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INFO-MAC Digest Saturday, 12 Dec 1987 Volume 5 : Issue 144
Today's Topics:
Laserwriter 4.0 - Bug?
Generating PostScript output
Postscript errors
Re:LaserWriter Accelerators
general mac SE questions
Mac+ ---> LQP02
Ethernet AppleTalk ?
FontDisplay 5.3
MOLECULAR GRAPHICS PROGRAM BALL & STICK
December Vaporware (Newsletter column)
Nerd Perfect Vaporware
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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 87 15:40:35 ECT
From: FALK%[email protected]
Subject: Laserwriter 4.0 - Bug?
When printing only the last pages from long documents, or selected pages
from a complex document. (Page 8 from a complex Mac-draft document, or page
20 from an OMNIS-report), the printing is aborted with a TIMEOUT message.
Printi makes the laser run into a timeout error.. Are there any way (or
patch) to avoid this situation?
Chris.
SINTEF
NORWAY
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 87 15:55 EST
From:
Subject: Generating PostScript output
I'm having a lot of difficulty generating PostScript output
to a file from the LaserWriter driver. I have a new SE, with
LaserWriter v5.0. I've tried both cmd-f and cmd-k immediately
after selecting "OK", but only occasionally (twice, to date)
has the output file been generated. I've tried running with Finder,
Multifinder, AppleTalk enabled, AppleTalk disabled, etc. I can't
seem to duplicate the conditions that generated the PostScript
files. And, not every application seems to go through the LaserWriter
dialog box before trying to print (or am I confused?).
Can anyone give me some clues as to what I might be doing wrong? Is
the procedure for generating PostScript documented anywhere?
Ralph Droms
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Date: 11-DEC-1987 13:14:02.05
From: RUBNER AT DGATUM5P
Subject: Postscript errors
Since I have been using the new system with multifinder on the macII, I
can't print documents on the QuumeScriptTen-Laserwriter that is connected
through Appletalk to the MacII. There always appears an error message :"a
poscript error has been generated". I tried to use the laserwriter and
laserprep applications of the old system, but it doesn't help (they are not
compatible).
Is there an easy trick to solve that problem? Thank you for any suggestions.
Jeannette
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 87 13:29:54 CST
From: Robert Joseph Hammen
Subject: Re:LaserWriter Accelerators
>From: PUGH%[email protected]
>Subject: LaserWriter Accelerator Boards
>I heard/read a rumor a while back about Laserwriter accelerator boards that
>were supposed to make your Apple Laserwriter faster/stronger/better.
>Does anyone have any information about these sorts of things?
There are two companies (to my knowledge) that are developing hardware to
improve the performance of your LaserWriter. Olduvai Software has a hardware
division called "Blue Whale Technologies" that is working on an accelerator
for the LaserWriter. They were displaying a prototype at MacWorld/Boston.
There is another company, I believe named Mass Micro, that is developing
memory expansion boards, SCSI ports, etc. for the LaserWriter. I do believe
that one of the principals of the company is the former product manager for
the LaserWriter. In any case, the company supposedly has a RAM upgrade out
now to upgrade the LaserWriter to 3 MB of RAM, which will result in some
speed improvement - it's more useful if you use a lot of downloadable fonts.
If you're looking to replace your LaserWriter, check out the QMS PS-800 II.
I believe that model uses a 68020 controller board. It lists for $6495.
Olduvai Software, 6900 Mentone, Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305)665-4665, (800)628-2828 ext. 751
Mass Micro, 3250 Joy St., Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408)998-1200, (800)253-8900
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Robert Hammen Computer Applications, Inc. [email protected]
Delphi: HAMMEN GEnie: R.Hammen CI$: 70701,2104
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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 87 00:42 CST
From:
Subject: general mac SE questions
I am contemplating buying a Mac SE, and have a few questions.
Any and all information, rumor, legend, whatever, is gratefully
accepted.
1. I do a _lot_ of moving around. How rugged is the MacSE?
Particularly the hard disk.The machine will probably be making
the trip to and from work with me at least four or five times a
week, not to mention trips to the country house (read 'parents
house') on weekends. This is in addition to plane trips (read,
luggage handlers).
