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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 28 Jun 94 Volume 12 : Issue 91

Today's Topics:

[*] Archivist Homebrew 94-6-25; compiled digests
[*] CoDec 1.0.4; a compression/translation utility
[*] crosspro-demo; a crossword puzzle solver
[*] csmp-digest-v3-039
[*] csmp-digest-v3-040
[*] Drop Shadow Photoshop Filter
[*] Egyptian Solitaire 1.0.1; a card game
[*] Graphic Elements R2; programming libraries
[*] High Risk Ventures Electronic Catalog Summer 94
[*] How to create relational databases; a guide
[*] Infinity Clock for Control Strip
[*] Infinity Volume for Control Strip
[*] KeyQuencer 1.1 with Macro Editor and new extensions
[*] KeyQuencer Macro Editor 1.11 - FAT version
[*] Labyrinth Of Time walk thru; a new game
[*] LaterLaser 1.0b3; delay printing until the printer appears
[*] List Files 2.2 - FAT version for Power Macs
[*] NeoAccess 2.3, an application toolkit demo
[*] Outland final release
[*] Personal Log v1.5.3; a personal diary keeper
[*] Pledge 2.0; deletes user-specified files at startup
[*] Prince of Persia 2 walkthrough; a commercial game
[*] ProCalc 1.1.0; Scientific Calculator Application
[*] RAM Doubler Indicator Patch
[*] RscViewer.DEMO; an editor for Macintosh resources
[*] Sound Utilities externals for HyperCard
[*] TidBITS#232/27-Jun-94
[*] Trade Data Manager 1.5 - trading database system
[*] Verifile 1.2 - FAT version for Power Macs
[*] WaveTrak14.hqx, waveform database and processor
[*] XLispMac 2.1g; a Mac version of XLisp
[Q] Cataloger
[Q] Modem software for 28k8?
[Q] Printing Postscript
[R] Film Recorders for the Mac
Batch Mac PICT-to-".pix" conversion s/w available?
Ejecting SyQuest Cartridges(Q)
Error Code -20999
Fax modems: a know-nothing asks (Q)
Filtering in FileMaker
Finder restarting
Grabbing images from a VCR using Quadra 660 AV
Hi Res Video Display Products, Info needed
How to create ZIP files for DOS [R]
I need some help!
Info-Mac Digest V12 #90
looking for an application
Looking For Natascha
MacWorld Expo Event List
MacX refuses on Power MAC
Maxima Problems
Monitor resolution switching
Monitor resolution switching gadget
NET_Mac2.3.42.sea.hqx.text
PopUp Folder substitute from ZiffNet/Mac
Postscript interpreter for the LC?
Problems with FlameFile on PowerBook
Problems with simple TCP network config [Q]
Symantec confusion
System 7.1 emergency disc (long summary) (R)
TouchBASE 4.0 (Q)
World Cup Logo Request

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 12:52:31 +0500
From: [email protected] (J.-Robert Thibault)
Subject: [*] Archivist Homebrew 94-6-25; compiled digests

Hi all

Each day, Rob Gardner does a fantastic job publishing the
Home Brew Digest. Its available as a mail server. You can
put your name on to receive the dayly publication.

You will find very well written articles on all aspects of beer
and home brewing... articles by microbiologists, biochimists,
as well as home brewing enthousiasts.

Well the full content of Home Brew Digest is placed in the
Archivist (a HyperCard document data base stack).

The 94-6-25 edition represents 6 months of valuable informations.

As usual, Archivist Homebrew comes in the form of an
HyperCard Archivist file. You can get the original Archivist
application on Sumex-AIM in the App. domain or on FTP
SYLVA at anonymous sylva.for.ulaval.ca (132.203.4.19)

J.-Robert Thibault Ph.D.
InterNet: [email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/home-brew-94-06-25-archivist.hqx; 3865K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 03:38:24 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bretton Wade)
Subject: [*] CoDec 1.0.4; a compression/translation utility

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/co-dec-104.hqx; 73K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 19:27:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Phelps
Subject: [*] crosspro-demo; a crossword puzzle solver

This StuffIt archive contains a demo version of CrossPro(tm) 1.1, a
crossword puzzle solver designed expressly for the Mac. The program
has many features to make puzzle solving fun, including hard/easy
clues, clue hints, flashed or filled letters, four methods of scoring,
puzzle timer, preferences, certain and uncertain letters, puzzle
editing to let you enter puzzles from magazines and newspapers, and
more. The full version of the program comes with 250 puzzles from
Stavrolex Publications, Inc.

This is essentially a full featured demo, except that you cannot save
a puzzle, and you can only print puzzles with all answers filled in.
Two sample puzzles come with the demo.

Information on ordering CrossPro is included in a Read-Me file. For
more info about the program, contact "AspenGold" on AOL, "73543,107"
on CompuServe, "ASPENGOLD" on AppleLink, or either
"[email protected]" or "[email protected]"on Internet. Note that
this version of the demo (June 1994) contains change of postal address
and phone number information for Aspen Gold Software.

A special half-price offer to Internet users who download this demo
>From an ftp archive is included with the demo. Also, information on
site license options for schools is provided in a Read-Me file.

CrossPro(tm) is copyright 1993 by Aspen Gold Software. All rights
reserved.

The puzzles provided with CrossPro are copyright 1993 by Stavrolex
Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. These puzzles may not be
reproduced without written permission of the copyright holder.

This demo may be redistributed provided this copyright notice is
included.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/cross-pro-11-demo.hqx; 191K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 23:30:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-039

C.S.M.P. Digest Sun, 26 Jun 94 Volume 3 : Issue 39

Today's Topics:

API-headers for Control Strip Modules?
Apple Event Question
Are NewPtr() and malloc() different? (source included)
Closing Down the FINDER
Fat-stripping
Finder Comments and Finder Info Updating
MacTech's ftp site now available!
QuickDraw GX Display Devices
SEMI-SUMMARY: Reading JPEGs (with code)
VBL interrupt & Stack Sniffer
Writing dcmd with Think C (Q)

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-039.txt; 56K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 15:44:22 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-040

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 28 Jun 94 Volume 3 : Issue 40

Today's Topics:

AppleScript Programmer's Dialect
BlockCompare?
GX Printing callbacks are C?
Handling Events during AE OpenDoc Processing
How to determine which Finder windows are open?
Metrowerks code generation wierdness
PPC and 64-bit video (was Re: Fast full screen scrolling: impossible?)
Playing QuickTime movies
Quickdraw GX - Why?
[Q] Programming the AT&T 3210?

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-040.txt; 133K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 18:12:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeff Butterworth
Subject: [*] Drop Shadow Photoshop Filter

Version 1.1g speeds up certain cases and fixes a bug that made large shadows
look scrambled. I apologize for the frequent updates, but this bug fix
really is quite significant.

The Drop Shadow filter makes the selection look like it is floating.

This program is freely distributable as long as it is not modified.
It may be included on the info-mac CD-ROM.

