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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 22 Dec 92       Volume 10 : Issue 303

Today's Topics:

      [*] AutoGuest.hqx
      [*] Bartenders Guide
      [*] Blues Brothers music for SoundTrecker
      [*] carols_in_color.hqx
      [*] Classic Daleks 1.1
      [*] fantasia startupscreen
      [*] FileMaker_Pro_Contacts+1.41.hqx
      [*] gestalt28.hqx
      [*] Have-A-Blast (for AfterDark)
      [*] Posting
      *** M.M.M.A. ***
      2 Monitors on a Duo Dock...[C]
      2 or more languages in Word 5?
      Accel-A-Writer upgrade (Summary)
      AppleTalk v.58
      AppleTalk v. 58 Installer Removed From AppleLink (C)
      ARA from PeeCee?
      archie help
      Background printing on networked ImageWriters
      Color Printing for Macs and IBM compats (2 msgs)
      Disclaimers (C)
      Fantasia screen
      Features wanted in new macs...
      Fetch modification (Q)
      Font names listed in own font (Q)
      Force AppleTalk to Load (c or a depending...)
      Force AppleTalk to Load (Q)
      FTP-ing fonts from UMICH
      graphics
      How are Zoom Fax v.32bis modems?
      How is Zoom v.32bis modem?
      HP 4M price caveat (R)
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #302
      Largest Unused Block in the Finder..?
      Mac desktop inside an X Window? (Q)
      MaxLite Modem
      NCI.SWITCH.CH - New FTPable Archive for Macintosh Source Code
      Opening Text files in Word 5.0
      phone monitor
      please don't use a line of asterisks in info-mac
      rename and replace?
      short cut key commands
      Which Macs have fileserver mode?
      Word 5 Euqation Editor problem solved !
      WordPerf/Mac 2.1 <-> DOS 5.1 Transfer Bugs

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 15:34:02 -0800
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AutoGuest.hqx

One of the most common questions I get (just after the -903 from AESend) is
"How do I get rid of the linking password dialog for Guest access?"  Greg
Anderson wrote a marvelously skanky INIT and code resource for doing this.
It allows you to have transparent Guest access for Apple Events.  If you
install the INIT, you get no dialogs if guest access is allowed.  If you
use the code resource, you get no dialogs for that program.

Mind you, this works with 7.x and may break at any moment, but it is currently
the ONLY way to get past the dialog.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/auto-guest.hqx; 11K]

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Date: 21 Dec 92 20:52:46 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Bartenders Guide

  Enclosed is a simple bartenders guide in Hypercard format. Unlike most
programs of this type, it is freeware.
  This program was compressed and binhexed by compact pro.
  I would have sent it as a binary but my mail program only accepts 32k in
each message.
  I hope you like it.
BOB

[Archived as /info-mac/card/bartenders-guide.hqx; 85K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:26 MET
From: Hans de Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Blues Brothers music for SoundTrecker

Here is a submission with music from the Blues Brothers.
The hqxed file contains a compact pro archive with
four SoundTrecker files.
I did not create these files, I received them as Amiga MOD
files and converted them to SoundTrecker files. Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/st/blues-brothers.hqx; 228K]

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Date: 21 Dec 1992 12:47:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] carols_in_color.hqx

Carols-in-color is yet another version of the 13-tune HyperCard
stack that stalks the net like Marley's ghost every year at this
time. In addition to a bit of red & green, this version has a new
interface and code, a different selection of instruments (minus
the animals and bodily functions), and other odds & ends.

It works fine in HC 2.1, with a 2mb memory partition on a IIsi.
Anywhere else, your guess is as good as mine.

ken fisher, [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/carols-in-color.hqx; 203K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 12:11:39 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: [*] Classic Daleks 1.1

[My first upload yesterday seems to have been corrupted, so here is a new
upload.]

Classic Daleks is intended as a direct replacement for the old Daleks, made
by Johan Strandberg in 1984 (you know, the game where you try to fool the
stupid Daleks to collide with each other when they are chasing you).

This version adds color graphics, configurable keys, Baloon help, better
sound routines (safer under Sys 7) and a bunch of other fixes. Freeware!

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/classic-daleks.hqx; 47K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 12:31:34 EST
From: Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] fantasia startupscreen

>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

The original colour GIF is at wuarchive.wustl.edu at graphics/gif/f/fantasia.
But in the holiday spirit I have grabbed it and edited it to fit nicely into a
13 inch screen, saved as a startupscreen, compacted, and posted to sumex.
Enjoy.

