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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 18 Jul 94 Volume 12 : Issue 98
Today's Topics:
[!] file listings changing
[*] 103rd Congrees contact information as a FileMaker Pro database
[*] 103rd Congress contact information as a Now Contact file
[*] 4D ISBN Check procedure
[*] 4D Speech Pack; an external for 4D databases
[*] Ambrosia Times 1.1; an interactive electronic company newsletter
[*] AMT-More-Modems-Jul94; additional modems for the Apple Modem Tool
[*] AutoDoubler, CopyDoubler and DiskDoubler patcher to Pro 1.1
[*] Autograph 1.1; an Eudora signature utility
[*] bolomaps-Insanity Maps
[*] BunchOApps; recently used apps in the Control Strip
[*] canvas-352-tools.hqx
[*] Chat 2.0.6 Release; conferencing software
[*] chipmunk-basic-29b5; a programming language
[*] Commander Demo; a 4D eletronic reference
[*] commsService; "a 'rolodex' like communications facility"
[*] ControlStripPatcher 2.0; allows use on all Macs
[*] csmp-digest-v3-045
[*] CU-SeeMe070b1.sit.hqx - Video Conferencing Software
[*] Disk Wizard 1.0; disk cataloging software
[*] dropstuff_w/ee_installer; compression utility
[*] Eudora 1.4.3; a TCP/IP mail client
[*] Halma 1.2 (source code to a board game)
[*] Halma 1.2; a board game
[*] HTML.edit 1.1.2; the markup language editor
[*] Informant XFCN 1.0 Demo; "Returns Hardware & Software Attributes"
[*] InterNews 1.0.1; a TCP/IP news client
[*] LanTest 1.1 - File Server Performance Evaluation Tool
[*] Lose Your Marbles! 1.0 (source code to a board game)
[*] Lose Your Marbles! 1.0; a board game
[*] mac.ftp.list, Version 3.8.7a
[*] MacKermit Templates; for use with the terminal program
[*] MacPing 3.0 DEMO; a network testing utility
[*] Malph 2.0.1; an application switcher
[*] MathLibFast; a faster set of math routines for the PPC
[*] Maven2.0a16.sit.hqx - Network Voice Conf. Software
[*] MiG Desktop Picture
[*] net-rpg-104; an irc-like TCP/IP server for role playing
[*] No Erase 1.0.1; inhibits the disk erase Finder menu
[*] Notebook Maker 1.2.4; an electronic notebook
[*] Page Pal 0.9; sends pages via the Motorla TAP protocol
[*] RAM Doubler Indicator Patch (vers. 1.04)
[*] Realmz 1.2.1; an adventure game
[*] SC/SC++ for MPW 7.0.3 Update; Symantec's C/C++ compiler update
[*] Shutdown FX 2.1 (source code to the iterface utility)
[*] Shutdown FX 2.1; special graphic effects upon shutdown
[*] SimpleText Color Menu 1.3 for SimpleText 1.1
[*] SpeakAlert-106; hear your alerts and notifications
[*] Specular LogoMotion 1.5 Demo; a 3D logo animation program
[*] Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.1.2 (game programming lib)
[*] Star Patrol 1.5 Release; a Trek-style game
[*] Stevie, the vi text editor
[*] stufex_3.5_installer; a decompression and translation utility
[*] suntar 2.01; read tar files on your Mac
[*] SySoft Corporation Informational Posting [humour]
[*] Teacher's Grading Program II 1.21
[*] TerrainMan 1.5; converts from PICT to DXF
[*] vista-pro-ppc; "a 3D landscape visualization tool"
[*] WebMap 1.0.7d; an HTML image map layout application
[*] Wedding Stack 1.0; keeps track of wedding items
[*] WendyComm 2.0 (CTB communications program)
[*] WindowTopLeft FKEY; don't lose windows on multiple monitors
[*] Wizard of Oz; the book
[*] YLSTAT4.51b1 A simple, fast statistics application
[*] Zync version 1.0a4; a file synchronisation utilty
800k mechanisms & 720K IBM floppies
840av is an EtherNet killer??
[F] Speed Disk memory problems
[Q] Apple File Exchange freezes Quadra 840av
[Q] PIN security software for laserprinter's?
[Q] Quantum LPS105 won't boot
Advice needed on a bulletin board system
And also, Who Was Buried in Grant's Tomb?
Apple contact
Archie program for dial-in connections
Attentention NotifyMail Users
Audio CD sound out
BinHex decoder location?
Buying music CD on the Internet
Color printing on ImageWriter
Color printing on IMAGEWRITER (it works!)
Control Strip and NowMenus
CoralDraw ==> Mac Freehand/Illustrator Converter?
Dart 1.5 Anomalous Behavior
Disability software?
Export graphics from Hypercard? (Q)
FAQ of the season (A)
Finder copies Adobe type 1 fonts very slowly [Q]
Folder lock?
Frozen Mac
FTF 3.0 vs. Delrina's Fax pro 1.5
Getting rid of KeyServer
Is any human from Berkeley out there!!!
LaserWriter 8.1.2
Logitech 3-button mouse (2 msgs)
Mac Comm programs
MacPPP (Q)
MacWeb: Competition For NCSA Mosaic.
netters' dinner?
Oddly large type sizes in some displays (Q)
PM as remote ftp server
Postscript printing error
Powerbook 100 serial port not working
PowerPC 6100/CC:Mail/Plaintalk problems
Problem printing rotated MathType equations (Q)
Q660av- a good buy?
Question: error code -2004
Startup Screen Picker 1.3 (C)
text editors w/graphics (Q)
TranSkel
Uncompressing
UUCP and 660AV
What version of MacTCP for PowerMac ???
Where can I find uuUndo?
Where in archives?
Which Macs accept ][e card?
Zoom or PowerUser 14.4 Data/Fax/Voice
The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa, Gordon Watts, Liam Breck
and Igor Livshits.
The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu
[36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help.
Mail articles for inclusion in the digest to [email protected].
Send binaries to be placed in the archives to [email protected].
Send administrative mail to [email protected].
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 17:33:02 -0400
From: [email protected] (Liam Breck)
Subject: [!] file listings changing
After July 22 we will be changing over to a slightly different format
in help/all-files.txt and help/recent-files.txt. From then on, all
files in those lists will carry a date in the format .
Currently, files new in the last 6 months use the format .
This change should not affect mirrors using Lee McLoughlin's Perl
mirror package.
BTW, this change was advertised and planned for a few months ago,
but didn't take place at that time.
Liam Breck [email protected]
Info-Mac Archive Special Projects Moderator El Cazador de Ratones
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 10:34:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: TM Petaccia
Subject: [*] 103rd Congrees contact information as a FileMaker Pro database
Description: Two FileMaker Pro 2.0 databases containing names, party
affiliations, phone/fax numbers, and committee assignments of the 103rd United
States Senate and House of Representatives. Buttons and scripts help you
extract names of those serving on various committees, print labels, form
letters, and track voting records. Color optimized for 256 or better. Requires
FileMaker Pro 2.0 or greater. Author: TM Petaccia. Shareware: $30.00.
Compressed with StuffIt Deluxe.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/congress-103-fmpro.hqx; 145K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 10:34:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: TM Petaccia
Subject: [*] 103rd Congress contact information as a Now Contact file
Description: Now Contact file containing names, party affiliations, phone/fax
numbers, and committee assignments of the 103rd United States Senate and House
of Representatives. Includes mailing label and mail merge templates. Requires:
Now Contact 1.0 or greater. Author: TM Petaccia. Shareware: $20. Compressed
with StuffIt Deluxe.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/congress-103-now-contact.hqx; 82K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:08:01 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros"
Subject: [*] 4D ISBN Check procedure
ISBN check proc.txt
Small procedure for 4D to check if ISBN book number is correctly
entered.
Rene Ros
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/isbn-check.txt; 1K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:08:23 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros"
Subject: [*] 4D Speech Pack; an external for 4D databases
4D SpeechPack 2.2.ext MINOR UPGRADE
Shareware $15. External for 4th Dimension.
An external package for 4th Dimension which adds
Text-to-Speech capabilities to your data-bases! Don't just
display a message but talk to your user. What kind of
interaction is more natural? And the quality of the voices
is also pretty good these days.
Minor upgrade to the previous 2.1 version.
Fixes a few problems and adds some secondary functions
to control speech and obtain information.
Rene Ros
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/speech-pack-22-ext.hqx; 172K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 13:01:44 PDT
From: [email protected] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] Ambrosia Times 1.1; an interactive electronic company newsletter
Ambrosia Software, Inc. interactive electronic company newsletter with
information about the company itself and it's products.
-- Derek
[Archived as /info-mac/per/ambrosia-times-11.hqx; 333K]
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Date: 09 Jul 1994 16:02:17 GMT
From: [email protected] (Jim Hebert)
Subject: [*] AMT-More-Modems-Jul94; additional modems for the Apple Modem Tool
AMT-More-Modems-Jul94.sit contains resources for adding modems to the Apple
Modem Tool (v1.5). The following modems may be added using these resources:
Practical Peripherals PM-14400-FXSA
Practical Peripherals PM-14400-FXSA-Fast Hang Up (new)
AT&T Dataport 14.4
Zyxel-U-1496-E (new)
Telelink IMS-08 (new; European model; by Christian Buser)
In most cases, the resources add four settings variants, which allow the user
to quickly configure the modem for common situations.
Best regards,
Jim Hebert, K8SS
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ctb/amt-more-modems-94-07.hqx; 29K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:29:07 -0700
From: [email protected] (Harri Rehnberg)
Subject: [*] AutoDoubler, CopyDoubler and DiskDoubler patcher to Pro 1.1
Attention all AutoDoubler, CopyDoubler and DiskDoubler owners. This
patcher updates all variants of AD 2.0.x, CD (& Lite) 2.0.x, and DD 4.0.x.
Harri Rehnberg
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/disk-doubler-pro-11-updt.hqx; 798K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 19:06:39 -0400
From: David Kabal
Subject: [*] Autograph 1.1; an Eudora signature utility
Autograph 1.1 README Copyright (c) 1993-1994 David Kabal FREE!
** CHANGES
-- Support for Eudora 2.xx
Read below. Where you see settings file substitute signature file. (ie,
tell it which file to modify, and alias it and call the alias "Eudora
Settings" and put it in the signature(s) folder(s))
-- Multiple Eudora folders capability
This version added the ability to select which Eudora Settings file to modify.
With no additional information given, Autograph will look for a file called
"Eudora Settings" in a folder called "Eudora Folder" inside the active System
folder. These can all be aliases....
If you have multiple Eudora folders on your disk, make sure that an alias (or
the real thing) of "Eudora Settings" is in the same folder(s) as the
signature(s).
Easy huh? This works for random signatures too!
