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 Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V2 #33
 To: Peter_Johnston@UQV-MTS, PC Macintosh, MacTechnics User Group, John
     Dorsey, Alex_Ranous@UB-MTS, Abraham Vanderspek
 From: [e-mail]

 Delphi Mac Digest          Monday, 4 August 1986      Volume 2 : Issue 33

 Today's Topics:
      RE: Mac Cache
      RE: Desk Accessories with ID's over 26
      RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #60 (Re: Msg 11037)
      RE: how does one change the opening default font
      ZBasic anyone?
      RE: ZBasic...? (Re: Msg 444)
      Switcher & My Favorite Development Envir
      Lightspeed C - "Out of Memory" Error Mes
      RE: Lightspeed C - "Out of Memory" Error (Re: Msg 448)
      Re: Lightspeed C - "out of memory" error
      RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #60 (Re: Msg 11008)
      Anaheim Show
      RE: new hard disk (Re: Msg 10888)
      RE: new hard disk (Re: Msg 11070)
      Re: Disk Space
      Double Apple bug
      RE: Double Apple bug (Re: Msg 11074)
      VAXintosh
      RE: VAXintosh (Re: Msg 11079)
      RE: VAXintosh (Re: Msg 11087)
      RE: VAXintosh (Re: Msg 11089)
      RE: File menu and DA's (Re: Msg 445)
      Appletalk IW II
      The twilight zone finder
      RE: The twilight zone finder (Re: Msg 11110)
      LW toner
      RE: LW toner
      RE: LW toner
      RE: LW toner
      hardware woes
      RE: hardware woes (Re: Msg 11127)
      RE: hardware woes (Re: Msg 11136)
      RE: Mac C for MPW? (Re: Msg 291)
      RE: PostScript and the new fonts in the (Re: Msg 11123)
      RR 9.4 bug?
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 From: PEABO (11030)
 Subject: RE: Mac Cache
 Date: 1-AUG-01:09: Network Digests

 >From: [e-mail]@rice.EDU (Scott Comer)
 >Subject: Re: Mac Cache
 >Date: 28 Jul 86 23:39:14 GMT
 >Organization: Rice University, Houston
 >
 >In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steven D. Leeke)
 >writes:
 >>
 >>...
 >>
 >>In general, DO NOT just use CMD-SHIFT-1/2 to eject disks and turn the Mac
 >>off when you are still in an application, but you have saved & closed your
 >>document.  Return to the desktop, Shut Down, and then turn the Mac off.
 >
 >Any why not? _Eject does a _FlushVol, and CMD-SHIFT-1/2 does an _Eject. Your
 >floppy is no more nor less safe than when doing a Shutdown from the Finder.
 >Your hard disk is still vulnerable. Perhaps someone should write a flush all
 >volumes DA?

 It is possible to eject volumes with open files this way.  Try doing this in
 Microsoft WORD sometime, and take a look at what is on the disk after you
 reboot -- you will find files labelled MW0002, MW0006, etc.

 peter

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

 From: LOFTUSBECKER (11036)
 Subject: RE: Desk Accessories with ID's over 26
 Date: 1-AUG-07:17: Network Digests

       "Is there a way to install Desk Accessories with ID's over 26
 in the System file without using ResEd to patch all owned resources?"
       Yes.
       Here's one that should work. It requires (1) that the slot you want to
 install the DA in is presently free; (2) that you have the Other... 2.x
 desk accessory or the DA Key 2.x FKEY installed; and (3) that the
 slot you want to install the DA in is the _first_ free slot greater
 than 12 (if you don't care which slot it goes in, you can forget about
 this one).
      (a) Make a copy of the Font/DA Mover file. This isn't necessary,
 but wise for safety in case something goes wrong.
      (b) Invoke Other... or DA Key, and choose the copy of the Font/DA
 mover file.  You will get a dialog box saying that the accessory has to
 be renumbered.  Choose "Okay."  The DA will be renumbered and will
 be (temporarily) installed.
      (c) Run ResEd.  The copy of the Font/DA mover file should have
 been renumbered, and all you will have to do is Copy and Paste the
 resources into the System file.  Other... or DA Key will have done the
 renumbering for you.
      If there is a serious need, I can probably make a small stand-alone
 application that will do nothing but renumber Font/DA Mover files to
 any user-selected identification.
      - Lofty Becker

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11040)
 Subject: RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #60 (Re: Msg 11037)
 Date: 1-AUG-08:57: Network Digests

 Lofty,

 I think the standalone program would be great, especially if it showed the ID
 numbers of what's currently installed in the System (and the ID numbers of the
 DA one wishes to change).