Jeff Butterworth
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photoshop-drop-shadow-11g.hqx; 202K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 17:32:21 -0500
From: [email protected] (Paul J. Messmer)
Subject: [*] Egyptian Solitaire 1.0.1; a card game

InterStellar Software presents Egyptian Solitaire. This is a simple and
addictive solitaire game my Mom taught me as a child. The cards are
shuffled and 28 cards are dealt face-up and overlapping in the shape of a
pyramid. The remainder of the cards are turned over one at a time. You
then try to take cards off the pyramid that are either one higher or one
lower in value. You continue until either you run out of cards to turn
over or you clear the pyramid. The game saves low scores and you have the
option of showing cards that are legal plays.

Egyptian Solitaire is shareware. The license is $5. We hope you enjoy the
game and show it to all of your friends.

Mike and Shari Houser
InterStellar Software
AOL: ShariMike
Internet: [email protected]

Version History:
1.0 - First version released

1.0.1 - The following bugs were fixed
% No longer crashes when launched on a Mac without Color
QuickDraw (SE, Classic, PowerBook 100, etc.).
% When the Replay button is clicked cards that were
gray are cleared.
% You are informed that you won even if your score is not
good enough to get on the low score list.

This is a BinHexed StuffIt file.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/egyptian-solitaire-101.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 15:58:01 CDT
From: Al Evans
Subject: [*] Graphic Elements R2; programming libraries

Graphic Elements is a paradigm and a library for programming high-performance,
framework-independent interactive graphics for the Apple Macintosh. This
second release of Graphic Elements features scaleable GEWorlds, improved
collision handling, and a versatile special-effects module. Graphic Elements
requires a 68020 or better and 8-bit color capability. The example programs
require System 7 or better. Either Metrowerks CodeWarrior DR3 or Think C 7.x
is required to modify and rebuild the example programs.

The binhexed file follows.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/graphic-elements-2-c.hqx; 580K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 17:06:36 -0700
From: "(Michael A. Kelly)"
Subject: [*] High Risk Ventures Electronic Catalog Summer 94

This is the Summer 94 issue of High Risk Ventures' electronic catalog. It
contains press releases, reviews, box shots and screen shots, and an
electronic order form.

High Risk Ventures is a developer and publisher of games for the Mac.

Michael A. Kelly President/CEO
[email protected] High Risk Ventures

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/high-risk-ventures-catalog-94-06.hqx; 342K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 08:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Harry Myhre
Subject: [*] How to create relational databases; a guide

This is a PowerPoint slideshow of tips on creating
Relational Databases. The slideshow has been converted to a
Scrapbook File. Move your old scrapbook file out of your
system folder, drop the PowerPoint slideshow scrapbook file
into your system folder and use the Apple Scrapbook desk
accessory to view the slideshow.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/relational-databases-how-to.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 22:42:40 -0700
From: [email protected] (Troy Gaul)
Subject: [*] Infinity Clock for Control Strip

Infinity Clock 1.0 for Control Strip
by Troy Gaul, Infinity Systems

The Infinity Clock is a module for Apple's Control Strip that displays an
analog clock showing the current time in the Control Strip bar.

Clicking on the clock icon will change it to a calendar page icon (showing
the month and date) for a few seconds. By holding down the mouse button,
you will get a popup menu displaying the current date and time.

_troy

[Archived as /info-mac/app/infinity-clock-10-control-strip.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 22:43:19 -0700
From: [email protected] (Troy Gaul)
Subject: [*] Infinity Volume for Control Strip

Infinity Volume 1.0 for Control Strip
by Troy Gaul, Infinity Systems

Infinity Volume is a module for Apple's Control Strip that replaces the
sound volume module Apple includes with that utility.

It differs by changing the icon that appears in the strip to reflect the
current volume. The Apple module has only one icon, so the only way to
determine the volume is to click it and look at the selection in the popup
menu that is displayed.

_troy

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/infinity-volume-10-control-strip.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:24 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] KeyQuencer 1.1 with Macro Editor and new extensions

Program: KeyQuencer 1.1
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini ([email protected])
Keywords: Macro engine, control panel, utility
Price: $10 cash (shareware)

WARNING: WORKING WITHOUT KEYQUENCER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

KeyQuencer is a powerful and solid macro engine designed to use very little
memory; it can perform complex tasks that are invoked by a single keystroke.
KeyQuencer uses a very simple scripting approach and can be extended through
external extensions. The 35 bundled extensions provide lots of power and can
replace many common system additions with substantial memory savings.
KeyQuencer's macros can be lauched by HyperCard, AppleScript, FileMaker Pro
and any other application that supports sending Apple Events. Also,
programmers can now easily build their own extensions and integrate them
into the KeyQuencer environment.

This is the first macro engine that's released as shareware. It is better
than commercial packages in many ways, and it only costs $10. Don't miss it.

Changes in version 1.1:
This is a major new release. The Macro Editor application was added, along
with lots of new extensions like PopUpMenu, Dial, ButtonList, Clipboard
and Counter. All the old extensions have been updated (check out the new,
smarter Open) and some of them accept new parameters. The "partial" keyword
now really checks for partial matches. The Macro Editor, the Open extension
and KQ Apple Events can execute macros contained in text files. Cmd-return
can be used instead of enter in the control panel's edit macro dialog. The
Type command doesn't use the keypad to type numbers any longer, so it
doesn't interfere with applications that have special keypad functions.
The HyperCard link has a new XFCN that allows you to wait until KeyQuencer
has done its work. There's a new FileMaker Pro link that shows how to
integrate KeyQuencer macros in your databases. A new developer's toolkit
allows programmers to write their own KeyQuencer extensions.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/key-quencher-11.hqx; 229K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:25 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] KeyQuencer Macro Editor 1.11 - FAT version

Program: Macro Editor 1.11
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini ([email protected])
Price: $10 (shareware, part of the KeyQuencer package)

FAT VERSION - CONTAINS BOTH 680x0 AND NATIVE POWERPC CODE

The Macro Editor is a simple text editor with some extra
features that allow it to cooperate with KeyQuencer. You can
save macros as plain text files and store them anywhere you
like (including handy places like the Startup Items and
Apple Menu folders); double-clicking a text macro file or
dropping it onto the Macro Editors icon launches the macro
it contains. The Macro Editor can quit automatically after
it has executed your macro if you dont want it to hang
around.

New in version 1.11 FAT:
- includes both 68000 and native PowerPC code
- fixes a small problem with the stack size

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/macro-editor-111.hqx; 74K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 14:42:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pamela Sears
Subject: [*] Labyrinth Of Time walk thru; a new game

This is a walk-thru for the game ' Labyrinth of Time'
which just came out. I dunno if I'm doing this right, but...
We'll see.

E mail me at [email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/labyrinth-of-time-walkthrough.txt; 18K]

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Date: 27 Jun 1994 15:25:31 -0800
From: "Stattenfield, Keith"
Subject: [*] LaterLaser 1.0b3; delay printing until the printer appears

LaterLaser is a system extension which works with PrintMonitor to enhance
your system. With this extension installed, when you print to a LaserWriter
printer which is not available (because the printer is turned off, or your
computer is not connected to the correct Appletalk network), the document
will be delayed indefinately in the PrintMonitor Documents folder in the
System Folder.

