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30-Apr-88 11:32:41-PDT,21790;000000000001
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 30-Apr-88 11:08:05
Date: 30 Apr 88 1108-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #43
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 1 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 43
Today's Topics:
SCORES virus and the NetWay N1000A terminal controller
Virus info
VIRUS VACCINE
Viral Code
Scores Virus Report 2
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #44
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #45
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #46
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #47
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #48
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #49
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #50
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #51
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #52
Delphi Mac Digest V4 #8
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Date: Sun, 24 Apr 88 19:20:38 EDT
From: "Juan M. Courcoul"
From: <PP838474%TECMTYVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: SCORES virus and the NetWay N1000A terminal controller
Regarding the SCORES virus, I hope all the software on the INFO-MAC
repository and it's various associated filelists on servers in the
Bitnet network is uninfected.
On the NetWay controller, at my school we have recently been assigned one
of the units and apparently the software with it is a bit outdated. Is
there a version of the terminal software that supports the SE and Mac II
ADB keyboards ? My current version doesn't and it's a chore when you want
to use a PF key. Also, and of graver concern, my version is quite unable
to 'see' the NetWay controller if it is on the other side of a standard
AppleTalk bridge. Is this normal ?
Juan M. Courcoul
Dept. of Computer Science
Monterrey Institute of Technology
Monterrey, Mexico
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 09:17 GMT
From: <J_MENDEZ%UPRENET.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Virus info
I am a new Macintosh user and recently subscribed to Info-Mac. I've been
reading about this virus (actually more than one) and bugs. I would like
someone to explain exactly what are they, where do they come from, how are
they acquired and whatever other basic information. Please pardon my lack
of knowledge but I must begin somewhere.
Thank you.
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
Jose Mendez
BITNET: J_MENDEZ@UPRENET
University of Puerto Rico
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
------------------------------
From: RBREWER%WPI.BITNET@husc6.harvard.edu
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 18:42:58 edt
Subject: VIRUS VACCINE
Well, the power users here at WPI don't really like putting up with Viruses,
so we tend to find cures ASAP - Here's what we have:
VACCINE - a CDEV file that activates on bootup. This file (whose settings may
be adjusted through the newer segmented control panels (i.e. system
version 5.0). What it does is the following - It basically checks
for anything being installed onto the machine automatically. As this
is the Method that the Infamout "Scores" virus transmits itself, this
makes it a very effective preventative step. The user is prompted as
to whether or not he wants this modification done, at which point
he can say yes or no. This allows FULL control of the bacground IO
installation process. THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT REMOVE THE VIRUS, IT JUST
LET'S YOU KNOW IF THE SYSTEM IS BEING TAMPERED WITH.
VKILLER - Searches out the actual virus code in an infected disk, and removes
it. This program also works against the "SCORES" virus, as well as
a multitude of others.
If you would like copies of these two PD utilities, just send a Blank formatted
3.5 to me at home (be sure to include RETURN POSTAGE), at the following
address:
TRON
c/o Richard G. Brewer
Rural Route 1 Box 496
Lebanon, N.H. 03766
Vaccine is also available in the Macintosh users group areas of GeNIE,
CompuServe, and other popular Timeshare networks...I haope that these
programs help those with infected media out of the jam their in - they
certainly helped me!!
...END OF LINE...
------------------------------
Date: Tue 26 Apr 1988 02:26 CDT
From: GREENY <MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Viral Code
Hi there....
I have currently been assigned the task (by my infamous supervisor) to make
sure that all of the Macintoshes in our Department are virus free (quite a
task seeing as how most of the faculty *LOVE* to get PD and shareware stuff )
and I have figured that the best way to do this would be to write an application
or perhaps a CDEV on the order of Vaccine all on my own, since I do not
trust *ANY* outside code anymore that I get without a copy of the source.
Call my overly paranoid (I'm sure someone will...) but I would like to have
copies of any viruses that anyone may have been bitten by, or trapped before
they could have done their work. I can send disks, tapes, do modem transfers,
or go by mail -- whatever is possible and most convenient for you.
Thanks in advance. I will post a copy of the application (or CDEV) after I
get it running -- along with a copy of the source (for those who are as
paranoid as I am...).
Thankx...
Bye for now but not for long
David S. "Greeny" Greenberg
Bitnet: MISS026@ECNCDC
Internet: MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Disclaimer: My Department takes no responsibility for what i say above...
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 10:56 CDT
From: John Norstad <JLN%nuacc.acns.nwu.edu@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Scores Virus Report 2
This is my second report on the Scores virus. The important good
news is there are now two free disinfection programs called
KillScores and Ferret 1.0. I didn't write either one of them.
They seem to work fine, so there's no need for me to write another
one. I'm also happy to report that CE Software's Vaccine 1.0 is
effective against Scores. There's not much new to report about the
virus itself.
KillScores and Ferret 1.0 were posted on AppleLink over the weekend
of April 16. I discovered them shortly after posting my first
report on Monday the 18th. I believe they are also available on
CompuServe, but I haven't checked.
Both of these programs were written specifically to eradicate the
Scores virus. They can also be used to simply check for the virus,
without changing anything on your disk.
I tested both Ferret and KillScores on my small infected test
system, and on some large uninfected ones.
Both of them worked on my small infected system. They removed all
traces of the virus and repaired the system folder and all the
damaged applications correctly. They both also correctly reported
that several large systems with nearly full 20 and 80 megabyte hard
drives were uninfected.
A word of warning, however. My small test system only contains
infected versions of TeachText, ResEdit, and MacWrite. I don't
have the facilities or the time to do large scale testing of lots
of infected applications. Also, I don't have the source code for
either of the programs. So I can't guarantee that either of them
is perfect, or that they won't damage your files.
KillScores has a better user interface than Ferret 1.0, although
neither one is very good. Ferret 1.0 also seems to have a problem
properly reporting the names of the infected files. This only
works some of the time. KillScores does a much better job of
telling you exactly what it's doing.
The important thing is that both of these programs seem to work,
and the authors deserve our thanks. Larry Nedry wrote Ferret 1.0,
and KillScores is the work of the MacPack/Apple Corps of Dallas
task force, headed by Howard UpChurch.
Getting rid of a virus is very tricky, even with the help of a
disinfection program like KillScores or Ferret 1.0. I managed to
make mistakes using them during my tests, and ended up with a
system that was still infected! I recommend that you carefully
follow the steps below to make sure that you've really eradicated
all traces of the virus.
Step 1. Make a startup disk containing just a system folder and a
copy of the disinfection program (KillScores and/or Ferret 1.0).
For the safest results the system folder should be copied as is
from a locked original Apple system release disk. The only files
you really need in your system folder are System and Finder. Make
sure your system folder doesn't contain any non-Apple INITs, CDEVs,
or other miscellaneous crap.
Step 2. Restart your machine using the startup disk you just made.
Step 3. Make a backup copy of the startup disk you just made.
Step 4. Run the disinfection program on all the hard drives and
floppies in your collection, including the backup copy you just
made. Don't run any other programs or boot from any other disks
until you're done disinfecting, or you might get reinfected. Use
Finder, not MultiFinder (I've only tested under Finder. The
programs might work OK under MultiFinder too, but I don't know).
Step 5. Shut down your system and restart using some other
(disinfected) startup disk.
Step 6. Immediately erase the startup disk you made in step 1 and
used to disinfect your system. The backup disk you made is free
from infection, and it contains a copy of the disinfection program
that you can use again if you need it.
For the safest results you should try to make sure that all the
files you copy to your startup disk in step 1 are uninfected.
That's why I recommend using your original locked Apple release
disk. I have, however, tested both KillScores and Ferret 1.0 with
infected startup disks, and they seem to work OK.
To double check, you can run both KillScores and Ferret 1.0. The
program you run first should disinfect your disk, and the one you
run second should report that the disk is free of infection.
I've also tested CE Software's Vaccine 1.0 with Scores. It seems
to be effective against the initial attempt at infection. In all
my tests my vaccinated system bombed whenever I attempted to run an
application infected with Scores, and my system was not infected.
I've tried this with the "expert display" option both on and off,
and with the "always compile MPW INITS" option both on and off.
I've seen bombs with ID=02 and ID=25. I don't know why the system
bombs instead of presenting Vaccine's usual dialog box or tiny
icons.
I'd like to correct an error in the first report. When fixing an
infected application with ResEdit, you should replace bytes 16-23
of CODE resource 0 by bytes 4-11 of CODE resource nnnn, not by
bytes 2-9. Bytes are numbered starting with 0. I apologize if
this caused anybody any grief.
I'd also like to thank Dave Lavery and Howard Upchurch for their
early work on the Scores virus. I used their results as a starting
point for my own research, and I should have given them credit in
my first report.
I've discovered several more interesting facts about Scores,
including more attacks on VULT and ERIC, an explanation for why
some applications don't get infected, and several bugs in the
virus. There also may be a few problems with the disinfection
algorithm I presented in the first report. The details aren't
important now, so I won't describe them.
It has been reported that the virus contains some sort of special
code designed to fool ResEdit. This isn't true, although I have
had ResEdit crash inexplicably on an infected system.
John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Bitnet: JLN@NUACC
Internet: JLN@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
------------------------------
Date: Tue 19 Apr 88 17:17:44-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #44
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 1, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 44
Today's Topics:
Re: Mac to pic/troff Conversion
Electronic circuit design and simulation
MPW Pascal Suggestion
Re: CMS Pro80II/i vs. Pro102k-II/i Disks
Re: MPW Pascal Suggestion
Dove SCSI + CMS: do they mix?
CE Vaccine
Re: TI microExplorer (Mac II coprocessor) ...
Re: Info on Concertware + 4.0
Re: How to quit MF?(was Re: Quitting the Finder under MF)
Additional Serial Ports for MAC II (2 messages)
Proposal for enhancements to the Macintosh System (Repost!)
DiskTools Plus comments
Help List Manager
Re: Polygon question
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-44.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue 19 Apr 88 17:18:54-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #45
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 1, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 45
Today's Topics:
Unmount Floppy under MF
Re: Polygon question (3 messages)
Re: Questions about MacII
Re: Dialog Boxes with Scrollable region
Alternatives to Imagewriters?
Re: DiskTools Plus comments
Protection for folders...
Large Capacity Disk Drives for Mac II ...
getting your ImageWriter (or other) printhead repaired
GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip pact illegal
Re: Faster desktop rebuilding info from MACworld
Re: Need opinions on Orange Micro Macintosh Grappler interface
Re: turning off instruction cache on MA
Re: ShowInit Source or pointer wanted
INIT Crashes-- Why?
When to draw rect around List in DLOG
Monitoring idle time
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-45.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue 19 Apr 88 17:20:25-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #46
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 1, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 46
Today's Topics:
Re: Memory Management (was Quickergraf bugs...)
Re: When to draw rect around List in DLOG
Bulldozer cursor?
Why does my keyboard stick in UPPERCASE?
xmodem->versaterm at 1200
Re: GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip pact illegal
Memory Checking Programs
Re: GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip pact illegal
Macintosh Statistics Packages
Help! TextEdit Programming Problem - "nLines" (2 messages)
Interprocess communications (2 messages)
XNS
Re: Macintosh Statistics Packages
Re: Why does my keyboard stick in UPPERCASE?
New LaserWriter II SC
Re: Why does my keyboard stick in UPPERCASE?
Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Re: Interprocess communications
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-46.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Sat 9 Apr 88 14:31:45-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #47
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, April 9, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 47
Today's Topics:
EtherTalk Card Programming Question
Patching "Please insert the disk..." (2 messages)
A/UX performance
Re: Photo of Mac II Monitor
TEXT - APPLE-MICROSOFT Agreement
Re: Can anyone tell me his/her experience with CMS hard disks?
Call for feedback: Multifinder compatible games
Re: Can anyone tell me his/her experience with CMS hard disks?
Error Handling and Recovery
Using digitized sounds...
LSC and CODE resources
Am I missing something obvious - how do you copy in/out from HFS disks?
Re: how to get file size (in bytes) ???
Re: MIDI
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-47.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Sat 9 Apr 88 14:33:49-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #48
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, April 9, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 48
Today's Topics:
Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Hard disks noise ?
Jasmine Direct Drive 50 and a Plus
Help on "Standard" MIDI file formats--are there any, especially on Macs?
Re: Jasmine Direct Drive 50 and a Plus
Re: Apple Challenges Microsoft :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^)
Re: Why does my keyboard stick in UPPERCASE?
Re: Can anyone tell me his/her experience with CMS hard disks?
Re: Bulldozer cursor?
Ethertalk Programming Question, reposting.
Animation!
Getting Rid of Your Hangups
Re: How do you highlight a default button?
Re: Bitmap to Region conversion
Re: Sending PostScript through the printer driver
Re: A/UX performance
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-48.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Sat 9 Apr 88 14:36:02-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #49
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, April 9, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 49
Today's Topics:
How to get video signal from MacII?
Re: Jasmine Direct Drive 50 and a Plus
More on Font/DA Juggler, and PowerStation
Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Multi-bin feeder for laser printers
Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Dvorak keyboard trainer
Allegro CL Grep Tool (Undocumented)
Re: Picking a Debugger
apple single/double files
How do you change the A/UX's login message? (2 messages)
Re: Am I missing something obvious - how do you copy in/out from HFS disks?
Re: ImageWriter II Intermittant Problem
how to use Mac as unattended dialup machine?
Re: CE Vaccine (2 messages)
Re: Am I missing something obvious - how do you copy in/out from HFS disks?
Scribe <-> Microsoft Word converter
What hard disks does A/UX support
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-49.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 18 Apr 88 09:20:48-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #50
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, April 16, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 50
Today's Topics:
Re: Applecolor Monitor Jitters
Re: New MF features (ApplicationMenu)
Mac <-> Autocad
Re: Universe, Universe II, and Breach
Haunted hard disk (really tape backup peculiarity)
Choosing closest-color-by-blending
DAHandler and memory management
MPW C bug, again!
Re: Time Zone trouble...
Re: What hard disks does A/UX support
Re: Choosing closest-color-by-blending
Re: Picking a Debugger
Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Vaccine seems disabled (BY A VIRUS?)
TAMIL FONTS, anyone ?
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-50.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Mon 18 Apr 88 09:22:40-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #51
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, April 16, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 51
Today's Topics:
Pacer vs. Alisa (A Tale of Two VAX-Mac Systems)
3D Graphic MANIPULATIONS.....
How do you count unused master pointers?
question about fonts
LightspeedC Vapor Ad (was Re: LSC and CODE resources)
Re: DAHandler and memory management
Re: Error Handling and Recovery (long reply)
Re: LSC and CODE resources
Re: What hard disks does A/UX support
Problems with A/UX--NFS locking up (2 messages)
Re: 3D Graphic MANIPULATIONS.....
Bibliography support package wanted.
Enabling my Lisa to run Mac+ software
Re: Graphic window from MPW tool
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-51.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 18 Apr 88 09:24:32-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #52
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, April 16, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 52
Today's Topics:
Claris MacWrite 5.0
Problems I have seen
Re: Pacer vs. Alisa (A Tale of Two VAX-Mac Systems)
Re: Problems I have seen
Home finance software
Re: : Mac desktop publishing, etc.
E-mail Mac/Mainframe
carrying case for Mac Plus (2 messages)
OpenResFile and high byte
custom MDEF vs. MenuKey
4D programming question
Opening Working Directories
Re: OpenResFile and high byte
Re: custom MDEF vs. MenuKey
HD's for AUx
Laser IISC
Re: Farallon MacRecorder
Streamlining the System File
Ending a DA
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-52.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Fri 22 Apr 88 09:29:03-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V4 #8
Delphi Mac Digest Friday, April 22, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 8
Today's Topics:
anti-virus
Re: Vaccine and Font/DA Mover
new LW's (3 messages)
ImageWriter II Problem (2 messages)
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #51
re: Ending a DA
Color Questions
re: Getting Full Pathnames
Char2Pixel()
Color Boot Problem
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DELPHIV4-08.ARC
- Lance ]
------------------------------
End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
30-Apr-88 11:46:04-PDT,15388;000000000001
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 30-Apr-88 11:14:21
Date: 30 Apr 88 1114-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #44
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 1 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 44
Today's Topics:
MPW&LSC Program examples
RE: Getting Full Pathames
Calling Hypercard Hooks from Pascal
query
Re: Power supply problems.
Hello there
RE: Postscript from quickdraw
DRAWIMP
Flex, good but too speedy
Fast number crunching.
Help with Relax MacMate 20 wanted
Downloading files
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 88 11:29:10 LCL
From: "Tony S. Dahbura" <DAHBURA%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Does anyone out there know how I can get a moving marquee selection box like
MACPAINT has. I.E. When you select something it leaves a scrolling box
around the selected area. I assume there might be a routine in the
MAC to do this instead of having to code it myself. Someone mentioned
checking Inside Macintosh book 4, but I have been unable to locate any
information on the subject. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
/thanks
/Tony Dahbura
Reply Via : DAHBURA@SUVM (BITNET)
US Mail : 262 Small Road
Syracuse, NY 13210
U.S.A.
Phone : 315-476-0989
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 00:20 CDT
From: JEFF SMITH <CS_JSMITH@uta.edu>
Subject: MPW&LSC Program examples
I made it!!!! I have finally developed my first reasonably sized C
program on the mac. I used the shell provided in the MPW C. Is there
anyone who has a PD event loop which takes care of scrolling and splitting
windows? How about some plotting routines? I have Mac Express but am not
using it. I have developed a Neural Network Simulator and its pretty fast
on my MacII. I am using it for NN based robotic control research. I'm not
a weathered mac-programmer, though and would like samples of code you have
developed to keep my efforts moving. Thanks...
Jeff Smith
University of Texas at Arlington
Bitnet:B609CSE@UTARLG
CS.NET:CS_JSMITH@UTA.EDU
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 12:24:03 PDT
From: eastman@Csa4.LBL.Gov (Jack Eastman)
Subject: RE: Getting Full Pathames
In info-mac V6 #38 Chris Sterritt asks
> I would like to know if anyone can mail me some code that does the
>following. I would like to hand the user the standard SFGetfile box, which
>I can easily do, and return to the calling function a string that has the
>entire pathname (i.e., the volume name:any intervening folders:filename).
> I can't seem to get anything more (easily) than the volume name
>and the filename. I'd like to be able to get all the intervening folders
>as a good way to store the path to the file.
> Any ideas?
First point: you gotta be careful when you ask for a string containing a full
pathname. Whereas each file or directory name is limited to 31 characters
in length, full pathnames can be of unlimited length because there's no limit
on the depth of HFS directory trees. Therefore the Pascal Str255 is a poor
choice of variable type in which to pass these things around. A better choice
is either a StringHandle, which, though formally declared to be ^^Str255,
actually points to a block of variable length containing a pascal-style (i.e.
length-byte-prefixed) string; or a handle to a C-style null-terminated string,
where you keep track of the end and stuff the null in yourself when appropriate.
In order to construct a full pathname, you have to use (brrrrrr) low-level
paramBlock HFS calls. I don't have my Mac in front of me right now to test all
the steps, but here's a rough idea of one way to do it.
SFGetFile returns a record of type SFReply. This record was fixed in length
back before HFS was invented, so although it has room for a volume reference
number and a file name, it doesn't have room to pass the dirID of the
directory containing the file. Standard file instead uses the vRefNum slot
to return a working directory ID, which refers to a system-wide pool of
working directory records containing both volume and directory information.
Now, I know that the file manager calls accept working directory id's almost
anywhere they ask for a vRefNum, but I prefer to keep things pure and pass
dirID's where dirID's are asked for and vRefNum's where vRefNum's are asked
for. I stay less confused that way.
You can use the low-level call PBGetWDInfo to get the vRefNum and dirID
corresponding to the working directory ID returned by standard file, but
there's an easier way to get at this information. Standard file maintains
two low-memory globals between calls, and you can look there for the relevant
information. You can get the directory id of the last directory that SF opened
from the longint at the low-memory location CurDirStore ($398). The NEGATIVE
of the corresponding vRefNum is saved in the word at SFSaveDisk ($214).
Now, armed with a vRefNum and a dirID, you can reconstruct a pathname by
repeated calls to the low-level routine PBGetCatInfo.
Declare a variable of type CInfoPBRec and a Str255 to hold the directory name
that PBGetCatInfo will return:
var params:CInfoPBRec;
dirName:Str255;
Make your SFGetFile call. Then for the first HFS call fill the fields of the
paramBlock like this:
dirName:='';
with params do
begin
ioCompletion := nil; {assuming synchronous calls}
ioVRefNum := - wordIFoundInSFSaveDisk;
ifFDirIndex := -1; {anything < 0 to make the call use ioDrDirID}
ioNamePtr := @dirName; {the directory name gets returned here}
ioDrDirID := LongIFoundInCurDirStore;
end;
Make the call:
err := PBGetCatInfo( @params, false );
Upon return you'll find the name of the directory containing your file in
dirName. Prefix it to the selected filename with a colon in between, in
whatever string structure you've decided to use to keep your full pathname.
The dirID of the parent directory of the one we're in is returned in
params.ioDrParID. Now you can just call PBGetCatInfo iteratively, putting the
ioDrParID returned in each call into ioDrDirID for the next, and building up
the pathname as you go, until you get to the root. (Remember that the dirID of
the root directory on any volume is 2.)
Hope this helps you out-
Jack Eastman
Physics Division
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
eastman@lbl.gov
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 88 21:52 CST
From: THE VALEYARD =*= <CLAY@NTSUVAX>
Subject: Calling Hypercard Hooks from Pascal
Hello MacUsers:
I am attempting to write a hypercard stack that uses an XCMD written with
LS Pascal. The XCMD will sort data in a Hypercard Field. However, I cannot
find any documentation on how to hook the XCMD into Hypercard for a case
similar to this since the XCMD actually modifies the stack data.
I have Goodman's Hypercard book.
Can anyone help with this problem or direct me to a pubs that would help?
Thanks!
The Valeyard
Clay Luther
clay@ntsuvax
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 11:12 N
From: <KRAALING%HWALHW50.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: query
Could someone report the status of MPW-FORTRAN. I am relatively new to
the Mac scene and I want to run FORTRAN applications on a Mac II.
Specific questions are: 1) is it already for sale, 2) true 77, 3)
language extensions, 4) symbolic debugger, 5) 68881 support, 6) dynamic
linking, 7) integrated programming environment, 8) run time errors, 9)
interface to quickdraw routines.
Any information is highly appreciated,
Daniel van Kraalingen
(bitnet: KRAALINGEN@HWALHW50)
Dept. of Theoretical Production Ecology
Agricultural University,
Wageningen
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 16:29 PDT
From: Danger Mouse <DM%MAX.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: Power supply problems.
To the person having problems with their screen, and was wanting an alternative
to spending $150 for a new power supply.
Get your hands on the July '87 issue of MacTutor, (either July or August, I'm
pretty sure it's July), and look in the section of reprinted posts from Rusty
Hodge's MouseHole BBS. What you may have is a cold solder that's screwing things
up, and if the symptoms are the same and you have the electrical savvy, you may
well be able to get your problem fixed for a fraction of the $150. (Or you could
direct a technician to follow the instructions -- either way.)
I read that issue right after having had a power supply swap done. I kicked
myself all the way home.
-- Danger Mouse
------------------------------
Date: Sun 24 Apr 88 15:33:08-PDT
From: MANSFIELD%SPRLC.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU (Used furniture dealer
From: and
Subject: Hello there
Is this the correct address for submitting stuff for the mac digests and for archiving on sumex?
I have a couple of questions to ask of the net and I'm not connected to the usenet
news as I am on a VMS machine (my Sun hasnt arrived yet!)
