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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 21 Dec 92       Volume 10 : Issue 302

Today's Topics:

      [*] ara-Digicom Scout+1.0.sit.hqx
      [*] ara-QBlazer-2.0.1.sit.hqx
      [*] ara-T3000-WB-1.0.4.sit.hqx
      [*] Clam And Craft Cookbook Hypercard Stack
      [*] cp/obiwan-400.hqx
      [*] Filemaker_Pro_Contacts+14.hqx
      [*] Hexmines 1.2
      [*] MacJDict 1.0
      [*] MacSokoban 2.1
      [*] Mandella 8.2 fractal graphics program
      [*] Print To QuickTime - A Print2Pict Extension
      [*] Re: dateline30.hqx
      [*] RecipeWare 1.1.sit
      [*] replace-existing-options.hqx
      [*] RTF XCMDs w/ source
      [*] Tex-Edit 1.5 "Styled" TEXT editor
      [*] the-bodyguard.hqx
      2 Monitors on a DuoDock...(c)
      32 bit addressing
      A disk icon appears three times
      AppleTalk 58.0 (A)
      AppleTalk 58.0 again!
      AppleTalk 58.0 again! (A)
      AppleTalk v. 58 Installer Removed From AppleLink
      ATM & 32-bit mode
      ATM 2.0.3 _is_ 32-bit clean
      auto color switcher (3 msgs)
      Autodoubler Woes
      A Word Frequency Counter Needed Urgently.
      Backdrop replacement
      Change font names? (Q)
      Christmas Lemmings
      Dead SE & RESET line
      decoding a QuickMail enclosed file (2 msgs)
      Disappearing Folders bug in Sys. 7.0
      Disclaimers (C)
      Excel 4.0 page #'s (bug?)
      Fantasia
      Font names listed in own font (Q)
      Font Suitcases Damaged (Q)
      Force AppleTalk to Load (Q)
      Guess What? System 7.1 is s-l-o-w!!!
      HP 4M price caveat
      Hypertalk magazine
      IIvx/performa 600
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #296
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #301
      Lotus 1.1 upgrade--price reduced!
      Mac 512
      Macintalk?
      MacLayers
      Mac Quadra 900- Apple Menu
      Macs and Pets
      MicroMac & Radius Pivot
      More on Apple's (Non) Use of FPUs in New Macs (2 msgs)
      Network Advice
      Network Software Installer 1.3 (Q)
      Partitions
      Performa 600 vs. IIvx
      phone monitor
      PowerBook (sleep mode) ?
      Prograph
      Questions about Apple formatted hard drives
      Re Types and creators
      SIT! vs SITD (A)
      suggested new mac features (C)
      Supra144v32bis and Telebridge ??
      System 7.1 and incompatibilities
      The TaxMan Cometh, and the TaxMan Taketh Away
      Using bitmap graphics (Q)
      Vantage DA
      WHO is crippling the computers?
      Word 5 Equation Editor
      ZModem for VMS (Thanks)

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Date: 20 Dec 1992 21:49:37 -0700
From: "Kateley, Jim" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ara-Digicom Scout+1.0.sit.hqx

Hello there,

Here's version 1.0 of my Digicom Scout+ script for AppleTalk Remote Access.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop me a line.  If I am
able I will reply, but please remember this is not my real job... :-)

Jim Kateley
Apple Computer Inc.
Disclaimer:  This is me talking

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-digicom-scout-plus.hqx; 11K]

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Date: 20 Dec 1992 21:48:18 -0700
From: "Kateley, Jim" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ara-QBlazer-2.0.1.sit.hqx

Hello there,

Here's version 2.0.1 of my Telebit QBlazer script for AppleTalk Remote
Access.
Changes from earlier versions are mostly cleaning up comments and changing
things around for consistency.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop me a line.  If I am
able I will reply, but please remember this is not my real job... :-)

Jim Kateley
Apple Computer Inc.
Disclaimer:  This is me talking

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-telebit-qblazer-201.hqx; 11K]

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Date: 20 Dec 1992 21:53:42 -0700
From: "Kateley, Jim" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ara-T3000-WB-1.0.4.sit.hqx

Hello there,

Here's version 1.0.4 of my Telebit T3000/WorldBlazer (v.32bis) script for
AppleTalk Remote Access.  Changes from earlier versions are added RTS
handshaking to improve performance on 8MHz 68000 based Macintoshes, compatibly
with Telebit ROM's up to LA7.01a, cleaning up comments and changing things
around for consistency.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop me a line.  If I am
able I will reply, but please remember this is not my real job... :-)

Jim Kateley
Apple Computer Inc.
Disclaimer:  This is me talking

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-telebit-world-blazer-104.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 13:13:17 PST
From: Jim Francis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Clam And Craft Cookbook Hypercard Stack

Below is the author's (Bruce Ingrassia) description of a demo version of
a hypercard stack:

Subject:  80+ Clam recipes , All about clams, Clamkin cartoon characters, The
Clamkin story, How to make a Bog Frog named Frigg (Crafts section) and much
more.

Title: The First Ever Clam and Craft Cookbook Demo

Contact: Millimac Licensing Co.
Bruce Ingrassia 188 Michael Way, Santa Clara, Ca. 95051  408/984-0700
Full software available on Nautilus CD Rom, Computerware Stores or Direct
Mail.

Comment:
The First Ever Clam and Craft Cookbook is a 105k Demo that gives you a little
taste of what this huge Hypercard Program is all about.  It is a clam
cookbook,
a Clamkin coloring book, a Clamkin story book, a clam reference book, a
Clamkin
catalog, and Clamkin crafts book. The original program comes with a free Bog
Frog Clamkin figure. This program was created out of love for the MacIntosh
and
my wanting to share The Clamkin Family Cartoon characters with other Mac Users
and their families.
                        Bruce Ingrassia

[Archived as /info-mac/card/clam-craft-cookbook.hqx; 118K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:49:34 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] cp/obiwan-400.hqx

ObiWan 4.0.0 is a general help system.  You can create several
databses and ObiWan will let you rapidly find information from
them.  It displays the information by temporarily taking over
several lines at the bottom of the main screen, so the information
can be displayed at any time in any program.  Portions of the
information can then be sent to the front window as if you had
typed it.  The main use of all this is to access the programming
database created from Apple's PInterfacesHelp file, which includes
the procedures, traps, global variables and errors available up
to System 7.  If you've seen Online Companion, it works similar
to that, but includes all the System 7 information.

I am currenttly trying to license the PInterfaceHelp file from Apple,
until I do that, you'll need to have you're own copy of it to generate
the database.  I was going to wait until I had licensed that to release
it, but its nearly a year old now, and I wanted to get it released before
its birthday.  You can also create other databses, for example I
have a thesaurus which is neat for checking the spelling of words
(when I can be bothered :-).

ObiWan should work in either System 6 or System 7, and doesn't take
up much memory.  It does use a lot of disk space for the databse
(the System 7 "force" database is around 720k, but you'll need a few
meg to create it from the PInterfacesHelp file).

Any programmer with a meg of disk space available and access to
the PInterfacesHelp file should definitely have a look at this (IMNVHO :-).
The normal use is to figure out the parameters of various calls, for
example, if I want to know the parameters for HOpen, I can get them
like this:
OSErr:=HOpen(vRefNum_INTEGER,dirID_LONGINT,fileName_Str255,
permission_SignedByte,VAR_refNum_INTEGER);
(that took seven key presses: cmd-` to open ObiWan, "hopen",
cmd-shift-enter to find it and type it in above).

ObiWan is free.

I hope it proves as useful to you as it does to me,
   Peter.

ObiWan 4.0.0 Copyright 1992, Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/app/obi-wan-40.hqx; 348K]

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Date: 21 Dec 92 10:15:08 U
From: "Andrew Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Filemaker_Pro_Contacts+14.hqx

CONTACTS+ is a Filemaker Pro (version 1.x) database. It's main
purpose is to allow proper address details to appear (even
when some components of the address are omitted such as the
organization, country etc...) in Microsoft Word print-merge
documents. Other than that, you should find that CONTACTS+ is
just about as powerful and usable as any other `commercial'
Contacts database/manager.

    Docu+ is a document manager. It is used in conjunction with
Contacts+ v 1.4 or higher. You can create and store simple
1 page documents in Docu+ and then use the MiniLetter helper
facility in Contacts+ to access the text stored in Docu+
to create print-merge (1 page only) letters.

