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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 11 Aug 94 Volume 12 : Issue 107

Today's Topics:

[*] Alias Dragger 1.0 - control-drag makes aliases
[*] At-Your-Service 2.1 is a HyperCard communications package
[*] Audiodeck 2.0.1 -- Audio CD player
[*] Autograph 1.2; an Eudora signature utility
[*] Barney Blaster game; an Asteroids variation
[*] Basic Black 1.4.1; a screen saver
[*] blazing-saddles-grp2; some sounds from the movie
[*] business-card-director-example
[*] commsService 1.2; a rolodex-style communications program
[*] ControlStrip Terminator update to controlstrip module
[*] csmp-digest-v3-050
[*] Dua 2.0; extracts from Islamic prayer manuals
[*] Faraday v1.2; battery monitoring software
[*] Isa 3.01; information on Jesus from an Islamic viewpoint
[*] Longs Peak in the Morning; a picture
[*] Macintosh Disk Cache fix -- 25 times speedup
[*] MacPhase Demo; "a 2D data analysis and visualization application"
[*] MacPhase Extras; additional files for the MacPhase 2.0 demo
[*] Memory Tools XFCNs version 1.6
[*] Postal barcoding for FileMaker Pro
[*] ramdisk+3.23; a RAM disk utility
[*] Rotater 1.0; rotates lines and points in 3D
[*] SitC Lister 2.1; a BBS program
[*] Standard Maps; "iterates area preserving mappings of the plane"
[*] yesnocancel-11; allows keyboard navigation of dialogs
(Q) how to get chosen printer with AppleScript?
[A] Macintalk Pro problem
[R] generating postscript files
AppleScript
Ath.M.U.G.'s ShreWare Services...!
BunchOApps1.0 troubles
Buying PPC 6100/60
comparing files
Designer Draw
Draw Pro figures to MSW 5.1
electronic dir. of symantec
Fetch 2.1.2 Error -35 (2 msgs)
Finder 7.1 Snap-Grid Inconsistencies
Hard drive problem
Inquery to 3-D Picture Software (R)
Italic characters being clipped on StyleWriter II
JPEG files
Large QT2.0-Movie
Ling. Survey[French]--Repost
Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips? (2 msgs)
Mac SE Internal Hard Disk Broken...
Norton Utilities 3.0 Upgrade
Norton Utilities Upgrade (C)
Overseas Shareware Fees
PowerPC 6100/CC:Mail/Plaintalk problems
QuickDraw GX [A]
QuickTime 2.0
QuickTime 2.0 -- correction
Radius Pivot Problem
RAM Doubler 1.0.4--serious bug?
Random number/word generator?
Selling a pre-owned Mac (A)
Shareware fees (R)
Shareware fees. (A)
System 7.5 - User Group price
Usenet on Mac
Use of PC RAMs on Macintosh Computers ?

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 22:44:21 BST
From: Lloyd Wood
Subject: [*] Alias Dragger 1.0 - control-drag makes aliases

AliasDragger 1.0. Requires Finder 7.1.1 or later.

Sent to macgifts as a result of discussions in comp.sys.mac.apps and
.system - or, I'm sick of mailing people copies, man.

AliasDragger may allow System 7.1 users who have a Finder version 7.1.1 or
later to control-drag files to destinations to make aliases. Or, it may not.
No guarantees; this is unsupported freeware. It works for me, and it's
another reason not to upgrade to 7.5. [Although CopyDoubler 2.0.4 saying
'hey, this is 7.1, so I can still use control instead of command, forcing
me to choose between CopyDoubler and AliasDragger, is somewhat mitigating.]
It was originally written for System 7 Pro when that was released.

By Leonard Rosenthal. And don't hassle him, either.

[email protected] Email me for a copy of the Mac screensaver FAQ

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-dragger-10.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 06:50:47 +1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] At-Your-Service 2.1 is a HyperCard communications package

* provides a toolkit for installing self contained communications
capabilities into new or existing stacks. The installed facilities provide
a fast, simple and secure way of launching multiple, simultaneous
communication sessions.

* 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.
(N.B. The package comes bundled with several tools including a public
domain tcp/ip/telnet tool and Apple's VT102 terminal emulation tool).

* includes 'communications' extensions to HyperCard's scripting language
(HyperTalk) to provide an extremely powerful communications scripting
facility.

The package is designed around the concept of 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).
A service is uniquely defined via a series of 16 parameters that describe
attributes such as the name, service type, the method used to connect to
the service, the terminal emulation, if any, to be used, the login and
logout scripts, etc.

The hub of the package is the AYS Installer stack that is responsible for
maintaining service definitions by providing facilities for creation,
storage and testing. As the name implies the stack is also responsible for
installing/removing definitions into/from other stacks, therefore enabling
the creation of custom built communication stacks or the addition of
communications facilities to existing stacks. The latest release of
HyperCard (2.2) now allows such stacks to be made into stand-alone
applications.

An installed service definition may be used to either initiate a connection
or listen for an incoming connection (depending on the capabilities of the
configured connection tool). This later 'listening' mode of operation
permits the creation of simple HyperCard 'server' facilities. Service
definitions may also be created that do not display an associated window,
(terminal emulation) thus allowing for the creation of communications
graphical-user-interface front-ends.

Service definitions also 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.

Three example stacks are included that are intended both as examples of
what can be achieved as well as useful, ready-to-use utilities.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/at-your-service-21.hqx; 916K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 22:47:51 -0500
From: David Lebel
Subject: [*] Audiodeck 2.0.1 -- Audio CD player

A U D I O D E C K 2 . 0 . 1

What is it?

Audiodeck is an audio CD remote player for Apple CD-ROM drives. Audiodeck
also works with non-Apple drives which are 100% compatible with Apple's
drivers. System 7 and Color QuickDraw are required for Audiodeck to run.

Why should you use it?

This is a good question since a very nice looking AppleCD Audio Player is
included with CD-ROM Setup 5.0 and later, possibly already installed on
your Macintosh. On the surface, Audiodeck 2.0.1 may bear a passing
resemblance to AAP with its 3-D buttons and sleek overall design. However,
a great deal of subtle and not-so-subtle features are exclusive to
Audiodeck:

o can automatically play inserted CD's,
o can force internal CD input and enable playthrough,
o plays adjacent tracks in shuffle and program mode without skipping a beat,
o disable or enable individual tracks in shuffle mode,
o uses the existing disc and track titles of CD Remote Programs,
o but also extends the disc information database with new categories,
o and individual, custom disc settings (i.e.. volume),
o gratuitous Balloon Help for just about everything; plus much, much more.

