Info-Mac Digest V14 #176
Posted: August 1st, 1996, 4:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 1 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 176
Today's Topics:
[*] Total Restart (Does 3 things very well)
[Q] Copland DR0 Installation
[Q] Looking For PPP Timer/Connect
[Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
Adding a note to [email protected]
AppleShare4 and HP Printers?
Can I use the ZIP drive packaged for IBM?
CD Player stops without warning
Eudora on Lab?
FreePPP
Game of Life, Etc (C)
Geoport upgrades
Internet on a Mac Classic?
Make my Mac sound like HAL
Milo and other math processors
PICT ->GraphConv ->Persuasion = bad text?
ResEdit crashes on 7600 (2 msgs)
Stylewriter on PC?
Usenet Apps...
{Q} Proforma Monitor
The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of:
Gordon Watts, Liam Breck, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan
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Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/.
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Articles for digest publication:
Files for inclusion:
To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and
segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to
and upload it to:
-- username/password macgifts/macgifts at info-mac.org
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See our new WWW site: , where you can find
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 16:10:09 -0700
From: (Chad Cox)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Total Restart (Does 3 things very well)
Hi, here is a real good apple script that I created. This one is
called Total Restart 1.0. This one is great because it does 3 things.
First, it closes all the windows you have open, then it cleans up the
desktop, then displays a neat little message, then it restarts. Pretty
cool, Huh? This is freeware.
Read the "Read me" file for more information.
Thanks!
Chad Cox
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/total-restart-as.hqx; 8K]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 00:41:13 -0000
From: "Luis R. Hern=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=e1ndez?="
Subject: [Q] Copland DR0 Installation
Hi:
I'm having trouble getting the DR0 to install on a friend's machine. I
don't want a copy of it, just the instructions necessary to get it
running correctly (the computer is a 6100/60 24MB RAM).
Also, has anybody been able to run it on a PowerMac 7200?
Please reply to e-mail, if requested I will repost a summary.
Thanks in advance,
Luis
System Technician
Westernbank Puerto Rico
email: [email protected]
http://www.wbpr.com/
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 13:24:12 -0400
From: [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
Subject: [Q] Looking For PPP Timer/Connect
Is there a PPP timer that is an app that will start timing connections as
soon as they are established? (also from withing the program) And it would
be usefull if it required a password to reset the timer. (not required
though)
Note: The program must not time connections that are established by the
config ppp panel i.e. by an extension. Only time connections established
within itself.
Any information would be helpful. reply to the list or e-mail me. TIA
Andrew Murray
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 18:07:00 -0500
From: "Jason P. Torrey"
Subject: [Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
I am looking for some hardware and software that will allow me to connect
more than two devices to my serial ports...i.e. modem, printer, newton,
digital camera, etc.
Flipping through the magazines and catalogs, I see Port Juggler 4x and
PortShare Pro. Does anybody have any comments on these products or some
other one in mind?
Thanks!
Jason -- [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:56:27 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: Adding a note to [email protected]
Well, just to complete or answer your question on the fact that you didn't
receive anything as you filled up the card for that gift. Actually, I did
the same and also never received anything. I asked for the Macworld mag and
never ever received it or anything else for that matter. Starting to
believe it's a small joke that Apple played on us. And if it's not, I would
gladly see any results. Is there anybody else that got the same situation?
Christian
Frodo
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:19:11 -0600
From: [email protected] (Loren Sass)
Subject: AppleShare4 and HP Printers?
Is it possible to have the AppleShare 4 Print Server use Hewlett Packard
printers? The documentation says that it can serve printers that are
"apple driver compatable". I guess that means since the Hewlett Packard
printers use their own drivers then they will not work.
These are various versions of the Deskwriter 550, 600, etc.
Thanks in advance for any information-
Jeff Sass
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:49:32 PST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Can I use the ZIP drive packaged for IBM?
Hi gurus:
My local London Drugs computer store in Nanaimo BC, which alas sells
no Mac stuff, has a great sale on Zip drives both the original Iomega and
the Epson brand the latter selling for $289 Cdn. or about $200 US$.
Both however are packaged with installation s/w and cords for those
other platforms. If I bought one of these can I easily & cheaply get
the right Mac stuff for them?