More explanation: say you have a folder called "Signatures" containing
signatures like I do. Your Eudora settings file is somewhere on some disk. Make
an alias of it. Drop it in the Signatures folder. Autograph will not look in
the
System folder anymore! Autograph will use the alias to find your settings
file.
As long as the alias is called "Eudora Settings" and resides in the same
folder as the signature/text file, it will modify this file. This could
conceivably be used to modify any file (Why? I don't know). Multiple
folders could have different aliases pointing to different Eudora Settings
files.
Obviously, everyone should have their own set of signatures to avoid
conflicts.
-- Multi-language compatibility
Now the folder (Eudora Folder in English) and file (Eudora Settings) to change
are stored in the resource fork of Autograph (STR# 100). If I don't have a
version of Autograph in YOUR language, you can make one! I currently have only
English and Swedish versions, so send me one modified in YOUR language and I
can
distribute it!
-- Random signatures
Yes, that feature we've all been waiting for:
If you drag a FOLDER over Autograph, it picks a random file in that folder to
be
your signature. Be careful. Make sure all your files in that folder are
acceptable signature files.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-autograph-11.hqx; 45K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 16:43:14 -0500
From: [email protected] (Chris Williams)
Subject: [*] bolomaps-Insanity Maps
Here are a few more good bolo maps. Enjoy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/insanity-maps.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 11:50:26 +0100
From: [email protected] (patrick mcclaughry)
Subject: [*] BunchOApps; recently used apps in the Control Strip
Attached in a BinHexed and Compacted Control Strip Module called
BunchOApps. This module adds a recently-used menu to Apple's Control Strip.
As always, you must already have Apple Control Strip control panel to use
BunchOApps. BunchOApps is free but not public domain. Consult the README
file for details. You may include BunchOApps on the sumex CD-ROM, if you
like.
Have fun,
--pat
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/bunch-o-apps-strip.hqx; 24K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 21:57 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] canvas-352-tools.hqx
I don't know if you have this yet. I got it from America Online.
Archive it as CV3.5.2_Tools.sea.hqx
There are two related files you'll need:
Canvas_3.5.2_Updater.sea.hqx
READ_ME_Canvas_3.5.2.hqx
Alan Weiss
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/canvas-352-tools.hqx; 998K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/canvas-352-updt.hqx; 1018K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/canvas-352-updt-info.hqx; 28K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 20:29:11 -0500
From: [email protected] (Nathan Neulinger)
Subject: [*] Chat 2.0.6 Release; conferencing software
Chat is a TCP/IP Chat Server for the Macintosh. Using Chat on a Macintosh
equipped with MacTCP will allow other machines to telnet to that machine
and participate in a group CB style discussion.
**** WHATS NEW IN 2.0.6 ****
The user password bug has been fixed.
A new option has been added to allow the chat room application to beep
whenever someone connects.
Adminstrative variables have been added to allow administrative setting
of beep on login, prompt for channel at login, and subject. They are
BEEP, PROMPT, and SUBJECT, respectively.
A new menu option, though currently not implemented, has been added which
will allow the administrator to control whether users can change the
subject of the channel.
The help text has been updated to reflect the change in the /CHANNEL
command, which (as of v.2.0.5) lists the channels and subjects if no channel
is specified.
-- Nathan
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/chat-206.hqx; 61K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 21:51 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] chipmunk-basic-29b5; a programming language
This is a version of Chipmunk Basic that is compiled for both power
macs and 680x0 macs. It is a freeware Basic interpreter with some
unique features, such as Morse code, and a little drawing environment
with sprites! Not the author, just uploading as a public service.
You should probably archive it as chipBasic29b5.sea.hqx
Alan Weiss
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/chipmunk-basic-29b5.hqx; 169K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 23:40:38 +1200
From: [email protected] (Allan Udy)
Subject: [*] Commander Demo; a 4D eletronic reference
Commander 2.0 Released
Golden Micro Solutions are pleased to announce the release of Commander
v2.0. Commander is an on-line command reference for the 4th Dimension=AE
procedural language.
Commander contains over 95% of the 4th Dimension Language Reference=
Manual
in an easy to use and search format. All 4th Dimension=AE commands=
are
included along with the full descriptions of those commands as contained=
in
the Language Reference Manual. Additional notes and source code examples
have been added to suppliment the original decriptions where appropriate.
All other chapters of the 4th Dimension=AE Language Reference Manual=
that 4th
Dimension=AE users frequently need (such as 'The Layout Execution=
Cycle',
and 'Components of Processes'), are also contained within additional
Command Set files that are accessed by Commander.
Advantages Of Using Commander
* Find the information or command description you are looking=
=20
for easily in a seconds.
* Easily navigate from one command reference to another using=
=20
'hyper-text' jumping, and rapidly skip back through the topics=
=20
you've just looked at.
* No more having to carry the 4th Dimension Language =20
Reference manual around whereever you go.
* Additional notes about commands, extra source code=20
fragments, and all recent addenda to the LR manual included.
* Uses very little RAM, so you can have Commander open=20
whenever you're using 4th Dimension-this is no memory hog.
* Use standard copy techniques to copy source code examples =20
from Commander and paste directly into your own procedures.
* Commander can be set to automatically hide itself when you=20
switch it into the background-there are no additional=20
windows cluttering up your desktop when they're not needed.
* Create and use additional 'Command Set' files to expand the
commands/information you can access with Commander.
* Is supplied with a demonstration database showing how you=20
can access the Command Set files from with your 4D=20
databases.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/commander-20-demo.hqx; 136K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 05:26:47 +1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] commsService; "a 'rolodex' like communications facility"
commsService - Software Version - 1.0
commsService is a easy-to-use application that provides a "rolodex" like
communications facility. The application provides facilities for recording
the details of commonly used connections/sessions as a series of parameters
on an individual "card".
A communications "card" is referred to as a "service", which is defined as
any process running on a local or remote computer, eg. an Online Public
Access Catalogue (OPAC) or a Campus Wide Information System (CWIS). Each
service is uniquely defined via a series of 12 parameters that describe
attributes such as the name, the method used to connect to the service,
the login and logout scripts, etc.
Service definitions allow for multiple, simultaneous sessions to be active
at any one time. A typical session might therefore include a serial
connection to your local OPAC in one window, whilst another window displays
information from a CWIS, and a third displays a remote network connection
to a second OPAC.
The application utilises the power of HyperCard's scripting language,
HyperTalk to provide a powerful communication scripting facility. It
achieves this by defining a series of communication specific language
extensions that enable scripts to communicate directly with services.
commsService is based upon Apple's Communications Toolbox technology,
consequently connectivity is only limited by the range of Connection and
Terminal Emulation tools that are available on your machine.
What You Need To Run commsService.
In order to run commsService 1.0 and activate any of the example services
you will need a Macintosh with the following installed software :
a) System 7.0 or later
and, if you wish to launch any of the tcp/ip network examples
b) MacTCP 1.1 or later
What You Must Do To Run commsService.
You must Install the CONTENTS of the "Comms Tools" folder. To do this,
simply select and drag the entire CONTENTS of the "Comms Tools" folder to
the System folder. System 7 will then take over and install the items
appropriately.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/term/comms-service-10-hc.hqx; 1006K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 19:10:53 -0500
From: [email protected] (Robert S. Mah)
Subject: [*] ControlStripPatcher 2.0; allows use on all Macs
This new version of ControlStripPatcher does not modify any actual code.
Thanks to Troy Gaul for getting an Apple engineer to spill the beans.
ControlStripPatcher modifies Apple's new Control Strip software so that
it can work on desktop Macs. For some strange reason, current versions
are disabled on anything except Powerbooks and Duos.
Control Strip puts this little control strip, hence the name, at the
bottom of your screen. It can be used to control various features on
your machine. One neat thing is that CS is modular in nature, thereby
allowing third parties to create new modules. A unofficial header
file for creating control strip modules is included in this archive.
Cheers,
Rob
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-strip-patcher-20.hqx; 12K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 13:12:02 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-045
C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 14 Jul 94 Volume 3 : Issue 45
Today's Topics:
AppleShare programming?
Composing and INIT *NARF*
FSSpec of own INIT
Help: DragGrayRgn() Action Proc
Learning TCP
Modal Dialog Filter & Delete key
OLE on the Macintosh
Omission in Universal Headers: TrackControl()
Where does data go when no PPCRead is pending?
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-045.txt; 64K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 04:54:16 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jamal Hannah)
Subject: [*] CU-SeeMe070b1.sit.hqx - Video Conferencing Software
CU-SeeMe - Video Teleconferencing for the Mac, from Cornell University!
Read the accompanying "readme" file, inside the archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/cu-see-me-070b1.hqx; 151K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 10:55:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] Disk Wizard 1.0; disk cataloging software
Disk Wizard 1.0 - the ultimate disk cataloging software!
- Scans disks *automatically* when you eject them!
- Scans inside Stuffit and Compact Pro archives!
- Offers a powerful offline searching facility.
- Sends Apple events to the Finder to select files.
- Offers a fast, robust routine to copy files to your hard disk.
- Catalogs any disk, including CDs.
- etc. etc.
Requires System 7 or up. $10 Shareware. Try it!
I am the author ([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-wizard-10.hqx; 96K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 13:31:28 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bruce)
Subject: [*] dropstuff_w/ee_installer; compression utility
Complete Installer for DropStuff with Expander Enhancer 3.5, a new,
shareware product from Aladdin Systems with major benefits: Easy Stuffing
and BinHexing from the Finder, Power Mac "accelerated" expansion and
stuffing, and major enhancements of our StuffIt Expander. You'll be able
to expand .ZIP, .ARC, .pkg, .gz, .Z, .uu, and SpaceSaver files. It can even
join StuffIt segments, make self-extracting archives and much more!
Shareware ($30). Disinfectant 3.5 shows no viruses in this file.
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/drop-stuff-with-enhancer-35.hqx; 498K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 22:16:27 -0600
From: [email protected] (John R. Park)
Subject: [*] Eudora 1.4.3; a TCP/IP mail client
I haven't seen this show up yet; at least not at sumex-aim. If I am
mistaken then please disregard.
Best regards,
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-143.hqx; 299K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 01:22:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Halma 1.2 (source code to a board game)
Halma 1.2 is a solitare board game in which you must move nine tiles from
one corner of the board to the other in the minimum number of moves. 21
unique boards in all. This version fixes several technical bugs and revamps
the help section interface. This archive contains the complete THINK C 7
project and resource files. Application also available; check ftp sites or
e-mail [email protected]. Finger [email protected] for complete program list.
Copyright (C) 1994, Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General
Public License" for licensing details.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/halma-12-c.hqx; 229K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 01:21:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Halma 1.2; a board game
Halma 1.2 is a solitare board game in which you must move nine tiles from one
corner of the board to the other in the minimum number of moves. 21 unique
boards in all. This version fixes several technical bugs and revamps
the help section interface. C source code also available; check ftp sites or
e-mail [email protected]. Finger [email protected] for complete program list.