Later, when this computer detects that the printer for a document is
available, it will cause the document to print immediately in the background.

This extension is most useful when used on a Macintosh Powerbook or Portable
computer, because it is possible to print documents while 'on the road'; and
when you re-connect to your network these documents will print automatically.

This extension is is beta-release; please report any problems or suggestions
to me via Applelink:STATTENFIELD, or at [email protected]. LaterLaser can
be distributed freely, provided this document is kept along with it as well.
I retain all rights to this software, and do NOT place it in the public
domain.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/later-laser-10b3.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:26 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] List Files 2.2 - FAT version for Power Macs

Program: List Files 2.2
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini ([email protected])
Price: $5 cash (shareware)

FAT VERSION - CONTAINS BOTH 680x0 AND NATIVE POWERPC CODE

List Files is a handy utility that creates a text catalog
of anything you drop on it. You can format the text in many
ways and set up file filters to look for specific files. You
may create different worksets that can be recalled either
>From a menu or by holding down some keys when you drop
things on List Files' icon, so you can switch between
cataloging your floppies and searching for big text files in
a flash. List Files can save your catalogs automatically to
different destination folders, so you don't have to save
them manually for every disk or cartridge you want to list.
It can also search entire folders very quickly to find a
specific file inside one of your catalogs.

New in version 2.2:
- includes both 68000 and native PowerPC code
- accepts "open file" commands from AppleScript
- can search for invisible folders
- saves full documentation as styled text

New in version 2.1:
- text search in the front window
- text search in all the text files inside a folder
- quick text file display from selected pathname

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/list-files-22.hqx; 112K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 14:37:25 -0500
From: Bob Krause
Subject: [*] NeoAccess 2.3, an application toolkit demo

The self-extracting archives contain all necessary files for building
NeoAccess sample applications under PowerPlant or TCL application
frameworks. In addition, archive NeoIntroDoc2.3.sea contains NeoAccess
Intro Toolkit Manual.

Thanks for your interest in NeoLogic products.

WE'RE INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS!!
Any questions or comments you might have regarding NeoAccess are very welcome.
Please send them to one of the following addresses.

USPS: NeoLogic Systems

1450 Fourth Street, Suite 12
Berkeley, CA 94710
Attn: Alex Vladimirsky

AppleLink: NeoLogic
CompuServe: 71762,214
America Online: NeoLogic

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/neo-access-23-demo-docs.hqx; 239K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/neo-access-23-demo-pp.hqx; 334K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/neo-access-23-demo-tcl.hqx; 369K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 11:39:27 PDT
From: Bill Lipa
Subject: [*] Outland final release

After a lengthy beta cycle, the Outland multiplayer game network is finally
ready for action...

Outland is a graphical multiplayer game network for Macintosh users
available through the Internet and by modem. Currently, the applications we
have available are Spaceward Ho, Chess, Reversi, Backstab, and a graphical
BBS.

Changes in this release include:
- the Gateway is native on PowerMacs
- fixed some problems with connecting through GeoPorts
- Spaceward Ho is more reliable

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/outland-spaceward-ho.hqx; 1220K
/info-mac/game/com/outland-reversi.hqx; 132K
/info-mac/game/com/outland-complete.hqx; 2596K
/info-mac/game/com/outland-gateway-11.hqx; 774K
/info-mac/game/com/outland-crossroads.hqx; 103K
/info-mac/game/com/outland-chess.hqx; 277K
/info-mac/game/com/outland-backstab.hqx; 171K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 20:10:57 -0500
From: "Michael F. Kamprath"
Subject: [*] Personal Log v1.5.3; a personal diary keeper

(Please note: this version fixes a bug that ResEdit creates. It's happen
before, and I forgot to check to see if it happened again.).

Personal Log v1.5.3
Requirements: System 7.0 or greater.

Have you ever wanted to keep a diary? Do you need to document your actions?
Would you like to be able to easily take notes? Do you currently keep notes in
one, big, disorganized Word file?

If you answered yes to any of these, then Personal Log is for you. Personal
Log
allows you to keep a collection of notes in a single, easy-to-use file. You
can
password protect this file, search it's entries, and even "speak" the entries
(if you have Speech Manager" installed). Unlike other "note taking" programs,
Personal Log's interface is very simple and easy to use. Personal Log fully
supports System 7: Balloon Help is enabled in every menu, dialog, and window;
you may use Apple Script to control Personal Log; and the interface is in full
color (when available).

Improvements since v1.0:

* Now supports styled text editing.
* Supports Apple's new Drag & Drop technolody (if installed).
* Subject & Date sorting in the log windows.
* Faster file loading.

Personal Log is shareware; the fee is US$15. See the accompying manual for
more
information.

Michael F. Kamprath
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/personal-log-153.hqx; 454K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 23:48:15 -0600
From: [email protected] (Brian Hutchison)
Subject: [*] Pledge 2.0; deletes user-specified files at startup

Pledge keeps your desktop Sparkling Clean and Lemon-Fresh. Pledge is a
simple little (2k) extension that deletes user-specified files whenever you
start up your Mac. Handy for stopping the unseemly multiplication of Word
Temp files, or turfing perpetually corrupt or incorrect Prefs files
(AppleShare) Just give Pledge a list of files to watch for, and whenever
you start up your Mac, they will be deleted. Works with System 6.0x or 7.x.

Comments/suggestions/correspondence to the author at:

Brian Hutchison
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/pledge-20.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 14:43:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pamela Sears
Subject: [*] Prince of Persia 2 walkthrough; a commercial game

I have enclosed a detailed walkthrough for the game, Prince of Persia 2.
It details where you go and where the potions are, etc.; tells you what the
alternate routes are through the levels; gives general strategies for
killing the various monsters; and tells you how to cheat, if you are so
inclined.

[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/prince-of-persia-2-walkthrough.txt; 29K]

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Date: 26 Jun 94 19:54:34 EDT
From: John Brochu
Subject: [*] ProCalc 1.1.0; Scientific Calculator Application

ProCalc is a new, professional, easy-to-use, and fully customizable
desktop calculator with complete scientific and binary math functions.
The calculator and buttons have a very realistic 3D look and action,
and the display uses a very clean-looking custom LCD-style or standard
font. This is the calculator you've been waiting for to enhance your
desktop! Works in color or black & white.

MAJOR NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 1.1.0:
o "SwitchBack" feature allows instantly switching back to ProCalc
when another application is in front, using a selectable hotkey
combination.
o Selectable LCD or new Helvetica-style display font, and modified
BIN-mode font for improved readability.
o Clock display now uses Date & Time control panel settings, for
correct time & date formatting for 24 hour, foreign, and custom
formats.
o New, improved icons.
o Several bug fixes, and many other minor enhancements. Detailed
revision list included.