I know the US mail order price is about $200 but shipping is added
plus when it gets to the border GST (7% tax) + $5 handling fee = $220 US.
Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks all.
Paul
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 13:35:00 +0200
From: Remy Tourment
Subject: CD Player stops without warning
Help !
In my new 8500 PowerMac, when I use CD Player (Lecture audio AppleCD in
french system 7.5.3) to play audio CDs while working it often happens that
the playing suddenly stops without warning. No error message, no warning.
And this seems to happen randomly : never on the same place on each CD, and
on lots of CDs, all of which read OK on my home Mac CD player (Performa
5320) or HiFi CD Player.
Has someone encountered this same problem, or would have an idea where this
can be originated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Remy Tourment
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:05:59 -0400 (GMT-0400)
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: Eudora on Lab?
Hello,
I would like to know how to handle various accounts on Eudora? I mean, I've
been using Eudora v1.5.2 without problems, but now I will have to share my
computer on the lab I'm working, so I would like to know the easiest way to
handle different settings for different people and to restrict use of some
mailboxes.
thanks in advance. Please e-mail me your answers.
Ing. Gustavo Mendez Grupo de Polimeros USB, Venezuela email: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 12:08:20 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: FreePPP
I'm a customer of Earthlink and they use the FreePPP / ConfigPPP software
for hooking up to the internet. What I'm trying to do is have my
powerbook
wake up everyday at a certain time, log into my Earthlink account by
activating the FreePPP connection, and then having Emailer grab my mail.
Everything's easy:
1) the powerbook will wake up by itself
2) Emailer can get mail when you tell it to
3) the powerbook will go to sleep by itself
The problem is getting FreePPP to log in.
Anyone out there have any cool ideas? I tried AppleScript but it didn't
seem to be able to communicate with it (not that I'm very knowledgable
about AppleScript.)
Thanks very much to all!
Michael Surtees
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 16:23:01 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: Game of Life, Etc (C)
On 30 Jul, Alex Lagutin wrote
>Can anybody point me, where can I find The Game of Life for Macintosh?
I pointed Alex privately to his friendly neighborhood I-M archive. The
file name is GAMES/GAME-OF-LIFE-150.HQX.
This query, and others like it, could have been avoided. Not that we
don't like to help, but I suspect most folk would like to help themselves
and feel empowered and all that.
I believe the best kept secret on the internet is the I-M archive table
of contents. It is the file HELP/ALL-FILES.TXT. Granted, 501k is a tad
largish, so it isn't a file most folk would download daily. I tend to
snag a copy every month or so, about as long as I can remember anything.
Then I read it into a word processor or text editor and use the FIND
command to see if the archive has what I'm looking for. Or I just page
through.
This isn't too useful for creatively named programs. I'd never know that
Auspice is a nice personal calendar program. However, looking for a game
named Game of Life would be straightforward, yes?
Al Bloom
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 22:36:48 -0700
From: Edward Luy
Subject: Geoport upgrades
Hi,
Do you guys have any Free Geoport upgrade software available. Working
with version 1.0
Got 2.3.2 from a friend at Apple but losted during an HD crash. Made
backup, but I guess I forgot to copy a disk.
Anyhow, thanks for your help.
Ed.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:20:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (mark evans)
Subject: Internet on a Mac Classic?
Collective Knowledge:
I have been asked by a prospective client is they can acces the 'net via
their Mac Classic (running system 6.17 or 6.07?). Seems I read that the
small, colorless monitor does not do well for netscape, but could they use
Eudora to send/receive e-mail, and can these older systems support
MacTcp/PPP etc?
TIA
Mark Evans
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:07:01 -0400
From: Reina Pennington
Subject: Make my Mac sound like HAL
Hi folks -- while watching "Independence Day" I was reminded that I used to
have a lot of great sound clips from "2001: A Space Odyssey" that would
make my Mac talk like Hal the computer. I stopped using the clips a couple
of years ago because of the memory requirements, but now that I have a
24-MB PPC, I'd like to reload them. I'd especially like to customize the
sound clips, like you used to be able to do with the Talking Moose.
Can anyone send a URL where I can find the sound clips and software I need?
Reina Pennington
Dept. of History, University of South Carolina
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 16:10:15 -0500
From: [email protected] (Philo D.)