Paul.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/fantasia-startup.hqx; 16K]

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Date: 22 Dec 92 11:44:38 U
From: "Andrew Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FileMaker_Pro_Contacts+1.41.hqx

To the archive administrators,

Please remove Contacts+1.4 (version 1.4) from the archives as some of the
files
are password protected and cannot be accessed.
This version that I am submitting should correct that problem.

Thanks,
Andrew Lee


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
School of Information and Computing Sciences
Bond University Australia       4229
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/filemaker-pro-contacts-plus-141.hqx; 101K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 17:10:16 +0100
From: Roland M}nsson LDC <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] gestalt28.hqx

This application uses the Gestalt trap ($A1AD) available in System 6.0.4 and
later to show various info about your Macintosh. System 6.0.4 or later is
required.

New in 2.8: Includes selectors from 6.0.4-7.1. Now lists ALL selectors.
Displays machine icon.

Public Domain by Roland M}nsson, SiC! Development HB, Lund, Sweden

[Archived as /info-mac/util/gestalt-28.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 18:49:14 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Goates)
Subject: [*] Have-A-Blast (for AfterDark)

  This is an AfterDark module that lets you take out your frustration on your
Mac without doing any 'real' damage. Just call it Virtual Destruction. It is
FreeWare (my little Christmas gift to the Mac community here on the
internet).
  Fire at will,
  AL

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/have-a-blast.hqx; 123K]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:56:10 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Slinker)
Subject: [*] Posting

Please post this new version of "random-dot-autostereograms.hqx" as
"random-dot-autostereograms-2.0.hqx" or some similar and maybe shorter name.
rda.2.0.hqx might be a good name.

RDA Viewer by Barton Stander.

*Note: When opening a file, it must be in the same folder as the Application.
Opening PICT files is the only expception, they can be located anywhere.

Random Dot Autostereograms (RDAs) are images that contain three dimensional
information in a single image instead of a pair of images typically refered to
as a stereo pair.

When the RDA is properly viewed, the random dots appear to come out of or go
into the viewing plane (Monitor, Paper, etc...).

To view an RDA one must focus infront of the viewing plane, or behind the
viewing plane. Focusing in front of the viewing plane is done by becoming
crossed eyed.
Focusing behind the viewing plane is done by becoming wall eyed.

The RDA Viewer can read RDA images. It can also display PICT images. The
Viewer can
generate the same RDA images as provided. Generation takes a considerable
amount of time. If
you are running a 68000 or a machine without the 68881 FPU, then you shouldn't
generate any
images unless you have plenty of time (30 minutes). The advantage to
generating images is that
you can display the contours of the data.

The RDA viewer now has an equation editor. You can enter in your own
mathematical equations
and view their results as an RDA or as a contour.

The Viewer can save the images generated as PICT files, and these have been
provided.

Open an RDA image with the Viewer Application. I suggest the file
"circle.PICT".

Under the View menu, select "Show Repition Rate". This is the amount the eyes
must be crossed
or wall eyed to view the image.

The two dots shown by Show Repition Rate are a guide to help you focus. Focus
your eyes (by
crossing of walling) util the two dots fuse to make three dots, on focused in
the middle, and
two fuzzy dots, one on each side of the focused middle dot.

If you see four dots you have not crossed or walled enough. Sometimes it helps
to put your
finger in front of the image and focus on it, and in the background notice if
there are three
dots yet. Move your finger closer and further away until you have three dots.

Once you have three dots, you must keep them focused and start to look down
and towards the
middle of the image. You will see the dots on different levels, at different
depths.


RDA Equation Examiner
ShareWare

By: Barton Stander
Consulting by: Geoffrey Slinker

If you like this program send $7.00 to:
Barton Stander
K39 Nex Perce
Pullman, WA 99163

If you are foreign, please send $5.00 US (if you can) plus 2 of your dollars
for
mine and Geoff Slinker's collection of foreign currency.

Send $8.00 and a disk for source code. Source code is provided solely as
reference, not as
a license to use the code in any type of application without first consulting
Barton Stander.

This code is copyrighted by Barton Stander 1992.

There are no warranties to you or any other person for this product expressed
or implied. Any
such warranty is expressly and specifically denied. In no event shall anyone
be responsible for
any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages. These damages
include loss of data,
damage to hardware or software, or to any person. No responsibility is implied
or accepted
for personal injury during the use of this software. No responsibility for
lost wages is
accepted. The only thing accepted is your praise.