I need to know if:
a. anyone has a ray traing program for the mac.
b. whether anyone has found an init or other method of putting the menubar on one screen and the disk and trash icons on another with multiple monio
sorry monitors on the Mac II. Sure I can drag them there but it would be nice to have them come up thsorry that way
excuse the messy message the emulator is playing up.
c. has anyone tried the MPW Forran?
I also want to return a fun icon that I downloaded and modified to work with the new systems. Am I writing to the right address?
Cheers Jfm.
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1988 12:11 PDT
From: SHIPLEY <SPHERE%UWACDC.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: RE: Postscript from quickdraw
If you have a Pict file, the easiest way to make PostScript from it would
be to paste it into a blank document of any commercial drawing program, and
then select print to laserwriter, and use wiggle-K to print the postscript
to disk.
-William Shipley
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 08:52:04 PST
From: Peter Scott <PJS@grouch.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Subject: DRAWIMP
I have a program called DRAWIMP, written by Alan Weber of USC, which
converts MacDraw files to imPRESS code and uses TeX fonts. Unfortunately,
it only works with PXL font files, which have been superseded by more
efficient GF and PK formats. Has anyone got a version of this program
that supports these font formats? Please reply directly - I'm not on
this list.
Peter Scott (pjs%grouch@jpl-mil.jpl.nasa.gov)
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 16:38 EST
From: <BELSLEY%BCVMS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (DAVID A. BELSLEY)
Subject: Flex, good but too speedy
I just downloaded the Flex INIT/cdev and like it in all respects but its
speed; it moves too fast. Ben, can you slow it down so that it runs at
a stately pace on the Mac II? If there is a machine-dependency problem,
perhaps you could include a speed control in the cdev?
thanks for a nice product,
david a. belsley
boston college belsley@bcvax3.bitnet
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 88 18:59:48 IST
From: Ami Zakai <RPR1ZAK%TECHNION.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Fast number crunching.
The decision has been made in my institute to purchase a few machines
dedicated to number crunching, we are considering Mac SE/II with accelerator
boards/cards or array processors.
I am interested in any information, addresses or personal experience with
such machines and how it compares to other options in computing power/price.
Please address all info to me and I will summarize or send to this new group
with a copy to me.
thanks
Dr. Ami Zakai LifeSci project, Telecommunication.
Rappaport Institute for Medical Research,
P.O.B. 9697, Haifa 31096 ISRAEL
Phone -972-4-512265
Fax -972-4-521296 attn Zakai
Email RPR1ZAK@TECHNION.BITNET
RPR1ZAK@TECHNION.TECH.AC.IL
RPR1ZAK%TECHNION.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
------------------------------
Date: 30 APR 88 03:44-N
From: CZYCHI%CSGHSG52.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Help with Relax MacMate 20 wanted
Hello,
I have medium size problem with my Relax MacMate 20 Harddisk. - It is the one
which makes twice as noise as my old SE itself...
Somebody threw the original installation and utilities SW away, and Apple's
HD Setup won't work anymore (it worked before!). Suddenly it stuck while
formatting the drive. It is a Seagate ST-225N.
So I am asking you out there if you could probably help me. The best thing what
could happen to me were if somebody could kindly send me the original Relax
SW. But please do send me a note if you have any idea.
Thanks a lot.
Gary
Gary T. Czychi University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
CZYCHI@CSGHSG52.BITNET (also: CSGHSG53)
Tel.: --41 / 71 / 27 52 68
--49 / 211 / 46 01 23
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 88 17:18:40 PDT
From: <GA0095%SIUCVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Date: 24 April 1988, 19:05:49 CST
From: Robert J. Brenstein (618) 453-5721 x 227 GA0095 at SIUCVMB
To: INFO-MAC%SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU at STANFORD
Re: unpacking multi-part stacks
Joe
I have been frequently downloading stacks and Macintosh programs coming
in a few parts from MacServe. I found that it is the best to pre-process
them on your IBM mainframe or VAX or whatever you use to communicate over
BITNet. Univ of Toledo is listed to use IBM/CMS. If that is correct, use
Xedit and/or COPY command to combine all parts into one large file and
then download it to your Macintosh. This way you will have a single HQX
file to deal with on Macintosh and no problems with APPENDing etc. Make
sure to remove mail headers if they are present in other parts than the
first one (usually they ain't there but it is worth checking).
Robert <GA0095@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 09:02:47 CDT
From: "James N.Bradley" <ACSH%UHUPVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Downloading files
Joe Feustle commented that he had a problem appending multiple sections
of a file he downloaded from PUCC.
I normally receive mail in CMS and if I get a multipart file, I use the
GET command and combine it before I download it. It takes a little longer
to KERMIT them down, but I get a file that's already in one piece.
JNB
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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30-Apr-88 12:00:12-PDT,18065;000000000001
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 30-Apr-88 11:16:29
Date: 30 Apr 88 1116-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #45
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 1 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 45
Today's Topics:
PROTECT LASERWRITER
MACPAINT ARCHIVES
Re: Symbolic Math Software
Applelink <-> Bitnet
Dollars and Sense 4.0 flames
May Vaporware -- rumors welcome/ reply by email
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu 28 Apr 88 16:32:42-PDT
From: TIEU@ECLA.USC.EDU
Subject: PROTECT LASERWRITER
WE JUST INSTALLED A FEW KINETICS FASTPATHS TO BRIDGE SEVERAL APPLETALK
NETWORKS. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE LASERWRITERS IN OTHER ZONES.
BUT HOW DO WE PROTECT THE LASERWRITERS FROM UNAUTHORIZED USE? IS THERE
A WAY TO PASSWORD PROTECT THE LASERWRITERS? OR MAKE THE LASERWRITERS
UNAVAILABLE TO OTHER ZONES ON THE NETWORK?
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY RESPONSE.
HAN
TIEU@SKAT.USC.EDU
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 17:26:23 EDT
From: Jim Tedeschi <JTT58%ALBNYVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: MACPAINT ARCHIVES
I am an ms-dos type who is using Ventura and am looking for a mine of
pictures to incorporate in my documents. I have a utility that converts
macpaint files into usable format. Now my problem is to find archives (a
source) of macpaint files. Can someone guide me to the right place or the
appropriate process to do this? Thanks to you folks in the MAC world.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 20:00:59 EDT
From: Scott Robert Anderson <phssra@emory.arpa>
Subject: Re: Symbolic Math Software
In a previous issue, <JRCLARK%UTKVX1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> writes:
>One of my colleagues in the Mathematics Department is looking
>for a symbolic math package on the Macintosh.
You might want to tell him to keep an eye out for a new program by
Stephen Wolfram called Mathematica. As you might expect, it is
very similar to SMP, although it is not completely compatible with
it (and Wolfram, not Cal Tech, has the rights :-). He was demonstrating
it at the American Physical Society March Meeting in New Orleans on
the Mac, for which it is supposed to be available in a few months.
It will run on Mac Plusses as well as Mac IIs, but you will need LOTS
of memory (in the best SMP tradition :-). He was using 5MB on his
Mac II.
The distribution method is interesting: Mathematica will be available
for several mainframes (including the Cray 2) and workstations (in
particular Suns), and will be distributed *free* with the system
software. However, it will have to purchased separately for the
Macintosh (I guess Apple wasn't interested in such an arrangement--
one large program distributed free of charge is enough for them :-).
I don't recall the price, but I believe it was on the order of $500.
Manuals can be purchased separately; here is the ordering information
for anyone who might like a preview and doesn't mind shelling out $20:
Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer
By Stephen Wolfram
Published by Addison-Wesley
0-201-19330-2/Paperbound @ $22.75
0-201-19334-5/Hardbound @ $43.25
(Disclaimer: This may sound like an advertisement, but I have no
connection with either Wolfram or Addison-Wesley, other than as an
interested bystander.)
* Scott Robert Anderson
* ** gatech!emoryu1!phssra
* * * ** phssra@emoryu1.{bitnet,csnet}
* * * * * **
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 00:06 CDT
From: JEFF SMITH <CS_JSMITH@uta.edu>
Subject: Applelink <-> Bitnet
Does anyone oout there in Info-mac land know anything about the Applelink
Bitnet connection??
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 23:08:34 PDT
From: lars@ACC-SB-UNIX.ARPA (Lars Poulsen)
Subject: Dollars and Sense 4.0 flames
In volume 6 # 38, Samir Kaleem posted a fairly harsh attack on Dollars and
Sense 4.0. Having used the program extensively, I would like to add a few
comments.
I purchased Dollars and Sense 1.4 last year, and was fairly satisfied with
the program, though I foresaw that some of the limitations would eventually
become problems. I therefore wrote to the publisher with detailed specific
recommendations for improvements. I never heard back.
8 months later with tax time coming up, I hit a bad bug in the program:
My data file would cause the program to bomb when posting transactions to
a specific account. "Rebuild account file" made no difference.
I tried to call Monogram's software support, but failed to get through
in two whole working days (at least 15 calls). Finally tried the business number
where the operator refused to take a message for support to call me back.
I was mad.
The next week, I tried again, got through immediately; was informed that
a new edition was ready to ship in two weeks, and was a complete rewrite.
As an existing customer I was offered the update at a greatly reduced price
and received it two weeks later as promised.
I did have slight problems in converting my old account file, until I discovered
that on my SE, the conversion program would ONLY run under multi-finder,
while the main program would NOT run under multi-finder. To my gret joy
I found that virtually all of the areas I had been troubled by had been
addressed in the rewrite, and most restrictions had been lifted.
Even better: 3 weeks later, I received ANOTHER UPDATE IN THE MAIL:
a warranty bugfix update. This release is 4.1, and this is what I am currently
running. (The disk was labeled 4.0). The problem described by Samir cannot
be reproduced on 4.1.
Samir should call Monogram support and ask for the update.
In short, I think Monogram is doing an excellent job; I don't know why
I had such bad luck the first time I tried to reach them.
I have no relations with Monogram other than as a happy customer.
/ Lars Poulsen
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 88 00:42:42 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: May Vaporware -- rumors welcome/ reply by email
VAPORWARE
Murphy Sewall
From the May 1988 APPLE PULP
H.U.G.E. Apple Club (E. Hartford) News Letter
$15/year
P.O. Box 18027
East Hartford, CT 06118
Call the "Bit Bucket" (203) 569-8739
Permission granted to copy with the above citation
Picking Up Speed.
Intel and Motorola both have announced faster versions of
their 32-bit processors. Motorola will offer a 33MHz
version of the 68020 processor (currently running at 25MHz)
used in the Mac II and a 16MHz version of the 68000 CPU used
in other Macs (which now run at 12.5MHz). Motorola also
will offer a low-power consumption 16MHz 68HC00 CMOS chip
that is expected to find a home in Apple's planned LapMac.
It may be 6 months to a year before Apple announces upgraded
Macintoshes using the new chips. Although the new 33MHz
68020 has a faster clock rate than the more advanced 68030
(at 20MHz), the 68030 remains more powerful because it
contains the 68851 memory management functions internally
and is "pipelined" (capable of carrying out more than one of
some operations in a clock cycle). Meanwhile, Intel is
about to begin shipping 25MHz versions of the 80386
processor and companion 80387 math coprocessor.
- InfoWorld 4 April and PC Week 5 April
Virtual PC-AT.
A major difference between Intel's forthcoming 80486
processor (see last March's and last July's columns) and the
current 80386, besides a 3 to 4 times increase in speed,
will be the new chip's 80286 virtual-mode capability. The
80386 has a virtual 8086 mode that will allow it to run
multiple sessions of MS-DOS. The 80486's virtual 80286 will
allow it to run multiple sessions of OS/2 with each session
capable of running multiple applications. The 80386 permits
each session to access up to 1M-byte of memory in 64K-byte
pages; the 80486 will allow each session to access 16M-bytes
of memory in 640K pages (much less memory swapping).
- PC Week 5 April
For The Power Users.
Even before Motorola's official mid-April announcement of
their powerful new 88000 RISC processor family (see last
month's column), Tektronix Inc. announced an intention to
offer a color graphics workstation built around the new chip
by the end of the year. The price is expected to compare
with the company's present $25,000 high-end graphic
workstation. Roger Ross, manager of Motorola's Advanced
Microprocessor Operations, says a typical configuration with
32 Mbytes of RAM (yes, that's 32 Mbytes) and a 380 Mbyte
hard disk will be cost around $68,000 to $85,000. However,
he expects the cost to come down rapidly to under $20,000 by
the end of the decade and less than $10,000 in the early
90's. - PC Week 22 March and InfoWorld 28 March
MIPS Claims Most MIPS.
MIPS Computer Systems of Sunnyvale, California will offer a
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set CPU) microprocessor with
performance specs even faster than the recently announced
Motorola 88000 family (see above). The R3000 microprocessor
with its companion R3010 math coprocessor is capable of
sustained performance 20 times that of a VAX 11/780 (still
the "workhorse" mainframe of many colleges). MIPS claims
the CPU alone offers four to six times the performance of
Intel's 80386 or Motorola's 68030. - InfoWorld 4 April
New Mac System Features.
Software designers at Apple are saying that Mac System 6.0
and Finder 6.0 could be released by mid June. Major new
features include: MacroMaker - a keystroke recorder designed
to work with popular Macware such as Microsoft's Works,
QuickerGraf - Andy Hertzfeld acceleration of QuickDraw that
should improve display of color images on the Mac II, and
Notification Manager - a program to tell users when a
background task running under MultiFinder has been
completed. The Notification Manager will have three
response options - "polite," "audible," and "alert." New
software drivers for the ImageWriter LQ and PostScript
compatible laser printers also will be added.
- PC Week 12 April
Price Multipliers.
Apple 2 programs running on individual computers will be
able to access server-based data on an AppleTalk network,
but programs stored on and run from the server won't work
unless they are "share-aware." Numerous companies,
including Beagle Bros, Claris (surprise), Pinpoint, Roger
Wagner, Sensible Software, Stone Edge, Styleware, the TML,
have announced plans for Apple 2 share-aware software.
Software announced so far appears priced to encourage
continued purchases of single CPU versions. For example,
Claris has priced AppleWorks/Network at $1,616 per server,
and Beagle Bros' TimeOut packages that go with
AppleWorks/Network will carry prices ranging from $249 to
$445 per server. Stone Edge's DB Master V/Multiuser looks
like a comparative bargain at $500 per server.
- Open Apple April
Mac Vapor Thickens.
Lotus Development has announced a two-month delay in the
shipping date of Modern Jazz (an enhancement to the the
ballyhooed but disappointing Jazz program introduced in
1985). Originally scheduled to ship in late March, Lotus
now hopes to deliver in late May. As an integrated software
package, Modern Jazz's prime competitor is Microsost's
Works. Modern Jazz will offer one major feature lacking in
Works: off-line macro recording which automates complex
tasks. Meanwhile, Apple spin-off, Claris, has announced its
initial line of software (not inherited from Apple), the
Smartform Designer and Smartform Manager won't ship until
the end of the year instead of in June as originally
announced. - InfoWorld 4 and 11 April and PC Week 12 April
PC Vapor Too.
In an embarrassing vapor double, Lotus also announced that
the announced mid-summer delivery of 1-2-3 Release 3.0 will
not occur; an end of year debut now is envisioned. Sources
close to the dBase IV development effort say they doubt that
debugging will produce a program clean enough to meet the
scheduled July 31 delivery date; official Ashton-Tate
spokesmen continue to describe the program as on schedule.
IBM's Presentation Manager may yet make the announced
October delivery, but 206 bugs have been documented thus bar
in the latest beta version. Meanwhile, Migent Software's
network database foundation, Emerald Bay, announced with
great fanfare in late 1986 appears seriously behind
schedule. Emerald Bay is not a single product but a concept
involving several distinct elements. As the original
shipping date passed, beta-test copies of the program still
do not contain the much discussed memory-resident "server
engine" designed to transparently shuttle database requests
between user applications and a network data base.
- PC Week 29 March and 12 April
Mac II Graphics Coprocessor.
Apple is expected to release a 32-bit graphics coprocessor
card for the Mac II early next year. Graphics coprocessors
work in parallel with a computer's CPU, freeing the CPU for
image processing. Users of the card on a Mac II will
experience an up to 200% improvement in throughput.
Industry sources expect Radius to introduce (a less
expensive) 8-bit graphics coprocessor for the Mac II later
this year. - PC Week 5 April
Forthcoming (Maybe) Macware.
Nashoba Systems has announced plans to release an enhanced
version of its best-selling file-management software
FileMaker Plus by the end of May. The new features include
electronic-forms and database-report generation, ability to
perform computations within fields of text, support for
color on the Mac II, and compatibility with Quickdraw-based
laser printers and the AppleShare local area network.
Preliminary marketing literature refers to the new program
as FileMaker4 with a list price of $296 (the same as for the
current version). Revisions of Mac Write, Mac Paint, and
Mac Project already are in stores, and Mac Draw 2.0 which is
undergoing major revisions is on schedule for June. More
2.0, from Living Video Text, which is being touted as not
only an outline processor but also as a full function
desktop presentation program with sophisticated word
processing is expected (but not yet officially announced)
later in the summer.
- PC Week 29 March and InfoWorld 4 and 11 April
An All-in-One Clone?
Although Commodore's Amiga has been popular with hobbyists
and individuals, the company is struggling financially.
Rumor has it that Commodore will try to restore
profitability with a new line of powerful business computers
featuring both Intel 80386 and Motorola 68020 (maybe even
68030) coprocessors. - PC Week 5 April
FRAM Memory.
A new form of memory device is being developed by Ramtron
Corp., Krysalsis Corp. and a few others. The new devices
are based on the "ferroelectric effect." FRAMs
(Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) will be made of special
ceramic materials imprinted in silicon or gallium arsenide.
Application of a current to these magnetic ceramics changes
their polarity. Unlike today's dynamic RAM chips (DRAMs),
FRAMs are nonvolatile. That is, whatever data is stored on
them until the memory is rewritten or erased.
- InfoWorld 21 March
You Only Thought it Wasn't Vaporware.
It appears that programmer job security is an undocumented
feature of Microsoft's OS/2. The next release of the OS/2
Software Development Kit (SDK) will introduce changes in the
operating system that may require source code changes in
application programs that already have been written for
release 1.0 of OS/2. - PC Week 29 March
More Than You'll Ever Want to Know.
Microsoft's documentation for OS/2 Extended Edition (with
the Presentation Manager) matches the gargantuan size of 15
Mbytes of code, and 3 Mbytes of RAM (see last month's and
last February's columns). The "docs" fill four feet of
shelf space and weighs 125 pounds (remember when it was
called "micro" computing?). - InfoWorld 21 March
Unvaporware.
Hewlett-Packard executives are said to be thrilled with the
publicity for New Wave that has occurred since Apple filed a
lawsuit against Microsoft and HP. Even though the operating
system was introduced last fall, it might as well have been
vaporware for all the attention it received until it was
named in Apple's litigation. - InfoWorld 28 March
When You're Hot, You're Hot!
From the Freedom of Information Fact File: In the early 50's
there was a nuclear test code-named "Apple II" in which
scientists set up mannequins in the "survival evaluation"
test town on the edge of the blast zone in "sexually
compromising positions" (you could tell if you looked
through the Windows - version 2.03 no doubt).
- InfoWorld 4 April
Japanese PostScript.
Adobe is said to be developing a kanji version of PostScript
that will allow laser printers to output Japanese
ideographic characters. - PC Week 29 March
---------------------
Disclaimer: The "look and feel" of this message is exclusively MINE!
(subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)
ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall
BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin.
UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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3-May-88 17:18:43-PDT,21612;000000000001
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 3-May-88 17:17:56
Date: 3 May 88 1717-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #46
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Wednesday, 4 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 46
Today's Topics:
Scores Virus Report 3
VACCINE misbehavior
Scores Virus Information
VAMP invites Amsterdam MacWorld Expo visitors
You're Entering...The Palette Zone
LSC Upgrade Policy
MPW Fortran v1.0b2a
Re: Animation!
video in/out of Mac II?
Flex and Full Write Professional
Blinking cursor in Microsoft Word
Hard disks
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 09:52 CDT
From: John Norstad <JLN%nuacc.acns.nwu.edu@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Scores Virus Report 3
This is my third report on the Scores virus. In my first report I
revealed what Scores did, how to detect it, and how to get rid of
it by hand using ResEdit. In my second report I reviewed Ferret
1.0 and KillScores, two free disinfectant programs that have
appeared to get rid of Scores. In this report I describe further
testing of Ferret 1.0, the new Ferret 1.1, and KillScores.
IMPORTANT: Ferret 1.1 has very serious bugs! Based on my tests I
recommend using KillScores instead.
1. Ferret 1.1 does NOT properly delete one of the viral resources
in the system file (INIT 17), at least on my small infected test
system! I found this unbelievable, so I reran my test several
times, and it failed each time. Ferret 1.0 does not have this
problem.
2. Ferret 1.1 does NOT properly disinfect files which contain CODE
resources marked "protected". Some applications are distributed
with protected CODE resources, and Scores can infect them, so this
is another important bug. Ferret 1.0 also has this bug. In this
case the supposedly repaired application is left in a seriously
damaged state - it will bomb immediately on launch.
3. Ferret 1.1 does NOT properly disinfect locked files. This is an
important bug, even though Scores can't infect locked files. The
file could have been unlocked when it became infected, and then the
user could have locked it later. Ferret 1.0 also has this bug.
I'd like to thank Rich Holmes for first pointing out this bug.
4. Ferret 1.1 still does NOT always properly report the names of
infected files. Ferret 1.0 also has this bug.
To make things even worse, Ferret does not give the user any
indication that anything is wrong. It leaves the user with the
impression that his/her system is clean, when in fact it's still at
least partially infected.
I also did further testing of KillScores. KillScores had no
problems with the cases above where Ferret failed - it properly
disinfected all the files on my test system. In the case of locked
files KillScores unlocks the file, disinfects it, and leaves it
unlocked.
In my second report I mentioned that CE Software's Vaccine
effectively prevents infection by Scores, at least on my test
system. If you are at all worried about viruses, and you should
be, I strongly recommend that you get Vaccine and use it
religiously. CE Software deserves all of our thanks for developing
and giving away this important tool. It's not perfect protection,
as the authors freely admit in the documentation, but it is
effective against Scores, and I understand that it's also effective
against most of the other recent Mac viruses.
Once again, I must emphasize that I do not have the facilities or
time to do large scale testing of many infected applications. All
of my testing is done on a small floppy-only system, with only
MacWrite, TeachText, and ResEdit for infected applications. So I
can't guarantee that KillScores or any other program is perfect, or
that I haven't made mistakes in these reports.
Also, I should probably mention that all of my statements in all of
my reports reflect my opinions only, and not those of my employer,
Northwestern University.
John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Bitnet: JLN@NUACC
Internet: JLN@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
Monday morning, May 2, 1988
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 88 05:56:07 EDT
From: cperry%bert.mitre.org@gateway.mitre.org (Chris Perry)
Subject: VACCINE misbehavior
I've received two reports of VACCINE (the anti-virus CDEV) making
destructive changes to INITs and other CDEVs without asking the
user's permission. Both reports involve use of Finder 6.0 + the new
System File; one user has a Mac II, while the other one may be using
a II or an SE.
I've advised one person to turn off VACCINE and reboot prior to using
INITs, CDEVs and other resource modifiers they know:
1) will modify the System File or other key resources.
2) will be benign (not introduce viruses).
If turning VACCINE off doesn't work, I've advised placing it in
another folder and rebooting.
I've been using it on a Mac II and a Dynamac, both running Finder
5.5/System 4.1, with no problems for two weeks. Have other
experienced problems with this admirable donation from CE Software?
Chris Perry
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Date: Sun, 1 May 88 12:53 EDT
From: <MANAGER%SKIDMORE.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Leo Geoffrion)
Subject: Scores Virus Information
In behalf of the many Info_Mac subscribers worldwide, I thank you for your
concise, accurate, and thorough analysis of the Scores virus. You've
provided a very important service to all of us. It's an example of networking
at its finest.