But remember, always "Read The Fabulous Manual" before using a software.

Enjoy,
...David
2350 Edouard-Montpetit #14221
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3T 1J4

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/audio-deck-201.hqx; 140K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 12:36:44 -0500
From: David Kabal
Subject: [*] Autograph 1.2; an Eudora signature utility

It changes your signature in Eudora. You can drag and drop a text file
onto Autograph and it'll change your Eudora signature to that. If you tell it
to
make a TEXT file into a signature, the next time you double-click on the file,
the signature in Eudora will be changed to it. The idea is to have a folder of
signatures, any which one can be double-clicked on to change your signature.
Drag the whole folder over Autograph if you want Autograph to pick a random
one.
You can also make a signature that picks up random quotes when it is accessed.
Oh yeah, if Eudora happens to be running when you double-click one of the
signatures, it'll switch back to Eudora.

[email protected] OR [email protected]
David Kabal
2052 Lambert Closse, #5
Montreal, Quebec
CANADA H3H 1Z8

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-autograph-12.hqx; 36K]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-autograph-12-sw.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 16:31:43 -0600
From: [email protected] (Steve Galfano)
Subject: [*] Barney Blaster game; an Asteroids variation

This is an editted version of Asterax in which all the asteroids are
changed to Barney. When he is shot once, he gets a hole in his lil' 'ol
tummy. Shot twice, and he's head falls off. Then he's gone after
three....

If you like this, feel free to send money to the original writers of
Asterax...

Ciao!

.....Me.....

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/barney-blaster.hqx; 813K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 94 13:05:12 EDT
From: Mason Bliss
Subject: [*] Basic Black 1.4.1; a screen saver

Enclosed is Basic Black version 1.4.1, a fairly major release of my freeware
screen saver for the Mac. It has many enhancements and several bug fixes,
and is more efficient than ever. Full source is included.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/basic-black-141.hqx; 99K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 09:41:47 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mike Stulting)
Subject: [*] blazing-saddles-grp2; some sounds from the movie

Stuffit compressed folder of System 7 (double-click) sound clips from the
Mel Brooks movie, "Blazing Saddles"

>>> Group 2 - Hedly's Office
Subject: [*] ControlStrip Terminator update to controlstrip module

This is a update to a control strip module that wil quit the finder and
launch it, it also quits other apps for you. Version 1.1 adds international
support, adds feature to hide control strip, and can quit specific apps.

[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/terminator-11-strip.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 13:16:49 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-050

C.S.M.P. Digest Wed, 10 Aug 94 Volume 3 : Issue 50

Today's Topics:

Detecting Apple Events on launch?
Dialogs and fonts...
Filtering Edit Text items
MoreFiles 1.2 available on ftp.apple.com
Styled Text in Dialogs
The shock of the new (mac vs unix)
What does "reentrant" mean?

The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-050.txt; 129K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 23:05:28 -0300
From: [email protected] (Irshaad Hussain)
Subject: [*] Dua 2.0; extracts from Islamic prayer manuals

A hypercard stack containing extracts from one of the earliest
Islamic prayer manuals. There are 7 supplicatory prayers called
"Dua" taken from a collection of 83 in a book called Al-Sahifat
al-Sajjidyyah (The Psalms of Islam).

Send comments to:
[email protected]

Regards,

Irshaad Hussain

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/dua-20-hc.hqx; 270K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 12:32:42 +0100
From: [email protected] (Peter Hardman)
Subject: [*] Faraday v1.2; battery monitoring software

Here is the latest version of my Battery Status monitoring software
'Faraday'. This version (1.2) should replace any earlier versions in the
archive.

It may be freely distributed and included any future info-mac CD's

Peter Hardman

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/faraday-12.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 23:15:29 -0300
From: [email protected] (Irshaad Hussain)
Subject: [*] Isa 3.01; information on Jesus from an Islamic viewpoint

Isa 3.01 is a hupercard stack on Jesus as he is viewed from within an
Islamic framework. It touches heavily upon Islamic mysticism and
builds a picture of Jesus using traditional Islamic sources (Qur'an
and hadith), well known mystical treatises, and some contemporary
Islamic writings.

How to use it
This stack requires Hypercard Player 2.1 or higher. Within the stack,
clicking on words underlined in grey results in further information
popping up. Clicking on pictures can bring up more pictures,
more text, or may branch to a subtopic related to the picture. Clicking
on the eye icon brings up more information about the picture and, in
some cases, points out 'not so obvious' buttons which may contain further
information.

Enjoy.

Irshaad Hussain
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/isa-301-hc.hqx; 744K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 18:33:08 -0600
From: (Dominik Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] Longs Peak in the Morning; a picture

This is a GIF image of Longs Peak in Colorado. The picture shows the
Diamond as viewed from Chasm Lake, which can be seen in the foreground.
Longs Peak is the highest mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. The
summit is at 14255 ft.

The image is 283 by 407 pixels.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/longs-peak-gif.hqx; 103K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 09:11:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edwin Chee
Subject: [*] Macintosh Disk Cache fix -- 25 times speedup

Below is an interesting thread on making the Macintosh Disk Cache much
more efficient with a simple hack. Stuart Cheshire has written a simple,
useful system extension that he is distributing as freeware. I would
welcome any discussion on his idea particularly regarding data integrity,
reliability, stability, and efficiency. Also, does anyone have any
ideas on how to improve on his program? If his modification to the write
cache is really as good as I suspect, I would hope that Apple would
include this in their next version of the Mac OS.

Please forward replies to [email protected] and I will compile a
complete record of this thread and distribute it at a later date.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/macintosh-disk-cache-fix.txt; 6K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 10:41:02 EDT
From: "Doug Norton"
Subject: [*] MacPhase Demo; "a 2D data analysis and visualization application"

MacPhase is a 2D data analysis and visualization application for the
Macintosh. Data sets can be byte, integer, longint, or real and can be as
large as memory allows.

MacPhase has an extensive collection of processing tools ranging from simple
math operators to fourier transforms. You can use simple tools to filter in
the frequency domain. There are 3x3 and 5x5 configurable convolution
filters and much more.

MacPhase can also display your data using raster, contour, 3D wireframe, 3D
surface, 3D rendered surface, vector, 3D contour, 3D line, line, and
combination plots.

There is an easy to use color look up table editor. Use it to put the
colors where they best show your data.

