INFO-MAC Digest V3 #35

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INFO-MAC Digest Saturday, 24 Aug 1985 Volume 3 : Issue 35

Today's Topics:
Macintosh Pinouts
LaserWriter Problem
Shareware Assembler
FreeTerm V1.6
MenuEditor
PurgeIcons
Trans2 (Application to application transfer)
UFinder (micro Finder)
LAZlife
MacBreeze fan
Screen dumps, a query
Re: Smalltalk on the LISA
Comment on the purposed standard
CD Rom, a query
Database Systems, a query
Unix nroff/troff and Laserwriter
MacWrite to QMS LaserGrafix, a query
Re: Users' Groups
Mac User Groups (LONG--8K)


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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 11:50:39 pdt
From: Larry Rosenstein
Subject: Macintosh Pinouts

Enclosed is a Macintosh Technical note (in the form of a MacWrite 4.5 document)
that describes the pinouts for all the Macintosh ports as well as many
peripherals.

Larry Rosenstein

[This document is archived in [SUMEX]PINOUT-DOC.HQX. --RMA]

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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 15:11 EST
From: Dave Elbon
Subject: LaserWriter Problem

Every LaserWriter that I have tried (I've tried 6) prints lines too long in the
horizontal direction (in portrait orientation). If I try to draw a 6-inch
horizontal line it prints as about 6 1/8; vertical lines print correctly.
Several Mac programs did this, so I sent the printer the PostScript code myself
and it still did it. Any ideas?

Acknowledge-To: Dave Elbon

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Date: Fri 16 Aug 85 00:52:40-PDT
From: Jean-Luc Brouillet
Subject: Shareware Assembler

The following files contain a shareware assembler for the Mac, the
corresponding linker, complete documentation, and a sample output.

This assembler does not produce output compatible with the MDS package. One
nice feature tough, is that you can define your resources directly in your
assembly file!

The example is a program that list a file to the printer. Only the output
listing is included (and has been edited to remove most of the page headers).

Jean-Luc Brouillet

[The following files have been added to [SUMEX]: McAsm.HQX, the
assembler proper; McAsmDoc.HQX, the documentation in MacWrite format; and
McLister.HQX, the example program. I would like to thank Jean-Luc publicly for
his perseverance in posting these, in spite of technical difficulties. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:24:52 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf
Subject: FreeTerm V1.6

The following program is FreeTerm V1.6 downloaded from Compuserve. It is
copyrighted by the author, but with permission for personal use by anyone.
This communications program has XMODEM file transfer capability with the
additional capability of transferring MacBinary format files. When it receives
a MacBinary format file, it dehexifies it "on the fly" so that when the
download is completed you have a standard Macintosh file. This saves you from
the hassle (and disk space) of having to deal with a hex file yourself.

Dehexify this program using BinHex.Hex, which is available on the Info-Mac
database at SUMEX-AIM.

Enjoy,

Gary P. Standorf

[This program is archived as [SUMEX]UTILITY-FREETERM.HCX. It can be
converted with any version of BinHex from 2.1 or after. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:31:03 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf
Subject: MenuEditor

The following program is a menu editor downloaded from Compuserve. It allows
you to add menus to an application and add command keys to individual menu
items.

Dehexify this program with BinHex.Hex.

Gary P. Standorf


[This program can be found in [SUMEX]UTILITY-MENU-EDITOR.HCX. Use
any version of BinHex from 2.1 on to convert it. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:34:45 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf
Subject: PurgeIcons

The following program purges unused icons from a disk in order to reclaim the
disk space occupied by them.

Dehexify with BinHex.Hex.

Gary P. Standorf


[This program is archived in [SUMEX]UTILITY-PURGEICONS.HCX. Any
version of BinHex from 2.1 on will convert it. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:38:28 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf
Subject: Trans2 (Application to application transfer)

The following program is a desk accessory downloaded from Compuserve which
transfers directly from an application to another application on any disk
without the intermediate step of going through the Finder.

Dehexify it using BinHex.Hex.

Gary P. Standorf


[This desk accessory is filed as [SUMEX]DA-TRANS2.HCX. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:42:08 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf
Subject: UFinder (micro Finder)

The following program, downloaded from Compuserve, transfers to an application
without going through the Finder. If the program is loaded on the same disk as
the Finder, the application will return to the UFinder rather than the Finder
upon termination. It saves some time.

Dehexify with BinHex.Hex.

Gary P. Standorf


[This program is archived as [SUMEX]UTILITY-MICROFINDER.HCX. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 10:57 PST
From: Dave Platt
Subject: LAZlife

Here's the .HQX file for the LAZlife game that Craig MacFarlane mentioned.