PROCALC ALSO FEATURES:
o Scientific mode features formattable display - scientific,
engineering, or decimal-only notation, with adjustable fixed or
floating decimal point. Complete function set including trig,
transcendental, factorial, polar to rectangular, percent and
delta percent, and degree/radian/grad conversion functions.
Display accuracy to 16 digits with 2 digit exponent.
o Binary math modes (Hex, Dec, Oct, & Bin) feature selectable word
size and complete bit wise operators. Display full 32 bits in all
modes. Accurate 680x0 condition code indicators. Simple number
conversion between all modes.
o Full memory functions - STO, RCL, EXG, CLR & SUM, that operate on
10 memories.
o Automatic constant and nested parenthesis to 50 levels.
o Iconize function to reduce ProCalc to an icon.
o Minimize function to reduce ProCalc to a small window containing
the display only. The keyboard can be used to enter calculations.
o Options to automatically iconize or minimize the calculator when
you switch applications.
o Option to display an updating time and date display when in the
background.
o Optional 4-function reduced mode that operates similar to the
Apple Calculator DA.
o Full Balloon Help.
o Built in documentation that can be printed to a formatted manual.
o Completely definable key assignments for all calculator buttons.
o Fully configurable button arrangement.

ProCalc is shareware. You are allowed to try it out for 15 days, after
which you are obliged to either discard it, or register (registration
is $20). When you register, you receive a registration letter with your
personal serial number, and a disk containing the latest version of
ProCalc, along with a collection of high-quality System 7 sounds.

This file has been compressed with Stuffit Lite, and BinHexed.

Copyright (c)1994 John Brochu
Email: [email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/pro-calc-110.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 04:43:35 -0400
From: [email protected] (Ross Bergman)
Subject: [*] RAM Doubler Indicator Patch

Hail, Mac-Gifts! I submit the following ".sit.hqx" file for your
inclusion in the archives:

>From the "Read me, please." file:

This patch is distributed as "gratitude-ware", in gratitude to the
many fine programmers who have produced far more sophisticated
freeware and shareware products for Macintosh users throughout the
universe.

This patch will turn on the activity indicator in version 1.03 (and
possibly earlier versions) of RAM Doubler. It does NOT allow you to
increase the "multiplier", i.e. this patch will not turn RAM Doubler
into RAM Quintupler, or the like. Inquiries can be sent to the
"author", Ross E. Bergman, at "[email protected]".

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-indicator-patch.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 10:03:35 +0200
From: Francois Menneteau
Subject: [*] RscViewer.DEMO; an editor for Macintosh resources

This is version II.0.3 of RscViewer, a tool to dump, disassemble
and patch (hexa or assembly) Macintosh resources.

This version is fully functionnal, however you can use it only
a limited number of times (about 10).

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/rsc-viewer-ii-03-demo.hqx; 312K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 17:39 +1200
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"

Subject: [*] Sound Utilities externals for HyperCard

Hi.

Enclosed is an update to my previously posted Sound Utilities externals for
HyperCard; please replace the existing archive with this one.

The main addition is a whole new set of externals for doing sound recording.
I also did a few tweaks to the sound playback demo stack to try to make it
work a little better with Sound Manager 3.0.

Cheers,

Lawrence D'Oliveiro
University of Waikato
Hamilton
New Zealand
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/sound-utilities.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 21:37:46 PDT
From: [email protected] (Adam C.
Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#232/27-Jun-94

TidBITS#232/27-Jun-94

Communications dominates this issue with articles from Mark
Anbinder about the new Global Village PowerPort/Mercury modem
for the Duo and the Global Village OneWorld ARA and fax
server. We also muse about what might have caused Apple to
cancel the tablet-sized Newton and lay off many of the Newton
hardware engineers, and discuss the problem of information
piracy on the Internet.

Topics:
MailBITS/27-Jun-94
Death of a Newton?
Duo Owners Get Modem Choice
Internet Information Piracy
One World, Two OneWorlds
Reviews/27-Jun-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-232.etx; 30K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 18:16:12 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jim McClure)
Subject: [*] Trade Data Manager 1.5 - trading database system

Trade Data Manager 1.5 is a complete commodity and stock database
management system designed to work with Commodity Systems Incorporated's
(CSI) database and quote service.

Trade Data Manager is used to download daily and historical price data from
CSI's database, by modem, to a local database on your hard disk. From your
local database, you can display price bar-charts on the screen or on your
printer, perform database management functions, create and manage
continuous contracts, or track open positions and open orders that are
maintained in the database. Daily equity reports are generated showing the
status of order fills, new or closed positions, and open trade equity on
each open position.

Trade Data Manager is owned and copyrighted 1994 by James McClure. This
full-featured copy of Trade Data Manager and its supporting files and user
manual is being made available to the public free of charge and without
obligation. Feel free to include this submission on the Info-Mac archive
CD ROM.

This copy of Trade Data Manager may be freely used to try out the features
of the program and to evaluate the program, using CSI's database and their
special test account. Users may subsequently obtain a personal account
>From CSI to create custom portfolios of their own choosing containing
stocks, commodities, mutual funds, cash indicies, or Perpetual contracts.

This file is a self-extracting CompactPro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/trade-data-manager-15.hqx; 1022K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:26 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Verifile 1.2 - FAT version for Power Macs

Program: Verifile 1.2
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini ([email protected])
Price: $5 cash (shareware)

FAT VERSION - CONTAINS BOTH 680x0 AND NATIVE POWERPC CODE

Verifile is a small utility that calculates a checksum and
a CRC32 on both the data and resource forks of any file
that's dropped on it. This is useful if you want to compare
two files that are not on the same machine without having to
copy them over a network or modem connection. If the
hexadecimal numbers displayed by Verifile match, chances are
that the two files are equal.

New in version 1.2:
- includes both 68000 and native PowerPC code
- displays elapsed time to measure performance

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/verifile-12.hqx; 63K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 10:20:33 EDT
From: "peter k. stys"
Subject: [*] WaveTrak14.hqx, waveform database and processor

WaveTrak is a scriptable waveform database that stores, organizes and
processes digitized waveforms. WaveTrak was written using HyperCard as a
user-friendly front end, supported by over 70 externals written in C and
assembler that perform digital filtering, power spectrum computations,
waveform math, display, import/export and much more. An optional A/D
library adds real-time data acquisition and signal generation capabilities.
Customize your application by scripting using WaveTrak's extension to the
HyperTalk language. Version 1.4 adds more DSP functionality such as the
ability to design FIR filters directly from within WaveTrak. Using
HyperCard 2.2, ability to control other apps like Igor and Excel via
AppleEvents.
HyperCard 2.1 or 2.2, a Mac with an FPU and hard disk required. Shareware:
US $49 ($69 with printed manual). Don't be fooled by the price; this is a
powerful waveform processing and acquisition system which competes directly
with high-priced commercial applications. Featured in March 1994 issue of
Scientific Computing and Automation. A must for scientists and engineers
involved in processing of digitized signals! Consult the detailed user's
manual (WaveTrakDocs.hqx) or contact the author for more details at:
[email protected].

Peter K. Stys, MD / e-mail: [email protected]
Loeb Neuroscience / tel: (613)761-5118
Ottawa Civic Hospital / fax: (613)761-5330
1053 Carling Av., Ottawa /
Ontario, CANADA K1Y 4E9 /

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/wavetrak-14-hc.hqx; 612K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/wavetrak-14-docs.hqx; 759K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 16:14:00 PDT
From: [email protected] (Brian Kendig)
Subject: [*] XLispMac 2.1g; a Mac version of XLisp

This is the latest version of MacXLisp, 2.1g. It supersedes any earlier
version of XLisp you might have. This archive contains the XLisp
application, sample Lisp files, and complete source code to the
Macintosh interface.