MacPhase has a Data Tool palette which allows you to draw in the data layer
of your data window. MacPhase has also has a Draw Tool palette which draws
in an drawing layer of your data window. Use the draw tools to annotate
your data with text, simple shapes, placed pictures, color look up table
legends, and even sound objects.

Just about every function or operation can be called using a pascal-like
macro language. Macros are a great way to extend some of the already great
features in MacPhase.

You can also write external code modules, Add-ons, for MacPhase. These
Add-ons can be an excellant way to extend MacPhase's capablities. Add-ons
will be made available to support the QuickCapture and SCION frame grabbers,
GPIB interface, serial ports, QuickTime, video digitization (AV-vdig),
Photoshop plug-ins, color channels, image restoration, and more. Add-ons
are callable from the macro language. Add-ons can be used to add new file
formats as well.

MacPhase has a large number of supported formats some of which are PICT,
TIFF, MatLab, HDF, FITS, binary, text, EPS, Mathematica, Photoshop, polygon
files, sound, color tables, and others.

MacPhase supports AppleEvents through the DoScript event and several custom
events. Use the DoScript event to send macro commands to MacPhase. Use the
custom events to pass data between applications.

Doug Norton
Otter Solution
10 Limekiln Road
Whitesboro, NY 13492-2338 USA
Phone: (315) 768-3956
Fax: (315) 736-4371
Internet: [email protected]
American Online: OtterSol
AppleLink: ottersol

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-phase-20-demo.hqx; 424K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-phase-20-nofpu-demo.hqx; 437K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 10:45:41 EDT
From: "Doug Norton"
Subject: [*] MacPhase Extras; additional files for the MacPhase 2.0 demo

This hexed file contains extra items for MacPhase 2.0 demo. It includes
sample macros, cluts, and sample add-ons. It also includes a macro help
file which is used by MacPhase.

MacPhase is a 2D data analysis and visualization application for the
Macintosh. Data sets can be byte, integer, longint, or real and can be as
large as memory allows.

Doug Norton
Otter Solution
10 Limekiln Road
Whitesboro, NY 13492-2338 USA
Phone: (315) 768-3956
Fax: (315) 736-4371
Internet: [email protected]
American Online: OtterSol
AppleLink: ottersol

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-phase-extras.hqx; 279K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 94 17:43:53 EDT
From: "David P. Sumner"
Subject: [*] Memory Tools XFCNs version 1.6

Memory Tools 1.6 is a stack that contains a number of external
commands/functions as well as several cards that show how they can be used
effectively. There is a great deal of information in the stack for both
programmers and non-programmers alike. All XFCNs and XCMDs are fully documented
and illustrated.

The external functions include:
DisAsm - a full-fledged 68000 disassembler. It even converts trapwords to their
appropriate trap names. It contains many options for formatting the output.

PeekByte, PeekWord, and PeekLong that take an address and return the value
stored at that address. These functions all contain numerous options that
enhance their utility.

TrapName, TrapWord for converting the name of a trap to its corresponding trap
word and vice versa.

DecToHex and HexToDec for converting between decimal and hexadecimal values.

And more.

The stack also includes many demonstrations of how to effectively use the Peek
XFCNs in Scripts.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/memory-tools-16-xfcn.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 19:08:43 -0500
From: "Charles Betz"
Subject: [*] Postal barcoding for FileMaker Pro

This system of FMPro templates will barcode labels to USPS standards (as of
fall
1992), without PostScript or special fonts. This is my first attempt at
uploading something, so caveat lector.

Charlie Betz
U of MN

[Archived as /info-mac/app/postal-barcodes-fmpro.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 06:42:18 -0500
From: [email protected] (Tim J. Courant)
Subject: [*] ramdisk+3.23; a RAM disk utility

Here is the most recent version of Roger bates' popular RAM Disk program.
This copy has been compressed using Compact Pro and has also been binhexed.
The program is a shareware control panel.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/ram-disk-plus-323.hqx; 48K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 9:05:39 CST
From: [email protected] (Craig Kloeden)
Subject: [*] Rotater 1.0; rotates lines and points in 3D

This is a program that reads a set of 3-dimensional points
and lines and plots them in a window. The image can then
be rotated with the mouse in real time.

Requires System 7 or greater and an 8 bit color screen.

Comes is a fat binary version for PowerMacs and 68K Macs
and also in a version for 68K Macs with FPUs.

Features: Perspective, depth cueing, and stereo image viewing.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/rotater-10.hqx; 163K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 09:02:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Lemieux
Subject: [*] SitC Lister 2.1; a BBS program

SitC Lister 2.1 is a utility for TeleFinder, FirstClass, and NovaLink
Professional Sysops that will generate file lists with descriptions by
extracting the SitC=0 resource from the individual files. Tabby and
MacKennel compatible. Requires System 7. Shareware $25. Version 2.1 adds
the ability to create tab-delimited listings of the files and to disable the
recursive directory searching.

Paul M. Lemieux, PhD | "That is not dead which can eternal
U.S. EPA | lie; and with strange aeons, even
[email protected] | death may die." - H.P. Lovecraft

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/sitc-lister-21.hqx; 78K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:28:50 -0600
From: [email protected] (James D. Meiss)
Subject: [*] Standard Maps; "iterates area preserving mappings of the plane"

This is version 3.1 of the Standard Maps program. Standard Maps iterates
area preserving mappings of the plane. It shows chaotic dynamics as well as
allowing you to find periodic and quasiperiodic orbits and stable and
unstable manifolds. There is a menu of 7 different mappings to choose from.
Orbits are drawn in full color, but it can be run in B&W. This version
requires an FPU, but an FPU free version is available for anonymous ftp
>From newton.colorado.edu.

Version 3.1 fixes a few minor bugs in version 3.0x, and adds some new
features including:

New Maps:
Standard NonTwist Map
McMillan Map
New Features:
Redraws stable and unstable manifolds at full resolution on printers
and screens
Position indication for cursor in graphing window
Extra control of iteration and initial conditions.

This program is free, but my not be sold or included in any commercial
package. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

James Meiss
Program in Applied Mathematics
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/standard-maps-31.hqx; 77K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 01:33:42 -0100
From: Rufus Cable
Subject: [*] yesnocancel-11; allows keyboard navigation of dialogs

YesNoCancel is a freeware control panel written by Xan Gregg. It
makes alerts and dialog boxes easier to use by letting you use
the keys to press buttons and controls instead of the mouse. The
control panel can be configured to use the first letter of each
button, with or without CMD, taking into account any text fields
in the box.