Status: Shareware. "Please pass the program along to your friends. If you
like it, please send a few bucks to Larry Hutchinson, 6950 SW Juniper Terr,
Beaverton OR 97005. Please include any suggestions for improvements (cut,copy&
paste are planned)."

Sounds friendly enough (i.e., no "You must pay $n within m days or erase all
traces of this program from your disks" as is found in Red Ryder & some other
shareware stuff). Anyhow, I'll leave it up to you to decide whether the
potential hassle exceeds the INFO-Mac thresholds. I've posted a copy directly
to Craig MacFarlane, so his request (at least) has been satisfied; I don't know
how many other people would be interested in getting this. If you decide not
to post this, and get a few (DEMO-LAZLIFE.HQX.

Honesty compels me to state that this posting is a combination of two messages
from Mr. Platt. The first contained the first sentence and the text of the
program; the second is the remainder and came as a response to my question
about the status of LAZlife. --RMA]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 15:57:32 EDT
From: Leigh L. Klotz
Subject: MacBreeze fan

I just bought a MacBreeze fan at the MacWorld show in Boston for $39. It seems
to be about like the Dragonfly fan mentioned in info-mac earlier. We called
Dragonfly on the phone but they didn't answer, so I bought one of these.

It clips on two two diodes and mounts on the inner side of the floppy disk
case. You plunk down two velcro strips and use two more as intermediates to
connect to the fan, which has velcro strips already attached. I was confused
for a while because the illustration in the instructions shows one of the
strips being connected in an impossible configuration, but it worked out when I
folded it once.

It's very quiet. If you put your ear on the cooling vents you can hear a 60hz
hum, which could easily be mistaken for a transformer.

Unfortunately, the manufacturer, Levco, didn't put their address or phone
number on the information sheet, so you'll have to find them yourself. They
sell some flavor of memory upgrade, so presumably they're already known for
that.

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 15:56:58 pdt
From: lll-bio![email protected]
Subject: Screen dumps, a query

Recently, I have been trying to produce a screen dump onto a Macintosh printer
from within a C program using an Aztec C compiler (Vers. 1.06F). I have been
experimenting with the following commands unsuccessfully:

PrOpen();
PrCtlCall(iPrEvtCtl, iPrEvtAll, 0, 0);
PrClose();

I have the Imagewriter resource in my directory, but I have been unable to open
the resource using OpenResFile(filename). Is there anyone who knows how to
produce a screen dump from within a C program? If so, I would like to find out
how. Also, is there an easy way to determine the resource ID of a resource?
Thank you for your help.

David Lim/Tom Slezak
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
slezak@lll-crg
...ucbvax!lbl-csam!lll-crg!slezak

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From: [email protected] (Marty)
Date: 21 Aug 1985 1902-PDT (Wednesday)
Subject: Re: Smalltalk on the LISA

Kevin Crowston (kevin@harvard) pointed me in the right direction R. E.
Smalltalk for the MacLump.

It seems that one needs to get an orderform from Apple via a phone call to
Ilene Crombie (spelling?) at (408) 973-2940, who provides an order form by U.S.
Mail.

The software is then available from:

RSI
520 Weddell Drive, Suite 8
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 747-1288

So as soon as I get my order forms, I'm going to get the system.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Marty

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Date: 09 Aug 85 08:30 EST
From: CML5A9%[email protected]
Subject: Comment on the purposed standard

My first comment on the purposed standard is that while the assignment of many
of the keys is very good for text-editing type programs, or those that make use
of multiple type styles; however, for a editing program such as Edit (used by
most development systems) I would prefer that many of the programs use O, S, W,
N, P for Open, Save, Close, New, and Print in that order. Most of the others
are okay the way they are, but I think that OUTLINE in particular isn't (or
shouldnt) be used often enough to warrent it taking up a command key.

**FLAME ON**
While we are talking about command keys, I would like to make a comment to
developers of programs. Command key support is supposed to take place ENTIRELY
in your event loop. Many programs seem to be doing some internal checking
(MacPaint is a culprit her) that they shouldn't be doing. Command key
equivalents should be pulled ENTIRELY from the menu resources. This means that
if you don't like the chosen arrangment of the keys (or command key just aren't
there) you can change them. So don't code them in your program, that's what
resources are FOR!!!! **FLAME OFF**
- Tom Dowdy
"If it jams, force it, if it breaks, it needed fixing anyway."

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Date: 22 Aug 85 09:10:11 PDT (Thursday)
From: [email protected]
Subject: CD Rom, a query

Are there CD ROM's available for the Mac now? Or will there be some soon? Who
is (will be) making them? If someone has names of people to talk to and
addresses that would be appreciated.

