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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 23 Jun 94 Volume 12 : Issue 89
Today's Topics:
[*] amountstring-10; XFCN for currecny translation
[*] anton-corbjin' a script/cursive font
[*] BatteryAmnesia 1.3.1; a PowerBook battery utility
[*] Chrystar Demo; short demo of rotating dots
[*] CoDec 1.0.2; a compression program
[*] Common Ground MiniViewer 1.1; a free viewer for CG documents
[*] csmp-digest-v3-037
[*] csmp-digest-v3-038
[*] Digital Filter Bug Fix; a scientific applciation
[*] Drop Text version 1.5; converts foreign text formats
[*] Eye Beast; an arcade game
[*] FM-Pro-FantFball; a fantasy football database
[*] FrontDoor v1.3.1; a file sharing utility
[*] GAL&GeM; an assembly language and machine emulator
[*] Gene, a genealogical database
[*] graphic-converter-179-de; German version
[*] graphic-converter-179; converts various formats to Mac native
[*] Home & School Mac 4/94; an electronic magazine
[*] Home & School Mac 6/94; an electronic periodical
[*] Hyper Geometry; computes geometric values
[*] Ingemar's Skiing Game 0.9.9u
[*] Insomniac 1.0.3; a PowerBook battery utility
[*] Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.1.0; for PowerBooks
[*] KeyQuencer 1.1 with Macro Editor, new extensions and dev toolkit
[*] Lisa's-128-Wallpaper; more desktop patterns
[*] Lisa's-ppats; some desktop textures
[*] Machine Icons 1.2.1 - an icon for every Mac
[*] MacMosaic User Guide; NCSA's WWW client guide
[*] Mark/Space ZMODEM Demo 1.0.2; a CommToolbox tool
[*] Push Push; a children's game
[*] Rymal's Hints from his Friends (A FAQ)
[*] ScriptKey FKEY; invokes AppleScript scripts
[*] Silicon Volleyball Fat Binary version; a breakout game
[*] SpeakAlert-1.0.5; hear your alerts and notifications
[*] SpectreSmart v2.2; an artificial intelligence program
[*] Strip68K and StripPPC; thins FAT applications
[*] SuperSpam 1.2; proclaims its identity
[*] switchback2.4; a folder synchronisation utility
[*] Symbionts 2.4.3; an extensions manager
[*] talking-eggs-10; speaks custom voice descriptions
[*] TFTPd 1.0.0; Trivial File Transport Protocol server
[*] The Constitution Stack; the complete text of the document
[*] The Control Strip Patcher; for non-portable Macs
[*] ThePerfectWord; document owner converter
[*] Think dcmd 1.0; glue for creating dcmds with Think C
[*] TidBITS#231/20-Jun-94
[*] TypeIt4Me4.3; a kestroke expander
[*] Used Computer Price Guide
[*] Wild Side comic; a GIF file
..new monitor CP drives user to suicide...
2MB SIMMs in a Mac IIvx
[Q] Changing pitch in sound file?
[Q] Windows Card file program
[R] Printer Spooling
Apple Express Fax (GeoPort)
Appletalk Auditor?
Ath.M.U.G. Services For ShareWare Developers
Bernoulli and Apple Scanner SCSI termination
Clock chipping consequences?
Courseware developers (Biology/Medicine)
Dueling PowerBooks [R] (2 msgs)
Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
FX Crashes/Hardware Diagnostics?
Hypercard export text (Q)
Info-Mac Digest V12 #88
Internal Speaker Problems
Macintosh Application Environment (R)
Mac Plus on the cheap
MacTCP 1.1.1 and Mac X 1.2
Math Coprocessor for LC 575?
Mathematica on PPC (Q)
Monitor res switching
moving & copying files
MS Word Template for LW Disk Labels?
NET_Mac2.3.41.sea.hqx.text
newton battery charger (Q)
Persuasion Handouts
Powerbook 2400 modem [Q]
problems keyboard and monitor settings (PowerMac)
Programming MIDI applications in C
Q: How to obtain different headers in each page in Word 5.1a ??
Record Button extension [R]
Rodime Cobra Driver?
Safely reparing a Mac Plus
Script/VS or PostScript to WP(?)
Seeking DAT drive advise
Simultaneous emailing and Usenet posting
soft reboot on 660AV with adjustable keyboard [R]
Streaking Screen on a PB 520
Subject: Avec Scanner SCSI probs...
SUITCAE 2.1.4 UPDATER
Thanks to everyone.
Usenet feeds in the UK.
video-card 17''
Voices
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 21:47:49 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros"
Subject: [*] amountstring-10; XFCN for currecny translation
AmountString 1.0 FINAL VERSION
Freeware. XFCN for HyperCard and external for 4th Dimension.
Returns the written text of a value using a chosen currency
and language. These currencies are supported:
AUD Australian Dollar
BEFD Belgium Franc (Dutch)
BEFF Belgium Franc (French)
CADE Canadian Dollar (English)
CADF Canadian Dollar (French)
DEM German Mark
FRF French Franc
GBP Great Britain Pound
ITL Italian Lira
NZD New Zealand Dollar
NLG Dutch Guilder
PTE Portuguese Escudo
USD U.S. Dollar
A sample HyperCard stack is included. And a big THANKS! to
those who helped me with the translations.
Rene Ros
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/card/amount-string-10-xfcn.hqx; 58K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/amount-string-10-ext.hqx; 58K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 13:45:25 -0500
From: [email protected] (Eric Oehler)
Subject: [*] anton-corbjin' a script/cursive font
Oh boy, I've made another font!
This one is a script/cursive font based on the scrawly handwriting
of noted music photographer Anton Corbjin. All small letters, with
capital letters connecting at a higher level (there's an official
term for this but I don't remember it). From scans, etc. $5 shareware,
email for latest address.
Eric Oehler [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/anton-corbjin.hqx; 102K]
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Date: 20 Jun 1994 09:51:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, (203) 676-6151"
Subject: [*] BatteryAmnesia 1.3.1; a PowerBook battery utility
BatteryAmnesia 1.3.1 for PowerBooks (by Jeremy Kezer)
BatteryAmnesia is a utility for any PowerBook that uses a nickel-cadmium
(NiCad)
or nickel-hydride (NiHy) battery. Over time, these batteries are susceptible
to a "memory effect", which can reduce their battery capacity. The memory
effect can be cured by fully discharging the battery before recharging it.
BatteryAmnesia provides a safe, fast and automatic way to deep discharge your
PowerBook's battery. It automatically bypasses the low battery
warning dialogs, and prevents the "soft" sleep brought on by those dialogs.
Instead, BatteryAmnesia will run your PowerBook's battery down until the "hard"
hardware shutdown occurs, which is at a lower voltage. This provides the best
discharge possible.
Version 1.3.1 fixes a garbage character display that would sometimes occur.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-amnesia-131.hqx; 124K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 21:36:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Arnold Kim
Subject: [*] Chrystar Demo; short demo of rotating dots
Hi, well, this is my first submission... this is a short graphical demo
of rotating dots. It requires 8bit color.
I don't know where exactly this would be categorized since there isn't
much of a Mac demo scene... but this is the beginnings of a demo... no
music, unfortunately.
thank you
arnold
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/chrystar-demo.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 11:36:33 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bretton Wade)
Subject: [*] CoDec 1.0.2; a compression program
yet another minor update to replace the last one...
Thank you,
Bretton Wade
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/co-dec-102.hqx; 45K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 14:29:27 -0500
From: [email protected] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] Common Ground MiniViewer 1.1; a free viewer for CG documents
This viewer will allow one to display documents created with Common Ground
>From No Hands Software. A recently uploaded MacMosaic User Guide created
with Common Ground may be viewed with this application.
Distributed with permission from No Hands Software.
Cheers, igor
[Archived as /info-mac/app/common-ground-miniviewer-11.hqx; 123K]
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Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 11:33:52 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-037
C.S.M.P. Digest Sat, 18 Jun 94 Volume 3 : Issue 37
Today's Topics:
Finding a drive's SCSI ID
How to tell which volume was booted from?
Open Transport & ASLM (Was: Re: ASLM)
Symantec at WWDC (Was: Symantec vs. Metrowerks? What to do?)
[Q] Finding out if volume is locked
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-037.txt; 64K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 14:04:20 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-038
C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 21 Jun 94 Volume 3 : Issue 38
Today's Topics:
CopyBits with PixMap
Gestalt, SU3.0 & List Manager
How to tell what kind of drive a volume is?
Photoshop Plug-in Filters useable with other programs?
Scheduling Sleep in WaitNextEvent
What is "Clipping Extension"?
allocating memory quickly -- how?
sqrti() [Re: Faster Square Root Algorithm]
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-038.txt; 40K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 08:23:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Digital Filter Bug Fix; a scientific applciation
Digital Filter illustrates the power of Fourier analysis and how it
can be used to understand how the visual system processes
information about shapes and forms. Digital Filter performs
Fourier analyses, digital filtering, and quantization on gray-scale
images. Images can be any size, limited only by available memory
(and your patience). This version of Digital Filter requires an
FPU (math coprocessor) and therefore will not run on a PowerMac
(don=D5t even try it).
Please see the Read Me file for distribution restrictions.