I know that all of this sounds a bit paranoid, but with law suits these days,
paranoid is
precisely the term that comes to mind.

[e-mail]


For those of you that want to know how I became "distributor" of the RDA
viewer, Geoff
and I attended BYU together. Currently, I am at Washington State Univ, and
Geoff is working
in the buisness sector. I provided the Equation Editor.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/random-dot-autostereograms-20.hqx; 423K]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 11:48:21 EST
From: Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
Subject: *** M.M.M.A. ***

M.M.M.A. (Mad Macro Monster Alert) -

Murph Sewall <[e-mail]> writes ( _8_ times) in Info-Mac
Digest V10 #302:

>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--

Obviously, while Murph was distracted the Mad Macro Monster occupied his
machine.  Does anyone know of an anti-Macro utility?  A perfect holiday gift
for the Macro infected. 8^).

A happy holdiay season to all.

--Larry Wink
 [e-mail] <or> [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:00:39 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: 2 Monitors on a Duo Dock...[C]

Tarun Reddy writes:

>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.

This is nice, but it doesn't solve my problem.  Because the Dock doesn't "
remember" the configuration of the 2 monitors connected to it when the Duo is
reinserted, I wind up having to move the menu bar back onto the other monitor
(
where I orignally had it), set the virutual size of my 19" monitor to its 21"
configuration, readjust the relative position of the two monitors, reset the
color depth and reboot in order for the changes to take effect.  And I have to
do this EVERY single time I take my Duo home with me.  This is VERY annoying.


Once again, if the Dock can tell the Duo to use Ethernet when mated, why can't
it tell the Duo the correct (read: last) Monitor settings?  Or is Apple
planning on coming out with a new Monitors control panel for multi-monitor
dock users at the bagain basement price of $39.95? :-{

Anyone want to write a cdev?  (Just a thought ;-)

Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:19 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 2 or more languages in Word 5?

Sometimes I have to write in German, can I set up Word to allow me to
switch dictionaries and theasauri?  I don't want to run two separate
systems, just  be able to check my spelling!

Maybe someone in Switzerland has already solved this for more than two
languages, this must be a common European problem.

Antony Unwin

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 17:31:05 +0100
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Accel-A-Writer upgrade (Summary)

Thanks to all who responded to my question, namely:

  Oleg Chaikovsky <[e-mail]>
  E. John Danton <[e-mail]>
  Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
  Dr. Peter Huber <aix03@rrz-uni-koeln-de>
  Gabriel M. Schuyler <[e-mail]>

Although the price for the Xante upgrade is (at least in the U.S.) not
too far from a new printer, it is if you compare it to the prices here.

But those who said that they have one of those upgrades seem to be happy
with it and pointed out that installation is straight-forward.

I talked over the phone for about 20 minutes to Richard Rasberry of Xante
(he called me!) about the technical details etc., and finally ordered one.

Their "normal" price is $ 1695 for  6mB, and $ 1845 for 8mB version.  They
have a "Comdex special" until the end  of Dec. '92 for $ 1395 and  $ 1495.
Flash memory  for storing  often-needed fonts  is $  100 extra  and can be
added later  if needed.  2 years  warranty, 30  days money-back guarantee,
unlimited toll-free support  (800 phone number  in the U.S.,  or they call
you back if you're overseas!).

Christian Buser                          [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 07:04:28 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AppleTalk v.58

Has anyone had trouble with the Network Control Panel that comes with the
Network Installer for AppleTalk v.58.  I ran the installer and everything
installed fine but after restarting the machine(s), and bringing up the
Network Control Panel, my machine froze.  Just wondering if anyone else had
this problem.
Terry L. Hartman
Coordinator - Microcomputer Services
U.T. - Pan American

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:33:07 -0800
From: Michael Ross <antigone![e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk v. 58 Installer Removed From AppleLink (C)

> 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.

>

But it's still on ftp.apple.com:
/dts/mac/sys.soft/netcomm/net-soft-install-1-3.hqx

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Date: Mon, 21 December 1992 15:38:04 -0800
From: John Livesey <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA from PeeCee?

Another question for the Net in the "connectivity" realm:

One of our users would like to transfer files to/from our Mac network which is
set up to allow ARA dial-in.  She has a '486 at home [:-(] with a fast
modem...
Does anyone have information on a connection maechanism which would allow a
PeeCee running DOS or Windows to perform an ARA session?  Any rumors of
Windows
or DOS clients implementing such a connection?