    Plea: If you feel that CONTACTS+ or Docu+ has some useful
value, & want to encourage ME to improve CONTACTS+ and develop
 other `affordable & useful' databases, & want to receive future
updates via email (personally sent by me), PLEASE send me a
cheque (in Australian $) payable to: Andrew Lee, or any
currency, for ANY amount that you find appropriate. I will
email (internet) you the latest version of CONTACTS+
including its registered user's password. If you do adopt ideas
>From Contacts+ for your own database, don't forget to include
me in the list of persons to thank :-). All suggestions for
improvements are welcomed.

Regards,

Andrew Lee
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/filemaker-pro-contacts-plus-14.hqx; 101K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 02:57:45 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: [*] Hexmines 1.2

One of the most common shareware game themes recently have been the
"Mines" theme, where you locate mines in a minefield from knowing how
many neighbour mines there is for every free square you find. This is
yet another, but on the hexagonal grid.

Enhancements since 1.1: Lots of them, though you will probably care most
about:
- When it fails to generate a solveable game, it retries until it succeeds
or the user aborts.
- Three game board sizes.
- Two playing modes: Find the Path or Find All.

The game is freeware.

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hexmines-12.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 21:00:39 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MacJDict 1.0

Enclosed is MacJDict 1.0, a program I wrote to be used as a lookup program
for Jim Breen's Japanese-English and kanji dictionaries.  These are
available at monu6.cc.monash.edu.au.  It requires KanjiTalk, or System 7.1
with the appropriate Japanese modules.  It is Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-jdict-10.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 03:03:15 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: [*] MacSokoban 2.1

This is an update for my Mac version of the famous puzzle game Sokoban.
It is the game where you push bags of gold (or whatever) in order to
rearrange them to a desired position. MacSokoban features color graphics
with animation, support for external modules with extra levels, good
mouse support as well as the standard keyboard support.

50 levels are built into the game, and 35 more are in an external module.
Users can put together their own modules.

This version fixes a few bugs and cosmetic flaws, but most importantly,
has revised sound routines that are safer under System 7.

Freeware. (Distribution on CD restricted.)

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-sokoban-21.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 20:12:10 -0800
From: Jesse Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mandella 8.2 fractal graphics program

   Mandella is a wonderful graphics program for color Macs. It draws
a wide array of different fractal images. This file contains Mandella
8.2, a 35-page MS-Word manual, and 28 sample files. Mandella is loaded
with features including: multiple Mac style fractal windows, seven special
purpose  windows, 69 fractal types, ten draw styles, eight transforms
(including 3D), four ways to automate drawing, a palette editor, etc.
The number of fractal windows is limited only by memory. Mandella works
on any color Mac with System 6 or later. Shareware $40.

   Version 8.2 Changes
   1) Fixed a few Orbital fractal bugs.
   2) Improved handling of Fractint par files a great deal.
   3) Fixed the conflict with Now Menus 4.0.1
   4) Removed Lambda, Mark, and Hopalong2 fractals.
   5) The Status window now shows the grid spacing.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mandella-82.hqx; 631K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:23:13 NZD
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Print To QuickTime - A Print2Pict Extension

This is an extension for Print2Pict which enable you to "print"
directly into a QuickTime movie, one page per frame. The documentation
is a QT movie produced using the extension and Nisus, and you can read
it WITHOUT having the fonts used to produce it - a benefit of the QT
format (but you do need a QT player!).

PostCardWare. Enjoy & Nadolig LLawen + Blwyddyn Newydd Da.

Coming Soon (I hope...): The Pictoid Package 2.0 with full support for
standard movie controllers (anywhere on screen, nut just attached to
the bottom of movies...) and other goodies. How "soon" depends on what
else I do this Christmas!

Nigel

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/print-2-pict-to-qt.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:27:18 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Re: dateline30.hqx

Dateline30.hqx is a compressed and binhexed file containing issue # 30 of
Dateline.  Dateline is a monthly publication oof Bill Mason, the forum
director for the Star Trek forum on America Online.  Future issues of
Dateline will be posted on info-mac.  This issue of Dateline contains:

    TNG and DS9 Schedules through February, 1993
    DS9 notes
    TNG Random Bits
    The Paramount Hierarchy
    "The Whoopi Goldberg Show":  Taking a Rating Beating
    Sister Act and the Forthcoming Sequel
    One Last Whoopi Note
    Shatner and CBS:  Perfect Together
    The Software Standings
    Editorial:  Taking the Plunge
    Good Trek:  What "Makes It So"?  Part II
    Happy Birthday
    Trek-related Products/Happenings
    Personal Logs, Startdate Today

A must for all trek fans.  This document is in teachtext format.

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/dateline-30.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 05:13 PST
From: Don Nakanishi/Gann Matsuda <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RecipeWare 1.1.sit

RecipeWare 1.1 is a great recipe program that will organize your
recipes and print them on 4x6" index cards using a Laser printer that
can handle Avery Laser Post Cards (stock number 5389).  THIS CUSTOM
DATABASE APPLICATION REQUIRES PANORAMA II 2.0.x by ProVUE
Development.  THIS IS NOT A STAND-ALONE APPLICATION!

Documentation included.  Freeware.  System 7.x compatible.  Stuffit
Deluxe/Lite 3.0.x archive.

NOTE TO ARCHIVE MANAGERS: Please remove all earlier versions of
RecipeWare from your archives and replace it with this version.  Thank
you.

Gann Matsuda

[Archived as /info-mac/app/recipe-ware-11.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 20:50:43 +1100
From: Jonathon Summers <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] replace-existing-options.hqx

Replace-Existing Options is a Control Panel that remaps the buttons in
the Standard File's TReplace ExistingIU alert,
presented when a file of the same name exists.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/replace-existing-options.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 12:34:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (janet e abbate)
Subject: [*] RTF XCMDs w/ source

Enclosed is version 1.2 of some HyperCard XCMDs that can read and
write styled text in Rich Text Format (RTF). Think C source is
included. The main changes since the previous release are that the
XCMDs can handle text longer than 30Kbytes, and that they understand
more of the RTF produced by Word 5. This is shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/rtf-reader.hqx; 66K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:16:27 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Tex-Edit 1.5 "Styled" TEXT editor

Tex-Edit is a multi-window, styled text editor that includes a built-in
text reader.  I keep a copy in my Apple menu and an alias on the desktop
(for drag-and-drop operations).  Tex-Edit is fast, easy-to-use and
requires very little memory.  It is particularly adept at formatting
text which is transmitted to and from a BBS.  It is fast, efficient and
requires little memory.  Tex-Edit is 32 bit clean, System 7 compatible,
68040 cache compatible, color compatible, big screen compatible and
stationery-aware.  It recognizes extended keyboard keys.

Tex-Edit 1.5 is freely released to the public domain.

If you would like a copy of the THINK Pascal source code, please send me
a disk (hopefully not blank) and a self-addressed stamped envelope and I
will return code to you as quick as possible.  My address is:

      Tom Bender
      5313 Beverly Drive
      San Angelo, Texas 76904

      America Online: TomBB
      GEnie: TBBENDER

Replaces /info-mac/app/tex-edit-14.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tex-edit-15.hqx; 59K]

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 15:44:30 EST
From: [e-mail] (GET ME OUTTA HERE!!)
Subject: [*] the-bodyguard.hqx

"The Bodyguard" Soundtrack
by David Brooks
([e-mail])


This is a collection of song samples from the movie soundtrack "The
Bodyguard".  All of these samples (5 of them) are from Whitney Houston;
they include "I'll Always Love You", "Run To You", "Queen of The Night",
"Jesus Loves Me" and "I Have Nothing".

By the way, make sure you see the movie--it's great!

If there are any questions or comments, please send mail to
"[e-mail]".  Thank you.

 -- David Brooks

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/the-bodyguard.hqx; 532K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 08:54:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tarun Reddy)
Subject: 2 Monitors on a DuoDock...(c)

Well actually this problem happens to me quite a few times and I DON'T have
a duo. I have IIci and if I switch between say a 12" color and a 13" color
monitor, the internal video automatically reverts to B&W. Not very
thoughtful, but since it's not a daily, or even weekly occurance I didn't
bother with any of it. But here's a suggestion that might work. And then
again it might not...

In any case, get a utility such as Now MultiMaster in the old 3.0 version
(and I guess Now Menus in the 4.0.1 version) or a shareware program called
Apollo. Both of these and probably others allow you to set a monitor depth
for indiviual programs for switching on the run. All you have to do is set
the `Finder' program to have a certain depth. Upon startup, the utility
will automatically switch to the desired bit depth, in theory. Anyway try
it and tell me how it works. Btw Apollo, while an excellent utility may be
slightly buggy with other exotic extensions. Hence it has disappeared from
my startup.

Tarun

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 22:56:47 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32 bit addressing

>Turning 32-bit addressing on changes the maximum address
>to 2**32, or about 1 Gigabyte (I think.)

