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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 28 Oct 94 Volume 12 : Issue 142
Today's Topics:
[*] AOL Newton Books; about AOL
[*] Barney Blaster 2.0.1, an After Dark module
[*] CalcOne; a calculator for the Mac
[*] check-ticks; a pseedometer for your Mac
[*] Chuck's Printer Driver 1.3.0; for Epson compatible pin printers
[*] ChunkJoiner 1.2.1; concatenates files
[*] Classic-Horror-Film-Sounds
[*] Coordinates 2.3a; a geographical utility
[*] Delta Image 0.9b5; a disk image conversion utility
[*] Eye Candy Textures v1; some desktop patterns
[*] FlashWorks 1.0.6 Mac flash cards
[*] hydrogenium; an excited orbital of Hydrogenium
[*] Mac Rogue 2.0; a game
[*] MacShell 0.5b, Unix-like CLI
[*] Mail2000 v1.7 Program to read e-mail (Major update).
[*] MPEG Audio 0.3.1; an MPEG sound player
[*] nancy-halloween-textures; some desktop patterns
[*] NetGame ScriptReader, an electronic screenplay
[*] NewsHopper 1.0a Demo; a news client
[*] PlainText version 1.3.7 -- a text editor
[*] Prince of Destruction (a game) AV patch
[*] RHPS - Collection of Sounds from Rocky Horror Picture Show
[*] Screen Savior - Screen Saver Module (Demo)
[*] show1.02; a previews manager
[*] ValueCheat -- Free Faxes!
(?) Powerbook modem
[A] About chips and ends little and big...
[Q] How to speed up a 230?
[Q] Performa 450 crash on FKEY 3
[Q] Some Sort of Post-It Note Shareware?
Apollo 1.0 problems [Q]
Appleshare 3.0 to 4.0
Backup Tapes and External Hard Drives
Converting WP3.0 mac files to Word 5.1 files (q)
Disk Label Removal (Q)
EasyPlay Quicktime Viewer - where can I find it?
Flickering Fish Underbellies and Dancing Memory Chips
FullWrite 2 is now shipping!
Gopher App. that lists files sorted by dates which one?
grep wanted (Q)
HD Formatting
Help - Fax STF 2.2.3, MacTcp, MacSLIP collide
How to argue with a Unix geek? (LONG)
How to convert? EPS --> GIF
LaCie Joule drives
Lotus 1-2-3 bugs...
Modems and WWW
mpeg
MYLK ?
Netscape/binary mode
NFS Mounting from the Mac
no subject (file transmission)
PPP and Linelink
Problem to download PostScript files
Quadra 630 comments? (C)
Quadra 630 comments? (R)
RamDoubler --> RamTripler?
Request For Info About Cameo II
Retrospect 2.0 & PPC
Speech-to-text? Possible?
Spreadsheet corrupts, looking for new one (R)
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:15:35 -0500
From: Bill Kearney
Subject: [*] AOL Newton Books; about AOL
These Newton books describing various America Online Features. I've
posted these at the request of their author, Phil Torrone
They're freeware and _great_ examples of what a Newton book _should_ look
like. They do require quite a bit of free card space, so don't try to
install them on the internal store.
They are NOT Newton client software for AOL, just books.
Bill
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/info/aol-pda-forum-v1.hqx; 369K]
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/info/aol-pda-forum-v2.hqx; 433K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:27:35 -0700
From: [email protected] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] Barney Blaster 2.0.1, an After Dark module
The latest and greatest version of Barney Blaster, the popular After Dark
module starring the purple twinkiesaur.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/barney-blaster-201-ad.hqx; 124K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 17:29:47 -0400
From: [email protected] (Ted Grosch)
Subject: [*] CalcOne; a calculator for the Mac
CalcOne is a calculator for the Mac. It can operate in a standard or
RPN entry mode. There are four calculators to chose from: a scientific
calculator, one that does complex calculatoins, a finacial calcuator
and a unit conversions calcualtor.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/calc-one-101.hqx; 33K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 14:19:20 -0500
From: [email protected] (Simon Kidd)
Subject: [*] check-ticks; a pseedometer for your Mac
This application was mentioned in the latest MacUser, so I downloaded it
>From AOL. Although its old it does work on my PB180 running system7.5. From
the AOL readme:
"Need to know what INITs, utilities, MultiFinder, or accelerators have on
speed? CheckTicks counts how many system ticks 10,000 GetNextEvents takes.
The lower the number, the faster your Mac is servicing applications. This
gives a rough guide only, but can be valuable in determining what's soaking
up CPU cycles."
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/check-ticks.hqx; 3K]
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 14:31:19 CDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Chuck's Printer Driver 1.3.0; for Epson compatible pin printers
The following is the latest version (1.3.0) of Chuck's Printer Driver.
A printer driver for Epson compatible 9-pin and 24-pin printers (and
configurable for most dot matrix printers) and now HP Laser Jet compatible
printers too!!!! Just drop the driver and the spooler application into
your system folder!
It fixes a few bugs:
* problem while doing print dialog with some applications
* problem with dialog help
* and many other bugs with different applications
And has new features:
* all NEW COLOR support!!!!!
* support for LaserJet Printers!!!!!
* new cool looking dialogs!!!!
* spiffy status display in the spooler application!!
* scaling
* horizontal and vertical flipping
* spooled text printing
- Charles Rentmeesters
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/chucks-printer-driver-130.hqx; 98K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:43:05 +0100
From: [email protected] (Fabrizio Oddone)
Subject: [*] ChunkJoiner 1.2.1; concatenates files
ChunkJoiner is a shareware utility that lets you join (concatenate)
any group of files in a single piece.
Select the files you want to join, and drag&drop them onto ChunkJoiner.
