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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 07:32:43 PDT
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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 8 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 87

Today's Topics:

[*] Address Master Pro
[*] Alias Daemon 1.0
[*] Amy Tan Joy Luck MIDI file
[*] Coleco7.5.3 Startup
[*] Dance HyperTextBook 4
[*] Erik's WindowsDEF v1.2
[*] Film, TV, & Radio HTB 4
[*] Games, Hobbies, & Leisure HTB 4
[*] GifBuilder 0.3.1
[*] Language HTB 4
[*] Legends & Folklore HTB 4
[*] Musical Instruments HTB 4
[*] personne105.cpt.hqx
[*] Shakespeare Stack: Hamlet
[*] Sleep Now 1.0.0
[*] Tronish 1.3.3
[*] VideoIN 1.0.2 - Now supports a preferences file
(A) Home Automation Software
(A)PB520 and sys update - also (Q)PowerPC upgrade?
(C): Color of Word's Paragraph Marks (Info-Mac v14#56)
(no subject)
(Q) PPP on duo 210?
7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments? (3 msgs)
7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments? (OT throughput)
7.5.3 DiskTools disk
? Even/Odd Page Printing FRom Adobe Acrobat ?
[A] (again) sound input problems--please help (2 msgs)
[A] Audio Source Control Strip module
[A] Chip Merchant
[A] Finding out if Mac's been started
[A] Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
[A] Zapping PRAM zapped my StartupScreen
[A] Zapping PRAM zapped my StartupScreen too!
[Q]7.5 Update 2
[Q] Eudora MacWin3.1
[Q] Powerbook 145
[Q] Sound control panel settings
[Saving in Easy View]
Anyone have experience with "LaserMerge Electronic Paper 2.0"?
ArtMedia 14" monitor+PB 520c = Jaundice!
A Virtual Serial Port
Calendar/Personal Organizer Software
Cross Platform Disk-spanning Compression?
drive setup doesn't need to update driver! FWB HDT drives mount with
trick (A)
drive setup won't merely update driver, must initialize (Q)
earthlink.net
Extension order loading (2 msgs)
Help - Quadra-700 boots only with System 7.1 Tools disk!
HP XL300 Printer
Info-Mac Digest V14 #83 (2 msgs)
Java and 680x0 Macs
Language for learning? [A]
Mac SE and USR 28.8K modem
Mail handler
Memory Leak
Morphing images
OCE-Schlumberger 5232 Inksheet ?
Old Mac and System 7
Open Transport for 6300CD
OT trouble on a Q800
Phone alert
Posts in other languages
Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
PowerMac 7100 and built-in video
PowerPC updrades for PB 500, anyone?
Problem with Battery
Q: Printer Output problem
VM eating my hard drive

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:30:52 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Address Master Pro

Address Master Pro is an ultra-compact and easy-to-use address book/personal
database with a rich set of features -- user-definable data fields, numerous
sort procedures, easy label making with automatic Postnet bar codes, index
card printing, mini address book printing, file merge capabilities, text file
exportation and more. With a small desktop footprint and intuitive interface,
Address Master Pro is the ultimate simple-solution to information management
on the Mac.

Shareware: $20.00 registration fee includes a registered copy of Address
Master Pro, The Debtinator 1.1 (easy-to-use credit card payoff software-not
available anywhere else! ), Wall Calendar 3.3 and a special surprise gift!

[Archived as /info-mac/data/address-master-pro-15.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:26 -0800
From: (David Gillies)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Alias Daemon 1.0

This is a BinHexed file of a Stuffit archive of Alias
Daemon 1.1. Alias Daemon does some clever behind the scenes
trickery to allow you to create an alias in a location other
than the folder containing the original item. It runs as a
combination INIT and background-only application (appe).

To use Alias Daemon, pop it in your extension folder and
restart. Hold down the option key and choose 'Make Alias'
>From the Finder's file menu. Read the online help for more
information. Its operation should be fairly self-explanatory.

It *requires* System 7.5 or above and the Finder Scripting
Extension. It is written in 68000 code. Memory requirements
are modest - about 50K of System heap.

This program is copyright (c) David Gillies 1995-1996. All
rights reserved.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/alias-daemon-10.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:42 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Amy Tan Joy Luck MIDI file

This is a tune I composed a couple years ago; inspired by Amy Tan's book the
Joy Luck Club being turned into a movie, it is an attempt to capture the
sense of merging of cultures. I cleaned the original muddy MIDI file with
MIDIgrapher and it now sounds good enough for public consumption. (try it in
QT Musical Instruments or with Miracle keyboard instrument options).

-Allan Hunter



[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/joy-luck-qt-midi.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:45 -0800
From: (Doug Bancroft)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Coleco7.5.3 Startup

I made this StartupScreen for System 7.5.3 using the ColEm ColecoVision
Emulator for the Mac. Check it out at ftp://ftp.komkon.com/pub/Coleco. Just
drop the enclosed StartupScreen into the System Folder and restart. Enjoy!
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/coleco-753-startup-screen.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:48 -0800
From: (Jeff Iverson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Dance HyperTextBook 4

Shareware: $19.00 Requires HyperCard 2.0 or HyperCard Player. Macintosh Only.

The Dance HyperTextBook is an interactive encyclopedic reference stack
containing information about dance styles from around the world,
choreographers, and notable dancers.

Jeff Iverson, Iverson Software Co.
http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/dance-4-hc.hqx; 196K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:30:00 -0800
From: (Erik Wrenholt,)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Erik's WindowsDEF v1.2

(C) 1994-1996 Erik Wrenholt
Shareware: $7.00

Erik's WindowsDEF is a Control Panel that changes the appearance of
your windows to windows that are like Microsoft's Windows 3.1.

[email protected]
For other programs by me, visit my website:
http://www.nordicsoftware.com/erik/

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eriks-windows-def-12.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:52 -0800
From: (Jeff Iverson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Film, TV, & Radio HTB 4

Shareware: $19.00 Requires HyperCard 2.0 or HyperCard Player. Macintosh Only.

The Film, TV, & Radio HyperTextBook is an interactive encyclopedic
reference stack containing information about motion pictures, television
and radio broadcasting, and notable personalities, contemporary and
legendary, as well as industry related organizations.

Jeff Iverson, Iverson Software Co.
http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/film-tv-and-radio-4-hc.hqx; 424K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:55 -0800
From: (Jeff Iverson,)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Games, Hobbies, & Leisure HTB 4

Shareware: $19.00 Requires HyperCard 2.0 or HyperCard Player. Macintosh Only.

The Games, Hobbies, & Leisure HyperTextBook is an interactive encyclopedic
reference stack containing information about games people play, hobbies,
and leisure activities.

Jeff Iverson, Iverson Software Co.
http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/games-hobbies-leisure-4-hc.hqx; 213K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:30:20 -0800
From: (Yves Piguet)[email protected]
Subject: [*] GifBuilder 0.3.1

GifBuilder 0.3.1 is a utility to create animated GIF files, which quickly
become a popular way to include short movies in Web pages. Its input is
an existing animated GIF, a bunch of PICT, GIF and/or TIFF files, or a
QuickTime movie, and its output is a GIF89a file with multiple images.
Options include color palette, pixel depth, interlacing, transparency,
interframe delay, disposal method, frame offset, looping and dithering.
Animations can be previewed. Comprehensive scripting support. Fat binary.