Does that mean that some models can access a maximum of
1 Gig of RAM (once the SIMMs become inexpensive enough)?
Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

[2^32 is about 4Gb, or a bit more than the size of our hard disk (heh).
 I don't think any current models can access more than a puny 128Mb. ROM
 location, NuBus addresses, etc. conspire to limit the program address space
 to less than is numerically possible. I've read that the PowerPC Macs will
 have the OS located above 2Gb, potentially allowing that much real memory.]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:17:58 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Gordon Oppenheimer)
Subject: A disk icon appears three times

Hello,

We have a machine that shows three disk icons whenever you insert a
disk.  It does this for every disk so it must be something with the
machine.

Any ideas?

Gordon      [e-mail]

--
 UNIX Lab Manager, Academic Computing Services, Fairfield University

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:42:16 -0800
From: Michael Ross <antigone![e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk 58.0 (A)

> Didn't I say that I ftp'ed the Network Products Installer from
> ftp.apple.com??!!  When I try to run the Installer script from
> there it won't work because I do not have any of the products that
> it wants to install!!  I just want to install the AppleTalk 58.0
> resources and not the AppleTalk Internet Router, etc!  I'd love
> to know how to run the Installer such that it only updates
> AppleTalk on any Mac to 58.0 without installing anything else!

> As an experiment, I'd like everyone to try upgrading AppleTalk
> versions without intalling anything else. Then, E-mail me and
> teach me what the hell I'm doing wrong.

>

Richard, Richard, Richard.
Do you eat grapes with a spoon?
Don't use the installer!
On the Network Products Installer disk, _inside_ the "AppleTalk
Files" folder, is the "AppleTalk" document. Drag that into your
Extensions folder. Then drag "Network" into your Control Panels
folder. AppleTalk 58.0 will load at startup. You can check your
Appletalk version in the Network control Panel.
If this doesn't work, ResEdit will do the trick.


---
Michael Ross
Antigone Press, San Francisco, California
e-mail: [e-mail]
FAX: [phone]
---

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:48:16 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk 58.0 again!

On 18 December 1992 22:12:12 CST you said:
>Arrrrgggghhhh!!!
>
>Didn't I say that I ftp'ed the Network Products Installer from
>ftp.apple.com??!!  When I try to run the Installer script from there
>it won't work because I do not have any of the products that it wants
>to install!!  I just want to install the AppleTalk 58.0 resources and
>not the AppleTalk Internet Router, etc!

Odd.  I put the Network Installer 1.3 disk into my PB 170 and the Easy
Install said it would install AppleTalk 58 and an updated Network
Control panel.  I clicked 'install' and that's all it did.  What awful
thing does it try to do to you?

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:50:41 MDT
From: Alonso Castro <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk 58.0 again! (A)

>>The Network Software Installer 1.3 which includes AppleTalk v. 58
>>can be found in ftp.apple.com
>>/dts/mac/sys.soft/netcomm/net-soft-install-1-3.hqx
>>
>
>Arrrrgggghhhh!!!
>
>Didn't I say that I ftp'ed the Network Products Installer from
>ftp.apple.com??!!  When I try to run the Installer script from there
>it won't work because I do not have any of the products that it wants
>to install!!  I just want to install the AppleTalk 58.0 resources and
>not the AppleTalk Internet Router, etc!  I'd love to know how to run the
>Installer such that it only updates AppleTalk on any Mac to 58.0
>without installing anything else!  As an experiment, I'd like everyone
>to try upgrading AppleTalk versions without intalling anything else.

Hmmmm... What you are trying to do is exactly what I did. I upgraded AppleTalk
>From version 57 to version 58. I ran the installer, clicked "customize" and
selected the second item "AppleTalk v.58 for System 7" (the first item is for
system 6). After restarting I did not find any new files, but MacEnvy
indicated
that AppleTalk v.58 was running.
Alonso Castro,
[e-mail]

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Date: Monday, 21 Dec 1992 09:05:08 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk v. 58 Installer Removed From AppleLink

I noticed that Apple posted a message saying that it had removed the
new Network Installer.  This was the version that installed the new
network cp and AppleTalk version 58.

Apple posted the following message:
************************************************************************
Network Software Installer 1.3 was inadvertently posted here from Nov 25
through Dec 2, 1992.

Network Software Installer 1.3 is not a released product.  It is neither
available for distribution, nor a supported product at this time.
************************************************************************

Interestingly, I have been running it for some time without problem.


Jeffrey Fritz, [e-mail]
West Virginia University

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:49:41 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: ATM & 32-bit mode

On Fri, 18 Dec 92 22:43:14 -0600 you said:
>Question to everyone out in net-land?  Is there a 32-bit clean version of
>Adobe Type Manager?  I have ATM 2.0.3 and every time I kick in the 32-bit
>addrressing, the system hangs when I try to use a type 1.

ATM 2.0.3 IS 32-bit clean (I've been running it in 32-bit mode since I
got it without a hitch).  Chances are you've got a conflict with some
other extension or control panel that's killing it in 32-bit mode.

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:59:51 -0800
From: Michael Ross <antigone![e-mail]>
Subject: ATM 2.0.3 _is_ 32-bit clean

> Question to everyone out in net-land?  Is there a 32-bit clean
> version of Adobe Type Manager?  I have ATM 2.0.3 and every time I
> kick in the 32-bit addrressing, the system hangs when I try to
> use a type 1.

>

Eric,

We are running ATM 2.0.3 in a 32-bit environment without problems.
What application does this to you? If it's XPress, do you have 3.11?

Michael
e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:48:45 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: auto color switcher

On Mon, 21 Dec 1992 01:34:35 GMT you said:
>Is there a shareware da or cp that can automatically switch the monitor
>depth? That is, a program wherein the desired depth would be set for each
>app and when that app was opened, the depth would automatically be set.

get /info-mac/ex/apollo-10.hqx  It works as long as you use Apollo to
launch the application.

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:05:54 -0800
From: Derek Butcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: auto color switcher

Thanks for the advice. Does Apollo work pretty well otherwise; is there a
baggage cost?

Also, since you seem to be so knowledgeable about all things Mac, and since
you always seem to be on top of things (heck, I can't believe you even have
email from the pre-final period), maybe I'll just pose this next question
to you first, and then if you can't help me, go for the digest:

What's the difference between Stuffit Classic and Stuffit Lite? Is Lite
supposed to replace Classic, do they work together, or is Lite an attempt
by Alladin to dilute Stuffit to cause people to buy the Deluxe version?

Many thanks for any wisdom you can offer on this!

A Merry and a Happy to you, too!

Derek Butcher
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:54:14 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: auto color switcher

On Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:05:54 -0800 you said:
>What's the difference between Stuffit Classic and Stuffit Lite? Is Lite
>supposed to replace Classic, do they work together, or is Lite an attempt
>by Alladin to dilute Stuffit to cause people to buy the Deluxe version?

StuffIT Lite supersedes StuffIT Classic (Classic 1.6 can create and
expand Deluxe 2.x archives while Lite creates and expands Deluxe 3.x
archives--and expands Compact Pro as well as all StuffIT formats).

Gad, the conspiratorial view of developers.  I don't work for, nor have
I ever worked for, nor do I ever expect to work for, Aladdin, but
they've always been VERY nice to me.  StuffIT Lite has SIGNIFICANTLY
more features than StuffIT Classic (1.5.1 or 1.6).  If you send in the
shareware fee, the registered version adds features the 'trial' version
doesn't have.  StuffIT Deluxe has even more bells & whistles (SpaceSaver
and Magic Menu ship with it, for example) and delivers sufficient value
on it's own to justify buying it (if you choose to buy StuffIT Deluxe 3
>From your favorite mail order vendor instead of paying the Lite
shareware fee, the additional features are well worth the price
difference).

Support software developers who treat customers right and you won't
find cynicism necessary nearly as often!

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:01:24 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Autodoubler Woes

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

On Sun, 13 Dec 92 21:47:18 PST you said:
>I recently bought the upgrade to AutoDoubler and have since had some
>unhappy experiences.  I foolishly compressed all kinds of stuff in
>my System Folder with the new AutoDoubler Internal Compressor, which
>issues dire but frustratingly vague warnings about what may or may
>not work compressed.  My internal hard disk almost immediately
>began having problems, then went belly-up and had to be reinitialized.


Until I added RAM to my PB 170 (making adding AutoDoubler more
practical), I used the Internal Compressor on everything in sight.  I've
also used in heavily on my Quadra's extensions and control panels as
well as those on the IIci at the office.  The compressor reports that a
number of things are already compressed as tight as they're going to go,
and for one reason or another declines to compress a few other things,
but I've not any problems with a single thing I've compressed.