I run it on an LCIII and a IIci, both System 7.1 and System
Update 3.0, and never have any problems.

Enjoy!

Rufus.
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/yes-no-cancel-11.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 19:58:33 EDT
From: [email protected] (Jim Mueller)
Subject: (Q) how to get chosen printer with AppleScript?

Subject says it all. How does one discover what printer is chosen?

I'm trying to put together a server/client pair of AppleScript apps, the
client of which will send a 5-10 character string to the running AS server
app on another (or the same) machine, which will then select the attached
serial label printer (using GTQ's scripting extension "Set Printer to"),
print the string, then re-select the original printer. It's finding out the
chosen printer that has stalled me on this We-need-it-yesterday project.

HayesConnect does what I want, but it is S_L_O_W: 2 minutes to send a 24pt
7 character string to the Brother P-Touch PC label printer, so we have a
stop-gap answer. ShadowLAN would have done this too, but Applied
Engineering is gone, so the AV compatibility problems won't be resolved.

Suggestions?

Thanks.

Jim Mueller [email protected]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 11:22:52 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] Macintalk Pro problem

Harry Myhre said:

> I recently downloaded the TTS extensions Macintalk 2 and Macintalk Pro....
[some text deleted]
> Equipment: unaccelerated Mac IIsi, 5 meg memory, AppleTalk OFF
>
> Anybody else have problems with the new Macintalk? I don't read much about
> it here...

Harry, your Mac IIsi with 5 megs is probably a little too weak for MacinTalk
Pro. The following is an excerpt from the TTS Read Me file provided by Apple:

> There are two options available, MacinTalk 2 or MacinTalk Pro, when
> installing Text to Speech software:
>
> Option #1 - MacinTalk 2 -----------------------
>
> MacinTalk 2 is well suited for low-end environments where available memory
> is low and CPU bandwidth is limited. Minimum configuration is System 6.7
> running on a Mac Plus.
>
> To use MacinTalk 2 you will need to download the following files:
>
> Speech Manager (1.2.1) MacinTalk 2 (1.2)
> MacInTalk2 Voices (1.2) SimpleText (1.1)
>
>
> Option #2 - MacinTalk Pro -------------------------
>
> MacinTalk Pro requires System 7 or greater.(?)
>
> To use MacinTalk Pro you will need to download the following files:
>
> Speech Manager (1.2.1) MacinTalk Pro (1.2)
> SimpleText (1.1)
>
> In addition, you will need to download at least one of the voices from the
> Voices folder posted here (not the MacInTalk2 Voices file). There are
> "High Quality" and "Small" versions of Agnes, Bruce and Victoria. "High
> Quality" means that there's very little compression on the voice file
> resulting in high audio fidelity but larger size. "Small" means high
> compression on the voice file resulting in small voice footprint but lower
> audio fidelity.

Cheers,
-- Toby Braun

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 11:20:57 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: [R] generating postscript files

Ermanno Borra ([email protected]) writes:

> I am trying to generate postscript file from a Word 5.1 document.
> I did manage to generate one from the Print menu but it is
> huge. I get 1 Meg from a 30 K word file. Is there any way
> to generate a smaller file.

What takes up the huge amount of space is the font descriptions.
There are two ways that I know of to deal with this. This assumes
that your printer has the fonts you need- if it doesn't, you need that
information, and you can't get around the big file.

1. Use Laserwriter 8 (I have 8.1.1, I *think* 8.2 is available from
ftp.apple.com in dts/mac/).
In the first print dialog, select "File" as the destination. Click
"Save". In the second dialog, select "None" or "All but standard
13" under "Font Inclusion". Pick a name and click "OK".

This is easy but not very flexible.

2. Use pstrimmer, a control panel (I know it is at the umich archive,
I bet it is in sumex too). You can configure it to exclude certain
font info from the ps files you generate. Also pretty easy, more
flexible, but requires using another piece of software (one more
thing to break). I tried it briefly and liked it but then switched
to LaserWriter 8 and stopped. It is shareware, $10, by Hugo Ayala.

Hope this helps-

Ethan Benatan
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 12:52:23 -0700
From: "Carter, Michael H."
Subject: AppleScript

I am looking for a "scriptable finder" from Apple. Does anyone know where on
the net I can find one (if it is free)? I am also looking for AppleScript.
Is it free or do I gotta pay?

Thanks,

Michael Carter
[email protected]

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 17:27:33 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Ath.M.U.G.'s ShreWare Services...!

[Bhens Macintosh User Group
--------------------------

Ath.M.U.G. offers now a great service for the shareware
authors:

1. We can make Greek versions of your programms
2. We can distribute them all over Greece (disks, BBSs)
3. We can advertise them (Magazines, BBSs)
4. We can register your programm here and make registering
very easy for the Greek People.

For details send mail to: [email protected]



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| Fax: (301) 451 1134 Voice: (301) 523 0171

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 08:16:25 -0700
From: [email protected] (patrick mcclaughry)
Subject: BunchOApps1.0 troubles

FYI,
I have had two people report that BunchOApps1.0 worked for a short while
and then ceased to remember the applications that were ran. In an attempt
to repair the situation, I would like to here from anybody who has used the
module. If you have experienced this problem (or any other) or if the
module works fine for you, please send me a short message. My email address
is

[email protected]

When the trouble is repaired, I will notify directly all those who replied,
as well as sending the update to the appropriate sites.

Further, due to what appears to be an difference between the shareware
DesktopStrip1.0b and Apple's original Control Strip, BunchOApps does not
run under DesktopStrip1.0b. I am investigating.

Thanks,

--pat

--pat

OBA - brought to you by the BATMAN team at ParcPlace Systems, Inc.
All opinions are mine, not PP's.

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Date: 9 Aug 94 02:57:25 GMT
From: [email protected] (Alard Malek)
Subject: Buying PPC 6100/60

Dear Netters

After 7 years I'm retiring my Mac Plus and hoping to buy a new Power Mac
(6100/60).
I would like to know about owner's impressions of these machines. Are
you satisfied or dissatisfied and why? I've heard that some people have
had difficulties with the geoport on the 6100 and wonder if this is a
general problem and would I be better off buying a 14.4 modem for
basic telecommunications and faxing?
Please reply directly to me. I'll summarize your responses and post them
on the net.
Thank-you

Alard Malek


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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 12:52:08 -0700
From: [email protected] (Rich Siegel)
Subject: comparing files

In article you write:
>Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 11:22:20 GMT
>From: [email protected] (Michael A. McGuire)
>Subject: comparing files (R)
>
>In Article ,
>[email protected] (The Info-Mac Moderators) wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 14:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
>>From: Seth Ness
>>Subject: comparing files
>>
>>hi,
>>is there a shareware or freeware program out there that will compare two
>>lists of items in TEXT format and find any duplicates?