Second question (only marginally related): Where can I get more information on
the capabilities/requirements/performance of AppleTalk/Internet Router
software
>From Apple?

Thanks,
John
([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:13:28 -0500
From: realm.kwnet.on.ca![e-mail] (Dennis Lougheed)
Subject: archie help

After reading the archie help file I sent the following E-Mail requests
on separate occasions. I have not received a reply in either case so I
assume I have somehow misinterpreted the archie help file. If another
netter could set me straight I'd sure appreciate it.

Attempt 1:

To;        [e-mail]
Subject:
Message:   path <[e-mail]>
       prog <speedy> <SPEEDY>
       quit


Attempt 2:

To:       [e-mail]
Subject:  path <[e-mail]>
Message:  prog <speedy> <SPEEDY>
      quit

Please reply to [e-mail] or [e-mail] or
[e-mail].

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:29 EDT
From: "MICHAEL J. LONGO" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Background printing on networked ImageWriters

Dear Moderators--
    I will be teaching a class in a computer classroom next semester.
There are lots of Mac SEs which print to shared ImageWriters via a
large, sloow AppleTalk network.  At the moment there is no background
printing capability so the students will have to sit and wait while
they are printing anything.  I suspect they will spend half their time
waiting for things to print.
    Is there a utility that allows spooling to a print queue that is
free or almost free. I know it can be done with SuperLaser whatever
but the U won't be too keen on a site license for expensive specialized
software.  Is there another way?
     Thanks,  M. Longo, Univ. of Michigan

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Date: 21 Dec 92 20:54:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color Printing for Macs and IBM compats

At home, I've got a Macintosh and an IBM compat within six feet of each
other.
Right now, I've only got a DeskWriter (no AppleTalk) hooked up to my Mac, and
nothing hooked up to the IBM compat.  I need to print COLOR from both the Mac
and the IBM comap, and I don't want to shell out twice the $$$ for two
printers.
So, I'm looking for a color, Mac and IBM compatible, low-cost, 300dpi
printer.
Any suggestions?

Eugene Cohen
[e-mail]

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Date: 21 Dec 92 20:54:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color Printing for Macs and IBM compats

At home, I've got a Macintosh and an IBM compat within six feet of each
other.
Right now, I've only got a DeskWriter (no AppleTalk) hooked up to my Mac, and
nothing hooked up to the IBM compat.  I need to print COLOR from both the Mac
and the IBM comap, and I don't want to shell out twice the $$$ for two
printers.
So, I'm looking for a color, Mac and IBM compatible, low-cost, 300dpi
printer.
Any suggestions?

Eugene Cohen
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 08:51:05 EST(-0500)
From: [e-mail] (Edward Reid)
Subject: Disclaimers (C)

Paul Baim writes:

> Does anyone really believe that ... The
> info-mac community is full of litigous malcontents itching to sue ANYBODY

The entire United States is full of litigious malcontents.  Some
undoubtedly read info-mac.

They are worse than people who correct spelling mistakes.

   I've got a little list,
   I've got them on my list,
   And I don't think they'll be missed,
   I'm sure they'll not be missed.
      -- WS Gilbert

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

I agree, but you are preaching to the choir.  Try convincing corporate
lawyers.  Paranoid corporate lawyers.  And remember, just being paranoid
doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

Non-disclaimer: I am the company.

Edward Reid  (8*}>
  eel:   [e-mail]  or  nosc.mil!titipu.resun.com!ed
  snail: PO Box 378/Greensboro FL 32330

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:26:41 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fantasia screen

On Sun, 20 Dec 92 23:36:27 EST you said:
>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.

Fantasia DOES make a nice desktop.  I see by this morning's
'recent-files.txt' that someone has archived it at sumex for you
(/info-mac/art/fantasia-startup.hqx).  I got my copy from
wuarchive.wustl.edu (/graphics/gif).  There are MANY other spiffy
graphics for screens there (some of which have been at sumex at one time
or another).  I also recommend /info-mac/art/yoda-startup.hqx and
/info-mac/art/toon-town-startup.hqx ;-)

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 11:23:14 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Features wanted in new macs...