 Ric

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 From: LOFTUSBECKER (11037)
 Subject: RE: how does one change the opening default font
 Date: 1-AUG-07:17: Network Digests

 >Memory fails me, so I ask the net:  how does one change the opening default
 >font in, say, MacWrite?  I almost always use Helvetica and would like to
 >open to it every time.  Help??!

 Change App Font desk accessory (in Public Domain database here, I think) will
 let you change the default application font and MacWrite will use it for New
 documents.  My program KeyMap, on Quick & Dirty Utilities Vol. 2, will also
 change the default application font.  Get version 1.1 if you have a Mac Plus.

      - Lofty Becker

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 From: MUSICWORKS (11033)
 Subject: ZBasic anyone?
 Date: 1-AUG-02:12: Programming


 Hi anybody used ZBasic ?

 I am looking into getting it Any comment / suggestion ?

 Jundi

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

 From: DIHEDRAL (449)
 Subject: RE: ZBasic...? (Re: Msg 444)
 Date:  1-AUG-23:01: Programming Techniques

 Why Basic? I would use C (and do) because there is a lot of expertise avalible
 on the BBSs to help with problems and questions. C also has some 'neat' data
 structures like structs and unions that I don't think are avalible in Basic.
 Good luck however you go.
 __Jerry

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 From: PEABO (446)
 Subject: Switcher & My Favorite Development Envir
 Date:  1-AUG-19:10: Programming Techniques

 Well, I decided it's about time I took the plunge with my Mac Plus and started
 using Switcher as an envelope for development.  After all, I would then be
 likely to find out about compatibility problems in my application while I'm
 still working on it (and anyway, I have some ideas for development tools that
 make use of Switcher).

 Sucker!  I tried running LightspeedC under switcher and Kaboom!  It
 crashes into a neat dialog box RIGHT AWAY saying sorry, the program
 was terminated by a system error.

 Does anyone know if this is generally true of LightspeedC under
 Switcher X.XX or just a peculairity of 5.0b4 which I have on my disk?
 I'd really like to have the LSC editor available at a flick of the
 switch, running in (say) a half megabyte and still be able to run
 other stuff in another partition.

 peter

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 From: BRUSSES (448)
 Subject: Lightspeed C - "Out of Memory" Error Mes
 Date:  1-AUG-23:00: Current Discussions

 I've been working on an application in Lightspeed C and have hit a
 small problem.  Whenever I now attempt to link an application, I seem
 to be getting an "out of memory" message from Lightspeed C.. Since the
 manual doesn't seem to mention this message, I was wondering if
 somebody could give me some hints on how to workaround this problem.

 Thanks!

 Bob

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

 From: RAYSANDERS (451)
 Subject: RE: Lightspeed C - "Out of Memory" Error (Re: Msg 448)
 Date:  1-AUG-23:21: Current Discussions

 Bob: Questions: 1) what level System are you using ?
 2) Does this occur when you do a "Build application" and you are feeding a
 proj.RSRC with private resources ?
 3) Is this on a MacPlus ?
 If answer to 2 and 3 are yes and answer to 1 is 3.1.1 or earlier, then you
-most
 likely have a corrupted resource in the proj.RSRC. Look around in it with
-ResEd
 for one that hangs or crashes ResEd. Then update your System to 3.2. System
-3.2
 patches a Resource Manager bug in the Mac Plus ROM's that is highly suspect as
 causing this problem. I have been through this several times.  - Ray

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

 From: BRUSSES (457)
 Subject: Re: Lightspeed C - "out of memory" error
 Date:  2-AUG-12:21: Current Discussions

 Ray, in answer to your questions:

 1)  What level system am I using?   (System V3.2 / Finder V5.3) 2)  Does this
 occur when  you do a "Build application" and you
 are feeding a proj.RSRC with private resources ?  (Yes!) 3)  Is this on a
 MacPlus ?  (Kind of...  It's  a 512K with the
 new ROM's and a Levco Monster Mac upgrade.)

 I did take your suggestion and replaced the "proj.RSRC" file, which caused
-the
 problem to go away!  Perhaps  the bug is  still there, since I haven't  used
 System 3.1.* while  working  on this project.

 Thanks for your help!