Subject: Milo and other math processors
Rick Russell wrote:
> Theorist, by Prescience, was another excellent math product. It came
> out in 1989 or so. While it didn't have Milo's amazing ability to
> shift terms around algebraically, it certainly did provide a host of
> amazing features. I believe Theorist was bought out by Maple, who
> promptly threw the program in the trash.
It's not in the trash. Look at
http://www.maplesoft.com/Products/Theor ... orist.html.
It's still on my disk, still being used.
Currently version 2.01, Powermac native version.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:22:52 -0500
From: [email protected] (Barry Markovitz)
Subject: PICT ->GraphConv ->Persuasion = bad text?
I'm trying to capture web page images (Netscape) to make a slide
presentation. I make a PICT of the open page with command-shift-3, open the
PICT with GraphicsConverter, trim the image and save as a PICT file. I then
import it into Persuasion (2.1). So far, so good; the image looks great on
the screen. However, in the slide show mode, the previously clean text
looks quite jagged, and I'm afraid the printed slides will look this way as
well.
Does anyone know if, in fact, the text will indeed appear jagged in the
final slides, and if so, any suggestions on fixing it? (I tried saving the
file from GraphicsConverter as an EPS; no difference.)
TIA,
Barry
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 20:57:50 -0400
From: Doc Walker
Subject: ResEdit crashes on 7600
>Has anyone else had problems with ResEdit 2.1.3 on Apple 7600
>with System 7.5.3 Revsion 2?
Are you using ATM (Adobe Type Manager)? If so, what version?
>It has hung my system when deleteing items from Alerts and DITLS
>and even when just trying to Quit.
Last October I notified Adobe's Read Roberts
about a problem narrowed down to ATM 3.8.2 and ResEdit 2.1.3. I sent him
a bootable Zip disk which would allow him to reproduce the problem. I
haven't had any response to my progress queries.
>Is there a PowerMAC native version of ResEdit that might behave?
No. From what I've read in one of the Mac mailing lists, ResEdit is
written mostly in 680x0 assembler (meaning it will never be ported to
PPC).
What I would like to see is for Apple create a kick-ass implementation of
ResEdit with OpenDoc parts. Think of the possibilities--you would be able
to pick the best 'DITL', 'icl8', 'STR ', etc. editor available. Apple
could provide the basic parts (as it did with ResEdit 2.1.x) and allow
others to extend it (much like ResEdit 2.1.x was extensible with 'TMPL'
and other resources). This begs for an OpenDoc implementation! If anyone
has any influence or knows who to contact at Apple, please pass this
suggestion on.
Doc
--
Doc Walker
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 09:28:20 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: ResEdit crashes on 7600
>Has anyone else had problems with ResEdit 2.1.3 on Apple 7600
>with System 7.5.3 Revsion 2?
>
>It has hung my system when deleteing items from Alerts and DITLS
>and even when just trying to Quit.
You're not editing things like the active System file, are you?
>Is there a PowerMAC native version of ResEdit that might behave?
2.1.3 is the most recent.
chazl
07.30.96
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 19:36:11 +0100
From: [email protected] (Berry Nijveld)
Subject: Stylewriter on PC?
Hello,
Does anyone knows if it is possible to use my Stylewriter (I) on a PC?
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:26:12 -0700
From: "Jonathan J. Sapan"
Subject: Usenet Apps...
Hi,
I'm looking for advice regarding the best Macintosh news reader(s). I've
been using Value-Added Newswatcher happily for some time, but I need a
program that can handle more than 8500 groups. Are there any programs with
similar features and ease of use that fits my needs? Internet Explorer and
Netscape are out and so is any commercial software. Please respond via
e-mail if possible - [email protected]. TIA
--
Jonathan J. Sapan
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: 31 Jul 1996 10:12:40 U
From: "James Smart"
Subject: {Q} Proforma Monitor
{Q} Proforma Monitor
I have a Proforma Plus Display (a 13" color monitor) which popped a
capacitor (in a white cloud of smoke) on the analog board.... Does anyone
know where one could abtain a schematic for this animal or at least who
manufactures it??