Main changes since 0.3: saving bug fix on Macs 68k, color palette saving,
one more cross-platform color palette, minor user interface improvments
and bug fixes.

GifBuilder 0.3.1 is freeware (see the readme file for the details).
----------------------------------------------------------
Yves Piguet
W3: http://iawww.epfl.ch/Staff/Yves.Piguet/Yves.Piguet.html

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gif-builder-031.hqx; 155K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:32:03 -0800
From: (Jeff Iverson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Language HTB 4

Shareware: $19.00 Requires HyperCard 2.0 or HyperCard Player. Macintosh Only.

The Language HyperTextBook is an interactive encyclopedic reference stack
containing information about major language groups, notable linguists, the
English alphabet, and the different parts of speech.

Jeff Iverson, Iverson Software Co.
http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/language-4-hc.hqx; 381K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:32:07 -0800
From: (Jeff Iverson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Legends & Folklore HTB 4

Shareware: $19.00 Requires HyperCard 2.0 or HyperCard Player. Macintosh Only.

The Legends & Folklore HyperTextBook is an interactive encyclopedic
reference stack containing information about legends and folklore from
around the world, including information about people (like Santa Claus),
places (like El Dorado), and things (like werewolves).

Jeff Iverson, Iverson Software Co.
http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/legends-and-folklore-4-hc.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:32:10 -0800
From: (Jeff Iverson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Musical Instruments HTB 4

Shareware: $19.00 Requires HyperCard 2.0 or HyperCard Player. Macintosh Only.

The Musical Instruments HyperTextBook is an interactive encyclopedic
reference stack containing information about musical instruments from
around the world as well as important people in the field.

Jeff Iverson, Iverson Software Co.
http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/musical-instruments-4-hc.hqx; 137K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:32:13 -0800
From: (Carl Backstrom)[email protected]
Subject: [*] personne105.cpt.hqx

The 'final' version of this free stack from Nisseb softwares. Tell it your
date of birth, and you get some facts about average weight, day of birth,
sign and a list of about 6 world celebraties born on the same day as you!
Swedish user gets a more detailed report (including sex and place of
birth). This update fixes all the international systems bugs in earlier
versions. Freeware, requires HyperCard 2.x.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/personne-105-hc.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:31:57 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Shakespeare Stack: Hamlet

Appended below is "Hamlet" (a play that some of you may have heard of
... arguably the greatest work of literature in the English language
by William Shakespeare --- the final release in the Shakespeare
Stack Project which began in March 1992 --- a Hypercard 2.x stack,
free software under the GNU GPL, a self-extracting compact'd archive,
formatted and edited and proofread by me, with a linked glossary for
the convenience of students and scholars.

If somebody wants me to do so, I'll try to consolidate the separate
files into a single-stack 6 MB collection, and merge their glossaries.
(I probably can't try this until summertime.) Meanwhile, the full
archive is still available via

http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~zimm/shakespeare.html
or anonymous ftp at "ftp.alumni.caltech.edu" under "/pub/zimm".

Best, ^z (Mark Zimmermann)

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/hamlet.hqx; 160K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:29:53 -0800
From: (Geoffrey Keating)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Sleep Now 1.0.0

This incredibly simple Control Strip module activates your screen saver
when you click on it. It works with many screen savers, including After
Dark, DarkSide, Sleeper, and Basic Black. Sleep Now is public domain; do
whatever you like with it. Source is included.
---
Geoffrey Keating ([email protected])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-strip-sleep-now-100.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:30:32 -0800
From: (Sam Easterby-Smith)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Tronish 1.3.3

Tronish 1.3.3 is a wonderfully crafted game of skill, tension, and nervous
breakdowns. It involves the same kind of concepts as all tron games, with
the exception that it has bloobly backgrounds and far too many options.

You guide your little coloured line around the screen (in strieght lines)
and try not to crash into other things. The game can be played with either
one or two players and works on anything with an 020 or better processor
(as far as I know).

More wonder enhancements in the pipeline!

FISHIE SOFTWARE and Sam Easterby-Smith

www - http://cent1.lancs.ac.uk/~mta001/
email - [email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/tronish-133.hqx; 319K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 05:30:12 -0800
From: (Marcelo A. Paredes C.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] VideoIN 1.0.2 - Now supports a preferences file

VideoIN 1.0.2 now supports a Preferences File.

Regards,
Marcelo Paredes

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/video-in-102.hqx; 349K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 09:45:56 -0400
From: [email protected] (David George)
Subject: (A) Home Automation Software

Hi Folks,

I saw the request for info re:Home Automation Software etc. in the Info-Mac
this morning. Please check out the following URL


https://www.techmall.com/smarthome/index.html

This will take you to Home Automation Systems. Ask for their catalog. It is
filled with everything you could possibly want for automating your home
including software developement tools to write your own programs.

Hope this helps.


-David

[email protected]
Instructional Media Services
Dalhousie University
Halifax NS Canada

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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 08:54:44 -0500
From: [email protected] (Craig T. Martin)
Subject: (A)PB520 and sys update - also (Q)PowerPC upgrade?

Regarding:

> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 23:35:54 -0800
> From: troy
> Subject: Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
>
> I recently installed Sys 7.5 update #2 on my Powerbook 520 12 meg (+12
> >From Ram doubler). I have found that if you wake the powerbook after
> it goes to sleep you get an ERROR TYPE 8 message. After disabling all
> extensions and non Sys 7.5 CP's I still got the error.

I have installed (clean, 7.5, then update #2) it on my PB 520 (12 meg + 12
meg from Apple Virtual Mem) and have no problem with sleep. In fact, in the
weeks prior to my updating, my Mac had refused to wake from sleep. Now it
behaves just fine. Something else to blame?

In the mean time, does anyone have any experience with the Apple PowerPC
upgrade card for the PB 5x0 series? Apple tells me that it IS available and
shipping (at least in academic sales), yet I have read nothing about it!

Craig Martin
Department of Chemistry
University of Massachusetts

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 22:15:26 +0200
From: [email protected] (Sigvard Svensson)
Subject: (C): Color of Word's Paragraph Marks (Info-Mac v14#56)

In Info-Mac v14 #56, WJ Shack posted an
instruction on this subject. However the values for grey and black was
mixed up, which I discovered when I followed the instruction. WJ Shack has
communicated that this probably was the case already in his source. The
actual part with correct values should then be:

> 5. Highlight the 3 sets of four digit numbers and replace these with
> the calculated hexadecimal values. The values are currently set to
> gray (8000 8000 8000). Black is 0080 0080 0080. Note: there are no
> spaces necessary when inputting the hexadecimal values.

For the complete instruction please se Info-Mac v14 #56: "Changing the
Color of Word".

Easter Regards, moderators and readers. It is a great forum!

Sigvard Svensson (IT-Adviser, Mycologist, SDA)
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 046-222 40 61 (Int.:+46 46 222 40 61)
Fax: 046-222 42 34 (Int.:+46 46 222 42 34)

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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 10:13:33 0400
From: wayne anderson
Subject: (no subject)

i am having trouble with finding wha i need.
i am looking for a basic , primary bbs for the mac .such as hermes or
firstclass.
please let me know how tof ind them .
or if you would be so kind e mail them or locations to mme ! thanks!
zorch

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 02:01:22 -0500
From: [email protected] (Steve Strassmann)
Subject: (Q) PPP on duo 210?