Copyright (C) 1994, Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General
Public License" for licensing details. 420K memory, 112K disk, B/W or color
monitors, system 4.1 or later. Sounds require system 6.0.7 or later.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/halma-12.hqx; 105K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 13:57:18 -1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] HTML.edit 1.1.2; the markup language editor
HTML.edit version 1.1.2 c1994 by Murray Altheim, Equinox Development All Rights
Reserved. The author retains all intellectual property rights to this product
and its documentation.
HTML.edit is an editor for the HyperText Markup Language, the text-based coding
used for documents on World Wide Web (WWW). All HTML-coded documents created by
HTML.edit are saved external to the editor as ASCII text files. World Wide Web
servers follow HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and deliver on demand HTML
documents to remote clients using browser programs like NCSA Mosaic.
New features in 1.1.2 includes a number of new conversion commands and a
Replace
command (including global replaces), new Undo HTML and Remove HTML commands,
improvements to the Images and Create HyperText Link command dialogs, saving of
commonly used URLs, and more.
It follows the HTML specification for naming conventions and implements most
HTML codes, including lists, images, anchors and text formats, plus the new
HTML
tags for strikethru, superscript and subscript.
This product is freeware. May be freely distributed in its unmodified
state, and
is licensed for use in educational, government, and non-profit organizations.
Commercial use of this product is prohibited without license for use from its
author. HTML.edit is not to be redistributed with commercial applications
or in
commercial CD-ROM archives without the express, _written_ consent of the
author.
My apologies to those who had problems with 1.1.1. A bug in the Balloon
XCMD was
found when compiled on a 840av. This version has been tested on most Macintosh
models except PowerMacs. Documentation is updated and there are lots of new
features. Please send any bugs or comments to
[email protected].
Thanks,
Murray
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html-edit-112.hqx; 749K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 18:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Informant XFCN 1.0 Demo; "Returns Hardware & Software Attributes"
XFCN Returns Hardware & Software Attributes
Contact: Iverson Software Co.
Jeffrey D. Iverson
P. O. Box 3
Rice Lake WI 54868-0003
(715) 236-7918
AppleLink: J5rson
Rice Lake, WI--14 JUL 94: Now available: Informant XFCN 1.0, an external
function (XFCN) which returns information on over 80 Hardware and System
Software features on a Macintosh.
Externals are used by many authoring systems (such as HyperCard, SuperCard,
AuthorWare, Director, and many others) to add functionality to the host
program. Jeff Iverson has been developing externals, both custom and for
resale, since 1988.
Among the many topics that Informant allows you to investigate are: A/UX;
Addressing Mode; Alias Manager; AppleTalk; CloseView; Code Fragment Manager;
Connection Manager; Component Manger; Native CPU Type (for Power Macintosh
models); Communications Resource Manager; Communications Toolbox; Database
Access Manager; Dictionary Manager; Dialog Manager; Display Manager; Easy
Access; Edition Manager; AppleEvent Manager; Finder; Find Folder; Font Manager;
Floating Point Unit; File System; File Transfer Manager; Hardware; Help
Manager; Compression Manager; Icon Utilities; Keyboard Type; Memory Locations;
Machine Type; Mixed Mode Attributes; Memory Management Unit; Network;
Notification Manager; Operating System; PC Exchange; Power Manager;
Program-to-Program Communication; Logical Processor Type; Parity Attributes;
QuickDraw; QuickTime; RAM Size (logical and physical); ROM Information;
Resource Manager; Realtime Manager; Script Manager; Scrap Manager; Serial
Manager; Slot Manager; Sound Manager; Speech Manager; System Architecture;
System Version; TextEdit; Terminal Manager; Time Manager; Text Services
Manager; Virtual Memory; Translation Manager; and more...
The cost of the package is $50.00 (US), and licenses are available to
developers of commercial products to use the external in their own products.
Demos are available for $5.00 or may be downloaded from AppleLink, CompuServe,
or via anonymous ftp at sumex-aim.stanford.edu (or a mirror site).
Orders may be sent to Iverson Software Co., P. O. Box 3, Rice Lake WI
54868-0003. For more information, Jeff Iverson can be reached at (715)
236-7918.
[Archived as /info-mac/card/informant-10-xfcn-demo.hqx; 29K]
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Date: 14 Jul 94 09:13:58 EDT
From: [email protected] (InterNews)
Subject: [*] InterNews 1.0.1; a TCP/IP news client
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/inter-news-101.hqx; 572K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 18:36:43 +0200
From: [email protected] (Jens-Uwe Mager)
Subject: [*] LanTest 1.1 - File Server Performance Evaluation Tool
LanTest is an utility designed to test file server performance in a
Macintosh environment. It tests the following operations:
* Creating 100 files of 20kb each
* Opening and closing 100 files.
* Remove 100 files.
* Write 3 Mb to a file.
* Read 3 Mb from a file.
* Lock and unlock 4000 records.
* Read a directory containing 320 entries.
The utility can perform a mixture of these tests using a given number
of times and display the timings as well as an average. All results are
written into an ASCII logfile as well. The utility will count the
number of concurrently running LanTest programs in the current zone, if
not all of these test the same server the number of users displayed
might be misleading.
As all benchmarks, the results must be interpreted carefully and all
test parameters should be documented together with the results.
Changes since version 1.0.3:
* Allow clicking on the text of a button to toggle the value.
* Warn the user if he/she is testing the local hard disk.
* Better directory chooser (the old one was plain ugly).
Known Bugs:
* Testing through the LocalTalk port can distort the test result
considerably as the Mac's clock is stopped too long from the LocalTalk
driver. This appears to depend upon Mac model.
Jens-Uwe Mager
HELIOS Software GmbH
Lavesstr. 80
30159 Hannover
Germany
Phone: +49 511 36482-0
FAX: +49 511 36482-69
AppleLink: helios.de Attn: Jens-Uwe Mager
Internet: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/lan-test-11.hqx; 84K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:34:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Lose Your Marbles! 1.0 (source code to a board game)
Lose Your Marbles! 1.0 is an infuriating board game in which you must
fill a board (as small as 5 x 5, as large as 8 x 8) with marbles such that
so row, column, or diagonal contains two of the same marble. Not as easy
as it sounds...
This archive contains the complete THINK C 7 project and resource files.
Application also available; check ftp sites or e-mail [email protected].
Finger [email protected] for complete program list. Copyright (C) 1994,
Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General Public License" for
licensing details.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/lose-your-marbles-10-c.hqx; 244K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:33:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Lose Your Marbles! 1.0; a board game
Lose Your Marbles! 1.0 is an infuriating board game in which you must
fill a board (as small as 5 x 5, as large as 8 x 8) with marbles such that
so row, column, or diagonal contains two of the same marble. Not as easy
as it sounds...
C source code also available; check ftp sites or e-mail [email protected].
Finger [email protected] for complete program list. Copyright (C) 1994,
Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General Public License" for
licensing details. 384K memory, 140K disk, B/W or color monitors, system
4.1 or later. Sounds require system 6.0.7 or later.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/lose-your-marbles-10.hqx; 120K]
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Date: 14 Jul 94 20:40:43 EDT
From: bruce grubb
Subject: [*] mac.ftp.list, Version 3.8.7a
Changes: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov info updated; ftp.jyu.fi ip# changed;
amug.org is now ftp.amug.org; beach.gal.utexas.edu is now
beach.utmb.edu; 'Some Miscellaneous sites' section and
ftp.cpsc.ucalgary.ca removed, csd4.csd.uwm.edu moved to
'specific file' section; format chart updated - added .tar and
.uu/.uue removed .pit; toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp info updated;
ftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de directory added; laplace.stat.ucla.edu
removed;
Added sites: ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be; ftp.nus.sg; alfred.ccs.carleton.ca;
ftp.novell.com; king.ncb.gov.sg; ftp.switch.ch;
ftp.support.apple.com; cassandra.ucr.edu; ftp.ibp.fr;
ftp.loria.fr; ftp.att.com; abs.apple.com; ftp.csua.berkeley.edu
This is a update {July 14,1994} to Mike Gleason's ftp list {He gave me
permision to continue it}. It lists a good number of mac anonymous ftp
sites with notes on some and a little blurb on how to use anonymous ftp.
Must be in Monaco 9 {or PC equivalent} to be readable.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-387a.txt; 41K]
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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 94 20:38:54 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacKermit Templates; for use with the terminal program
Four templates to use with MacKermit the free communication program are
included. On a MacPlus you can use them and the COMMAND key will replace the
CONTROL KEY. Even if now I have a keyboard with arrows and a control key, I
still use these templates.
These could be archived like you want.
louis [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/term/mac-kermit-templates.hqx; 7K]
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Date: 15 Jul 94 02:35:55 EDT
From: [email protected] (Richard E. Brown)
Subject: [*] MacPing 3.0 DEMO; a network testing utility
MacPing tests how well your AppleTalk or IP (Internet Protocol)
network carries data packets. Just as a sonar or radar system
sends a signal and waits for the echo, MacPing sends "probe"
packets and waits for responses from the various devices connected
to that network. If all the responses return, then your network is
probably working well. If a few (or many) responses are lost,
MacPing can help you diagnose what's wrong.
MacPing differs from other network testing programs in that it
tests in parallel all the devices on a particular AppleTalk
network or zone, or devices in a range of IP addresses. This
allows you to compare the responses of different devices on
the same network to determine the cause of network problems.
Note that MacPing will not flood the network with packets:
it sends only one packet into the network at any time.
For more information about running MacPing, read the Quick
Tutorial section in the Help window. Read the Troubleshooting
Networks help text to learn more about ways to use MacPing to
isolate problems.
Requirements
MacPing requires at least a Macintosh Plus computer, running
System 6.0.5 or newer. It also requires a network connection,
either LocalTalk, EtherTalk, or dial-up connections such as
Apple Remote Access (ARA), Shiva Dial-In, or others. MacPing
is compatible with System 7.0 and works with both Phase I and
Phase II AppleTalk software.
If you wish to test IP devices, you must also install
MacTCP 2.0.4 or newer.
This demonstration version of MacPing will run for thirty days
after it is first run. It is also limited to testing a maximum
of 5 zones. Otherwise, it has all the capabilities of the full
MacPing versions.
Rich Brown E-Mail: [email protected]
Manager of Special Projects AppleLink address: RICH.BROWN
Dartmouth College
Kiewit Computer Center Telephone: 603/646-3648
Hanover, NH 03755-3523 USA Fax: 603/646-2810
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/mac-ping-30-demo.hqx; 144K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 94 17:50:23 -0700
From: Nitin Ganatra
Subject: [*] Malph 2.0.1; an application switcher
Use Malph to switch between applications under System 7 instead of
pulling down the application menu. To switch to another app,
simply click on the application icon. Malph also has a small
indicator showing what process is currently frontmost, which
updates even if you click in application windows to switch between
processes.