Version 1.1.1 fixes a bug that I apparently introduced in version 1.1=
- on some machines the program bombs after saving a file. There are=
no new additional features in this version.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/digital-filter-111.hqx; 302K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 17:01:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Todd Wilson
Subject: [*] Drop Text version 1.5; converts foreign text formats
About Drop Text 1.5:
This is a drag-and-drop text file converter. It can convert between
Mac, Unix, and MS-DOS files, and can convert AppleWorks AWP files
into text. It has lots of nice features and safty checks, and can
convert more than one type into the target type at a time
(ex: Mac and Dos into Unix).
Packed with StuffIt; docs included; source code available (just ask).
Please note:
This time, the uploader *IS* the author! [email protected]
Stuff new with this version (1.5):
* Improved (hopefully) the file detection and line conversion.
* Improved the trailing space stripper.
* Changed the way the progress bar works.
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/drop-text-15.hqx; 34K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:04 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] Eye Beast; an arcade game
Eye Beast by Chuck Shotton - An arcade game in which you push blocks
around on the screen to build walls to trap moving eyes. Shareware:
$2.00
Part of the June 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/eye-beast.hqx; 20K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:58:19 -0500
From: [email protected] (Peterson, Chris)
Subject: [*] FM-Pro-FantFball; a fantasy football database
This is Binchfoot=81 the easy-to-use Fantasy Football Database.
Due to time constraints, there are hardly any instructions on how to use
this database but that's ok, because it's not hard to use. Email questions
or suggestions to Chris @ [email protected] - He will put
together a FAQ when he gets enough questions.
Binchfoot=81 keeps track your individual fantasy players. It does a great
job of giving you printed reports on overall team totals and individual
leaders by position or point total.
Binchfoot=81 does not keep track of your player's individual statistics. ie=
.
# of touch downs, rushing yardage, etc. This may be an option in future
versions. By entering a player's points for the week, it will keep yearly
totals of that player. Avg's, etc. will also come in the future.
Binchfoot=81 does what's needed for the 94-95 season.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/fmpro-fantasy-football-94-95.hqx; 103K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 08:13:52 --100
From: [email protected] (Brian K. Jacobsen)
Subject: [*] FrontDoor v1.3.1; a file sharing utility
FrontDoor v1.3.1 (C) 1994 by Brian K. Jacobsen
Features:
* Asks the user for username/password, and mount the volumes, which
the user have access to, from up to 16 preselected servers.
- which can be placed in different zones !!!!! -
* ChangePassword on all servers which supports this
* Password protected preferencepart
* Optional: Paste ownername into username
* Optional: Allow guestaccess
* Optional: Change name of booting harddisk
* Optional: Auto-open the Login-screen after a startup
- the Optional's are set on/off in the preference-part
Shareware:
1 Licens: US$25 - Site Licens: US$100
System requirements:
* System 7
* A network with access to one or more AppleShare servers
(Supports AFPVersion 1.1, 2.0 & 2.1)
* If using zones, then Phase 2
Changes since v1.2.0 ---
I have changed FrontDoor into a system-extension instead of an application !!
Now all access to FrontDoor is over a menu in the Finder-menubar, advantages:
* No more playing around with bith FrontDoor & ExitDoor on the DeskTop !!
* No student's who accidentially trashes the program !!
* Now FrontDoor executes as the first program after the Finder !!
* No more problems with "FrontDoor-must-be-the-last-program-to-be-executed" !!
* Easy access to FrontDoor from any application !!
* A lot more user-friendly
It's selectable if FrontDoor shall auto-open the Login-screen after a startup
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/front-door-131.hqx; 61K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:56:35 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] GAL&GeM; an assembly language and machine emulator
GAL-GEM is a complete machine emulator for the GAL (Generic Assembly
Language) and GEM (GEneric Machine) computation models as described in
"Computer organization: a top down approach" by Greg W. Scragg. It is
designed to help students understand assembly language and machine
operations.
GEM 1.0 accepts GAL assembly language programs, assembles and runs
them on its CPU emulator. It displays continuously updated information
about the current state of the program, allowing students to follow the
execution at the machine level This display includes:
* original GAL source code
* GEM machine language code
* cross referencing between the two sets of codes
* all data registers
* major system registers, including PC, IR, MAR, MBR, and CC.
* output window for user program output
* all referenced RAM locations
* highlighting of current instruction in both machine and assembly
language windows
The assembler accepts the full GAL language. It can be run at full,
reduced speed, or in single-instruction mode. It supports binary, decimal
and hexadecimal register representation. The PC can be reset for repeated
execution without reloading or reassembling. Provides simulated user I/O.
GAL&GeM 1.1 fixes several bugs in version 1.0 and adds user I/O.
GAL&GeM is shareware (but is free to users of the text).
Greg Scragg [[email protected]]
SUNY Geneseo (716) 367-2919
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/gal-gem-11.hqx; 47K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 10:54:17 -0700
From: David Eppstein
Subject: [*] Gene, a genealogical database
Gene is a genealogy database management program.
You can use Gene to store family data and notes, draw and print family
trees, show how different people are related, or browse the database by
clicking on names in cards and trees. Gene has no difficulty handling
complicated databases with thousands of names, multiple marriages and
divorces, illegitimate children, or intermarriage between relatives.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/gene.hqx; 306K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 09:56:46 +0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] graphic-converter-179-de; German version
This archive contains the German version of GraphicConverter 1.7.9
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/graphic-converter-179-de.hqx; 536K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 09:56:05 +0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] graphic-converter-179; converts various formats to Mac native
GraphicConverter converts the most famous (about 50) DOS, WINDOWS,
UNIX, ATARI and AMIGA graphic file formats to MAC formats and
back. Also, there are a lot of useful features like batch conversion
and slide show.
GraphicConverter is shareware ($35).
See the history file for the fixed bugs and new features.
Please remove any older versions from your archives.
Thorsten Lemke
E-Mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/graphic-converter-179.hqx; 525K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:05 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] Home & School Mac 4/94; an electronic magazine
The April 1994 Issue of the Home & School Mac newsletter. Includes
reviews of Hawaii High CD-ROM, Lunicus CD-ROM, Now Fun, Peter Pan,
Ping & Kooky's Cuckoo Zoo, Scooter's Magic Castle, and Spin Doctor.
Part of the April 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/hsmac/home-and-school-mac-94-04.hqx; 365K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:07 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] Home & School Mac 6/94; an electronic periodical
The June 1994 Issue of the Home & School Mac newsletter. Includes
reviews of the Alacrity 6100, Disney Collection Screen Saver, My Own
Stories, Sitting on the Farm CD-ROM, and UnderWare.
Part of the June 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/hsmac/home-and-school-mac-94-06.hqx; 394K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:09 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] Hyper Geometry; computes geometric values
Hyper Geometry by Robert Krehling - This stack can be used to
calculate the perimeter, area, and volume of various geometric
objects, including: rectagles, squares, triangles, parallelograms,
trapezoids, circles, prisms, cubes, cylinders, rectangular pyramids,
and spheres. Requires HyperCard 2.1 or HyperCard Player 2.1. Freeware
Part of the April 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/hyper-geometry-hc.hqx; 27K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:10 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] Ingemar's Skiing Game 0.9.9u
Ingemar's Skiing Game 0.9.9u by Ingemar Ragnemalm - A skiing
simulation game which includes 10 different downhill courses and a
choice of opponents. Send in the shareware fee to receive a course
editor. Supports b/w and 16 color play. Shareware: $10.00
Part of the June 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/ingemars-skiing-game-099u.hqx; 212K]
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Date: 20 Jun 1994 09:49:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, (203) 676-6151"
Subject: [*] Insomniac 1.0.3; a PowerBook battery utility
Insomniac 1.0.3 (by Jeremy Kezer)
Some PowerBook models have the ability to "wake" themselves up at a specified
time. This can be very handy for automating late-night email or fax sessions.
However, the "PowerBook" control panel only lets you program a single
wakeup time.
Insomniac lets you program up to 50 wakeup times, so you can have your
PowerBook wake up several times a night, or once a night for weeks on end.
Insomniac will run on a Macintosh Portable, PowerBook 100, PowerBook Duo, or
PowerBook 500-series, as these computers support the wakeup timer.
Version 1.0.3 adds compatability with the newer PowerBooks.
Shareware; a $10 registration fee is suggested. Unregistered versions will
only allow two wakeup events.
Jeremy Kezer
143 Songbird Lane
Farmington, CT 06032-3433 (USA)
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/insomniac-103.hqx; 122K]
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Date: 20 Jun 1994 09:46:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, (203) 676-6151"
Subject: [*] Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.1.0; for PowerBooks
Keywords: POWERBOOK PORTABLE CLOCK CONTROL STRIP SLEEP SOUND VOLUME
Jeremy's Control Strip Modules Release 1.1.0 (by Jeremy Kezer)
I've developed several control strip modules. Some of them are direct
replacements for modules provided by Apple, but with more options and
functionality. And some of them are unique. They are...
Control Strip Clock - Displays the current time. Via a popup menu, you can
customize the appearance of the display.
Control Strip Volume - A direct replacement for the Sound Volume module
provided by Apple. The icon shows the current volume setting in both numeric
and pictoral form, so you don't need to bring up the menu to determine the
current volume.
Control Strip Sleep - A direct replacement for the Sleep Now module provided by
Apple. Via the popup menu, you can select whether or not to bypass the dialog
that appears when AppleTalk is active.