===================================================================
Leo D. Geoffrion BITNET: MANAGER@SKIDMORE.BITNET
Associate Director for NYNEX: (518) 584-5000 Ext. 2628
Academic Computing
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 01:54 N
From: <FRUIN%HLERUL5.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Thomas Fruin)
Subject: VAMP invites Amsterdam MacWorld Expo visitors
The European MacWorld Expo '88 will be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands
on March 9th, 10th and 11th.
The main function of this event seems to be the paring of various
3-piece suited manufacturers and ditto European dealers. However,
many Macintosh hackers will wander the floors in search of similar
species to show off their hottest INITs and chat in global A5 dialect.
To these potentionally lost souls: pay attention to the following!
The Dutch Macintosh programmers association VAMP
( 'Vereniging Actieve Mac Programmeurs' ) hereby
gladly invites every person who thinks s/he fits
the description of
enthousiastic Macintosh hacker and/or
programmer and/or devotee
to attend our annual VAMP banquet,oriental style
(spicy). To join the meal, collect yourselves @
the main exit on the second day of the Expo
(Tuesday, March 10th) at 17:00 hrs. Costs are
estimated at HFl 35,- (US$18).
Formal dressing required: T-shirt w/ 3.5"-pocket
and sneakers.
If you are sure of your participation, please e-mail me, so we will
have a rough idea of the number of participants.
-- Thomas Fruin
(VAMP president)
fruin@hlerul5.BITNET University of Leiden
thomas@uvabick.UUCP University of Amsterdam
hol0066.AppleLink
2:512/114.FidoNet The Netherlands
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Date: Sun 1 May 88 20:10:35-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: You're Entering...The Palette Zone
Some questions about the Palette Manager:
1. "Tolerant colors allow you to change the current color environment according
to your needs. When your window becomes the frontmost window on a device, its
palette and the colors contained therein are given preference. Each tolerant
color is compared to the best unique match available in the current color
environment.... When the difference...is greater than the tolerance you
specified the Palette Manager will modify the color environment to provide an
exact match to your color." IM V, p. 155.
Is that so? I'd sure like to know how to get things to work as described
above. My app draws some custom colored PICTs offscreen, blits them onscreen,
and uses three more offscreen pixmaps for animation. A single palette is used
for the window and all the offscreen pixmaps. Apparently, though, when a
window comes to the front, even if it has a palette associated with it, the
system palette is used to draw the window. The consequent remapping from
offscreen to onscreen slows everything down, and the animation is a
polychromatic mess. ("Do not attempt to control your window. WE will adjust
the palette. WE will control the color table.") The only way I've been able
to keep my colors intact is with SetEntries each time my window comes to the
front. This makes the whole screen flash annoyingly. Surely there's a better
way?
2. When I detect a color mode change (8-bit to 4-bit, say), I release my
offscreen pixmaps, reallocate them in the new depth, and redraw my offscreen
PICTs. But my palette or my color table or something gets lost in the shuffle,
and my colors are again mangled, causing slowed and miscolored animation. What
special gyrations must I perform to fix this? (This happens when I switch
modes via the Control Panel. Things work ok if I switch modes with my window
in front, via Switch-A-Roo.)
3. Finally, I'd like to leave slot 15 open in my palette for the user to set an
exact background color for my windows. I'm drawing PICTs with a large variety
of colors, and I want them to look reasonable in 4-bit color. But whatever RGB
values I put in slot 15, one of the PICTs may match it, a side effect I don't
want (i.e., fuschia may be closer to a PICT's red than the reds I've provided
in slots 2-14). I've tried ReserveEntry, but can't get it working. Does anyone have an example of code with ReserveEntry? Shouldn't
BoardColorIndex := Color2Index(BoardColor);
ReserveEntry(LoWord(BoardColorIndex), true);
make BoardColor unavailable for CopyBits? (While I'm at it, SetEntryColor
doesn't seem to work without forcing corresponding changes in my offscreen
ctTable, and calls to MakeITable and SetEntries.) Ideas?
Any info will be appreciated.
Brodie Lockard
I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 88 09:36 EDT
From: Gegel@DOCKMASTER.ARPA
Subject: LSC Upgrade Policy
Can anyone tell me what the upgrade policy is for people that have the
old version of lightspeed C. I have seen that people that bought LSC
recently can get the upgrade for free, but what about those of us that
have had LSC for some time now.
Larry Gegel
Gegel@DOCKMASTER.ARPA
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Date: Tue, 3 May 1988 13:49:41 PDT
Sender: "William J. Lipa" <lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
From: William Lipa <lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
Subject: MPW Fortran v1.0b2a
I have had a chance to work the the Beta 2a version of Language Systems Corp.'s
Fortran for the past week. This is a Fortran compiler that works within the
MPW environment.
There are good things and bad things about this Fortran. The good thing is that
the MPW shell moves away from the graphical interface just enough to give the
programmer more power, but not so much that it becomes difficult to use.
Consequently, MPW Fortran is less frustrating to work with than Absoft Fortran,
which (among many other things) suffers from a lack of indirect command files.
The bad thing is that the compiler still has a ways to go before release. There
are important bugs in the areas of: file input/output, expressions involving
complex numbers, data statements, and functions which treat their return result
as a variable to play around with. This is in addition to the bugs mentioned in
the release note for this version, which affect adjustable arrays, block data
subprograms, alternate returns from subprograms, and some compiler switches.
Also, the compiler and the code it produces are quite slow. They hope to
increase speed dramatically in the final release.
I am excited by the potential of this product. It addresses many of the failings
of the Absoft compilter. However, at this point it is not very useful because
of the bugs.
Bill Lipa
lipa%polya@forsythe.stanford.edu
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Date: Tue 3 May 88 15:25:02-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Animation!
es1o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric Mitchell Snider) writes:
> Ok, here's another problem I'd like some help with. I'm working on
>a program where several small objects move around in front of a
>background. The problem is I don't know a good way to replace the
>background after my objects have been erased and moved. At the moment
>everything (including the background) is a separate picture (PICT)
>resource. What do I need to do?!?
A typical algorithm used for animation like you mentioned is to
1. Figure out where you're first going to draw the foreground (the
thing being moved), and save what's there (call this "Under").
2. Draw your foreground where it belongs.
3. Whenever your object moves,
A. Redraw Under where it came from.
B. Figure out where you're first going to draw the foreground,
and save what's there in Under again.
C. Draw your foreground in the new place.
To save copies of stuff like Under, you need to set up offscreen
bitmaps (or pixmaps, if you're doing color), probably one for
each thing you're saving. This gives you a place to hold your
stuff that won't appear on the screen. See the CopyBits command.
Technote #120 discusses offscreen pixmaps; there's another one
that covers offscreen bitmaps, but I don't know the number.
Depending on what you're animating, you may want to keep your
foreground in another offscreen bitmap. In any case you don't
want to be reading resources from disk in the middle of your
animation.
Unfortunately, doing only the above will cause unacceptable
flicker on the Mac. To elimiate the flicker, you need an intermediate
step, and a third offscreen bitmap (call this "Mirror"). Step 3 above
now becomes
3. Whenever your object moves,
A. Figure out the smallest rectangle that encloses the new and old
locations of your foreground.
B. Copy this whole area to Mirror.
C. Redraw Under where it came from, on Mirror.
D. Figure out where you're first going to draw the foreground,
and save what's there (from Mirror) in Under again.
E. Draw your foreground in the new place, on Mirror.
F. Copy Mirror back to the screen (in the correct place, of
course.)
This process is long and rather messy, but it's fast enough to
achieve very smooth animation, even with fairly large objects.
If you're moving more than one object, and the objects can overlap,
things get even worse: if A moves on top of B, and then B moves,
B will put an obsolete version of Under back on the screen where A
now is. In this case, you might want to keep track of where all
your objects are, and keep a copy of the entire background offscreen.
Then, whenever things move, copy the background to Mirror, draw all
your objects on Mirror at their new locations (and in back-to-front
order), and copy Mirror back onto the screen again. Have fun.
Brodie Lockard
I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU
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Date: 3 May 88 14:11:48 EDT
From: Kenneth.Mohnkern@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: video in/out of Mac II?
I'm looking for something to digitize a video frame, allow me to
move the image to another program for touch ups and such, then
output it to videotape again.
Some programs (like Computer Friends' TV Producer) will mix Mac
graphics with running video and output to NTSC, but will not digitize
a frame. Others (like Mass Micro's Color Space II) need a seperate
frame grabber so it can digitize. All others I've looked at will
only digitize.
So is there something out there I haven't seen yet that'll do what I
need? (I am new to the Mac II world) Or am I going to have to stick
several things together or wait for the right technology to come along?
Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
ken
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 10:32 CST
From: <MPARK%UTMEM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Flex and Full Write Professional
Flex is a beautiful screen-saver and it costs us who won't steal
software just five bucks. I see its metaphor as being a square of line
segments, looking like a banner, that twists and turns in 3-dimensions
as it bounces off the walls of an enclosing box. It does move fast,
but I think that that is a design decision of the author. The apparent
velocity is the same on a Mac Plus as on a Mac II. I have only
experienced one difficulty; it interacts with update events following
modal dialogues in the pre-release version of Full Write Professional.
After Flex has saved the screen at least once after a boot, the region
beneath alerts and modal dialogues is left with vertical lines at about
32 pixel intervals. This causes no harm to the functioning of Full
Write. I have seen this with no other application, so it may be another
bug in the pre-release version of FWP and not a bug in Flex.
Having reported this, let me put in a comment about my most favorite
application. I have been using the pre-release version of Full Write
Professional since February and have found it to be wonderful. I have
written reams with it and have found it to have tools and features
(outlining, hyphenation, spell checking, thesaurus, the ability to print
booklets) that are now to me indispensable. It is not my place to tout
a product, I do not have and would have no place having a connection
with the companies involved. As a programmer, however, I must applaud
the best employment of the Macintosh User Interface that I have yet
seen. There are no features of the program unavailable to or hidden from
the user who just mouses around. For those who gravitate in that
direction there are at least two levels of keyboard commands that help
efficiency. There are just plain old keyboard shortcuts. These include
the expected keyboard equivalents for Menu Items (and these have the
expected values: Command-A, Command-X, etc) as well as three equivalent
sets of keystrokes and modifiers that use either the cursor keys, or the
keypad, or a set of other keys to move the cursor or selection by word,
character, or line increments either forwards or backwards. There are
no modes here, all of the equivalent sets are there to be used at any
time. All of this I consider to be in the first level of keyboard
equivalents. Also part of this level are keyboard shortcuts for working
with outlines and maybe some more, too. I consider this first level of
keyboard equivalents to be idiosyncratic, in that they are peculiar to
a particular application, they have to be learned, and some of them may
not be particularly intuitive (many are). FWP has also, however,
implemented a new kind of keyboard shortcut that is a real contribution
to the Mac User Interface. They provide a general mechanism for
navigating through menus and dialogue boxes using keyboard strokes that
is both intuitive and fast. In summary, then, there are usually three
different ways, sometimes more, to accomplish a task in Full Write: you
can mouse it, you can use an esoteric keyboard equivalent, including the
keypad, or if it involves using a menu item or dialog, you can do it
using the general set of keyboard commands.
Mel Park
Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience
University of Tennessee, Memphis
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Date: 03 May 88 10:30 +0200
From: "Jacob Palme QZ" <JPALME%QZCOM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Reply-to: "Jacob Palme QZ" <JPALME%QZCOM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Blinking cursor in Microsoft Word
I am very irritated by the blinking cursor in Microsoft Word.
It distracts me from the text I am working on.
Does anyone have a patch to Microsoft Word, which causes the
cursor to stop blinking?
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 88 12:47:15 EDT
From: JEAN BRUNET <R31631@UQAM>
Subject: Hard disks
Considering the seize of current hard disks (40, 60 meg) the following products
would be usefull:
1) A back up program permitting back-up of certain folders and not of others
while having the same advantages as DiskFit for instance.
2) The possibility to lock certain folders without having to lock every file in
it. At present one can either lock the whole disk (Disklock DA) or indivi-
dual files.
Are such products available? Thanks for any help: Jean Brunet R31631@UQAM.
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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12-May-88 18:20:01-PDT,16477;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 12-May-88 17:28:14
Date: 12 May 88 1728-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #47
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Friday, 13 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 47
Today's Topics:
AppleLink <--> Bitnet
MACSERVE
FRED
Decent MF-compatible games
Connecting Mac+ with STAR SG15
Mac train simulation?
Postscript Interpreter on Mac/ Freehand Data Format
Greenhorn needs info
New System Icons?
Re: Help With MacTerminal
Minimal II System File?
Full-Write Professional Demos...
Vaccine report
MacPaint Image Format
LASERWRITERS
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Date: Sun, 1 May 88 01:34:10 EDT
From: Gavin_Eadie@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: AppleLink <--> Bitnet
There is an experimental AppleLink / Bitnet relay in place but it
requires authorization to use (authorization on the AppleLink side).
Tony Wong at Apple is honcho for the experiment.
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Date: Wed, 04 May 88 10:58:50 GMT
From: "Kieran Carrick,UCD,Ireland"
From: <CARRICK%IRLEARN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: MACSERVE
In reply to a question re accessing info-mac files from BITNET/EARN.
The server at Princeton MACSERVE@PUCC is still running but no longer
accepts requests from EARN sites due to the existance of the copy at
University College Dublin MACSERVE@IRLEARN. The Princeton MACSERVE is kept
up to date on a regular basis and files are shipped on to the IRLEARN
server as often as is practical. Due to pressure of work on both sides of the
atlantic it took some time to organise this but it is now happening on a
regular basis.
Incidentally the same files are also available from FILESERV@IRLEARN or from
LISTSERV@RICE. The latter is independent of the other three servers.
Kieran Carrick
EARN Country Coordinator -Ireland
Acknowledge-To: <CARRICK@IRLEARN>
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Date: 5 May 88 16:20 PDT
From: Brotsky.pa@Xerox.COM
Subject: FRED
Are either TEDI or FRED (line-oriented text editors)
available for the Mac (Mac-II)??? I could've sworn I once
saw an ad, not for either of the editors, but for some other
product which happened also to offer TEDI/FRED as part of
the package.
There is an EMACS-like editor called FRED (Fred Resembles
Emacs Deliberately) which is the resident editor of the
Allegro Common Lisp manufactured and distributed by
Coral Software
P.O. Box 307
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-547-2662
(Coral's Allegro Common Lisp runs on Macs, and should not
be confused with the Allegro Common Lisp manufactured by
Franz, Inc. of Berkeley.)
dan
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Date: Fri 6 May 88 22:15:25-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Decent MF-compatible games
chuq@plaid.sun.com asked about games that
o Aren|t Copy Perverted, or run with a key disk so they can be
loaded onto a hard disk
o Run under MultiFinder
o Don|t reboot the system when they quit
o Are worth the disk space and time to play.
Solitaire Royale, published by Spectrum HoloByte, meets the first
three criteria and, I believe, the fourth. There's a full 256-color
version coming soon for the II, just as soon as I can get some
Palette Mangler things working. (If anyone can help with the
questions I posted a few days ago, I'd surely appreciate it.
There may still be some copy-protected b&w versions out there in
the stores, but Spectrum will swap you a non-protected disk for free. There's a review of the game in the latest MacUser (May?).
Shanghai is admittedly very rude when it quits. I apologize for its
actions; I agreed to make it work that way when I knew even less
about the Mac than I do now. "Twas in the dawn of HFS, and I
included a check for Switcher (it won't reset if you're running
Switcher), but something like MultiFinder compatibility had not
occurred to me. I have asked Activision about a rev to fix this,
but have not heard back from them. I imagine there's a simple
patch (change the reset instruction to a no-op or something), but
I'm not versed in 68000 assembler or machine code.
Brodie Lockard
This note has nothing to do with my employer.
------------------------------
Date: 30 April 88
From: SYSTU001@GRCRUN11
Subject: Connecting Mac+ with STAR SG15
Hi folks |
I have a problem : Is possible to connect a STAR SG15 printer to my Mac-
Plus without loosing the Fonts and Graphics of my Mac ?
How can i obtain this connection ? Is there any specific recipy for
this ?
Thank you in advance for your help ,
Regards,
Giannis. k . (SYSTU001@GRCRUN11.BITNET)
ps. I would appreciate a direct answer and not via the list to avoid net
traffic|
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Date: 1 May 88 06:34 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: Mac train simulation?
a couple of years ago, I recall seeing advertised a program with a name like
"Macanooga Choo-Choo" (which may explain why I haven't seen it lately). My
kids are now getting interested in trains, and if anybody has suggestions on
a current source for this or any other railroading simulation (must run on
Mac Plus), pls let me know -- many tnx! ^z (science@nems.arpa)
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 09:01 GMT
From: <MPETER@CZHETH5A>
Subject: Postscript Interpreter on Mac/ Freehand Data Format
I would like to get access to a pixel map (8 Bip/Pixel)
generated by any (Freehand, Illustrator,Pixelpaint...) Mac program for
processing it on a different computer (68020,OS/9). I see two ways for
that : 1) I write a Macprogram which converts the objectfile into a
rasterfile. I guess this could work with most Macprograms
but I am not shure if it works with Freehand and Illustrator
since I dont know their dataformat.
2) I use a Postscript interpreter on the Mac which converts me
any postscript file to a rasterfile with any resolution.
The second way is very attractiv since it is completly application
independent, but where can I get a Postscriptinterpreter ?
Questions :
- Is there any Postscript interpreter running on the Mac (SE or 2)
avaible, commercial or public domain. If yes, wher can I get it ?
- In worst case I am only interested in Freehand documents.
How does the dataformat of Freehand look like ? Is it avaible ?
Does anybody has a program that reads Freehand documents which I
could use as a template for my problem ?
Thanks for your help
Martin
Swiss Federal Institut of Technology
ETH Zurich
IKT/Bildwissenschaft
Gloriastrasse 35
8092 Zurich
MPETER@CZHETH5A.BITNET
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 16:16 EST
From: <C_LYONS@UNHH>
Subject: Greenhorn needs info
Hello all, I am new to this list, so please bare with me. I am hoping to
purchase a Mac this summer. Probably a Mac+. I will be linking up to VAX/VMS
system quite often. I have heard of a new Mac coming onto the market which
will be IBM compatible. I will be writing programs in various languages, but
mostly in C. What I would like to know, is the complications in making a Mac+
talk to a VAX. I will be using Vt emulators. Is there a problem with using a
Mac to program on a VAX?
Any advise on waiting? My main purposes of this machine will be:
1) Programming
2) Word Processing
3) Massive data manipulation.
Thanks in advance,
Chuck Lyons
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: The above is of my own definitive creation and has no true
bearing of person. Other than that, it is of my creation.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-mail: BITNET: C_LYONS@UNHH
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From: menser@dcc1.UUCP (unixcorn)
Subject: New System Icons?
Date: 3 May 88 15:06:11 GMT
As everyone knows, the current System, Finder, and various other OS releated
files bear the same icon they had with the first version of the Mac's OS.
The Macintosh has evolved and multiplied. We now can use any of three seperate
machines, each with its own exterior destinctions. While the single drive, one
piece Mac will always be remembered fondly, it will never again be the unique
shape of Macintosh. How many people would like to see the "generic" Mac icon
remain? Does anyone have any suggestions as to an all encomapassing Mac icon?
What do the people at Apple think? Can you tell us what might happen w/ System
6.0, or later? What about the idea of diffrent icons on each machine (I realize
that this would probably result in total chaos for any new users who wouldn't
know weather or not the System file that looked like an SE should be booted on
a Plus or a II)?
Replies, comments, objections, and brilliant ideas welcome and appreciated.
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Date: Tue, 03 May 88 22:49:38 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: Help With MacTerminal
>Help! I am using MacTerminal (V 2.2) on a Macintosh II with an extended
>keyboard. I am using this to establish a terminal session to a Sun running
>Unix. However, the new extended keyboard does not do the 'esc' key correctly
>(at least to Unix). The manual for MacTerminal says to use the tilde 'c'. That
>won't work either.
>
>Question: How do I send an esc from the extended keyboard of a Mac II using
>MacTerminal?
>
>
>Keith Hacke
info-apple@brl.arpa isn't really the list you're looking for (that's an Apple 2
list). I've sent a copy to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (the Mac list).
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Disclaimer: The "look and feel" of this message is exclusively MINE!
(subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)
ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall
BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin.
UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut
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Date: Wed 4 May 88 00:25:17-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@HAMLET.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Minimal II System File?
I'm trying to fit a 663K application on an 800K disk along with
the stuff to boot it on a Mac II (and do color). System 3.2
doesn't seem to boot a II on double-sided disks(?), and System
4.1 doesn't seem to boot without a Finder on the disk(??). I'd
like to include only a minimum-sized System file, my app, and
MimiFinder on the disk. What configuration can I use? Are
there some ROM-resident resources that I can trim from the
4.1 System file? I see a list in IM V of resources in the
Mac II's ROM--if I cut them out of the System file, will they
be found in the ROM? Thanks for any info.
Brodie Lockard
I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU
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Date: Wed 04 May 1988 09:17 CDT
From: GREENY <MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Full-Write Professional Demos...
I would like to obtain a demo version of this long awaited piece of vaporware
if I could. If someone could post it to this list, I'm sure that many people
would be grateful for the chance to try it out before (maybe...) buying a copy
of it. Or failing a possible posting to this list, how about an address
where I could send a disk and return postage to get a copy of it?
thanx in advance...
bye for now but not for long
Greeny
Bitnet: MISS026@ECNCDC
Internet: MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Disclaimer: #include<fine_print_mumbo_jumbo.h>
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From: freeman@spar.spar.slb.com (Jay Freeman)
Subject: Vaccine report
Date: 4 May 88 20:21:54 GMT
Reply-to: freeman@spar.uucp (Jay Freeman)
There was a comment on comp.sys.mac.digest recently to the effect that some
people had been having trouble with VACCINE on Mac IIs. I have a contrary
report. I have had VACCINE in my Mac II (with system 5 software) for about
a month -- perhaps 100 hours of on-time -- with no weirdnesses seen. I run
it in the mode that allows compiling MPW thingys. I spend most of my
time running MPW, with occasional ventures into MacWrite, SuperPaint,
MacScheme, Hypercard and others.
-- Jay Freeman
<canonical disclaimer -- these are personal opinions only>
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Date: Fri, 6 May 88 09:55:44 CDT
From: "Martin R Calsyn" <GA.MRC%ISUMVS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: MacPaint Image Format
We are in the process of increasing the connectivity of our
InterPress-based XEROX 4050 laser printer and microcomputer graphics
applications. We would like to be able to print MacPaint files. We
have the ability to print bit-mapped images and are already doing so
with scanned graphics images. The only obstacle now is how to
unpack MacPaint files??
Is there anyone out there who can tell me how to unpack the MacPaint
image data? As I understand it, this data is normally packed and
unpacked via on of the Macintosh built-in routines. I am not really
interested in the 512-byte header - just the image data itself.
Please respond directly to me - I am not a list member and would not
see list-posted answers.
Thank you in advance...
PLEASE RESPOND DIRECT TO:
Martin R. Calsyn Bitnet : GA.MRC@ISUMVS.BITNET
Graphics Programming Consultant InterNet: GAMRC@VAXD.IASTATE.EDU
Iowa State University Computation Center
User Services, 104 Atanasoff Hall, Ames IA 50010
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Date: Fri, 6 May 88 08:21:39 PDT
From: light@ux1.lbl.gov
RE: Use of ioFlAttrib as parameter in PBSetCatInfo
The following inquiry was sent to me. As its a little out of my
depth, I'm posting it on the net for someone more knowledgeable than
I to answer.
Thanks.
Francis Rubinstein (FMRubinstein@lbl)
P.S. Please use e-mail address above if possible.