    One thing I have been hoping to see for a long
time is a "Mac IImp" where the "mp" stands for Multi-
processor.
    I wonder if a cyclone model might look like this? ;-)
Hope Apple is listening, my next machine will be either an
MP something or a Radius Rocket for my mac.
    Of course a PowerPC MP sounds good too. :-)
Take care all,
    Mike
    [e-mail]
=-=-=-=-====-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=
Std. Disclaimers...
Def. Universe -- The largest known Fractal.
            --Personal Theory

Froehliche Weihnachten und ein glueckliches neues Jahr!

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:49:06 PST
From: [e-mail] (MARK ALLEN)
Subject: Fetch modification (Q)

Is there any way to configure Fetch 2.1 so that the "Enter host name..."
dialog is not displayed upon the launching of the application? I tried
unsuccessfully
to eliminate any default host in the Shortcuts list. Thanks for your help.
Mark Allen
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:27:24 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Font names listed in own font (Q)

On Sun, 20 Dec 92 17:35:35 EDT you said:
>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?

Now's WYSIWYG Menus (part of the Now Utilities collection) will show font
menus in their own fonts.  I don't recall a shareware extension that does.

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:41:28 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tarun Reddy)
Subject: Force AppleTalk to Load (c or a depending...)

There is a program that enables you to switch AT on and off on the fly I
believe. It is called ToggleAT. I think it is found in the pugh directory
of ftp.apple.com. Kinda busy right now otherwise I'd check. Drop a line if
you can't find it.

Otherwise, how about try this? Plug your StyleWriter into your (possibly?)
unused modem port, set the chooser device accordingly and turn on
AppleTalk. Now you can have access to both. Whoops just checked why you
need AppleTalk and I guess Remote access needs a modem, hence the modem
port. Never mind and just go to part 1 above.

Tarun

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:37:03 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Force AppleTalk to Load (Q)

On 21 Dec 1992 13:06:25 -0500 you said:
>It appears that under System 7 (and Tuner) AppleTalk will only load if
>AppleTalk is set to active at startup time.
>
>    Q:  Can AppleTalk be forced to load even if it is initially
>         set to inactive?

You can't really load INIT code after startup.  But you CAN get your Mac
to do what you want.  get /info-mac/fkey/toggle-appletalk-30.hqx and
install it.

Startup with AppleTalk active.  Use the FKEY to toggle it OFF and then
back ON again when you need it.  Works like a charm (and saves PowerBook
batteries too ;-)

ToggleAT also is a work around for the bug which causes Quadra 700's to
hang 2 times out of 3 while trying to initialize floppy disks with
file sharing active (ToggleAT shuts down file sharing, naturally and then
restarts it when AppleTalk is toggled back on).

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:13:53 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP-ing fonts from UMICH

I've been having trouble FTP-ing fonts from umich. Lets say I
want the file bevhills.sit.hqx, typing get bevhills.sit.hqx gets
me an error message that I am using an incorrect mode. Since
I am used to FTP-ing files with a filename and ONE extension
after only one dot, that makes sense to me. Typing get bevhills.sit
or bevhills.hqx both get me an error message. What should I be doing?
Thanks, -Pete Tamas

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 11:53:13 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: graphics

I'm looking for a program that will accept a model and a range of data and
then plot the curve.  Does anyone know if Igor or SigmaPlot will do this?
Thanks.

Tom J. Tabone
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:01:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Big Guy)
Subject: How are Zoom Fax v.32bis modems?

Hi, there is an ad in the latest Mac Connection catalog for a Zoom v.32bis fax
modem for about $269. Has anyone had any experience good/bad with this modem?
This is a really good price and if I hear good things about Zoom, I will get
it, so if anyone has any info., please let me know. PLEASE please please
e-mail
me directly as I will be unable to read these groups regularly for a couple of
weeks, while my e-mail will keep for me. If people ask, I will summarize and
post to the nets. Thanks ever so much all!

--
Hillel Sims      Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute      e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:30:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Big Guy)
Subject: How is Zoom v.32bis modem?

Hi, there is an ad in the latest MacConnection catalog for Zoom v.32bis fax
modem for $269 and without fax for $229. This is a really great sounding
price,
but I would like to know, has anyone had any experience good/bad with these
modems? I want to know what quality they are before purchasing one. Please
email me directly as I will be unable to read the digest for a while. If
anyone
wants, I will summarize  the answers to the digest as soon as I'm able. Thanks
all for your advice!