Has anyone managed to get FreePPP to work on a Duo 210
with an Express Modem? If so, I'd love to know what your
configuration is. My term programs (e.g. Zterm, Microphone)
can dial the modem just fine, but ConfigPPP in terminal
mode either refuses to let me select the Modem port or
says it's already in use (when it isn't), or just
gives me the Printer port where the modem ain't listening.
And yes, I have the modem turned on.

thanks - [email protected]

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 14:08:57 -0600
From: [email protected] (Clint MacDonald)
Subject: 7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments?

Randy:

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, [email protected] (Randall K Petersen) wrote:
>This letter is an open request to Info-Mac subscribers for comments on the
>wisdom of updating 7.5.2 to 7.5.3.
>[...]
>I'd like to update to 7.5.3. I've read all the docs accompanying the 7.5
>Update 2.0 installer, and the bug fixes and new features list is
>impressive. Also, it just seems more "elegant" than the current set of
>patches I've assembled.

For a Web page with recommendations for updating *and instructions*, see:



Good luck!

Clint

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:10:45 -0400
From: [email protected] (Dwight Lemke)
Subject: 7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments?

I just upgraded both my LC 630 and PB5300cs. The only problems I've
encountered so far involved Open Transport. I was using MacPPP 2.0.1 on the
PB, and found that under OT, it wouldn't react to a connect command. This
was solved by switching to FreePPP 1.0.5. Runs great now. On the PowerMac I
am seeing a small speed increase.

On the LC, I tried to connect to the campus TCP/IP with OT, but haven't
been able to get it to work yet. Just haven't found the time to play with
it. Haven't noticed anything else. Installed using the NetInstall package
and it worked flawlessy.

-Dwight

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 23:41:11 +0200
From: Bo Bjulen
Subject: 7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments?

In Info-Mac Digest #83, Randall K Petersen wrote:

>So, my questions for those brave souls who've already made the leap of
>faith from 7.5.2 to 7.5.3 are:
>
>1) Did you encounter any problems with the actual installation? Did the
>installer function properly without doing a clean install of 7.5.2 first?
>Has anyone done the install on a PowerWave?

I installed it on a 7500 and _had_ to start with a clean install
since I couldn't update my Swedish system version. When I had
updated a "universal" 7.5 I just copied it to the regular startup
disk and moved the the third party stuff and preferences from the
7.5.2 System Folder to the new one. Hardly a very "clean"
installation but I mention it since I had no problems whatsoever
which implies that a normal update should not cause any problems
either.

If you have an easily accessable backup I'd suggest you try to
update your present system first. You can always go for a clean
install if it doesn't succeed.

>2) What definite practical advantages of 7.5.3 over 7.5.2 have you
>noticed? Do you consider this update a major improvement?

Disk operations seem to be faster. I used to have a various
problems with AppleTalk and they disappeared with the update. File
transfers via TCP/IP (using PPP) is slightly faster and of course
significantly faster than when I had MacTCP. I switched to Open
Transport when 1.0.8 was released. I'd say it's indeed a major
improvement.

>3) What applications, extensions, CPs, etc don't work under 7.5.3 that did
>work under 7.5.2? Have you found solutions?

Well, I use a lot of apps and my Control Panels and Extensions
folders are loaded too. Only Aaron 1.3 presented a problem.
Solution: upgrade to 1.3.1.

>4) I'm annoyed that Open Transport is apparently "required" for PCI Macs
>(gee, MacTCP is running just fine on my machine at the moment). If you
>were using MacTCP under 7.5.2, what happened to it when you updated to
>7.5.3? Can you switch networking with the NSS app, or not? Have you had
>reason to try to switch back to MacTCP, and could you do it easily?

It should be possible the same as when you downgraded from
whatever OT version that was installed with your 7.5.2 but the NSS
app will not help you unless there is a difference here in the
PowerWaves. I can't understand that anyone would want that pesky
MacTCP tho'.

>5) What communication applications *still* don't work under Open Transport
>1.1? I've read one report that Eudora Lite doesn't work, but haven't seen
>that confirmed.

Eudora Lite certainly works, as it did with Open Transport 1.0.8.
I use a full battery of comm apps and I've only encountered one
that doesn't work: MacTCP Monitor. MacTCP Watcher doesn't give as
much information as it did with MacTCP. InterSLIP doesn't work
well with OT but there are good alternatives.

>6) Just what advantages does Open Transport really offer? Someone claimed
>that he was getting an incredible throughput of >8 KBps downloading a
>binhexed file from the net via a 21600 modem connection (he didn't say if
>the file was compressed, though). This would be several times faster than
>the best I can get over a 288 modem with MacTCP! Is this kind of speed
>reproducible?

Open Transport is definitely faster but a sustained transfer rate
of >8 kbps is not realistic on a 21,600 modem connection. It is
also more stable and easier to use than MacTCP; this was true for
OT 1.0.8 and is even more so in 1.1.

I have also read a _lot_ of reports on how how "bad" Open
Transport is but one should keep in mind that it is users who
encounter problems that keep writing to lists, forums and usenet
groups. The rest of us, I dare say a majority, have no reason to
do so but on the other hand, I've certainly learnt a lot by
reading and to some extent taking part in the discussions.

I'd like to add that I haven't been able to reproduce many of the
problems I've read about, and that has not been due to a lack of
trying. In my opinion, Open Transport has been blamed for many
totally unrelated problems.

Good luck.

Bo


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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 14:22:09 EST
From: [email protected] ( Dan Hofferth )
Subject: 7.5.2 -> 7.5.3 Comments? (OT throughput)

Randy Petersen wrote:

> 6) Just what advantages does Open Transport really offer? Someone claimed
> that he was getting an incredible throughput of >8 KBps downloading a
> binhexed file from the net via a 21600 modem connection (he didn't say if
> the file was compressed, though). This would be several times faster than
> the best I can get over a 288 modem with MacTCP! Is this kind of speed
> reproducible?

I've already had an off-line conversation with the author of the claimed
8+ kcps download on a 21600 connection (I figured it must have been a
typo). Turns out his claim was based on a simple misinterpretation... it
wasn't real. He was actually getting about 3+ kcps on .hqx files.

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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 03:32:53 +0800
From: [email protected] (YIM Chung Kit)
Subject: 7.5.3 DiskTools disk

Is anyone know where to get the DiskTools disk which has system 7.5.3
(System 7.5 update 2.0)?

Thanks.

C.K. YIM - Hong Kong


Quiz : )
What has one voice, and walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon,
and three in the evening?

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:05:22 +0100
From: [email protected] (Marcus Harvey)
Subject: ? Even/Odd Page Printing FRom Adobe Acrobat ?

Does anyone know of a patch that will allow me to do even/odd page printing
>From Acrobat?


Marcus Harvey/Computer Related Design/Royal College of Art/London

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:27:04 -0500
From: [email protected] (Peter J. Paul)
Subject: [A] (again) sound input problems--please help

> hi. we recently got several new powermac 7500s in our lab, and our lab
> program is now no longer able to record from the microphone. i wrote the
> following test program, which opens the recording device and continually
> outputs the volume level. on my quadra 660av (7.5.1) at home, it works
> fine. on our powermac 6100 (7.1.2) it also works. but on the 7500s
> runnning 7.5.2, although there were no error codes (all 0), the input
> level stays firmly at 0. i have the input device set correctly to
> external microphone, and other sound input programs work fine on the new
> machines. can anyone figure out why the following code doesn't work on
> them? thanks in advance.