If you have the Drag Manager AND Finder v7.1.2 or later installed
on your Macintosh, you can drop Finder icons on an application tile,
and the files will open with that application. This is handy when
you want to quickly open a file without using the "Open." command
>From within the application. Currently, the Drag & Drop extension
is available with the new Finder on the Developer CD, or through
APDA (1-800-282-2732) or ftp.apple.com. Of course it may be
available in other places, so look around. Someday it will be
rolled it into System software.
Check out the README file included for information on the rest of
the features, and for a list of features added since 2.0.
== NEW WITH v2.0.1 ===
Version 2.0.1 is just a bug fix release until I get some new
features in.
This program is freely distributable, but do not
alter it, and please include the README. I'd appreciate a postcard
showing either your hometown or some strange art, but this is not
a requirement for using Malph. If you have any questions
or feedback, I'd love to hear it. Enjoy!
--Nitin Ganatra
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/malph-201.hqx; 66K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 20:01:54 -0500
From: [email protected] (Ben Davenport)
Subject: [*] MathLibFast; a faster set of math routines for the PPC
I am sending this for the author. Here is the author's description of
MathLibFast. --Ben
Trig functions too slow on the PowerPC!
Hands up all who would like a speed up in ALL their applications that call
the standard trig functions in the PPC math libraries. All of you? Great!
The trig functions in this file* are about 10x faster than the ones in
MathLib. The great thing is that any app that calls these functions will
automatically see some benefit- just drop the MathLibFast shared library
into the extensions folder (no need to reboot). To slow your apps down
again, just remove MathLibFast. The CFM searchs first in the application
directory , then in extensions so you could use this conditionally with
particular apps.
Hopefully Apple will soon release a new Mathlib that is more impressive than
the current effort!
Andrew Cunningham
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/math-lib-fast-ppc.hqx; 35K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 04:57:11 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jamal Hannah)
Subject: [*] Maven2.0a16.sit.hqx - Network Voice Conf. Software
"Maven" version 1.0a16 .. compatible with unix "vat" & other "MBONE"
voice-communications programs, for voice communication over TCP/IP EtherNet
and InterNet networks.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/maven-20a16.hqx; 102K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 10:27:00 -0400
From: [email protected] (Capt Bill Cameron)
Subject: [*] MiG Desktop Picture
I've used this composite picture as my desktop for a while now, and thought
that someone else might want to use it, too. It is a 256 color PICT of two
MiG-29s, one of which is in the "lawn dart" mode, taken at the Paris Air
Show a couple of years ago. The pictures lose something in cropping and
resizing; if you want the originals, let me know and I'll send them along.
Bill Cameron sdg
[email protected]
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/mig-29s-pict.hqx; 193K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 08:31:53 -0500
From: Erich
Subject: [*] net-rpg-104; an irc-like TCP/IP server for role playing
This is a file submission of NetRPG 1.04, an irc-like TCP/IP server for the
mac, which is designed to streamline the playing of Role Playing Games over
the internet. (especially D&D, copyright by TSR)
NetRPG has many features which make it suitable for groups from 2 to 6
players and 1 DM. (things tend to get kinda screwy with more players than
that, but hey you can try it) The features include, bookeeping of monsters
and players HPs, AC's, THACO's, current weapons, automated initiative rolling
and automated attack resolution.
NetRPG is free, but I retain copyright on it.
--Erich Bratton
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/net-rpg-104.hqx; 59K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 15:55:19 +0200
From: Patrick Stadelmann
Subject: [*] No Erase 1.0.1; inhibits the disk erase Finder menu
Hi !
This is No Erase, a little INIT that helps prevent accidental erasure
of disks in the Finder. When No Erase is installed, the "Erase diskE"
command in the Special menu always appears dimmed, unless you hold
down a "hot key" while pulling down the menu.
System 7.0 or higher required.
Version 1.0.1 fixes a nasty bug in 1.0 when running At Ease.
No Erase is freeware.
Written by Patrick Stadelmann ([email protected])
Enjoy !
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/no-erase-101.hqx; 5K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 23:40:44 +1200
From: [email protected] (Allan Udy)
Subject: [*] Notebook Maker 1.2.4; an electronic notebook
This application will allow you to take a standard Macintosh TEXT=
file of
data, and create a stand-alone 'Notebook' application which includes=
that
information in an easy to browse and search format.
Once the Notebook application has been created, you can use Notebook=
Maker
to add and delete topic entries, or remove and attach graphics to
individual topics.
Notebook Maker can also create 'Command Set' files for use with the
application 'Commander' (of use to 4th Dimension developers only).
Shareware: US$15 or one audio compact disk.
Golden Micro Solutions
P.O. Box 590, Blenheim, NEW ZEALAND
[Archived as /info-mac/text/notebook-make-124.hqx; 130K]
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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 20:03:31 -0500
From: [email protected] (Tim J. Courant)
Subject: [*] Page Pal 0.9; sends pages via the Motorla TAP protocol
AUTHOR: Lance Taylor-Warren
EQUIPMENT: Mac, Modem
NEEDS: System 5.x or better, paging service
This handy little desk accessory will allow you to send alpha/numeric pages
to anyone who uses a paging company that supports dialup transmission of
pages via the Motorla TAP protocol. Shareware $25.00.
NOTE: This upload corrects a couple of typos in the docs, mainly our
address.
Nothing else has changes. The correct address is PO BOX8398.
Lance
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/page-pal-09.hqx; 46K]
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 94 00:40:03 -0400
From: [email protected] (Ross Bergman)
Subject: [*] RAM Doubler Indicator Patch (vers. 1.04)
The attached ".sit.hqx" file contains a "ResCompare" patch for Ram
Doubler version 1.04. The patch turns on the activity indicator by
default at startup. (This effect can be otherwise achieved by holding
down the ESC key when the mac boots.)
It is not for use with previous versions of Ram Doubler - thus it may
be worthwhile keeping the previous patch I submitted, which patches
versions 1.03, and (I think) 1.02. (Although why someone would choose
not to upgrade...)
>From the "Read me, please." file:
This patch is distributed as "gratitude-ware", in gratitude to the
many fine programmers who have produced far more sophisticated
freeware and shareware products for Macintosh users throughout the
universe.
This patch will turn on the activity indicator in version 1.04 of RAM
Doubler. The activity indicator is a small white dot (a single pixel)
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that blinks when RAM
Doubler is doing it's stuff. (Because some Macs, such as powerbooks,
have screens without rounded corners, this indicator is invisible.) I
find the indicator useful because it aids me in determining why my
system is not running as quickly as I think it should be. With Apple's
virtual memory, I can hear the hard disk spin, and see the hard drive
activity light. As distributed, RAM Doubler provides no such
indication of it's efforts.
This patch does NOT allow you to increase the "multiplier", i.e. this
patch will not turn RAM Doubler into RAM Quintupler, or the like.
Inquiries about this patch can be sent to it's "author", Ross E.
Bergman, at "[email protected]".
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-104-indicator-patch.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:39:03 -0700
From: [email protected] (Andrew Kim)
Subject: [*] Realmz 1.2.1; an adventure game
[Archived as /info-mac/game/realmz-121.hqx; 2998K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 15:27:01 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tom Emerson)
Subject: [*] SC/SC++ for MPW 7.0.3 Update; Symantec's C/C++ compiler update
Attached is a self-extracting archive containing the 7.0.3 update to
Symantec C/C++ for MPW, which will bring these compilers in line with the
full Symantec C++ for Macintosh 7.0.3 release.
-tre
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/symantec-c-cpp-mpw-703-updt.hqx; 806K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 21:47:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Shutdown FX 2.1 (source code to the iterface utility)
Shutdown FX 2.1 is a fun little software package which will fade your
screen to black on restart and/or shutdown with one of over 60 graphic
effects. This package includes complete THINK C 7 source code, project
files, and resource files for all components of the Shutdown FX package:
system extension, startup application, control application, Gestalt
function, shutdown procedure, Notification Manager response procedure,
and all 67 fade modules. (Relax, I didn't include 67 project files.)
Since fades are stored as external modules (each in its own file), other
programmers can easily create their own fades and add to their collection.
See the Shutdown FX control application help section ("tech talk" page)
for more details, or read about it yourself in TEXT 613 in sfx..rsrc.
This version fixes a bug in version 2.0.1 which could cause crashes on
very old machines, increases the number of fades to 67, and makes several
minor cosmetic improvements in the control application.
The compiled, ready-to-use files are available; check ftp sites or e-mail
[email protected]. Finger [email protected] for complete program list.
Copyright (C) 1993-4, Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General
Public License" for licensing details.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/shutdown-fx-21-c.hqx; 430K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 21:46:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Shutdown FX 2.1; special graphic effects upon shutdown
Shutdown FX 2.1 is a fun little software package which will fade your
screen to black on restart and/or shutdown with one of over 50 graphic
effects. This package includes a system extension to install Shutdown FX;
a startup application to install Shutdown FX (for system 7 users); a control
application to preview, install, and disable fades; a folder of 67 fade
modules; installation instructions.
This version fixes a bug in version 2.0.1 which could cause crashes on
very old machines, increases the number of fades to 67, and makes several
minor cosmetic improvements in the control application.
C source code (for all components of the Shutdown FX package, including all
67 fade modules) is available; check ftp sites or e-mail [email protected].
Finger [email protected] for complete program list. Copyright (C) 1993-4,
Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General Public License" for
licensing details.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/shutdown-fx-21.hqx; 157K]
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 02:08 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] SimpleText Color Menu 1.3 for SimpleText 1.1
Program: SimpleText Color Menu Installer 1.3
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini ([email protected])
Price: Freeware
SimpleText Color Menu is a free drag & drop utility that
installs an extra cool Color menu and an extra useful
Goodies menu inside Apples SimpleText text editor (version
1.1 only). You get a Find command, a Windows submenu and a
default font/size/style/color setting for unstyled documents.
Version 1.3 doesn't use the MBDF resource any longer, so
all the incompatibilities should be fixed. Yes, I know I
said the same thing about 1.2... but this time it may be true.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/simple-text-color-menu-13.hqx; 39K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 10:54:28 CDT
From: [email protected] (Jaeger)
Subject: [*] SpeakAlert-106; hear your alerts and notifications
SpeakAlert Version 1.0.6 July 1994
SpeakAlert is a control panel/system extension that uses the
Speech Manager to speak the text in alerts. The control panel
allows you to choose the desired voice and to turn SpeakAlert off
or on. SpeakAlert requires that the Speech Manager or PlainTalk
TTS or MacInTalkPro system extensions are installed on your
machine (any or all). It allows you to use the MacInTalk voices
(Boris, RoboVox and the others) as well as the Gala Tea voices
(TTS Male voice, Agnes and the others).