BBEdit 3.0 has the ability to compare single text files, folders, or
project documents (THINK C, THINK Pascal, CodeWarrior) and display the
differences between them, and gives a user interface for merging the
differences.

It's neither freeware nor shareware, but is inexpensive for students.
A demo is available for anonymous FTP from ftp.std.com, in
/pub/bbedit, as well as from mirrors of sumex.stanford.edu, in
/info-mac/text.

R.
--
Rich Siegel % [email protected] % President & CEO, Bare Bones Software Inc.
--> For information about BBEdit, finger [email protected]
Subject: electronic dir. of symantec

What is the electronic direction of symantec?

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

Date: 10 Aug 94 11:40:01 EDT
From: [email protected] (James W. Matthews)
Subject: Fetch 2.1.2 Error -35

--- Stephen Grady wrote:
What is "Error -35"
In the Fetch Transcript window, it reads "LaunchApplication returns: -35".
I am using a dial up PPP connection to download files. The files download
fine, except that I get this error message for each file. I must click the
"OK" button before it will continue with the next file.
--- end of quoted material ---

There is a bug in Fetch 2.1.2's Post-Processing feature which results in
-35 errors and sometimes crashes when Fetch goes to launch the
post-processing application. The bug is in both the 680x0 and the PowerPC
code (in fact it's also in versions 2.1.1 and 2.1) but it seems to affect
Power Macintoshes much more regularly. This bug can be avoided by working
around it or by patching the application.

Work around #1: Launch your post-processing application before downloading
files. With a small program like StuffIt Expander you could make it a
Startup Item and have it running all the time.

Work around #2: Don't use the post-processing feature.

The bug can be fixed by patching the binary; this requires a tool like
Resorcerer, ResEdit, and/or a data fork editor, and is not for the faint
of heart.

Note that these patches will only work for version 2.1.2 of Fetch.

PowerPC code: At offset 305F8 into the data fork change 90E1 00C0 to 90E1
00C6.

680x0 code: In CODE resource #5, at offset 364A, change FF42 to FF48.

If you see problems with the Post-Processing feature (or any other
feature) after applying this patch please send e-mail to
[email protected]. This fix will of course be incorporated into the
next release of Fetch, but I do not know when that release will be.

My thanks to Aaron Giles for reporting the bug and finding a repeatable
test case.

Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 10:37:45 -0700
From: [email protected] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Fetch 2.1.2 Error -35

In IM 104, Steve Grady writes, referring to a problem with Fetch 2.1.2:

>What is "Error -35"
>In the Fetch Transcript window, it reads "LaunchApplication returns: -35".
>I am using a dial up PPP connection to download files. The files download
>fine, except that I get this error message for each file. I must click the
>"OK" button before it will continue with the next file.

I am getting the same error (in a somewhat different environment), and it
started exactly when I replaced Fetch 2.1.1 by Fetch 2.1.2, so I assume it
is a new bug introduced in V. 2.1.2.

In IM 105, Martin Forrester writes, in response to SG's original report:

>I think that means that Fetch couldn't find a "helper" application to post-
>process a downloaded file (like to unstuff a Stuffit archive). Check under
>the "Customize/Post-processing" settings and make sure the mapping of File
>Type to "Opening application" is okay, and that you haven't trashed one of the
>"Opening applications", like Stuffit expander, or moved it to somewhere
>inaccessible.

This "explanation" won't cut it. In my case, the "helper" applications are
all present (they were there all along, and worked well with 2.1.1):
Stuffit Expander, Stuffit Lite, and Compact Pro Pro. The problem appeared
with the 2.1.1 -> 2.1.2 switch, without any changes in the helpers.

Regards,

Herb Kroemer

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 11:09:26 -0700
From: [email protected] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Finder 7.1 Snap-Grid Inconsistencies

I like the Snap-to-Grid option for icons in the Views Control Panel, but I
have noticed that essentially identical machines (like 2 Mac II fx-s), all
running essentially identical System 7.1 software, exhibit two quite
different sets of spacings in the Small-Icon view, especially vertically.
Any explanations? And how does one achieve consistent spacings from
machine? Moving the Finder preferences file from one machine to the other
has changed nothing!

Herb Kroemer

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 18:40:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gene Mayro
Subject: Hard drive problem

I have a Mac IIx with what looks like a IIci's hard drive (an 80 MB
Quantum with the HD light still attached). Upon powering on in the
morning, the disk icon flashes with the Question mark. The computer can be
manually powered off, and upon booting again, the hard drive is accessed
successfully and the computer boots normally.

I reinstalled the SCSI drive (trying both the HD Disk Setup and
Silverlining), zapped the PRAM, tried loading without extensions, replaced
the hard drive cable, and it still goes through the same pattern in the
morning (or after a couple hours with the computer off).

Anyone have any clues as to what's going on? Suggestions?

- Gene

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:20:50 +0100
From: [email protected] (Hans de Wolf)
Subject: Inquery to 3-D Picture Software (R)

You can try info-mac/grf/random-dot-autostereograms.hqx. This takes a
mathematical function as input, and creates a black and white stereogram.

If you want advanced features, you should try the commercial program
Pointillist. This takes as input a grey scale picture and a "wallpaper"
that is used as background. The grey value of the input picture determines
the 3D-depth.
(This is what I learned from a review of the product. I have no experience
with it).


--
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

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 22:31 CDT
From: [email protected] (Brian Kim)
Subject: Italic characters being clipped on StyleWriter II

>From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN
>Subject: Italic characters being clipped on StyleWriter II>
>I'm having a problem with italic characters being "cut off" when printing
>>From Pagemaker 5.0a to my Stylewriter II. This occurs most noticeably at
>large sizes. It doesn't occur consistently in a document: part of an "h"
>maybe cut off on one line, part of an "o" in another.
>>This does not occur on the screen, nor when printing to a PS printer. At
>first I thought it must be QuickDraw, but since it looks fine on the
>screen, does that eliminate that? Is it a problem with the Stylewriter
>driver (1.2) itself?
>Mac LC475
>System 7.1, with 3.0 "hardware update"
>StyleWriter II driver 1.2
>ATM 3.06, with 512k alloted to it, set for "preserve character shapes"
>Printmonitor with 256k allotted to it
>Pagemaker 5.0a with 2750k allotted to it
>Adobe fonts only

I have this same problem printing Adobe PostScript fonts to my
Apple Personal LaserWriter LS (a QuickDraw printer.) I, too, use ATM. (I
have it set to preserve line spacing.) It seems to be an ATM related
problem because the problem goes away when I print to a real PostScript
printer. The problem usually only affects italic or oblique. It looks like
a problem with the bounding box for each particular character.
This problem is particularly vexing. If anyone knows of a solution
to it, please tell me!