Reformatting a hard drive often works but usually is a more drastic
solution than the original problem calls for.  I use a lot of startup
items, but not everything possible.  It sounds like you found one (maybe
more) that doesn't like being compressed.  Simply replacing the
miscreants might have worked as well and taken less time.

>Then, in for I think unrelated causes, my external 105 meg drive
>died in a big way and could not be recovered by Norton Utilities
>because of course FileSaver was not turned on (it conflicts with
>AutoDoubler).

FileSaver does NOT conflict with AutoDoubler (many of us run both).  If
AutoDoubler finds lots of things to compress, it creates enough
temporary files that FileSaver's tracking tends to fill with AD
temporary documents, and I've read reports that if FileSaver is used to
recover a compressed document it loses the Type and Creator information
and the document typically can't be expanded (I'm not really sure about
that one because it seems pretty easy to confuse files with AD temporary
documents that aren't really meant to be recovered).  I've rarely had
occasion to depend on FileSaver, but it's worked fine in the few
instances where I've had need of it.  FileSaver is in no way an
alternative to keeping current backups.  I'm considering buying Fifth
Generations Public Utilities, which reportedly works well with that same
company's AutoDoubler.

There are some limitations to using ANY of the compression utilities.
Most of us find the alternative of spending big bucks for a twice as
large hard drive an even larger impediment.  From what I've been
reading, Mac Stac (February) may be a more satisfactory solution;
however, it might turn out to suffer at least some of the flaws
associated with Times Two (incompatibility with disk recovery utilities
which want to substitute their own driver when directories are damaged,
for example).

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:35:49 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Word Frequency Counter Needed Urgently.

On Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:04 GMT you said:
>I have urgent need for a shareware application which will scan text
>and count the number of ocurrences of each word (with, presumably,
>preferences set to ignore 'a', 'the' and suchlike). Ideally it
>should run on a Quadra 700 but something which works on a SE30 with
>System 6 would be OK too.

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

Try /info-mac/app/concordance.hqx

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:45:16 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Backdrop replacement

On 18 Dec 92 21:03:59 GMT you said:
>Does anyone have an init that does what backdrop does (backdrop is in the
>archive) but Leaves the screen up for a PowerBook and Mac II

For CPU's of 68020 or later get /info-mac/ex/deskpict-11.hqx and Jon
Pugh's randomizer (under /pub/pugh at ftp.apple.com).  You'll also have
to convert your screens from data to resource fork.  You can do that
with /info-mac/art/gif/gif-converter-23b2.hqx

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 17:34:07 EDT
From: "Lyman Chapin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Change font names? (Q)

Hi,

Is there an easy way to change the names of fonts in the system file, so
that (for instance) the fonts show up grouped into families in the "font"
menus of applications?

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 12:29 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Christmas Lemmings

I give up.  How DO you get past Level 3 of X-Mas Lemmings?  I just don't see
how you can achieve a 100% rescue rate on a level like that!

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:48:24 UTC+0200
From: Rafael Collantes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dead SE & RESET line

Hola!

A few days ago I posted a message on a dead SE. Since I did not obtain
too much response, I am giving some new clues for the hardware wizards.
The RESET line on the 68K is alwais LOW,(40 mV) resulting on a
non-starting system. If you force it HIGH (Tie it to +5V), the Mac starts
happy and healthy.
it is NOT a fault on the reset button, we have tested that.
Has anyone there ANY clue?.
Thank you anyway.
Regards from Spain.

Rafael Collantes
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 08:52:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: decoding a QuickMail enclosed file

>>I need to know how to decode a Mac file encoded in an e-mail message sent by
>>QuickMail.  I don't have QuickMail.  The file is in uudecode-apple-single
>>format.  I used UU-Lite and successfully converted it to a Mac file, but the
>>resultant file still needs to be further converted.  It currently has
>>creator type GCon and file type GIFf.  I know that it should eventually be
>>a MSWord 4.0 file.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>
>That's a GIF file.  You read it with GIFConverter.  It is most definitely
>NOT a MS Word file.

Umm, nope. UULite probably by default set the creator/type to GCon/GIFf.
If he says it's *supposed* to be a Word file, then it's doubtful that it
really is a GIF format image. From the original poster's description, using
UULite or other tool for uudecoding was at least the proper first step.

So, what he needs is to find a utility that handles the AppleSingle format
(I *know* I've seen something that will work with them -- hold on <gopher
the util abstracts, search "AppleSingle", found it!> -- try
/info-mac/util/tiger-11.hqx). I don't know if TIGER will care what the file
creator/type are (if it doesn't see the file, try changing them to
????/????).
That should do it.
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 09:44:36 EST
From: Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
Subject: decoding a QuickMail enclosed file

decoding a QuickMail enclosed file

>>I need to know how to decode a Mac file encoded in an e-mail message sent by
>>QuickMail.  I don't have QuickMail.  The file is in uudecode-apple-single
>>format.  I used UU-Lite and successfully converted it to a Mac file, but the
>>resultant file still needs to be further converted.  It currently has
>>creator type GCon and file type GIFf.  I know that it should eventually be
>>a MSWord 4.0 file.
>>
>>Any suggestions?

To which Brad Ackerman ([e-mail]) responded:

>That's a GIF file.  You read it with GIFConverter.  It is most definitely
>NOT a MS Word file.

NO, NO, NO!  UU-Lite will assign whatever creator/type that it is told to
assign.  If you are sure that it is a MSWord 4.0 file then set UU-Lite to
assign that creator/type (MSWD/WDBN if I remember correctly) to the file.
You do this by selecting "Change Creator/Type" from the "Special Menu" and
then selecting any MSWord 4.0 file from the Standard File Selection Dialog.
UU-Lite will display the creator/type of the example file and you then
confirm that it is the correct type.  Once you have set the creator/type to
MSWord 4.0 then convert the QuickMail message using UU-Lite and you will have
a file with MSWord 4.0 creator/type.  If it really is a MSWord 4.0 file then
just open and read.  If its not, well good luck.

These cross platform translators are great BUT they also provide multiple
opportunities to make a fool of yourself.  If you don't know how the software
works . . . don't give advice.

--Larry Wink
 Internet: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:03:41 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disappearing Folders bug in Sys. 7.0

On Mon, 14 Dec 92 17:12:15 EST you said:
>Could you folks in the know please take a few moments and explain to me
>what I've seen discribed as "the disappearing folders" bug in System
>7.0?  I've had a folder on my hard drive go into the great beyond
>without a trace what of what happened.  I'm having trouble convincing
>the local Mac gurus that I'm not having delusional spells.

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

What planet have your local Mac gurus been on the last couple of years?
(one without Apple Technotes, no doubt ;-)

The 'disappearing files and folders' bug is a consequence of a,
thankfully obscure, ROM code error that can cause a break in a volume
directory's 'b-tree.'  The files and folders really are intact but
Finder's normal way of locating them is broken (Finder's Find command
usually can find them although they'll 'disappear' again).

ftp ftp.apple.com

To fix:
get dts/mac/sys.soft/hdsc/disk-first-aid-7-1.hqx

To prevent future occurrences:
get dts/mac/sys.soft/7.0.tuneup/system-7-tune-up-1-1-1-image.hqx

You may also need to:
get dts/utils/diskcopy-4-2.hqx to write the image file to a floppy.

And as a holiday present for your alleged gurus,
get /mac/sys.soft/7.0.tuneup/system-7-tune-up-1-1-1.txt

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:23:45 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Disclaimers (C)

On a possibly irrelevant note:

Why (I wonder) do so many people include "disclaimers" in even the most
innocuous postings.  The disclaimer is sometimes longer than the posting:

>My StyleWriter wont print from my Mac 128K using a Cuisinart 50 MHz '040
>>accelerator running MacWrite 1.0.  Any hints?
>
>Fred
>
>Disclaimer:  These opinions are mine and mine alone.  They should not be
>>construed as representing the opinions of my employer, university, social
>club, >or mother.  These opinions have been checked with the World Opinion
>Bank and >verified to be different from those of everyone on the Most Wanted
>list and >Sadam Hussein.  They may be similar to those expressed by Josef
>Stalin but only >as recorded in largely discredited sources.  Elvis lives!
>Thank you.

Does anyone really believe that without a disclaimer: A)The poster is a
mindless drone presenting the official view of his overlords. B)The
info-mac community is full of litigous malcontents itching to sue ANYBODY
who voices an opinion they disagree with. C)The Supreme Court will uphold
the conviction of a company based on a public email posting of the opinion
of one of the engineering staff?  D)Posters are in danger of not getting
the credit they deserve for their opinions (maybe they should be called
"Claimer(s)" since they always add up to "don't you DARE think anyone else
is responsible for this opnion!")