You can skip the data up to and including a configurable text string,
and/or skip the data beyond and including another configurable text string,
within each chunk going to be joined.
This is useful whenever you receive long enclosures and your e-mail gateway
splits the messages in several chunks.
You can build digests by adding header, separators, and footer.
ChunkJoiner works on any Macintosh, but it
**requires** System 7 or later.
New since version 1.2:
Fixed the user interface in the search&insert strings dialogs.
New since version 1.1.1:
"Fat" application;
can join in reverse order;
can insert header, separators, and footer.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/chunk-joiner-121.hqx; 50K]
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 16:16:07 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jay Boersma)
Subject: [*] Classic-Horror-Film-Sounds
This is a collection of small sounds from three classic horror films: The
Mummy, Dracula, and Frankenstein - great Mac Halloween additions.
Jay Boersma
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/horror.hqx; 1125K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 11:06:22 EDT
From: "John W Robbins"
Subject: [*] Coordinates 2.3a; a geographical utility
Coordinates 2.3a is a Macintosh application which allows the user to make a
variety of geographical coordinate transformations and distance calculations.
The application was written in FutureBasic (from Zedcor, Inc. of Tucson, AZ)
and was benchmarked on a Mac 660AV and an older Mac II (w/ Daystar 50 MHz
PowerCache w/FPU). It has not been tested on PowerPC platforms, but
presumably will work in 68k emulation mode.
What's New in Version 2.3a?
Version 2.3a is an upgrade from 2.2 in that:
(1) - the window refresh is fully operational.
(2) - occasional erroneous results in output fields are elminated by using
formatted print statements.
(3) - added the capability to compute the location of a distant point given
the location of the starting point and the distance and azimuth (or bearing)
to second point.
(4) - provides smoother interface. Tab keys move from field to field.
Carriage returns operate highlighted buttons.
John Robbins email: [email protected] or [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/coordinates-23a.hqx; 119K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:15:29 -0500
From: [email protected] (Chris Kohuch)
Subject: [*] Delta Image 0.9b5; a disk image conversion utility
Delta Image is a drag and drop utility which converts Apple DiskCopy and
Dart images and Norton Fastcopy images to DiskDup+ images. DiskDup+ is the
shareware disk imaging/archiving/copying program by Roger D. Bates.
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/delta-image-09b5.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:08:48 -0500
From: ryan feeley
Subject: [*] Eye Candy Textures v1; some desktop patterns
Rivalling some of the world's finest texture-art is "Eye Candy v1" from
the mind and mac of Ryan Feeley.
Take a journey into these wonderful textures (which are used with the
Desktop Textures Shareware Texture Installer 2.1) as they span the creative
history of one of earth's most amazing guys, me.
See why Ryan's parents are so gald they shelled out three grand for this
wonderful pizza box known as the LCIII.
Compliments and scathing personals attacks can be made to:
[email protected]
Make you mac a beautiful thing.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/eye-candy-textures-grp1.hqx; 1426K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 16:05:46 -0500
From: [email protected] (mounce)
Subject: [*] FlashWorks 1.0.6 Mac flash cards
FlashWorks is a suburb flash card program for learning foreign languages. It
is available for both Macintosh (fwmac_.sea) and Windows (fwwin.zip). It
comes with databases for German, Spanish, French, Greek (including a
postscript font), and Hebrew (including a bitmap font for the Macintosh).
Full instructions are included.
It is very fast and flexible. For example, you can tell it you want to work
with verbs and nouns, not prepositions, etc., that occur in chapters 4-6 in
your text book (optional) and occur at least 30 times in the literature
(optional for Biblical Greek and Hebrew). It watches what words you get right
and wrong and adjusts a "Difficulty" rating for each word for each student.
Therefore, you can also search for just those words that have a personal
difficulty of 3 and above, or perhaps only 5.
The databases are really text files, so you can modify them as much as you
wish with your word processor, including adding new languages or modifying
the ones included. You can select the font for the foreign word, so you can
use it for Russian, Arabic, etc., anything you can get a font for.
The current version is 1.0.6 and has been in use for two years. This file has
been checked with Disinfectant and is self-extracting.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/flash-works-106.hqx; 469K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:37:39 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ondrej Bojar)
Subject: [*] hydrogenium; an excited orbital of Hydrogenium
This program draws shapes of an excited orbital of Hydrogenium.
A manual is included.
Ondrej Bojar ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/hydrogenium.hqx; 27K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:01:40 +0100 (MET)
From: [email protected] (Marco Pontil)
Subject: [*] Mac Rogue 2.0; a game
This is the 2.0 relase of MacRogue. MacRogue is the porting
in the Mac environment of the unix game Rogue. Since this
is one of the programs I wrote to learn how to program a Mac
don't expect too much. But someone liked it so perhaps you
will like it too. Please respect the honourware conditions,
few dollars can give a lot of happyness.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-rogue-20.hqx; 787K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 17:05:02 -0700
From: [email protected] (Fred Videon)
Subject: [*] MacShell 0.5b, Unix-like CLI
MacShell is a Unix-like command line interface for the Macintosh. Its
interface is modeled loosely on the Unix C-shell. Versions of a set
of Unix-style file management, content searching, and other assorted
utilities are built-in. It also contains a
Subject: [*] Mail2000 v1.7 Program to read e-mail (Major update).
Hmm, I seem to be turning out a new version about every two weeks! The
program is slowly turning into a stable and useful application though.
Version 1.7 has -again- some new features added (some requested by
users).
Mail2000 is a program which allows you to take your saved e-mail files,
mboxes and saved newspostings home and read them at your leisure. It
has some options to mark, save, append and delete messages. This is
especially for people who keep their mail and news at home in files.