Brian, [email protected], [email protected]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 23:08:28 -0400
From: [email protected] (Daniel C. Clark)
Subject: JPEG files

I have a friend on America On Line with whom I will need to send picture
files on a regular basis, and I am interested in finding out the best way
to do this. I am on regular ole SMTP internet mail. Is there a way that I
can encode my picture file so that it appears to her as a downloadable
file?

I know that when I had my subscription to AOL that the max file size for
anything seemed to be 27K, including e-mail, and it would be quicker for me
to mail her a disk than to have her piece together multiple mail messages
and unbinhex.

Thanks for any help, including "impossible"




Dan Clark - [email protected]
Naval Research Lab, Code 8211, Wash DC 202-767-6414

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 18:53:13 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Fritzsche Arthur)
Subject: Large QT2.0-Movie

Hello.


Did anyone already try creating some kewl 640x480y movie
using QuickTime 2.0? (with >20 fps, hopefully )

I assume it shouldn't be any problem to play back such a
thing on a Power Mac, maybe even on a non-slow Quadra!


Thank you,

--
Arthur W. Fritzsche Federal University of Zurich, Switzerland
[email protected] Department of Informatics



P.S.: Post it to macgifts if it isn't too large!

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 15:28:50 EDT
From: "Valiquette, Philippe Luc"
Subject: Ling. Survey[French]--Repost

I'm looking for French native speakers to conduct some tests in
linguistics, over the next year. They'll consist of a couple e-mail
messages per month, maxima mensura (two months may pass by without any
reply). People will be asked to 'disambiguate' sentences, taken from small
contexts (app. 50 lines of text), and containing a particular segment. They
need a full linguistic competence in French (natives do) -- ambiguity cases
are what they are, ambiguous... -- and be available via e-mail, i.e. able
to respond within a week or so. The reasons for asking readers of Info-Mac
are quite simple:

1) I need no linguists (or else I could have sent a query to
'Linguist List' ). Spontaneous analyses [read
opinions] by native speakers are what I search for.
2) Readers usually have e-mail addresses (they'll need one to
contact me).
3) The wide distribution of the digest can assure me some will
write from different parts of the world (most important aspect, as French
is subject to variation).
4) They'll have to understand the basics of Macintosh, as I will
send some texts containing on one hand accentuated letters -- thus the need
for binhexing and de-binhexing binary text files -- and possibly, on the
other hand, small graphics or schemes; translating files for everyone's
taste (and hardware) would get complicated.
5) Parallels may have to be drawn between French and English.
Those who'll respond to my query can obviously find their way in English.
All e-mail messages will be written in French though, and the analyses
projected for segments not present in French will follow the same
guideline.

Regards,
PV [94/08/10;15:15:16 EDT]

- Philippe Valiquette; Laval University, Dept. Linguistics
INET@ : [[email protected]]
/or [[email protected]]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 22:47 CDT
From: [email protected] (Brian Kim)
Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips?

>From: [email protected] (Stephen Grady)
>Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips?
>I have been speaking recently to co-workers who have PC's at home. When I
>was shopping for a new modem (ended up with a SupraFaxModem 144LC), they
>warned me to make sure that I purchased UART chips so that I could use the
>higher speeds. I spoke to the sales guys at the campus computer store, and
>they said nothing about UART chips. Modems for the Mac are plug and play
>;)

If you went to a computer store with mac techies, then there
shouldn't be any reason why they should know what a UART is! A UART is some
sort of serial port controller chip (don't quote me on this, I'm a Mac
techie myself. The little I know about IBMs is what my IBM techie friends
tell me about.) Older computers have older slower UART chips in them which
limit their serial ports to working reliably only at slow port rates.
Depending on how old your PC is, it might not even be able to handle 9600
bps without a new UART chip.
Most Macs are capable of handling 57.6 kbps through their serial
ports. Newer Macs equiped with GeoPorts can handle up 115.2 kpbs. (Yes, I
know, they can handle much more if externally clocked...)

Brian, [email protected], [email protected]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 22:55:17 +0100
From: Francis Knight
Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips?

[email protected] (Stephen Grady) wrote:

> I have been speaking recently to co-workers who have PC's at home. When I
> was shopping for a new modem (ended up with a SupraFaxModem 144LC), they
> warned me to make sure that I purchased UART chips so that I could use the
> higher speeds.

This is a MeSsyDOS PC specific problem. UARTs (Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitters) are somewhat less sophisticated than the Zilog SCC
Apple chose for the Mac. On top of this, to shave a bit off the selling
price, PC manufacturers often install unbuffered (relatively slow) UARTs
into their products. There's a lively trade in buffered UARTs which the
user then swops into their PC, wielding a soldering iron on the motherboard
if necessary. PC afficianados have an amazing capacity to accept crap, then
spend more money (even throwing their machines away when a new Windoze
version moseys into town) to get acceptable performance.

Irritatingly, this seems to give the MS-compatible PC industry a
competitive edge that the Mac lacks - there's a steady stream of new
selling points:

"Chicago!" "Plug-and-Play!!" "Long File Names!!!" "Multi-tasking!!!!"

screamed the headlines on a PC rag in my local news-store today.

Tell them it's been on the Mac for years, and they give you a pitying look
"Ah, but it's not Industry Standard, is it? Don't you remember what
happened to Betamax?"


Francis



At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 22:38:52 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: Mac SE Internal Hard Disk Broken...

In Info-Mac 104 Philip Clarke ([email protected]) wrote:

> ...I had an old SE 20 mb drive ... with exactly this [stiction] problem
> ....it being summer at the time, I took the
> drive out from the case ... and left it in the sun for about one hour, I
> then brought it inside hooked it up to the power and spun it up for
> about one minute, which it did perfectly (compared to not spinning up at
> all an hour before). Anyway that was 1.5 years ago and it has worked
> faultlessly since!