TIA
Jim Smart
[email protected]
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 1 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 176
Today's Topics:
[*] Total Restart (Does 3 things very well)
[Q] Copland DR0 Installation
[Q] Looking For PPP Timer/Connect
[Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
Adding a note to [email protected]
AppleShare4 and HP Printers?
Can I use the ZIP drive packaged for IBM?
CD Player stops without warning
Eudora on Lab?
FreePPP
Game of Life, Etc (C)
Geoport upgrades
Internet on a Mac Classic?
Make my Mac sound like HAL
Milo and other math processors
PICT ->GraphConv ->Persuasion = bad text?
ResEdit crashes on 7600 (2 msgs)
Stylewriter on PC?
Usenet Apps...
{Q} Proforma Monitor
The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of:
Gordon Watts, Liam Breck, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan
The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around
the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try:
Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/.
Administrative queries & info:
Articles for digest publication:
Files for inclusion:
To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and
segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to
and upload it to:
-- username/password macgifts/macgifts at info-mac.org
As with emailed submissions, non-text files must be binhexed.
See our new WWW site: , where you can find
all of this info and more!
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 16:10:09 -0700
From: (Chad Cox)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Total Restart (Does 3 things very well)
Hi, here is a real good apple script that I created. This one is
called Total Restart 1.0. This one is great because it does 3 things.
First, it closes all the windows you have open, then it cleans up the
desktop, then displays a neat little message, then it restarts. Pretty
cool, Huh? This is freeware.
Read the "Read me" file for more information.
Thanks!
Chad Cox
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/total-restart-as.hqx; 8K]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 00:41:13 -0000
From: "Luis R. Hern=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=e1ndez?="
Subject: [Q] Copland DR0 Installation
Hi:
I'm having trouble getting the DR0 to install on a friend's machine. I
don't want a copy of it, just the instructions necessary to get it
running correctly (the computer is a 6100/60 24MB RAM).
Also, has anybody been able to run it on a PowerMac 7200?
Please reply to e-mail, if requested I will repost a summary.
Thanks in advance,
Luis
System Technician
Westernbank Puerto Rico
email: [email protected]
http://www.wbpr.com/
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 13:24:12 -0400
From: [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
Subject: [Q] Looking For PPP Timer/Connect
Is there a PPP timer that is an app that will start timing connections as
soon as they are established? (also from withing the program) And it would
be usefull if it required a password to reset the timer. (not required
though)
Note: The program must not time connections that are established by the
config ppp panel i.e. by an extension. Only time connections established
within itself.
Any information would be helpful. reply to the list or e-mail me. TIA
Andrew Murray
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 18:07:00 -0500
From: "Jason P. Torrey"
Subject: [Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
I am looking for some hardware and software that will allow me to connect
more than two devices to my serial ports...i.e. modem, printer, newton,
digital camera, etc.
Flipping through the magazines and catalogs, I see Port Juggler 4x and
PortShare Pro. Does anybody have any comments on these products or some
other one in mind?
Thanks!
Jason -- [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:56:27 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: Adding a note to [email protected]
Well, just to complete or answer your question on the fact that you didn't
receive anything as you filled up the card for that gift. Actually, I did
the same and also never received anything. I asked for the Macworld mag and
never ever received it or anything else for that matter. Starting to
believe it's a small joke that Apple played on us. And if it's not, I would
gladly see any results. Is there anybody else that got the same situation?
Christian
Frodo
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:19:11 -0600
From: [email protected] (Loren Sass)
Subject: AppleShare4 and HP Printers?
Is it possible to have the AppleShare 4 Print Server use Hewlett Packard
printers? The documentation says that it can serve printers that are
"apple driver compatable". I guess that means since the Hewlett Packard
printers use their own drivers then they will not work.
These are various versions of the Deskwriter 550, 600, etc.
Thanks in advance for any information-
Jeff Sass
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:49:32 PST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Can I use the ZIP drive packaged for IBM?
Hi gurus:
My local London Drugs computer store in Nanaimo BC, which alas sells
no Mac stuff, has a great sale on Zip drives both the original Iomega and
the Epson brand the latter selling for $289 Cdn. or about $200 US$.
Both however are packaged with installation s/w and cords for those
other platforms. If I bought one of these can I easily & cheaply get
the right Mac stuff for them?