Control Strip Battery Time - Displays either Apple's estimate of remaining
time, a historical estimate which "learns" your battery use, or the elapsed
time on batteries.
Shareware; $10 registration fee suggested. See enclosed documents for
more information.
Jeremy Kezer
143 Songbird Lane
Farmington, CT 06032-3433 (USA)
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/jeremys-control-strip-modules-110.hqx; 112K]
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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 22:44 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] KeyQuencer 1.1 with Macro Editor, new extensions and dev toolkit
Program: KeyQuencer 1.1
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini ([email protected])
Keywords: Macro engine, control panel, utility
Price: $10 cash (shareware)
WARNING: WORKING WITHOUT KEYQUENCER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH
KeyQuencer is a powerful and solid macro engine designed to use very little
memory; it can perform complex tasks that are invoked by a single keystroke.
KeyQuencer uses a very simple scripting approach and can be extended through
external extensions. The 35 bundled extensions provide lots of power and can
replace many common system additions with substantial memory savings.
KeyQuencer's macros can be lauched by HyperCard, AppleScript, FileMaker Pro
and any other application that supports sending Apple Events. Also,
programmers can now easily build their own extensions and integrate them
into the KeyQuencer environment.
This is the first macro engine that's released as shareware. It is better
than commercial packages in many ways, and it only costs $10. Don't miss it.
Changes in version 1.1:
This is a major new release. The Macro Editor application was added, along
with lots of new extensions like PopUpMenu, Dial, ButtonList, Clipboard
and Counter. All the old extensions have been updated (check out the new,
smarter Open) and some of them accept new parameters. The "partial" keyword
now really checks for partial matches. The Macro Editor, the Open extension
and KQ Apple Events can execute macros contained in text files. Cmd-return
can be used instead of enter in the control panel's edit macro dialog. The
Type command doesn't use the keypad to type numbers any longer, so it
doesn't interfere with applications that have special keypad functions.
The HyperCard link has a new XFCN that allows you to wait until KeyQuencer
has done its work. There's a new FileMaker Pro link that shows how to
integrate KeyQuencer macros in your databases. A new developer's toolkit
allows programmers to write their own KeyQuencer extensions.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/key-quencher-11.hqx; 229K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 12:30:56 -0500
From: "Lisa T. Snyder"
Subject: [*] Lisa's-128-Wallpaper; more desktop patterns
Please include the attached file, Lisas-128-wallpaper, in your
archives.
These are 128 by 128 Wallpaper patterns. To use them, just install
using the wallpaper hanger or place them in your random folder.
These patterns are Freeware, I only ask for comments.
Lisa Snyder
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/lisas-textures-grp2.hqx; 177K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 12:27:51 -0500
From: "Lisa T. Snyder"
Subject: [*] Lisa's-ppats; some desktop textures
Please Include the attached file, Lisas.ppats.sit, in your archives.
These are ppats to use with Wallpaper , DeskTop Textures , etc.
Open in Resedit, do a copy and paste to your favorite program.
These are Freeware of course. All I ask is for comments : )
Lisa Snyder
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/lisas-textures-grp1.hqx; 62K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 10:21:03 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp
Subject: [*] Machine Icons 1.2.1 - an icon for every Mac
A minor update to include an icon for the 80SC external hard drive. Nothing
else has changed.
Machine Icons 1.2.1 contains a set of icons for all Macs (as at June 1994),
and some peripheral hardware. A full set of ICN#, icl4, icl8, ics#, ics4
and ics8 resoures are provided in Simple/TeachText files, so you simply
have to cut and paste... Should work on any Macintosh running System 7.
Many thanks to Pete Holmes for the 80SC icon - any other icons of
peripherals will be gladly received!
Machine Icons 1.2.1 may be included on any Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Graham
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/machine-icons-121.hqx; 95K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 10:46:48 -0500
From: [email protected] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] MacMosaic User Guide; NCSA's WWW client guide
This file is in Common Ground format. You may use the CG MiniViewer to display
it.
Cheers, Igor
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/ncsa-mosaic-user-guide-cg.hqx; 620K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 15:59:08 -0800
From: [email protected] (Brian Hall)
Subject: [*] Mark/Space ZMODEM Demo 1.0.2; a CommToolbox tool
Announcing version 1.0.2 of the Mark/Space ZMODEM Tool Demo
Version 1.0.2 reflects changes in contact information for Mark/Space,
reflecting our new phone numbers and office in San Jose.
No changes were made to the operation of the tool.
Changes since 1.0.1
- Updated order form built into tool (new contact information)
- Updated about panel (new contact information)
- Updated guide to use version 4.1 of DOCmaker.
- Updated all contact information in guide.
- Corrected a flag in a MENU resource.
The demo version supports downloading, but not uploading.
There are no other restrictions. Enjoy!
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/zmodem-tool-102-demo.hqx; 131K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:11 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] Push Push; a children's game
Push Push by A. Rogers & C. M. Mead, III - Help Poof push all the
idgits through a door. A children's puzzle game without any
threatening roving enemies. Supports up to 256 colors. Freeware
Part of the April 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/push-push.hqx; 34K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 13:19:38 -0500
From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-"
Subject: [*] Rymal's Hints from his Friends (A FAQ)
Only a `fool' would dare declare that he/she is an expert when
talking about computers. Such a person ranks with Texas weather
forecasters although these guys ought to be admired for attempting to
tame Texas meterology. Only by listening and working with computer
friends can a person advance his/her competency in this exciting field.
`Rymal's Hints from Friends' is a DocMaker application that
should really be titled: "Head-shaking-InterNet-surfers-who-have-saved-
Larry Rymal's-hide-more-than-once-on-getting-his-computer-going-and-
showing-him-how-to-navigate-the-InterNet". It is basically a compilation
of hints and tips from a few of you on the InterNet and on TeNET, the
Texas Education Network. Most of the comments and hints have the
original address, date, and subject header intact, some don't. All have
appeared publically. But, for the most part, these are valuable nuggets
of information and I for one, am very grateful and I'll bet these have
helped thousands upon thousands of folks world-wide as they are shared.
But alas, "Rymal's Hints" is just a meager representation of what
has been posted in the past. A lot of fine folks' comments is not in
this application and it is a pity, too. At any rate, I'm very
appreciative of the e-Help that has been transmitted through the years
and certainly don't take it for granted. Secondly, many of the folks
whom I have assisted locally is a direct result of your aid. So, please,
don't think that your comments are unnoticed, even if they don't show up
in some meager FAQ.
The application has been stuffed, and can be deStuffed and
deHQXed by dropping ontop of the StuffIt Expander. Just click on it
afterwards and it will load up for you automatically for reading.
--Larry Rymal
[Archived as /info-mac/info/rymals-hints.hqx; 395K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 14:33 +1200
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
Subject: [*] ScriptKey FKEY; invokes AppleScript scripts
Hi.
Enclosed is ScriptKey, an FKEY for invoking AppleScript scripts. I've also
included some example scripts and scripting additions, to demonstrate its
usefulness.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
University of Waikato
Hamilton
New Zealand
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/script-key-fkey.hqx; 54K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 00:51 EDT
From: pbest%[email protected] (Personal Best Internet-ional)
Subject: [*] Silicon Volleyball Fat Binary version; a breakout game
Attached is the latest version of Silicon Volleyball. The program is a Fat
Binary, meaning that it should run in native mode on both 68K and Power
Macs. It requires System 7.
Silicon Volleyball is a "break the bricks" type game. The new version
supports:
color
flying debris when a brick is hit (user controls how much)
auto play mode
smooth animation on sufficiently powerful Macs,
or with features turned off on older Macs.
high score listing
The program is offered free - as a courtesy from:
Personal Best Internet-ional
"Internet purveyors of hard-to-find best-buy consumer products"
For more information on Personal Best, send mail to:
pbest%[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/silicon-volleyball.hqx; 478K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 00:36:14 CDT
From: [email protected] (Jaeger)
Subject: [*] SpeakAlert-1.0.5; hear your alerts and notifications
SpeakAlert is a control panel/system extension that uses the Speech
Manager to speak the text in alerts. The control panel allows you to
choose the desired voice and to turn SpeakAlert off or on. SpeakAlert
requires that the Speech Manager or PlainTalk TTS or MacInTalkPro system
extensions are installed on your machine (any or all). It allows you to
use the MacInTalk voices (Boris, RoboVox and the others) as well as the
Gala Tea voices (TTS Male voice, Agnes and the others).
Version 1.0.5 fixes an incompatibility with the Speech Manager 1.2.1.
The problem was that when the machine was rebooted the chosen voice was
always set to Fred.
Brian Stern :-{)}
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/speak-alert-105.hqx; 24K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 20:44:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Justin Higgins
Subject: [*] SpectreSmart v2.2; an artificial intelligence program
(encoded with Compact Pro and BinHex 4)
This is the latest version of SpectreSmart, the artificial intelligence
HyperCard stack from SpectreSoft. You can talk to Spectre and Spectre
will talk back. New in this version is Spectre's ability to actually talk
out loud using a special speech driver built into the stack. Spectre's
vocabulary and understanding has been increased so it is pretty realistic
to talk to Spectre. Another piece of SpectreWare from SpectreSoft.