When someone posts a message with official "weight" it always says
something like "we at XYZ have determined that..." and is signed "Joe, XYZ
CEO or Susan, XYZ Customer Service" or some such.

IMHO Disclaimers are like overdone signatures: bandwidth bloaters.  Perhaps
less paranoia is called for.

Paul

Disclaimer: These opinions are NOT MINE and I will deny them if asked. (Now
THAT'S a DISclaimer)

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

Date: 21 Dec 1992 08:40:33 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 4.0 page #'s (bug?)

In Excel 4.0, you now have the choice of selecting the starting page # via the
Page Setup dialog. I set up a spreadsheet to start at page 2, since I wanted
to
insert a page from another program before the worksheet. I asked Excel to
print
page 2, but it printed the next page down in the worksheet. I did some
experimenting and found out that even if you change the starting page number
in
the page setup, you still have to use the old numbering scheme (from 1 through
to the end) in the Print dialog.

It certainly can't be a feature to have to tell the Print dialog to print page
1 and have a page numbered "2" come out of the printer.

Just thought I'd let everyone know, so they can work around this BUG. I am
going to contact MS about this one.

John A.

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 23:36:27 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Fantasia

Does anyone know where I can find the color screen of Mickey Mouse from
Fantasia?  I couldn't find it in the archives, and thought it would look
great as a bkgrnd screen on my new color Mac.
Thanks,
Michael

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 17:35:35 EDT
From: "Lyman Chapin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Font names listed in own font (Q)

Hi,

I remember that at one time there was a system extension (well, at the time,
an init) that would cause the name of a font in a "fonts" menu to show up
in its own font.  MacWrite II does this on its own;  is there a way to get
this to work for all applications?

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 17:59:58 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Font Suitcases Damaged (Q)

I have a friend who suffered a horrendous firmware failure on
one of the old Sony 40Mb HDs.  After replacing the firmware
controller, we got it back up again, but several of her font
suitcases now appear to be damaged (according to the dialogs).

Norton 2 will not bring them back.  She has no backups to
speak of (will they never learn???).

Does anyone know of specific operations to retrieve datafiles
in damaged suitcases?  Any data back will make her very happy.

If I have any viable replies via mail, I will summarise to the net.

Happy holidays all,

Simon Cousins.
[e-mail]

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

Date: 21 Dec 1992 13:06:25 -0500
From: "Scott Bresnahan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Force AppleTalk to Load (Q)

    Force AppleTalk to Load (Q)

    It appears that under System 7 (and Tuner) AppleTalk
    will only load if AppleTalk is set to active at startup
time.
      A great memory saver and great time waster!

    Q:  Can AppleTalk be forced to load even if it is initially
     set to inactive?

    The reason for wanting this occurs when  I must dial in to
    a remote network and need to turn AppleTalk on at that
point.
    Currently, I'm forced to turn on AppleTalk and restart the
    machine.  Not a fast process.

    Finally, I cannot keep AppleTalk on, due to the nice
Stylewriter
    in the printer port.

    Scott Bresnahan
    TERC
    [e-mail]

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

Date: 21 Dec 1992 17:01:18 -0500 (EST)
From: "[e-mail]"@HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU
Subject: Guess What? System 7.1 is s-l-o-w!!!

Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0-3 14/03/90 VAX/VMS; site husc3.harvard.edu
Path: husc.harvard.edu!ibhan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Re: Guess What? System 7.1 is s-l-o-w!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (Ishir Bhan)
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:00:03 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>
Nntp-Posting-Host: husc10.harvard.edu
Lines: 13

[e-mail] writes:

>I'd like to hear from others about the performance of System 7.1.
Perhaps >we need to bring this to Apple's attention and ask what they plan
to do >about it!

On my Mac II, I noticed no change in performance.  However, I'm now
running on a PowerBook Duo 230, so have no choice but to run 7.1 (and it's
fast).
--
           -  Ishir Bhan -  [e-mail]  -
                     - - -
       "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 22:24:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David B. Reiser)
Subject: HP 4M price caveat

Before folks get too excited about the Elek-Tek price mentioned digest 310,
they should be aware that Elek-Tek is an authorized HP dealer. One of the
ways they stay in HP's good graces as a dealer is by not selling printers
themselves outside their district (which was the state of Illinois as of
a year or so ago). I haven't tried to buy a printer from them all that
recently, but I'd doubt their policy has changed. Lucky for me if I want to
buy one from them, my sister lives a couple miles from one of their stores.

Elek-Tek has pretty good prices on a lot of stuff, including HP supplies
(which they can sell mail order). Their service is also pretty good, but the
only returns allowed are for exchange of DOA stuff.

Dave
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 22:55:31 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypertalk magazine

Has anyone heard of HyperLink Magazine? I understand it was
published about 1988, focusing on Hypertext? I'm curious to
find out if its still being published. Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:26:35 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIvx/performa 600

On Tue, 15 Dec 92 09:15:22 EST you said:
>Is there _any_ difference between the Mac IIvx and the Performa 600?
>Hardware?

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

The IIvx has an FPU and CPU cache.  The Performa 600 has neither.  The
IIvx ships with System 7.1 disks; the Performa 600 has a 7.1P folder
installed and ships with a lowly backup program which may not prove too
satisfactory if System becomes corrupted after the hard drive is filled
with other goodies :-(

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:00:48 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #296

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 23:29:36 HKT
>From: [e-mail]
>
>TO: Info Mac     (INFOMAC)
>FR: Patrick Kwok (R12563)
>DA: 14 Dec 92 at 23:26:41
>
>
>RE: Racel InterLan EtherTalk driver
>
>Do anyone know where can I find the Racel InterLan EtherTalk card
>for Macintosh driver?
>
>Regards,
>PatrickKwok
>[e-mail]
>
Patrick,

Call Racal InterLan Support Services at 800-LAN-TALK
(800-526-8266) or drop them some email to
[e-mail]. I believe 2.6 is the most current
version.

Good Luck,

Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 14:33:20 EST
From: Clare Durst <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #301

I love the Brad's Clip Art and just downloaded the new one which is
really GREAT, Brad. BUT! a lot of my people have SEs and can't see all
of the screen, which would be ok, but they don't get the scroll bars
so they CAN scroll around. Anyone have any idea why not? Can one scroll
in Hypercard? (I can't do it on my big screen, or indeed resize the picture
at all.) What am I missing here? - Clare Durst (dodging the brickbats
that will be thrown at me for not knowing the answer to a FAQ)

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:55 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Lotus 1.1 upgrade--price reduced!

Over at Prodigy, a lot of people were complaining about the Lotus 1.1
upgrade price of $119.00. Here's what one fellow just posted:

>FROM:    JOSEPH GANNON   (VHRT51A)
>SUBJECT: LOTUS UPGRADE - READ
>
>After posting a note on a local BBS to a Lotus software
>engineer stating I was going to sell my copy and go to Excel
>(giving the reasons why, of course - $119 for a maintenance
>upgrade) he forwarded my and another soon-to-be ex-Lotus
>user's comments to  Lotus' marketing department.  Well, it
>seems they listen. Here's an excerpt of Patrick Tyne's
>response (Patrick is in marketing):
>"We certainly can sympathize with any confusion resulting
>from the above situation.  In light of the recent
>frustrations we have observed, we believe it will best serve
>our customers for us to immediately make available a
>'special upgrade offer' to all registered users of 1-2-3 for
>Macintosh R1.0. Effective immediately through 3/31/93, if
>you are a registered user of 1-2-3 for Macintosh R1.0 you
>are eligible for the 'Lotus Technology Guarantee Upgrade',
>and can upgrade to R1.1 for $49.00 (regardless of when you
>purchased your copy of R1.0).  This offer is only available
>directly from Lotus by calling 1-800-872-3387."
>The offer certainly is more reasonable than what they
>originally offered. Now I and others have to make a
>decision. BTW, the "R" stands for Release.  How about that
>Jeff?
>
> Joe in N. Potomac, MD 12/20/92 6:15PM ET

I told Joe I thought it was great and that I'd pass the word on--which I've
done now...

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 22:53:39 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac 512

> From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
> Someone just gave me a 512k (w/ external floppy) in exchange for
installing
> an accelerator in his SE for him.  Good deal, huh? :)
>
I think so.

> Anyway, the question now is what to do with it.  Are there any good and
> cheap accelerators out there for the 512k?  What about old serial hard
> drives?  Any other suggestions?  Thanx in advance.
>
If I had the same opportunity, I would give or loan  it to my girlfriend
who has 2 elementary school aged children. Since I learned a lot about
Macintosh using a 512K, I imagine they could too.