I know the US mail order price is about $200 but shipping is added
plus when it gets to the border GST (7% tax) + $5 handling fee = $220 US.
Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks all.
Paul
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 13:35:00 +0200
From: Remy Tourment
Subject: CD Player stops without warning
Help !
In my new 8500 PowerMac, when I use CD Player (Lecture audio AppleCD in
french system 7.5.3) to play audio CDs while working it often happens that
the playing suddenly stops without warning. No error message, no warning.
And this seems to happen randomly : never on the same place on each CD, and
on lots of CDs, all of which read OK on my home Mac CD player (Performa
5320) or HiFi CD Player.
Has someone encountered this same problem, or would have an idea where this
can be originated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Remy Tourment
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:05:59 -0400 (GMT-0400)
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: Eudora on Lab?
Hello,
I would like to know how to handle various accounts on Eudora? I mean, I've
been using Eudora v1.5.2 without problems, but now I will have to share my
computer on the lab I'm working, so I would like to know the easiest way to
handle different settings for different people and to restrict use of some
mailboxes.
thanks in advance. Please e-mail me your answers.
Ing. Gustavo Mendez Grupo de Polimeros USB, Venezuela email: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 12:08:20 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: FreePPP
I'm a customer of Earthlink and they use the FreePPP / ConfigPPP software
for hooking up to the internet. What I'm trying to do is have my
powerbook
wake up everyday at a certain time, log into my Earthlink account by
activating the FreePPP connection, and then having Emailer grab my mail.
Everything's easy:
1) the powerbook will wake up by itself
2) Emailer can get mail when you tell it to
3) the powerbook will go to sleep by itself
The problem is getting FreePPP to log in.
Anyone out there have any cool ideas? I tried AppleScript but it didn't
seem to be able to communicate with it (not that I'm very knowledgable
about AppleScript.)
Thanks very much to all!
Michael Surtees
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 16:23:01 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: Game of Life, Etc (C)
On 30 Jul, Alex Lagutin wrote
>Can anybody point me, where can I find The Game of Life for Macintosh?
I pointed Alex privately to his friendly neighborhood I-M archive. The
file name is GAMES/GAME-OF-LIFE-150.HQX.
This query, and others like it, could have been avoided. Not that we
don't like to help, but I suspect most folk would like to help themselves
and feel empowered and all that.
I believe the best kept secret on the internet is the I-M archive table
of contents. It is the file HELP/ALL-FILES.TXT. Granted, 501k is a tad
largish, so it isn't a file most folk would download daily. I tend to
snag a copy every month or so, about as long as I can remember anything.
Then I read it into a word processor or text editor and use the FIND
command to see if the archive has what I'm looking for. Or I just page
through.
This isn't too useful for creatively named programs. I'd never know that
Auspice is a nice personal calendar program. However, looking for a game
named Game of Life would be straightforward, yes?
Al Bloom
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 22:36:48 -0700
From: Edward Luy
Subject: Geoport upgrades
Hi,
Do you guys have any Free Geoport upgrade software available. Working
with version 1.0
Got 2.3.2 from a friend at Apple but losted during an HD crash. Made
backup, but I guess I forgot to copy a disk.
Anyhow, thanks for your help.
Ed.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:20:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (mark evans)
Subject: Internet on a Mac Classic?
Collective Knowledge:
I have been asked by a prospective client is they can acces the 'net via
their Mac Classic (running system 6.17 or 6.07?). Seems I read that the
small, colorless monitor does not do well for netscape, but could they use
Eudora to send/receive e-mail, and can these older systems support
MacTcp/PPP etc?
TIA
Mark Evans
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:07:01 -0400
From: Reina Pennington
Subject: Make my Mac sound like HAL
Hi folks -- while watching "Independence Day" I was reminded that I used to
have a lot of great sound clips from "2001: A Space Odyssey" that would
make my Mac talk like Hal the computer. I stopped using the clips a couple
of years ago because of the memory requirements, but now that I have a
24-MB PPC, I'd like to reload them. I'd especially like to customize the
sound clips, like you used to be able to do with the Talking Moose.
Can anyone send a URL where I can find the sound clips and software I need?