Justin * Higgins Look on Info-Mac and other ftp sites for:
SpectreSoft SpectreWrite v3.2, SpectreNotes v4.0
SpectreSmart v2.2, SpectreSaver v1.0
future projects: Games! 256 colors! Not in HyperCard!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/spectre-smart-22-hc.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 21:39:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected] (William Edward Woody)
Subject: [*] Strip68K and StripPPC; thins FAT applications
Here are two programs I through together today, for removing
unwanted executable code from a FAT application.
Strip68K removes the 68000 code from a FAT application, leaving
only the PowerPC software in it's place.
StripPPC removes the PowerPC code from a FAT application, leaving
only the 68000 software in it's place.
I have also included the source kit if anyone is interested;
part of it is a very simple drop shell that (should be) compatable
with System 6 as well as System 7. (Under System 6 or if launched
stand-alone, puts up a very simple menu bar with one option under
the File menu.)
Freeware; all I require is that if this gets redistributed elsewhere,
the entire package (Read Me, Strip68K, StripPPC and the source kit)
is redistributed as one package. Feel free to use the source code
for your own use.
- Bill
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/strip-fat.hqx; 116K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/strip-fat-c.hqx; 116K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:11 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] SuperSpam 1.2; proclaims its identity
SuperSpam 1.2 by Sean Logan - Enjoy a picture of a can of Spam and a
voice proclaiming Spam! Pointless fun. Supports up to 16 colors.
Freeware
Part of the June 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/super-spam-12.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 22:42:23 +1200
From: [email protected] (David Davies-Payne)
Subject: [*] switchback2.4; a folder synchronisation utility
Please find enclosed SwitchBack 2.4 by Glendower Software Ltd.
This release provides a "Fast Backup" option, to speed backups at the
expense of losing collision detection and report generation. Clicking the
arrow now swaps source and destination paths. Calculation of free disk
space on large volumes is more reliable. The report window now correctly
handles text greater than 32K by telling you so, instead of producing a
blank view. Further incompatibilities caused by certain 3rd party system
extensions have been resolved.
What is SwitchBack?
SwitchBack is a utility program that synchronises two folders, so that both
folders have a copy of the most recent version of their files. The two
folders can reside on the same volume, on two different volumes, or indeed
on two different computers connected by a network. It also functions well
as a simple backup utility.
David Davies-Payne, Technical Director, GSL
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switch-back-24.hqx; 163K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 11:30:01 -0400
From: [email protected] (B. Kevin Hardman)
Subject: [*] Symbionts 2.4.3; an extensions manager
Symbionts is an extension that monitors the startup process. Symbionts
displays the name and number of bytes of memory each system extension
allocates from the system heap. The name and number appear beneath the
extension's icon, and since the name is usually truncated, Symbionts also
displays it in the menu bar. Symbionts even shows the icons for those
extensions that don't normally reveal themselves.
Symbionts Control is a control panel that sets the preferences for the
Symbionts extension. It also allows the review of the information
collected by the Symbionts extension. Additionally, the control panel is
used to manage the loading of system extensions without having to dig
around in the System folder. Extensions can be enabled and disabled simply
by double-clicking on the extension icon and name.
changes since version 2.4.2
* Fixed incompatibility with AccessPC and other extensions that
create their own heaps at startup.
changes since version 2.4.1
* Support for users who have multiple keyboard scripts and Finder
file/folder names in non-system scripts.
* Improved accuracy of memory usage numbers for some extensions,
special conditions, and some Macintoshes.
* Some extensions want to remain open after startup; however, some do so
in a way that confuses Symbionts. Symbionts now compensates for the
situation.
* Fixed problem with type ahead when typing to select an item in a list.
* Fixed problem which garbled the display just after registering
under some conditions.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/symbionts-243.hqx; 118K]
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/symbionts-243-updt.hqx; 97K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 12:34:24 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros"
Subject: [*] talking-eggs-10; speaks custom voice descriptions
Freeware.
This application is a quick and dirty hack. It speaks the
phrases stored with each of the new MacinTalk III voices.
Instead of the usual description the comment for each voice
is a funny or strange phrase.
Rene Ros
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/talking-eggs-10.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 15:40:12 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis
Subject: [*] TFTPd 1.0.0; Trivial File Transport Protocol server
TFTPd is a Macintosh TFTP (Trivial File Transport Protocol) server
for Macs with MacTCP. It requires System 7, and has minimal features
(no uploading, no ascii translation, fairly average performance, etc).
It runs as a background only application.
Note: TFTP is a completely seperate protocol from FTP. This is NOT
a Trivial FTP server, it is a TFTP server. TFTP is generally used for
booting routers and the like, not as a file transfer system.
TFTPd is $10 shareware.
Hope you like it,
Peter.
TFTPd v1.0.0 Copyright 1994 Peter N Lewis
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/tftpd-100.hqx; 20K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 11:14:12 -0400
From: "Ken Hancock"
Subject: [*] The Constitution Stack; the complete text of the document
The Constitution 2.1 by APPS - A stack containing the complete text
of the Constitution of the United States. Requires HyperCard 2.x or
HyperCard Player 2.x. Freeware
Part of the June 1994 Home & School Mac collection.
StuffIt 3.0 Archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/constitution-21-hc.hqx; 34K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 16:33:41 -0500
From: [email protected] (Robert S. Mah)
Subject: [*] The Control Strip Patcher; for non-portable Macs
The Control Strip Patcher patches (i.e. modifies) Apple's new neat-o keen
Control Strip control panel so that it can be used on plain Jane Macs.
The version that ships with the Powerbook 500's will not work on desktop
Macs. I created The Control Strip Patcher to "fix" Control Strip and remove
this limitation.
Control Strip (patched or not) needs System 7 to run. Control Strip itself
is NOT included in this archive.
Cheers,
Robert S. Mah -=- One Step Beyond -=- 212-947-6507 -=- [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-strip-patcher.hqx; 14K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:51:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: anthony brown
Subject: [*] ThePerfectWord; document owner converter
If you are an owner of WordPerfect, and hate the idea of having to either
drag an MS Word file onto wordperfect to open it, or if you are an MSWord
owner and hate to have to do the same thing with a WordPerfect file, then
this little applescript droplet is for you!
Drop any number of WordPerfect/MSWord documents onto this Applescript
droplet and then double click on the document and then your favorite
WordProcessor will open them up!
Shareware:
Please post any comments/suggestions to [email protected]
Anthony
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/the-perfect-word-as.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 09:51:22 +0200
From: Patrick Stadelmann
Subject: [*] Think dcmd 1.0; glue for creating dcmds with Think C
Hi !
This package will allow you to write dcmds (debugger commands)
in Think C. It contains the glue code necessary to link the
"dcmd.o" library, and Think Put, a collection of routines to
create formatted output in dcmds.
To use this package, you need the "dcmd.o" library and the
"dcmd.h" header from Apple Computer, Inc. These files are
available along with MacsBug from ftp.apple.com in the
dts/mac/tools/macsbug/ directory.
This package is freeware and may be distributed freely.
Feel free to contact me if you have comments, suggestions or
bugs to report.
Patrick Stadelmann
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/think-dcmd-10-c.hqx; 39K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 20:44:22 PDT
From: [email protected] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#231/20-Jun-94
TidBITS#231/20-Jun-94
Apple's eWorld arrives! But since it's the first day, we mainly
report on a new PC emulator, discuss tips on improving
SoftWindows performance, and review GIFConverter and
El-Fish, an aquarium simulator. Check out the rumors from
InterOp about Apple's Internet software, as well as news
about upcoming Mac expositions. Finally, we have a URL for a
stock quote service on the Internet and some comments on
last week's article about small developers.
Topics:
MailBITS/20-Jun-94
InterOp Apple Rumors
Boston in August, Detroit in July
Diminutive Developer Comments
Benchmarking SoftWindows
GIFConverter 2.3.7
El-Fish, The Electronic Aquarium
Reviews/20-Jun-94
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-231.etx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 09:28:07 +1000 (EST)
From: Ken Simpson
Subject: [*] TypeIt4Me4.3; a kestroke expander
Here is the latest version of Ricardo Ettore's great keystroke expander.
I am in no way connected with the author of this product.
Stuffit 3 sea archive
Disinfectant 3.5 clean
Release History
(in reverse chronological order)
New in version 4.3:
released on Sunday, June 5, 1994
New features:
- hide menu bar is now distinct from disabling the hot spot
- added All and None buttons in Expansion triggers dialog
- no longer expands in all caps when abb is a single char or is not a letter
from a-z
Bug fixes:
- fixed conflict with Control Strip
- handles alternate short date and times correctly
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/type-it-for-me-43.hqx; 116K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 13:19:00 -0500
From: John Hastings
Subject: [*] Used Computer Price Guide
The American Computer Exchange has announced the release of two
shareware programs. The "AmCoEx Used Computer Price Estimator" is
available in Windows and Macintosh versions. It enables the user to
estimate the value of any used PC or Macintosh with any
configuration of memory, hard drive, and monitor.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/used-computer-price-guide.hqx; 549K]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 19:21:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Aaron L Roth
Subject: [*] Wild Side comic; a GIF file
This is my version of a "Wild Side" comic. It is if a GIF format and is
HQXed sorry if it is not 'that' funny, but it looks nice!
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/wild-side-gif.hqx; 119K]
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 18:47:59 +0000
From: Matthew Johnson
Subject: ..new monitor CP drives user to suicide...