All you have to do is open a TEXT file, and Mail2000 will examine the
file, create a list of mails or postings, and thread them either
according to subject, or to sender. You can then read the mails and
the threads. Mails or threads can be marked, and subsequently be
deleted, saved to a new file or appended to another file. It is
possible to specify different header definitions for each different
file, so you can also use it to read VMS mail or mailing list digests.
-Peter
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mail-2000-17.hqx; 125K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 18:04:50 -0800
From: [email protected] (Norman Franke, III)
Subject: [*] MPEG Audio 0.3.1; an MPEG sound player
Enclosed is the latest version of MPEG Audio for Macintosh. It's a freeware
MPEG Audio playing and conversion utility for the Macintosh. It requires
System 7 and either a 68020 or better with FPU or a Power Macintosh. It is
distributed as a fat binary and is based on maplay1.2. It will support
real-time playback on a Power Macintosh.
Version 0.3.1 corrects the menu ordering in the Save dialog box.
Again, the interface needs some help, but it was a quick job to listen to
sounds.
-Norman
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mpeg-audio-031.hqx; 138K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:15:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: [*] nancy-halloween-textures; some desktop patterns
Please accept this Desktop Texture file into the Info-mac
archives. It contains 4 ppats: 3 for Halloween, 1 for Christmas.
They're 128 x 128 pixels, thousands of colors. They look great
at 256 colors, though. That's what my monitor is, so I haven't
actually *seen* my own work in 16-bit.
To my knowledge the ppats can be used with any desktop texture
application, although some apps require a little more effort than
others, i.e. copy/paste.
As usual, the textures are response-ware. If they bring a
smile to your face, or to the face of anyone who sees your mac,
I'd be elated to know via email or snail mail. Please take a
moment to read the enclosed ReadMe file, as always. It's
painless, really! Besides, I've made important changes to it
since my last upload.
Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!
Nancy Schneider
[email protected] (until Nov. 15, then my acct. closes...ReadMe!)
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/nancys-halloween-textures.hqx; 58K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:05:00 -0500
From: [email protected] (Sandra Liu)
Subject: [*] NetGame ScriptReader, an electronic screenplay
SCREENWRITER HOCKS SCRIPT WITH ELECTRONIC "SCRIPT READER,"
NOW CIRCULATING THROUGH HOLLYWOOD AND THE NET
Here's my first posting: Net Game Script Reader, a glitzy
multimedia self-promotion featuring my latest screenplay
(about hackers) and a slew of other diversions: business
cards, notes, and a videotape of my latest film--even a
couple Fig Newtons. If that's not enough, find, pop, and
eat all 20 popcorn kernels I've hidden in the script.
You could win a real package of microwave popcorn! Wow!
Net Game Script Reader is freeware; please share it with
others.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/net-game.hqx; 1880K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 14:33:12 +0000
From: Laurent Humbert
Subject: [*] NewsHopper 1.0a Demo; a news client
NewsHopper is a Usenet newsreader for the Mac. It is full-featured and has
especially been designed for offline newsreading.
NewsHopper requires System 7 as well as a MacTCP access to a news (NNTP)
server.
In this demo version, deleting and purging of articles in the local
database is disabled.
Version 1.0a fixes 2 serious bugs that were in the initial release: the
program now works properly on Macs with 68000s (PB100, Classics...) and an
incompatibility with TIA/NNTPd has been fixed.
Regards,
Laurent Humbert
SW15 Software
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/news-hopper-10a-demo.hqx; 351K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:10:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] PlainText version 1.3.7 -- a text editor
PlainText is the freeware, auto-wordwrapping text editor that has no 32K
limit.
It incorporates a useful set of conversion features for converting between DOS,
Unix, and Mac text file conventions, stripping linefeeds and control
characters, search for and stripping lines containing certain patterns. It
implements all the standard features of a text editor, including search and
replace, regular expression searching, hard and soft word-wrap, including full
interconvertability between the two. It even implements a number of operating
system functions through a command-line interface.
Version 1.3.7 is a maintenance upgrade.
Mel Park
University of Tennessee, Memphis
[Archived as /info-mac/text/plain-text-137.hqx; 126K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 09:23:24 -0500
From: [email protected] (Tonio Loewald)
Subject: [*] Prince of Destruction (a game) AV patch
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pod-av-patch.hqx; 827K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:15:06 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] RHPS - Collection of Sounds from Rocky Horror Picture Show
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/rocky-horror-grp1.hqx; 717K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/rocky-horror-grp2.hqx; 681K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/rocky-horror-grp3.hqx; 497K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 19:31:18 -0700
From: [email protected] (MR Mac - Michael Robertson)
Subject: [*] Screen Savior - Screen Saver Module (Demo)
Screen Savior is a screen saver module that displays inspirational
scripture based on the King James version of the Bible on your computer
screen during periods of inactivity. Versions for Macintosh=81 and Windows=
=81
operating systems are available. Screen Savior I requires AfterDark 2.0
(commercial) or Darkside of the Mac (freeware) screen saver.
The Screen Savior Volume I Demo Version includes quotes from the Love
Theme. The fully functional version of Volume I has more than 360 quotes
>From the following themes:
* Love * Charity * Salvation * Children * Hope * Peace * Kindness
* Suffering * Wealth * Ability.
The Teachings of Jesus Christ module is also available which contains 2,000
quotes from the Red Letter Edition of the King James Version of the Bible.
Both modules make great Christmas gifts! If you enjoy this demo version,
you may purchase each module (the complete Screen Savior Volume I or The
Teachings of Jesus Christ) for $19.95 from Quantum Leap at (800) 997-9975
or (619) 481-8427 or [email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/screen-savior-demo-ad.hqx; 12K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:52:53 +0100 (GMT+0100)
From: Henk den Bok
Subject: [*] show1.02; a previews manager
This is the initial release of a new product which will help
you to organize your image libraries. Using the thumbnail
previews that are now commonly saved with digital images,
or by creating them with this program, you can create/arrange
image sets much like you would do with ordinary slides on
a backlit table. The image sets/sequences can be saved in
document files. The program interfaces with JPEGView for
opening or slide-showing the originals.