Version 1.0.6 fixes some problems related to Speech Manager 1.2.1
that were incompletely fixed in v 1.0.5. This version should be
more stable than 1.0.5.
Brian Stern :-{)}
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/speak-alert-106.hqx; 24K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:25:21 -0400
From: Peter Lee
Subject: [*] Specular LogoMotion 1.5 Demo; a 3D logo animation program
This is a non-expiring demo version of Specular International's LogoMotion 1.5
for 68k and Power Macintoshes. LogoMotion makes it easy and quick to create
professional-looking 3D flying logos for use in multimedia presentations and
desktop video (the kind of stuff you see on the network news). Output can be
saved as QuickTime movies, PICT, PICS, or TIFF files, and it can automatically
generate alpha channel masks for use in programs like Adobe Premiere. It's
also a great introduction to the field of 3D modeling and animation.
This demo version of LogoMotion is a "fat binary", running at maximum speed on
both Power Macintoshes and 68k-based Macs (the commercial version comes as
separate 68k and Power Macintosh applications in the same box). The demo
version requires a 68020 or 68030 based Macintosh with a Floating Point Unit
(FPU), an RC68040 based Macintosh or a Power Macintosh. It also requires
System 7.0 or later, QuickTime 1.6.1 or later, 5 megabytes of available RAM
and about 2.5 megabytes of disk space. Adobe Type Manager 2.0 or later is
required if you want to convert Type 1 PostScript text to 3D.
This is a fully operational version of LogoMotion 1.5 with the Save, Export To
Infini-D, and Print features removed, and the ability to export only the first
30 frames of rendered animation (and only 30 frames total, per session). It
also includes with a small selection of StageHands -- pre-animated 3D objects,
cameras and lights, as well as great-looking background images and environment
maps, all of which can be easily incorporated into your 3D scene. LogoMotion
1.5 ships with over 100 StageHands.
Enjoy!
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/logo-motion-15-demo.hqx; 1782K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 13:36:16 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.1.2 (game programming lib)
Sprite Animation Toolkit (SAT) is a programmer's library intended
for making sprite-based game writing on the Mac easier; works in
any screen depth, fast direct-to-screen routines in b/w, 16 and 256
colors; Color QuickDraw recommended but NOT required.
For Think Pascal or Think/Symantec C. (Not for CodeWarrior yet - look
for that in the next release.)
SAT has already been used for making over half a dozen shareware or
freeware games, including Bachman, Asterax, Missions of the Reliant
and Invaders.
Includes a bunch of demos for both C and Pascal, ranging from trivial
demos to the complete game HeartQuest.
Improvements to this version:
- Lower memory demand and less heap fragmentation.
- Multi-channel sound support.
- New demos demonstrating alternative ways to use SAT.
- API revised a little bit (simpler, I hope).
- Bug fixes, including fixing a memory leak in DisposeFace.
Free for non-commercial use (including producing shareware). SAT is
Copyright 1992-1994 by Ingemar Ragnemalm.
Note: This version replaces previous versions *including* the 2.0b8
updates 1 to 4.
/Ingemar Ragnemalm
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/sprite-animation-toolkit-212.hqx; 898K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 14:44:10 -0800
From: Don Carlile
Subject: [*] Star Patrol 1.5 Release; a Trek-style game
This is version 1.5 of Star Patrol. Star Patrol is a classic trek-style game
specifically adapted to the Macintosh. It is continuous action with an emphasis
on strategy rather than arcade style skills. Version 1.5 includes many bug
fixes and user interface enhancements. Most actions can now be taken from the
keyboard as well as graphically. There is extensive help. In addition to the
help screens, version 1.5 has balloon help, and support for Apple Guide when
System 7.5 is released (the Apple Guide Files will not be included until 7.5
ships). Star Patrol is shareware. See About Star Patrol in the Apple menu for
details.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/star-patrol-15.hqx; 284K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 16:28 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Stevie, the vi text editor
Here is a stuffed binhexed version of Stevie, the vi text editor
for the mac ported from the Atari ST (STvi-get it?). It's an
old program, the only reason I'm sending it to you is lots of
people on the net can't seem to find it, so perhaps it got misplaced
in your archives.
Alan Weiss
[email protected]
Not the author, just a poster.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/stevie.hqx; 57K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 13:37:28 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bruce)
Subject: [*] stufex_3.5_installer; a decompression and translation utility
Complete Installer for StuffIt Expander 3.5, a major update of this award-
winning freeware product. Designed to be the simplest, most efficient way
to expand StuffIt, Compact Pro, BinHex and MacBinary files. You can even
have it "watch" a certain folder. If you add our new "DropStuff with
Expander Enhancer" you get PowerMac acceleration, expansion of many other
formats (.gz, .z, .uu, .ARC, .ZIP), joining of StuffIt segments, and
more! Disinfectant 3.5 shows no viruses in this file.
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-35.hqx; 204K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 16:22:37 MET DST
From: [email protected] (Sauro Speranza)
Subject: [*] suntar 2.01; read tar files on your Mac
This is version 2.0.1 of suntar, a tar application for the Mac
supporting also MacBinary and BinHex.
Sauro Speranza e-mail: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Wedding Stack 1.0; keeps track of wedding items
Summary: HyperCard stack to keep track of guest list, hotels, florists,
etc. for wedding planning; and print several helpful reports.
Keywords: hypercard stack wedding planner address
Suggested archive name: app/wedding-stack10.cpt.hqx
The Wedding Stack is a HyperCard stack written to help keep track of
names, addresses, phone numbers, and all the hundreds of other bits of
information encountered when planning a wedding.
Better than a simple address book, this stack provides several helpful
features, including counts of the guest list, a separate section for
busineses, cross-referencing between guests and hotels, and the
ability to print four kinds of reports for finalizing the guest list,
writing invitations and thank-you notes, and sending out information
packets.
The Wedding Stack is "invitationware" by Weaselware. It requires
HyperCard 2.1 and has been compressed with CompactPro.
- Pam Greene
[email protected] [Have you hugged your ferret today?]
- Bob Rhode
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/wedding-stack-10-hc.hqx; 21K]
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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 15:02:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Hull
Subject: [*] WendyComm 2.0 (CTB communications program)
WendyComm is a communications program which requires System 7 and
uses the Communications Toolbox. This distribution does not include
any CTB tools. A $15 WeddingWare payment is requested if the program
is used more than once a week.
This program may be placed on the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Author: Peter Hull
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ctb/wendy-comm-20.hqx; 46K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 00:33:28 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] WindowTopLeft FKEY; don't lose windows on multiple monitors
AV Power Macs have the interesting problem that you can't unconfigure
the second monitor. If an application puts a window there, you may
have a hard time getting it back. This FKEY solves the problem.
It simply moves the frontmost window to the top left corner of
screen. It should work in all applications. To use it, you'll either
need an fkey installer, resedit or a utility that allows you to use
fkeys without installing them.
FullWrite is one of the applications that gets bit by this bug which
is why we're providing this solution. FullWrite puts the spell check
and thesaurus dialogs on the second screen if it can't fit the window
on the main screen without covering up your document.
--- Akimbo Systems Technical Support
Internet: [email protected]
America Online: FullWrite
This FKEY is freeware and may be distributed without charge or via
online services. Any other distribution requires a license. This
documentation must remain with the software when it is distributed.
Copyright 1994 Akimbo Systems.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/window-top-left-fkey.hqx; 2K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 11:22:34 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Wizard of Oz; the book
I have formatted that Gutenberg version of The Wizard of Oz using Helvetica
and Times only. I have added a table of contents generated with Word 5.1.
Changing the fonts will modify that table of contents. Since Project Gutenberg
makes that book available on the Internet, it is in the public domain.
louis [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/wizard-of-oz.hqx; 150K]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 10:42 N
From:
Subject: [*] YLSTAT4.51b1 A simple, fast statistics application
submitted by: Y. Levy
Israel, July 1994
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/yl-stat-451b1.hqx; 202K]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 14:52:29 -0700
From: [email protected] (Matt Boxberger, CV Services, x3335)
Subject: [*] Zync version 1.0a4; a file synchronisation utilty
Zync is a file synchronization application designed for PowerBooks.
Its purpose is to copy files back and forth between your PowerBook and a
desktop
computer, but it can be used to synchronize files between any two hardisks or
computers on an AppleTalk network.
HISTORY:
*Version 1.0a2:
Compatible with AutoDoubler(TM) from Salient Software.
*Version 1.0a3:
The lenght of the local path name could get changed, causing the local
volume not to be found.
The remote server was almost never found.
Error messages have been added for a few possible server related errors
such as unknown user name, password, and server not found.
Command-Period stops the file copy at any time.
If the folder paths are not found, do not copy files to the desktop !
*Version 1.0a4
Zync remembers the last time and date when synchronization was done. This
is to prevent the application from copying a newer file over another file
which has also been modified. When Zync encounters files which have both
been modified, it tells you the file name and displays a dialog telling
you to look into the files and copy the good one yourself.
A new menu item called Reset Last Zync Time can be used to temporarily
override this feature. This can be used when you know for sure that the
latest version really has all the contents of the older but also modified
version.
A new menu item can be used to specify wheather files that have been
compressed should be copied in their compressed form. This can be used when
both computers use the compression software to speed up the copy process.
Zync can be distributed freely. Enjoy.
Ricardo Batista
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/zync-10a4.hqx; 19K]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 19:18:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-"
Subject: 800k mechanisms & 720K IBM floppies
Folks,
I really have no way of experimenting to find out, but will a 800k
floppy Mac read 720K IBMish floppies, assuming the right utility is used?
I'd check this out in our lab, but I'm on the road this week and need to
know within a few days.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Larry Rymal Technology Facilitator Educational Technology
ESC, Region VI 3332 Montgomery Road Huntsville, TX 77340
[email protected] PHONE:(409) 295-9161 FAX: (409) 295-1447
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 22:23:31 -0700
From: [email protected] (Brian M. Amira)
Subject: 840av is an EtherNet killer??
I am getting ready to drive about 60miles to trouble shoot some Mac
problems and thought that the collective wisdom of the Net could help.
Please do not ask me questions, for more info, or "is this and that is
installed." I am listing what I know now and will not know more untill I
get there.
Problem:
A company has created an ethernet network within there office. They are
using 950s mainly, all with buit in ethernet. They have linked all of
these 950s together useing Fallaron's Etherwave product. Whole setup is
rock solid. Take an 840av that is 100% Stable, add it to the netowrk.
Not only does the 840av now crash more often, but it causes massive
network prolems as well. The 950s start to crash, network data gets
corupted, etc.
I plan on checking to make sure that they have: System update 3.0, NSI
1.4.4 or later, and any other AV fixes that I know of. I have an 840 that
has no problems, so I can help them make their 840s more stable, no prob.
The question is why would putting it on the ethernet cause sooo many
problems? They have given up and are removing the 840avs, even willing to
do an even swap with anyone for a 950. I have NO expierence with the
EtherWave products, so any info will be of great use.