Has any one tried a new Apple multisync with the new monitor CP? It's
driving me nuts.
I have the new 17" and very nice it is too, the monitor CP lets me change
the resolution on the fly like the one from Radius, all very well. But the
damn thing insists on rearranging my desktop at the same time. If you're
the sort of person with aliases a many on the desktop this doesn't go down
too well.
I can understand why Apple added this feature, you don't want to lose
things off the edge of the screen, but I only switch the resolution down to
increase the colours for Photoshop, and then switch back when I want to do
the rest of my work. I don't want my desktop cleaned thanks.
If any one knows how to disable this lovable feature, can they let me know?
If anyone from Apple is listening, can we please have a version of the
monitors CP in which I can toggle off the desktop clean up?
Matthew Johnson
IC-Parc
Imperial College, London.
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 12:19:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson
Subject: 2MB SIMMs in a Mac IIvx
Greetings, all!!
I just ordered four 2MB, 80ns, 30-pin SIMMs for my Mac IIvx from Peripheral
Outlet (total cost, $300.00 incl. shipping). While I was on the line, the
saleswomen mentioned that their service technicians sometimes have had problems
with 2MB SIMMs in the IIvx. This sounded strange to me, and I made sure I
can return the SIMMs if they don't work, but I ordered them anyway.
Has anyone run into any problems like this? What did you do to fix it?
Thanks for your help!
Neil Mickelson
[email protected]
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Date: 23 Jun 1994 16:08:05 GMT
From: [email protected] (Donald E. Carver)
Subject: [Q] Changing pitch in sound file?
I need to change the pitch of a sound file, preferably without changing
the sampling rate....something like a frequency convertor applied to
the
entire file....
Any shareware/commercial applications available to do this?
All e-mailed suggestions appreciated,
Don.
--- Don Carver, [email protected], CS Dept., NCSU ---
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 17:53:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (Dwight Early)
Subject: [Q] Windows Card file program
Anybody know of a program that can emulate, use, and/or write a Windows 3.1
Card file? I live in a land of PeeCees, and it would sure be nice to use
their files someway/how.
Email to me & I'll summarize. Thanks...
--Dwight Early
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Date: 21 Jun 94 17:08:07 MST
From: [email protected]
Subject: [R] Printer Spooling
Regarding the recent question about a conflict between SuperLaser-
Spool and Omnis 3, I recently found out through the MACAV-L
list that SuperLaserSpool conflicts with RamDoubler, and indeed,
when I removed SLS, the problems I was having disappeared. It
seems that Fifth Generation is making no further improvements
in SLS, and I would not be surprised if it does conflict with
Omnis 3. I would recommend getting Apple's Print Spooler,
available at both Apple sites (ftp.austin.apple.com and
ftp.support.apple.com - and perhaps also at ftp.apple.com).
*However*, get v. 7.01 rather than v. 7.1. I recently up-
graded to the latter, and it won't send the spooled files to
the printer unless I actually open Print Monitor by double-
clicking on the spool file.
Of course, chances are v. 7.01 is already on your system in-
staller disks, too.
George Halsell - [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 17:41:05 -0400
From: "Charles A. Patrick"
Subject: Apple Express Fax (GeoPort)
Very recently I posted an observation and query on this topic.
My complaint was that the Fax software that came with GeoPort for the
PowerMac was seriously deficient in at least two respects:
First, it did not allow me to insert several documents, created distinctly
possibly in distinct applications, into a single "envelope" for transmittal
to the same destination. I believe that the software that comes with most
fax applications allows this facility. I know that the Abaton software (no
longer supported, but still functioning!) and that from Vivitek
(MacFacsimile IV) allow this facility with differing degrees of elegance.
Second, the Express Fax software does not support the creation of lists of
destinations. Again, Abaton and Vivitek and presumably others support this
convenience.
I have since first posting this complaint discovered that a third party
product, namely Delrina Fax Pro for the Macintosh, which is capable of the
foregoing and more besides presumably, will also support the Apple Express
Modem. In reaction to this discovery I have but two further queries:
Has anyone had any experience with this product with GeoPort for the PowerMac?
Is their any other reputable third party vendor that supports the Apple
Express Fax GeoPort?
Thanks.
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 21:37:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Brian W. Wolf)
Subject: Appletalk Auditor?
I'm managing a 58 or so Mac appletalk network and I was looking for an
Software auditing program, is there such a thing? There is a program
called Lan Auditor for Novell netowrks, I'm trying to find something
along this order.
Thanks
>
>
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 15:39:32 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Ath.M.U.G. Services For ShareWare Developers
If you are a ShareWare developer read this:
{--------------------------------------------}
Athens Macintosh User Group is now offering a new service for
all the famous Apple Mac ShareWare developers...!
We will promote your product in Greece and make "Greek" versions
of your programm.
For More Info Send Mail To: [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 22:22:52 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Bernoulli and Apple Scanner SCSI termination
I posted to info-mac some weeks ago asking for information on
Bernoulli/Syquest removable drives and decided to go for the Bernoulli
for reliability reasons. Unfortunately, when I called Iomega's 1-800
number, I got to a recording on the tech support phone menu that said
that MacTransportables were incompatible with Apple OneScanners. From
the description, it seems as if the problem has to do with SCSI
termination (MacTransportables are internally terminated).
Has anyone come across any problems with having a Color OneScanner and
a MacTransportable on the same SCSI chain? Looking at our Color
OneScanner, I see two SCSI ports but no external terminator. There is a
La Cie hard drive between the Mac and the scanner. Surprisingly, the
set-up works even without a terminator on the scanner. Does that
imply that Apple scanners are internally terminated? But if that's
the case, why the second SCSI port? For that matter, Macs themselves don't
need external terminators, so there must be some way for the system to
detect the absence of other SCSI devices and automatically terminate the
SCSI bus.
So, has anyone successfully put a Bernoulli MacTransportable and Apple
Color OneScanner on the same SCSI bus ? Has anyone else had problems
terminating the Apple OneScanner ?
Thanks.
Shih-Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 21:51:27 -0800
From: [email protected] (Dieder Bylsma)
Subject: Clock chipping consequences?
What are the consequences of clock chipping a mac?
I know that you can increase the speed of the mac, but I would imagine that
by increasing the frequency, you increase the heat produced by the poor
68040.
What other components are affected or stressed out of their tolerances by
the clock chipping?
I would imagine that the video circuitry would not be seriously affected
since all the VRAM machines take the same speed VRAM. Same for the
seperately clocked serial ports and ethernet ports as well as the ADB ports
and SCSI ports etc.
Or am I completely 100% off base?
is it worth it to clock chip a mac?
How can I alleviate any of these negative side-effects? A Heat-sink?
Immerse the entire thing in liquid helium?
Dieder
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 08:29:50 +0200
From: [email protected] (Bert Ockeloen)
Subject: Courseware developers (Biology/Medicine)
Dear netters,
At the Faculty of Biology, University of Amsterdam, I use a Mac classroom
to support lectures and practical work with computer aided instruction,
modelling software and simulations using HyperCard, Stella, LabView and
self-developed software.
To exchange ideas and software I would like to get in touch with other
faculties (Biology, Medicine) that have developed courseware.
Thanks.
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Bert Ockeloen | Internet E-mail:[email protected] |
| University of Amsterdam | AppleLink :HOL0069 |
| Faculty of Biology | Phone :+31-20 525 7633 |
| Kruislaan 318 | Page :+31-06 594 2917 1 |
| NL - 1098 SM Amsterdam | Fax :+31-20 525 7662 |
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 16:34:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Dueling PowerBooks [R]
>> I wonder if you can connect two PowerBooks using AppleTalk
>> over a serial cable, like an ImageWriter cable... or would
>> that be suicidal?
An Imagewriter cable makes a quick-and-dirty two node LocalTalk network,
which is a good use for those extra cables lying around after putting all
those ancient ImageWriters six feet under.
Frank D Tito
Eastern Connecticut State University
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 94 14:55:51 +0200
From: [email protected] (Johan Solve)
Subject: Dueling POwerBooks [R]
In Info-Mac Digest V12 #86, David C. Garrett ([email protected]) wrote:
> Incidentally,
> I wonder if you can connect two PowerBooks using AppleTalk
> over a serial cable, like an ImageWriter cable... or would
> that be suicidal?
Using a serial cable for a two node AppleTalk network works like a charm.
Me and my school friend used to work with our PBs networked, sitting on a
rock by the sea.
_______________________________________________________________________
"
JOHAN SOLVE Department of Science and Technology
Halmstad University, Sweden
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 8:44:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
In a previous article, ADAMS KATHERINE wrote:
->I just read an article about Honeywell 101 EMX keyboard that supposedly
->cancels out the EMF produced by the monitors Has anyone heard about this ?
->First are EMF a real problem ? And is that keyboard THE solution ?
->Thanks.
->Laurent Imbault
->
Uhm, well, it was suppose to be a top secret but i guess people
gonna know about it soon, so here it is:
The keyboard is based on alien technology, being a result of study of the
UFO shot down by US airforce in fifties. After spending a lot of
time studiyng alien's propulsion, the secret of subspace drive was
discovered. The keyboard is based on that principle. It generates
weak warp field, wich surrounds the monitor, so any EMF radiation
>From it (with exception of EMF in visible light range) is being send
into another dimension, namely the dimension where all those small
green people are coming from, eradicating them in process. The process
is extremely cheap and easy. The only drawback is the huge amount
of neutrino radiating from that other dimension into our. Since neutrino
can go through practically anything without affecting it, this radiation
does not present any problems to us, with exception of neutrino detectors,
which become overloaded and explode violently,killing anyone near by.