 Bob

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

 From: DDUNHAM (11064)
 Subject: RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #60 (Re: Msg 11008)
 Date: 2-AUG-00:23: Network Digests

 > From: [e-mail] (Eric Mazur)
 > Subject: DA/FontMover limitation: Is there a patch?
 Use DA Installer+ (part of Quick & Dirty Utilities vol 1 from Dreams of the
 Phoenix).  There may be some compatibility problems with using more than 15
 slots, but I for one don't see that I'll ever have more than 2 SCSI devices on
 my system, so there _should_ be spare slots.

 > From: [e-mail] (Susan E. Gauch)
 > Subject: Business Software for the MacPlus
 I've used ClickOn Worksheet, though only for screen graphics (so we could
 observe trends).  It's real easy.

 I assume you've already chosen Acta as your outliner?

 Disclaimer:  I wrote Acta.

 > From: [e-mail] (Don Chitwood)
 > Subject: how to change default fonts??
 If you have MacWrite 4.5, set the default font with one of the several
-programs
 that do this (I think Lofty Becker wrote an FKEY for Quick & Dirty Utilities
 vol. 2, tho it might have been shareware; the shareware PRAM also has this
 feature).

 MacWrite 2.2 is hardcoded to Geneva-12 and has to be patched in several
-places.

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

 From: DDUNHAM (11065)
 Subject: Anaheim Show
 Date: 2-AUG-00:25: Mousing Around

 I went to the Anaheim MacExpo today.  It was small, but better than I
 expected.  Lots of user groups had booths (I met BMUG's Steve Costa
 and LAMG's Franklin Tessler), as did vendors (Acta was for sale at >=
 3 places).  Many of the vendors were "minors," showing fuzzy mouse
 covers, cheese-shaped mouse pads, and the like.  One of these was
 Tacklind Design, makers of teflon mouse feet. They apparently have
 gotten good results from my letter to Semaphore Signal, so I'll repeat
 my recommendation.  For 2.95, this is a true bargain, and is essential
 for those of us who have worn the feet off our mouses and are starting
 on the black plastic ring.  They're at 250 Cowper St, Palo Alto CA
 94301, [phone].  Tell them I sent you!

 There were lots of new SCSI disks, but I already have one, so I didn't pay any
 attention.  The new product that looked most interesting was ComicWorks (which
 I think is distributed by Mindscape).  While it's not truly object oriented,
-it
 does allow you to overlap different bit-mapped elements and later move the
 elements around.  It seemed like a bargain, but I forget the price.

 Showing, but not yet shipping, was Habaword.  I wish they wouldn't
 call it that, it appeared to be a very good word processor which shows
 multiple columns on screen.  It reads MacWrite documents, but doesn't
 write them, which lessens its usefulness with PageMaker.  I believe
 the show price was $149, and it is supposed to be out in 2 weeks.

 Several people liked my Mouseketeer T-shirt (including a cute female
 *sigh*) and wanted to know where to get them.  I should have also
 brought some Mouseketeers!

 Oh yeah, Cauzin had a moose; apparently someone made a typo when they decided
 what costume to get.

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

 From: VASMUG (11070)
 Subject: RE: new hard disk (Re: Msg 10888)
 Date: 2-AUG-09:03: Hardware & Peripherals

 Josef and others. . . I am looking into a DATAFRAME 20 and do you know if
-512's
 and Pluses can exist on appletalk together?  Also what file server do you use?
 Is MAC SERVE the best?  Will it allow plusses and non nonpluses to share lan
 together.  Once logging on , can the 512 switch to the resident system to
 utilize programs that would otherwise require more than 512K? Do you like the
 Datqaframe 20?

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11073)
 Subject: RE: new hard disk (Re: Msg 11070)
 Date: 2-AUG-12:06: Hardware & Peripherals

 There seems to be no problem sharing an AppleTalk network between 512's and
 Plusses, as long as they are all running the same version of the Apple system
 _software._

 MacServe is not a file server - it's a disk server.  That means it's
 much more limited in usefulness than a real file server like TOPS.
 We're testing TOPS now, and it seems quite good for easy copying of
 files between Macs. Performance of the Mac processor and of AppleTalk
 seems to make it impractical to do extensive sharing of applications
 across the network.  The HyperDrive 2000 and Levco Prodigy would
 proably help the situation, but it seems that AppleTalk is best used
 to share _data_, not to run the same program from different Macs.

 Ric Ford
 "MacInTouch" newsletter

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 From: BRECHER (11076)
 Subject: Re: Disk Space
 Date: 2-AUG-16:06: MUGS Online

 To: [e-mail] (Eric Olson)
 Subject: Re: Disk Space

 > [The Catalog and Extents files] are fixed-length, fixed-position.