Can't be sure, but try access the Sound cdev. Press 'Opions' under 'Sound
In' and choose the Microphone.
>

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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 00:06:20 -0700
From: Pirho
Subject: [A] (again) sound input problems--please help

You mentioned sound input problems with the 7500. Which microphone are
you connecting to the new machines? The 7500 requires a PlainTalk
microphone, which produces a *Line-level* audio input. This means the
signal you feed into the audio-in port must be amplified to about 1Vpp.

If you are using the old microphones from previous, pre-PPC machines,
then this is likely your problem. The easiest solution is to purchase
PlainTalk microphones for the 7500 machines. If you are using a special
microphone arrangement, you may have to invest in some sort of pre-amp.

Note that the line-level inputs of the 7500 should now accept output
>From standard audio equipment. Of course, you will need a suitable patch
cord (Radio has these).

Ray Rho

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 00:33:54 -0500
From: [email protected] (Marty Lindower)
Subject: [A] Audio Source Control Strip module

> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:43:02 -0800
> From: John Collins
> Subject: Control Strip Module Needed!
>
> With the release of the handy Control Strip as part of 7.5.3 there is
> now a much needed module for controlling the source for the audio.
> The new Monitors and Sound control panel has 3 possible input sources
> on an 8500, external microphone, internal CD or external audio input.
> Switching often, a control strip module would be ideal. Anyone
> working on it?

I'm not working on it, but I have one! It's called Sound Input Strip, and I got
it from Info-Mac. Don't have the URL, but I can mail you a copy, if you'd
like.

Marty Lindower
[email protected]
http://www.pcnet.com/~martyl

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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 22:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] Chip Merchant

In response to

> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 14:37:31 -0800 From: [email protected] (Tristan
> Meisters) Subject: Chip Merchant
>
> Hello All! I was wondering if someone here would have the number for
> Chip Merchant , do they have an email address or a web site ? Thanks in
> advance .
>
> cheers Tristan
>
> Tristan Meisters [email protected]

Here's their phone no.:
Chip Merchant
San Diego CA USA
(619) 268-4774

David Kelley
Oberlin College
[email protected]

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Date: Fri, 05 Apr 96 17:39:31 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] Finding out if Mac's been started

Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 11:38:04 EST
From: "Patrick S. Golden"
Subject: [A] Finding out if Mac's been started

> I'm in an office where my computer is accessible. to others.
> Recently I suspect it's been started after I leave for the day. I
> know there are applications/utilities/extensions that will show me
> the last time my computer was started but I don't know their
> names. Can anyone help me?

> TIA.
> Patrick

Pat,

A simple way is to install the shareware version on GateKeeper virus
protection program. Although it has not been updated for some time,
it is an excellent virus protection program. Along with Gatekeeper is
a contral pannel with one of the feathures of logging startups and
shutdowns.

[email protected]

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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 22:53:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0

In response to

> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 23:35:54 -0800 From: troy
> Subject: Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0
>
> I recently installed Sys 7.5 update #2 on my Powerbook 520 12 meg (+12
> >From Ram doubler). I have found that if you wake the powerbook after it
> goes to sleep you get an ERROR TYPE 8 message. After disabling all
> extensions and non Sys 7.5 CP's I still got the error.
>
> I tried reinstalling the update and still got the ERROR TYPE 8.
>
> After I removed the System Update #2 the proble went away.
>
> Obviously I can disable the sleep mode or lose the update but I doubt
> this is the answer
>
> Anyone else have this problem??

>From the archives of Ric Ford's Macintouch homepage


> Mar. 15, 1996: Connectix confirms a problem with Ram Doubler 1.6.1 on
> PowerBooks under System 7.5.3, producing a Type 8 crash when waking. (It
> doesn't happen if Apple's Macsbug debugger is installed.)

MacsBug can be found at


Just drop it in the system folder and away you go.

Good luck,

David Kelley
Oberlin College
[email protected]

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 14:02:58 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Robert George Daniel)
Subject: [A] Zapping PRAM zapped my StartupScreen

Well,

I received many replies to my quandry (see subject) and they
were more or less unanimous, and correct. Fiddling with the
monitor depth, setting it back to 256, then back to millions,
did the trick. A hearty thank-you to all who replied!

What a great resource this list is!

Cheers,
Bob [email protected] http://www.inforamp.net/~rgd

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:27:09 -0500
From: [email protected] (Peter J. Paul)
Subject: [A] Zapping PRAM zapped my StartupScreen too!

> In a recent fit of maintenance-fever I decided that it was high time that
> I zapped my PRAM. I used TechTool, and created a backup first.
> Thereafter, my StartupScreen was hosed, rendered in what looked to be
> about 16 colours. When the startup was complete, normal colour was
> resumed (millions). Subsequent reboots had the StartupScreen appearing
> briefly, then disappearing to plain gray. A couple of times it even
> RE-rebooted itself just as the StartupScreen appeared/disappeared. I
> thought I had hit the reboot button again by accident! (But I hadn't).

Try accessing the monitors cdev. Set the number of colors you want (even if
it is already set) and reboot (it's happened to me too).
>

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

Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 12:46:31 -0500
From: [email protected] (Erik M. Hjelle)
Subject: [Q]7.5 Update 2

I have a simple question about this update. Do the update disks replace
the original system disks that came with my computer? Or, do I need to
keep the original disks along with the update disks?
Thanks in advance,
Erik Hjelle

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:09:10 -0500
From: [email protected] (Philippe L. Valiquette)
Subject: [Q] Eudora MacWin3.1

Hi everyone,

Once in a while I send myself via e-mail [with Eudora 2.1.2 for Macintosh],
before going to work, my Netscape bookmarks as attachments; at work, I
check my mail [same account] with Eudora 2.0 for Windows, and retrieve the
attached bookmarks which, being in HTML format, can be read with Netscape
2.0 for Windows. Works splendidly. However I'd like to do the same with my
Eudora list of e-mail addresses. Since I'm not a Windows Wizard [God bless
me...], I'm affraid to mess up my Eudora Win settings if I periodically
send my main Eudora settings file created on the Mac. Is there any easy
turnaround or solution?

Thanks for any insight.

PLV [96/04/06;21:07:03 EDT]

Philippe L. Valiquette
Univ. Laval; Dep. Langues et linguistique



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Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 23:30:51 -0500 (EST)
From: "DR. L.G. LEDUC"
Subject: [Q] Powerbook 145

I have a problem with a Powerbook 145. Periodically, it does not
startup. In fact, during such periods it plays some very
unusual music for a couple of seconds. It also gives the old "sad Mac"
face. I've tried everything from changing the system software to
re-formatting the entire HD and nothing works. I think that it is a
hardware problem. I'm wondering if it could be the RAM?

As anyone ever experienced this unsual music with a faulty Powerbook?

As of now, I'm using System 7.5.3. BTW, the problems were also occurring
with earlier versions of System 7.x.