Mmmm, I remember a guy who routinely "fixed" people's stopped watches in
1959 (when watches had "movements") by placing them on a 120-degree
radiator overnight. They'd run faultlessly for several years thereafter.
Must be something to it!

Cheers!

--Gib Henry

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

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:10:34 -0700
From: [email protected] (David Ryeburn)
Subject: Norton Utilities 3.0 Upgrade

On 04 Aug 94 Paul Brians wrote:
> If you're like me you got a notice from Symantec of a limited-time
> offer for an upgrade to Norton Utilities 3.0 for the low, low price of
> $59.95.
^^^^^^

On 09 Aug 94 John Thoo wrote:
>I got a similar(?) offer to upgrade to NUM3.0 in the mail last week.
>The slip said $39.95 + s/h + tax, not $59.95.

The mail I got from them asked for $49.95 + s/h + tax. What's going
on here? Of course I'm going to get it from one of the mail-order houses.
Presumably _they_ charge all of us the same low price.

David Ryeburn

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 13:57:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Henry Lefkowitz
Subject: Norton Utilities Upgrade (C)

In Info-Mac #106, two people commented on obtaining upgrades for NU3.0.
When I upgrade, I am probably not going to order directly from Symantec,
as $8.00 is a steep price for shipping and handling, especially when
MacWarehouse (for example) is offering the upgrade for the same price as
Symantec, but w/ only a $3.00 s/h charge!

Henry L. Lefkowitz
[email protected]

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 15:00:27 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz"
Subject: Overseas Shareware Fees

Graeme Craig ([email protected]) asked:
GC> Having found shareware worth keeping, how do I send my registration
GC> fee to the shareware author? Most of the software worth registering
GC> for is North AMerican in origin and I live in th United Kingdom so
GC> how do I get round the problem of sending sterling overseas ?

There may be better ways, but it is common to send US currency.
Wrap it carefully so that it isn't obvious that the envelop contains
cash and pray a lot. If there are better ways, I'd like to know
about them.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[email protected]

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

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 16:32:21 EST
From: Pete Shell
Subject: PowerPC 6100/CC:Mail/Plaintalk problems

Jim Curran asked what the Modern Memory Manager in the Memory control panel
does.

I was told (I can't remember who told me but somebody at a computer
store or perhaps Apple) that the Modern Memory Manager enables to Power Mac
to make use of the second-level cache memory. Some older applications
which don't know how to work with second-level cache will crash when
the Modern Memory Manager is turned on, which is why you had the problems
you had. Depending on how much second-level cache you have and what
type of programs you run, turning of the modern memory management could
slow down your mac to varying degrees.

I would be nice if the cache memory would work automatically from
hardware but apparantly the software has to do something to use it.

--Pete Shell


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
; Pete Shell, Union Electrica Fenosa, Madrid
; internet: [email protected] o [email protected]
; (34-1) 571-3700, x 2527 (oficina), 504-4308 (casa)
; Voice mail in Pittsburgh: 412-734-5265 (REG JAM 'K)

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 07:54:52 -0800
From: Robert Hess
Subject: QuickDraw GX [A]

Robert Brockman asked a few questions about QuickDraw GX:

> QuickDrawGX needs Adobe Type ManagerGX. Any word from Adobe when
> that will be out, and what the upgrade cost will be?

ATM GX is included with System 7.5 and GX, so if you need it, you get it.
(Or maybe I misunderstand the question...?)

> It sounds like applications will have to be written to take
> advantage of the new GX features... is it safe to assume that
> applications in the wings, like MS Word 6.0 will be set to work with
> GX? Are the modifications needed to use GX extreme? I mean, can I
> expect an update to PageMaker 5.0a in a few weeks so it uses GX or
> will it require an upgrade kind of thing (PageMaker 6)?

Microsoft has said Word 6.0 will support GX print dialogs. Not its
font-handling capabilities, though. Programmers introducing GX into their
products tell me "assuming you followed Apple's guidelines in the past, you
can implement the new print dialogs in about a day." Obviously, implementing
more GX features takes more time for each one. I understand that the current
PageMaker is very unhappy when used with GX; its installed base is so large
I think it's a very safe assumption it will be upgraded to not only work
with, but take great advantage of, GX. But that's just my guess.

> Will my old Adobe type 1 fonts take advantage of the features of GX
> or will I have to get re-worked fonts, too?

You old fonts _work_ fine. But remember: the thing that makes the new font
features really work are a zillion more characters in each font table. In
other words, that cool sweeping arm in a "Q" that goes under a "u" is due to
the font designer painstakingly drawing it and putting it in the font
table. It's not because GX can take an existing "Q" and figure out how to
draw it. So (long story too long), to get cool new effects you will need
cool new fonts.

> Finally, the 8/2 press release for 7.5 says that QuickTime 2.0 will be
> included, but the AppleFAX document (ask for 10343) says it includes
> 1.6.2.

QuickTime 2.0 is included.

Robert

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Hess - MacWEEK - (415) 243-3576 - [email protected]
Please use the Internet only for Good, not Evil.

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

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 02:02:21 DST
From: [email protected]
Subject: QuickTime 2.0

It's my understanding that Apple is not going to make QuickTime 2.0 available
>From online services. You can get QuickTime 2 pretty cheaply from BMUG, in one
of two ways:

On diskette with BMUG's Quicker QuickTime book for $8 (plus $4 shipping)

On CD ROM -- BMUG's TV ROM Too Update disc for $15 (plus $4 shipping)
The CD ROM Update also includes a bunch of examples of QuickTime 2 movies.
(Note that this is an update -- i.e., companion disc -- to the regular TV ROM
Too CD. You can buy the full disc, which includes lots of movie clips, sounds,
and stills, along with the update for $50.)

You can order from BMUG (Visa & MC only) by calling 800-776-BMUG
or fax 510-849-9026
or by email: [email protected]

Roz Ault
Administrator, BMUG Boston BBS
-BMUG Boston 617-721-5840, East Coast BBS of The World's Largest Mac User Group

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

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 10:16:40 DST
From: [email protected]
Subject: QuickTime 2.0 -- correction

After I posted the previous message about ordering QuickTime 2.0 from BMUG, I
learned that the prices I quoted were Macworld show specials only.

The actual mail-order prices are:

$10 for the QuickTime book with QuickTime 2.0 on disk, plus $4 shipping

$20 for the TV ROM Too Update CD ROM, with QuickTime 2.0 and example movie
clips, plus $4 shipping.

Sorry for the confusion.

