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Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V3 #28
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Date: Tue, 19-May-87 08:47:00 EDT
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Delphi Mac Digest Tuesday, May 19, 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 28
Today's Topics:
RE: Laser Prep 4.0 patch/Miniwriter
re: 3 Questions & 1 Flame
LISA Help (3 messages)
Shadowgate
more stack (2 messages)
IW spool files (2 messages)
Downloadable fonts, Altsys (4 messages)
Tiler bug for 4.1 users (3 messages)
Laser Spoolers (2 messages)
Kanji Printer Interface "Print Jack"
Excel 1.04
4.1 Menu Manager
HyperCharger 020 (9 messages)
RE: 68020 upgrades for SE
ADDISON WESLEY
Draw 30 and New System!
swapping SE floppy and hard disks
LISA-HELP? XL (2 messages)
Centram TOPS BBS
Excel 1.04: Yay! (2 messages)
Radius 68020 board (3 messages)
Mac II Trinitrons (2 messages)
Desktop bus mice (9 messages)
68020 upgrades for SE
File/Disk Bug Fixes: Copy II 6.5
re: MacSmalltalk 0.4
Toshiba 24 pin printer
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From: DDUNHAM
Subject: RE: Laser Prep 4.0 patch/Miniwriter (Re: Msg 19771)
Date: 12-MAY 04:08 User Supported Software
Oops, I didn't proofread; there isn't a space. Also, it helps to have a
POST TMPL in your copy of ResEdit. I believe I created mine by
duplicating the one for STR# and renaming it.
The correct PostScript should be
{}mark T /Helvetica /|______Helvetica 0 rf
10 fz 0 fs 2 F /|______Helvetica fnt
(and I think the {} is necessary; I got that by capturing PostScript
output with pretzel-F).
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From: DDUNHAM
Subject: re: 3 Questions & 1 Flame (Re: Msg 19773)
Date: 12-MAY 04:08 Network Digests
>From: UWACDC.BITNET
>Subject: 3 Questions & 1 Flame
I'm told LoDOWN's new address and phone is 10 Victor Square, Suite #200,
Scotts Valley, CA 95066, 408/95066.
Doesn't LsP have the nifty segmenting feature of LsC? It's never been a
problem (unless you write your code in huge files rather than splitting
it up into manageable pieces).
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From: FMBBS
Subject: LISA Help
Date: 12-MAY 18:07 Hardware & Peripherals
I have been given an original LISA with a 10 MEG HD in good condition
along with the LISA software. Before I try to unload it, can someone
help me and give me what information is available to convert it to a
"KIND OF MAC"? I realize that I will have to find a copy of MACWORKS
somewhere(any help?) but I also understand that there may be a KIT with
new ROMS and other hardware that can be purchased. Does anyone have any
knowledge in this area? Thanks in advance. Bill Taylor FMBBS
803-548-0900
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From: MACLAIRD
Subject: RE: LISA Help (Re: Msg 19828)
Date: 13-MAY 05:27 Hardware & Peripherals
The first advice is to look in any copy of Macazine. Their "Orphan
Support" column has been a regular feature. The NetWorkers ((415)
454-7607) used to advertise, but now we find their principals writing
the column! (a turnabout in some ways from the Macazine's contributor
Jerry Daniels, who openly confesses to writing the articles in order to
repay his advertising bill!)
Dafax, in New York, also advertising in the same magazine, is at (orders
and information (800-323-1751) (Technical & Customer Support
(718-746-8220) or in Pennsylvania call (215) 574-0357.
I have no connection with any of them. I would advise you to get a
memory board if you don't have a megabyte already. I have an extra
board (as do most of the folks who have a Lisa) but want a little more
than the guy across town who got one for $75.
There are other things you can get for the Lisa but in general, you
should find it a pretty solid piece of hardware. Don't worry about it
overheating, for example: it will shut itself off, first the video,
then the entire machine at 195 degrees F. This is _one_ of the reasons
Apple discontinued it - too much hardware for the money - also too
little customers for the hardware...
Hmm. I think I'll give them a call this morning, burn a little plastic
or something.
Laird
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From: MACLAIRD
Subject: RE: LISA Help (Re: Msg 19851)
Date: 13-MAY 21:10 Hardware & Peripherals
**Hot Flash **
(Gee, I must be getting old. Not that old?!)