XLisp is a free implementation of Lisp with many features, including
object-oriented extensions and some compatibility with Common Lisp.
This is my port of XLisp to the Macintosh; it is fully compatible with
XLisp applications written on other operating systems.

Please don't hesitate to send me bug reports and enhancement requests!

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/xlisp-21g.hqx; 458K]

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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 08:19:54 +1000 (EST)
From: Pat Kelly
Subject: [Q] Cataloger

I am required to maintain a list of files on a collection of around 100=20
44MB Syquest cartridges and am in trouble. The program I have been using=20
is d'librarian and it has started to corrupt the catalog files. It is an=20
old program, I cannot locate the author and therefore need to use=20
something else. The desirable features are: Easy to use, search for a=20
string within the filename (for when the full filename cannot be=20
remembered) and give a search result which shows the possible filename=20
and the cartridge that it is on. I don=D5t need a full path.
Any suggestions?
Regards
Pat Kelly
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 13:41:18 +0200
From: [email protected] (Andre' C. van der Ham)
Subject: [Q] Modem software for 28k8?

Dear digest-digesters

My friend has a modem which runs at 28k8baud, which means one would need a
communication package that communicates with the modem at 115kbaud. I
looked at Zterm and at Microphone (the one I got with my Supra Fax modem
14k4LC), but they don't allow speeds higher than 57k which is just enough
for the 14k4 modem. Does any body know of a patch for Zterm or Microphone
(or a new version) or some other communication package that can run
properly with a 28k8 modem? It should be possible as AppleTalk runs at 214k
and I've seen dedicated interfaces running at 500k.

Thanks in advance,

Andre' C. van der Ham

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 23:12:34 -0500
From: "Bruce A. Bromberek"
Subject: [Q] Printing Postscript

Occasionally I get a postscipt file that I want to print.
I have a postscript laser printer in my office (QMS-PS 410)

The problem is that the SEND PS util that came with the printer
doesn't like that fact that the printer not connected directly
to the computer. (in fact it's hook into the department LocalTalk-
EtherTalk network).

I can FTP the file to one of the unix boxes and print postscript from
there, but I hate having to work around something that a mac should be
able to do (it looks bad in front of the intel people

Does an alternative exist, ie some program that will let me select
through the chooser which printer I want to print the PS file to.

Thanks in advance


Bruce A. Bromberek University of Minnesota
[email protected] Dept of ChE and Mat Sci

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 10:25:21 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: [R] Film Recorders for the Mac

>>> "DVW" == David V. Wiltschko writes:

DVW> Our department is looking for a good quality film recorder for
DVW> making 35mm slides. There is a Montage elsewhere on campus
DVW> (overworked) and I have heard that there are others out there
DVW> includes one by Polariod. Our questions are:

DVW> 1) Are any of these networkable or do they all require a
DVW> dedicated Mac 2) What's the *best* one. Please share your
DVW> experiences. 3) Is the speed bottleneck the attached Mac or the
DVW> recorder.

Hi-

Can't say that I have a lot of experience, but I have been asking a lot
of questions because I too am making a recommendation in the next few
weeks.

>From what I have heard the Agfa recorders are the best around. You
can reach them at (800)227-2780. They have three models: the Procolor
Premier lists for $5,900 and the PCR2 for $14,000; both come with a
35mm 36 exposure cameral back, and I believe that both can take a bulk
back if you need it. They also have the Alto for $42,900 if you need
something very high end. I have heard that the PCR2 is fairly quick
and handles gradations and continuous tones better than cheaper
recorders such as the Polaroid. I have requested literature but it
hasn't arrived yet.

The reason that most recorders tie up the mac, and are not
networkable, is because they use the Mac's processor to calculate the
image, often using the mac OS-provided QuickDraw. I don't know of
any at the low to mid range that are networkable; if you find out
please let me know. I don't know if this is correct, but I surmise
that if the Mac is doing the imaging, a faster Mac may help.

Do consider that if you are buying a $15000 slide imager, it makes
good sense to buy a dedicated Mac in any case: for about $2k you can
get a 660av with everything you need to build the whole system. With
a bulk back you can let it run overnight and make hundreds of slides.
This package may be much cheaper and more flexible than a networkable
imager using PostScript, for instance (though it may be a bit less
easy to use). There are also software solutions if you do require
PostScript capability (eg Freedom of the Press).

Please keep me posted on what you learn! Thanks,
Ethan

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 12:01:12 CDT
From: parker_b%[email protected] (Bo Parker)
Subject: Batch Mac PICT-to-".pix" conversion s/w available?

Hi

One of the graphic artists in my shop has exported a large number of Macintosh
PICT files from MacroMedia Director 4.0. These are frames in an animation. We
will be sending these frames to a Silicon Graphics workstation from which they
will be sent frame-by-frame to Beta SP videotape. The SGI is running Alias
software, and supposedly the only format this software will accept is ".pix"
format. We have a Photoshop plug-in that allows us to export files in .pix
format, but we would (obviously) prefer to be able to do a "drag-and-drop"
batch PICT-to-.pix conversion rather than opening each frame in Photoshop and
exporting it to .pix. I do not know the SGI or the Alias software _at all_, so
I don't even know if .pix is the only acceptable format.

Thus I am asking the sage counsel of the 'net. Is there a program - freeware,
shareware, or otherwise - that will allow me to do a batch PICT-to-.pix
conversion? A Mac program to do this would be preferable, but an SGI program
would probably be acceptable. I have sent this inquiry to
[email protected], and to the Usenet groups comp.sys.mac.graphics
and comp.sys.sgi.graphics.

Please email or post, and thanks in advance.

-Bo Parker
parker_b%aplvax.span.msfc.nasa.gov
Subject: Error Code -20999

I occassionally get error code -20999 from AutoDoubler and DarkSide.
I've looked in EasyErrors and SystemErrors, but neither one has that code
listed. The AppleSOS 800 number did not know either.

If anybody can explain it to me, please - I would be very grateful.

Richard P Draves (Sr)
Internet: [email protected]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 14:24:05 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Fax modems: a know-nothing asks (Q)

It seems that my best bet for a home-to-office connection is via PPP, and
I'm looking at Supra's latest high speed (28,800bps) fax modem. "Modem" I
understand, but what about "fax"?

Yes, I know what a fax machine is. But what exactly does the thing require?

(1) Do I need a dedicated phone line or can I use our preexisting home
telephone line?

(2) If I can use our currently existing line, how do I arrange
autoswitching for incoming calls? Does the fax modem do this, grabbing
faxes and routing voice calls appropriately, or do I need a fancy telephone
that routes faxes to the modem and rings if it's a voice call?