Fortunately they are located deep underground and far away from any
civilisation, so losses are not too big.
So here. I funally get it off my back.
I hope you'll like that keyboard (playing theme from twilight zone)
Mike.
Disclamer: This opinion is mine and only mine. I have no idea what my
employers think about all this and I am not representing them in
any way.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 15:57:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Russell S. Aminzade: Trinity College of VT"
Subject: FX Crashes/Hardware Diagnostics?
Here's a stumper. I hate Mac FXs! One of my clients has been having repeated
problems using FileMaker Pro 1.0. Mostly the problem is the known "disk error"
problem when you try to use FM Pro with large files, but recently one of their
machines (Mac IIFx, 20 MB RAM, New 300 MB HD Crashed dramatically with a
bus error. They rebuilt the datafile but are still having problems. What has
them upset is that they won't even boot from a floppy disk (the Norton Utils
disk, which works just fine on their other machines).
This is spooky, and I'm wondering if there is something wrong at the hardware
level. I'd appreciate any good suggestions. That said, does anyone have a
recommendation for a good hardware diagnostic program?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russell Aminzade: Academic Computing Coordinator, Trinity College of Vermont
W:(802) 658-0337 x362 H:(802) 434-4357 FAX:(802)658-5446 [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 94 15:28:30 EDT
From: Lyman Chapin
Subject: Hypercard export text (Q)
I have a hypercard Address stack of about 550 cards; is there a way
to export the entire stack as a text file so that it could be imported
into Now Contact?
- Lyman Chapin
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 14:14:30 EDT
From: Allan Hunter
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #88
Recently, as in not too long ago, I discovered that two files had been
doubly BinHexxed and were indecipherable when downloaded.
These files were apparently fixed as far as being BinHexxed twice, so I
ftp'd and downloaded the new, reposted version of the OptiMem demo.
Unfortunately, although it is no longer doubly BinHexxed, it is STILL
indecipherable. Compact Pro was unable to de-BinHex it at all; Stuffit
Expander was able to de-BinHex it but issued warnings about the inge-
grity of the file, and was then unable to expand the .SIT file. So I
cranked up Stuffit Deluxe, which did expand the file, issuing warnings
about both the resource and data forks of some of the files being
unverifiable and perhaps corrupted.
The expanded folder contained an Installer file, a data file, a very
long and suspicious file claiming to be a ReadMe file, and an Icon; the
Installer would not launch--it quit itself immediately without comment.
I am uninclined to download the other of the two files that was previously
a problem (the Commodore 64 emulator) because I have a suspicion that the
same process that re-BinHexxed the files also corrupted something in them
in teh process. After all, there's no reason I shouldn't have been able
to un-BinHex the files twice if they have not been corrupted, right?
At any rate, the problem has not been solved.
-allan hunter
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 09:59:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jeffrey A. Caesar"
Subject: Internal Speaker Problems
The other day, I made the mistake of plugging in headphones to my
LC II while it was turned on. Upon removing the headphones, I soon
realized that the internal speaker no longer worked, although
the headphones did work when I plugged them back in. If anyone
has any ideas for getting the speaker working again, please let
me know.
Thank you.
Jeffrey Caesar
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 17:10:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steve Strassmann)
Subject: Macintosh Application Environment (R)
> From: [email protected]
>
> I was wondering whether anyone out there had installed and evaluated
> Apple's Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) for Unix workstations
> yet. We'd like to consider MAE as an alternative to Liken, but seem
> to be having lots of trouble getting anyone from Apple to care.
I'm not on the MAE team, but the following might be useful:
First of all, did you try calling (800) SOS-APPL and ask about MAE?
That would be a reasonable way of contacting Apple.
You can sign up for the [email protected] mailing list
to get answers to all your questions. To sign up, send mail to
[email protected]
with a message like "subscribe mae-users " in the body.
Additionally, you may wish to download and install the trial
version of MAE from ftp.support.apple.com:/pub/mae.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 15:11 BST-1
From: Pindar Infotek Ltd
Subject: Mac Plus on the cheap
>From Pindar user Ian McCall
Subject: _Mac Plus on the cheap
Hello.
I'm trying to get a reasonable Mac Plus system together for someone
at the moment at a cost of almost no money at all and have no reached
the stage where I want to add a hard drive and printer.
Firstly, has anyone had any success trying to get an Atari SH204 hard
drive working with a Mac Plus? That's the ideal solution, since I
have one of those lying around that I used to use for an ST. Since
the ST's current use is acting as a Mac Plus via an emulator, it
makes sense to just switch directly to using that drive with an
actual Mac Plus.
Failing that, I also built my own hard drive for use with an Atari ST
(well, plugged together all the bits and made a case to be honest,
but it sounds far more impressive if I say I built it). This used a
Seagate ST225N with a Xebec S1410 SCSI controller connected to a BBDP
SCSI-to-DMA adaptor. Could I use this with a Mac Plus if I simply
removed the SCSI-to-DMA conversion and took a Mac-to-SCSI cable
directly to the Xebec?
Finally, I'm also trying to add a printer. Now - I do have an old
9-pin printer that I picked up for ten pounds. It's hardly state of
th art (hardly state of anything to be honest) but it does work.
Currently this printer is in use with the ST via the parallel port,
but it also has a serial interface. I believe the interface is an
RS232, so is there a cable available to take me from 'normal' RS232
to a Mac-style serial cable? I'd have thought the answer to this
would be yes, but it's better to check before I make any promises.
This printer works happily under the emulator using Chuck's Printer
Driver, so there's no compatability trouble once I've got the cabling
right.
The person I'm trying to set this up for really is on an -extremely-
limited budget here. Twenty pounds would be considered a lot, so any
solution involving ninety pound parallel/serial printer grapplers or
flashy hard drive controllers is out of the question. Anything
involving sellotape is much more likely to be implemented...
Cheers,
Ian
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 14:21:23 METDST
From: "J.Jaime Gomez Hernandez"
Subject: MacTCP 1.1.1 and Mac X 1.2
I just bought Mac X 1.2 and it came bundled with MacTCP 1.1.1
I installed everytihng according to the manual, I am able to establish
a connection and run a number of clients on my macs display, yet I am having
the
problem that the connection (to any of the SUNs running Solaris 2.2
that I have access to) hungs after a while, it could be a few seconds
and never more than a few minutes.
I am using a MacSE30, System 7.1, all extensions disabled except
for MacTCP and the standard ones coming with System 7.1
I noticed that there are versions of MacTCP 2.0 and 3.0. Should I
get the latest version? Should it have been bundled with my version
of Mac X? Could the problem be on the SUN side?
Thanks for any reply and if possible reply directly to my account besides
posting.
Jaime Gomez
Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 11:30:19 --800
From: [email protected] (Daw-hwan Wang)
Subject: Math Coprocessor for LC 575?
Hi, netters, I have a question for you.
We all know LC 575 comes without a math-coprocessor. I'm
wondering if I may put in a math coprocessor. A technician
with Apple's license here told me it's impossible to do "because
the LC 575 is upgradable to PowerMac which comes with a built-in
math coprocessor." I feel bewildered by that statement.
Thanks.
Dr. Daw-hwan Wang
Lab. for biological Anthropology
Academia Sinica
Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529
e-mail: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 22:23:04 EDT
From: "A. Moiseff"
Subject: Mathematica on PPC (Q)
A colleague has asked whether anyone has tried Mathematica vers 2.2
enhanced on a PowerPC 6100. If anyone has tried this software on a PPC
please tell me 1) Does it work, 2) How does the performance compare to
running on a Quadra series machine. Thanks.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 13:45:39 +0200
From: "Ad Herweijer"
Subject: Monitor res switching
On 20 Jun 1994 James Ashton asked about resolution switching on Power Macs with
Apple's new Display Software for Multiple Scan monitors. Here's my 2 cents.
If your monitor is Multiple Scan (Apple), MultiSync (NEC), MultiScan (SONY),
AutoScan (PHILIPS), FlexScan (EIZO), UltraScan (DELL), or whatever trademark a
monitor maker came up with to distinghuish it's product from the good old
single
resolution types we have been using, resolution switching with Apple Display
Software is feasible. If your monitor is non-Apple however, your (Power) Mac
must be fooled into thinking it is connected to an Apple Multiple Scan type.
You
will have to assemble an adapter that has the three sense lines coded according
to the scheme Apple defined for those monitors and that connects to the 15-pin
D-connector on the back of your Mac. For 1152*870 pixels (or lower) connect pin
4 to 11 (ground) and solder a diode between pin 7 and 10 with its cathode (side
with the ring) connected to pin 7. If the highest resolution of your monitor is
1024*768 pixels (or lower), reverse the diode between pin 7 and 10, i.e.
connect
the cathode (side with the ring) to pin 10.