Henk W. den Bok ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/show-102.hqx; 185K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 13:46:17 EST
From: [email protected] (Cory Doctorow)
Subject: [*] ValueCheat -- Free Faxes!
ValueFax is an excellent piece of fax shareware. It only allows twenty
faxes, tho'. This teeny HyperCard stack cheats ValueFax into resetting the
Faxes Sent counter.
Retreived from a site that shall remain nameless.
Cory
[Archived as /info-mac/app/value-cheat.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:17:57 PDT
From: "mfran:es xc15@xerox"@xerox.com
Subject: (?) Powerbook modem
I need a recomendation on purchase of a modem for my 180C. An internal would
be preferred but most are too pricey. What are the pros-cons of internal vs
external?
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 21:40:40 EDT
From: [email protected] (Jon Hardis)
Subject: [A] About chips and ends little and big...
In Info-Mac Digest V12 #141, Allan Hunter asks:
> One occasionally hears the Motorola chip family and associated software
> referred to as "big-endian", as opposed to Intel chips-and-software set
> which is referred to as "little-endian". Anyone care to illuminate
> those of us who do not entirely know which end of what is which and why?
It is generally true that computer addresses specify bytes (commonly a
collection of 8 bits). However, the data constructs upon which computers
operate may require more than one byte of storage. For example, integers
are commonly stored in two or four bytes.
Which of these multiple bytes, then, does the address refer to? In a "big-
endian" architecture, it refers to the byte containing the most significant
bits; in a "little-endian" architecture, it refers to the byte containing
the least significant bits.
You cited Intel chips as being "little-endian." DEC minicomputers were also
little-endian. It is advantagous to handle the computation of numbers, longer
numbers than the word-size of your computer, by addressing (dealing with) the
least significant portion first, and then progressing forward through memory,
continuing the calculation and propogating the carry.
Memory looks the most natural when laid out like this:
3 2 1 0 Byte Number (address), growing right to left
+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+
| MSB | LSB | | MSB | LSB |
+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+
High Word Low Word 16-bit word pair of a 32-bit number
You cited Motorola chips as being "big-endian." IBM mainframes are also
big-endian. It is advantagous to deal with strings (text strings and BCD
encoded number strings [hint, hint, hint]) by assigning their addresses as
you would write them out on paper.
Memory looks the most natural when laid out like this:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Byte Number (address), growing left to right.
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| A | | S | T | R | I | N | G | | O | F | | T | E | X | T |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
In this second layout, if you want to consider a pair of adjacent bytes as
a 16-bit integer, it is most natural to give the high-order byte the lowest
address.
Why is the 68000 a big-endian design? My theory has been that Motorola didn't
want to be accused of copying a DEC architecture. Notwithstanding this
difference, there are many similarities between them.
- Jonathan
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 13:43:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Porter
Subject: [Q] How to speed up a 230?
I've got a Duo 230 and DuoDock, and while it isn't an orphan yet, it's
starting to look that way. Since it doesn't appear to have a PDS slot
(only 2 NuBus slots), what is the best way to speed this puppy up while
it is docked? Or, are there any products to speed it up that will fit
inside the Duo case?
(no, I'm not going to just get a 280c...the ultimate motherboard swap).
Thanks,
Greg Porter
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 22:38:09 +0100
From: [email protected] (Jon Kleiser)
Subject: [Q] Performa 450 crash on FKEY 3
A friend of mine has a Macintosh Performa 450 (with a 14" Apple RGB
monitor) running Norwegian System (H1-) 7.1P5. When he tries to make a
screen dump using Cmd-Shift-3, he gets a system error message like "Finder:
unimplemented trap".
This happens every time, whether extensions are on or off, also when he has
booted from his (write protected) Utility diskette, also when he has booted
>From the hard disk but are using a copy of the System file found on the
Utility diskette. We have also tried resetting the PRAM, both by the
standard Option-Cmd-P-R and later using TechTool 1.0.6, with no success.
Out of curiosity, I compared the FKEY 3 resource sizes in the System on the
Performa Utility diskette and in the System (H1-7.1) on my Macintosh LC;
they were 998 and 1132, respectively. We have not tried to copy my LC FKEY
3 into his Performa System (yet), but might try it if no other solution
shows up.
If you have (access to) a Performa 450, I'd be pleased if you'd try the
Cmd-Shift-3 combination, and tell me ([email protected]) whether you
get the screen dump (and the click sound) or the system error. If you get
the screen dump (especially), I'd also like to know which System version
you're using. If you first get the system error, and then find THE
SOLUTION, please let me know the details. If I get any reports at all, I'll
try to put together, and submit, a "compilation".
Sincerely,
Jon Kleiser
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 18:15:46 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling"
Subject: [Q] Some Sort of Post-It Note Shareware?
After an afternoon of correcting 30 odd ClarisWorks quizzes on disk, I'm
looking for some sort of Post-It Note type shareware that I could use to
tack notes onto the students' files with.
I there anything like that out there?
keg
* [email protected] I've got plenty of opinions. Just ask my wife! *
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 09:28:41 +0100
From: [email protected] (Dr. Stefan P. Mueller)
Subject: Apollo 1.0 problems [Q]
I was just checking out Apollo 1.0 as an application launcher and default
directory assignment utility. Unfortunately it seems to cause problems on
my system (Quadra 700, System 7.1, all non-Apple extensions except Apollo
and InterSLIP off). The computer crashes fairly regularly when Eudora or
Turbogopher (through SLIP) are running and Apollo is used to launch another
application. Likewise it doesn't seem to get along with MPW 3.3.