(3) I assume the fax modem has to be powered on all the time if it's to
receive incoming faxes. Does the Mac it's attached to have to be powered on
all the time as well? Or can the modem store faxes and deliver to the Mac
only when asked?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Graeme Forbes

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 17:07:36 -0400
From: Paul Westbrook
Subject: Filtering in FileMaker

I am trying to filter a bunch of fields into one repeating field.
This is what I am trying:

If (Exact (a101, Type of Room), "101(paragraph marker)","" )&
If (Exact (a102, Type of Room), "102(paragraph marker)","" )&
.
.
.
if (Exact (a299, Type of Room), "299","" )

Where a101 - a299 is a text field where the possible values are single,
double, triple and quad. Type of Room is the type of room that the
user is looking for. I am trying to get a repeating field listing
all of the rooms that will fit this criteria.
Will this work? How many statements can be put into a calculation?
Please send me e-mail with any help that you can give.


Thanks in advance

Paul Westbrook

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 17:02 BST-1
From: Pindar Infotek Ltd
Subject: Finder restarting

>From Pindar user Ian McCall

Subject: _Finder restarting
We've recently had a problem with the Finder when booting a Mac. The
Finder starts to load, the menu bar appears and the mouse cursor
turns into a watch, but then the Finder quits and repeats the
process.

It's my guess that this is some SCSI fault, since it seems to happen
when the Finder tries to mount a hard drive (no disk icons ever
appear). I'm not certain however, so any info is glady received.

By the way, this is my last post from this address since I'm about to
change jobs. My new job takes me away from Macs and towards Unix and
(unfortunately) Windows, so I won't be using this list professionally
anymore. I still own a Mac privately however, so I'll be
re-subscribing under my new guise of '[email protected]'
(please send the answer to this question to this address however).

Cheers,
Ian



---
Please make 'Attn:Ian McCall' the first line of your reply
(not the subject) to ensure automatic forwarding to the correct
Pindar user.

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 15:29:15 EDT
From: [email protected] (Kevin Dunbar)
Subject: Grabbing images from a VCR using Quadra 660 AV

What is the best software for downloading images that are sent from a VCR
to a Quadra 660AV. I have used the FUSIONRECORDER 1.0.2 & VIDEO MONITER
1.0.1 that came bundled with the mac, but have not been very happy with the
results.

I want to paste the images into MS word and filemaker pro.

KD

Kevin Dunbar, Dept of Psychology, McGill University
1205, Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1
[email protected]
Phone (514) 398-6112

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 15:01:26 GMT
From: [email protected] (Patrick V. Ford)
Subject: Hi Res Video Display Products, Info needed

I need the phone numbers or email addresses of manufactures of high
resolution TV pesentation products such as ADS's TV Elite. We need a
product that will record a "movie" form a Mac and possibly a PC and Sun.
Prior to purchasing, the product must be evaluated in house. The
purchasing department will not approve a 30 or 60 day MBG. The current
product 'they' are considering cost $18,000. (This is not a typo.)
Please email any information to the my address below.

Thanks.

Patrick Ford MD
Department of Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 09:01:46 -0400
From: [email protected] (Capt Bill Cameron)
Subject: How to create ZIP files for DOS [R]

>Can someone tell me how to create a ZIP file using a Mac which can then be
>UNZIP'd from a DOS PC? Does anyone know of a utility for the Mac that can
>do this? I have PS files which I would like to make available to Mac and PC
>users, but I would like to know if I can do all the compressing from a
>Macintosh and not have to use a PC.
>
>Many thanks,
>Julio Ibarra
>[email protected]

Yes to all of the above. One of the best utilities I've seen for this is
ZipIt by Tommy Brown. It will not only do all that you are asking, but
will also convert between DOS and Mac end-of-line conventions. Shareware,
$10.00 (cheap!), or $12.00 through Softlock or CompuServe.



Bill Cameron sdg
[email protected]
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 01:55:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Palazzo
Subject: I need some help!

Hi.

I have two rather random but important questions (for me, anyways).

1) Does anyone knwo where I might find the applescript extension that
lets me script the chooser? I know it's out there somewhere...maybe on AOL?

2) Does anyone know of a utility (commercial of shareware) that allows
you to restrict who on your appletalk network is allowed to print to a
particular laser printer? I know there has to be a way to protect them
with passwords or something.

Please email me directly with any responses and I will summarize.

Thanks.

-Edward Palazzo-

please email:

[email protected]
Macintosh Technical User Consultant
Tufts University
Medford, MA

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 16:52:48 CDT
From: Steven Peterson
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #90

Donnie:

This is taken from the Info-Mac Digest list....a man had
uploaded some sort of scripture memorization hypercard stacks.
At any rate, I thought his e-mail addressess interesting
enough to take note of:

> [email protected]
> or [email protected]

Stiv
--
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Next week on Hanna/Barbera's "Star Trek: TNG -- The Animated Series"
Worf: Cap'n Quix-draw, dee Romulunz 'r powering up dair phasoars.
Picard: Wuhl, hoooooooooold on thar! I'll git them with mah
Ka-bongererer...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 09:17:16 -0400
From: [email protected] (Stephen N. Spencer)
Subject: looking for an application

Kind Sirs:

I'm looking for an application which I believe was offered up by your
site (and its mirrors) some months ago. As fate would have it, I am in
need of this application now and don't know its name.

It was probably an extension. It closes any applications which have no
open windows.

Any idea what the name of this little gem might be?

Thanks!

Stephen

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 23:23:33 CEST
From: Marco Ridoni
Subject: Looking For Natascha

A question especially for INFO-MAC friends drom Germany:
Does anybody know of an ftp site where I can get
Natascha?

For those who don't know Natascha is a mailer program
to be used to communicate (pack/toss/scan) with
Zerberus/Z-Netz nets, particularly used in Germany
and practically unheard of outside of it.

Thanks

Marco Ridoni


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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 16:20:46 -0800
From: Robert Hess
Subject: MacWorld Expo Event List

As I've done for the past few MacWorld Expos, I'm coordinating an Expo Event
List for the upcoming show in Boston. The list will include parties, the full
conference schedule, press events, private suites...the works. The last
couple of lists have exceeded more than 150 events each.

I will post stuffed tab-delim-text updates to Info-Mac Digest, eWorld's
MacWEEK Forum, AOL's MacWorld Forum, ZMAC/CIS' MacWEEK Forum and AppleLink's
Developer Forum from time to time.

Anyone wishing to make a contribution may mail it to [email protected].
Be sure to include event title, description, date, time, contact person,
contact phone, whether or not an RSVP is required, whether the event is
private or public and location.

If you send an event which is new to the list, I will add you to a mailing
list of people who will get frequent (nearly daily as the Expo approaches)
updates automatically (if you send me an event and DON'T want to be on the
list, let me know). Special bonus points for private/secret events like
suites.

Robert

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 13:27:40 +0100 (MET)
From: [email protected]
Subject: MacX refuses on Power MAC

Hello,

I haven't followed Power PC related topics on this bulletin so far, so perhaps
the
following question is a FAQ. Please don't throw stones:

I have a brand new 7100 on desk now to replace my old IIci. I managed to get
everything to run on the PowerMac except MacX. It starts up perfectly but when
opening a connection to whatever type of UNIX machine it prompts an error
saying
that the connection came up halfway and then exited. I have installed and
configured MacTCP.