Henry III

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Date: Thu 22 Aug 85 14:52:38-PDT
From: Marvin Zauderer
Subject: Database Systems, a query

I'm interested in finding a fast, robust, and reliable Mac database system.
Ideally, it would run under XL/Serve, and would be able to manage a large
amount (say 5-10MB) of information. It should also have the necessary
searching and sorting features. Also, there should be a facility for storing
code. For example, one might copy some Mac C code onto a Clipboard, move the
Clipboard File to the database's disk, and then paste the code into the
database. The ability to import MacPaint pictures is also desirable.

Any recommendations?

-- Marvin Zauderer
(Zauderer@SU-SUSHI)

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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 13:17:39 PDT
From: wensley%ucbdegas@Berkeley (Paul Robert Wensley)
Subject: Unix nroff/troff and Laserwriter

This has probably been asked/answered before, but I was wondering if there was
some software that would allow Unix nroff/troff documents to be printed on a
LaserWriter. It could either convert the nroff files to some Apple compatable
file (MacWrite etc.) or else directly generate the correct output for printing
on the LaserWriter (PostScript?).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Paul Wensley
ucbvax!ucbdegas!wensley

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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 15:33 CDT
From: Stewart_French
Subject: MacWrite to QMS LaserGrafix, a query

Anybody have a MacWrite to QMS LaserGrafix utility for VMS or UNIX? I could
sure use one!

-Stewart French
french%ti-eg@csnet-relay

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Date: 9 Aug 85 04:32:44 EDT
From: Edward.Tecot@CMU-CS-K
Subject: Re: Users' Groups

CMU-MUG's mailing address is now:
Carnegie-Mellon Macintosh Users' Group
Carnegie-Mellon University, Skibo 103
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

_emt

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 18:02:30 EDT
From: MacTechnics_User_Group%[email protected]
Subject: Mac User Groups (LONG--8K)

Hello Everyone! Here is the latest update on Mac User groups around the USA.
If your group is not on the list, then send me a message! INFO-MAC Volume 3
issue 31 has the list previous to this one.

Keep those messages coming....Monte Fowler MacTechnics in Ann Arbor

MacTechnics%[email protected]

PS It would be best to send them in the form

1) Usergroup name
2) Address
3) Contact person(s)
4) any important info on the group (newsletters, dues, #members, Special
Interest Groups [SIGS])

********************************************
1) PMUG - Princeton Apple Users' Group

2) Phillip Thompson (President)
C-430, E-Quad
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 452-6297 (office)
- or -
Tom Mackie (Newsletter Editor)
10 Bayard Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-7561 (home)

3) Dues $5 a year.
The group currently has about 75 paid members, although this will
increase significantly in the Fall (Princeton has no Summer session).
Services include a monthly newsletter, 3 meetings a month (one major
meeting on main campus and two luncheon meetings at Plasma Physics),
PDS software @ $4 a disk, and a local BBS (which currently is not
accessible off-campus). Princeton hosted a MacFair in May that drew
about 400 attendees, and will have another in early October which
will probably double that figure.

Subject: List of Mac clubs
To: MacTechnics User Group
From: Dave-Platt%[email protected]

I found this list on the Firesign Theatre bulletin-board system.
I'm not sure how up-to-date it is (a list of Mac bulletin boards found
in the same place had at least one number that has been disconnected).

---------------------------------------------------

Here is a list of Macintosh clubs compiled by

Christopher Allen (P.O. Box 10262, Jacksonville, FL 32247; (904)
396-6952; CompuServe 76703,472; MCI MAIL: DOTP). This information
originally appeared on CompuServe and is listed here with his permission.
I'm sure he would appreciate hearing from you if you have updated
information or if you have contacted any of the unconfirmed user groups
or bulletin boards.

N --Gregg Williams

CONFIRMED MACINTOSH USER GROUPS

( Confirmed means that Mr. Allen has actually received something from
this user group, or has spoken on the phone with an officer of the group.

Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey
Macintosh Users Group (ACG-NJ MUG)
698 Magnolia Rd.
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Keith Sproul, Co-ordinator
(201) 821-4828

Assoc. of Apple 32 Users
P.O. Box 634
Santa Clara, CA 95052
Allen Clara, President
Newsletter: ICON (Syd Hymes -- Editor)


Boston Computer Society
Macintosh Users Group
1 Center Plaza,
Boston, MA 02108
Jack Hodgson, Director
(617) 367-8080

Robert Hafer, P.D. Software
CompuServe 73775,253
(617) 227-5528
Newsletter: Mac User Group Newsletter

Capital Macintosh User Group
9431 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
George Perantonakis, President
CompuServe 70321,103
(301) 585-4262
Newsletter: MacUSA Hotline

Catawba Valley Lisa/Mac User Group
Rt. 1 Box 540-191AB
Conover, NC 28613
Steve Baker, President
CompuServe 72356,645
704-256-7035

Club Mac
735 Walnut St.
Boulder, CO 80302
Stephen K. Elliot, President
CompuServe 74166,1702
(303) 449-5533
Newsletter: The Club Mac News