--
Hillel Sims      Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute      e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 18:31:49 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP 4M price caveat (R)

Whoops! David Reiser posts that Elek Tek won't sell the HP 4M to you
at its approx $1750 price unless you're in Illinois. That's a shame.
But I don't think the reason can *simply* be that they're an HP authorized
dealer. Dataprint, from whom I got mine for $1829, is also an HP authorized
dealer, it's in North Carolina and I'm in Louisiana. But maybe DataPrint's
authorized region includes Louisiana. So perhaps Elek-Tek covers more than
Illinois.

Actually, there's nothing in the DataPrint catalogue about geographical
restrictions. If Elek-Tek really won't oblige, swallow the extra $80
and try DP: 800-274-1515.

Graeme Forbes

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Date: 22 Dec 1992 13:48:27 -0500 (EST)
From: STUPID IDIOT <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #302

A few issues ago somebody posted the name of a .MOD file converter that
converted Amiga .MOD files to a form that is useable on a mac.  Could you
pleasepost the filename and location again.


Bob Wojasinski
[e-mail]

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Date: 22 Dec 92 19:23:28 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gar)
Subject: Largest Unused Block in the Finder..?

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Court
Jester) wrote:
>
> I'm just curious whether this is normal or not..
>
> When I choose About This Macintosh from the Apple Menu, I
> notice that the number after the "Largest Unused Block"
> alternates between two values, both just one K away from
> each other.
>
> Is this anything I should be concerned about? (Btw, this
> is in System 7.1)

To quote Dean:

As for why the total memory bounces back and forth, this is because the
Process Manager makes synthetic fonts purgeable every time it does a
context switch.  (Synthetic fonts are created by the Font Manager to render
fonts to a bit depth that doesn't match the bit depth of the font.)  After
this, if the synthetic font for Geneva 9 gets purged, that frees up memory,
so the Finder updates the total memory used.  But by redrawing that number,
that forces the Font Manager to rebuild the synthetic font for Geneva 9,
which takes up more memory, so the Finder updates again, then the Process
Manager goes and makes it purgeable, ad infinitum...

-- Dean Yu
   Blue Meanie, Negative Ethnic Role Model, etc.
   Apple Computer, Inc.


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

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 10:46:06 PST
From: Alan Carwile <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac desktop inside an X Window? (Q)

Subject:  Mac desktop inside an X Window? (Q)

I've experimented with a package called PlanetX, from InterCon.  This allows
me to display the Macintosh desktop inside an X Window on an X Server.  By
running that X Server remotely, I'm able to "drive" my mac from an X Server's
display, keyboard, and mouse, while remote from the macintosh, e.g., in front
of any X workstation in the network.

I want to use it in combination with 2 packages called PCXView for Windows and
XRemote, from NCD.  These packages let my PC at home display X Windows over a
telephone line (9600 baud), and includes compression to make it sort of
viable.
Unfortunately, PlanetX transfers so much data (in the form of images) that
the performance is too slow for my situation, and the Planet X aborts (perhaps
due to network level timeouts).  However, InterCon is looking into this...

MY QUESTION:  Are there any similar packages for the Macintosh, that would
let me interact with the screen of the mac in an X Window?  Intercon's
package looks pretty great for an Ethernet connected house, but throwing
in the modem link makes for some issues to be resolved.  I'd like to
consider other possible alternatives...

Fyi...Rather than get blasted with requests for how to contact these vendors:
NCD can be reached at [e-mail], and InterCon at [e-mail].

Thanks...Alan Carwile -- [e-mail] [phone]

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:01:10 -0800
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: MaxLite Modem

Has anyone ever heard of the Macronix MaxLite Fax Modem? I saw it in a
store. It is a 14.4 K S/R Fax/14.4K Data and it is on sale for $299. I
think it comes with software and cable.

Please respond via email and I will post a summary if there is interest.

Thanks.

Scott Gruby
[e-mail]

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Date: 21 Dec 1992 20:44:28 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
Subject: NCI.SWITCH.CH - New FTPable Archive for Macintosh Source Code

       Just in time for the Christmas shopping season,
         we are opening a new FTP archive at


site:                NIC.SWITCH.CH  [130.59.1.40]

directory                 software/mac/src


      All packages stored there come with complete source code.


This site is (geographically) located in Europe, and we would appreciate
this to be considered when accessing the archives (during OUR off-peak hours

We are always interested in getting new code, so contact <[e-mail]>
if you would like to upload your work there.

A current list of packages follows at the end of this article,
updates will be posted every few weeks to comp.sys.mac.programmer.