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Leo G. Leduc
[email protected]

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 23:11:17 +0100
From: [email protected] (Earle Martin)
Subject: [Q] Sound control panel settings

Hi,
Does anybody know a way to make the Sound control panel keep its
settings? I use an Apple 15" monitor with built-in speakers, which take
precedence over the speaker on the front of my Mac in the Sound control
panel - at startup, the "Built-in" section of the Volumes options has the
"Mute" box checked. Is there any way that I can keep it unchecked, so both
the built-in speaker and the monitor speakers are on by default?

Cheers,
Earle.

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

Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 09:30:27 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: [Saving in Easy View]

On Tue, 2 Apr 1996 06:43:32 -0500, [email protected] (Daw-hwan Wang)
wrote:
[...snip...]
> I read Info-Mac Digest with Easy-View. As I finish reading & quit Easy
> View, a message pops up asking if I'd like to save it. I answer Yes as
> always. But recently I can't. After I press return to allow Save,
> another
> message pops up which reads: "Sorry, but a disk related error (I/O
> Error--bad media?) has occurred." Then I can quit without saving. Next
> time
> I want to save, the same story goes on. What should I do to correct it?

Under Edit/Preferences there's an option to "Save after modification"; you
might check that box.

Clearly you need to run at least Disk First Aid, and preferably Norton
Utilities or MacTools Pro--several times each. If you then encounter
problems, you might consider trashing your Easy View preferences file.

Hope this helps. Cheers,
--
Gib Henry

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

Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 16:59:03 -0800
From: Ken Workman
Subject: Anyone have experience with "LaserMerge Electronic Paper 2.0"?

Recently I saw an advertisment from _MindGate Technologies, Inc._ about
their software product "LaserMerge Electronic Paper 2.0". I called them and
requested (and received) their literature. The product looks *very*
interesting...faster printing (PS or TrueType), watermarking, toner usage
control, pamphlet printing and on and on.

Has anyone had experience with this software?

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

Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 09:36:00 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: ArtMedia 14" monitor+PB 520c = Jaundice!

My ArtMedia 14" monitor works great with a Quadra 630. But when I hooked
it up to a PB 520c, everything appeared very jaundiced--sort of a sickly
greenish-yellow. I messed with various Monitors and PowerBook Display
settings, but couldn't fix the problem.

Still works great on the Q630, though! Any suggestions? Thanks! Cheers,
--
Gib Henry

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 09:30:18 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: A Virtual Serial Port

On Fri, 29 Mar 96 14:22:37 PST. "Eric Schweitzer"
wrote:
> Does anyone know of some software which can create a "virtual" serial
> port? I would like to create a port which will be redirected to a
> network modem. A tool to redirect a port came with the Modem pool
> hardware, but now uses either the Printer or Modem port. I'd rather not
> use a port for this.
>
> Please send ideas via email to [email protected]
> and I'll summarize the responses for the list.

Consider PortShare Pro from Stalker Software. It allows several Macs to
"publish" their serial ports to all or specified other networked users.
For example, at work, we have only one modem...but anyone can use it (one
at a time, of course!).

PortShare Pro works well in conjunction with LineShare, also from Stalker,
which listens for and intercepts incoming calls to determine whether
they're intended for Apple Remote Access (ARA), fax modem, or data modem,
then routes them accordingly to the appropriate software (which may be
running on the same or another computer on the network) via the associated
virtual port.

For example, when I log in from home, our fax software never knows that a
call has come in for our ARA server, because LineShare doesn't open the fax
modem's virtual port under these circumstances.

Conversely, when someone sends a fax, ARA never knows about the fax,
because LineShare routes the incoming fax directly to the fax software's
virtual port, and never even tells ARA that there was an incoming call.

Hope this helps. Cheers,
--
Gib Henry

#INCLUDE STD_DISCLAIMER

Disclaimer: My only connection with Stalker Software is as a satisfied
customer. (Well...their CommuniGate also provides my e-mail connection!


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

Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 13:55 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Calendar/Personal Organizer Software

I'm interested in finding a good personal calendar/to do list/personal
organizer utility for my powerbook in order to gain some sanity
in my life. Does anyone have comments on important features or
successful experiences with such software? One catalog I have
shows four programs which might be useful: In Control 3.5,
Now Touchbase 4.2, Now UptoDate&Contact (bundle) and Day-Timer
Organizer 2.0. I'm not planning to network this and I don't
need sales contact features. However, I might use it for
expense tracking and would consider integrating this aspect
with Quicken.

Christopher Eliot, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:13:28 +0000
From: Chris Titterington
Subject: Cross Platform Disk-spanning Compression?

Allan Hunter wrote:



I don't know how practical it is in your situation, but I have always found
binhexed or uuencoded files a relatively good software solution to the
cross-platform portability of large files (I don't got a zip drive
either!).

1) Stuff or zip the thing on the first platform, then

2) binhex or uuencode the result.

3) Carve the resulting file into disk sized chunks using a word processor.

4) Carry chunks using sneakernet to second machine.

5) Stitch together (in right order!) using second word processor.

7) uudecode or de-binhex (depending on which you used in 2),

8) unzip or unstuff (depending on which you used in 1). Voila.

Not trivial, because the carving and stitching has to be done
mandraulically, but it is a software solution. HTH - Chris. T.

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

Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 15:56:40 +0000
From: Paul Sheldon
Subject: drive setup doesn't need to update driver! FWB HDT drives mount with
trick (A)

When I booted my powermac with Apple's driver in it and the HDT driver in
the external drive, it mounted on restart from no extensions sessions.
Thereafter,
every HDT driver removable would mount!
My working hypothesis is that I don't have to have an Apple driver to mount
a HDT drive, I just have to have some drive in at the right time.
Wish I had better words founded on facts. The better words might come
>From concrete answers to questions such as :
1. How important was the sequence no extensions and restart? Do drivers
load on restart and not boot after shutdown?
2. What distinction is there between a driver loading and a disk mounting?
If I learned that there was a distinction, then the following question becomes
significant.
3. If I can't mount a disk, can I first load disk drivers while in a session to
later mount it?
I can figure out how to answer question 1 with experiment.

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

Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:36:35 +0000
From: Paul Sheldon
Subject: drive setup won't merely update driver, must initialize (Q)

Here's the headlines :
Name: Drive Setup
Version: 1.0.3
Released: December 8, 1995
Description: Hard drive utility for initializing, updating, partitioning,
and testing Apple SCSI and IDE hard drives. (See below for more
information.)
...
Here's a restriction :
Installs updated IDE driver (ATA v1.12) for systems that were previously
supported by previous versions of Drive Setup.
...
I had FWB Hard Disk Toolkit install drivers when apple didn't seem to give
the support I needed for nonapple drives, in particular syquest removables. On
an old computer, I went for consistancy of drivers, I universally used FWB Hard
Disk Toolkit. Now, on my new computer, I want consistancy to Apple and have
moved over a drive to it and would like to move over the removables and have
them mount. Some won't mount with the old drivers.

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

Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 01:36:53 +0000
From: Neil Kresal
Subject: earthlink.net

I would greatly appreciate feedback on this internet provider. I haven't had
the best luck and want to know if maybe it's just me.

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

Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 14:57:45 -0600
From: chazl
Subject: Extension order loading

Neil Kresal sez:
>Does anyone out there know of any shareware that allows you to re-order
>the loading of your extensions? I know I can solve an extension conflict if I
>can just re-order the loading order (long story). Help???