 Actually they're variable length, variable position.  For a given size
 volume, their first extents, created when the volume is initialized,
 will always be in the same place and have a given size *provided* that
 the initializing software has not overridden the default clump sizes
 for the B-tree files. However, if a sufficient number of files s are
 subsequently created, the catalog file may grow -- may be split into
 multiple extents.  The extents file is limited to a single extent,
 though, despite the fact that there is space in the Master Directory
 Block for three extents records for the extents B-tree file.

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

 From: MACINTOUCH (11074)
 Subject: Double Apple bug
 Date: 2-AUG-12:15: Bugs & Features

 I've been trying to use the neat "double apple" DA for installing a second DA
 menu.  It seem to work ok (on HyperDrive, System  3.2) until I try to close
-it.
 I got an ID=28 bomb once from the Finder and two ID=02 bombs on subsequent
 attempts.  It doesn't seem to matter which way one tries to close it.

 Ric

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 From: LOFTUSBECKER (11116)
 Subject: RE: Double Apple bug (Re: Msg 11074)
 Date: 3-AUG-08:01: Bugs & Features

 Methinks that's HyperDrive (again!). I've run it several times and no bomb on
 exit.  System 3.2, Finder 5.3, MacBottom.
 - Lofty

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11079)
 Subject: VAXintosh
 Date: 2-AUG-17:41: Mousing Around

 The latest issue of the DECUS SIGs Newsletters (August 1986) has an
 article called "The VAXintosh Class Workstation" by James Downward.
 It discusses how the features pioneered by the Macintosh should be
 investigated and applied to computers from other manufacturers
 (specifically DEC).  It's kind of interesting to see how other
 manufacturers still lag behind Apple, even though Apple took a long
 time to implement the concepts developed at Xerox. How slowly we move,
 and how slowly good ideas travel between computer companies.

 Ric

 P.S. Jim Downward is the chairman of the VAXintosh working group, and can be
 reached c/o KMS Fusion, Inc., PO Box 1567, Ann Arbor, MI  48106.  DECUS is the
 DEC user group.

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 From: PEABO (11087)
 Subject: RE: VAXintosh (Re: Msg 11079)
 Date: 2-AUG-18:17: Mousing Around

 According to a recent article in InfoWorld, DEC will shortly release a $7000
 MicroVAX workstation, as a move to protect their CAE market from competition
 with SUN, Apollo, and others.  One of the others will be Apple, of course.

 peter

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11089)
 Subject: RE: VAXintosh (Re: Msg 11087)
 Date: 2-AUG-18:18: Mousing Around

 Isn't DEC coming out with one lower-priced than that?  Which one's the Star?

 Ric

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 From: PEABO (11091)
 Subject: RE: VAXintosh (Re: Msg 11089)
 Date: 2-AUG-18:22: Mousing Around

 There is also a machine intended to compete in the IBM PC market.  I
 have heard it called the VAXmate, so I have to suppose it is also
 MicroVAX based, but with an 80286 co-processor.  This is all wild-eyed
 speculation based on the flimsiest of rumors, however.  I think the
 VAXstar is the $7K machine. The artcile did *not* say anything about
 disk storage and configurations, and it was based on reports by third
 parties and not confirmed by DEC.

 peter

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 From: DDUNHAM (460)
 Subject: RE: File menu and DA's (Re: Msg 445)
 Date:  2-AUG-18:08: Programming Techniques

 Eric Gould(?) of Think said that the (free) September upgrade will not
 have Undo in the editor (but will have inline assembly).

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 From: MOUSEKETEER (11105)
 Subject: Appletalk IW II
 Date: 3-AUG-00:30: Hardware & Peripherals

 OK, you techies...I need some help here (grin).

 Diagnosis:  Appletalk Option for my IW II is making things act silly.  If I do
 any kind of printing, it works great THE FIRST TIME.  I.E., if I do a "Print
 Selected Text" from RR, it works the first time.  Sometimes it works on the
 second time. I've never lived through three.  RR hangs up, and does nothing.

 Silicon Press: I can print a test label, but only once.  If I try to print
 again, the little timer thing comes up, speeds around once, and sits there...
 no printing.  I can cancel printing to get out.  The only way I have been
 able to test and print labels has been to do a Test to align the stock, save
 the format, quit silicon press, reboot the mac, restart Silicon Press, load
-the
 label, and then print (is this a workaround or a runaround?).