--Brian
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 20:06:32 -0500
From: Bienvenu Jay
Subject: [F] Speed Disk memory problems
Cranking Speed Disk's memory request up to 3,000K solved the memory
problems...
Thanks to all who replied. -- Jay
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 17:27:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jim McClellan)
Subject: [Q] Apple File Exchange freezes Quadra 840av
Have a brand new 840av, with only a few extensions.
when I run Apple File Exchange, and quit the program
the cursor is frozen and I must re-boot
File sharing is ON.
Any suggestions for possible conflicts?
..........thanks in advance.........jim mcClellan
........jim mcclellan (404)894-8325
FAX:(404)853-9171
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 09:38:16 +0900
From: [email protected] (Nick Spencer)
Subject: [Q] PIN security software for laserprinter's?
Does anyone have experience of (presumably commercial) products which
force users on a network to enter a PIN or password before they can print?
In our dept, we need to curb the high volume of laserprinting by ensuring a
record is kept of the number of pages printed for each user, and possibly
checked against their quotas. Anyway, some sort of accounting system...
If people e-mail me, I will summarise on the net.
Thanks muchly,
Nick Spencer ([email protected])
P.S. I know of a shareware product which asks users for their name, but
we want something which doesn't operate on an honour system!
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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 22:23:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (Thomas Qwing)
Subject: [Q] Quantum LPS105 won't boot
My external Quantum LPS105 HD that I bought in November 1991
for my SE30 has trouble booting up lately. It seem that the
drive won't spin. I turn it on and then have to turn off, wait
for about 20 sec., and turn it on again in order for the drive to
boot. The SCSI IDs are all unique, the cable is in good condition,
the power supply, as far as I'm able to tell, are working fine.
So--what's wrong with this drive?
Any help is appreciated,
Thomas
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 11:11:36 -0500
From: "W. R. Wing"
Subject: Advice needed on a bulletin board system
I need to set up a bulletin board with the following characteristics: it
will have to operate from a private home, be accessible via dial-up, be
managed by a very intellegent (but busy and not necessarily a guru)
administrator, support both one-to-one and one-to-many file exchage amognst
the authorized users, and be fairly secure. It would be nice if it offered
better than just a VT100-style user interface, but that would be
acceptable.
I gather from comments I see flowing past that First Class is currently the
most higly regarded bulletin board system. Will it meet these
requirements, and where can I find out more about it (like how much does it
cost and what is required to run it)?
Thanks in advance.
Bill
[email protected] (W. R. Wing, Office of Scientific Computing, Oak Ridge Nat.
Lab.)
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 94 23:37:27 EDT
From: Allan Hunter
Subject: And also, Who Was Buried in Grant's Tomb?
OK, OK, OK...I now understand that "68K" Macs, a term that is used to
refer to Macs with the 68000-series chip, are called that because you
pronounce/interpret "68K" as "68 thousand" (not 68 Kilo-something...).
I've seldom put my density on quite such public display. How much Duh
remains to be distributed among the peoples of the rest of the world?
-Allan Hunter
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 15:19:31 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Apple contact
I'm reviewing some "Portable Document" software - Common Ground, Envoy etc.
- for Text Technology and would like to find out from Apple whether (a)
such features will be built into System 7.5 (as was claimed in an article
downloaded thro' PowerPC News) and if so, (b) if I can obtain a prerelease
or early release version to include in the review.
I have absolutely no idea who or what title to contact at Apple. Any
suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Graeme Forbes
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Date: 15 Jul 1994 15:46:12 -0500
From: [email protected] (Ryan Martin)
Subject: Archie program for dial-in connections
I don't really understand what the Archie programs are used for but
do you have to have a direct connection to use them? I know that there
are some things on Gopher that searches for files but everytime I type
something in it says nothing available. Could somebody help me out or
tell me a newsgroup or mailing list that deals with dial in
connections. Thanks
--
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 17:35:10 -0700
From: [email protected] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: Attentention NotifyMail Users
There is a an annoying bug in NotifyMail 2.4 which causes Eudora to be
brought to the front when new mail arrives regardless of your settings.
This has been fixed as well as some bugs that could cause Configure
NotifyMail to crash. The new version can be found using this URL:
ftp://ftp.hmc.edu/pub/mac/NotifyMail_2.4.1a.cpt.hqx
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Scott Gruby
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 14:07:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (Robert L. Frost)
Subject: Audio CD sound out
I have a PM 7100 with an internal CD-ROM. The whole system sits next to a
conventional audio system and I'd like to be able to play my audio CDs on
the PM, routed to the stereo amp. Problem is, the strength of the signal
coming from the PM is quite weak (on the level of an old magnetic phono
cartridge) so I can't go into a conventional high-level audio input jack.
If I go into the phono jack on the amp or if I use an old audio preamp I
have hanging around here, I get the proper signal strength--but with
old-style RIAA equalization: the signal gets mis-equalized. In this setup,
I can't even tape from my audio CDs via the stereo amp, again because of
the frequency misequalization.
Are there any solutions to this mess? Self-powered speakers might work (I
do have a really cruddy pair of Radio Shack ones), but the signal still
remains outside of the stereo system. I'd prefer not to have to get an AV
card.
Thanx in advance for your help.
Bob Frost, History
SUNY-Albany
------------------------------
Date: 15 Jul 1994 14:10:11 +1000
From: [email protected] (Rob Hellstrom)
Subject: BinHex decoder location?
Could someone please help out a new Mac person by informing me
of the whereabouts of a utility to decode Binhex (.hqx) format?
While you are at it, perhaps a definition of the format of .SEA
files as found in archie?
I have tried (in vain) to use StuffIt Lite V3.0.7 (installed by
a friendly techie around here) which continues to system bomb
(even on his machine). It doesn't even encode or decode small,
or large files. Installation wrong? Perhaps. Is there another
way?
I have heard of "macvert" or "mcvert" any locations? does this
work? Or do people just download these hqx files and just pretend
or imagine what it might be like to run such a program?
Flame if you like, but provide a workable answer, please.
Apologies to the writers or any programs mentioned in this
posting. This is the problem with free/shareware, no control
over the final product commissioning.
Regards
Rob
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 12:31:31 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Buying music CD on the Internet
After getting the info. in the last Macworld (aug 94) on page 168, I tried
the TELNET cdconnection.com. It is really simple and well designed like
Steven Levy mentionned it in his column. Also there is a numeric critic on
a scale of 10 by the buyers.
Also free BBS numbers are available in all the US but not in Canada for those
who cannot access the internet. The list seems to cover the whole country.
louis [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 7:11 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: Color printing on ImageWriter
HEllo netters
Some time ago someone asked about printing in color on an ImageWriter printer.
I knew that KidPix does. Today I tried other programs, and - bingo - many
DO print in color. The list is impressive. Here is what I collected tonight:
1. KidPix
2. MS Excel 4.0
3. MS Word 5.1
4. Cricket Graph 1.32
5. Cricket Graph 3
6. Mac Draw Pro
7. SuperPaint 3.0
8. Delta Graph 1.5d
9. MuEdit (shareware TeachText replacement)
10. Mac Write II
It seems that any program conforming to some "Apple guideLines" print in color
on an ImageWriter (don't forget the color ribbon)
My system - Centris 650 with system 7.1
Ilan Szekely
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 07:34:37 +0200
From: [email protected] (Ilan Szekely)
Subject: Color printing on IMAGEWRITER (it works!)
Hello netters
I didn't see this message appear, so here it is again:
Some time ago someone asked about printing in color on an ImageWriter printer.
I knew that KidPix does. Today I tried other programs, and - bingo - many
DO print in color. The list is impressive. Here is what I collected tonight:
1. KidPix
2. MS Excel 4.0
3. MS Word 5.1
4. Cricket Graph 1.32
5. Cricket Graph 3
6. Mac Draw Pro
7. SuperPaint 3.0
8. Delta Graph 1.5d
9. MuEdit (shareware TeachText replacement)
10. Mac Write II
It seems that any program conforming to some "Apple guideLines" print in color
on an ImageWriter (don't forget the color ribbon)
My system - Centris 650 with system 7.1
/-----------------------------------------/---------------------------------\
| Ilan Szekely, Macintosh Consultant | "If you think I am expensive, |
| Dental School's Computer Lab | wait till you hire an amateur!" |
| E-mail/finger/talk: [email protected] \---------------------------------+
| Phone: +972-2-758571, Internal 88571 Home: +972-2-343391 |
\---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 08:37:17 -0500
From: [email protected] (Ron Bonner)
Subject: Control Strip and NowMenus
Anyone else having trouble with the above combination? Whenever I load
ControlStrip sooner or later NoMenus (4.0.2) will crash - 270c running 7.1;
this is a real shame since they are BOTH useful!
Ron Bonner, Sciex 905 881 4646, [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 19:11:27 IST
From: Uri Marcus
Subject: CoralDraw ==> Mac Freehand/Illustrator Converter?
Does anyone know of the existance of a graphics converter from CoralDraw to
Illustrator or Freehand, but ON THE MAC SIDE ONLY?
I know CoralDraw can save as a Mac Illustrator file, but is there a utitlity to
do this on the Mac, in the absense of a PC and CoralDraw?
GraphicConverter 1.7.9 does not handle this. Any suggestions?
Uri Marcus
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 21:29:21 CDT
From: [email protected] (Edward Floden)
Subject: Dart 1.5 Anomalous Behavior
I've got a problem using Apple's Dart 1.5 on my Quadra 610 at work: it will
not recognize any 1.44MB disks. Whenever such a disk is inserted, Dart
identifies it as "Macintosh, 800K", instead of "Macintosh, 1440K". Except
for Dart, I have absolutely _no_ problem using 1.44MB disks with this Quadra.
This Quadra is running System 7.1.1 (System 7 Pro). I've even tried
restarting with all extensions off, then launching Dart, but the results are
the same. Dart thinks that every disk is 800K.
My SE/30 at home, which is also using System 7.1.1, doesn't have this
problem. Wild guesses on my part: could this trouble be attributed to the
System Enabler 040 v1.1 that the Quadra's using, or perhaps that the Quadra
has one of the New, Improved (sarcasm intended) non-auto-inject floppy drives?
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 7:29:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mark London
Subject: Disability software?
Someone mentioned to me that there is software for the Mac which causes a menu
to be displayed as soon as the pointer is placed over it's entry in the menu
bar. Can someone point me to this software (sorry about that pun)? Thanks.
Mark London
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 08:14:36 PDT
From: Paul Brians
Subject: Export graphics from Hypercard? (Q)
Our secretary would like to use some clip art, and I wanted to share
the art in Brad's Favorite Clip Art hypercard stack with her. Trouble
is, she has only HC2.2 in the crippled form it's now distributed free,
without the ability to copy card contents. Is there a legal way to
help her get at this stuff? Any way to do a batch export of the
graphics as separate files? I don't want to spend hours copying and
pasting from my stack.
