Subject: Are there 3rd party color monitors for Mac II?
We have a Mac II and an SE here at Boston College but Apple has not sent
us a color monitor. The one we have looks as though it was cannibalized
from an old Lisa. Does anyone know whether there are any third party RGB
monitors that can be used as-is with the Mac II and the Apple video card?
By the way, I understand many of you are upset that there is no upgrade
path from the Plus to the SE, but If you've seen what the inside of the SE
looks like you'd realize why this is impossible. The guts are laid out
completely differently and are packed much more tightly (hence the fan).
The case is also significantly different inside and out. Only the basic
shape remains the same. It's kinda like the difference brtween the II+ and
the IIe. I hope no one was naive enough to expect an upgrade path to the
II. (Smile...)
Another thing -- the slot in the SE is being described as a Macitosh SE
expansion slot, so I assume it's different from anything currently
available.
The II and the SE both look really good. The SE is what the Plus should
have been. (But like all Macintosh products, it's evolutionary. It could
not have been created without its predecessors.) The built-in hard disk is
great. General Computer will have a hard time competing with that. The II
is another story completely. Though I haven't seen color or gray scales
(our video board is beta and has a few bugs) nor have I heard sound (our
unit doesn't have a functioning sound chip) the speed is tremendous. And I
haven't encountered any applications which don't run properly (except an
old version of ResEdit). All in all, it looks like a winner. I'd say Apple
has done themselves proud with this thing. (And now will come the
inevitable nitpicky complaints of those who refuse to see what a great
product this is and instead look only at the omnipresent defects, always
wanting more and never thankful for what they have.) Sorry. That was just
my Apple-loving inner self speaking. Any questions? Mail me a note. I'd
also like to hear what others are thinking of this thing.
Pat Kuras
Boston College
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 87 11:45 EDT
From: <BELSLEY%BCVAX3.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: Rerouting default files in Word 3.0?
Is there anyway to reference a specific drive through a file name? The question arises as follows: MS Word 3.0 places its default settings file, "Word Settings" in the blessed folder and not on the disk that contains the application "Microsoft Word". If, then, one uses the system in a RamDisk and MS. Word on another 800K disk, the changes to the default settings file go to the RamDisk and are not automatically saved on a floppy.
There is a way around this, but it is not completely satisfactory. The file name in the code that is relevant to the reading and writing of "Word Settings" occurs on Sectors 31 and 208. If one wants this file to reside on the program disk, say, "WordDisk", then one can use Fedit to replace these two strings with, say, "WordDisk:defs". This works fine so long as the overall length of the new name does not exceed that of the original ("Word Settings") and so long as it is terminated in the C-string zero.
Using the above solution, the default settings file "defs" will not reside on the application disk "WordDisk", and the changes that are made will be saved on this floppy disk rather than in the RamDisk containing the System.
The trouble with this solution is that it requires the Word application be particularized to a particular disk name, and it will no longer work correctly if the WordDisk name is changed without similarly altering the Word code.
So my question is: is there some means for indicating, say, the internal drive in the file name that will cause this file always to be read and written to the disk in the internal drive? I would have thought using the drive number 1, as in "1:DefSettings" would do the trick, but it doesn't. More generally, is there any way to name a file so that it is directed to the default volume (which is where Word resides) rather than the volume that contains the blessed folder? This would be ideal since the default settings file would then always exist with the word application regardless of disk name or drive.
My appreciataion in advance for any thoughts and suggestions.
david a. belsley
boston college belsley@bcvax3.bitnet
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 87 14:24:08 PST
From: PUGH%CCC.MFENET@nmfecc.arpa
Subject: Color printing from MacWrite
Well, I just had some fun. I have been playing with my Imagewriter II, which
is a darn nice color printer. I have used Silicon Press, ColorPrint, and
SuperPaint to do color printing with it and have decided that SuperPaint wins
hands down. I think I'll just toss out the others.
Using SuperPaint's draw layer you can do MacDraw in color and then copy them
into MacWrite documents where they will still print in color!!!!!!
That's right, color from MacWrite. I love it. Be sure to copy it from the
draw layer though so that it is saved as PICT resources.
Jon
N L pugh@nmfecc.arpa
M A L National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center