Hasn't Apollo been around for a while and should be more stable? Do others
have similar problems? Is it still supported by the programmer? It doesn't
look like I am going to register it as it is. Any other ideas?
Thank you very much
Stefan
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 18:58:02 -0600
From: [email protected] (Pete Geiger)
Subject: Appleshare 3.0 to 4.0
I'm in charge of a 17 node LAN using a Centris 610 as a file server running
Appleshare 3.0. My question: is it worth $400 (Apple's price) to upgrade
to Appleshare 4.0? I'm mainly concerned about the slow speed on the LAN
now, with 2 Laserwriter NTR printers slowing down when multiple users have
accessed the server.
Thanks for your time.
Peter Geiger
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, TN
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 18:28:01 +0200
From: [email protected] (Michael Silverstein)
Subject: Backup Tapes and External Hard Drives
I am considering purchasing a Backup Tape system and a External Hard Drive.
Do I have to buy items that are specifically for the Macintosh or can I buy
these items from any source, any PC dealer, as long as they have a SCSI
connection???
Why do I ask? All Mac products are purchased through a local monopoly that
ensures that there is a quantum leap in prices between Mac items and
similar PC items. I can see paying 'more' for a Mac computer, but why
should a backup tape or an external hard drive be more expensive.
Thanks to anyone who has had experience with these things and can fill me in.
P.S. Can I use the same Backup Tape unit to backup Mac and PCs???
Michael Silverstein
Materials Engineering
Technion
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 12:27:59 +0200
From: [email protected] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Converting WP3.0 mac files to Word 5.1 files (q)
It there a converter that will let Word 5.1 open a word perfect 3.0 file?
I assume that you can open WP3.0 files with Word 6 right?
-David
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 20:53:51 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: Disk Label Removal (Q)
Having probably exhausted the topic of floppy condoms (Let me hear an
amen, brothers and sisters!), I feel moved to address that other serious
problem of our times -- floppy labels. Specifically, their removal.
After a bunch of recent updates, I found myself this evening with a whole
mess of floppy disks to be recycled. Have you noticed, by the way, that
updates now come on HD disks, and you can't use the previous DD disks to
make your legal archival backups on? This stuff is getting fatter than I
am, and I don't mean 68K/PPC friendly. But I digress.
My first step in floppy recycling is label removal. I can't recall where
I read the tip, but I've found lighter fluid to be a cheap and generally
reliable method of label removal. Put a little fluid on the label, rub it
around, and let it sit for maybe fifteen minutes. Label generally peels
right off afterwards with little or no residue. A colleague caught me at
the process last year, and I explained its advantages, and she said "But
I don't smoke!" Hmm. Your tuition dollars at work.
Anyway. With some forty disks to recycle, I got an up close and personal
relationship with the various labels. Symantec's are real easy to remove.
I can peel them off without lighter-fluid treatment and only need apply
a little juice afterwards for residual glue. Wiped up with Kleenex. The
flat worst were Apple's System 7.01 installation disks. Those puppies
refused to surrender. One lighter-fluid treatment wouldn't budge them, so
I did another. The labels came off, but the glue stayed. Three or more
subsequent treatments with lighter fluid, followed each time by Kleenex
wipe, were necessary to get the disks non-tacky to touch. Whew! Apple
is truly sincere about its labels.
Which begs the obvious question. Granted that lighter fluid is cheap and
mostly effective in label removal. Is there a superior method for what
I'd call problem labels like Apple's?
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 01:38 EST
From: "Don't Panic!"
Subject: EasyPlay Quicktime Viewer - where can I find it?
Greetings,
Yes, the third post in as many days! But a different topic alltogether:
I couldn't find that wonderful shareware called EasyPlay that could resize the
QuickTime movie to whatever screen size your monitor is. This even worked on
a 512 x 384 Apple 12" RGB. I looked under grf/util and it was nowhere to be
seen. Has it changed names?
------
To save an additional post, anyone seen an http site to read the digest from?
Just found NetScape could use a SLIP NNTP site to read some newsgroups in a
way that you could point and click at each posting in the newsgroup,
yet it doesn't work on comp.sys.mac.digest directly, so I am looking for a
html for the digest posts done for each individual post.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 18:20:35 +0200
From: [email protected] (Michael Silverstein)
Subject: Flickering Fish Underbellies and Dancing Memory Chips
This is a follow up question to a problem I have been having with my
screen. I have more information but have not yet been able to figure out
what the problem is, never mind find a solution...
I have a MacIIci, 8MB (8*1MB) RAMdoubled to 16MB (the problem existed
before I bought RAMdoubler) and a 14" trinitron screen. I do not use a
graphics card.
The problem occurs with certain grey shades when my monitor is set to 256
colours. The underbellies of the grey screen saver fish (and no other
fish), the legs on the chip in the memory control panel icon Certain icons,
background patterns, all flicker. This occurs no matter where the fish swim
or where the icon is placed. It is particulary noticable on the fish which
seem to have developed some strange grey fungus blotches instead of being
smooth and silvery.
THIS PROBLEM DISAPPEARS WHEN I CHANGE TO 256 GREYS!!!
I thought it might be some software connected to the definition of colours,
but I have no idea what does that. I tried replacing control panels
(monitors, colours, general) and preferences (finder) but no luck so far.
Someone mentioned that they had the same problem that went away when they
replaced a bad graphics card, but I am not using a graphics card. Could my
SIMMS be doing this to me? My gut feeling says SOFTWARE PROBLEM, but what
do I know....
If anyone out there has an inkling of what is wrong I'd really appreciate
hearing from you. For instance: It only happens to greys, but there is no
problem when I move from colour to greys....why would this be??