Reina Pennington
Dept. of History, University of South Carolina
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 16:10:15 -0500
From: [email protected] (Philo D.)
Subject: Milo and other math processors
Rick Russell wrote:
> Theorist, by Prescience, was another excellent math product. It came
> out in 1989 or so. While it didn't have Milo's amazing ability to
> shift terms around algebraically, it certainly did provide a host of
> amazing features. I believe Theorist was bought out by Maple, who
> promptly threw the program in the trash.
It's not in the trash. Look at
http://www.maplesoft.com/Products/Theor ... orist.html.
It's still on my disk, still being used.
Currently version 2.01, Powermac native version.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:22:52 -0500
From: [email protected] (Barry Markovitz)
Subject: PICT ->GraphConv ->Persuasion = bad text?
I'm trying to capture web page images (Netscape) to make a slide
presentation. I make a PICT of the open page with command-shift-3, open the
PICT with GraphicsConverter, trim the image and save as a PICT file. I then
import it into Persuasion (2.1). So far, so good; the image looks great on
the screen. However, in the slide show mode, the previously clean text
looks quite jagged, and I'm afraid the printed slides will look this way as
well.
Does anyone know if, in fact, the text will indeed appear jagged in the
final slides, and if so, any suggestions on fixing it? (I tried saving the
file from GraphicsConverter as an EPS; no difference.)
TIA,
Barry
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 20:57:50 -0400
From: Doc Walker
Subject: ResEdit crashes on 7600
>Has anyone else had problems with ResEdit 2.1.3 on Apple 7600
>with System 7.5.3 Revsion 2?
Are you using ATM (Adobe Type Manager)? If so, what version?
>It has hung my system when deleteing items from Alerts and DITLS
>and even when just trying to Quit.
Last October I notified Adobe's Read Roberts
about a problem narrowed down to ATM 3.8.2 and ResEdit 2.1.3. I sent him
a bootable Zip disk which would allow him to reproduce the problem. I
haven't had any response to my progress queries.
>Is there a PowerMAC native version of ResEdit that might behave?
No. From what I've read in one of the Mac mailing lists, ResEdit is
written mostly in 680x0 assembler (meaning it will never be ported to
PPC).
What I would like to see is for Apple create a kick-ass implementation of
ResEdit with OpenDoc parts. Think of the possibilities--you would be able
to pick the best 'DITL', 'icl8', 'STR ', etc. editor available. Apple
could provide the basic parts (as it did with ResEdit 2.1.x) and allow
others to extend it (much like ResEdit 2.1.x was extensible with 'TMPL'
and other resources). This begs for an OpenDoc implementation! If anyone
has any influence or knows who to contact at Apple, please pass this
suggestion on.
Doc
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Doc Walker
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 09:28:20 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: ResEdit crashes on 7600
>Has anyone else had problems with ResEdit 2.1.3 on Apple 7600
>with System 7.5.3 Revsion 2?
>
>It has hung my system when deleteing items from Alerts and DITLS
>and even when just trying to Quit.
You're not editing things like the active System file, are you?
>Is there a PowerMAC native version of ResEdit that might behave?
2.1.3 is the most recent.
chazl
07.30.96
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 19:36:11 +0100
From: [email protected] (Berry Nijveld)
Subject: Stylewriter on PC?
Hello,
Does anyone knows if it is possible to use my Stylewriter (I) on a PC?
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:26:12 -0700
From: "Jonathan J. Sapan"
Subject: Usenet Apps...
Hi,
I'm looking for advice regarding the best Macintosh news reader(s). I've
been using Value-Added Newswatcher happily for some time, but I need a
program that can handle more than 8500 groups. Are there any programs with
similar features and ease of use that fits my needs? Internet Explorer and
Netscape are out and so is any commercial software. Please respond via
e-mail if possible - [email protected]. TIA
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Jonathan J. Sapan
[email protected]
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Date: 31 Jul 1996 10:12:40 U
From: "James Smart"
Subject: {Q} Proforma Monitor
{Q} Proforma Monitor
I have a Proforma Plus Display (a 13" color monitor) which popped a
capacitor (in a white cloud of smoke) on the analog board.... Does anyone
know where one could abtain a schematic for this animal or at least who
manufactures it??
TIA
Jim Smart
[email protected]
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