Matthias

-----
Matthias Neeracher                                      [e-mail]


Current contents:

Name:        Bison
Description: LALR parser generator compatible with yacc
MPW C:       mpw_c/Bison_1.18.sit.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/Bison_1.18.sit.bin
Think C:     think_c/Bison-1.18.cpt.bin
Application: think_c/Bison-1.18.cpt.bin

Name:        CAML Light
Description: Functional Programming Language similiar to ML
MPW C:       mpw_c/cl5macsrc.cpt.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/cl5macbin.cpt.bin
Application: mpw_c/cl5macbin.cpt.bin
PostScript:  mpw_c/cl5docps.cpt.bin

Name:        Chat
Description: IRC like program
MPW Pascal:  mpw_pascal/Chat-110-Source.sit.bin
Application: mpw_pascal/Chat-110.sit.bin

Name:        DeHQX
Description: Binhex decoding program
MPW Pascal:  mpw_pascal/DeHQX-200-Source.sit.bin
Application: mpw_pascal/DeHQX-200.sit.bin

Name:        Finger
Description: Find out if somebody on teh internet is logged in
MPW Pascal:  mpw_pascal/Finger-135-Source.sit.bin
Application: mpw_pascal/Finger-135.sit.bin

Name:        Flex
Description: Lexical analyzer generator compatible with lex
MPW C:       mpw_c/Flex_2.3.7.sit.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/Flex_2.3.7.sit.bin
Think C:     think_c/Flex-2.3.7.cpt.bin
Application: think_c/Flex-2.3.7.cpt.bin

Name:        GUSI (Grand Unified Socket Interface)
Description: BSD style socket and file system library
MPW C:       mpw_c/GUSI_10.sit.bin

Name:        Gawk (GNU Awk)
Description: Pattern matching language
MPW C:       mpw_c/MPW_Gawk_2.11.1r3.cpt.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/MPW_Gawk_2.11.1r3.cpt.bin

Name:        Gdbm (GNU dbm)
Description: Package for disk based associative arrays
MPW C:       mpw_c/gdbm_15.sit.bin

Name:        Icon
Description: Programming language for text oriented tasks
MPW C:       mpw_c/Icon_80.tool.src.sit.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/Icon_88.tool.sit.bin
MPW C:       mpw_c/Icon_80.appl.src.sit.bin
Application: mpw_c/Icon_80.appl.sit.bin

Name:        Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
Description: Flexible programming language for text and network oriented tasks
MPW C:       mpw_c/Mac_Perl_405_src.cpt.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/Mac_Perl_405_tool.cpt.bin
Application: mpw_c/Mac_Perl_405_appl.cpt.bin
Remark:      COMING SOON!

Name:        Talk
Description: Talk program, compatible with the UNIX utility
MPW Pascal:  mpw_pascal/Talk-106-Source.sit.bin
Application: mpw_pascal/Talk-106.sit.bin

Name:        TCL (Tool Command Language (*not* Think Class Library))
Description: Flexible extension language
MPW C:       mpw_c/tcl6.2-MPW.cpt.bin
MPW Tool:    mpw_c/tcl6.2-MPW.cpt.bin
Application: mpw_c/tcl6.2-MPW.cpt.bin

Name:        NCSA/BYU Telnet
Description: Telnet/Ftp program for Macs with or without MacTCP, includes SLIP
support
MPW C:       mpw_c/Telnet2.5src.sit.bin
Application: mpw_c/Telnet2.5sit.bin

Name:        UCB Logo
Description: Programming language with lists and turtle graphics
Think C:     think_c/UCB_Logo_28.sit.bin
Application: think_c/UCB_Logo_28.sit.bin

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:12:50 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Opening Text files in Word 5.0

Does anyone know how to turn off the "Select a Converter" dialog
box when opening a Text-only (ASCII) file in Word 5.0? Or, is the
ability to turn this off a feature of 5.1? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:56 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: phone monitor

In a previous article, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>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

I wrote a small procedure for White Knight that tells me when i had a phone
call. It just looking for word "RING" (modem sends it when it detects a phone
call) and printing time under it. Its n ot very elegant solution but i dont
know of any programm that can do that as well and work from same open serial
port as terminal emulator ( I have my emulator running all the time and dont
want to quit it every time i'm going out and launch another programm...)
I remember seeing demo on sumex-aim that can do something like that but it
couldnt share port with anything elce.... E-mail me if you like the idea and
have White Knight and dont want to write your own procedure to do that.