Sure; just change their names.

So, if you need "myINIT" to load after "yourINIT", just rename the former
to "zmyINIT". If "myINIT" is somehow sensitive to having its name
changed, rename the latter to "ayourINIT".

You can also change the locations of many Extensions and Control Panels.
For example, most Control Panels will run fine if they are in the
Extensions folder or even sitting loose in the System Folder. This gives
you some more flexibility in ordering things, since the MacOS will load,
at startup:
INITs in the Extensions folder, in alphabetical order, then
INITs in the Control Panels folder, in alphabetical order then
INITs loose in the System folder, in alphabetical order.
[when I say "INITs", I am referring to any file that contains startup
code: INITs, cdevs, etc.]

Of course, if you move Control Panels out of their usual location, you'll
probably want to make an alias in the CP folder so you can get at it
easily.

chazl
04.02.96
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 09:30:20 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: Extension order loading

On Tue, 02 Apr 1996 00:58:05 +0000, Neil Kresal
wrote:
> Does anyone out there know of any shareware that allows you to re-order
> the loading of your extensions? I know I can solve an extension conflict
> if I
> can just re-order the loading order (long story). Help???

I'm sure you've already gotten the answer: Extensions load in alphabetical
order, so you can change the order by modifying the name. Any of the
following will make an item load relatively early in the process:

* add one or more leading spaces
* copy one or more carriage returns in your word processor, then paste them
at the beginning of the name (the Finder ignores carriage returns in display)
* use numbers preceding the names
* some punctuation (use PopChar to see the order), e.g. !, $, #, %, &, (, )

To delay the loading toward the end of the sequence, try

* some punctuation (e.g., tilde [~]), esp. w/option key (e.g., bullet)

Also note that System Folder items load first, then Extensions items, then
Control Panels items, so moving the item will change the order accordingly;
e.g., moving an extension from the Extensions Folder to the System Folder
will make it load earlier; moving it to Control Panels will make it load
later.

Hope this helps. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry

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

Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 14:19:10 +0200
From: [email protected] (Dr. Stefan P. Mueller)
Subject: Help - Quadra-700 boots only with System 7.1 Tools disk!

(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups:
comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc)

We have a Quadra-700 (20 MB RAM) which currently only boots with the
System 7.1 Tools disk. It will not boot from the Apple NetInstall disk or
the System 7.5 CD. We have also tried a general system 7.1 installation,
System 7.1 for the Quadra only, the original System 7.5, and 7.5 with
updates 1 or 2 - no success.

The problems started after installing System 7.5 Update 2 on top of 7.5
(everything according to the ReadMe's - other Quadra updates were
successful!). The Mac froze during the first startup. After this, it was
no longer possible to boot from the Apple NetInstall disk or the 7.5 CD
anymore. (Note that I am not claiming that the update was the cause! I am
only trying to establish the chain of envents)

I have tried the following remedies without success:

0. check HD with First Aid and Norton - no problems found.

1. zap the PRAM with command-option-P-R (TechTool gives and error)
clean reinstall of 7.5 -> freeze
2. after PRAM zapping, install various flavors of 7.1 -> freeze
3. disconnect SCSI devices, repeat 1 and 2 -> freeze
4. successful boot from System 7.1 Tools disk, copy of Tools disk
System Folder onto the Hard disk, works too. The "About This Macintosh"
box correctly identifies the System as a Quadra-700
5. Install, e.g., network software on top of this system -> freeze again.
6. disconnect battery on motherboard for about 5 minutes
freeze booting from 7.5 CD, install 7.5 or 7.1 -> freeze
7. initialize internal hard disk (all data are on tape - hurray!)
try installation of 7.1 and 7.5 again -> same freeze
8. take out motherboard, clean SIMM sockets and contacts
try booting from 7.5 CD as well as installation of 7.1 and 7.5 -> freeze

Under System 7.1 the freeze occurs shortly after the "Welcome to
Macintosh" screen appears, under 7.5, the progress bar on this screen
moves about 1/10
of it's length before the Mac dies.

I have run out of ideas how to revive the system. Any suggestions? Did I
disconnect the PRAM Battery long enough (5 min)? Isn't this starting to
look like a hardware problem?

Thank you in advance for any useful advice!

Stefan

--
Dr. Stefan P. Mueller, Nuklearmedizin, Universitaetsklinikum, Essen,
e-mail: [email protected], phone: 201/ 723-4179, FAX: -5964

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

Date: 5 Apr 1996 15:12:12 -0500
From: "Marc Leroux"
Subject: HP XL300 Printer

I have been having a bizarre problem with our PaintJet XL300 lately. We have
been trying to produce a series of colour overheads on this printer, which is
not the zippiest of printers, but does the job. Due to the graphics involved,
we have found that it is best to disable background printing and send the
documents to the printer directly. If we do this from our secretary's Power
PC 7100, it take about 10 minutes per slide (and we have a lot of slides and
need multiple copies). Unfortunately this ties up her computer and she can't
get any of her other work done. We can't print in background mode; it will
crash.

To allow her to use her computer, I set up a dedicated Powerbook 540c (that
has the same amount of memory) directly connected to the HP XL300. When I try
to print the slides it take forever (well, this is probably exagerating;
after 1 hour it had sent 3% of one slide to the printer).

I am using the same (and latest) drivers on each computer. I would expect the
540c to be slower, but not this much. Has anyone experienced this type of
problem and/or does anyone have any suggestions?

TIA

marc leroux
[email protected]

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

Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 09:33:28 +0200
From: [email protected] (Magnus Hoek)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #83

At 10:34 2.4.96, The Info-Mac Moderators is rumored to have typed:

> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 15:50:17 EST
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Q - Preventing processor slow down on Powerbook 5300
>
> Does any one know how to prevent the processer from slowing down on a
> Powerbook 5300? I am trying to run some simulations on one and if the
> cursor is not moving, the cpu slows down. I've tried looking at all the...

Excactly the same same question I asked for a couple of months ago. If I
e.g. do a disk format or virus scan, which takes more than a minute, then I
have to move around my trackball to increase the speed. However, I have not
had any problem with my PB180 is going to sleep.

I have still not found a cure other than to construct a small robot that
touches my trackball every 30 secs. This is a future project of mine...

If somebody has any solution, please let me know as well...

Magnus Hoek
WWW (Office hours): http://macmbh.aug.ipp-garching.mpg.de

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

Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 07:28:56 -0500
From: [email protected] (Lee Larson)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #83

Like you, I also have a PowerWave/132. I did did the upgrade right away and
am very happy I did.

>1) Did you encounter any problems with the actual installation? Did the
>installer function properly without doing a clean install of 7.5.2 first?
>Has anyone done the install on a PowerWave?

I just did the recommended install over my original 7.5.2--no clean
install. It works fine. I avoided a custom install because I might miss
updating some obscure extension with the custom install. It's easier to go
back and add new stuff later than try to ferret out the one outdated
extension that's causing grief.

>2) What definite practical advantages of 7.5.3 over 7.5.2 have you
>noticed? Do you consider this update a major improvement?

With 7.5.2 the PowerWave was unbelievably twitchy. It seemed to me that if
I didn't hold my mouth right when clicking I'd get a crash. With 7.5.3,
it's much more stable. I've seen this same result on a 9500.