If figuring out the rest of the cabling is less than obvious to you, I
recommend
reading the excellent article by John Wolf ([email protected]) in the TidBITS#226
digest (ftp.tidbits.com). That's w
We have tried this out with an IDEK MF-8617 and a DELL 17ES monitor on a Mac
660AV. Both are 17 inch monitors and support 21 inch resolution (1152*870
pixels). Switching between de four resolutions supported by the 660AV (640*480,
832*640, 1024*768 and 1152*870) works perfectly. No crashes (like we
experienced
with NEC's DPI-on-the-fly 2.7 software)! We prefer the IDEK monitor, offering
the best value for money. However, the energy saving feature has been
implemented much better in the DELL 17ES. We have noticed some variation in the
quality (focus, geometry, convergence) of monitors of the same type, so I
recommend trying them out first. This is particularly true if the range of
synchronization frequencies specified for the monitor is just "on the edge" for
your Mac. If you want to display 1152*870 pixels these frequencies must be at
least 68.7 kHz horizontal *and* 75 Hz vertical. It has been reported that not
all monitors of the same type are created equal in this respect and some do not
even meet their specs. Think of it as the price you pay for an open mind
towards
products mainly created for the PC-market
.ir. Ad Herweijer, Delft University of Technology, Fac. of Applied Physics
Pattern Recognition Group, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, the Netherlands
Phone: +31 15 782408, FAX: +31 15 626740, E-mail: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 19:16:14 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: moving & copying files
I'm looking for and application that will move or copy files from one SCSI
device to another. I have a desk accsesory called Disk Tools. But it was
made so long ago (before system 7) that Elctronic Arts says that they've
disk continued it. I want an application that will do the same thing so i
can script it using Quickeys. I've tried File Buddy, but that won't work
because you can't copy/move files from a hard drive to a fileserver.
Please post any responses to Info-Mac.
Thanks!!
>From the University of Wisconsin - Home of the 1994 Rose Bowl Champions.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 09:06:06 -0500
From: Tom Wilson (Tom Wilson)
Subject: MS Word Template for LW Disk Labels?
Does anyone know if there is a MS Word template for LaserWriter Disk
Labels? I was about to create one, but it seems like there should be
something out there already.
Tom Wilson
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
Voice: 615-574-3927
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 12:41:23 +0200
From: [email protected] (Adam van Gaalen PA2AGA)
Subject: NET_Mac2.3.41.sea.hqx.text
The Netherlands, June 23, 1994.
Hello dear reader,
Today I distributed NET_Mac2.3.41.sea.hqx...
For those who don't know NET/Mac... NET/Mac is the application that
supports TCP/IP over packet-radio, which means, that hamradio operators
can use NET/Mac for their wireless TCP/IP network...
In this version of NET/Mac I implemented the following:
- Allow recording of finger-sessions to a file
- Mods to prompt for username and password (FTP)
- Truncate hostnames that are too long to be printed
- Fixes for AddResMenu() bug in System 7.5
- Password-protect 'remote reset' command
- Make sure NET/Mac doesn't leave a watchcursor on the screen
- Change double linespace to single space in TRACE-files
- Create new TRACE-files only when the traceflags are nonzero
This version obsoletes all versions of info-mac/comm/net/radio-netmac in
the Sumex-Aim archives.
The new NET/Mac has (hopefully) been uploaded to:
1) ucsd.edu, to the directory hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming.
If it's not there then look at hamradio/packet/tcpip/mac.
It may have also been uploaded to:
oak.oakland.edu, to the directory pub/hamradio/mac/digital
Kind regards,
Adam PA2AGA (e-mail: [email protected] )
( or: [email protected] for letters only, NO BIG files here)
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 11:57:34 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: newton battery charger (Q)
Beaming and serial port communication drain newton batteries fast.
So, being smart about batteries is important.
Consider the following idea. I vaguely remember reading this before
long ago in the digest. Suppose some nicad batteries (in series) in the
newton are stronger than others. They may discharge through and cause the
weaker ones to be charged in the opposite direction. I think this was
alleged to kill nicad batteries. Someone speculated it would cause
whiskers that I could zap with large currents (perhaps "improperly").
Someone confirms my memory. They mentioned that there are
problems with individual batteries not charging/discharging equally.
The renewal alkaline battery charger claims to give individual
attention with a special chip control to each battery. The series
connection inside the newton can not so claim individual attention to
nicad cells. I would hope that Apple would have the reserve set in the
cradle be charged with individual attention and the ones in series in the
newton not charged at all, but rather substituted for with AC's DC power.
Is this so?
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 11:05:53 -0500
From: [email protected] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: Persuasion Handouts
Hello fellow netters!
Do any of you Persuasion experts know how to set up handouts with 3-4
slides showing while allowing for text to be added, either underneath or
beside each slide for descriptive information??
Something like this:
--------------------------
| |
| | "This slide represents the alignment
| | of the flux capaciters during a
| | trans-warp coupling, blah, blah..."
| Slide |
| |
| |
| |
| |
--------------------------
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated! Post or mail directly. I will
summarize. Thanks!
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 11:55:09 +0000
From: [email protected] (Rob Hukin)
Subject: Powerbook 2400 modem [Q]
I recently bought a secondhand Powerbook 180 with an internal 2400 modem.
Unfortunately, although I have manuals for the Powerbook, I don't have any
info on the modem. Can someone tell me how to turn on MNP error correction
and are there any other useful modem commands I should know about?
------------------------------------
Robert Hukin
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology
University of Sussex
BRIGHTON BN1 9QG
U.K.
phone: +44 273 678639
email: [email protected]
------------------------------------
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 17:22:55 +0200
From: "Dr. Thomas Peitzmann at IKP Muenster"
Subject: problems keyboard and monitor settings (PowerMac)
We recently upgraded our three IIvi to PowerMac7100/66av. Good deal in
general!
However there are a few minor problems:
1) We run two of them with Apple High Res. Monitors from the AV-board - the one
with the "old" connector. The CPUs don't recognize the monitors immediately,
after starting up we have to use the reset button, and only after this restart
the monitor lights up. Is this normal? (It's a bit annoying.) This problem
occurs only at cold start, not when restarting the running machines. We've
tried resetting the PRAM, but no changes.
2) Similar problem with keyboard layout. We use a german system, but have US
keyboards. When starting up, the keyboard is set to german, we have to manually
switch to US. It remembers during restarts, but not shutdown and startup.
3) One CPU uses a miro2page 21" grayscale monitor. We had this running with the
IIvi from an Apple video card. We were told, that the PowerMac 7100/66av would
support this monitor directly. It doesn't - so far. We can use it again with
the video card, but that's not what we'd like to do.
Any idea?
Please send responses directly to:
[email protected]
Thanks, Thomas
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 15:08:22 GMT
From: [email protected] (J|rgen Bergstedt)
Subject: Programming MIDI applications in C
I`m about to try and make a MIDI application on a Mac. I am going to program
in C because thats what know best. However I am not sure how to access the
MIDI interface through the modem/printer ports. Is there anyone who can send
me some source code in C with examples on how this is done. Also source code
which shows how to program the Apple MIDI Manager. Please respond by email.
Thanks in advance
Jorgen
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 15:12:10 PDT
From: [email protected] (Wasiq Ul Hasan)
Subject: Q: How to obtain different headers in each page in Word 5.1a ??
I have a single question regarding Microsuck
Word 5.1a. I need to have a header on each
page, each containing different text.
Presently the way I set up the document makes
it so that whenever I change the header of one
page, the change is made in all the pages of the
documents. That is I can I customize each header
of each page? Thanks for any reply.
-.S. Varshney.
(Please email me if you have an answer, thanks!)
------------------------------
Date: 21 Jun 94 17:10:16 MST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Record Button extension [R]
According to Apple Tedch Support (which I reached after the
obligartory eternal wait), the Record Button is merely an
enabler for the Record Button on the adjustable keyboard.
The rest of us can chuck it into the trash.
George Halsell - [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 16:00:21 -0500
From: [email protected] (Rod McCormack)
Subject: Rodime Cobra Driver?
Since late 1989 I have been running a Rodime Cobra 210 internal hard drive
in my Mac IIci, and it has given me yeoman service, but I have experienced
little unexplained anomalies from time to time.
DiskCheck, the utility that came with DiskExpress II, has always reported
errors in the drive when no other check utility I have tried (including the
Cobra Driver Utility that came with it) finds anything wrong, and Disk
Express itself doesn't seem to like it (it frequently reports excessive
tries when attempting to verify random sectors). I followed the advice of
the aprocryphal doctor who, when told "It hurts when I do this, doc" said,
"Then don't do that." I stopped using Disk Express II.
To my knowledge, I have never lost any data on this drive, in spite of
heavy use, but there have been rare occasions, separated by many months
each, when I had to rebuild it to repair minor directory damage. I always
attributed that to my tendency occasionally to run it with 20K free on the
200MB drive.
The only formatting software I have for the drive is the Rodime Cobra
Driver Utility mentioned above. (I own Silver Lining, but La Cie advises me
not to use that on the Cobra, as they don't support it.) I updated the
Cobra driver several times, and am now using Version 1.1.4, the last I am
aware of. Around the time that version came out, System 7 hit the streets,
and Rodime went "toes up," (no connection, I presume).
I have been using System 7 since its version 7.0 came out, and did not
notice any change in the drive when I switched from System 6, but by the
time I became aware of Rodime's demise, it was too late to ask them whether
Version 1.1.4 of their Cobra driver was System 7 compatible, and I have
never been able to get the definitive answer to that question.