While I am obviously not particularly fond of MS-DOS, I
do have four programs that I regularly use. Are there MS-DOS
coprocessor boards for the SE, and how good are they? The
programs are Orcad's SDT schematic design program, Tango-Route
PCB autorouter, and Tango-PCB printed circuit board drafting
program, and I occasionally use VersaCad. Are there SE
equivalents?
3. I cannot at this time afford a laserwriter. Is there a
black box that will let me use my DataProducts daisywheel printer
(this is a Diablo 630 compatible) with the SE for letter quality
docs, preferably through Appletalk?
Thanks in advance,
Lee Thomison
BITNET: OPTON@UHVAX1
landline: (713) 749-3127
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 87 11:44 EST
From: (Tom Mahoney -Tech Support)
Subject: Mac+ ---> LQP02
Our Computer Staff is currently working on a proposal to replace
all the DecMates (sorry, DEC) with MacPlus/SE and LaserWriter networks.
Since the need seems to be there, they would also like to utilize the DEC
LQP02 printers at each work station. They would use the Modem port of the
Macs.
I have been given the assignment of attempting to interface the
Macs with the LQP02 printers. We will be usinng MicroSoft Word...3.0 or
3.1. I have tried all the printer drivers that are included With Word and,
while all of them work to some degree, none of them is right. DEC tells me
that the LQP02 is a Qume printer and I know that the Apple DWP was too, but
the Apple DWP driver won't work...I suspect due to the fact that they
emulate different Qume Printers.
The findings of all this are that the best driver is the plain vanilla
"Typewriter" driver, whose only fault is that it gives an extra 1/2 line
feed after any line that contains an underscore.
Does anyone out there know how to make the LQP02 work correctly?
Am I missing something in hardware? Is there a patch for one of the
drivers? If a patch is the answer, where can I get it. Keep in mind that
I am strictly the hardware type and am limited to knowing what a patch is.
Appreciate any help!!!
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 87 19:46:13 est
From: [email protected] (Lewis Demers)
Subject: Ethernet AppleTalk ?
HI!
We have 11 Mac + (with internal HyperDrives), 2 Mac SE
(with Apple hard disc), 1 Mac II, 2 Laserwriter Plus on Appletalk.
We also have Sun 3's and VAXes(VMS) on Ethernet (TCP/IP).
We would like to do the following:
1- Print from the Sun (on ethernet) to a LaserWriter Plus
(on AppleTalk).
2- Transfer files between Suns, VAXes and Macs (all
possible permutations).
3- Remote login from a Mac to Suns and VAXes with terminal
emulations ( at least VT100).
4- Electronic mail.
5- File servers.
We plan to buy a Kinetics FastPath for the Mac + and Mac SE's
and Apple's EtherTalk card for the Mac II. We are looking for
reliable software packages (public domain or commercial) to meet
the requirements above. We would also like to hear about
compatibility problems between different software.
The software has to work on the latest versions of System and
Finder and be available NOW !
After contacting different companies, it is not
clear what we can do with the hardware once it is installed.
Here is what we tried so far:
1- Hardware: - EtherSC (on Mac +, Mac Se and Mac II).
Software: - AT-TELNET (downloaded from sumex-aim).
Bombed or froze on every Mac.
- NCSA telnet 1.12
Terminal Emulation and FTP worked only on
Mac + when booting from a floppy (no HyperDrive ).
or a Mac SE. We could not make it work on
a Mac II.
Please mail me your suggestions and I will post a summary on the net.
Thank you.
Louis Demers ARPA: [email protected]
mail: DREV (attn. Louis Demers)
P.O. Box 8800
Courcelette, Quebec
Canada, G0A 1R0
DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this message are strictly my own
and do not represent those of my employer.
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 87 10:06 AST
From: Peter J Gergely
Subject: FontDisplay 5.3
With the announcement of FontDisplay 5.3 Ltd to the SUMEX
Archives, I would just like to take the opportunity to say how nice of a
program the full FontDisplay 5.3 actually is.
I think it is a great program with excellent support given by
Jeffrey Shulman. I have approximately 20 DS disks full of Fonts, and
this handy little program has generated a sampler (using Print File
Catalog) of all of them. The file catalog prints one line per font
(roughly) so that many samples of the fonts can be viewed on a page.