>3) What applications, extensions, CPs, etc don't work under 7.5.3 that did
>work under 7.5.2? Have you found solutions?

I had problems with RAMDoubler 1.6.1 and Retrospect after the change. I
threw away RAMDoubler and turned on Apple's VM. Retrospect works fine now.

>4) I'm annoyed that Open Transport is apparently "required" for PCI Macs
>(gee, MacTCP is running just fine on my machine at the moment).

I was running MacTCP when I made the switch. I can apparently switch back
to it with the Network Software Selector, but haven't seen the need. OT has
been running perfectly. My transfer rates under ethernet are much faster.
FreePPP 1.05 works perfectly. The only programs I've found not to work are
the VersaTerm Time Client (VersaTerm itself works fine!), an older MacX and
MacWeather.

>5) What communication applications *still* don't work under Open Transport
>1.1? I've read one report that Eudora Lite doesn't work, but haven't seen
>that confirmed.

I use Eudora Pro (Heavy?). The latest version works perfectly. In fact,
that's what I'm typing this into. I know several other people who use the
newest "Lite" version with no problems.

>6) Just what advantages does Open Transport really offer?

My ftp transfer rates over ethernet to a DEC Alpha in the same domain went
>From 100K/sec to 225K/sec after the upgrade. I'd like to attribute this to
OT. I haven't noticed any differences with a modem, but they'd be far less
startling and therefore less noticable.



Lee Larson (502)852-6829
Department of Mathematics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292

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

Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:28:50 +1000
From: [email protected] (Bob Lyon)
Subject: Java and 680x0 Macs

I've been checking out various Java sites (via Netscape Navigator 2.0 on my
Mac LC with a '040 accelerator card) to see what all the fuss is about.
Unfortunately, none of the sites give me the animation etc.; and some tell
me I'm not using Netscape 2.0 - which I am. I've obviously overlooked
something something simple and basic .........

Can anyone advise me what the problem is? (If you reply direct, I'll post
a summary.)

Bob Lyon

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

Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 15:08:09 -0600
From: chazl
Subject: Language for learning? [A]

>> From: Phil Hudson
>> >* Frontier is a complete development environment. It includes...
>> >online documentation, and a wealth of hundreds of verbs (funtions).
>>
>> I dispute the "online documentation" part (nothing else). The only doc
>> which comes with the freeware release is something culled from a very
>> hacker-oriented article from MacTech magazine about 3 years ago. There
>> is a serious lack of true online docs
>
>This is just not true. DocServer (comes with Frontier, or download it =
>>From the Aretha site) provides true integrated online help for every =
>"verb", copious examples, etc.

Also:

Both HTML and PDF versions of the full user manual are available online
at:


Frontier is discussed at length in at least three mailing lists; sign up
at these URLs:
Frontier-Talk:

ClayBasket-Talk:

MacScripting List:


chazl
04.02.96
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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:45:43 -0700
From: "Stephen F. Kawalko"
Subject: Mac SE and USR 28.8K modem

I recently replaced my aging 2400 bps modem with a USR Sportster
28.8K faxmodem. When I connect to AOL at 28.8K bps I am frequently
disconnected when AOL is downloading artwork or I manually download
a file. I never had this problem with my old modem and I don't have
the problem if I use the Sportster at 14.4K bps.

Can a Mac SE keep up with a 28.8K bps modem? If it can, is my problem
likely to be caused by a faulty modem, noisy phone line or problem
with modems on the AOL side.

Also, I almost forgot to provide some possibly useful information.
When I configure the AOL software to connect at 28.8K bps it rarely
connects at that rate. Rather it usually connects at a lower rate,
usually something like 26900 bps.

Stephen Kawalko
[email protected]

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 22:15:02 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Mail handler

A friend who has a Performa 476 is disgusted with Eudora Light. Any time he
trie to open his mail, the computer freezes. He has never been able to make
it work from day one. It is probably not a problem with Eudora per se, but
nothing has helped. Does anyone know of another mail handler that he can
try?
Bill Ingraham

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 11:05:24 -0500
From: "Scott L. Horton"
Subject: Memory Leak

>Now a note about the reported memory leak:
>While I don't claim to speak for everyone, I have always had memory
>leaks (especially with Apple Guide, which the Update fixed), but they
>have _decreased_ since installing the update. The only problem I've had
>is that Netscape 2.0 and 2.0.1 doesn't seem to release memory properly
>on quitting. As far as I've been able to tell, it fragments my available
>memory such that the largest unused block is the same size as it was
>when Netscape was running. This problem existed before I installed the
>update, however, so they can't be related. Anybody know of a fix, or
>what is causing this?

I don't know what is causeing this, but I have a solution. After
quitting Netscape, run Mac OS Purge 1.01 to clean up the memory. It
works for me. ( I leave an alias on the desktop). It can be found about
anywhere that Mac Utilities are found and it's freeware. It's only an 8k
application and uses 40k to run and self quits. Neat.

Good Luck.

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 22:09:14 -0600
From: [email protected] (Michael Conwell)
Subject: Morphing images

I would like to morph some pictures into a movie. For example, I want to
take my school pictures from 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades, etc and morph them. So
the result would start out when I was in the 1st grade and continue until
present. Someone told me that Morpher can morph 2 pictures, but I guess I
want something that can morph between 2 pictures where I supply some of the
intermediate steps.

Is any of this making sense??

TIA

Michael Conwell

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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 13:45:33 +0100
From: Tegnestuen
Subject: OCE-Schlumberger 5232 Inksheet ?

OCE-Schlumberger 5232 Inksheet


I have a SERIOUS PROBLEM with our color printer, which I hope some
of you can help with!

The printer is produced bye OCE Graphics and uses a seperate
postscript unit with HD, the postscript units product name is
Schlumberger 5232. It can print in A3 and uses 4-colour
thermal transfer ink sheets.

My problem is that the french producent of the inksheets
has stopped the production of inksheets!!! - this makes my printer
(original price in 1990 about 30.000$....) useless, unless I

1. find another producent which produces identical inksheets
2. find another printercompany which uses approx. simillar inksheets
and hope that I can adapt them to my printer.
3. find a way to produce them myself

The colorsequence of the inksheets is yellow, magenta, cyan and
black

Width is approx. 264 mm

If you have any information/solutions about this problem
PLEASE email me:

[email protected]

Lars Lindgren
Copenhagen
Denmark

(if possible please include URLs to producents, TIA!)

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 22:43:20 -0300
From: Domingo Juan Robaina
Subject: Old Mac and System 7

I've got an old mac 512Ke whith a "Quik30 Accelerator Board", provided
by System Technology Corporation, a div. of Novy Systems Inc.
This board has a 68030 running at 25 Mz and 4M of memory.
It works very fine with sys 6.0.7, but doesn't with 7.x
With 7.0 it hangs when attemts to reach both serial ports, and
with 7.1
freezes the mouse after startup. It is not a conflict between extensios.
I didn't try newer versions.
Can anybody help me ?
Thanks

Domingo

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 11:34:10 -0500 (EST)
From: dkennedy
Subject: Open Transport for 6300CD

I have updated to 7.5.3 on my Performa 6300CD and it has worked fine. I
am patiently waiting for Apple to issue some kind of patch or updater
so I can use the Open Transport. I don't know why we were left out of
the Open Transport configuration, but it would be nice to have that
capability. Are there any indications that Apple is going to help us
6300CD owners out?