Thanks for your help in advance,
Michael Silverstein
Materials Engineering
Technion
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:02:46 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: FullWrite 2 is now shipping!
Akimbo Systems announced today (10/24/94) that FullWrite 2 is now
shipping. Copies of the press releases are available for
downloading from our forum on America Online (keyword: FullWrite)
and from our [email protected] server. On AOL, the press releases
can be found in the software library. To obtain the press
releases from the server, send an e-mail message to
[email protected] with the line:
get press-releases
For general info about FullWrite 2, send:
get general-info
and for information about how to place an order, send:
get how-to-order
We'll be putting more files on both AOL and the info server in
the near future. (And we'll be posting files to info-mac when
appropriate.)
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 09:05:34 -0800 (PST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Gopher App. that lists files sorted by dates which one?
Hello, I 've been using TurboGopher but it seems there is
no way I can get tgopher to list files sorted by date.
Is there another gopher that does this? Please email
me if someone has the answer. Thanks!
suvrit varshney
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 09:37:18 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: grep wanted (Q)
Hello,
I am searching for a program on the mac that does basically the same as grep
does on
unix systems - searching through text files for user specified patterns. The
think
compiler offers an extended "find" capability doing so, but it only coveres
source and
library files included in the relevant think c project.
What I need is a program generally searching all files in a directory or on
disc.
Any hints?
Jens Eickhoff
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:49:01 -0800
From: [email protected] (Bob Durst)
Subject: HD Formatting
I remember some time ago a posting that described how to patch Apples HD
formatter to recognize a generic Quantum drive. Of course I didn't need it
at the time, so ignored it. Now I have need to do this and would appreciate
any help on locating the information.
TIA
[email protected]
-Bob D.
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Date: 26 Oct 1994 23:07:45 GMT
From: [email protected] (Yoram Ney)
Subject: Help - Fax STF 2.2.3, MacTcp, MacSLIP collide
Well, the subject line says it. When FaxSTF and MacTCP/MacSLIP are
loaded, only ONE will work, looks like the first to take the port keeps
it, and keeps it open.
Anyone experienced the above??
Is there a workaround?????
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Yoram
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 11:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo
Subject: How to argue with a Unix geek? (LONG)
Help! My Dept System Manager is a Unix geek (and I mean in the best way
and I'm a Unix idiot (and I mean that literally). Thus, I have a toughtime arguing his perceived shortcomings of the Mac when compared to Unix.
Here's an example of a recent e-mail I got from him. How do I respond?
How would _you_ respond?
Bill (the Sys Mgr), a cool chap, really, said you may respond directly to
him.
==============begin forward================
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:16:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Broadley
To: John Thoo
Subject: Re: Macs as servers
>
> You asked once about Macs as servers (or something like that). I
> forwarded you a reply I got from a query I put out on this. Here's a
> little more stuff I just read about in the latest MacWEEK. Sorry to
> clutter your mailbox with this.
>
Heh, just verifing my worst fears.
> The Power Mac upgrade will be 30 percent to 40 percent faster than the
> 680x0 version. Version 2.0 on a RISC CPU will handle 2,000 to 2,500 Web
> connections per hour, BIAP said. The software will support a maximum of
> 48
> simultaneous users.
Wow take a powermac ass $100 worth of software and your almost half as fast
as a 386 with free software. There are cd's of free software that
include httpd servers that plug and play. Of course you still have to write
http files.
> MacHTTP 2.0 will cost from $25 to $100, depending on educational or
> commercial use; site licenses will be available. The upgrade will be free
> to current users. Further information is available via the Web at
> http://www.uth.tmc.edu/mac_info/machttp_info.html.
Sounds like a repackaging of free mac software with possibly the cute
addition of usage plots.
> Gateways: BBN's Internet server manages from Mac
>
> By David Morgenstern
>
> BBN Internet Services Corp., a large Internet service provider, this
> month
> shipped a preconfigured Unix-based Internet server that can be managed
> from a Mac.
>
> The $9,895 system is aimed at business and academic sites that do not
> have
> the in-house programming resources to support Internet e-mail or
> information servers. Unlike traditional Unix servers, BBN's runs a shell
> that permits remote configuration of the server with a Mac administration
> application.
Cute a 10k system to run a few scripts from a telnet session on a mac.
If this works mac users are more gullible then I thought they were.
> The BBN Internet Server runs on a 60-MHz Pentium-based machine with 16
> Mbytes of RAM, a 500-Mbyte hard disk and a DAT drive. The system comes
> standard with external power-line conditioning hardware, an Ethernet card
> and two serial ports. The company recommends a switched-56 line or faster
> Internet connection.
This hardware is worth about $2000, maybe $2500, wow so only $7500
for this wonder box. I bet it's runing linux.
> After consultation with the customer's company and its Internet service
> provider, BBN will ship the server configured with the host's name;
> domain
> server address; SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and Post Office
> Protocol mail services; local news group hierarchy; and servers for FTP
> (File Transfer Protocol), Gopher and Web.
Wow they type in the ip number for you to !
> A maintenance service is available for $1,450 per year. A Windows version
> of the management software is expected in the first quarter of 1995,
> according to the company.
What a privildge.
> The company this month also introduced the Internet Site Patrol, a $1,500
> annual security service for academic institutions and businesses on the
> Internet. The service installs a firewall system that insulates mail and
> information servers from unauthorized access, BBN said.
Ahhh now I recognize them they are the people that pay hackers to look
for security holes, of course the hackers never report ALL the security
holes...
SIGH such things are depressing. Any highschool student with a 386sx
16, a modem, and access to the net smart enough to load ms-windows and
can install linux. After playing with it for a month they can trivially
setup httpd servers, mailing lists, etc.