In Inside Macintosh, p. IV-156, PBSetCatInfo is described. ioFlAttrib
is designated as an input parameter, and does not say how it is used.
I must assume that the routine sets the value of this field on disk,
but it doesn't do that. I would like to know how to set the value of
this field.
Thank you. -Daniel
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Date: 6-MAY-1988 16:08:27 GMT
From: RW_GRIFFITHS%VAX.ACS.OPEN.AC.UK@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: LASERWRITERS
Problem re: SuperLaserSpool(SuperMac Technology).
Since updating all the Mac's on our network to System 4.3, Finder 6.0 and
LaserWriter 5.1 (from 3.2, 5.3, 3.1 respectively), SuperLaserSpool seems
to be incredibly slow. It writes to a spool fire quickly enough, but then
the cursor continually flips from the arrow to the watch cursor, until the
spool file is actually sent to the printer. Is there anything I can do?
I don't particularly wish to recommend that our users use Multifinder as
all our Mac's are only 1 Meg.
Problem re: Microsoft Word.
When printing documents which are both left and right justified, we
occassionally find that characters are overprinted, ie. one word is printed
directly over another. In order to comply with the right justification the
printer(LaserWriter Plus) then adds extra spaces to pad out the line. What's
happening, it's driving me crazy, as there is no way of predicting when
this will happen.
To complete the picture, we are using DataFrame and Rodime H.D's.
Hope someone has the answers
Rob Griffiths <RW_GRIFFITHS@VAX.ACS.OPEN.AC.UK>
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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12-May-88 18:45:00-PDT,21032;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 12-May-88 17:32:19
Date: 12 May 88 1732-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #48
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Friday, 13 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 48
Today's Topics:
Mac II Wish List
Anyone know about ADA for Macs?
Macintosh Family Hardware Guide, published by Addison-Wesley
Mac 'sed' stream editor needed?!
Transfer of archived files to Janet sites
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Date: Fri 6 May 88 15:08:40-PDT
From: Ken Laws <LAWS@IU.AI.SRI.COM>
Subject: Mac II Wish List
I'm new to this list, and have never used a micro, but my Mac II
will be arriving soon. I sure could use some help in picking out
the software, and other list members might appreciate seeing such
a wish-list discussion.
I'll have a 256-color Mac II with 2Mb RAM and a 40Mb internal disk, to
be used mainly for bibliographies and stacks, pattern-recognition
research, report writing, and home/education/entertainment functions.
I will be doing some coding in C and HyperTalk (and possibly CommonLisp),
and am interested in learning to write Mac-style graphical interfaces for
whatever applications I develop. I'll have an ImageWriter II
and plan to get a laser printer someday. (Incidentally, what surge
protector or other hardware support do I need?)
Here's what I've come up with so far. Can anyone help me fill
in the blanks, or warn me of problems I'm heading for? In particular,
am I planning to buy any software that's not compatible with the II?
Are there programs I really should have that I haven't mentioned?
And what public-domain software or shareware should I investigate?
(I have no idea what info-mac files I should FTP, for instance.)
Also, are there any mail-order companies I need to watch out for?
I will have remote access to a VAX that will handle my net mail and
other batch services. (I will also have a DOS PC at my NSF office linked
to the VAX.) What I need for my home computer is a terminal emulation
program and some way to transfer files. (I don't really care what
terminal I emulate, I just want to access files and send mail.) I'm
told that Red Ryder 10.3 ($62, M.A.C.; $49 at MacWAREHOUSE for 10.0)
is the best communications program around. Should I also be looking at
any of the following: InTalk 3.0 ($99, Programs Plus), MacTerminal
($99, Programs Plus), Microphone II with Glue ($209, Programs Plus;
$115 for V1.1, Tussey), Smartcom II 3.0A ($88 ?), or TOPS for the Mac 2.0
($118, M.A.C.)?
I've already ordered the Claris MacPaint 2.0 and MacDraw programs. They
came at a discount, and MacDraw can be upgraded to MacDraw II for $100
through September. I'm expecting that a color MacPaint II will come
out soon with a similar upgrade offer. Egghead is offering PixelPaint
at just $220, but I'll risk the wait. Likewise with Canvas 1.0 with DA
($109), Cricket Draw 1.1 ($159), and all the other great graphics programs.
I briefly considered Cricket Graph 1.2 ($112, Warehouse Mac Products),
but will probably get graphing functions as part of Trapeze 2.0
($160, Tussey) or in a statistical package. Anyway, I'm not sure which
of these non-Claris programs work well with my ImageWriter II and I'm
not really into art, CAD/CAM, or desktop publishing.
I'm ordering WordPerfect ($189) because I'll also be using it at my new
office on a DOS PC. Do I also need Expressionist 1.11 ($42, M.A.C.)
for equations, and is it II-compatible yet? How does it compare to MacEQN
($38, M.A.C.)? Do I also need an editor like QUED ($60, M.A.C.) or
microemacs to work on source code without embedding formatting characters?
I plan to get Spellswell 2.0 ($39, M.A.C.) , but will count on fiber media
for single-word lookup. I've heard there's a Document Compare program,
but haven't found a source; is it public-domain?
M.A.C. is offering PageMaker 2.0a for only $309, with a $15 upgrade to 3.0.
Is there any reason I should prefer ReadySetGo! 4.0 for $279 ($249,
Beverly Hills?)? Am I getting into PostScript/QuickDraw problems here?
And what chance is there that I can ship formatted output to a DOS-oriented
(or VAX-oriented) laser printer at my office?
I would like to be able to generate nice slide presentations, either as
overheads or by phoning files to a 35mm slide printer. I'd like to have
PowerPoint 1.0 ($239, MacConnection), although perhaps MORE 1.1c
($149, MacWAREHOUSE) would be equally useful. I'm sure MORE is II-compatible,
but I don't know about PowerPoint. Perhaps I'll stick with HyperCard or
my paint program to make slides -- or should I be looking at a
formatted-spreadsheet program such as Trapeze 2.0?
I also want to compile bibliographies and dictionary-style paragraph lists.
For annotated bibliographies, how does the newly announced Publish or Perish
compare with Professional Bibliographic System ($209, The MacZone)?
Should I stick with my text editor and TEXtures 1.0 ($279, Programs Plus)
with LaTeX ($33, M.A.C.)? Or will I be better off using page layout
tools, especially if I want to write a book with a few illustrations?
HyperCard comes with the Mac. Will I want Hyper DA ($38) despite my
2Mb MultiFinder system, and is it II-compatible? I'll probably get
Reports ($62, Programs Plus) if it's II-compatible. Does HyperCard
itself allow me to print stack text sorted on various fields, without
having to print card images? HyperBook Maker ($30, Programs Pluse)
looks nice, but I don't really need the graphics (yet).
Is Focal Point ($58, M.A.C.) II-compatible, and is it really more useful
than vanilla HyperCard? Are there some other object-oriented or full-text
database systems I should be looking into? Can one store and access
things like recipes in FileMaker Plus 2.0 ($149)?
Since my profession is digital image processing, sooner or later I'm
going to want to store and manipulate scanned images. I intend to get
ThunderScan 4.0 ($172 + $42 for the Mac II, MacWAREHOUSE) and maybe
Read-It!TS ($79). I will have to write my own code to do content
manipulation, but what image database system should I buy? I've heard
of ImageStudio ($279), but have no idea what it does. Curator ($79)
and Picture Base 1.2 ($58, MacConnection) sound good, but is either
II-compatible?
I presume that I should get SmartScrap and The Clipper ($35, MacConnection),
as well as SuperGlue ($52). Is Glue 1.04 ($39, The MacZone; Free with
Microphone) just a subset of SuperGlue?
I'm still thinking about VideoWorks II 2.0 ($117, The MacZone), mainly
as a toy for my kids, but I'm not sure whether it's too difficult to use
or even whether it's II-compatible. I hear there's a new product
integrating VideoWorks with HyperCard; I'll have to look into it.
Speaking of kids, I'd love to get them some music-appreciation programs.
I've heard that Music Mouse ($46, M.A.C.) won't run on the Mac II (or at
least that its "MIDI addresses are incompatible"). Studio Session 1.4
($49, MacConnection) is likewise incompatible. How about the following:
Listen 2.0 ($57, M.A.C.); Deluxe Music Construction Set 2.0 ($61);
and Practica Musica ($77, MacWAREHOUSE)?
I haven't identified much other good software in the educational
category. Business Simulator ($48, MacWAREHOUSE) sounds like a good
idea, but too advanced for my kids at present. Chipwits would
be good, but I haven't found a source and I doubt that it will run
on my machine. Is Puppy Love ($19, MacConnection) the same sort of thing
as Chipwits, or do you need a live puppy? What is Mac Robots
($27, MacConnection)?
I'll have to investigate public-domain educational software since I
can't stand to risk $30 or so for programs that my kids may outgrow
in half an hour. Can anyone recommend a good source? Is anyone
publishing BASIC programs on 800K disks or making code available
via modem? Is there a II-on-a-Mac emulator or a software DOS
emulator available for the Mac II? Is there a good stackware source
I should investigate?
Are any foreign-language tutorials available on the Mac II? I'm
especially interested in Japanese and Chinese, although I'm not far
enough along to need Apple's Kanji development environment. I would
also be interested in other kinds of tutorials for my kids.
Dinner at Eight sounds like something I'd be interested in (especially if I
could modify the database -- it's CP), but I haven't figured out the
difference between the Silver Palate Bundle ($51, Programs Plus) and
the Encore Edition Bundle ($51, MacConnection). Maybe I'll wait for
good stackware, or create my own. (Is there a stackware discussion list
I could tune in to?)
Another of my hobbies, or at least areas of expertise, is statistics.
I don't have any data to analyze just now, but may acquire some if I
find the time for pattern recognition or computer vision research.
I can write regression solvers and other such routines if I have to,
but it would be nice to have a good stat package around. Ones that
sound interesting are MacSpin ($145, M.A.C.), StatView II ($340, M.A.C.),
StatWorks 1.2 ($74, MacWAREHOUSE), and SYSTAT 3.1 ($459, MacConnection).
I'd be grateful for leads to review articles, or for information on how
StatView II differs from StatView 512+ 1.1 ($175). Are there any
public-domain programs I should be looking at?
There are also some interesting symbolic equation solvers and
numerical analysis programs. I'll let them keep improving until
I really need to buy one. Pencil and paper are usually adequate for
me, and I've got books that show me how to set up numerical solutions
for all kinds of problems. All I need is a programming language.
My main programming language is C. I'm used to a Unix environment,
and expect Unix to win out in the workstation world, but for now I'm
more interested in adapting myself to the Mac environment than in
continuing to use vi, grep, awk, etc. So I'll go with Lightspeed C
instead of the Aztec package or AU/X. Version 2.01 is $95, but M.A.C.
has version 2.13 for $116; anybody know the difference? And what are the
LSC Version 2 Program Extender ($70, M.A.C.) and LSC CAPP's ($49)?
I'm a good C programmer, but I know nothing about the Mac architecture.
What books should I get? Inside Macintosh? And do I need the TMON
debugger ($94, MacWAREHOUSE), or can I get along fine without it? Would
MacNosy for the Mac II ($289, M.A.C.) be useful, or should I wait until
I find a critical need for it? Are there any particular disk utilities
or toolkits that I need for writing application programs? Do I need
the Macintosh 68000 Development System ($59)?
I'd buy Coral/Allegro CommonLisp if I had the cash, but I'll wait until I
find an application I can't program in C. Likewise with Prolog, although
I currently have no idea which Prolog to get: AAIS Prolog ($167),
ExperProlog II, LPA MacProlog, or Prolog/m. Perhaps I'll know by the
time I figure out what Prolog is good for. Someday I'll also get one
or more expert system shells, but right now I'm waiting for Nexpert
to drop to a reasonable PC price.
I'll get ZBasic 4.0 ($60, M.A.C.) so that my kids can type in game programs
from Creative Computing. I'm sure the MS Basic Compiler ($119) is good too.
(By the way, M.A.C. sells ZBasic for $10 more with a "converter"; what's that?)
I might get a Logo so that my kids can do turtle graphics, although I think
I'll wait until they're exposed to team programming at school. By then
I should be able to chose between ExperLogo 1.1 ($119) and Object Logo
($76, ComputerWare). (I'm not sure these programs are II-compatible yet.)
I'm almost completely ignorant about utilities, especially all the Disk/Desk
names. I'll definitely get DiskFit 1.4 ($50, Tussey). Suitcase
($35, The MacZone) and Stepping Out II ($55, Programs Plus) look
worth getting. Would Power Station ($36, The MacZone) be of use to me?
I'll wait to see if I feel the need for QuicKeys 1.1 ($62, MacWAREHOUSE)
or something like Icon-It! ($39).
Some of the other utilities known to be II-compatible are Copy II Mac 7.0
with MacTools ($20), Disk First Aid, Disk Ranger, Fedit Plus
($30, ComputerWare), Findswell ($29), Hard Disk Util 2.0 ($54, MacConnection),
MacSafe 1.08 ($94, MacWAREHOUSE), MacZap 5.0 & Disc Clinic
($36, MacWAREHOUSE), and MockPackage+. Do I need any of these?
Sidekick 2.0 ($59) is not II-compatible, and I don't know if I'd
need it even if it were. Other utilities that have not been reported
OK are Battery Pac ($34, M.A.C.), Disk Quick, Front Desk ($80, Egghead),
Packit III, and TopDesk 2.3 ($32). Any comments?
Game programs are likewise divided into II-compatible, unknown, and
incompatible. The first group includes Balance of Power 1.03 ($30),
Crystal Quest ($24, MacConnection), Deja Vu ($29), ShadowGate ($30),
Shanghai ($24), Smash Hit Racquetball II ($22), Uninvited ($30),
and Zork Trilogy ($42, MacConnection).
Those that I'm not sure about, and therefore in greatest need of information
about, are Apache Strike ($27), Battle Stations ($20, MacWAREHOUSE),
Beyond Dark Castle ($26, M.A.C.), Beyond Zork ($30), Borrowed Time,
Carmen San Diego ($25, Programs Plus), Chessmaster 2000 ($28),
Down Hill Racer ($24), Klondike, Mind Over Mac ($28, MacConnection),
Orbquest, Psion Chess ($31), Quarterstaff ($29, MacWAREHOUSE),
Real Poker ($27, The MacZone), Sargon III 1.0 ($29), Seven Cities of Gold
($15, Programs Plus), and Trust and Betrayal ($30). By the way,
is Chessmaster 2000 or Psion Chess the better program?
For the record, the following have been reported as definitely
not compatible: Archon ($15), Ancient Art of War ($25, Tussey),
Dark Castle ($26, MacWAREHOUSE), Ferrari Grand Prix ($32),
Fokker Triplane 1.0 ($32, MacWAREHOUSE), GATO 1.42 ($26),
Lode Runner ($24), MacGolf 2.0 ($35, Tussey), MS Flight
Simulator 1.0 ($32), Ogre ($20), Orbiter ($26), Skyfox ($15),
Ultima III ($24, MacConnection), Winter Games ($24), and
Mac Wizardry ($34, The MacZone). Am I wrong?
If I'm to become a Mac hacker, I'm going to need some literature.
Prices aren't a big deal, with wide selection and comparable
discounts easily available. But what do I need? (I especially want
reference books and clever techniques, not hand-holding tutorials.)
Inside Macintosh, I'm sure, and the HyperCard Handbook. What else?
I apologize for the length of this message. I've tried to do my
homework, but there's a lot to learn and little time for learning it.
Store clerks can be of some help, and I'm still hunting through info-mac
archives and old MacUser/MacWorld issues for product reviews, but
discussion lists are the best consulting medium ever developed.
I'll be happy to share information, including my full price database,
with anyone else on the net.
-- Ken Laws
SOURCES
Note: listed prices may have changed, or may even be for older
software versions than I've listed. I've included the best prices
I've found as a public service. (I have no financial interest in
these companies, unfortunately.)
Beverly Hills Computer
279 South Beverly Drive, Suite 1200
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(800) 426-8166
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
ComputerWare
490 California Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 323-7559
Egghead Software
El Camino
Menlo Park, CA 94025
[Will beat CA prices by $1.]
Icon Review
9570 Mid Valley Center
Carmel, CA 93923
(408) 625-0465
(800) 228-8910
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
M.A.C.
2156A University Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
(415) 644-0516
(800) 289-2622
[Will beat advertised Bay Area prices.]
MacConnection
14 Mill Street
Marlow, NH 03456
(800) 622-5472
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
MacWAREHOUSE
1690 Oak St.
P.O. Box 1579
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(800) 255-6227
[Refundable $2 catalog.]
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
Programs Plus
75 Research Drive
Stratford, Conn. 06497
(800) 832-3201
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
The MacZone
7102 180th Ave. NE, Bldg A107
Redmond, WA 98052
(800) 248-0800 for orders
(206) 883-1975 for information
[$2 catalog.]
[March MacUser ad prices.]
Tussey Computer Products
P.O. Box 1006
State College, PA 16804
(800) 468-9044
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
Warehouse Mac Products
2701 W. Glendale Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85051
(800) 421-3135
[May MacWorld ad prices.]
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Date: Sat, 07 May 88 16:06:57 IST
From: "Jonathan B. Owen" <GDAU100%BGUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Anyone know about ADA for Macs?
Hi Macfreaks!
Does anyone know if an ADA compiler is, or will be in the near future,
available for a Mac?
I have heard of such a compiler for the 80286 based IBM PC. I assume
a Mac based on a 68020 (16Mhz) with enough memory should be sufficient
to run such a compiler.
Hope to hear a positive answer.
Thanks,
JB
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Point of view: A chicken is the means by which an egg reproduces an egg.
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Date: 7 May 1988, 14:51:50 CST
From: Robert J. Brenstein (618) 453-5721 x 227 GA0095 at
From: SIUCVMB
I have downloaded a public domain DA called 'Maxwell 2.2' from MACSERVE@PUCC
a while ago. A note in that program claims that its source code is in
the public domain as well. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find it
anywhere. I wonder if anyone can help me to get hold of that code or at
least get in touch with Coyote Systems, the author of that code.
Your help is greatly appreciated... via email, preferably.
Robert Brenstein, <GA0095@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
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From: michel jacquemin <jacquemin-michel@YALE.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 5 May 88 18:55:05 EDT
Subject: Macintosh Family Hardware Guide, published by Addison-Wesley
Addison-Wesley is going to publish a thing called "Macintosh Family
Hardware Guide", from APDA. My local bookstore says it's going to
come out around January 89. I want to know whether there is a way
to get a hand on it (or a preliminary version of it) before this date,
I am sure it already exists somewhere. Any pointer welcome.
Michel Jacquemin
(jacquemin@cs.yale.edu , jacquemin@yalecs.BITNET , ...harvard!yale!jacquemi)
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Date: 7 May 88 22:01 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: Mac 'sed' stream editor needed?!
in the course of building big multi-megabyte free-text database files for
indexing/browsing (with my 'Texas/indexer/browser' software) I often have
need of a simple but fast editor to do repetitive things to big files.
Microsoft WORD is very buggy when dealing with files bigger than 4 MB or
so, and of course it's horrendously slow in doing global search/replace
and such on those files. So, two quick questions come to mind:
- is there a better editor for huge files? (How does Write Now handle
ASCII text files bigger than memory holds, for instance? MacWrite is out
of the question. Any other candidates?)
- is there a Macintosh equivalent of 'sed', the UNIX stream editor? Could
I get source code somehow for sed and compile up a Mac version without
too much trouble (in Lightspeed C for example)? Is there anything better
than sed for arbitrarily big files?
Tnx for any suggestions -- ^z
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Date: 25 Mar 1988 20:57:30-WET
Subject: Transfer of archived files to Janet sites
From: cd148 <cd148%CITY.AC.UK@forsythe.stanford.edu>
I have recently subscribed to info-mac@suvm and am now wondering how I might
transfer archived files to my my host. I seem to have the problem that
sites on the Janet network in the UK cannot fetch files from earn/bitnet to
Janet. I would much appreciate any advise you may be able to offer.
Thanks, Adrian Lappin
[Moderator's Note: I don't know if it's possible for JANET sites to get
Info-Mac files. Any comments from someone who has had successful
transfers? - Lance]
[Moderator's Note2: The ONLY way to get files from the Sumex archives is
with the FTP program from an ARPAnet host. Anything else has to be done
through a willing intermediary. - Jon ]
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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12-May-88 19:13:05-PDT,16383;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 12-May-88 17:36:22
Date: 12 May 88 1736-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #49
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Friday, 13 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 49
Today's Topics:
Radius Accelerator Problem
Any news on this product?
Macintosh screen projection units for overhead projectors
Sending TeX dvi files from a VAX to a Mac
Help with Modal dialogs
Request for information
Bug in MPW Shell 2.0.2
Bug in MPW 2.0.2 Link tool
Preventing viral contamination of public domain programs
Image scanners
Data Pak by Mass Micro request for Information
Best Apple Buy for School
Microsoft Works communication software
Double Helix II query
Question about CMS drives...
XCMD/XFCN interfaces for LightSpeed C
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 88 20:02 EDT
From: DSchwartz@DOCKMASTER.ARPA
Subject: Radius Accelerator Problem
Last Fall I became aware of a problem with the Radius Accelerator for
the Mac Plus, but I have been having no success in getting Radius to
come up with a solution for it. I am writing this note in order to
bring the problem to the attention of other owners, and to get them to
let Radius know we want a fix.
The problem is that the I/O transfer rates to my Dataframe XP20 were 3
to 4 times *SLOWER* after the Accelerator was installed ( numbers came
from running DiskTimer IIa ). Other local Radius owners reported
similar speed decreases with other Dataframe drives ( XP60 ), and other
manufacturers' SCSI drives as well.
I have yet to understand how a faster CPU can't receive data at at least
as fast as a slower one, but nonetheless it happens. ( A friend with
the Radius Accelerator on a Mac SE got about a 33% INCREASE in speed,
and I expect that's about what a Mac Plus could achieve also. )
Radius says that the problem lies in the lack of SCSI Hardware
handshaking on the Plus. They have been telling me they are "working"
on the problem since last November, but even as late as last week they
said that it was "not a high priority" problem. I suspect that if no
one else is interested, it will never be fixed.
So, if you are a Mac Plus / Radius Accelerator / SCSI disk owner who is
also concerned about this slowdown, please let Radius Technical Support
hear from you. The number that I have used is 408-434-1010.
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Date: Sun, 03 Apr 88 14:12:08 LCL
From: "Tony S. Dahbura" <DAHBURA%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Any news on this product?
Hi all:
Does anyone have any news on the company MASS MICRO SYSTEMS?
They have recently marketed a 45MB removable cartridge drive for the MACINTOSH.
I am interested in hearing if they are reliable (are cartridge drives reliable
in general? Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with that type of drive
or this company?)
Please respond to me and I will summarize the list.
thanks for all the help.
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Date: Tue, 5 Apr 88 11:39:16 EST
From: Alex Nishri <nishri@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Subject: Macintosh screen projection units for overhead projectors
We are interested in getting a screen projection screen unit used with an
overhead projector. (These are special screens, which connect to your personal
computer and sit on top of the overhead projector, where your transparencies
normally sit.) We have one such unit, made by Sharp, in our PC classroom, and
we now want one in our Macintosh classroom.
So far we have seen the Kodak prototype unit, but it is not available, or even
announced yet. The only unit we have seen here in Toronto, which is available,
is the MacViewFrame, made by nView Corporation of Newport News, VA.
Does anyone have a MacViewFrame? We would be interested in hearing user
experiences with it. Does anyone know of or have any other competing units?
Alex Nishri
University of Toronto Computing Services
BITNET: alex@utoronto
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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 88 16:19:19 EDT
From: worley@msr.EPM.ORNL.GOV (Pat Worley)
Subject: Sending TeX dvi files from a VAX to a Mac
Can anyone give me some pointers on how to package TeX dvi files so
that I can send them from a Unix machine (VAX 780) to my Mac II?