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 14:39:51 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mark Wolfson)
Subject: OT trouble on a Q800

I haven't been able to get Open Transport to work on my Quadra 800 and I
can't figure out why.

ConfigPPP does dial my IP and it does go through the "Establishment,"
"Authorization" but just when it goes to "Network" (or "Success") it hangs.

I still have control of the computer, but I cannot run any net clients.

Any suggestions?

Mark Wolfson
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:43:21 +0000
From: Neil Kresal
Subject: Phone alert

I'm looking for something that will notify me if I have an incoming phone
call while I'm on the Web. An extension that gives me something blinking
somewhere on the desktop????

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 21:49:10 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Posts in other languages

Apr 1996 00:22:32 +0000
From: Jack Campin Subject: messages in foreign
languages

A recent message from the moderator said that the reason no messages in
foreign languages were accepted was because the monoglot moderator wasn't
prepared to pass them on without having any idea what they meant.

There's an obvious fix for that: extend the moderator pool to include
people who can read more than one language.

I can read French and Turkish well enough to know if a message is on-topic
for the digest. Volunteers for other languages? There should be no problem
with Italian, given the level of activity of the Italian Mac community.

Software for non-English languages is announced every week. It's just plain
nuts to insist that it has to be described in English.

[This sounds good to me. I could maintain a short list of people who would
review other language posts, send the email whenever I got it. The
reviewer's would glance at the message and attach a small english
summary/translation and return it to me. This would force a 24 hour delay
on those messages, but they would make it. What do you all think? I would
like to see the english summaries added because a) many people who have the
answers know only english; so the poster is bound to get a bigger response
and b) so I can keep track of what discussions are going on in the digest.
-Gordon]

Seems only fair to our brethern overseas to let them in on this great
information site. Surely in an academic community there should be no
problem finding translators.
Bill Ingraham

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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 15:37:39 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Powerbook 520 vs Update 2.0

>I recently installed Sys 7.5 update #2 on my Powerbook 520 12 meg (+12
>>From Ram doubler). I have found that if you wake the powerbook after
>it goes to sleep you get an ERROR TYPE 8 message. After disabling all
>extensions and non Sys 7.5 CP's I still got the error.

This is a well-documented bug. The workaround is to install MacsBug
6.5.3, although everyone seems puzzled as to why that should help.


Lanny Chambers ([email protected])
Creative Services, St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:


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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 20:10:17 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: PowerMac 7100 and built-in video

> if you have one which IS NOT made by apple, what brand/model are you
> using ? what resolutions does it support ?

I'm using a NEC XE 15 and I definitely recommend any Mac user to STAY
AWAY from this model (and from NEC monitors in general). The particular
monitor I'm using now (new, not refurbished) has been sent to me
directly from NEC, where supposedly it was verified by their
technicians. And all I can say is that image quality is bad, the price
is appaling, and the customer support is dismal.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 10:25:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "Ulf C. Dittmer"
Subject: PowerPC updrades for PB 500, anyone?

Dear netters-

despite the recent more or less official announcement that
PPC-upgraded PB 500s are not going to run Copland, has
anyone bought one? Or one from NewerTech?
I'd be interested in any comments, as well as where you
actually got them and for what price.

Thanks in advance. Bye,
Ulf [email protected]

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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 09:30:24 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: Problem with Battery

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996 09:45:15 -0500, [email protected] (John Hocker) wrote:
> Following is my question. Do you know where I could send it to get a
> good
> response?
>
> I have a Powerbook DuoDock 250 with a battery that is completely dead.
> The
> Powerbook would not charge the battery either while docked or using a
> power
> adapter. I bought a new battery to see if it might be the battery, but
> no
> help.
>
> I inherited this system as I took over the organization that owns it.
> It
> was in San Francisco and I moved it to Washington, DC. When the Mac
> arrived in the mail it was in this condition. The person who had it
> said that it was working when last used.
>
> How do I get the Powerbook Duodock to charge the battery??

The battery may not be bad; you may just need to reset the Power Manager.
There is a way to do that by removing your battery, unplugging your
computer, and pressing the small reset button on the back of the Duo for at
least 15-30 seconds (see your computer owner's manual (GASP! for
details). There's also some software to do the same thing; it's probably
available here on Info-Mac, or in any case from



Jeremy Kezer's PowerBook Page (http://users.aol.com/jbkezer/index.html) is
an excellent resource for PowerBook battery questions; he's written some
battery software you will probably want to check out.

What system version are you running? If you are running 7.5 or later,
check to see if you have any enablers floating around in your System,
Extensions, or Control Panels folders; if so, remove them. Also remove any
patches (Duo Battery Patch, icon is a Band-Aid=AE).

If you're running 7.1 or lower, ensure you have the latest version of the
Duo enabler and if I recall correctly, you'll need the Duo Battery Patch to
fix the power manager.

Don't despair; I couldn't help a friend whose PB 150 refused to start from
battery OR shore power; I tried everything I knew. Finally, one day, it
just up and started, and has been running fine ever since.

Hope this helps. Cheers,
--
Gib Henry

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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 16:52:34 -0400
From: C+E Behme
Subject: Q: Printer Output problem

Greetings!

I have a strange problem, which has vexed me for some time, but now, I
have to take action.

I use an LC630 with 12Meg, system 7.5.3 (however, the problem occurred
also before), an Apple Laserwriter NT, and ClarisWorks or Publish-It-
Easy. All I want to do is to produce a simple flyer.

My printing usually is just fine, out of any program, including Netscape,
etc. ClarisWorks, as long as it is text or painting mode, also does fine.

However, the moment I use it in drawing mode - again, a simple lay-out,
nothing fancy - the printer blinks for hours, literally.

I have re-installed the driver software, I have re-installed ClarisWorks,
no avail.

What should I be looking for?
Which is the most likely component to give me all this grief?
Would appreciate some pointers.

Eckhard Behme

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Date: 2 Apr 1996 13:59:40 -0400
From: "Jim Smith"
Subject: VM eating my hard drive

Hardware: PowerMac 7100/66/CD, 24M RAM, 250M HD
System: 7.5.3
Software: Netscape 2.0, Photoshop 3, MSWord 5.1a, Excel 4.0, MiacPlot 4 Pro,
QuickMail, Open Transport

Irritating Problem: When I switch on virtual memory, setting total memory to
26M, the virtual memory file on my hard drive becomes 26M, instead of just the
needed 2M. I have called Apple Tech Support; they recommended a clean system
install. Which I have done. The problem persists.

Although the hugely generous VM file problem predates my installation of 7.5.3
Update 2.0, I suspect it did begin to occur at about the same time of my 16M
RAM upgrade in January, from 8M to 24M.

I have also reinstalled the Memory control panel, tossed the Finder and Memory
preferences files, done the PRAM and desktop rebuild through Techtools 1.08,
and generally futzed and fine-tuned, washed, cleaned, lubed and changed the
automatic transmission fluid filter.

It's not a critical problem; it's just that with "only" 250M on the hard
drive, it would be nice to have that 24M back for file space! Has anyone else
out there had this problem, or know of a fix.

TIA,
Jim

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