Anyone that things a $10k internet node with a mac interface admin is
going to give them the power of a full unix box is deluded.
--
Bill Broadley [email protected] UCD Math Sys-Admin
Linux is great. http://ucdmath.ucdavis.edu/~broadley PGP-ok
=================end forward================
Sorry about the length of this, but it bugs me to no end. Maybe I should
just give up?
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: or
Home Page:
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 07:57:33 -0800
From: [email protected] (Nathan Aune)
Subject: How to convert? EPS --> GIF
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I am designing some WWW HTML files and I have some
graphics that I want to put online. Unfortunately, they are in the EPS graphics
format and need to be in the GIF format. How can I go about converting them?
Please respond to [email protected] and I will post a summarized response.
Thanks much..
Nate
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:21:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Nibeck
Subject: LaCie Joule drives
Was looking at getting a Syquest drive and was intrigued by LaCie new
"Modular Storage Systems", the Joule drives. These are the "stackable"
drives where you start with a base unit and then can simply attach new
scsi devices onto the tower. I like the looks and concept behind this
approach, but was wondering about LaCie's reputation, and I don't want to
pay a extra for a "neat fad". I will be adding more scsi devices(tapes,
hard drives) in the future and this seemed like a good approach.
Any comments??
Mike Nibeck
Programmer/Analyst - Datanamics
(703)614-0239
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 21 May 94 21:55:57 PDT
From: Jeff Richards
Subject: Lotus 1-2-3 bugs...
A friend of mine was letting me try out his copy of Lotus 1-2-3 to see if it
was what I might want. I noticed several annoying bugs and I was wondering if
there might be a bug patcher out there in net land, or if Lotus has an ftp
site. I had a look at a mirror of both sumex and umich and didn't spot
anything, but of course I might just be blind.
Does anyone have any information? I was trying out version 1.0 of Lotus 1-2-3
for the Macintosh. Is there a newer version out or have they dropped support?
I seem to recall a rumour that Lotus has lost interest in the Mac. I *REALLY*
don't want to have to resort to using anything from Herr Gates.
Thanks in advance.
--
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 08:07:24 IST
From: Uri Marcus
Subject: Modems and WWW
This may sound like a dumb question to most of you but
can I access the internet using WWW from a modem-based connection?
Until now, I have always understood that unless I had some direct
connection with the internet via Ethernet, WWW is not possible.
I finally got the hang of using ftp and telnet, but a Web-browser,
I don't even know what it is. Can someone point me to where I
might get more information. I keep reading articles on it here in
the digest, but its like coming into the middle of movie, and you
just don't know what is going on.
Uri Marcus, Internet Address: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 09:11:29 +1000
From: [email protected] (Alf van der Poorten)
Subject: mpeg
Please direct me to an appropriate faq file (or an aq file if the question
isn't often asked).
What does one do to or with a .mpeg file (I gather it's a movie)? More
particularly, if the rotten thing is a .tar file how (most easily) does one
make it accessible? I did find an mpegplayer but _it too_ is a tar file
which when extracted (with suntar 2.0.2 or tar 4.0) seems to give me a
hundred files that then wish to be compiled.
Alf van der Poorten
Head, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
Director, ceNTRe for Number Theory Research
Macquarie University
NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA
[email protected] (fax: +61 2 850 9502 or, fax at home: +61 2 415 6282)
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 12:33:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jacob Pak
Subject: MYLK ?
Where is MYLK ?
How can I get it ?
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 10:46:42 -0400
From: Peter Hinman
Subject: Netscape/binary mode
How do I set Netscape to binary mode for downloading, for example, the .sea
files in Tidbits/Select?
........Peter Hinman [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 14:07:49 PDT
From: Phil Obermarck
Subject: NFS Mounting from the Mac
We are currently upgrading our network and will soon be adding many of
our macs to the ethernet. During this process, we will be eliminating the
current fileserver (Alisashare on our VAX), and would like to replace it
with something comparable that can run on or utilize our SUNs.
I have been looking at NFS-SHARE by Interconn as a likely candidate, but
would like to hear your opinions before I take the plunge.
The product we choose will need to work on everything from Mac Pluses, IIs,
Quadras, Powermacs and Powerbooks. Ethernet connection should be available
through a direct connection or the localtalk (via a router) using MacTCP or
a similar solution.
Thanks-
-Philip Obermarck, Computing Resources Group, IntelliCorp, Inc.
[email protected]
------
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:28:52 -0500 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: no subject (file transmission)
Open note to Apple, Inc.
Come on Apple...1.1g was better than this. I have now reinstalled 7.1 on my
SE/30 after days of lockups, bombs, and hung systems. I am strongly considering
reverting to 7.1 on my Quadra 950 as well. 7.5 just any ready for prime time
yet!
Rich Clemens, [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:31:37 -0500
From: Lonadar the Wanderer
Subject: PPP and Linelink
Anyone out there use PPP with their Linelink? I am having problems getting
the proper INIT string. I do NOT have a hardware handshaking cable.
Any help appreciated.
Victor E Aldridge III
Lonadar the Wanderer
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 12:12:51 ARG
From: [email protected] (Ursula Molter)
Subject: Problem to download PostScript files
Dear Mac-users,
i am writing to you, because i have a problem with my
laserprinter.
I hope this is the right place to write, if not, maybe
you can redirect my question, or tell me where to write to.
The problem is the following:
I have a LaserWriter Select 310 hooked up to a Centris 650
with a cable to the printer port.
I have problems to communicate directly to the printer.
I am not able to send a PostScript file directly to the
printer.
I do not have the LaserWriter Utilities for this printer.
The program SendPS, which I used on a different printer
doesn't work.
Does somebody have a solution to this problem?
I really appreciate any suggestion.