I use MacKermit for file transfer over a dial-in line.
If I send the original dvi file, it gets trashed. I can BinHex
a dvi file produced on the Mac (using TexTures), ship it to the VAX,
and unBinHex it there using xbin. The dvi file is then found in
xxx.dvi.data . But I can't seem to make the reverse direction work.
The command unxbin expects an xxx.dvi.info file, which I don't have,
in order to make the xxx.dvi.hqx file. "Making one up" doesn't work
either since the crc number (whatever that is) is not correct.
Is there a standard way of shipping binaries not generated on a Mac?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Pat Worley
worley@msr.epm.ornl.gov
(615) 574-3128
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 88 15:18:26 LCL
From: "Tony S. Dahbura" <DAHBURA%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Help with Modal dialogs
Hi all:
Can anyone help out with the following. I am trying to create a dialog
box on the MAC that has say 5 or 6 lines of viewable text (maybe 10-12 total)
that the user can scroll(using the scroll bar/thumb/arrow) up and down
in (not left/right) and click on a line of the text (twice) or click once
and click on an ok button. Much like the save dialog. The text will be
put in via my application not stored in a resource file (i.e. it changes on
the fly). I have been all through Inside Macintosh volume I but the code
to handle this task seems overwhelming. I am coding in Pascal. Does anyone
have some sample code or a block of code I could peruse to get the idea of
the resources I have to set up and how to control the window once it is on
the screen?
Any help would be appreciated. You can respond to me directly if you prefer.
/thanks
/Tony Dahbura
Reply Via : DAHBURA@SUVM (BITNET)
US Mail : 262 Small Road
Syracuse, NY 13210
U.S.A.
Phone : 315-476-0989
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 88 00:15:16 EDT
From: exsgc <EXSGC%CUNYVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Request for information
We at the Graduate School of CUNY have an AppleTalk network and a kinetics
fastpath box; we do not have an Internet router, though. We are looking to
implement one, and have read network postings regarding several Mac IP
software packages. Can anyone tell us of their experience with any of this
software, or tell us about their Mac-Internet setup?
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Date: Sun, 8 May 88 10:53:17 MET DST
From: Norbert Lindenberg - U Karlsruhe <norbert@ira.uka.de>
Subject: Bug in MPW Shell 2.0.2
Today I found a bug in MPW Shell 2.0.2:
The "Open" command does not open a file read-only if the -r option is
used in conjunction with the -t option. "Open -r -t myFile" opens the
file as target window, but lets the user modify the file. Rewriting
"Open -r -t myFile" as "Open -r myFile; Open -t myFile" works, but
causes unnecessary window movements.
-- Norbert
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Date: Sun, 8 May 88 11:00:22 MET DST
From: Norbert Lindenberg - U Karlsruhe <norbert@ira.uka.de>
Subject: Bug in MPW 2.0.2 Link tool
One bug seems to have been fixed in the MPW 2.0.2 Link tool, but I
discovered still another one.
The bug occurs if you declare an object type in the implementation part
of a unit and define a new method for this type (new as opposed to
overriding a superclass method), and let the linker optimize method
calls (-opt option). The new method does not show up in the method table
listing produced with the -p option, and the linker still produces a
%_SelProcs segment. According to MacApp DA newsletter 1/5, this segment
should never be present in an optimized program. When I start the
program, it drops into MacsBug with a User break: Method not found
message when the new method is called.
-- Norbert
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Date: Sun, 08 May 88 20:19:36 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Preventing viral contamination of public domain programs
With all the problems with virus infected public domain and shareware
software, I propose the following solution (for the Macintosh):
There exists a shareware program called StuffIt 1.4 which was designed
to group multiple files into one file which can then be uploaded.
StuffIt 1.4 is for the Macintosh, and is turning into a sort of standard
for packing. StuffIt 1.4, in addition to grouping files can compress
them and can encrypt them.
The proposal:
How about adding a new feature to StuffIt that encrypts files, but in
such a way that they can only be decrypted and not encrypted again? This
can be done with the following method. StuffIt could prompt the
uploading user to enter an encrypting code which is used to encrypt the
files. Along with the files, another code is included. This code is the
decrypting code, which downloading users can use to decrypt the file.
The decrypting code could be hashed by some secret function into the
original encrypting code. This method is similar to the "trapdoor"
functions used for Public-Key Cryptosystems with one-way functions.
The advantage of this is that the original author of a program can
encrypt his or her software and place it in the public domain without
the fear of others downloading the file, contaminating it with a virus,
and then uploading the file as the original.
Atul Butte /----------\ /----------\
Brown University ! OK ! ! CANCEL !
ST602397@BROWNVM.BITNET \----------/ \----------/
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From: Terry Jones <tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Subject: Image scanners
Date: 9 May 88 15:53:17 GMT
We recently ordered a Dest PC Scan 2020 (2000) and have had good success with
it when used with an IBM/PC and a Mac II but have had numerous failures when
using it with a number of Mac SE's around here. It comes back with
Scanner Not Responding and you have to power it off and on to get it
back operational. Some days it works fine, others it is really frustrating.
I would like to hear from scanner owners about successes and failures,
especially Dest scanner owners.
tj@utgpu.uucp
tj@utoronto.bitnet
Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 9 May 88 9:34:18 MST
From: Major John Buono
From: <buono%asbf-imp.huachuca-em.arpa@HUACHUCA-EM.ARPA>
Subject: Data Pak by Mass Micro request for Information
I am thinking of getting the Data Pak drive from Mass Micro that has the
45m removable cartridge. Has anyone used this drive and can give me your
impression of it. This would not be used as a primary drive but hopefully
a way to get rid of all the floppies that seem to be accumulating.
Thanks in advance
John Buono
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From: SSG Kurt Nuemaier <20-37bn@braggvax.arpa>
Subject: Best Apple Buy for School
Date: Tue, 10 May 88 12:09:58 EDT
I need a little guidance from net.advice about which Apple to buy.
I work with a guy who is going back to school and needs a computer that
will give the best all around performance. He is leaning toward one of
the MAC's but was wondering about the IIGS. The MAC SE is alittle more
expensive than he can afford right now. Also, what would be a good list
of software to get him through school the first semester or two?
It would be a real help if the capabilities of the MAC PLUS, MAC II, and
the APPLE IIGS could be synopsized.
Is the IMAGE WRITER a good printer for school?
He is at the moment going to major in Liberal Arts and would therefore
need Word processing, along with capabilities for sciences, math,
econimics and accounting.
Any and all help would be appreciated as he has got it in his mind to
buy without really thinking about it! An opportunistic buyer.
reply: KA NEUMAIER
20-37bn@braggvax.arpa
----------------AIRBORNE!!!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 11 May 88 12:08 AST
From: "Steve Smith, Manager, Systems and Operations"
From: <SSMITH%STMARYS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Hello Netpeople,
I have installed some Appletalk PC cards in PC's to connect to Localtalk.
They work fine to print to Laserwriters on the Localtalk but the software
cannot see Imagewriters. I am using ATALK.EXE version 1.0. Does anyone know
if Imagewriters are accessable using either later versions of this software
or other software. Are these cards limited to printing to Laserwriters?
Please mail directly to me .
BITNET: SSMITH@STMARYS.BITNET
Steve Smith
Computer Services
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, NS
Canada
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Date: Wed, 11 May 88 14:00:54 PDT
From: Eileen Leatherman <LEATHERMAN@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Microsoft Works communication software
A friend asked for help with this (I am not familiar with
Microsoft Works myself): VT100 emulation works fine except for
the delete key. The host machine seems to interpret the delete
key as some kind of control or escape sequence rather than the
delete character. Any suggestions?
leatherman@sumex
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Date: Wed, 11 May 88 17:11 CST
From: <OPTON@UHVAX1>
Subject: Double Helix II query
Can someone tell me how to do the following in Double Helix II:
(Please excuse the pseudo-DBasese)
1. Copy all the records that match a given criterion to a new relation,
that is:
use <currentRelation>
for firstrecord to lastrecord in <currentRelation>
if <field x> starts with a 1 {or 2, or 3, or whatever}
then copy <thisRecord> to <newRelation>
2. duplicate the structure of an existing relation to a new relation, that is,
use <existingRelation>
copy structure to <newRelation>
Thanks in advance,
Lee Thomison
BITNET: OPTON@UHVAX1
landline: (713) 749-3127
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Date: Wed, 11 May 88 23:46 EST
From: ALLEN@ISIS.MIT.EDU
does anyone know of a card for the mac][ that is just a bunch of
simms slots?
(please rely to me this time since I'm not on the mailing list yet.)
thanx
al
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Date: Thu, 12 May 1988 01:04 PDT
From: SHIPLEY <SPHERE%UWACDC.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Question about CMS drives...
I saw, on the side of a CMS drive's box, a picture of a drive for a Mac II that
had something like "DMA modified ROM" written on its side.
Is this true? Has someone actually hacked Apple SCSI so it supports DMA?
Geez,
that would quiet a LOT of complaints about A/UX being too slow. (Asynchronous
I/O saves the day.)
Or am I imagining things? (The salesman, of course, didn't have any idea what
DMA was, and he was too lazy to find any documentation. I COULD flame for two
more pages on what I think of computer salesmen, but I think you all know...)
-William Shipley
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Subject: XCMD/XFCN interfaces for LightSpeed C
Date: Thu, 12 May 88 13:08:46 +0300
From: shmuli@humus.huji.ac.il
I've been trying to get the HyperCard XCMD/XFCN interfaces for LightSpeed C
but to no avail. I've checked the INFO-MAC archives and the IRLEARN server
(we can no longer access the server at PUCC from overseas) but couldn't find
these files. I've been told that they are in comp.binaries.mac but I don't
know how to get them from there, so can somebody PLEASE tell me or send me
the files?
Thank you. Shmuel
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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18-May-88 18:16:07-PDT,22847;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 18-May-88 17:35:35
Date: 18 May 88 1735-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #50
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Thursday, 19 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 50
Today's Topics:
re: mac II Wish List
Re: Mac II Wish List
MPW Fortran V1.0B3 vs. Mactran Plus v3.0
Re: MultiFinder switch bug with custom WDEFs
taking Mac's on airplanes
Patching LSP's sound glue
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Date: Thu, 12 May 88 23:12:12 PDT
From: digiorgi@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: re: mac II Wish List
re: Info-Mac vol 6 #48
Mac II wish list
ken laws:LAWS@IU.AI.SRI.COM
Jeez, guy, if you did all that homework and study on programs and prices
and STILL dont know which are mac II compatible, I don't know what to say!
I usually suggest to newcomers to the Mac to start with one or two programs
(usually a word processor and something to produce graphics in either the
chart/analysis kind of vein or the paint/draw world), get used to them and
the machine, and then buy other programs and utilities as the need (desire)
arise. I feel too many people, new to the machine, load themselves up with
a lot of software that doesn't really address their needs and never really
learn the basics of using a Mac to its full advantage. MacWrite and
MacPaint were all I had for about two or three months in 1984 and I got a
lot done with them (and sold my boss on Macs as a viable computer in my
office).
On the other hand, you are obviously computer literate and want to program.
My raster of things to buy looks like the following:
Application Software:
word processing - FullWrite is the best right now (well, you already got
WordPerfect; I think it's a dog. A powerful program, but poor design. I
have it, and don't use it.). FullWrite also dispenses with the need for a
dedicated (MacDraw) graphics program to some extent, as well as does a
fair bit of page layout type work.
WriteNow is adequate for simpler requirements and a lot cheaper.
graphics - HyperCard has all the paint tools I need for my bitmap graphics
stuff, MacDraw or Canvas are what I use otherwise. For data modeling, the
StatXXX, CricketGraph, Excel, Trapeze, etc. suit various purposes and people
in particular ways. I also have MacRecorder and ThunderScan, and a graphics
tablet, but then I love toys and find work for them occasionally.
terminal emulation - Only one cuts the mustard if you actually USE a VAX
and that's Versaterm (or the PRO version). Very good terminal, many
features, underpriced.
database: HyperCard serves most of my personal needs adequately, the range
of dedicated data manglers is so complex you need to know more to advise
better. I have several and keep using the simplest - you know where I stand.
There's about a zillion other programs that I have/use
occasionally/whatever. Everything under the sun, in at least a dozen
flavors each. Go slow, buy what you like, use what you buy.
Programming:
Programming on a Mac is nearly impossible without the Inside Macintosh v 1-5
series, the Tech Notes and development system support docs. Addison
Wesley's Introduction to Macintosh family hardware and Introduction to
Macintosh Programming I found fantastic (and I've been playing with this
thing since '84). Scott Knaster's two books are also excellent. Many other
titles are on the shelves. All have good and bad.
I've become I personal fan of MPW, after becoming disenchanted with the
other programming environments (Lightspeed C and Pascal, TML Pascal,
Consulair C, MegaMax C, NEON, Forth, LOGO, you name it, I've fooled with
it). The editor is not extraordinarily fast, but very powerful. The MPW
editor can also handle arbitrarily large documents and has scriptable
editing capabilities. It is also a complete command line based interface
package. You work on a Mac differently from a terminal style environment -
VI, EMACS etc are awful when you get involved with this machine. My
opinion. The MPW Tools are great. The Pascal, C and Asm support, the Rez
compiler, etc, just work right. Steep learning curve, but worth it.
Lightspeed C v2.13 is current package and includes the libraries for most
Mac II managers, as well as for the current System 5.0 release.
Utilities:
Three classes of necessary things: disk block editor, disk maintenance
software, and convenience utilities.
disk block editor - I use FEdit Plus, it works fine, and has saved me many
times over.
convenience utilities - biggest difficulties I like to overcome are font
and desk accessory handling - either SuitCase or Font/DA Juggler are worth
the money - I have both. QuicKeys is great for an extended keyboard.
disk maintenance - YOU NEED A GOOD BACKUP PROGRAM. I use both DiskFit and
FlashBack for two different kinds of backing up. Disk Express cleans up the
mess I make with creating and deleting lots of files. StuffIt is excellent
for file archiving. There are also a few catalogers for handling lots of
the floppies you generate: these are handy.
Otherwise, fine toys abound - enjoy.
Everything above works fine on both my Mac II and my Mac Plus. Most real
Mac software now works on all machines, or at least the Plus and up.
the opinions and endorsements above reflect only the truth, and nothing but
the truth, so help me ... so help me ... so help me ...
Godfrey DiGiorgi
digiorgi@jpl-vlsi.arpa
12 May 1988
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Date: Fri, 13 May 88 10:07:34 PDT
From: hplabs!csun!polyslo!dorourke@rutgers.edu (David O'Rourke)
Subject: Re: Mac II Wish List
Reply-to: hplabs!csun!polyslo!dorourke@rutgers.edu (David O'Rourke)
In article <8805130224.AA09798@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU writes:
>Date: Fri 6 May 88 15:08:40-PDT
>From: Ken Laws <LAWS@IU.AI.SRI.COM>
>Subject: Mac II Wish List
>told that Red Ryder 10.3 ($62, M.A.C.; $49 at MacWAREHOUSE for 10.0)
>is the best communications program around. Should I also be looking at
>any of the following: InTalk 3.0 ($99, Programs Plus), MacTerminal
>($99, Programs Plus), Microphone II with Glue ($209, Programs Plus;
>$115 for V1.1, Tussey), Smartcom II 3.0A ($88 ?), or TOPS for the Mac 2.0
>($118, M.A.C.)?
Red Ryder is very powerful, but from a user standpoint the tip of the
hat in my opinion has to go to smartcom II. It real nice and resonably
simple to use. And does a good vt102 emulation. I use RedRyder from local
pc oriented BBS's, but I use SmartCom to log on to Unix system.
Inbox is only useful if you're going to want e-mail on an Appletalk
network. Also TOPS is for file-services over Appletalk as well, not a main
stream product for a single user enviroment, but when you network you self
TOPS and Inbox are wonderful.
>I'm ordering WordPerfect ($189) because I'll also be using it at my new
>office on a DOS PC.
Please don't do this to your self. WordPerfect, while functional, is
one of the worst pieces of MacSoftware I've ever seen from a major company.
If you like WP on Dos then you'll like WP on the Mac, but I prefer something
better. At least buy Word, and if you really want to see Macintosh WP at
it's best get FullWrite Professional. But anything accept Word Perfect.
>Do I also need Expressionist 1.11 ($42, M.A.C.)
Most likely, although you can do equations in products like MacPaint
and MacDraw and via the built in ClipBoard transfer them to any other
program. Not something you'd think out coming from a DOS enviroment. But
Expressionist makes things a lot easier.
>Do I also need an editor like QUED ($60, M.A.C.) or
>microemacs to work on source code without embedding formatting characters?
No most all of the WP's for the mac have ASCII text options. But you will
want a programming editor. The best editors are QUED, wonderful programming
editor that I have never seen an equal too on any system.
>I plan to get Spellswell 2.0 ($39, M.A.C.) , but will count on fiber media
Why, most all of the WP's for the Mac come with spell checkers?
>And what chance is there that I can ship formatted output to a DOS-oriented
>(or VAX-oriented) laser printer at my office?
Well if you buy an Appletalk card for the PC, and then start using Word
for the PC you'll be able to print directly to the LaserPrinter, and if you
use word for the Mac {much better than Word Perfect, but I still prefer
FullWrite} it will read/write MS-Dos Word files.
>manipulation, but what image database system should I buy? I've heard
>of ImageStudio ($279)
ImageStudio allows the retouching of digitized Images, you have to see it
to believe it!
>I presume that I should get SmartScrap and The Clipper ($35, MacConnection),
>as well as SuperGlue ($52). Is Glue 1.04 ($39, The MacZone; Free with
>Microphone) just a subset of SuperGlue?
All of these products are good and they do serve a purpose, but the
Macintosh is resonably integrated thru the existing support in the OS for
the exchange of Information between unrelated programs. Play with the Mac
first, find out what it can do, and then decide if you need these products.
>I'm still thinking about VideoWorks II 2.0 ($117, The MacZone), mainly
>as a toy for my kids, but I'm not sure whether it's too difficult to use
>or even whether it's II-compatible. I hear there's a new product
>integrating VideoWorks with HyperCard; I'll have to look into it.
VideoWorks II is wonderful, and it was made for the II. It might be
too difficult as a toy, but if you do image processing it will knock your
socks off. Also I've noticed a distinct worry about compatiability. The
Mac II is very compatible, you typically don't have to worry about software
running on a normal Mac that won't run on the II. The notable exceptions
are mostly games, other than that you can assume the product will run.
>I'll have to investigate public-domain educational software since I
>can't stand to risk $30 or so for programs that my kids may outgrow
>in half an hour. Can anyone recommend a good source? Is anyone
>publishing BASIC programs on 800K disks or making code available
>via modem? Is there a II-on-a-Mac emulator or a software DOS
>emulator available for the Mac II? Is there a good stackware source
>I should investigate?
I suggest Macintosh Pascal from Apple, rather than Basic. It is a
Pascal interpreter, and very fun to program, symbolic debugging, graphics,
step by step execution, really nice, take a look at it if you get a chance.
Yes there is a Dos emulator for the Macintosh called SoftPC works quite
well according to the net mail, I suggest you start reading comp.sys.mac.
>My main programming language is C. I'm used to a Unix environment,
>and expect Unix to win out in the workstation world, but for now I'm
>more interested in adapting myself to the Mac environment than in
>continuing to use vi, grep, awk, etc. So I'll go with Lightspeed C
>instead of the Aztec package or AU/X. Version 2.01 is $95, but M.A.C.
>has version 2.13 for $116; anybody know the difference? And what are the
>LSC Version 2 Program Extender ($70, M.A.C.) and LSC CAPP's ($49)?
You really should look into MPW. Macintosh Programer Workshop. It is a
bourne style shell, with one of the best text editors I've seen. It supports
Pascal, C, Assembly, Modula II, Fortran, Ada and a varity of other languages.
All of the languages produce compatable output that the linker pulls together
to make the object code.
In addition programs written in MPW C can be ported to A/UX with few
modifications.
The shell supports: Shell Scripts, Variables, Piping, redirection of
standard input and output, ect.... If you're used to Unix you will LOVE
MPW. It is the most complete development enviroment I've ever seen on any,
system of any size. {ps. I've worked on at least 10 systems in the past 10
years, micro & mainframe}
>I'm a good C programmer, but I know nothing about the Mac architecture.
>What books should I get? Inside Macintosh? And do I need the TMON
>debugger ($94, MacWAREHOUSE), or can I get along fine without it? Would
>MacNosy for the Mac II ($289, M.A.C.) be useful, or should I wait until
>I find a critical need for it? Are there any particular disk utilities
>or toolkits that I need for writing application programs? Do I need
>the Macintosh 68000 Development System ($59)?
Inside Macintosh is a must, after that any book that tickles your fancy
will most likely help.
>I might get a Logo so that my kids can do turtle graphics, although I think
>I'll wait until they're exposed to team programming at school. By then
>I should be able to chose between ExperLogo 1.1 ($119) and Object Logo
>($76, ComputerWare). (I'm not sure these programs are II-compatible yet.)
Macintosh pascal has a good graphics model, and there are several good
books on the subject. Also Turbo Pascal supports turtle graphics.
>I'm almost completely ignorant about utilities, especially all the Disk/Desk
>names. I'll definitely get DiskFit 1.4 ($50, Tussey). Suitcase
>($35, The MacZone) and Stepping Out II ($55, Programs Plus) look
>worth getting. Would Power Station ($36, The MacZone) be of use to me?
>I'll wait to see if I feel the need for QuicKeys 1.1 ($62, MacWAREHOUSE)
>or something like Icon-It! ($39).
I would recommend FastBack over DiskFit. It's been completely re done
for the Mac an is much more functional than diskFit, it is also the fastest
disk backup I've seen. I've have used most/all of the disk backups and
Fastback is what I have settled on.
Buy QuickKeys!!!!!!!!!
>Some of the other utilities known to be II-compatible are Copy II Mac 7.0
>with MacTools ($20), Disk First Aid, Disk Ranger, Fedit Plus
>($30, ComputerWare), Findswell ($29), Hard Disk Util 2.0 ($54, MacConnection),
>MacSafe 1.08 ($94, MacWAREHOUSE), MacZap 5.0 & Disc Clinic
>($36, MacWAREHOUSE), and MockPackage+. Do I need any of these?
They'd be nice. Here again you worry too much. They aren't games so you
have a high chance that they will work. General rule of thumb, it's not a game
it works on all Macintoshs.
>If I'm to become a Mac hacker, I'm going to need some literature.
>Prices aren't a big deal, with wide selection and comparable
>discounts easily available. But what do I need? (I especially want
>reference books and clever techniques, not hand-holding tutorials.)
>Inside Macintosh, I'm sure, and the HyperCard Handbook. What else?
Subscription to MacTutor. The only programers magazine for the Macintosh,
in addition MacUser is a good general purpose Magazine.
David M. O'Rourke
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| dorourke@polyslo | Disclaimer: All opinions in this message are mine, but |
| | if you like them they can be yours too. |
| | Besides I'm just a student so what do I |
| | know! |
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| When you have to place a disclaimer in your mail you know it's a sign |
| that there are TOO many Lawyer's. |
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Date: Sun, 15 May 1988 16:27:24 PDT
Sender: "William J. Lipa" <lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
From: William Lipa <lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
Subject: MPW Fortran V1.0B3 vs. Mactran Plus v3.0
I have compared these two compilers on a Mac II in an effort to determine
which one is more usable. Originally I bought Absoft Fortran/020, but the
frequency of unexplained system errors and the buggy nature of the code
produced rendered the compiler essentially useless.