Please reply directly to [email protected]

Jens Eickhoff

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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 07:06:04 +1000
From: [email protected] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Maxima Problems

>
>To:[email protected]
>From:[email protected] (Colin McLaughlin)
>Subject:Maxima Problems
>
>I have been a satisfied user of CPU for some time and have also been using Ram
>Doubler for about two weeks and have been very happy with it as well.
>
>However I just installed Maxima and having considerable problems with it.
>
>1. It is very slow - takes longer to load Excel than it does from Hard drive
>
>2. It refuses to Shut Down, it will only Restart. It does the remember files
>bit then restarts the finder.
>
>3. It freezes at start up when it gets to Startup FX 2.0 when Maxima is
loaded.
>
>I am running a Powerbook 180c with 12Mb Ram and 160Mb HD and have tried with
>various different settings but with no joy.
>
>Are their any known conflicts as I use many inits but have had no real
>problems up till now.
>
>Any advice would be appreciated.

Colin McLaughlin University of Western Sydney Macarthur
Senior Administrative Officer Student Services Division

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 13:31:16 -0700
From: "Daniel Buchan"
Subject: Monitor resolution switching

Hello!

I have a Apple 17" Multiscan monitor. To change resolutions I have to open the
Monitors control panel, click on options, blah blah blah. A major pain, esp.
since I change resolutions several times a day.

Does anyone know of some utility that will allow me to do this on the fly? I
don't want to buy/install Quickeys, so something PD/shareware is desired. I
have
AppleScript installed, so if anyone knows of a way to automate this via
AppleScript that would be great. I haven't figured out a way to do it via
AppleScript yet.

Thanks!

Dan

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 15:26:06 +0200
From: "Ad Herweijer"
Subject: Monitor resolution switching gadget

In the Info-Mac Digest #90 (27 Jun 94) Scott T. Spencer referred to a "black
box" he had seen at a BMUG meeting that supposedly enabled Macintoshes to
display multiple resolutions. His report suggests that the box enhances the
video capabilities of a Mac. Although I haven't seen this US$99 gadget, I
consider this highly unlikely! I think a word of warning is appropriate and I
will try to give a possible explanation of what might be happening in the box.

A computer of any kind will only support the display/resolution it was designed
for. It can never display multiple resolutions if the designer didn't intend it
to do so. The video circuits (either built in or added using a dedicated
video-board) determine the possibilities in this respect. They contain memory
(video-RAM) to store the image to be displayed and circuitry to read out this
image and send it to the display device (videomonitor, LCD tablet,
video-printer, etc.).

Each "resolution" can be distinghuished by the number of horizontal and
vertical
pixels in an image and the speed the designer of the computer chose to read out
the video-RAM containing the image. This speed translates to specific
horizontal
and vertical frequencies of the signals used to synchronize the display device
with the read out of the video-RAM. Whether a display device is capable of
displaying a particular resolution is determined by its capacity to lock to
these synchronizing signals. Multiple Scan monitors can lock to a wide range of
sync frequencies, which enables them to display more than one (actually:
infinitely many!) different resolutions. The video capabilities for the various
Macintosh models are different . Most of the current models have a built-in
capabilty of *some* resolutions up to 21" (1152*870 pixels). No external
miracle
box can extend these capabilities; it can only tell the Mac what resolution (#
of pixels, hor. and vert. sync freq., color/mono) it should produce and
-hopefully- the connected display device can accommodate (lock to) the signals
it produces subsequently. The way the box does this is by programming an
appropriate code on three pins (#4, 7 and 10) on the 15-pin videoconnector of
the Mac.

I suspect that the box Scott describes has switches to program these three
sensepins according to the scheme Apple has defined for the various resolutions
Macs *may* support. As a simple example, such a box could have three single
pole
ON/OFF switches, at one side all connected to pin 4. Switch #1 would connect
(or
disconnect) pin 4 with ground (i.e. pin 11), Switch #2 with pin 10 and switch
#3
with pin 7. In ASCII-art it looks as follows:


Pin 11 Pin 10 Pin 7 | Code | Resolution
(Ground) | | | ("1"=sw #1 ON) |
| | | |----------------|---------------------
| | | | 1 | 640*480 (12" m/13" c
| | | | 2 | 832*624 (16" c)
/ / / | 3 | 1024*768 (19" c)
/sw #1 /sw #2 /sw #3 | 123 | 1152*870 (21" m/c)
| | | | 12 | 512*384 (12" c)
| | | | 13 | 512*384/640*480-NTSC
|---------|---------| | 23 | 640*480/768*576-PAL
| |
Pin 4 |


Please note, that for a particular entry in the above list to be practical,
your
Mac must support that resolution! Furthermore, the sensecode is only sensed at
startup, so you have to restart your computer to implement a change.

More intelligent boxes would allow for a diode to be connected between pins 7
and 10, thus enabling resolution switching on the fly with Apple's new Display
Software. See my message in the Info-Mac Digest #89.

The box Scott describes appears to be even more intelligent, since he noticed
three 3-position switches in it. Without going into too much detail on this, I
expect that the other switch positions allow connecting the sync signals in
various ways to the display device. Macintoshes as well as monitors differ in
the way these signals are implemented, sometimes adding them to the green
signal, sometimes using separate signal lines. Extra switch positions could be
used to enable matching both sides of the video cable. If you have problems
with
this, just drop me a note.

If anybody has the box Scott describes, I am very interested to know what it
really does (or appears to do). Hope this long story was worth the bandwidth!


ir. Ad Herweijer, Delft University of Technology, Fac. of Applied Physics
Pattern Recognition Group, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, the Netherlands
Phone: +31 15 782408, FAX: +31 15 626740, E-mail: [email protected]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 21:10:50 +0200
From: [email protected] (Adam van Gaalen PA2AGA)
Subject: NET_Mac2.3.42.sea.hqx.text


The Netherlands, June 28, 1994.
Hello dear reader,

Today I distributed NET_Mac2.3.42.sea.hqx...

For those who don't know NET/Mac... NET/Mac is the application that
supports TCP/IP over packet-radio, which means, that hamradio operators
can use NET/Mac for their wireless TCP/IP network...

I believe I made some slips-of-the-pen in the 2.3.41 FTP-mods...
Although I have not been able to reproduce all of the bugs that were
reported, I still hope, that 2.3.42 cures those...

In this version of NET/Mac I implemented the following:

- Fix for mods that prompt for username and password
- Support 'rdate' command (see HELP-info)
- Fix error in TRACE-output, introduced in 2.3.41

This version obsoletes all versions of info-mac/comm/net/radio-netmac in
the Sumex-Aim archives.

The new NET/Mac has (hopefully) been uploaded to:
ftp.ucsd.edu, to the directory hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming.
If it's not there then look at hamradio/packet/tcpip/mac.

It may have also been uploaded to:
oak.oakland.edu, to the directory pub/hamradio/mac/digital

Kind regards,

Adam PA2AGA (e-mail: [email protected] )
( or: [email protected] for letters only, NO BIG files here)

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 12:16:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson
Subject: PopUp Folder substitute from ZiffNet/Mac

Hey everyone!