Paul Brians, Washington State University, [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 21:16:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Dave Truxall
Subject: FAQ of the season (A)
> What is a 68K Mac? Other than a Mac predating a PowerMac, I mean?
...
> I presume it has something to do with the chip architecture, but I must
> admit I haven't a clue. "K" usually refers to "Kilo-" something (byte?)
The 'K' does stand for kilo, which means a thousand. The 680x0 series of
chips by Motorolla are often referred to as the 68000 family of
processors, which when spoken would be 'sixty-eight thousand family'.
Therefore, the K is an abbreviation for 'thousand' in a roundabout way.
It is now often used to differentiate this family of processors from
the new family of processors used in the Power Macs, as you said in your
post.
Dave
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:15:54 +0100
From: [email protected] (Hans de Wolf)
Subject: Finder copies Adobe type 1 fonts very slowly [Q]
I have encountered the following problem a few times. Can anybody tell me
what causes it, and if there is something that can be done about it:
I have on my hard disk Adobe type 1 fonts that come from a Type On Call
CD-ROM.
When I copy these fonts to another volume (floppy disk or other hard disk)
using the finder, it takes a lot of time (about 5 minutes for 1 80k file!)
- it is actually faster to achive them with compact pro, and extract them
immediately to the destination volume than using the finder.
The progress bar from the finder shows most of this time "Reading " or "Writing ", "Writing " appear only very short, just like a
normal copy. According to the disk activity icon on the menu bar there is a
lot of work going on - including a lot of reading from the destination
volume when the finder shows "writing ".
First I thought that the Adobe Type Manager was doing some underwater
housekeeping, but the same problem appears when I startup from a clean
system floppy.
I do not think that somewhere my filesystem is corrupt, because checks
(Disk First Aid, Norton Utilities) do not show any problem, and copying
these Type 1 fonts on the same volume is just as fast as copying any other
file.
I this some weird kind of copy protection ? If so, how do they do it ? (The
only thing that only remotely resembles this comes from my TRS-80 days long
ago, when it took a lot of time to access a file if it had a record length
of 1 byte).
--
Hans de Wolf - Fokker Space & System B.V.- PO Box 32070, 2303 DB Leiden, NL
[email protected] Tel. +31 (0)71 245878 Fax +31 (0)71 245835
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Date: 16 Jul 1994 19:22:02 GMT
From: [email protected] (cjg6159)
Subject: Folder lock?
Does anyone know of a Mac app where I could lock certain folders on my HD
>From being opened without a password?
Thanks,
Charles Glasser
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 17:48:12 -0400
From: [email protected] (Walt Lazear)
Subject: Frozen Mac
I am running MacPPP and while getting to the fully-operational
PPP state, I need to enter a password in response to a challenge.
This is done using an application (S/Key). However, while the
MacPPP program is getting to the operational state, no other
application can be launched, activated, or interacted with.
This means that I get a challenge and cannot execute the
S/Key application to compute the response.
Is there some magic mouse sequence or keyboard strokes that can
activate the S/Key application (it's sitting there, but won't
respond to any mouse actions that I can think of)? Is this
domination of the Mac normal for applications? It seems that
MacPPP has taken over the entire machine until it gets into
the operational PPP state, at which time I can then activate
telnet, ftp, wais, etc in any combination I care to. It's just
during the startup phase that it captures the entire Mac. Help!
Please respond directly to me, since I'm not on this list.
Thanks in advance for expert advice for this Mac-ignorant user.
Walt
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 19:22:45 UTC+0100
From: Carlos Gimeno
Subject: FTF 3.0 vs. Delrina's Fax pro 1.5
Would wish that I inform on the programs for fax FTF 3,0 and Delrins Fax pro
for
Mac 1,5.
Someone knows the electronics address of Delrina?
Carlos Gimeno
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 02:25:55 -0600
From: [email protected] (Thomas Chung)
Subject: Getting rid of KeyServer
How do you get rid of the Keyserver protection with ResEdit or any
other utilities? Is there a way to get rid of it at all?
Thanks in advance.
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Date: 14 Jul 1994 20:58:08 GMT
From: [email protected] (Agnar Gudmundsson)
Subject: Is any human from Berkeley out there!!!
Hello there
If it so happens that someone from Berkeley reads this, I'd really appreciate
getting mail from that person. I've been trying to contact them but it just
seems that there is no human in the company. They (if you are from Berkeley,
"you") don't answer e-mail or faxes and it's even impossible to call them
because the answering machine is too complicated then one doesn't have
anyone's name
So please, if anyone from Berkeley reads this, PLEASE answer me. I've been
trying to contact you for about two months and it's very important. If I get
an answer I'll send my original inquiery.
Gisli Leifsson
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Date: 12 Jul 94 20:33:07 GMT
From: [email protected] (David K Dean)
Subject: LaserWriter 8.1.2
I've seen this latest version of the LaserWriter driver, but
does anyone know what improvements, bug fixes, or new features 8.1.2
supposedly has over 8.1.1? Also, are the any patches for 8.1.2 like
there for 8.1.1 for Pages-Up and the like.
Dave
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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 10:00:26 MST
From: [email protected] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: Logitech 3-button mouse
There have been several inquiries about 3-button mice recently.
I tried out Logitech's MouseKey 1.2 on my Q610 the other day, using their
3-button mouse. Two problems with earlier versions appear to have been
addressed.
First, the mouse works OK with no extensions loaded on my Q610 running
7.1. Judging from the installation messages, this is accomplished by
installing a resource in the System file, so you must run the Installer,
and not just copy the control panel.
Second, shift (etc) keys have the desired effect on the middle and right
buttons. On earlier versions, this didn't work properly, which was a
problem with X servers.
All things considered, it's a nice mouse, and I use it in preference to
my Apple mouse. Running both mice is a little awkward, since there seems
to be some interaction between the stock mouse cdev and MouseKey, but
presumably this isn't a big deal unless you're trying to use MouseKey with
some other pointer (tablet, pen, whatever).
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 09:42:55 MST
From: [email protected] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: Logitech 3-button mouse
Logitech claims that MouseKey 1.2 fixes the problem of not working when you
boot a newer Mac with extensions off. Haven't tried it yet....
PS: I got it from CIS; presumably it's on Logitech's BBS as well.
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 11:21:14 EDT
From: Michael Kohne
Subject: Mac Comm programs
I'm looking for a mac com program that my company's field-service and
marketing personell can use to install software on our units our int the
field.
Software installation takes place by downloading the software via the
unit's serial port. The Comm package we pick must have the following
characteristics:
1) Must run on powerbooks, and be able to keep up with 57.6K communications.
2) Must include a scripting language. Now, I need a good scripting language
for this, something on the order of what Microphone is capable of.
3) It would be nice if ththe script files were double-clickable. This is
so that our people can just plug the powerbook into our unit and
doubl-click to start the installation.
4) Must be reasonably quick. I personally find Microphone to be abismally
slow. Also, creation of scripts in Microphone is somewhat annoying to me.
(That is a relatively minor concern).
Please send all responses to me, and I'll put them all together and do one
collective post to info-mac.
Michael Kohne, Just This Guy, You Know?
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 17:18:28 -0400
From: "Michael E. Grabenstein"
Subject: MacPPP (Q)
I have a bizarre problem with MacPPP. I have MacTCP configured
correctly (rather well versed with that program, but not with MacPPP).
First MacPPP connects as soon as the mac is booted. Which I have
been told in not default. But I can not break it of this habbit. There are
No programs that are automaically running. MacTcp loads and that is the only
TCP/IP program that comes up. (heck Mosaic is the only networking program
loaded on the HD and it is not configured to start automatically.)
I would prefer for MacPPP to stay dorment till I run a network
program.
Second Access seems to be intermitent. Sometimes Mosiac can access
the hosts and other times not. Now I believe this might be from Mosaic
timming out because the connection is through 9600 baud modem. Sometimes
the host reply in enough time, others not...Any one know for sure? (or can
confirm my explainations?)
The system is a Powerbook 170 with internal modem (9600 baud).
Running system 7.1.1 (7pro), with 8M ram. Standard extensions...
Thanks,
Mike, [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 00:49:13 -0400
From: [email protected] (Keith W. Savage)
Subject: MacWeb: Competition For NCSA Mosaic.
For everyone who has used NCSA Mosaic, I recommend you try out
a new www client called MacWeb.
This net surfing application is amazingly quick, sports an excellent GUI
and can run on a Powerbook 100 with 2Mb of ram (NO JOKE)
You will find MacWeb at
ftp://ftp.einet.net/einet/mac/Macweb/Ma ... st.sea.hqx
The application is still in development, but v0.98a seem more stable
than NCSA Mosaic.
GET THIS APPLICATION AND HAVE FUN!
-Keith
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 23:08:20 PDT
From: [email protected] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: netters' dinner?
Any Boston natives planning a netters' dinner for Macworld Boston
(August 2nd through 5th) this year? I just came across this Web site
that might help pick a restaurant. (hint hint!
)cheers ... -Adam
The Boston Restaurant List is available at URL
http://www.osf.org:8001/boston-food/boston-food.html
It features reviews of well over 500 restaurants in the
greater Boston area, and organizes restaurants by both
area and cuisine.
The list has been somewhat reorganized over the last
couple of months, and an updated linearized version
of all recommended restaurants is also now available.
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 21:33:19 PDT
From: Paul Brians
Subject: Oddly large type sizes in some displays (Q)
Our departmental secetary has a new Quadra 610 running System 7.1 with
3.0 update. In certain applications, the font is sometimes grossly
enlarged. Two notable examples are the numerals in the ruler in
Word 5.1a (but nowhere else in Word), and in NewsWatcher, where the
font menu says it is displaying 9 point Monaco but it looks more like
18 point. Anybody got any ideas what's going on?
Paul Brians, Washington State University, [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 17:50:04 -0400
From: [email protected] (Robert L. Frost)
Subject: PM as remote ftp server
I've been trying to set up my ethernet/IP node as a remote ftp site. I've
used two machines, a IIsi and (now) a PM 7100, and three programs (NCSA
Telnet, Peter Lewis' FTPd, and the demo of FTP Share). While I can suck
data from a remote box on campus from my site at a blazing speed, I can't
get my own box to spew material out of its e-port very fast. Like, real
slow--1200 bytes/sec!
I've checked all the usual suspects in terms of control panels, etc., to no
avail. I have sys 7.7.1 and MacTCP 2.02. I'm not on any sort of LAN,
Novell, NSF, AppleTalk, or whatever--just a straight IP connection. Any
clues?
Thanks in advance.
bob frost, history
suny-albany.