 I'd like to find out if the problem is with the Appletalk Imagewriter driver,
 one or both of the programs, anything else?

 Perhaps important note.  If I get out of a program in which I was hung trying
 to print to the IW, starting another program without rebooting (or restarting
 the same program without rebooting) does a fine System Error (so I get to
 reboot anyway).

 The Laserwriter never behaves in this fashion, which leads me to suspect the
 Imagewriter driver.

 Alf

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 From: MACMAG (11110)
 Subject: The twilight zone finder
 Date: 3-AUG-01:43: Mousing Around

 Today I had the strangest thing happen to me while returning from PageMaker to
 the Finder ( disclaimer: I beleive that the following is the Finder's fault [
 version 5.3 ] and not a real bug but a quirk )

 I have 3 icons on my screen ( paradise volume, disk icon, trash )...

 I double click on the paradise icon, the trash window opens, I close it and
 double-click on the disk icon, the paradise window opens, I double click on
-the
 trash icon, all windows close and the disk's icon opens...

 WEIRD.

 By the way, it was remedied by re-booting... strange..

 Incidentally, is it true that we're going to have a Finder 5.4/system 3.3
 upgrade soon ? ( geez, this is worst than RedRyder )... If you really like
 upgrades, I suggest you go out and see Friday the 13th part 6 ! ( like we have
 no idea what the plot is ).

 Rich.

 " Bientot pres d'un microscope pres de chez-vous, les Joyeux Lepreux! "

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 From: RAYSANDERS (11126)
 Subject: RE: The twilight zone finder (Re: Msg 11110)
 Date: 3-AUG-12:10: Mousing Around

 Rich: To paraphrase Friday 13th (Rel 6.0), "Finder 1.1.g, Nothing this evil
 could ever die !"  With appologies to the horror flick industry  -  Ray

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 From: JIMH (11120)
 Subject: LW toner
 Date: 3-AUG-10:52: Programming

 Can anyone tell me how long i can expect a toner cartride to last (how many
 copies) [oh yea for a laserwriter].  jim

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 From: RAYSANDERS (11122)
 Subject: RE: LW toner
 Date: 3-AUG-11:46: Programming

 Jim: According to Apple the life of a toner cartridge is 2,000 to
 3,000 pages depending on how heavy the image areas are that you print.
 I know for a fact that some people get as much as 5,000. Heres some
 handy tips: first, when the indicator turns RED, just take that to
 mean get another cartridge to have handy.  The RED usually means that
 you are about 2/3 thru the cartridge. Just run the sucker out ! After
 you have been in RED for a while, keep an eye on quality, especially
 the left and right edges. When they start to go, pull and replace with
 the new cartridge. An interesting fact is that the indicator mechanism
 has a run out area at the end of the RED area. Thats there to keep
 from stripping the gears on a long usage. Appearently Canon expected
 some people to run them dry. Various people, as I am, are running a
 toner cartridge re-charge service.  Recharged carts work just fine,
 sometimes better the new ones. I know of one guy that recharged a cart
 five times and it still works like new.  - Ray

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11138)
 Subject: RE: LW toner
 Date: 3-AUG-19:04: Programming

 Jim, we typically get 4000 to 5000 copies from a cartridge running
 fairly dense text along with some graphics (basically what you get in
 MacInTouch).  We set the density dial lighter than the middle and it
 seems that results are actually better and less toner is wasted as a
 bonus.  (Check the green cleaner rod to see how much overspill is
 being collected.).

 Ric

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11159)
 Subject: RE: LW toner
 Date: 4-AUG-00:03: Programming

 Ray, I've heard that the photo drum wears out after a while, when recharging
 cartridges.  Any idea how long it takes?

 Ric

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 From: OPPENHEIM (11127)
 Subject: hardware woes
 Date: 3-AUG-12:12: Hardware & Peripherals

 Someone restore my faith in computers.

 First my hard disk died, then the strap on my carrying case broke, send my Mac
 to the pavement.  Of course, this only happened as I was leaving for a
 month-long working vacation, to be devoted to programming the Mac prefaced
-with
 entering 4000+ lines of info for a statistical project.