I've been wondering whether or not to spend about $40.00 to get PopUp Folder,
the new Finder utility. I was put off by the cost, and the fact that there
have been some incompatibilities with some shareware utilities I depend on.

Fear not...I found a substitute. Through ZiffNet/Mac (I accesses through
e-World, which is really an O.K. service if the prices were a bit more
reasonable!), I downloaded DragonDrop. This (almost) free utility works
basically the same way PopUp Folder does...click and hold on a folder or
volume icon for a few seconds, and you get a pop-up menu of it's contents, up
to five levels deep. There are some good configuration options, and it's rock
solid on my IIvx with System 7.1 and a boatload of commercial and shareware
extensions and control panels. Since it's a ZiffNet/Mac program, it _cannot_
be uploaded here, but you may want to give e-World a shot anyway!

There are some other neat utilities on ZiffNet/Mac, too...some of which have
shareware counterparts, some that don't. Explore and enjoy!

Now, if we could only access e-World graphically over the Internet through a
dial-up student account...

Sigh.

Neil Mickelson
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 21:48:12 +0000
From: [email protected] (Andy Lietz)
Subject: Postscript interpreter for the LC?

Hello netters,

I have a good ol' Macintosh LC with a FPU card and 10 Megs of RAM, and
somehow a lot of stuff takes terribly long to print on my Personal
LaserWriter LS. Is there anybody out there using a PostScript interpreter
with this configuration? Is it possible to reduce print time with such a
software? Which program would you recommend?

Thanks for your help,

Andy Lietz.

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 13:34:55 +0100 (MET)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Problems with FlameFile on PowerBook

I recently borrowed a PowerBook 520 for a business trip and before returning it
I
wanted to cleanly erase all personal data. A friend of mine recommended
FlameFile.
I tried it, and it refused to work on the PowerBook, whereas a test on my IIci
showed that in principle it worked. On the PowerBook dragging files onto the
FlameFile icon did not effect in activating the program at all. Please mind I
dragged the files to be deleted directly onto FlameFile's icon, not an alias.

The version I tried was 1.38. Does anyone know about this problem. Is it
perhaps
already fixed in a higher version available? I would appreciate to try again
the
next time I have to clean old personal data from a disk.


Please reply directly to [email protected]

Jens Eickhoff

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 10:31:23 +0100 (BST)
From: Charlie Stross
Subject: Problems with simple TCP network config [Q]

Here's a cute little question for all you MacTCP gurus who're lurking
out there ...

I want to set up a simple network to do WWW client/server development.
I've got two Macintoshes (an LC 4/40 and a Pb 145b 8/80) connected via
phonenet/appletalk. Both have MacTCP 2.04 installed. Both have unique
TCP addresses (specified as static addresses).

What I want to do is to configure these beasts so that:

* One machine (the faster one) acts as a file server. (This is
a no-brainer.)

* The machines run TCP packets over appletalk (as a simple,
unconnected network -- anyone got any suggestions for the
best settings for this?)

* The file server runs an http daemon on TCP port 80.

* The client machine (the LC) runs MacWeb or Mosaic (off the file
server's HD, or off its own HD -- makes no difference) and
queries the http server on the other machine, using TCP over
appletalk.

(I've tried running MacHTTP and a WWW client on the same host -- the
effect is, uh, interesting. I am led to believe that MacTCP doesn't
support asynchronous access; bummer. Hence the two-computer solution.
If someone could tell me how to do loopback TCP on a Mac I'd be very
happy!)

Anyway, my current problem is that I can't configure DNS. I've managed
to get the two Macs talking to each other using TCP over appletalk,
and I've even managed a (slow) HTTP lookup, but I can't figure out how
to specify names for the machines. (As I got my MacTCP license via a
copy of The Internet Starter Kit, please _don't_ tell me to RTFM .
Is there any way of getting one or another Mac to act as a DNS server
or read an /etc/hosts file? Or of getting them to run as a simple
unconnected TCP/IP network?


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlie Stross is [email protected], SCO Technical Publications
GO d-- -p+ c++++(i---) u++ l-(+) *e++ m+ s/+ !n h-(++) f+ g+
w++ t-(---) r-(++) y+


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Date: Tue, 28 JUN 94 11:00:53 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Symantec confusion

I just received two letters from Symantec. Both offered upgrades
>From Symantec C++ 6.0 to the current version 7.0. They were
slightly different (see below), but shared some features.

* Both said I had already received upgrade offers, but had missed
the deadline - however, as a valued customer they would extend
it. NO - this is the first I have heard in writing of any upgrade
offer.

* They don't seem to have noticed that I have already bought and
received the upgrade (after a lot of frustrating phone calls -
that' another part of the picture).

Most amazingly, the two letters offered me the upgrade at
DIFFERENT PRICES. One was 109 UK pounds for C++ and 188 pounds
for the full package with PowerPC cross development kit, while
the other was 149 pounds for C++ and 228 for the full package.
What's going on??

Add to that the fact that orders for this have to be accompanied
by a cheque or credit card number - they won't accept purchase
orders from respectable institutions like universities - and
Symantec's appalling telephone communication, and it's no wonder
that Metrowerks Code Warrior is grabbing their market. Worse
yet, I was recently in New York and the education price there
for Symantec C++ (NOT the upgrade, just a straight purchase)
was only 99 dollars (less than 70 pounds).

Please fix this Symantec - the product is ok, it's just the
customer relations that are awful.

Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary & Westfield College,
University of London, England [email protected]

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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 23:17:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo
Subject: System 7.1 emergency disc (long summary) (R)

On 26 Jun 1994 Sven Guckes wrote:
> >As usual, several imdigest readers came to my rescue. The following are
> >excerpts of each suggestion with my comments in brackets [].
>
> I think some people can't tell a summary from an annotated log. *sheesh*

Since I posted that "summary," I must (publicly) apologize to Sven and any
others who might have taken exception to my post: sorry. But I didn't
know how else to do it this time. Any *constructive* suggestions for future
reference would be much appreciated.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: or

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Date: 28 Jun 94 01:58:06 GMT
From: [email protected] (David K Dean)
Subject: TouchBASE 4.0 (Q)

Does TouchBASE 4.0 still have that annoying height limit of 5.0" for
custom envelope formats? I still have version 2.0 which has this height
restriction. I find this really annoying when you want to print greeting card
envelopes. It's easy enough to drag the address down lower, but you can 't do
much with the barcode, it's all ready at the bottom (or at least what
TouchBASE thinks is the bottom) of the envelope.

That's my only complaint with TouchBASE. I consider it one of my best
investments. I even used it to print out all 100+ invitations for my wedding
and another 25 for graduation.

I just ordered the 4.0 update, but I meant to ask this question a
while back. Please let me know, I have a few friends interested in the update
too.

Dave

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 08:05:22 PDT
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey A. Hallett)
Subject: World Cup Logo Request

Anyone have an EPS (editable in Freehand) or PICT of the World Cup logo
(the one that looks like a flag with the ball as the blue star field)?

I'd like to get my hands on one of those. It does not need to be color.

Thx.
Jeff Hallett - [email protected]

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