Mac IIcx? [R]
> In Info-Mac Digest V12 #125 Stephen Thomas Sum writes:
>
> problem is that the software only sees 8 MB. I've been told that
> I can get a file that will allow my Mac to use all 20 MB. Does anyone
> know where I can get such a file?>>>
Thanks a million to everyone who responded to the above question of mine!
Here are a couple of the many answers that I received:
> Well Steve, the program you speaking of is MODE32 by Connectix. Apple also
> has a program called "32bit Enabler" but Apple's version does not work for
> System 7.5. Connectix has announced that they will be shipping a new
> version that is compatible with System 7.5. You can obtain a copy from
> Info-Mac, AppleLink, America Online, etc., from your local Apple dealer or
> you can pay Connectix a service fee and get it direct from them.
>
> BTW: On another note, Apple will rely on Connectix to update MODE32 and
> keeping it compatible for all future System software. Apple themselves will
> discontinue their efforts on "32bit Enabler".
>
> I hope this helps!
>
>get the following file:
>/info-mac/cfg/mode32-75.hqx; 152K]
>and install it, then use the memory control panel and turn on 32-bit
>addressing
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 12:13:56 EDT
From: [email protected] (Derrick Bass)
Subject: Warbling speech manager voices
I hope this isn't a FAQ, but here goes. . .
I have a Mac IIsi, souped up to 25MHz. Yet with all that incredible
power
most of the Speech Manager voices seem to warble: I perceivea tiny pause in the speech every second or so.
The giant voices, Agnes, Victoria, and Bob (?) don't seem to have this
problem, even in their smaller incarnations.
Any suggestions?
Derrick Bass
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 10:06:56 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz"
Subject: Word 6.0 Converter (for MW5.x)
Isn't it interesting that Microsoft posted Word 6.0 Converter (for MW5.x)
on AppleLink. This converter lets Mac Word 5.x read Windoz and Mac
6.0 files (but not save to 6.0 format.) Interesting the converter comes
with a file called "ReadMe Before Installation". However, it is
impossible to read before installation because "ReadMe Before Installation"
is in MS Word 6.0 format! Way to go Microsoft!!!!
BTW, please don't ask me for the updater. It is on AppleLink and
probably other sites and there is no indication from Microsoft that
it is okay to post elsewhere.
Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 13:57:24 -0400
From: [email protected] (Norman Friedman)
Subject: Yellow light
Please-Can anyone explain to me why my "yellow light" (Mac SE) continues to
blin
k (sorry), when my screen saver is on the screen. It seems as if it wants to
try to access something. Is this bad for the hard drive? How should I get it to
stop.
Thanks and help to
[email protected].
thanks ahead to all senders.
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