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 08:00:34 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bruce E. Wilson, ECCR-PA, B95-A, X8886
([e-mail]))
Subject: please don't use a line of asterisks in info-mac

Once or twice recently, someone has sent a message to info-mac that
included a line of asterisks in the message.  I (and perhaps other
EasyView users) would appreciate it if people would not do that.
EasyView interprets that line of asterisks as the end of the digest,
which means I have to go out and edit the file to get it to work properly.
Not a major, earthshaking problem, but an annoyance.  Thanks in advance.

        Bruce Wilson ([e-mail])

P.S.  <long, annoying, legalese disclaimer omitted ;-))  >

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Date: 21 Dec 1992 06:39:53 -0700
From: "Kateley, Jim" <[e-mail]>
Subject: rename and replace?

Hello there,

One of the files I sent last night, ara-T3000-WB-1.0.4.sit.hqx, replaces the
ara-worldblazer.hqx file that is dated 7/13/92.  Also, you gave it the name
ara-telebit-world-blazer-104.hqx.  Since it also provides support for the
T3000
modem, do you think you might want to reflect that in the name?

Thanks,
Jim Kateley
Apple

P.S.  I forgot to mention it, but these files can be placed on the CD-ROM of
the archives.

[Ok, I've renamed it to ara-telebit-wb-t3000-104.hqx.  I've also deleted
the ara-worldblazer.hqx file. -- Gordon]

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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 0:16:41 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: short cut key commands

is there any inits that would allow me to call up an item from anywhere
by combintions of keystrokes ?? i.e. if i want Control Panel under Apple Menu
(for non-7.0), i could've used <cmd>c<cmd>p, etc.

Thanks !

~=~= <*:*> E-Mail Address:  [e-mail]             ~=~=

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:15:09 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Which Macs have fileserver mode?

Which Macintosh models have a "fileserver mode," i.e., the power
switch can be put in a locked position. I believe the IIcx has this
feature; what other models do. Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 12:01:03 SET
From: Matthias <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5 Euqation Editor problem solved !

Dear Netters
thank you all for your help. Now I know how to find my favourit
character in Equatation Editor. My problem was that I could not
switch to the desired font when I had typed a option-l (lowercase
L, like like). I always had tried the menu Style/Others to switch
the font, but EE is intelligent (more than I????) and recognizes
option-l as a symbol, so it insists (sign of intelligence?) to
use the font that has been selected for symbols!

So to select another font for an option-l (and some other option-key
combinations), you have to use the Style/Symbol menu. Obvious, isn't
it?

Let me also present my apologies for not being very specific about
the character I had been looking for. I though that would not be
very important, but this caused some confusion. So here it is:
the character I was looking for looks like a handwritten uppercase
L.                                      _____
I was not looking for the NOT operator (     ), but this was just
the sign that EE insisted to give me.

Thanks to everybody who answered, special thanks to Brian, who gave
me the correct answer.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you !
                              Matthias

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

Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 14:30:27 PST
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: WordPerf/Mac 2.1 <-> DOS 5.1 Transfer Bugs

In IM Digest #295, [e-mail] reports:

>I have been attempting to transfer my files from WP 2.1 to WP 5.1
>and whenever I transfer the margins and fontsize don't seem to transfer
>correctly or at all for that matter.  THe other problem because the font
>size and margins don't transfer - the tabs seem to get screwed up.

A few days ago I acquired WP 2.1.2, and today made a similar observation:
When I save a WordPerfect/Mac 2.1.2 document in WP 5.1 format, and then
re-import it into WordPerfect/Mac 2.1.2 (to check for transfer accuracy),
the document looks quite differently: some of the Tab settings have been
changed, with the result that the page layout gets messed up. Also, a Page
Border got lost.

I do not know whether the bugs occur during the 2.1 -> 5.1 transfer, or
during the inverse transfer back to the Mac. I myself cannot test how that
file would print directly from 5.1: All I have here is a Mac; the 5.1
transfer is intended for someone else out of town. What I DO know is that
the first 5.1 file I received from the other person yielded a Mac document
that looked quite different than the accompanying printout of the very same
file directly from 5.1.

I had acquired WordPerfect/Mac (very recently) for sole reason to be able
to exchange formatted word processor documents with our Central
Administration in Oakland, where they have standardized on WordPerfect 5.1.
Evidently, this highly-touted file interchangeability is so far little more
than an advertising claim. I find it hard to comprehend how such an obvious
bug can slip through any thorough beta testing.

Herb Kroemer

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