The summary is that MacTran is harder to use and less polished in general,
but it has one extreme advantage: it works, and it works NOW. I have been
porting several extremely large programs from a VAX, and MacTran was able to
handle then with only a few minor changes (units, etc.). MPW Fortran was
unable to run them successfully (a system error in one case, and incorrect
results in the other).
MPW Fortran is a much nicer environment, however. Editing is quite natural as
is the somewhat Unix-like shell interface. Even though it is less graphically
oriented, it is much less frustrating on a day-to-day basis than MacTran's
interface, which does not adhere completely to the Mac standard. However,
the fact is that MPW Fortran is not debugged yet.
So my recommendation is to get MacTran Plus if you need a good-quality
Fortran compiler right away. However, think about making the switch to MPW
Fortran once a less buggy version comes along. It is still in beta, after
all. Avoid Absoft Fortran like the plague; it is worse than both of them.
Bill Lipa
lipa%polya@forsythe.stanford.edu
PS. MacTran Plus is from DCM Data Products, (817)870-2202. MPW Fortran is
from Language Systems Corp., (703)478-0181.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 16 May 88 12:38:15 PDT
From: PEPKE%FSU.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: Re: MultiFinder switch bug with custom WDEFs
>> Perhaps someone could explain the rationale for PROHIBITING a context switch
>> when a modal dialog box is in front...
> The rationale is one of user interface. A modal dialog should be used
> when the user must interact with it before the (visible) task can
> continue. If this is not its purpose, then the dialog should be
> modeless.
The Apple Human Interface guidelines point out that you must dismiss a
modal dialog box before doing ANYTHING else, which is in fact the case.
The problem is that this is an unreasonable restriction. There have been
a lot of notes about the fact that modal dialogs do not let you use the
edit menu, even if there is text to edit. They also do not let you use
a desk accessory such as a calculator or a file locator, even if these
things would help you fill in the blanks in the dialog box.
The purpose of modality in these dialog boxes should not be to prevent
you from doing anything at all but rather should prevent you from
doing anything in the application which could either conflict with the
operation in progress or allow you to forget that you need to answer the
questions in the dialog box. This can be satified without going to extremes.
For example, a "modal" dialog box might allow you to use the edit menu
and the desk accessories (thus allowing a switch to a different layer)
but disable all other menu items and beep on clicks on other windows.
One problem is that there is no standard way to do this, and there are
many possible views on how it should be done. For example, should
the Quit item be enabled? (I am of the opinion that perfect programs
should ALWAYS have an escape hatch and that it should ALWAYS be in the
same place, but it is difficult to work that idea in with modal dialogs.)
Should menu-oriented help schemes work with dialogs? Should there be some
limited way of looking at the document? Questions, questions, questions.
The other problem and the reason that many programmers (including me) don't
use such a scheme is that ModalDialog is so easy to use, and building in this
capability is a lot of work for (from a programmer's viewpoint) a relatively
small benefit. A standard capability of this kind could fairly easily be
built into skeletons, but only after the particulars had been decided.
Eric Pepke pepke%fsu.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa
Supercomputer Computations pepke%scri.hepnet@lbl-csa2.arpa
Research Institute pepke%fsu.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu
Florida State University "It happens sometimes. People just
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 explode. Natural causes."
Disclaimer: My employers seldom even LISTEN to my opinions.
Meta-disclaimer: Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
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Subject: taking Mac's on airplanes
Date: Mon, 16 May 88 17:38:24 -0400
From: jmccombi@VAX.BBN.COM
Recently there was a question on the net about taking Macintoshes on
airplanes. Though there is usually no problem with fitting it under
the seat, we should note that some foreign airlines are not permiting
computers on board for security reasons. In particular, I recently
flew on SwissAir Boston - Zurich; in Boston I noticed a sign at the
check-in counter that stated quite clearly "for security reasons, no
computers allowed on board." It seems that with all the metal in
computers, one might easily hide explosives in, say, a Macintosh
chassis, and it would be impossible to see in the X-ray machine.
Note: Fortunately, I wasn't travelling with my Mac at the time, so I
didn't get the chance to challenge them on this; despite all their
posturing, I don't know how flexible they would be in fact.
Moral of story: check with the individual airline before going to the
airport for your flight. Should a list be created, I'd be interested
in seeing a summary of which airlines do and do not allow computers on
board.
Jon McCombie
BBN Laboratories
Disclaimer: opinions expressed herein are mine, and not those of my
employer or anyone else.
------------------------------
Date: Mon 16 May 88 20:53:26-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Patching LSP's sound glue
Rich Siegel wrote recently that
asm {move.w ROMBase, $E4}
would make "the Sound Driver glue" work in MultiFinder. He mentioned LSC, so
I assumed he meant this would make stuff written in LSC or LSP work under
MultiFinder. Helpful Folks tell me that this translates to the Pascal
procedure Foo;
INLINE $31F8, $02AE, $00E4;
I tried this at the end of a program but it locks up my machin (the mouse
moves but that's all). I am using SoundWave's library and am having problems
that fit Rich's description: things are fine under the Finder, and the first
time through under MultiFinder. The second time under MultiFinder, the
program bombs when trying to play a sound. What am I missing?
Brodie Lockard
I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
29-May-88 14:35:41-PDT,27243;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 29-May-88 14:01:42
Date: 29 May 88 1401-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #51
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Monday, 30 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 51
Today's Topics:
Apple Smalltalk System Workspace
Keyboard Mapping for English Keyboards
MenuEditor.Hqx
Not-I
New(er) version of the Generic LSC DA.
Red Ryder and macget/macput
PT NomoGraph
ScaleFonts cdev
Picture Menu Demo
MenuEdit 1.1
SuperConvert
Ferret 1.1
HumpBack Game
Gravitation Ltd. 2.0
April '88 Tech Notes, TN000
EKG Axis Demo (in 2 parts)
Mailing List Maker update
Researcher
FileSplit Version 1.1
SSSwitcher (in 3 parts)
VirusDetective 1.1
Pharaoh (in 7 parts)
RamStart 1.4
ToMultiFinder Version 1.1
SetDirectory XCMD
SCSI Accelerator
New scroll-bar resource
New animated cursors for the Finder
StuffIt 1.40A (3 parts)
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 88 11:31:32 PST
From: digiorgi@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: Apple Smalltalk System Workspace
This is an Apple Smalltalk goodie to create a 'System Workspace'
command in the system menu, including an update to the internal
storage of the data in the System Workspace. Using this goodie,
you can also customize and install whatever expressions you want
as part of your System Workspace.
Godfrey DiGiorgi
digiorgi@jpl-vlsi.arpa
20 Mar 1988
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- Lance ]
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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 88 15:42 N
From: <RCST9%HEITHE5.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Keyboard Mapping for English Keyboards
For those who only have an American version of the new Finder/System (6.0,
4.2) and only have an old English keyboard (like me) these resources may be
some help.
It includes a new KCHR resource, with the English Keyboard's key-layout,
and as an extra for dutch people, it includes the INTL and itl0 resources
to give you the date in the Dutch format. April-9-1988 will be displayed
as 9/4/88, not as 4/9/88.
This is my first posting to INFO-MAC, so I hope it got there.
Ernst.
>
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 88 10:51:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel)
Subject: MenuEditor.Hqx
Attached is a BinHex'ed StuffIt archive of an addon editor for ResEdit;
this little jewel provides a graphical way of creating and editing menus,
and is much nicer than ResEdit's way.
It's freeware - that is, it can be freely distributed but not sold, and the
copyright is retained by the author.
Thanks to Leonard Rosenthol for passing it along to me.
--Rich
Rich Siegel
Confused Undergrad, Carnegie-Mellon University
The opinions stated here do not represent the policies
of Carnegie-Mellon University.
Arpa: rich.siegel@andrew.cmu.edu
UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,sun}!andrew.cmu.edu!rich.siegel
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Tue 12 Apr 88 10:26:35-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Not-I
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: NOT-I
Date: 9-APR-1988 21:59 by BMUG
An INIT that keeps hard disk AFTER your startup device from mounting.
Written by Linda Custer.
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- Lance ]
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 88 21:42:54 EST
From: David HM Spector <spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Subject: New(er) version of the Generic LSC DA.
Enclosed please find a newer (a few bug-fexes and more documentation) of my
Generic DA for THINK Technology's LightSpeedC...
Enjoy,
David
(I you write something nifty with it, I'd love to hear about it!)
David HM Spector New York University
Senior Systems Programmer Graduate School of Business
Arpa: SPECTOR@GBA.NYU.EDU Academic Computing Center
UUCP:...!{allegra,rocky,harvard}!cmcl2!spector 90 Trinity Place, Rm C-4
MCIMail: DSpector New York, New York 10006
AppleLink: D1161 CompuServe: 71260,1410 (212) 285-6080
"SJM 25, 'real nice guy' seeks SJF... What? This ISN'T The Voice personals?!"
[archived as
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This version replaces the previous one.
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 88 22:11:05 EDT
From: singer@harvard.harvard.edu (Jon Hueras)
Subject: Red Ryder and macget/macput
There has been some talk recently om comp.sys.mac about Red Ryder's
incompatibility with macget/macput. It is all quite true, and it is for
that reason that I undertook quite a while ago to modify macget and macput
from its sources to make it compatible.
Here's what the problem is. It has nothing to do with XModem, which both
MacTerminal 1.1 and Red Ryder are equally capable of handling. It has to
do with the protocol used on top of XModem by each to effect binary Mac
file transfers. Red Ryder uses the fairly widespread MacBinary standard for
this, a standard that either didn't exist when MacTerminal 1.1 was written
or was not so widespread. I suspect that some nascent version of MacBinary
must have existed at the time because what MacTerminal 1.1 does is almost
exactly the same. However, what is accomplished in a single XModem transfer
in MacBinary is done in three separate XModem transfers via MacTerminal:
one transfer for the file's "header", one for the data fork, and one for
the resource fork. MacBinary accomplishes the same thing in one XModem
transfer by letting the header information determine how to separate the
data part from the resource part. It was thus fairly trivial to modify
macget/macput to merge the three transfers into one.
So, anyway, here are slightly modified versions of macget and macput that
do MacBinary instead of MacTerminal style file transfers. [Enclosed in
two separate messages to follow.] Two other features that I tossed in were
CRC handling and the <ESC>B auto-receive feature. I have renamed these
programs mbget and mbput to avoid confusion with the original macget and
macput.
Many thanks are due to Dave Johnson, the original author of macget and
macput, for writing this stuff in the first place and for blessing the
release of this version of it. Please note that these programs are still
copyright (c) 1984 by Brown University and may be used but not sold without
permission.
Jon Hueras
Symantec/THINK Technologies
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- Lance ]
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 88 22:04:03 PDT
Subject: PT NomoGraph
From: clark@rand-unix.ARPA
Attached is a freeware DA for chemists--a pressure-temperature
nomograph that converts observed temperature at a given pressure
into its equivalent corrected to 760 mm. I am posting this at
the request of the authors, Roger Simon of the U. of Colo. at
Denver, and Tim Senecal of Metropolitan State Coll.
In StuffIt/BinHex format...
John Clark
clark@rand-unix.org
...!randvax!clark
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 88 08:50:25 EDT
From: Guenther Blaschek <K331671%AEARN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: ScaleFonts cdev
This is ScaleFonts - a Control Panel Device that enables you to
switch font scaling (which is done for sizes that are not available
in your System file) on and off. Switching font scaling ON shows
text in its real size (even if the application would normally
disable font scaling, as does WriteNow). Switching font scaling
OFF results in a better readable and faster text display on screen.
This cdev replaces DA-SCALEFONTS-HQX.
ScaleFonts is "FreeWare" - enjoy it.
e Guenther Blaschek
gu EMail: <K331671@AEARN>
SNail: University of Linz / Austria
Institute of Computer Science / Software
Altenbergerstr. 69
A-4040 Linz
Tel.: +43 (732) 2468 / 447
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I've removed DA-SCALEFONTS.HQX from the archives.
- Lance ]
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 88 13:39:53 est
From: Oliver Steele <steele@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: Picture Menu Demo
Here's a simple demo program showing an alternate way to show
small About boxes. Copy the MDEF and a hierarchical menu from
this program into your own program. Give the menu a menuId the
same as a resID in your program.
[I mailed this before, but didn't see any response. There
aren't any changes except for a spelling error fix.]
Oliver Steele ...!uunet!mcnc!unc!steele
steele@cs.unc.edu
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 88 13:38:44 est
From: Oliver Steele <steele@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: MenuEdit 1.1
This is a program for editing menu items, assigning command
keys, adding ICONs, and linking hierarchical menus. It won't
(yet) let you create new menus or change the number of menu
items, so you'll still need ResEdit/RMaker/Rez, but it'll let
you make other changes more easily than ResEdit will.
Oliver Steele ...!uunet!mcnc!unc!steele
steele@cs.unc.edu
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Fri 15 Apr 88 10:12:49-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: SuperConvert
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: SUPERCONVERTER
Date: 13-APR-1988 03:27 by MCHUMMER
Superconverter 1.0 A handy program that converts graphics files as follows:
FROM TO
TIFF TIFF
Thunderscan EPS (Ascii)
Superpaint(laserbits) EPS (Binary)
Thunderscan
Superpaint (laserbits)
From the makers of Super Paint - Silicon Beach Software. Uploaded with
permission.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 18 Apr 88 09:19:39-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Ferret 1.1
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: FERRET
Date: 17-APR-1988 22:41 by NEDRY
[ Updated to version 1.1 17-APR-1988 22:41 by NEDRY. This version takes
care of a problem in deleting one of the virus files. ]
Ferret will search out and remove all instances of the 'Scores' virus from
a selected drive. You are given the option of removing the virus each time
an infected file is found. USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
[archived as
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>FERRET-11.HQX
I'm leaving both versions online since previous messages suggested problems
with version 1.1. In any case, you should exercise caution when using
programs that modify your files.
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 88 15:21:58 PDT
From: PUGH@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: HumpBack Game
Here is HumpBack, one of the silliest games I have seen in a very
long time. Figuring out the object of the game is the fun part.
Jon
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- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 88 10:49:43 PDT
From: digiorgi@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: Gravitation Ltd. 2.0
A two-dimensional orbit simulation. In StuffIt format, with docs.
Uploaded to Info-Mac by:
Godfrey DiGiorgi
digiorgi@jpl-vlsi.arpa
20 Apr 1988
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 23 Apr 88 13:46:26-PDT
From: Bill Lipa <P.PRIAPUS@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: April '88 Tech Notes, TN000
The following are the April 1988 tech notes. TN000 replaces the old TN000,
as usual.
Bill Lipa
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>TN191.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>TN192.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>TN193.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>TN194.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:10:15-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: EKG Axis Demo (in 2 parts)
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: EKG AXIS DEMO
Date: 23-APR-1988 00:15 by ESROG
This program teaches about the Mean Electric Axis (MEA) of the electro-
cardiogram. There is a 10 "slide" tutorial. The Single Lead Pair option
displays the MEA vector graphically for each lead pair chosen. The
Statistics option displays all of the magnitudes and angles in a table.
This demo version does not permit the user to change the deflections,
angles and augmentation ratios as in the full version of Meaxis. Permission
is granted to copy and distribute this demo version so long as no charge is
made and all notices of authorship and copyright are retained intact. This
program should be of interest to students and practitioners of medicine,
nursing, veterinary medicine, etc.
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:12:41-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Mailing List Maker update
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: SUPERDEX/MAILING LIST MAKER
Date: 24-APR-1988 08:43 by DIVERDAN
[ Updated to 1.3 23-APR-1988 16:55 by DIVERDAN. Version 1.3 that adds an
enhancement to keep track of who you send Christmas cards to, as well as a
bug fix. ]
This is an updated version of the original SuperDex and the Mailing List
Maker that fits on 9" screens. The stuffed file contains one stack, but a
button within that stack sets up you address "rolodex." This stack
provides an expanded rolodex card file and adds the ability to generate a
text file to produce a text file for use by a mailing list label printing
program.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:16:28-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Researcher
[ Uploaded from Delphu by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: RESEARCHER V1.0
Date: 23-APR-1988 16:43 by DIVERDAN
This is a stack designed to aid in the preparation of notes while doing
research work. It is bare bones, but does the job.
Freeware, use Stuffit! to unpack after downloading.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 23:12:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Richard Siegel <rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: FileSplit Version 1.1
Enclosed is version 1.1 of FileSplit, a shareware ($10) utility that
breaks up large text files into portions manageable by network mailers.
It is in particular geared towards BinHex files.
Version 1.1 fixes a few bugs found in the original version.
Enjoy...
-Rich
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:17:15-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: SSSwitcher (in 3 parts)
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: SSSWITCHER
Date: 16-MAR-1988 20:27 by BOBANDRIS
This is v 2.0, that takes advantage of "SoundMaster1.0". SSSwitcher is a
"Startup" application that will randomly switch startup, deskpicture, and
backdrop screens; and atartup, beep, diskinsert, diskeject, baddisk,
restart, shutdown, and keyclick sounds. Screens and sounds with the same
names will play together. Doc's are included. Use Stuffit for Un-Stuffing.
- BOBANDRIS
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>SSSWITCHER-20-PART3.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:21:13-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: VirusDetective 1.1
VirusDetective is a DA for tracking down viruses (or any resources) in
files. You specify the resource type and optionally its size, name, id or
size range. Once the offending resource is found it can optionally be
removed from the file (use this feature with caution). The user can update
the search list at any time. Version 1.1 adds the ability to search by
filetype and creator. Now reports number of files scanned. Minor bug
fixes. Shareware.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Thu 28 Apr 88 16:50:34-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Pharaoh (in 7 parts)
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: PHARAOH 1.1
Date: 27-APR-1988 06:28 by RMART
A complex and interesting game of economic strategy in ancient Egypt. Demo
version.
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>GAME-PHARAOH-11-DEMO-PART7.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 88 07:02:00 CDT
From: Robert J. Hammen <hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>
Subject: RamStart 1.4
Hello,
Someone requested a copy of this in private mail, so I thought
as long as I had it uploaded, I'd send it to Info-Mac.
Below is RamStart 1.4, [a RAM disk program]. Enjoy.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/ Robert Hammen Computer Applications hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu /
/ Delphi: HAMMEN GEnie: R.Hammen CI$: 70701,2104 /
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
[archived as
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This version replaces version 1.3.
- Lance ]
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 88 15:56:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Richard Siegel <rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: ToMultiFinder Version 1.1
This is version 1.1 of ToMultiFinder. It adds "Restart", "Shut Down...",
and "About..." buttons to the dialog, and it's a little less busy than
version 1.0. Some errors in the documentation were corrected as well.
This version is still shareware...
For those of you coming in late, "ToMultiFinder" is an application that
you set as your startup application, and when you boot, it gives you a
choice between the normal Finder and MultiFinder. It's ideal if you use
MultiFinder occasionally (as I do) - you don't have to remember to
hold down the Command key to cancel MultiFinder, and conversely, you
don't have to dive into the System Folder and command-option-double-click
on MultiFinder when you want to run it.
--Rich
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This version replaces version 1.0.
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 88 14:18:33 PDT
From: PUGH@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: SetDirectory XCMD
Here is a stack that contains an XCMD that will set the SFGetFile
dialog box to a specified folder. The folder specification is in
the form of a partial or complete pathname. Partial pathnames are
with respect to the Hypercard application's directory.
I use it to do this:
SetDirectory ":Stacks"
go to "the stack that you want"
Pascal source code is included.
Jon
N L pugh@nmfecc.arpa
M A L National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center
F T N Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
E L PO Box 5509 L-561
C Livermore, California 94550
C (415) 423-4239
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 10:44:12 PDT
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: SCSI Accelerator
This posting contains SCSI Accelerator, an INIT resource written by
David Denowh. SCSI Accelerator is a patch to the Mac's SCSI-dispatch
code; the author reports that it substantially increases hard-disk
throughput (especially if the disk is subsequently reformatted with
a lower interleaving ratio).
SCSI Accelerator is definitely a "use at your own risk" tweak. It was
designed to be used on a Mac Plus under System 4.2, and may not work
in other configrations; it performs some sanity-checks when patching
itself into the SCSI dispatcher, and will not install itself if it
can't find the appropriate hooks. Mr. Denowh strongly recommends
backing up your disk before installing SCSI Accelerator (or any other
modification that may affect disk access). He's willing to assist
people who use System files other than version 4.2, and is interested
in hearing from people who have tried SCSI Accelerator.
I have not tried to install this resource myself. Caveat hacker!
Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805
USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com
INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@sun.com, ...@uunet.uu.net
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>INIT-SCSI-ACCELERATOR.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 10:37:37 PDT
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: New scroll-bar resource
This is a posting of Scroll2, a CDEF (control-definition) resource written
by Mayson G. Lancaster. This CDEF enhances the standard Macintosh scroll
bar; it places "scroll back" and "scroll forward" arrows at both ends
of the scroll bar, so that you can scroll in either direction without
having to move the cursor back and forth between the ends of the scroll-bar.
Scroll2 is delivered in the form of an Installer script that will add the
CDEF resource to your System file, and also install three ROM-override
resources so that the Mac will use the new disk-based CDEF rather than
the one installed in your Mac's ROM. Mr. Lancaster has also provided
an Installer script that re-installs the standard Apple CDEF; if you
don't like Scroll2, you can deinstall it and then restore your System
to its original state. Instructions for installing and deinstalling
Scroll2 are included in the StuffIt archive.
Scroll2 is shareware.
Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805
USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com
INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@sun.com, ...@uunet.uu.net
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 2 May 88 10:30:18 PDT
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: New animated cursors for the Finder
This StuffIt archive contains three new animated-cursor sets that can be
installed into Finder 6.0. If you're tired of the
wristwatch-with-rotating-hands, you can now have: a little hand counting
1-2-3 with its fingers; a rotating image of the planet Earth; or an
hourglass complete with trickling sand. Instructions are included; you'll
need a copy of ResEdit to install the CURS and acur resources into the
Finder.
These cursors were designed by David Stockwell.
Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805
USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com
INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@sun.com, ...@uunet.uu.net
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Tue, 3 May 88 08:34:17 PDT
From: digiorgi@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: StuffIt 1.40A (3 parts)
The following BinHex 4.0 file contains 'StuffIt v1.40A.sit', a stuffit
archive containing
StuffIt 1.40A, StuffIt Help DA, UnStuffIt 1.40, Utilities/User's Guide
written and copyright 1988 by Raymond Lau. Free for extracting files,
shareware $18 for compressing files and maintaining archives. Raymond Lau,
100-04 70 Ave., Forest Hills, NY 11375-5133.
Archive occupies 112008 bytes.
It is unpackable with previous versions of StuffIt and is an update with
some new features including Passwording on archives and DES encryption.
Godfrey DiGiorgi
digiorgi@jpl-vlsi.arpa
24 Apr 1988
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>STUFFIT-140A-PART1.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>STUFFIT-140A-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>STUFFIT-140A-PART3.HQX
This version replaces version 1.31. Version 1.2 is still available
in PackIt format as STUFFIT-12-PART1.HQX through PART3.HQX.
- Lance ]
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
29-May-88 15:04:51-PDT,19237;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 29-May-88 14:02:40
Date: 29 May 88 1402-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #52
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Monday, 30 May 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 52
Today's Topics:
SFScrollInit
Writing INITs, Part 2: Making Life Easier.
Writing INIT resources. Part 1, the INIT source
[Trash Can resource]
JoliWriter.sit.hqx
MFMenu+, a new version of MFMenu
SNAP - taking snapshots of stuff under MultiFinder
KillScores - A new SCORES virus killing program
Interferon 1.2
DUELSC HQX : Scrolling Multiple Hypercard Fields
Business Phone (4 parts)
Virus Rx
Iconia 6.3 (2 parts)
Remember? 1.1 (2 parts)
Randomizer Update!