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 22:32:58 CDT
From: "Stephen Kawalko "
Subject: Postscript printing error
My department recently installed an HP Laser Jet 4si MX. I and
several other people in the department have occasionally
experienced Postscript errors when using this printer. For me, the
Postscript error occurs whenever I try to print a MS Word document
containing a PICT created by SuperPaint. Typically the document
will print correctly until a page containing a PICT created by
SuperPaint is encountered. The page with the PICT is partially
printed, the following error message is printed on the top of the
page
ERROR: stackunderflow
OFFENDING COMMAND: exch
STACK:
and printing is aborted.
I do most of my work on an isolated Mac SE running System 6.0.8. I
am currently using MS Word version 4.0 and SuperPaint version 2.0.
I print from MS Word version 5.0 on a Mac II running System 7.1.
Does this sound like a problem with the printer or is the problem
caused by trying to print a PICT created by SuperPaint version 2.0
(System 7 compatibility checker flags this as being incompatible
with System 7) under System 7.1?
Stephen Kawalko ([email protected])
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 09:30:56 -0400
From: [email protected] (William Edwards)
Subject: Powerbook 100 serial port not working
'Tis the season for inexplicable problems. I cannot get the serial
port on my PB 100 to function as one at all. Neither MacLink
connected to an HP 95 palmtop nor Versaterm connected to a direct
serial line into a Xyplex terminal server work at all. It gets
stranger. MacLink works *fine* to the HP 95 when hooked up to my
Classic II, and that Xyplex line works *fine* when hooked up to my PC
at work. To top it off, *Appletalk* works from the Powerbook (same
port).
I am beginning to think that I have zapped a serial controller(?). I
tried booting the PB from a generic System 7.1 boot floppy to
eliminate the possibility that some system extension is causing the
problem, but the problem persisted even when I was booted from that
floppy. Vital statistics: PB 100 8/40, running System 7.1 with the
3.0 hardware update (as of last night). I am not sure where to go
next. I wd. try reinstalling the system, but given the boot floppy
experiment, I think that is pointless. I fear my machine may need
service. Any ideas? Please respond by email, and I will summarize.
Thanks.
-- Bill Edwards
Frontier Science (as of 7/1/94)/ECOG
303 Boylston Street; Brookline MA 02146
(617) 632-2975; [email protected]; [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 17:23:37 EST
From: "Neill, Richard"
Subject: PowerPC 6100/CC:Mail/Plaintalk problems
I recently bacame owner of a PPC 8/160 non AV machine. After loading CC:mail
2.1, reading mail, and quitting cc:mail, I get crashes quite reliably when I
either (a) restart cc:mail (in which case the machine freezes altogether), or
(b) open, run, and then quit another application (at which time the machine
freezes or on occasion gives a type 1 error). The crash occurs whether I've
disabled extensions or not. I installed PPC enabler 1.02 thinking that would
help. It didn't.
Also, I found Plaintalk on the apple server (Gopher to info.hed.apple.com
/Apple
Support /Apple.Software.Updates / Supplemental.System.SW) and a plaintalk
microphone from MacMall (1-800-222-2808, about $29), but I find that when I
turn
on plaintalk and then turn it off, the system doesn't release the memory,
leaving me with a system heap of over six megs. I have to reboot to reclaim
it.
Any suggestions for addressing these problems would be much appreciated. If
there's a FAQ file somewhere, I'd appreciate pointers to it as well. I've noted
mention of memory management problems in MacWeek but haven't seen fixes yet.
Richard Neill
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 15:52:08 CDT
From: "Stephen Kawalko "
Subject: Problem printing rotated MathType equations (Q)
So here is what I am doing.
1. Create an equation in MathType which uses the single vertical
bar from the fences popup menu.
2. Copy equation and paste into MacDraw.
3. Rotate equation counter-clockwise by 90 degrees.
4. Copy and paste rotated equation into a DeltaGraph graph
window
and use as a label for the vertical axis of an XY graph.
5. Copy and paste graph and rotated equation into a MS Word
document.
6. Print MS Word document to a Postscript file.
7. Transfer Postscript file to a Unix workstation and print to
Postscript printer. I use Strip fonts to remove the Apple
LaserWriter dictionary and any Postscript fonts available on
the printer.
My problem is that the single vertical bars in the rotated
equation do not print properly. They are shifted down on the page,
and are covering the character which immediately precedes the
fence and the last character inside the fence.
I looked at the Postscript code and it appears that the vertical
bars are not printed using a character from a font. Rather, they
are printed by drawing a line. I have not tried to print the non-
rotated equation in landscape mode.
Has anyone experienced this problem? If so, how did you solve the
problem?
Stephen Kawalko ([email protected])
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 09:33:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David C. Garrett"
Subject: Q660av- a good buy?
Well, it's finally time for me to become a Mac owner. Yes,
I've read the csm-wanted faq, but I still have a few
questions for the net. Here's another one:
Why is the Quadra 660av generally cheaper than the Quadra
610? I thought the 660av was supposed to be a little faster
than the 610, in addition to having all the av bells &
whistles. Or is it *because* the 660av has the bells &
whistles--do all those toys make it a less reliable or
useful machine, more prone to screwing up?
Thanks for your wisdom, y'all.
-Dave Garrett
Internet: [email protected] (ignore From: header)
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 15:44:34 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Question: error code -2004
Can someone tell me what system error -2004 is? The system errors
utility doesn't list that number.
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 16:58:29 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: Startup Screen Picker 1.3 (C)
On Sunday, July 10, Mark Pilgrim posted StartupScreen Picker to these I-M
archives. I wrote him the following note this evening:
>Mark, that is a delightful program. I'd previously used Jon Pugh's
"Randomizer"
>extension, and it fought fiercely with my CD-ROM Foreign File Access. To the
>tune that I discarded Randomizer. The SSP app in my Startup Items folder does
>the job with no conflict. And it is marvelously unobtrusive. It launches, sets
>the next startup screen, and quits. Nice work. Freebies, too. Thank you.
>
>But jeez, guy! You wrote a naughtywording virus? MBDF-A to be precise? I'm
sure
>you have an idea how much effort was spent to detect/eradicate that piece of
>used food. What? You think it's funny? I can't believe that in SSP's readme
>you (1) tell the world you're the MBDF-A author and (2) point other idiots to
>an intermediate Finland site they can use anonymously to discuss virus writing
>with you. For people like you I'd buy the "Lorena Bobbit Signature Edition" of
>the Ginzu knife set.
>
>I purely don't understand.
No, I don't understand. And I don't know how to respond. As a rule of thumb,
I think virus writers are lower than snake shit. They hurt people. They make
the virus hunter/killers work extra hours. They make me divert to download
the latest SAM Defs file, install it on all "my" folks' computers, and scan
each of those folks' machines. The only viruses I've ever actually seen were
>From Leslye's days working with an idiot at the university who could not have
been more effective if he had actually intended infecting every disk written
by their shared Mac. But I must maintain the vigil. No, you're only paranoid
when no one is actually out to get you.
So what's the story with Mark Pilgrim? Is he or she really a CERT plant? Yes,
upon reading that he/she is the author of MBDF-A, I scanned my HD with SAM's
March 30 virus defs. Clean. Pain in the yums, Mark. But I don't trust you.
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 10:23:33 -0400
From: "Michael E. Grabenstein"
Subject: text editors w/graphics (Q)
I am looking for a small editor that can have more than one file
open at a time and cut and paste graphics (PICT) back and forth. I would
like to find something like this that also does nto have a 32k limit.
Would also do some text tranlation like MacSink does (ie. crlf to just cr,
Make paragraph, wrap to width of screen, etc...)
If it could make writing html documents easier that would be a
serious plus.
I have looked at a lot of different editors and non seem to be
able to do it all.
Thanks,
Mike, [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 06:49:10 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: TranSkel
Hello Everybody,
I am searching for a file called TranSkel which seems to be some basic
framework
for Macintosh Programs. There seem to exist former versions (not yet supporting
System 7 features) and also a new version supporting e.g. High Level Apple
Events. Can anyone give me a hint where to retrieve the newest version?
Thanks
Jens Eickhoff
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: 15 Jul 1994 15:11:58 GMT
From: [email protected] (Uhl Fabrice)
Subject: Uncompressing
Hi , i am looking for some public softwares
for my mac.
The problem is that i find .sea.hqx files.
I discovered that .hqx files must be processed
with BinHex, but what about .sea files ?
I don't know much about uncompressing mac files,
please help me.
Thanks
Fabrice
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 18:52:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: Eric Anderson
Subject: UUCP and 660AV
I have been having several problems with my Quadra 660AV as of late and I
would appreciate any help from anyone out there.......
1.) First and most important is the fact that I cannot get any type of
UUCP program to work on my computer. I have tried both UUPC 3.0 and
Mac/gnuucp v 6.09 they will either not dial the phone or, in the case of
UUPC, simply crash on any attempt to do anything aside from start the
application.
2) The applephone application sometimes hangs up on people that are
trying to leave a message, and at other times it doesn't hang up even
after they have left the message and hung up. What's the deal?
I would greatly appreciate any help on this matter...
Thanks,
Eric Andersen
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 17:35 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: What version of MacTCP for PowerMac ???
The subject says it all.
I have MacTCP 2.04
It does not work for me on a PowerMac 6100/60.
Any help appreciated.
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 0:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Where can I find uuUndo?
I downloaded NewsWatcher, as recommened here. It uses something
called uuUndo to translate encoded binaries. I couldn't find it
with Archie. Can someone tell me an ftp site that has it? Thanks.
David
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 13:32:53 EDT
From: Roger Hansell
Subject: Where in archives?
Hi
Could anyone direct me to information in the info/mac archives on
the following:
1. starting a Quadra 610 (Dos compatible) from the keyboard.
2. using a non-apple monitor with a Mac IIcx.
3. printing Dos files on a HP IIP (with GDT's Power Print?) on a
Qudra 610 DOS compatible.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Roger Hansell
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 09:33:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David C. Garrett"
Subject: Which Macs accept ][e card?
Well, it's finally time for me to become a Mac owner. Yes,
I've read the csm-wanted faq, but I still have a couple of
questions for the net. Here's one:
Which Macs can accept the Apple ][e Card? The listing in an
old ish of the Apple Catalog lists the LC, LC II, LC III,
and Color Classic--but the listing for the Quadra 605 says
it accepts "a range of LC III-compatible expansion cards."
Does that include the ][e card? Any *other* Macs that can
take it?
Thanks for your wisdom, y'all.
-Dave Garrett
Internet: [email protected] (ignore From: header)
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 13:12:11 CDT
From: "Ian B. Robertson"
Subject: Zoom or PowerUser 14.4 Data/Fax/Voice
I'm considering getting a 14.4 Data/Fax/Voice modem, and am
thinking about getting the PowerUser or Zoom model from MacWarehouse,
or possibly the LineLink. If anyone has any comments about these
models, I would very much appreciate hearing them. Thanks.
- Ian Robertson
[email protected]
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