I forgot to say that I upgraded the printers memory to 4 Mb
of Ram.
Thank you very much
Ursula Molter [email protected]
Departamento de Matematica, FCEyN, UBA, Argentina
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:06:32 -0400
From: [email protected] (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Quadra 630 comments? (C)
On 10/25/94, david james foremsky opined:
> Does anybody out there in net.land have any experience with the Quadra 630?
> I'm looking for comments good or bad on general use of the machine.
I have one and I love it. It's fast (as fast as a Q800 I'm told) enough to
keep up with both me and my TIA/InterSLIP connection, easily expandable,
and runs Sony's 15sf Multiscan out of the box. I'm thinkign about getting
a TV/Video card tonight, we'll see if that slows it down. The
sound controls and headphone jack and remote control window on the front
panel are really nice too.
If you don't want or can't afford a PPC, this is a great little machine,
and you can always upgrade to PPC later.
~ Kiran
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 13:39:49 EST
From: [email protected] ( Daniel J. Hofferth (317)230-4791/Allison Engine
Company)
Subject: Quadra 630 comments? (R)
Responding to:
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 10:03:26 -0400
> From: david james foremsky
>
> Does anybody out there in net.land have any experience with the Quadra 630?
> I'm looking for comments good or bad on general use of the machine.
I've got a Performa 630CD (68LC040 instead of 68040 is the main difference).
I think it's one of the finest computers I've ever had the pleasure to work
on... and I'm a computer professional (frequent use of PCs, Macs, a variety
of Unix workstations, minis, and a few mainframes for the last 15 years).
It's built well, it performs solidly and QUICKLY, it's upgradable to
the PowerPC, and it was cheap (relatively speaking).
No, I don't work for Apple. I'm just feeling like I've made a VERY good
purchase. The crime is that Apple's well deserved reputation for product
shortages has hit this machine also.... my local dealer is telling
prospective customers not to expect to see one until after Christmas.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 07:58:11 -0800
From: [email protected] (Nathan Aune)
Subject: RamDoubler --> RamTripler?
Thanks to help from numerous Info-mac readers, I have successfully installed=
RamDoubler 1.5.1 on my Macintosh 660av and it works great! The solution to=
my problem was to get the latest update (for some reason, Microsoft shipped=
an older version with Office 4.2).
Another RamDoubler question: I read in MacUser (July '94 issue) that by=
using ResEdit, you can change RamDoubler to triple the amount of RAM. I=
think the instructions were for an older version because when I tried to=
edit the prefs resource, it was not found in the RamDoubler extension file.=
Does anyone know how to make this modification to the new version of=
RamDoubler 1.5.1?
Also, if this hack is still possible, is it a wise thing to do? Will it=
increase the chances for system crashes? Slow down performance using=
applications that have large memory partitions?
Nate
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 16:20:07 ECT
From: "John W. Steele"
Subject: Request For Info About Cameo II
Does anyone remember or have information on an Emergency Services program named
Cameo II? We are unable to locate our master disks. Cameo seems to be a prog
ram combining Hypercard, Macdraw, Macwrite, a mapping program, and a relational
database to plot various District-wide information. A manufacturer or phone #
would be very appreciated.
John Steele Inet : [email protected]
ATD Anderson Center Bnet : JSTEELE@BINGVMB
Binghamton Univer. Firefighter Class 1 Endwell FD
Always looking for interesting Fire Service -related software.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 07:56:36 IST
From: Uri Marcus
Subject: Retrospect 2.0 & PPC
Can anyone out there commiserate with me with regard to the
behavior of Retrospect 2.0 and a 8100 PPC? I have been trying to
back up my PPC with a 2 Gig hard drive onto DAT using Retrospect
for over two weeks now. At some unpredictable point, Retrospect
crashes with an "unimplimented trap". I end up loosing the
catalog Retro creates because it get out of sync. I've tried
everything from removing all system extensions to increasing
Retro's memory allocation to 8 Megs. Dantz tech support could not
even give me any helpful comments except to reintstall system software,
which I did, and order version 2.1 (PPC native) which has not arrived
yet. New system installation did not correct the problem (7.1.2 with
system 3 update).
Please reply to: Uri Marcus -- [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 18:26:17 -0400
From: [email protected] (George Lai)
Subject: Speech-to-text? Possible?
I was wondering if anyone can tell me whether speech to text is possible
via powertalk on a PowerMac 7100? It seems like it should be a simple
thing to program, since the PowerMacs can recognize words easily. Can't
one just write a small program to convert the recognizable words into text
on MsWord, or just a simple text program, or even write an AppleScript to
recognize words and convert them into text?
At least, can't it be done with a dictionary file of words, like with MS
Word's?
George Lai
OSU College of Medicine
[email protected]
Disclaimer: These are my words, not my college's.
George Lai
[email protected]
175 W. 9th Ave
Apt. A3
Columbus, OH 43201
DISCLAIMER: Still under construction. Be careful!
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 09:41:21 PDT
From: [email protected] (John Thoo)
Subject: Spreadsheet corrupts, looking for new one (R)
On 22 Oct 1994 "Don't Panic!" wrote:
> My Full Impact spreadsheet that I bought awhile back is even corrupted on its
> original copy.
> I was looking for a comparable speadsheet, commercial or shareware with
> graphs, freeze horizontal/vertical, sort column/row/ @ functions, charts, and
> page setup/font, font/type sizing abilities. Is there one available on the
> market now that works on a non-FPU Macintosh LC for around $100 or less?
I used to use Full Impact (and FullWrite, but that's another story), and
finally replaced it with ClarisWorks because FI is not 32-bit clean.
I've found the spreadsheet module in CW more than adequate for my uses
(mainly keeping track of students' grades, and some simple personal
recordkeeping). YMMV.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: or
Home Page:
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