Roz Ault
BMUG Boston
-BMUG Boston 617-721-5840, East Coast BBS of The World's Largest Mac User Group

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

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 22:40 CDT
From: [email protected] (Brian Kim)
Subject: Radius Pivot Problem

>From: Sam Snead
>Subject: Radius Pivot Problem
>I have a Radius Greyscale Pivot Monitor,about two years old, Model 0276,
>running on a MacIIci using the Built-In video. Every thing has worked
perfectly
>until recently when the brightness level began to flicker. It is still
>useable, but at times it will vary in brightness rapidly and at times will get
>real dim and barely readable. I have checked all the cables and I am
>using the most recent version of the Radius software.

Here's an interesting fact... It doesn't seem like it will help in
your situation, but it's probably something Radius monitor owners would
like to know. According to a tech friend of mine who is certified to do
repairs on Radius monitors: Most monitor manufacturers set the internal
brightness adjustment in their monitors to the max. This makes the image on
the monitor seem nice and crisp. The external (front, side or back panel)
control are used to adjust the monitor to a usable brightness. Radius, on
the other hand, sets their internal brightness level to a normal,
conservative setting. But, as monitor age, they get dimmer and dimmer.
Since Radius monitors are set at a conservative manner, after a couple
years, the monitor will dim to a point where you can't adjust it to a
bright enough level with the front or side panel brightness knob. You've
got to get a tech to crack it open and adjust the internal brightness pot.
This is something our tech has to do a lot on-site since we own a
couple hundred Radius monitors. It's something anyone with a little
mechanical aptitude can do if they know what they're doing.


Brian, [email protected], [email protected]

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

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 07:59:55 -0400
From: [email protected] (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: RAM Doubler 1.0.4--serious bug?

HI,

I've been having some trouble with an unexplained system crash resulting in
MacsBug reporting a user break at with the message "You fool! GCP
is not re-entrant!" Since this SEEMED to be happening when I needed memory
(opening GIFs in JPEGView, terminal emulator's RAM full) and since the ram
doubler activity indicator (why Connectix doesn't turn this thing ON is
beyond me) patch showed activty, I decided to go back to my old RD 1.0.
That seemed to cause unexpected freezes, so I went to 1.0.1. No problems,
but pokey.

After living for a week blissfully free of crashes, today I decided to try
updating. Ran the 1.0.4 updater, restarted, opened a GIF and BLAM! dropped
right into MacsBug again, same error. *I* am convinced that 1.0.4 (and
1.0.3?) is bad, so it's back to 1.0.1. (I haven't been able to find a copy
of the 1.0.2 updater at any of the archives.)

Has anyone else had this "user break" problem with RD?

Thanks,

~ Kiran

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6216 41st Avenue Hyattsville MD 20782 301/779-0756

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:25:28 -0230
From: "Michael Coyne, Memorial Univ."
Subject: Random number/word generator?

I am looking for a freeware or shareware program that will select a number
between 1 and X (any other given number) and/or select a word at random from
a list of words. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Michael Coyne
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 12:43:49 CDT
From: Robert Shaw
Subject: Selling a pre-owned Mac (A)

>From one of the info-mac mirrors:

get /info-mac/info/csm-wanted-faq-230.txt

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:01:40 +0200
From: [email protected] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: Shareware fees (R)

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raeme Craig ([email protected]) wrote:

> Having found shareware worth keeping, how do I send my registration fee
> to the shareware author? Most of the software worth registering for is
> North AMerican in origin and I live in th United Kingdom so how do I get
> round the problem of sending sterling overseas ?

The most cost saving method is the following:

Just go to a bank and buy US$ - bills (real paper money) for the amount
of the shareware fee, put it in an envelope together with the registration
form or an accompanying letter, send by registered airmail to the author.

So far, this always worked, and some author even write back to say "thank
you", or send newer releases or other stuff on floppies as a reward.

I usually have US$ bills in various sizes at home, so that I have not to
go to a bank each time, but this depends on your needs. Usually I buy
apporx. US$ 100 each time, in various sizes, to be able to pay the various
shareware fees.

Greetings, Christian.

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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 09:54:32 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Shareware fees. (A)

Graeme Craig raises the question of cross border and cross currency
shareware fees. I have wondered about this a bit, especially since the
costs of cashing foreign checks can exceed the value of the check
itself. One solution would be to send cash, but this can be a bit
risky. Another possibility would be to send something in kind, say the
shareware fee's value in blank floppy disks? Any comments from
shareware authors?


________________________________________________________________________
Thomas A. Russ, Senior Research Scientist [email protected]
USC/Information Sciences Institute WWW: http://isi.edu
4676 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (310) 822-1511x775

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 02:07:35 DST
From: [email protected]
Subject: System 7.5 - User Group price

There was a recent message in Info-Mac to the effect that Apple's user group
member price for system 7.5 would be $49. At the user group breakfast at
Macworld, what I heard the Apple rep say was that they expected the user group
price would be 50% off. But I assumed he meant 50% off list price (which he
said would be about $135) not half off the street price, which was estimated
at $99 (although Apple would not officially comment on street prices).

-Roz Ault
BMUG Boston
-BMUG Boston 617-721-5840, East Coast BBS of The World's Largest Mac User Group

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Date: 11 Aug 1994 3:56:57 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Usenet on Mac

Many thanks for all the replies concerning Mac access to Usenet groups.
I'm now giving Nuntius and Newswatcher try-outs.
Nuntius scores highly on presentation - all the different kinds of groups
(alt.,
soc., rec. etc.) packed away nicely in their different folders - but posting
seems to be a pain.
Posting on Newswatcher is a doddle but it gives me the newsgroups just like
ReadNews does on Unix - a long boring list in alphabetical order.
But its early days yet ...
Cheers,
Steven French
[email protected]
'His mind was good, but he only understood one or two things
in the whole world - samurai movies and the Macintosh - and
he understood them far, far too well.' (Snow Crash, Neal
Stephenson)
- well, I've got the Mac, now all I need are the swords!!

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 16:07:22 METDST
From: Smith Paul Robert (SI E D 2)

Subject: Use of PC RAMs on Macintosh Computers ?

Dear all,

Is anybody aware of whether 72-pin PS-2 (or should that be OS2) RAM modules
will work in the newer Macintosh computers? If not, why not? Is it anything
to do with the parity bits that IBM computers require, or is it quite simply
a different pin configuration to that used by Apple.

I'm particularly interested in an 8MB Simm for a Performa (LC) 475.

Many thanks in advance Paul.

E-Mail : [email protected]

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