As other people have almost certainly already replied (I'm VERY
behind on my mail!) your problem will be upgrading RAM, ROM
and drive space before you'd be interested in using it or accelarating
it. -Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:05:19 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintalk?

On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:35:16 +1000 you said:
>Following an earlier suggestion I downloaded 'If Monks had Macs".
>Turbogopher took 2.5 hrs at 2400 baud. There was lots of fascinating
>stuff there and some bits that would work with Macintalk, but, as far as
>I could tell, no Macintalk.

I'm sorry to hear to have pointed you in the wrong direction.  I got
'If Monks had Macs' from the Boston Computer Society, and MacinTalk was
part of the package.  I made the error of *assuming* it would be
included in the uploaded version as well :-(

Someone recently uploaded an update to version of MacinTalk that
Baseline publishing distributes with the Talking Moose to Genie.  I've
send an inquiry to Baseline about it.  If Baseline has no objection (if
the copy on Genie isn't one that shouldn't be there), perhaps I can
archive it at sumex (it seems to work no better or worse than the
previously discussed version 1.3.1).

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:22:19 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brad Ackerman)
Subject: MacLayers

How do I get the MacLayers Unix side to compile under SysV?  And where, and
what is the filename, of the current version of MacLayers?

-Brad Ackerman ([e-mail])

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

Date: 21 Dec 92 09:54:28 U
From: "Richard Tanner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Quadra 900- Apple Menu

I am having a problem with starting Apple Menu items.  I cannot get  MS-Mail,
Chooser, Calculator, etc...., to start when selected.  You see the Title Bar
flash the name of the selected app then it closes.  So it starts then stops in
the middle of the initializing process.  The only way I can get these items to
run is to open MS Word or Pagemaker, or some large applicaton, then select the
items and they will open.
I had this same problem a while back. But after I upgraded my system software
to 7.1 the problem no longer occurred.  Then one day I was running
multiple/different copies of NCSA Telnet and the next thing I know I am having
the same old problem again.

Any solutions or suggestions would be much appreciated.  Please respond to me
directly at:
[e-mail]

Thanks.         -Richard

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 22:52:48 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macs and Pets

> Furthermore, anyone with an ounce of common sense ought to know better than
> to allow a cat (of which I own three) in the same room as your computer
> equipment.  Cats shed hair like crazy, and that in itself is not good for
> laser printers, disk drives, nor any other mechanical equipment.  I keep
> my cats out of my computer room.  Period.
>
I've known (other people's) pets that chewed through wires. Zap!!!
Ex-Macintosh. Ex-pet.-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 09:12:50 PST
From: [e-mail] (Joe Driear)
Subject: MicroMac & Radius Pivot

>       Date: Fri, 4 Dec 92 15:10:26 PST
>       From: Yoram Ney <[e-mail]>
>       ...
>       2. What's the difference between the Pivot Color and the Pivot Color
LE
>       in terms of features and especially PERFORMANCE. (sharpness etc.)

I can't comment about the Color Pivot, but I'm returning my Pivot Color LE
to the dealer today because it proved impossible in three tries to get a
system (board + monitor) which didn't display single-pixel black lines as
grey blurs in portrait mode.  Maybe I've been unlucky, but from my experience
I couldn't recommend the LE.                    --joe ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:36:13 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: More on Apple's (Non) Use of FPUs in New Macs

On Wed, 16 Dec 92 14:17:49 -0500 you said:
>>In a previous infomac, Alan Hewat notes that Apple seems to be real confused
>>about putting FPUs in the newer Macs. I agree!! In particular, the
>>decision to leave the fpu behind on the desktop when you unplug the
>>portable part of the DUO computers, is just a crazy decision!! What an
>>oversight! If I need an FPU at my desk, then I need it on the road!!
>
>    How many times are you going to be doing Photoshop Unmasks while you
>are on the raod with your DUO 230 and it's Gray-scale LCD display?
>Chances are the answer is going to be zero...

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

Some of us actually use computers to, er, COMPUTE!!  Alan and I both own
compiler software that comes in FPU and non-FPU (pick ONE) flavors.  It
really confuses the poor app when the FPU vanishes.  While the Duo Dock
is clever, it won't deal with changing what appears to be an identical
app to its (unacceptably slow) nonFPU version.

I rather like SPSS Mac (the FPU version--the nonFPU version is TOO
SLOW!).  I don't use it every day.  Apple may be right; I might use it
(and other requires FPU software) less than 10 percent of the time.
Pity Apple can't design a computer with a ten percent FPU ;-)

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:59:00 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: More on Apple's (Non) Use of FPUs in New Macs

On Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:30:52 -0500 (EST) you said:
>>Some of us actually use computers to, er, COMPUTE!!  Alan and I both own
>>compiler software that comes in FPU and non-FPU (pick ONE) flavors.  It
>>really confuses the poor app when the FPU vanishes.  While the Duo Dock
>>is clever, it won't deal with changing what appears to be an identical
>>app to its (unacceptably slow) nonFPU version.
>
>    These are all valid and very good points, but in those cases where
>you have that need for an FPU, then the current Duo line isn't right for
>you. But there is a choice for people who want mobile computing with an
>FPU.

Indeed.  That's the main reason I opted for a PB 170 instead of the 140.
I DO like the active matrix display, but it IS a luxury.  At present
there's NO portable FPU Mac option that doesn't impose the requirement
to buy the glitzy display option as well :-(  I have saw a MacWeek
report about a third-party FPU option for the PB 140 and 145 (I assume
it'll be possible to install one in a 160 as well).  It's not clear that
installing the thing is consistent with the PB warranty, and in any
case, it's MUCH more expensive than it would be if the PB 160 at least
had an FPU socket (most of the newer MeSsy DOS notebooks have sockets at
least).

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:30:04 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network Advice

Hello Netters,
Here's a little something to chew on between bouts with the Christmas
turkey.

We are getting ready to set up a departmental network and, not being a
network guru (except by default here), I would welcome a few opinions.
(By the way this is a little long, please bear with me.)

Background:
We  have 8 Sun workstations networked together (TCP/IP, Ethernet). To this
network, we want to add 15-20 PC's and 3 Macs (for us I-would-rather-die-
than-give-up-my-Mac types), all running on one cable.

What we want:
-  The ability to transfer files between the platforms.
-  The ability to share printer resources on the PC's.
-  The ability to send email between the platforms and to the internet.

What we don't need:
-  The ability to use PC resources from the UNIX boxes.

What we are planning so far:
-  We will install Novell, which pretty much takes care of the PC
   side, early in February.
-  We will install the something (probably also Novell) to handle the
   Mac side at some later date (find-the-funds syndrome).

I know this sounds a lot like a PC or Novell question but before anyone
gets the urge to flame me, let me just say that it is the Macintosh part
of the whole thing that is causing my headaches. We are dealing with a
Novell handler here that has little experience with heterogeneous nets and
even less with Macs. His suggestion was to install cc:mail because it runs
on Macs and PCs and has a (expensive) gateway to SMTP and UNIX.

At first this sounded good. Then I checked out the MacUser reveiw of email
packages from earlier this year and found out that I would need AppleShare
software to run cc:mail on the Macs, thus effectively driving the per seat
cost to well over several hundred dollars!

We are desperately trying to find alternative scenarios before our dealer
has to go out and order the software. We have looked at QuickMail (then
we would have to add at least one of the Macs in the intitial installation
which was not planned) or Chameleon from NetManager, Inc. which takes care
of the PC email to UNIX side but leaves me wondering what to use on the
Macs.

What I looking for (finally):
-  Any suggestions on possible configurations for this mess.
   o  Do I teach the Mac users how to log onto UNIX with Telnet to read
      their email?
   o  Anything out there that talks to Chameleon on the PC?
   o  etc. etc.

Thanks for putting up with the verbosity here, but since I won't be around
to answer email until after New Years, I figured I would give you as much
info as possible.

You can reply direct, I will summarize if anyone else is interested.
Thanks.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a Good Night!

David R. Steiner
Research Assoc. - Remote Sensing & GIS
ISPA - Uni. Osnabrueck, Vechta Germany

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 14:15:34 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network Software Installer 1.3 (Q)

I got the 1.3 Network Installer today, and I've a question about the
new Network control panel. The popup menu (1) vibrates, and (2) does
not seem to work. It shows the first (alpha order) zone on the campus
ethernet (AOE Zone), and the box changes width continually. When I pop
the menu, I can select the right zone (Twilight Zone), but the menu
box vibrates for a second and then returns to showing the AOE Zone.

I decided that wasn't a great idea and overlaid the Version 3.0 Network
control panel with the one that came with the System 7.1 disks.