MPW tool package LookupDeclaration (3 parts)
Marienbad: the game
MacCompress Info
BootCheck -- Hard Disk security INIT
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Date: 20 Mar 88 23:00:55 GMT
From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long)
Subject: SFScrollInit
[SFScrollInit]
SFScrollInit is an INIT from Andy Hertzfeld that enhances Standard File.
Install by dragging it into your system folder. It causes Standard File
to remember the last scroll position for each directory. This version
fixes a bug that occured on Mac IIs, and possibly under MultiFinder.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: 22 Apr 88 16:43:21 GMT
From: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Subject: Writing INITs, Part 2: Making Life Easier.
Fixer.c
April 22, 1988
Written by Juri Munkki
This source code is in the public domain.
The author makes no guarantees.
Instructions
Fixer is a very small application that I wrote to faciliate writing
INIT and other code resources in Lightspeed C.
What Does It Do?
Lightspeed C always makes code resources purgeable and places them in
the application heap. The code files are created by '????' and their
type is '????'. To make an init resource work, I had to launch ResEdit,
get info for the file and edit the file type to 'INIT', open the file
and set the "System Heap" flag of the init resource. The last step is
not always necessary, but if you're going to patch the system, it's the
simplest way to do it. I wouldn't recommending placing system patches
into the application heap.
Fixer looks at a data structure in its resource fork. The file to
modify should be in the same folder as the fixer application, or
the name should be a path to the file. It then looks at the type
and creator fields in the structure and changes the file type and
creator accordingly.
The FIXE 1000 resource also contains list of resources to be changed.
Fixer looks for any resources mentioned in the list (the resource type
and number are significant) and changes the resource attributes and
name.
If you like the program, let me know.
Juri Munkki
Helsinki University of Technology Computing Centre
jmunkki@santra.hut.fi
jmunkki@fingate.bitnet
Otakaari 1, Room Y250A
SF02150 Espoo, Finland
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: 22 Apr 88 16:23:05 GMT
From: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Subject: Writing INIT resources. Part 1, the INIT source
SampleInit.c
April 22, 1988
Written by Juri Munkki
This source code is in the public domain.
The author makes no guarantees.
Instructions
I wrote this INIT as a sample to one of my clients.
They wished to monitor what the user does and generate
statistics on frequently used actions.
This INIT does nothing useful. It modifies GetNextEvent
so that instead of returning autoKey events with the
spacebar, the # character is returned. It should be
quite a surprise to people who are used to using spaces
instead of tabs. :-) The INIT has no effect on DAs.
You should have Lightspeed C to use this INIT. The
structure of an INIT depends highly on the development
system being used. Lightspeed C places global data
storage after the program code. This means that you
can't have more than 32K of code AND static variables.
The INIT resource itself should have the "System Heap"
flag set or it will bomb sooner or later. (usually soon)
Please remember to put a 'sysz' resource into your
INIT, if you're going to need a lot of space. Also
remember that any dynamic storage that should live
through launches should be in the system heap.
I hope this helps those who are desperately trying to
patch the system.
Juri Munkki
jmunkki@santra.hut.fi
jmunkki@fingate.bitnet
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 07:19:41-PDT
From: MANSFIELD%SPRLC.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU (Used furniture dealer
From: and
Subject: [Trash Can resource]
Find enclosed the modified trash can resources that I downloaded from Sumex
a few months ago, they where for the old systems with minifinder, I've
changed them to work with the new system and finder/multifnder. Anyone
know how to add sound effects? (youll have to try them to see what I mean!)
Theyre in Binhex V4.0 format
Thank you
Cheers for now John Mansfield
(alternative e-mail address jfm@dodo.engin.umich.edu)
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Sat, 23 Apr 88 23:12:53 PDT
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.com (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: JoliWriter.sit.hqx
I don't know if you have this on Sumex yet, but it is just one helluva nice
DA -- much better than MockWrite.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 03:35:17 CDT
From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: MFMenu+, a new version of MFMenu
[Moderator's Note--this INIT provides an alternate way of launching
applications and documents.]
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- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 23:50:15 PDT
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.com (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: SNAP - taking snapshots of stuff under MultiFinder
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 03:47:49 CDT
From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: KillScores - A new SCORES virus killing program
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Thu, 5 May 88 12:12:45 PDT
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: Interferon 1.2
This posting contains Interferon, an application that will search for
and (optionally) attempt to eradicate the nVIR and SCORES viruses (and,
according to the change log, a virus called SNEAK as well... I haven't
heard of this one before). Interferon is by Robert Woodhead; it's
free-for-use and free-for-distribution (but not in the public domain).
Woodhead asks for a suitable shareware donation (for the purchase of
hardware for a visually impaired computerist) if Interferon helps you
out.
This StuffIt archive contains Interferon 1.2, and a file of
documentation. The program warns you to read the documentation before
attempting to use the "Eradicate viruses" option. This is good
advice... "Eradicate" deletes infected files rather than attempting to
repair them. Unfortunately, the documentation file is in Microsoft
Word format; it can be read (after a fashion) by those without MS Word
if you have FEdit or MacSnoop and don't mind grovelling through the
file's data fork a sector at a time.
Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805
USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com
INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@sun.com, ...@uunet.uu.net
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 04 May 88 23:47:29 CDT
From: "Eric H. Romo" <UD069225%NDSUVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: DUELSC HQX : Scrolling Multiple Hypercard Fields
The file DUELSC HQX contains a HyperCard stack that was Stuffed and
Binhexed. The stack allows for simultaneous scrolling of 2 fields, which
can be modified to include as many fields as one desires by re-writing
the script. I am not the author, but I did download it from CompuServe.
Enjoy. --Eric.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-DUEL-SCROLL.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Thu 5 May 88 09:43:12-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Business Phone (4 parts)
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: BUSINESS PHONE
Date: 3-MAY-1988 23:18 by BOBPATIN
Business Phone 2.0 is the ULTIMATE "rolodex" stack; you can keep phone #s
and addresses, and the stack automatically maintains 30 different lists
with category names that you edit. You can use the pop-up menu to see any
of the 30 lists at any time. Macintalk is incorporated for info on data
processing; there is an alarm card for entering up to 15 reminder msgs. for
specific dates and times; the phone card remembers the last 8 #s called,
accesses any directory assistance #s in the US, searches the Area Code
stack, adds new listings to the Area Code stack. Also implemented is a
nifty auto- search function, auto-compacting, auto-sorting. SUMMIT
SOFTWARE. This is a SHAREWARE stack.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-BUSINESS-PHONE-20-PART1.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-BUSINESS-PHONE-20-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-BUSINESS-PHONE-20-PART3.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-BUSINESS-PHONE-20-PART4.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Thu, 5 May 88 12:00:27 PDT
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: Virus Rx
This posting is a StuffIt archive containing Virus Rx, a new virus-scanning
program recently released by Apple Computer. Virus Rx scans a disk,
looking for all INIT, CDEV, and RDEV files, all INIT resources, and damaged
applications. It reports its findings in a nicely-formatted display (which
can be saved for future reference).
Virus Rx is a virus-scanner only; it does not attempt to repair damaged
applications or strip out viruses. If your system becomes infected,
Apple recommends that you back up all data files, reformat your disk,
restore your System stuff and applications from the original distribution
disks (you _do_ keep them write-protected, don't you?) and restore the
data files from your backup.
Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805
USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com
INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@sun.com, ...@uunet.uu.net
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>VIRUS-RX-10A2.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: 8 May 88 02:51:43 GMT
From: chb@tde.lu.se (Christian Bj|rk)
Subject: Iconia 6.3 (2 parts)
Iconia 6.3 is a fast and easy way to create the application and
document icons (ICN#) shown in the Finder as well as the rest of
the bundle structure that is needed.
[archived as
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>ICONIA-63-PART2.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 9 May 88 09:25:02-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Remember? 1.1 (2 parts)
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: REMEMBER? DA/INIT
Date: 7-MAY-1988 20:51 by DAVEWARKER
[ Updated to version 1.1 7-MAY-1988 20:51 by DAVEWARKER. Remember? version
1.1 fixes a problem with display of icons by INITs following Remember? and
problems with other DAs crashing after having run Remember?. This version
works with Font/DA Juggler Plus and DiskTop 3.0. ]
Remember? is a DA and an INIT to help keep track of important occasions,
birthdays, meetings, etc.
[archived as
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DA-INIT-REMEMBER-11-PART2.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Tue, 10 May 88 10:54:12 PDT
From: PUGH@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: Randomizer Update!
Here is the long awaited Mac II compatible version of Randomizer!
It also handles an unlimited number of files via the famous STR#
resource. Randomizer no longer saves your screen. All it does
is copy randomly selected files from folders to other files.
This enables it to work with anything that reads a single data
file.
Included in this StuffIt archive is Randomizer, it's MacWrite format
document, Darin Adler's StartUpDesk and it's document, plus SoundInit,
and BeepInit. These extra things are provided as a courtesy since
Randomizer would be useless without something like them.
Please pass this along to CashWe$erve and the other bbi (what is
the plural of bbs?).
Jon
N L pugh@nmfecc.arpa
M A L National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center
F T N Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
E L PO Box 5509 L-561
C Livermore, California 94550
C (415) 423-4239
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>INIT-RANDOMIZER.HQX
This version replaces the previous version.
- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 11 May 88 17:57:04 MET DST
From: norbert@ira.uka.de
Subject: MPW tool package LookupDeclaration (3 parts)
The MPW Tool package "LookupDeclaration" contains two MPW tools and a shell
script, which combined allow you to look up MPW Pascal declarations quickly
and comfortably. It is intended as a supplement to Inside Macintosh and to
the various Inside Mac DAs, which provide better information, but in a less
timely manner. LookupDeclaration allows you to work with the most up-to-date
information you have available - the MPW interface texts. Compared to
Search'ing the interfaces, LookupDeclaration works both faster and more
selectively.
One of the tools, CreateDeclarationIndex, is used to create an index for the
declarations in the interface files you intend to use. After that, you work
with LookupDeclaration in the most simple way: you just position the insertion
mark in an identifier, or to the right or the left of it, and select
"Lookup Declaration" from the "Find" menu or press Command-L.
LookupDeclaration will figure out the identifier, and open the appropriate
interface text at the position where the identifier is declared. If there
are multiple declarations for the identifier - as may occur for record
components or object methods -, LookupDeclaration will open a dialog box
which lets you select the declaration you really want. Any files will be
opened read-only, so there is no risk of accidently modifying them. Of
course, you still may select and copy text from the interface file.
The LookupDeclaration package is a shareware product: the right is granted
to anyone not involved in military products to freely copy, distribute and
test it. If after two week's testing you decide to keep the package, it
must be registered for the shareware price of $20 or 30 DM.
The package comes with a manual (a WriteNow document) and an MPW Pascal
Syntax Overview, in a Binhex'ed Stuffit archive.
Norbert Lindenberg
norbert@ira.uka.de, unido!uka!norbert.uucp
[archived as
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>MPW-LOOKUP-DECLARATION-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>MPW-LOOKUP-DECLARATION-PART3.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat, 14 May 88 14:50 EST
From: DAVID A. BELSLEY <BELSLEY%BCVMS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Marienbad: the game
Here is a Nim-like game for the Mac, adapted from the game played in the
film "Last Year at Marienbad." Select Instructions from the menu to learn
how to play. It must be binhexed and unstuffed. It works on all Macs.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 14 May 88 23:29:03-PDT
From: lloyd chambers <M.MA@othello.stanford.edu>
Subject: MacCompress Info
I've seen a lot of discusion about a version of compress for the Macintosh.
Since there seems to be a need, I've posted the MacCompress.hqx.
MacCompress is a Macintosh application which compresses/decompresses files
for use with unix "compress".
PLEASE put it on as many other bboards as you can.
This version compresses with 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 bits and maps from
CR to LF and vice versa. It compresses whole folders as well as single
files. It both compresses and decompresses and will run in as little as
100K under multifinder.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 18 May 88 14:08:40 AEST
From: munnari!runx.ips.oz.au!johnr@uunet.uu.net (John Rotenstein)
Subject: BootCheck -- Hard Disk security INIT
Boot Check is a simple security system designed to keep irritating
visitors off of your hard disk. This is done by performing a security
check when starting the system.
While it can be easily circumvented by booting from floppy, most
irritating users don't tend to be technically capable of realising this fact.
And if, by chance, said irritating users happen to discover your
keyboard code, it can be easily and quickly changed.
The file is in StuffIt format, with an instructions file enclosed.
Distributed under the HappiWare System --
IF YOU LIKE IT, REMEMBER TO SMILE!
John Rotenstein Internet: johnr@runx.ips.oz.au
PO Box 165
Double Bay, NSW 2028. UUCP: uunet!runx.ips.oz.au!johnr
AUSTRALIA.
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
31-May-88 18:07:37-PDT,16969;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 31-May-88 17:08:20
Date: 31 May 88 1708-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #53
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Wednesday, 1 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 53
Today's Topics:
re: best apple buy
Radius Accelearator Problem
Re:Overhead projectors
Screen Projection Units for Overhead Projectors
FINDER: there should be a way up!
shipping DVI files to/from a MAC
C and Assembler in MPW
4d
Simple Assembly to Pascal?
hard disk for old MAC128/512
POS programs
Window control XCMD's
Appletalk networking
Monitors
Imagewriter II problems
Archives....
sound generation
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Date: Sat 14 May 1988 00:27 CDT
From: GREENY <MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: re: best apple buy
> he was leaning toward the mac, but was wondering about the //GS
If i were you, I would inform your friend to completely forget about the //GS
and to stick with the macintosh SE if he can afford it (if not, then a mac
plus if he can get one...) -- The SE is the finest machine that I have owned
to date, and once I get a really big hard drive for it, I will be in heaven.
I have used my mac since I began college years ago (when I had a simple
128K mac...) and have only come to love my mac more and more every day....its
the main reason that I got A's in my english courses, as well as tons of
other courses that it has had the brains to draw up charts for me...
Basically, I have made use of the Imagewriter I to print up most of my stuff
(over 5,000,000 characters of stuff for myself as well as typed papers for
friends, et. al..) but since acquiring my SE I have made use of the Imagewriter
//, and I am even more satisfied with its functioning so far.
The best advice for your friend.....save your money and get an SE...you wont
regret it....-- for proof of its superiority over a //GS, just try booting
up the "finder" on the //GS and then boot it on the SE, then try running
some software. Figure out the time differences, and multiply the time differenc
by the number of times you expect to use the computer.....thats how much time
you will waste by having a //GS.....
Bye for now but not for long...
Greeny
Bitnet: MISS026@ECNCDC
Internet: MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Disclaimer: #include<std_legal_stuff.h>
p.s. for more specific info, e-mail me directly...
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 14 May 88 02:33 EST
From: <TEMPLON%IUCF.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Radius Accelearator Problem
>The problem is that the I/O transfer rates to my Dataframe XP20 were 3
>to 4 times *SLOWER* after the Accelerator was installed ( numbers came
>I have yet to understand how a faster CPU can't receive data at at least
>as fast as a slower one, but nonetheless it happens. ( A friend with
My guess is that this problem is related to the interleave factor
involved in reading out the disk. This interleave takes into account the
fact that the CPU may not be able to process the incoming data as fast
as the disk can ship it, so files are written such that there are segments
separated by breaks during each track; the spacing is adjusted to account
for the time that it takes the CPU to process each segment.
When you change to a faster CPU, the interleave factor is no longer
optimum for your system. There is a way this can actually make your
transfers slower, but the reason escapes me at the moment. There is a
good article in the June MacUser about disks with a discussion about
problems with interleave when changing CPU's. You should read it there,
what I said above may not be remembered quite right.
Good luck with Radius!
Jeff Templon
Indiana U. Cyclotron Facility
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 14 May 88 19:14:56 IST
From: Ami Zakai <RPR1ZAK%TECHNION.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re:Overhead projectors
In responce to Alex Nishri's request, I have seen the Kodak HR Projection
Pad on display at the Mac Expo in Amsterdam, there were a few other companies
displaying such machines. Overall quality is pretty much the same tho some
were abit sharper then others. Maybe someone else who have been to the Expo
can give more information about the various product.
--Zak
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 19 May 88 15:00 EST
From: <PAM@GUVAX>
Subject: Screen Projection Units for Overhead Projectors
This is in response to Alex Nishri's request for information about
Macintosh screen projection units which allow you to display a Mac screen
on an overhead projector. The following appeared in *Bits and Bytes Review*
Volume 1, No. 8, page 20.; it describes a product which may be of interest:
"The STRETCH PROJECTOR is a complete system that allows any
standard overhead projector to project a Macintosh screen
image with 640-by-400 resolution. The system includes a
proprietary LCD plate that measures 1 by 10.9 by 12.8 inches
and that weighs less than 1 pound, cables, software, and its own
low-voltage power supply. The proprietary LCD plate uses
'supertwist' technology for sharp images at most viewing angles
and special liquid crystals that resist over-heating. The
'two-screen' software allows users to display one imate on the
standard Macintosh screen and another on the projected screen.
The Stretch Projector is user installable (no soldering is
required). $1,799. Contact: Network Specialities,
1485 Bayshore Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94124; (415) 467-8411"
I myself am not familiar with this product, but perhaps the information
will be a help.
Pamela Cardullo
Georgetown University
Academic Computer Center
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 24 May 88 12:18:24 EDT
From: Pedro de Rezende <rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu>
Subject: FINDER: there should be a way up!
Suppose you are at the Finder and you have open the window of a folder F
way down in the tree directory, while having closed all windows for the
ancestors of that folder. How do you open a sibling of F? Well, you have to
open F's parent which can only be achieved if you start from the root (the
disk). In other words, the Finder doesn't let you climb back up the
hierarchy of directories (like the SFGet dialog of HFS Systems do).
Apple may have thought of that since Finder 6.0a, which I once saw with a
pre-release version of Juggler (before Multifinder was out), had the
following feature. If you double-clicked on the title bar of an open
window, the window corresponding to the parent folder would pop open,
regardless of whether any of the ancestors folders was open. This feature
vanished with the released Finder 6.0.
Something even more powerful is desirable. Here is the idea: let clicking
in the title bar serve to drag the window, unless the click is on the title
name itself, in which case, a pop-up menu will come up with the ancestors
folders' names, just like the SFGet dialog. Selecting a menu item will open
the window of that folder. This actually beats Unix's "cd ../../.." since
you see where you are going. Try opening MacTools(R) 7.0 for a live demo of
this feature.
If this conflicts with the interface guidelines, how about an extra menu
"Hierarchy" on the menu bar (whose contents change depending on the top
most window) to achieve the same?
Does anyone have any comments, or is the ball on Apple's court?
Pedro de Rezende rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu
------------------------------
Date: 24 May 88 13:58 PDT
From: Brotsky.pa@Xerox.COM
Subject: shipping DVI files to/from a MAC
I have successfully used Kermit
to do DVI file transfers
from Unix boxes to Macs and vice versa.
The trick, in general, is to tell Kermit
on both sides of the connection that you
are sending an 8-bit binary file between
the two machines. On the unix side
this often looks something like
set file type binary
and I don't remember offhand what you have
to do on the mac side.
dan
------------------------------
Date: 27-MAY-1988 12:52:31 GMT
From: STEPHEN%VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK@forsythe.stanford.edu
In Info-MAC 6.48 there was a question from Adrian Lappin re archived
copies of Info-MAC.
These are maintained by the Micro Software Distribution Service at
Lancaster University (how far back they go I've no idea) and are avail-
able for FTPing home.
I pulled No 48 this morning as :
[.mac.i19]i19v6n48.txt from LANCS.VAX1 with username MICROS pswd MICROS
It's easy to see how to pull other issues (though it's no9 not n9 if
you work that far back)
Best wishes,
Stephen Miller
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 13 May 88 12:48 edt
From: Daniel Canas <CANAS@wfu.edu>
Subject: C and Assembler in MPW
Does anyone oyt there know how to embed Assembler code into a
C source program under MPW.
Please reply directly to me
Thanks
Dan
(CSNET)
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 13 May 88 16:15 N
From: <RUUD%HTIKUB5.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: 4d
To 4D users, developpers, evangelists etc.
I am scratching the surface of the incredible 4d database system. I like it
however, alot is said in the documentation, which is sometime hard to find. I
understand ACIUS is publishing technotes. The distributor in Holland of the 4d
software says a magazine supposedly devoted to 4d exists in the usa and also a
library of external procedures is emerging. My question, where can i get more
information. Distributors in Europe exaggerate their prices, they usually
multiply them by 2 or 3. I need al the info on 4d, at reasonable cost. Thanks,
Ruud Kluivers
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ruud@HTIKUB5.bitnet
------------------------------
Date: Sun 15 May 88 11:26:21-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Simple Assembly to Pascal?
I could use a hand translating one line of assembly into Pascal (I don't know
assembly). The assembly code is
asm {move.w ROMBase, $E4}
I tried this in Pascal, but it bombs:
CONST
ROMBase = $2AE;
TYPE
BytePtr = ^integer;
VAR
SoundGluePtr : BytePtr;
{code...}
SoundGluePtr := BytePtr($E4);
SoundGluePtr^ := ROMBase;
This is a patch to get LightSpeed Pascal's Sound Driver glue routines to
behave under MultiFinder. Thanks muchly for any help!
Brodie Lockard
I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU
------------------------------
Date: 15 May 88 15:28:00 EDT
From: "NRL::FISHER1" <fisher1%nrl.decnet@nrl.arpa>
Subject: hard disk for old MAC128/512
Does anyone have a used, hard disk drive that connects
to the disk drive port in the old MAC128 or 512K (old ROMs)?
I'm looking for a good price on a 20 Meg drive, as a
temporary measure to get me by until I get a ROM upgrade
and SCSI port installed.
Thank you.,
Art Fisher
FISHER1@NRL.ARPA
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 15 May 88 14:38:40 PST
From: Peter Scott <PJS@grouch.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Subject: POS programs
Does anyone know of a program that performs point-of-sale operations
(electronic cash register) with inventory control, preferably also
product labelling, daily, weekly, monthly and annual inventory and cash
flow summaries? Also a program for scheduling register operators, requiring
them to "sign on" and "sign off", like an electronic time clock, providing
timecard summaries? Need product name and/or company name, and city/state
of company or company telephone number. Thanks.
Peter Scott (pjs%grouch@jpl-mil.jpl.nasa.gov)
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 16 May 88 11:06:01 CDT
From: Jeff Skastis <skaistis@SLEEPY.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Window control XCMD's
I am trying to write an XCMD that will place a window (or dialog) on top
of the regular Hypercard window. I would like this XCMD to plop the
window onto the screen and return some sort of ID to Hypercard. The
window needs to remain above the Hypercard window at all times, but still
let action take place in Hypercard (just like the message box and tool
palettes). The window is removed by another XCMD that takes the ID passed
from the first.
Any of you wonderful people out there in net-land have any brilliant
suggestions or helpful hints? Please reply to me directly, I don't have
regular access to the board right now.
Thanks in adavance.
Jeff Skaistis
University of Texas
Internet : skaistis@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 16 May 88 14:49:35 EDT
From: tom coradeschi <tcora@ARDEC.ARPA>
Subject: Appletalk networking
Good day, all.
In my building here, we currently have ten macs, assortedly 512's, pluses and
se's. We have had Appletalk implemented for almost three years now but only
used for a single shared laserwriter. I've been tasked to investigate the
utility of various systems for sharing and transferring of files. Under
consideration are two approaches.
One is to set up a file server, and go thru the hassles (to me, anyway. don't
let that flavor your response, as I probably won't be responsible for doing the
actual day-to-day operation) of setting up permissions and having a superuser
(of some sort), etc, etc.
The other is to use an email type system to send files from one machine to the
other. I'd appreciate it if any and all with experience in setting up one type
of system or the other, would email their impressions to me. What we need to
know are things like:
Hardware/software used. Cost (both purchase and upkeep - this should include
the time to do backups if a file server is implemented). Reliability. Ease of
use. And anything else you feel would be of interest.