I would appreciate it if someone knowledgable (please don't guess) could
answer that question for me. I would also appreciate it if anyone aware of
a later vesion of the Cobra driver (no hacks, please) might E-mail it to me
or point me in the right direction to find it on the net. Finally, assuming
negative answers to both my questions (Version 1.1.4 of the Cobra driver
NOT system 7 compatible; no later version exists) it would be helpful to
know if anyone knows of a quality 3rd party driver that works in a
rock-solid manner with the Cobra drive under System 7.
Rod McCormack ([email protected])
Rolltop Resources
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 14:09 BST-1
From: Pindar Infotek Ltd
Subject: Safely reparing a Mac Plus
>From Pindar user Ian McCall
Subject: _Safely reparing a Mac Plus
Hello.
I've just been given an old Mac Plus with a faulty screen. The
problem is that the screen occasionally (well, fairly frequently)
flickers on and off.
Since the old trick of hitting it seems to make it work again, I
think there's probably a loose connection or dying component
somewhere - something easily fixed.
I'm not going to be spending any money on this, so I'll have to do it
myself. The only problem is I've heard that the capacitors on the
screen are pretty hefty, and that it's quite possible to kill
yourself messing around if you don't know what you're doing.
Since I'm not overly keen on comitting suicide right now, I was
wondering if anyone knows how long I have to leave a Plus before the
capacitance dies down. I don't want guesses - accurate information
only please.
If you don't hear any more posts from me, you know what's happened...
Cheers,
Ian
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 10:55:21 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: Script/VS or PostScript to WP(?)
Folks, I want to convert several hundred Script/VS files (IBM Mainframe,
VM/CMS) into a rather more useful format on a Mac. We at Virginia Tech
are supposed to wean ourselves of the mainframe, and this is one part of
the effort.
I don't suspect that anyone has written a converter from Script/VS to
anything else, but I thought I'd ask.
I'd have thought it rather more likely that there would be a conversion
>From a PostScript file to some WP format. Script can direct its output
to an ASCII PostScript file that I can send directly to my LaserWriter.
However, a week's worth of reading and snooping yielded nothing.
Ghostscript can read the file, but apparently only as a picture.
Do any of you know of anything that might be useful here? I purely don't
want to load the files into a WP program, edit out the Script control
commands and reformat manually. Boring!
Thank much
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 08:47:33 -0400
From: [email protected] (John (Jay) DeVivo)
Subject: Seeking DAT drive advise
I need advise as to who makes the best DAT drives and who I should stay
away from. Any help would be great. Please answer to my address
[email protected]. Thanks
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 15:27:32 -0400
From: [email protected] (Mike Craymer)
Subject: Simultaneous emailing and Usenet posting
When reading Usenet articles, I often wish to reply with both a posting to
the newsgroup and a direct email to the author. How can I do this in
Newswatcher? It seems to allow me to _either_ post or email, but not both
at once. Can I simply edit the header of the posting message by adding a
"To: " line? Also, how can I post to a Usenet newsgroup
via email (Eudora)?
Mike Craymer
Geodetic Survey of Canada
[email protected]
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Date: 21 Jun 94 17:16:48 MST
From: [email protected]
Subject: soft reboot on 660AV with adjustable keyboard [R]
I can't speak from personal experience with the adjustable
keyboard, but on my extended keybard, control-option-power
(uppper righthand corner) gives you a soft reboot.
Also, FYI,
Hang on, I just erred. The reboot combination is command-
CONTROL-power.
Now then. Also FYI, you can quit a single hung program (some-
times) with command-option-escape, which will give you a
dialog box asking if you wish to force quit the program in
question. If you say 'yes', and it is successful in quitting
the program, it is a good idea to restart anyway. The advantage
to restarting from the finder command rather than through the
command-control-power combination is that the finder restart
will close all open programs and files first, sort of tidying
things up - less chance of corruption that way.
george halsell - [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 08:12:35 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Rank
Subject: Streaking Screen on a PB 520
I just got a new PB 520 and have been using it for the
past few days. It is a great machine, but the passive
matrix screen on my machine tends to have lots of streaking
with open windows and icons on the desktop. It is not as
bad with gray-scale on and a light background pattern, but
it is still noticeable.
I was wondering if this is normal for the new PB 520's and
also what is the cause of it?
People can respond directly to [email protected].
Thanks in advance,
Mark Rank
Programer
Univ. Wisc. Platteville
Internet: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 11:53:26 +0100
From: [email protected] (ard jonker)
Subject: Subject: Avec Scanner SCSI probs...
Subject: Avec Scanner SCSI probs...
Perhaps you want to see on what internal address of SCSI the scanner is
set. Use HDTprober,scsiprobe or like apps to see were it sits. It would not
be the first device to have inverted bits on the jumper! (ie. 100 meaning
scsi address 3), and thus blocking other devices that are on address 3.
As an alternative to the limited version of Photoshop, you might want to
try NIH-Image as a host for the plug-in. It accepts Photoshop plug ins and
you can tell if the program is the problem or just the scanner.
NIH-Image ofcourse, is ftp-able from zippy.nimh.nih.gov.
Cheers, ard ([email protected])
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 23:42:48 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: SUITCAE 2.1.4 UPDATER
The suitcase 2.1.4 p1 updater can only update a Suitcase already updated with
2.
1.4. Is it possible to put the 2.1.4 updater back in the archive or ask someone
by Info-Mac to send it. I searched with Archie but all the mirrors are updated
and I didn't find it anywhere. Thanks
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 01:19:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Palazzo
Subject: Thanks to everyone.
Hi and thank you to the people who have written e-mail regarding
the sounds I uploaded recently (Coffee Tawk, Motivational Speaker, etc). It
was great to hear such a positive response. People seemed to love the SNL
clips and have been using them for various purposes.
Thanks to all who cleared up my spelling on "verklemmt," as in "I'm getting
verklemmt..." I wasn't even close.
As far as new clips go, I have lent the tapes to a friend, so new clips
will be a while in coming. Sorry. I'll see what I can do.
Oh, and by the way, I don't have access to an AV machine at the moment, so I
can't do QT movies (to answer someone's question), in addition to the
reason stated above.
Thanks again! Long live Macintosh!
-Edward Palazzo-
[email protected]
Macintosh Technical User Consultant
Jackson Labs
Tufts University
Medford, MA
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 10:17:29 +0100
From: Big Nose
Subject: Usenet feeds in the UK.
Please someone help me down off the roof.
I work at a Government-funded research institute in Scotland. We have
a variety of machines ranging from VAX and PRIME mainframes through a
number of DEC alpha UNIX workstations, some Power Macs, Quadras,
Centrises and even some DOS and Windows boxes (
) down to acouple of lowly pluses. However, the only way our site computer bods
know to get a newsfeed is to get an account on a remote UNIX machine
and to use rn. I would dearly love to be able to get Usenet to my
Quadra and use Nuntius or NewsWatcher. The question is (and this is
obviously addressed more to those in the UK community) 'How can I
get a feed for nothing?'.
The machine in question has MacTCP installed and a valid IP address
(subnetted off the VAX mainframe I believe). We run Turbogopher and
Fetch quite comfortably through this setup. I imagined that I could
get an account on the remote UNIX machine and then use the Mac as
a front end to that, but my reading of Adam Engst's book suggests
that the type of feed I need is different from a user account.
There must be someone out there in "ac.uk land" that has a similar
set up and is already happily reading Usenet. Perhaps you are reading
this message on it. Care to help?
Thanks in advance for any pointers to FAQs and advice,
Andy Law
( Lawa @ afrc.ac.uk Big Nose in Edinburgh )
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Date: 23 Jun 1994 09:13:15 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bela FARAGO - ILL - Grenoble)
Subject: video-card 17''
Hi,
I would like to hook up a new Apple 17'' screen to an fx and I need
a video card. According to our local dealer the Apple 8.24 card can only
handle it as a 16 inch screen (and it is not a cheap one neither). I do not
need the zillions of colors, but would like to have the 17 inch resolution
with 8 bit depth. Does anybody know about a (preferably) cheap video card?
If the price is reasonable I can give up on the highest resolution (832x624
instead of 1024x768) but still woud like to have the energy saver mode.
(Does this work with any card?)
In summary any experience-sharing is wellcome. Please email-directly to me
([email protected]). I can forward the answers to those who are interested.
thanks B.
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Bela Farago [email protected]
ILL - Grenoble tel:(33) 76.20.73.47
"Hi-Yo c'est l'echo" fax:(33)76.48.39.06.
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 11:22:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ryan Richard Ware
Subject: Voices
Hello Everybody,
Someone sent me mail saying I should rephrase my letter and since I
didn't get a response from anyone else...
I have seen people mention 'voices' for their Mac's on here. I never
saw any mentioned by name though. I have a Quadra 660AV and have the
PlainTalk voices Male, Male Compressed and Female Compressed. If anyone out
there knows of any other PlainTalk voices, and where I might find them, I
would be very appreciative if you droped me a note telling me where I might
find them.
Thanks In Advance,
Ryan
([email protected])
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 10:35:30 +0200
From: [email protected] (Frydman Rhoda)
Hello there Netters,
I am loking for an educational program on the Macintosh to learn and
improve my English.
Thanx, Rhoda
Rhoda Frydman [email protected]
BCD, Weizmann Institute Of Science work tel. 972-08-344315
Rehovot 76100, Israel fax: 972-8-344113
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