I spoke with both Dafax and the NetWorkers today. These companies are
selling products for the Lisa and Macintosh XL. The big news is, the
sales manager at the NetWorkers says, MacWorks 4.0 is out! Apparently a
large company with a large number of Lisas did some heavy leaning, so
Apple allocated the time to implement HFS. They will use third parties
to market it, probably for reasons political. I would imagine certain
decision-makers there have not yet been reminded by their subordinates
that they have egg on their collective faces.
The level of software is apparently up to "Hard Disk 20", which means
HFS is in but the other 128K ROM traps are not. When I get the
software, I will have more info.
Not too much else, unless you absolutely need a 20Meg internal drive to
replace the parallel port in your Lisa (2/10 or 2/5). What the Lisa
needs is: 1) an accellerator card; 2) a sound card so Macintosh software
won't bomb.
On the other hand, what _I_ need is a Macintosh II. I got my $1500,
J.S., want to make a trade?
Laird
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From: MACBLACK
Subject: Shadowgate
Date: 12-MAY 19:11 Games and Entertainment
Well guys, it is out, and it is good. If you aren't aware, Shadowgate is
the next graphic adventure from Mindscape. Go to your store and BUY!
BUY! BUY! Alex
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From: JOSEF
Subject: more stack
Date: 10-MAY 21:07 Programming Techniques
Does anyone know a good trick for temporarily allocating more stack
space if it's available (to do a large CopyBits, for instance). I don't
want to modify the application heap limit since this would permanently
remove a large block of memory from heap space.
Joe
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From: PEABO
Subject: RE: more stack (Re: Msg 1592)
Date: 11-MAY 01:32 Programming Techniques
You may not be able to. MoveHHi propoagates things to the top of the
heap that subsequently get locked. Once that happens you are out of
luck.
peter
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From: MER
Subject: IW spool files
Date: 11-MAY 21:27 Programming Techniques
Does anyone know the format of Imagewriter spool files? I need to be
able to turn them into bit maps? Has it ever been documented?
Help!!!!!
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From: PEABO
Subject: RE: IW spool files (Re: Msg 1595)
Date: 11-MAY 21:42 Programming Techniques
Spool files are QuickDraw PICTs, more or less. You could hack around
with the Tech Note that describes QD format (but not for implementation,
as the data structure is guaranteed to change without notice!). You
could also use Glue to convert the spooled output into a more manageable
form.
Look in the printing manager documentation for more information.
peter
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From: DDUNHAM
Subject: Downloadable fonts, Altsys
Date: 12-MAY 21:31 Bugs & Features
It turned out my problem with Laser Prep 4.0 and one downloadable font
was cured by regenerating the bitmap for the font; apparently the FOND
was invalid.
Doing the regeneration was a bit of a problem, however. All of Altsys's
font programs are written in Megamax C, and there's apparently a bug in
Megamax where it uses low memory globals. System 4.1 also uses these
globals, so I could only run Fontographer on a System 3.2 machine.
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From: PEABO
Subject: RE: Downloadable fonts, Altsys (Re: Msg 19833)
Date: 13-MAY 00:34 Bugs & Features
Have you tried patching Fontographer to use a different area of memory?
peter
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From: DWB
Subject: RE: Downloadable fonts, Altsys (Re: Msg 19839)
Date: 13-MAY 03:24 Bugs & Features
David,
As reported elsewhere's (also by me) programs written using Megamax can
be fixed to run with System 4.1 by changing two references to BasicGlobs
($2b6) to refer to ApplScratch ($a78) It would probably be a good idea
to make sure that the program doesn't already user ApplScratch. The
only program I've actually tried this with, and guaranteed that, in that
case at least, it works is UW.
David
BTW, BasicGlobs was the >lastFrom: [email protected] (Joel West)
>Subject: MacSmalltalk 0.4
Does the new Smalltalk support different sized screens (specifically my
Radius FPD)?
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From: MUSEUM
Subject: Toshiba 24 pin printer
Date: 18-MAY 11:19 Hardware & Peripherals
Has anyone used the Toshiba 24 pin dot matrix printer with the Mac? I
just got one, and need to either find or write a driver. I'd appreciate
any comments on the printer's performance and Imagewriter/ laserwriter
compatibility, as well.
-mb
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