Environment: Asante MacCon3 Nubus card, basic System 7 file sharing. I
did an "easy install" from the 1.3 installer disk. That doubtless wiped
most everything that the Asante installer put on.

Do any of y'all have any ideas on this one?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:16:00 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Partitions

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

On Sun, 13 Dec 92 13:10:14 EST you said:
>Can anyone help me here?  I would like to create about a 7MB partition
>on my PB 100's 40 MB drive to hold System 6.0.8 and THINK C.  Then, when
>I need more RAM to compile something under THINK C, I can use the
>"Startup Disk" control panel to set startup to that partition and I then
>have enough RAM to use THINK C.
>
>Now my problem.  Apple's HD SC setup will not, for some reason allow me
>to create more than 1 Macintosh partition on the same drive.
>
>Is what I want to do possible?  If so, are there any shareware utilities
>out there that will allow me to make multiple HFS partitions on the same
>drive?

Apple's HD SC Setup is minimal formatting software.  There are no
noncommercial utilities that I'm aware of that will put multiple HFS
partitions on a drive.

However, do not despair.  You really can have more than one System
Folder on a single volume (I've rarely had occasion to have more than
two, but I've seen a developer's drive with six).  Naturally, you have
to give the folders different name (Think C System, for example :) and
only one can be 'blessed' (the startup folder) at a time.

get /info-mac/util/system-switcher-11.hqx to use when you want to change
>From one to another (its really easier than using the Startup Disk
Control Panel whether you've got multiple system folders on one volume
or are using more than one volume).

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

Date: 21 Dec 1992 16:57:45 -0500 (EST)
From: "[e-mail]"@HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU
Subject: Performa 600 vs. IIvx

Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0-3 14/03/90 VAX/VMS; site husc3.harvard.edu
Path: husc.harvard.edu!ibhan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Re: Performa 600 vs. IIvx
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (Ishir Bhan)
Date: 21 Dec 92 21:56:48 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>
Nntp-Posting-Host: husc10.harvard.edu
Lines: 8

Actualy, you are wrong on one point there.  The IIVx and P600 have the
same video capabilities: no support for 16" or larger monitors.  Max out
at 16-bit on 14".

--
           -  Ishir Bhan -  [e-mail]  -
                     - - -
       "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 21:59:22 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: phone monitor

I have a couple of questions about monitoring a phone line using a mac.
First, I would like to be able to monitor the number of calls received
and the times such calls were received.  I've noticed that if I leave my
communications program running, it will tell me if my phone rang when
I was gone.  I'm looking for software (free/share) to help tell the time
of such incoming call.
Second, (and this is really not practical at this time, because Missouri
doesn't have Caller ID) I'm curious as to whether anyone has been able to
monitor incoming calls, record the time, and record the originating
number in those states that have Caller ID.
Robert Cook
c572607@mizzou1

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:01 CST
From: Carlos Aramburo <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerBook (sleep mode) ?

    Hello Friends, I am looking for a public domain software that
    it can awake my PowerBook 140. I have a problem because i have a
    fax-modem attached to my machine and i want to put it in sleep mode
    and wait for a fax, but the problem still. I need some kind of
    software
    wich can awake the powerbook and receive the fax.
    If you know something about that, please tell me.
            Thanks in advance.

Carlos Aramburo G., University of the Americas, Puebla MEXICO
e-mail : [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:04:15 EST
From: Matthew B Cravit <[e-mail]>
Subject: Prograph

I saw a programming system in the Michigan State bookstore that looked really
interesting - called Prograph 2.5 (I think).  Also, the price was only $130,
which is far less than what I seem to remember seeing it advertised for
elsewhere.  Has anyone used Prograph who can share opinions or observations
with me about it?  Will it run on a PB100 2/40 (soon to be 4/40) under either
System 6.0.8 or 7.1?

Thanks

/Matthew
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:45:30 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gar)
Subject: Questions about Apple formatted hard drives

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Bryan
Hilterbrand) wrote:
>
> I have a PowerBook 100 with a verrrrrry small 20MB hard drive.  The
> hard drive size reported by the Finder is 18.6MB.  I've read articles
> in this newsgroup that say Apple doesn't format hard drives to full
> capacity.  Does anyone know why they do that?  I'm thinking about
> backing up my hard drive and reformatting it to get the extra space
> (hey -- every megabyte counts on this small of a hard drive).  Before
> I do that, is the Apple supplied SCSI formatter on the 7.01 disks able
> to format the entire disk, or will I end up with the same capacity that
> I have now?  I'd appreciate any tips about reformatting the hard drive
> that you can supply to a (computer literate) Mac novice.


With Apple HD SC Setup you can see some information about the HD.
Click Partitions and then click Custom and then click Details. There is
usually unused space on hard drives; you will see gray space in the bottom
of your partition map with the size to the left if you click the Details
button. You can use SilverLining to increase the partition size on an
Apple HD SC formatted drive without either installing SilverLining or
reinitializing (so I've heard...)  (I prefer to keep my Apple drives
Apple-formatted). If  you dont have SilverLining and are willing to
reformat your hard drive
you can use this unused space. Open Apple HD SC Setup, Click Partition,
Select your main Macintosh volume and delete it, then click and drag
>From just below the top partition all the way to the bottom, select
Macintosh volume in the resulting dialog and then you will not be
wasting any space on your hard drive.

[e-mail]   |   Eric Apgar  alias  Gar   |   I said it, NOT Apple.

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:26:06 +0100
From: Gunnar Wenngren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re Types and creators

>
>Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 15:29:48 +1000
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Creators and Types
>
>>From: "Bill (J.W.) Brine" <[e-mail]>
>>Subject: Creators and Types
>>
>>Is there a list of creators and types for various application
>
>Apple currently has a "confidential" database of all Creator's and Types
>they know about.
>
>I have a list of about thirty+.
>
>If anyone would like send me an email (I use Eudora so BinHex  etc. if you
>like) of your list of Creators and Types and I will deposit the resulting
>file on Sumex in info-mac reports or the such.
>
>Merv Connell
>Mac Support . University of Central Queensland, AUSTRALIA
>email    [e-mail]
>
The only list of creators and types that I've ever seen is in appendix B in
the
SUM II manual. For some reason the manual to its successor Norton utilities
does
not include such a list.
Good hunting! Gunnar

Gunnar Wenngren
Universitetet i Link|ping           Link|ping University
581 83 Link|ping                    S-581 83 Link|ping, Sweden
tel [phone]                      tel [phone]
fax [phone]                      fax [phone]
          email [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:37:08 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: SIT! vs SITD (A)

On Thu, 17 Dec 92 17:44:19 -0500 you said:
>Has anyone used the random-dot-stereoautograms program out of Sumex-aim?
>I pulled this out and after de-binhexing got a .sit file that Stuffit 1.5.1
>doesn't recognize.  The file had a "SITD" code instead of the usual "SIT!"
>but stuffit 1.5.1 couldn't handle it with either code attached.
>
>Duuuh... is there a version of Stuffit that 1.5.1 can't handle that has
>passed me in the night?  or is the posted version of this program a little
>wacked?

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

You really ought to complain to Leonard Rosenthol about Aladdin's record
keeping!  Surely you sent in your fee for that ancient copy of StuffIT
eons ago and should have received the update notice Aladdin sent all
registered users last August (be sure an ask how you missed out on the
previous upgrade 18 months earlier or the one they should have sent you by
return mail when you registered your 1.5.1).

Meanwhile, drop .sit (or .cpt) files on:
/info-mac/util/stuffit-expander-30.hqx

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:59:17 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: suggested new mac features (C)

I connect my PB100 to my Mac2ci via the scsi cable quite frequently. Sure
would be nice if the Mac2ci treated the PB100 LCD screen as a second screen
just like it treats the hard drive as a second disk. hint, hint.

kee nethery

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 05:52:00 PST
From: [e-mail] (Ron Rushing)
Subject: Supra144v32bis and Telebridge ??

Greetings From Nacogdoches--

I'm having a bit of trouble and thought some of you folks might have an
answer--

Trying to make remote LocalTalk net connections (both single user dial-in
and net-to net) using a Shiva Telebridge and Supra 144 v.32bis modems.
Most of the time, the connection works at the 57.5k rate ( as expected).
However, it is not 100% reliable. A "noticable" number of times, I cannot
establish a connection.  The only way I have found to make it work again is
to reprogram BOTH modems.

Currently, during this testing phase, this is not a problem since the
modems are within 100ft of each other.  This will become a problem once
they are placed in their remote locations  :-)

Apparently, somthing is changing the settings--or I don't have exactly the
correct ones  (most likely the case...).

Anyone have a suggestion ?