Club Mac MidWest
(Not Affiliated w/ Colorado Club Mac)
609 Hopkins Rd.
Des Moines, IA 50322
William Davis Jr., President
CompuServe 71505,410
(515) 276-2345 or 9046

Club Mac of M.O. (sic)
111 Atherton Drive
Metairie, LA 70005
Simon L. Streiffer, President
(504) 831-8275

Conejo Valley
Macintosh Users Group
Suite Mac
3637 Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Paul McQuillan, President
CompuServe 71675,1503
(818) 883-7400
Newsletter: FatBits

The DUsers
The Macintosh Users Group
at Drexel University
21 Saddle Lane
Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002
Steve Weintraut, Vice President
(609) 667-3131

East Bay Macintosh Group
1515 Sloat Blvd., Suite 2
San Fransisco, CA 94132
Stan Guidero, President
(415) 566-2342

El Paso Mac User Group
5534 Ketchikan
El Paso, TX 79924
Donald Smith, Secretary
(915) 751-3508
Newsletter: The El Paso Mac Times

Fortune Corp. Mac Users
2325 Collins Rd.
Pittsburg, PA 15235
Bob Wilde, Co-ordinator
(412) 963-1424
Tom Neudecker
(412) 624-1902

Fayetteville Macintosh User Group
1551 N. Leverett #47
Fayetteville, AK 72701
Clifford Goeke, President
(501) 442-7040

Los Angeles Macintosh Group
12021 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 405
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Eric Anderson, President
(213) 392-5697

MacExplorers - Phoenix
c/o APSCO
P.O. Box 21666, M/S 6079
Phoenix, AZ 85036
Steve LeClair, President
(602) 932-5300

The Macintosh Users Group
2040 Polk St., Suite 340
San Fransisco, CA 94109
Betsy Radford, President
(415) 441-8648

Miami Apple User Group
Macintosh SIG
3250 Mary St., Suite 305
Miami, FL 33133
Stanley Kuperstein, Co-ordinator
CompuServe 71445,1170
(305) 448-4411

Micronet Apple Users Group (MAUG)
CompuServe Page PCS-17
Neil Shapiro, Sysop
CompuServe 76703,401
Dennis Brothers, AltSysop
CompuServe 70065,172

New York Mac Users Group
P.O. Box 6686
Yorkville Stn.
New York, NY 10128
Cheryl Sandler
Steve Doochin, Co-Presidents
(212) 535-1943
Steve SIimpson, Librarian
CompuServe 74146,2256
Newsletter: Mac Street Journal

North Florida Macintosh User Group
P.O. Box 10262
Jacksonville, FL 32247
Christopher Allen, President
CompuServe 76703,472
(904) 396-6953

Ottawa Mac Users Group
32 Alder Cresent
Ottawa, Ontario K1B-4X6
Ted & Susan Roseman, Co-ordinators
(613) 824-4888

Penisula Lisa Users Group
c/o Computer Connection
214 California St.
San Fransisco, CA 94111
Joan Dickey, Acting President
Lewis Guice, Consultant
(415) 781-0200

SIG Mac
Washington Apple Pi, Ltd.
8227 Woodmont Ave., Suite 201
Bethesda, MD 20814
Thomas Warrick, Chairman
(301) 654-8060

San Diego Mac Users Group
P.O. Box 12561
La Jolla, CA 92037
Charlie Jackson, President
(619) 566-3939
Newsletter: San Diego Mac News

Santa Barbara User Group
c/o Computer Terminal
90 W. Highway 246
Buellton, CA 93427
Andrew Bang, Co-ordinator
(805) 688-1713

Team Mac
Box 203
Yankton, SD 57078
Roger Deitrich, President
CompuServe 70371,306
(605) 665-8402

The University MacUser Group
Box 320, The Texas Union
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 7338
Austin, TX 78713
John Glanville, President
(512) 472-0226

MacDIG
Macintosh Development Interest Group
Rm. 3116 Merrill Engin. Bldg.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Joe Buchanan, Co-ordinator
(801) 581-8814

UNCONFIRMED GROUPS

National Apple Pi
Macintosh User Group
Wayland Square
P.O. Box 219
Providence, RI 02906

Carnegie-Mellon Macintosh User Group
Box 661, 515 Margaret Morrison St.
Pittsburg, PA 17213
Ed Tecot or Scott McPherson
(412) 578-4097

Los Angeles Club Mac
(213) 392-5697

New York/New Jersey MUG
50 River Drive
Marlboro, NJ 07746
Louis Aversano
(201) 536-8360


Eugene Mac/Lisa User's Group
1050 Ferry St. #606A
Eugene, OR 97401
Richard Wanderman
(503) 345-2393

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