There have been some problems with the previous versions, but these were
resolved very quickly by Jeffrey, and a new version to test was
delivered promptly.
I would recommend this program to anyone desiring to keep track
of his/her font libraries. The many options, including displaying the
complete font, making a font sampler, laserwriter support, multi-finder
compatibility, and very good documentation.
Overall, on the Gergely Gauge, FontDisplay and Friends gets a
5-star rating (maximum 5). It is a most required program (especially
for my own collection of fonts, and being able to view all of them
easily).
Great Program, Jeff!!
Peter J. Gergely (DREA, P.O. Box 1012, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Z7 Canada)
ARPANET: [email protected] (preferred)
or [email protected]
DIALNET: Peter@DIAL|DREA-GRIFFIN
CSNET: gergely%[email protected]
UUCP: [email protected]
GENIE: GERGELY
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 87 15:24:49 SET
From: Norbert Mueller
Subject: MOLECULAR GRAPHICS PROGRAM BALL & STICK
I just saw that the demo version 1.1 of my program is now in the INFO-MAC
directory - the old version 0.94 is obsolete - please remove it.
For all those who bought pre-versions of BALL&STICK(before 1.1) there is the
possibility to get a >>>> FREE
Subject: Nerd Perfect Vaporware
What ever happened to FullWrite?
>From: [email protected] (Phil R. Karn)
>Subject: Nerd Perfect Vaporware
>[No doubt the OSI version of the following will be available Real Soon
>Now. Sorry, couldn't resist. Enjoy. --Phil]
>>From: [email protected] (Bob Smith)
>>Subject: Nerd Perfect Vaporware
>>The following was taken from the Trenton Times, Sunday, Nov. 29, 1987.
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Portland, Ore, (UPI) - David Moss and Robert Rini hope to make their
fortune this holiday season by selling "Nerd Perfect Vaporware," a high-
tech version of the "pet rock" that lampoons the computer software industry.
Moss and Rini, both of Beaverton, a Portland suburb, last week unveiled
their "vaporware" - a high-tech term for a product that doesn't exist. "Nerd
Perfect Vaporware is a floppy disk of nothing and, in that regard, similar to
software promised by computer-products companies but never delivered.
"Unlike the software companies that announce new software that will be
available in three years and never is produced, Vaporware delivers exactly
what it promises - nothing," said Moss, 31, whose real vocation is designing
and producing legitimate software.
"Nerd Perfect Vaporware," manufactured by Vaporsoft Inc., includes a
floppy disk envelope containing nothing, a user manual and is listed at $6.95.
We were thinking of selling it for $695, but we couldn't justify it,"
Moss said.
"But if we had, we only would have to sell a few," Rini told his partner.
Moss and Rini said one computer company, which they refused to identify,
had purchased 100 of the disks and user manuals for distribution to it's
employees.
They also said their attorney was finalizing agreements to sell "Nerd
Perfect Vaporware" at computer and bookstores throughout the country.
"Why'd we make it? We want to be rich," said Rini, 31, a graphic artist
who illustrated the user manual.
The Manual includes chapters on uses of the product, troubleshooting and
the different functions of "Nerd Perfect Vaporware."
It also includes a chapter on "Hemmingword," an exclusive feature of
"Nerd Perfect."
" 'Hemmingword' allows even the nerdiest of nerds to write with the style
and grace of Papa himself," the manual says. After the words, "papa," "old
man," "sea," "fish," and "no luck" were fed into the computer, the manual said
the computer printed out:
"He was an old man who programmed alone in a cubicle in a non-descript
building and he had gone 84 days now without backing up his data. In the
first 40 days, a junior programmer had been with him. But after 40 days with-
out a backup, the junior programmer's supervisor had decided that the
programmer was now definitely and finally a salad-brain."
The booklet also contains a cartoon of Bill Gates, founder of computer
giant Microsoft Inc. at Redmond, Wash., who is identified as "Billion Gates."
The inventors said "Nerd Perfect Vaporware" is meant as a joke,. "It's
definitely artificially intelligent stuff," Rini said.
"We are entering the age of the perfect nerd," he added. "But we're not
here to ridicule nerds. Don't feel sorry for them. They're running the
world."
"They're nerds, I'm a nerd," Moss said. "I've tried to change. I
can't."
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