Ron Rushing
Education Media Center  S.F.A  University  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:46:03 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1 and incompatibilities

On Fri, 18 Dec 92 09:56:18 -0800 you said:
>I realize that as more new features are introduced, there comes a time when
>the indefinite preservation of downward comparibility becomes impractical.
>But I would have thought that System 7 should have been able to support any
>application that worked under System 6.0.4 plus Multifinder - but we all
>know that it does not.  And I am both amazed and appalled that System 7.1
>seems to be creating as many problems as it solves.

Don't blame the system software (either 7.0 or 7.1).  Programmers who
religiously followed Apple's programming guidelines developed software
on a Mac Plus that runs just fine on a Quadra 950 or a Duo 230.  I've
got some 1987 programs that are 32-bit clean, '040 cache compatible, and
run just dandy under 7.1.

I suspect that it's not too hard to overlook some detail in the
guidelines (ask anyone whose had to send betaware through a dozen
revisions), but it's the software that deliberately tries to bypass some
guideline (versions of Excel that address the FPU directly, for example)
that breaks when Apple ships new hardware, new ROM code, or new System
software.  The whole point of the programming guidelines is that Apple
offers NO guarantee that violating programs will work with future
hardware and software.  Oddly enough, the 1987 Mac II patch of MacinTalk
witch is NO LONGER supported software (anyone writing software should
NOT count on it) works fine under 7.1 and in 32-bit mode on a Quadra.

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:53:50 -0500
From: "Steve Marsh"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: The TaxMan Cometh, and the TaxMan Taketh Away

(apologies for the mangling, but he certainly never GIVETH!)

Just my $.02 on Andrew Tobias' TaxCut for the Mac, 'cuz I just received
the Headstart Edition (they misplaced my original order). It's been
available for DOS systems for a few years, and this is the first Mac
version put out. They only have New York and California State versions
so far.

Anyway, I just tried it out, and it seems to be extremely easy to use.
The main user mode involves an 'interview' procedure, which requires
simple yes/no or typed answers. The program chooses questions based
on previous answers to figure out which forms you need. The interview
can be exited and re-entered at will. The program also allows you to
go directly to the relevant forms and type in values directly. It also
allows for estimated entries (shown in italics) for approximate values
that aren't finalized yet. It also has a variety of data import formats
(e.g., MacInTax, DOS/Windows versions of TaxCut, Quicken, and MYM), but I
haven't used any of these. Of course, you can file electronically too.

Overall, it seems to make tax preparation almost fun(!) as long as you
don't dwell on the fact that all of those neat dialogs, worksheets, and
informative blurbs are all there for the purpose of taking $$$ from your
wallet. During the interview, there are comments on what 'typical' responses
are, and the impact they may have on your return. Additional help is
available as well. It even has a 'what if' function that lets you compare
alternative scenarios (e.g., filing jointly vs. separately, for those
afloat in marital bliss).

These are my initial impressions along with a feature summary. TaxCut is
available directly from MECA Software, Inc., and is only about $30. The
price seems to be a bargain, considering the efforts and general tax-based
grief that can be avoided. The phone # for orders/inquiries is
1-800-288-6322.

I am not affiliated with MECA, or Andrew Tobias, or anything else like that.
I'm just a new user relating my positive impressions of this program. Of
course, your mileage may vary.


- Steve Marsh  "[e-mail]"   ;-)

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:29:46 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Using bitmap graphics (Q)

Brad's favorite clip art has some great art in it. However it is all done
at screen resolution (is it 78 dpi). Stuff that looks great on the screen
can look really jaggy when printed, at least if I cut and
paste to a word processor. Some of them would look fine printed tiny (that
is, printed out pixel for pixel at 300dpi on the laserprinter and thus
about 1/4 as large). Is there an easy way to do this? I am using Works 3.0.
Just grabbing the corner and shrinking it looks awful - I lose all detail.
Would I not loose the detail when printing if I could shrink it the exactly
right amount?
Bryan Walls
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:56:56 PST
From: Willie Strickland <[e-mail]>
Subject: Vantage DA

Does anyone know an email address for Dave McWherter, author of the DA
"Vantage"?  Or does anyone know how to change the default folder for the open
dialogue?  It resides (of course) in the Apple Menu Items folder, so that is
the default folder.  But I almost never want to open anything in that folder
or save anything to that folder.

Thanks,

Willie Strickland
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:26:58 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: WHO is crippling the computers?

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

On Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:56:45 EST you said:
>This topic also goes to the old issue of "is apple deliberately cripppling
>some of its computers"? Sadly, I think the answer is YES. Apple is not
>offering more computer power for the $, instead there are introducing a
>blizzard of new computers that are all incrementally "distinguishable"
>on the basis of cpu clockrate, presence or absence of an FPU, and width
>of the data bus. This is all marketing driven; there is no significant
>savings in a $2000+ computer system in using, say, a 20 mhz 68030, instead
>of a 25 mhz!

"Market driven" implies giving customers what they want.  WE are NOT the
market!  The "market" wants 486 (because it's the latest isn't it) never
mind that its a castrated SX without a cache or an FPU and as many
megahertz as can be afforded, never mind that a 25 MHz 32-bit system
will deliver about the same performance as a 50 MHz ISA (16 bit) system
(what's a bus?).  The "market" thinks a 486SX 50/25 with an ISA bus with
4 MBytes of RAM running Windows is faster than a Quadra 700.

Most MeSsy DOS boxes do not have FPU's so even DOS software that will
take advantage of one if it's there is written for systems without
coprocessors and the vast majority of customers are happy campers.
Apple is only doing what's necessary to compete effectively in a market
that puts 99% of its importance weight on a few features and otherwise
seeks the lowest possible price.

>So, HARUMPH! I am starting to seriously think about Windows NT on an alpha,
>which will be non-crippled hardware and on OS designed by Dave Cutler, who
>hails from DEC; a company that knows about REAL computers, not crippled
>consumer "niche" products.

The Amiga of the late 1990's.  That is, the Triumph (DEC Alpha PC) is
beginning to look more like vanquished.  Virtually all developers are
betting that NT will be so late that the Pentium will have swamped the
market before the Alpha is ready to ship.  Hence, as is the case with
the Amiga, you're likely to end up with superior hardware for which
serious software and third-party support will be extremely limited :-(

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

Date: 21 Dec 1992 09:28:17 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5 Equation Editor

> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 21:52:42 SET
> From: Matthias <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Trouble with WORD 5.0 Equation Editor
>
> Dear friends of the WORD,
>   I have a serious problem with the Equation Editor, delivered with
> WORD 5.0. I need a character that is produced by option-l. This works
> quite nice inside WORD. But when I try to use it in an equation using
> the Equation Editor, I can not create that character! The famous and
> oh so intelligent EE does not allow me to choose the font for characters
> that are made by hitting option-l (as well as some other option-character
> combinations).

....

The equation editor in Word 5 is usually in Math mode (by default). In math
mode, it tries to interpret what you type as mathematics (i.e. variables,
operators, and so on). It has rules for interpreting what is a math symbol,
what is a function, and so on. Traditional math typesetting uses certain
typestyles and spacing options for and between elements, and the editor tries
to interpret what you are typing. Try typing "sinx" and the editor gives
"sin x", because as soon as you finish "sin", it changes the "sin" to normal
non-italic text and adds an extra space because there should be a space
between
the function and its variable.

My guess would be to try putting the editor into "text" mode when you need the
special symbol. If you don't know how to do this, read the manual. It is short
and sweet, and goes more into how the math mode works.

Another option would be to try the formula feature (see the glossaries folder
for ducumentation) and let Word typeset the equations for you. I recently did
my thesis using the formula glossary, and it worked fairly well, once I set up
my own modified formula glossary, with my personal preferences. If the
equations are very complicated, then this may not be a good option.

Hope this helps.        John A.

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

Date: 21 Dec 92 08:44:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZModem for VMS (Thanks)

Thank you to all who have responded to my request for a compiled VMS
version of ZModem.  I got one response telling me that it could be found
at: "urvax.urich.edu".  I think you CD to the HAYES.VAXVMS directory, and
just do a binary ftp from there

There were also many people who also needed to get ZModem for VAX/VMS.
I tried to respond to most of you, but in case I missed you, this article
is my response.

Note to Anyone Trying to use this ZModem:
The SZ and RZ programs seem to work fine when I dial in to the VAX at
2400 bps.  When I try to dial in at speeds like 9600, I get a hell of
a lot of CRC errors.  I haven't found a way around this yet, but I'm
just warning anyone out there who might get the same errors.  If you
find a solution to this problem, please write an article, or send me
personal E-Mail at [e-mail].  Thanks!

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