 I cannot recommend the LoDOWN 20 to anyone at this point.  At first I
 got a bad sector warning -- in the Desktop file, which subsequently
 grew to >4mb.  Reformatting the disk (after a laborious back-up
 process) I proceeded confidently until a routine reboot on thurs. when
 I was presented with a very unhappy looking Mac.  Assuming a Mac
 problem I tried booting from a floppy -- fine, as long as the drive
 was not connected.  Another Mac yielded the same results.  Reformat
 the drive: everything fine, until I attempt to read the last sector.
 "I/O Error -36".  The drive continues to function until reboot, then
 the sad Mac returns.  Several calls to LoDOWN later I have their
 Diagnostic utility. Running that for 15 hours tells me that I have one
 bad track; odd given that the bad track file lists two media errors.
 The drive can be formatted, loaded and used, but eventually it dies
 again.  Tests with another Mac suggest that the problem is in the
 drive.  Another user I know whose drive died got a replacement that
 has never worked at all.  Perhaps it was damaged in transit, although
 the drive is supposed to withstand 70g. Getting hold of the people at
 LoDOWN is not easy, though they are reasonably helpful.  I would guess
 that they have (many) bugs to work out, and it would be wise not to be
 a beta tester, unless one enjoys that kind of thing.  The drive is
 well made, but the individual components are not reliable (esp. the
 controller, an OMTI 3100).  LoDOWN told the other user that the
 controller in his drive 'had the wrong ROM [old?]' and that the drive
 motor had burned out [as a consequence?].  Sigh.

 As for the carrying case, I would never depend on the strap for carrying
 anything.  The metal frame to which the clip is attached is made of cast
-metal.
 It fractured cleanly, suggesting that the metal was crystallized. Only the
-Mac,
 keyboard, mouse and cables were in the case; no unusual load or stress was
 applied.  The Mac case was cracked and popped apart, the Mac still works.  Did
 anyone ever say that EVERYTHING has to be backed up -- including hardware?

 Much older, somewhat wiser,

 -Alex

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 From: MOUSEKETEER (11136)
 Subject: RE: hardware woes (Re: Msg 11127)
 Date: 3-AUG-18:49: Hardware & Peripherals

 Dear Alex,

 Was the case in use the infamous Apple "maybe-carry" case, or from another
 company?  Iam looking for a case for my Plus, and the MacTote I've had doesn't
 quite hold the newer long keyboard.  I don't guess Apple has Plus style cases,
 anyway, but would appreciate comments on others.

 I don't know what would restore your faith in computers...perhaps the
 new *really*portable Mac due out in 87?  Maybe it'd help sooth you to
 look over the development of the automobile over it's 50+ year
 history.  The early models were prone to frequent breakdowns, many
 dumb designs, inefficient motors, rough rides, etc., while the auto
 has now evolved through many years so that...uh.....

 Well...

 Consider the moose.....

 Alf

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11139)
 Subject: RE: hardware woes (Re: Msg 11136)
 Date: 3-AUG-19:12: Hardware & Peripherals

 For what it's worth, I bought a MacTote, and received some time later,
 free and unrequested, a new strap and new buckles, with a letter
 saying that a few people had reported problems similar to yours.  I
 don't think these are cast metal though.

 Hope you had HFS Backup!

 Omti controllers are used in other Mac SCSI disks as well.

 :-(

 Ric

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 From: NOFAL (467)
 Subject: RE: Mac C for MPW? (Re: Msg 291)
 Date:  3-AUG-02:46: Current Discussions

 The new TML Linker is great!It creates any resources('PROC,'INIT',FKEY',etc.)
 and is what I call a very smart linker.
 --Danny

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 From: MOUSEKETEER (11129)
 Subject: RE: PostScript and the new fonts in the (Re: Msg 11123)
 Date: 3-AUG-12:32: Programming

 Hi Doug,

 Another approach to character definition, if a somewhat pricey one, will be
 the next release of Fontographer by Altsys.  Current beta releases (and the
 upcoming 2.0 release, "mid-August", free to owners) support composite
 characters.  You can use the built-in LW fonts as a base for customized fonts,
 up to making complex logos and such by creating a composite of several simpler
 characters.  You can choose to reference other characters in the same font to
 build the composite character, or reference characters defined in another
-font.
 For anyone needing to customize resident LW fonts, it's a powerful tool.

 Note: Altsys has recently moved.  Their new address and phone are:
 Altsys Corp.  720 Avenue F, Suite 108 Plano, TX 75074.  [phone]

 Alf

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 From: MACINTOUCH (11144)
 Subject: RR 9.4 bug?
 Date: 3-AUG-19:29: Bugs & Features

 I'm having trouble with Red Ryder freezing on exit if I have a desk accessory
 open when I quit.  System 3.2/Mac 512Enhanced, no cache/HyperDrive.  Anyone
 else?

 Ric

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