Thanks, in advance for your help.
tom c
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 17 May 1988 11:15 CDT
From: Chip McGuill <PINKY%TAMCBA.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Monitors
We want to implement a Mac lab with several large screen monitors
( > 21" ) connected to either a Mac plus or SE. Also we would like to
use color if possible. Does anyone know of a source for this equipment
or had any experiences with this type of installation.
Chip McGuill
Academic Computing Center
PINKY@TAMCBA
Disclaimer: Everything I say has nothing to do with whom I work for.
------------------------------
Date: 17 MAY 88 13:32-
From: JJW7384%RITVAX.BITNET@CORNELLC.CCS.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Imagewriter II problems
I have an Imagewriter II and am having a problem with the center pin on the
printhead not firing. I have tried spraying Electa-Clean on the head into
the pins, but it does not help.
Has anyone had similar experience with a printer? It's only 1.5 years old
with minimal use.
I would appreciate any information anyone would have on this. I am particularly
interested in what you have to do to remove the head--Does it pop out of
the PC board, or is there more to it? After it is removed, does it have
to be realigned?
Thanks,
Jeff Wasilko
"Printer's Devil"
PS: Please mail me respones if you can--I don't always get around to reading
the whole infomac conference.
Bitnet: Mail to JJW7384@RITVAX
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 17 May 88 16:46:47 PDT
From: PAKLEIN%CALSTATE.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu (DAVID KLEIN)
Subject: Archives....
I am just getting into files over the computer, I know about <info-mac> and
the archive at Rice, but would like to find some more which I can get to
live time over Arpa-net..... Please send any archive suggestions to:
PAKLEIN@CALSTATE.BITNET
Thanks.....
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 18 May 88 19:56 EDT
From: KWALDMAN@wash-vax.bbn.com
Subject: sound generation
I'm wondering if there is any hardware/software availble that will
allow me to a/d a analog signal with the Mac Se and then d/a using the built in
speaker.
Karl
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
31-May-88 18:25:39-PDT,16026;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 31-May-88 17:09:23
Date: 31 May 88 1709-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #54
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Wednesday, 1 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 54
Today's Topics:
REQUEST- Statistics for the Mac
Smalltalk for MAC II ???
Public domain Mac to Regis converter?
Need Desk-Top Publishing S/W advice
Powerful, Easy to Learn Mac Programming Environment
Word Perfect for Mac
Becoming a Macintosh Developer
RAM serial drivers
dBase III code compatable??
Systat Review
Mac to NFS Connection?
DA round window anyone?
Font/DA Mover bug or feature?
HP-IB printers & macs
Megamax C 3.0 patch
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 19 May 88 20:14:46 IST
From: Ami Zakai <RPR1ZAK%TECHNION.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: REQUEST- Statistics for the Mac
Hello I need a stat program that can do non-linear regression with at list
6 variables + analysis of variance and hypothesis test.
Send info directly to:
Dr. Ami Zakai LifeSci project, Telecommunication.
Rappaport Institute for Medical Research,
P.O.B. 9697, Haifa 31096 ISRAEL
Phone +972-4-516265
Fax +972-4-521296 attn Zakai
Email RPR1ZAK@TECHNION.BITNET
RPR1ZAK@TECHNION.TECH.AC.IL
RPR1ZAK%TECHNION.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 19 May 88 14:45 CDT
From: JEFF SMITH <CS_JSMITH@uta.edu>
Subject: Smalltalk for MAC II ???
Has anyone been using smalltalk for the MAC II? Isn't a version for MPW
suppose to be out soon? I think I remember someone beta testing a version.
Is APDA version out yet? We are beginning a large object oriented database
project here and would like to use smalltalk. Thanks in advance.
Jeff Smith
UT Arlington
BITNET B609CSE@UTARLG
CS.NET CS_JSMITH@UTA.EDU
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 20 May 88 12:37 EDT
From: David Bogartz <DSBOGARTZ%AMHERST.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Public domain Mac to Regis converter?
Has anyone ever heard of or seen a public domain Mac to Regis graphics
converter? (Regis is a graphics format supported by some DEC graphics
terminals.) I am aware of Reggie(tm), a product of White Pine Software,
but I'm looking for something cheaper.
Please send responses directly to me and I will summarize.
Thanks!
David Bogartz
dsbogartz@amherst.bitnet
------------------------------
From: rrodrigu@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez)
Subject: Need Desk-Top Publishing S/W advice
Date: 20 May 88 17:07:39 GMT
Dear Net-Persons:
I'm interested in obtaining a complete desk-top publishing system
consisting of either a Mac II or an AT Clone, plus a laser printer. What
I need from the net are recommendations and relevent info regarding Mac II
Desk-Top publishing software. If there is enough of a response, I'll summarize
and repost. Thanks for all of the interesting & valuable information that
I've already gleaned from these newsgroups.
Russell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: The opinions of Russ Rodriguez are his own and couldn't possibly
reflect those of his employer: Teknowledge, Inc., of Palo Alto, CA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
internet: rrodrigu@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa
usenet: {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!rrodrigu%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa
USnail: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 20 May 1988 10:13:27 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra>
Subject: Powerful, Easy to Learn Mac Programming Environment
This is one of those messages that will get me laughed at by ``real
programmers'', but what the hell . . .
There's continuing discussion of the best programming environment for
developing Macintosh applications, with MPW seeming to be most widely
favored, for obvious reasons.
What I want to point out here are the substantial, and largely
unrecognized, advantages in terms of
--power
--simplicity
--and especially, speed of learning
of using Microsoft BASIC (!) as a programming environment for developing
_real_ (though maybe not too complex) and genuinely ``Mac-ish''
applications for the the Macintosh.
To start with, or those of you who haven't looked at a modern BASIC
lately, MS BASIC has
--no line numbers
--unlimited length variable names and labels (at no cost in speed)
--all the standard structured programming constructs
--interpreter or compiler from the same source
--subprograms with _local_ variables and parameter lists (in and out)
--pretty nice built-in editor
--easy screen graphics
and so on. You still have to be careful about variable types, and
remember that all variables are global in the main program, but your
program design can be as structured as you want to it to be (and a _lot_
easier to read than any other language).
But beyond that, all of the following Macintosh interface capabilities
are directly and _easily_ available from within basic BASIC:
--Windows (4 types, 4 levels)
--Menus (full capabilities)
--Mouse (full capabilities)
--Buttons (all types)
--Edit fields
--SFGetFile (use for opening or saving)
--Large fraction of QuickDraw capabilities
--Numerous ROM routines
--Clipboard access, in and out, text or pictures
--Event driven programming (using trapping or polling), for Timer,
Mouse, Menu, or Dialog events.
In brief, you can make a BASIC program that looks every bit as Mac-ish
as you like -- and compile it immediately into a free-standing clickable
application.
Beyond this, once you learn a little about resources and REdit or
ResEdit, through a set of very easy to use and readable ``ToolLib''
library calls which come with BASIC, you can very simply create, access
and use a large set of Mac resources and Toolbox capabilities,
including
Arrays Clipping Alerts Modal Dialogs Graphics Icons
Menus Mouse Patterns Pictures Points Polygons
Regions Resource Files Srolling Strings Text Windows
In each of these cases, the Toollib calls look very much like the
Toolbox calls in ``Inside Macintosh'', but all of the initialization and
clean up hassles are largely avoided.
And again, when you're all done you can have a self-contained clickable
application, with its own resources, icon, ``About'' box, and so on.
The canonical statement from ``real Mac programmers'' seems to be
something like , ``I spent 9 months reading all 5 volumes of Inside
Macintosh, and struggling with MPW, and finally I got the picture and
could start doing things.'' My experience with a class I'm teaching
right now is that interested undergrads with ``high-school BASIC''
backgrounds can produce simple but real Mac applications within a few
_weeks_ of starting on the Mac.
I'm not saying that I or anyone else would want to write a
multi-featured paint program or text editor in MS BASIC. But if you're
a scientist, or teacher, or engineer, or an amateur prgrammer in any
field, who has other responsibilities in life besides Mac programming;
and if you'd like to write a real Mac application with a real Macintosh
interface for your class or your job or your personal use, doing it in
MS BASIC is the _only_ sensible choice I'm aware of. You can spend
months with MPW -- or weeks with BASIC.
Finally, just note that it's our experience -- don't want to push this
claim too hard -- that a compiled BASIC number crunching program (a big
simplex program, for example, or an FFT) runs every bit as fast as the
same program in any of the standard Pascals.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 20 May 88 11:42:37 -0900
Reply-to: <JXPJC%ALASKA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Sender: <JXPJC%ALASKA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
From: Paul Coffin
From: <JXPJC%ALASKA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Word Perfect for Mac
Dear Mac Users,
Our University is considering a large purchase of
Word Perfect for the VAX and Macintoshes. I would like to
know if anyone has had any experience with any or both of
those two products (especially the Mac version.) Is it
good, is it fair...does it work ??? Any comments would
be most appreciated. (If you have had expierience with
transfering Word Perfect files from the Mac to PC and/or
VAX I would like to hear about it too.)
Please reply to JXPJC@ALASKA.BITNET and I will post
a summary to this list.
Thank You !!
Paul Coffin
University of Alaska Southeast.
JXPJC@ALASKA.BITNET
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 20 May 88 20:46:15 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Becoming a Macintosh Developer
I just read that becoming an Official Macintosh Developer is free. If so,
how do I become one?
_______________________________________________________________________
Atul Butte
Brown University /-------\ /---------\
. ! OK ! ! CANCEL !
. \-------/ \---------/
ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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Date: Sat, 21 May 88 00:16:03 cdt
From: russo@chaos.utexas.edu (Tom Russo)
Subject: RAM serial drivers
I'm trying to learn how to use the serial drivers on the Mac, and I
can't get them to work. This is what I do (all is in Lightspeed C):
Insert the SERD resources into a resource file.
Do an OpenResFile on same.
Do a RAMSDOpen on sPortB.
The last call never returns noErr, and of course no FSReads or FSWrites
ever work after that.
What am I leaving out? This seems to be all Inside Mac is telling me to
do.
--tvr
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 22 May 88 20:30:34 CST
From: "Larry Pickett, INFOREP"
From: <C4898%UMSLVMA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: dBase III code compatable??
I would term this a worst case series of events. I just bought a Mac SE
and am looking to have it pay for itself. First possible project is to
expand and enhance a system already running and written in dBase III+.
Either I beg time on a ms-dos (pardon the obsenity) machine or find a
package that will run on the Mac and product dBase III+ compatable source
code. Any suggestions? I've read ads for McMax(?) and FoxBase any comments
on these filling my need? No chance of converting these folks too much
investiment in the other culture.
Acknowledge-To: <C4898@UMSLVMA>
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 23 May 88 10:21:36 EDT
From: achille%nrl-css.arpa@nrl-css.arpa (Lisa Achille)
Subject: Systat Review
I am looking for critical reviews of the Systat software
for use in the analysis of human factors performance or behavioral data.
If anyone is aware of any such articles or has personal experience with
Systat or any other package that might be preferable, please email your
comments to me directly. You can use achille@nrl-css.arpa or
...!uunet!nrl-css!achille . Thank you.
Lisa Achille (202) 767-0491
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 23 May 88 16:29:27 PDT
From: grow#jerry%e.mfenet@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: Mac to NFS Connection?
We are looking for some way to connect a Mac to Sun NFS
ethernet network. We've heard that there is a software
package called Mac-NFS that will do this. Any info would
be greatly appreciated.
--Jerry Grow
grow%mfe.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa
grow%mfe.mfenet@lbl.bitnet
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 24 May 88 12:20:56 EDT
From: Pedro de Rezende <rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu>
Subject: DA round window anyone?
How do I get a DA to have a circular window?
Some things that I found out (correct me if needed):
The WDEF resource must have an ID like -16000 to be an owned resource (for
DA ID=12). The corresponding WIND resource must have WindProcID equal to
16*(-16000)+varCode where varCode determines title bar, grow box and the
like. Note, however, that this makes the WindProcID number invalid
(unacceptable to ResEdit). If the WDEF is not an owned resource, the
Font/DA Mover doesn't install it!
I will appreciate replies directly to me. If I get this to work, you can
count on seeing a round DA posted to this very net.
Pedro de Rezende rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 24 May 88 12:23:21 EDT
From: Pedro de Rezende <rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu>
Subject: Font/DA Mover bug or feature?
Create a file with CREATOR 'FMOV' and TYPE '????', then double click on it
to get into the Font/DA Mover. Click OK to the error message. Note that you
are neither in Font mode nor in Desk Accessory mode. Then, without clicking
in the DA button, option-open a file containing DAs. You will get the IDs
of the DAs displayed over the last 2 characters of the DAs' names.
Feature or bug?
Pedro de Rezende rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 25 May 88 17:48:41 EDT
From: tom coradeschi <tcora@ARDEC.ARPA>
Subject: HP-IB printers & macs
I've recently acquired an HP 7475A pen plotter, as a surplus item, and want to
be able to use it with a macintosh.
The problem is: it is configured with an HP-IB port, which is Hewlett-Packard's
version of the IEEE-488 bus. Does anyone know of a way to drive an IEEE-488
device with a mac? The printer and modem ports are both RS422/232, so that
seems totally incompatible to me!
There's a device called the grappler, which allows you to drive centronics
interfaces with the mac's printer ports. Is the centronics interface IEEE-488?
Is there any similarity between the two (ie, centronics & IEEE-488)? Is there a
device similar to the grappler which would work in this application?
This isn't a totally crucial device, as far as our macintosh environment is
concerned, it's just that we picked it up for free, and it would be real nice
to use it, if possible. Thanks well in advance for any advice anyone may be
able to provide.
tom c
"MS-DOS. Just say NO!!"
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Date: Thu, 26 May 88 07:56:56 cdt
From: russo@chaos.utexas.edu (Tom Russo)
Subject: Megamax C 3.0 patch
The version of Megamax C I have will not run on newer (i.e. since intro
of Mac Plus. I'm a bit of a stick-in-the-mud) versions of the operating
system. When I first found this someone told me to patch the
executables and libraries by replacing all occurances of one word to
another. I did that on the compiler, linker,editor and syslib, but on
no other utility programs. Now I need convert, and have forgotten the
patch. Does anybody know what sequence I am supposed to replace with
which?
I've quite frankly had it up to here (he points to a location several
inches above his head) with Megamax, and am planning to move to
Lightspeed any minute. In fact, that's why I want convert -- I don't
want to retype every toolbox function name in my old programs when I
switch to lightspeed.
--tvr
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Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 4-Jun-88 08:51:43
Date: 4 Jun 88 0851-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #55
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 5 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 55
Today's Topics:
DBMS callable from Hypercard
MacII B&W Monitor WANTED
How can I make use of accelerator boards?
June 1988 Demos at Computer Ware (of Macintosh products)
D&D 4.1 and Hard drives
Accessing AppleTalk network over phone lines
June Vaporware -- Fan the flame; send rumors!
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Date: Thu, 26 May 88 09:01:30 PDT
From: Dave Combs <COMBS@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: DBMS callable from Hypercard
Please pardon my ignorance, but any help with the following would be
appreciated.
Does there exist, or is there information on, or even rumors about, a
relational database management system for the Mac with the following
characteristics?
1) It has some type of functional interface, so that I might call it from
another program, in this case a Hypercard XCMD. Many current systems
seem to force you to use their interface, rather than allowing you to
build your own.
2) It supports a reasonably complete query language.
3) It supports multi-attribute keys for a particular table. (Lots of databases
currently available seem to have problems with this one). This is a
MAJOR requirement - for my application a system without it is useless.
4) It's not so slow that a user would complain while it grinds away for
minutes on some reasonably trivial search.
Note that I DON'T need simultaneous multi-user capability, or a particularly
interesting user interface (I won't use it), or many of the other bells and
whistles lots of the new systems seem to have.
Thanks for your help,
Dave Combs (COMBS@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU)
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Date: Thu, 26 May 88 15:21:28 PDT
From: uhlik@sun-valley.stanford.edu (Chris Uhlik)
Subject: MacII B&W Monitor WANTED
I want to buy your old MacII black & white monitor.
Chris Uhlik (415) 328-6438 uhlik@sun-valley
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Date: Fri, 27 May 88 16:57:43 EST
From: "William E. Williams"
From: <BSQUARE%YALEVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: How can I make use of accelerator boards?
I'm contemplating buying an accelerator board with a floating-point processor
on it for my SE. I run a bunch of data-analysis programs that I wrote myself
and that take typically a half hour or so to process one batch of data. I use
Turbo-Pascal and Lightspeed C. Is there any way I can tell these languages to
generate code that can use the floating-point processor directly? Even
better, is there some way that I can check for the co-processor and use it if
it's there but use SANE if it isn't? Is there a lesson in, for example,
MacTutor about all this stuff? Do the boards usually come with replacement
SANE routines?
-B2
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Date: Sat, 28 May 88 18:02:33 PDT
From: Dorothy Bender <HK.DEB@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: June 1988 Demos at Computer Ware (of Macintosh products)
ComputerWare, a Macintosh store in Palo Alto, located at
490 California Ave. (corner El Camino Real), has announced the
following demos during June.
All demos are from 12 - 2pm. Call 415/323-7559 to verify.
Wed., June 1: In-House Accountant
Thu., June 2: Quark Xpress (desktop publishing)
Fri., June 3: Powerpoint 2.0 from Microsoft
Sat., June 4: Alchemy (16-bit stereo)
Tue., June 7: Fullwrite Professional
Wed., June 8: MicroPlanner 6.0
Thu., June 9: Ready, Set, Go! (desktop publishing)
Fri., June 10: Pagemaker 3.0 & Freehand (Aldus, desktop publishing)
Mon., June 13: Filemaker Plus (simple data base manager)
Tue., June 14: Tops (distributed Appletalk network)
Wed., June 15: Insight Accounting
Thu., June 16: Microsoft Word
Fri., June 17: McMax
Sat., June 18: Opcode (music software)
Tue., June 21: VersaCAD II
Wed., June 22: dBASE MAC
Tue., June 28: Image Studio
Wed., June 29: Word Perfect
Thu., June 30: Illustrator 88 (from Adobe)
In addition, ComputerWare will have their second annual "Mini-Expo"
and open house on Thursday and Friday, June 23 - June 24.
Call 323-7559 for details.
To: MICRO-TECH, TIDBITS, OIS-CONSULT, BBOARD
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Date: Sat 28 May 1988 21:03 CDT
From: Samir Kaleem <XSAK%ECNCDC.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: D&D 4.1 and Hard drives
Hello again everyone...
Remember the Dollars and Sense 4.0 problem that I mentioned not
too long ago? Well, the saga continues. On the suggestion of other
people on the net (thanx for the info...shows the power of using
the net) I called Monogram and asked them about 4.1 (which they
never bothered to send me any info about). They said that they
could send me 4.1 free of charge, but I have to send them a copy
of my receipt plus my registration before they send 4.1 to me. Seems
kind of funny that I had bought 4.0 just a month or so ago, and they
couldn't confirm that I am a valid user. To top it all, they sent me
v3.1 for the IBM rather than 4.1 for my Mac. Sheesh!!! Well, I've
sent the IBM version back, and hopefully they will send me the
correct version for the correct PC this time.
By the way, I have a Dataframe XP 60 that I have a question about.
Recently, I found that sometimes, programs would take a while before
they would boot. There seemed to be a lot of disk activity before
the program would boot (doesn't matter which program). I found that
my desktop was 160k. I thought that the large size of the desktop was
the problem, and re-building it would solve the problem. Well, re-building
brought the desktop down to about 109k, but that still didn't solve
my problem. So I re-initialized the hard drive and re-loaded everything
(using diskfit). I thought that the fragmentation might be bad enough
to be causing this, but even this didn't help. Any suggestions anyone?
Again, thanx in advance...
-- Samir <xsak@ecncdc.bitnet>
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Subject: Accessing AppleTalk network over phone lines
Date: Sun, 29 May 88 11:43:48 +0300
From: shmuli@humus.huji.ac.il
I've seen a number of different products that allow a user to dial into
an AppleTalk network e.g. at work, from home. Does anyone have more information
about them - capability (file and/or modem sharing), compatability - does it
work with TOPS a/o AppleShare a/o CAP, price. Anyone actually using one?
Liaison InfoSphere software
Silver Server La Cie software
TeleNode DataSpace hardware?
R-Server Solana hardware
Net-Serial Shiva hardware
For the hardware solutions, what software do you use?
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Date: Fri, 27 May 88 21:41:06 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: June Vaporware -- Fan the flame; send rumors!
VAPORWARE
Murphy Sewall
From the June 1988 APPLE PULP
H.U.G.E. Apple Club (E. Hartford) News Letter
$15/year
P.O. Box 18027
East Hartford, CT 06118
Call the "Bit Bucket" (203) 569-8739
Permission granted to copy with the above citation
Premature.
Even in a business where vaporware is a way of life, Tandy's
surprise late-April announcement of the 550 Mbyte THOR-CD
(Tandy High-Intensity Optical Recorder Compact Disk)
rewriteable laser disk technology has been widely
criticized. Tandy's announced release date for an audio
recorder version (at less than $500) of 18 to 24 months in
the future already is regarded as optimistic, and a CD ROM
version (at a considerably higher price) isn't expected
before 1991, at least. - PC Week 26 April and 17 May
Optical-Magneto for Fall 1988.
Maxtor, of San Jose, California, already has demonstrated
two hybrid magneto-optic large capacity data drives which it
plans to offer for sale this October. The 160 Mbyte "Fiji"
will retail for $1,995 and disks will be priced at $85. The
gigabyte "Tahiti" will have an access time nearly three
times quicker than the Fiji with a price tag of $5,995 and
$250 disks. Sharp will introduce a 380 Mbyte SCSI
magneto-optical drive early next year.
- PC Week 17 May and InfoWorld 16 May
Look Ma, No Coprocessor.
VM Technologies, a Tokyo-based joint venture of several
Japanese PC companies, is designing a "breakthrough" CPU
that will be able to emulate more than one competing 32-bit
CPU. VM claims to have pioneered a technique based on
programmable logic arrays (PMAs) which will allow processor
emulation microcode to be downloaded. The VM8600S will then
be able to execute instructions in a manner identical to the
emulated CPU. VM is expected to ship sample quantities of
the VM8600S by the end of this year. Manufacturers could
use the chip to develop a microcomputer capable of being
both a Macintosh and PS/2 (80386) clone. - PC Week 17 May
Clone in Mac Clothing.
Six different Asian computer manufacturers are said to have
developed Macintosh clones which are awaiting copyright
clearance for their ROMs. In the meantime, a few are making
MS-DOS PC clones available in the Mac look-alike cases.
- Random Access 14 May
PS/?
Only a handful of vendors showed PS/2 clones at last month's
Comdex; none is ready to begin shipping product. Among the
reasons: 1) legal threats and licensing delays - IBM is
requiring that potential PS/2 licensees pay royalties on
past sales of PC, XT, and AT clones, 2) sluggish demand -
although IBM has shipped two million PS/2's, a substantial
number of those machines remain in dealer inventories, and
3) enigmatic technology - Micro Channel architecture is more
complex than that in the original PC line, and IBM has
labeled numerous PS/2 components as "reserved for future
use," making it impossible to certify a clone as "fully
compatible." - PC Week 17 May
Spin Control.
Earlier this Spring, IBM's Entry Systems Division president
William Lowe announced to the press the firm's intent to
replace the present Model 30 with an 80286 machine this year
and an 80386 model by the end of next year (last March's
column). Last month, Lee Reiswig, director of IBM's Entry
Systems Division laboratory in Austin, Texas affirmed the
company's continuing commitment to 8086 machines. Reiswig
says IBM plans to "add functionality" rather than cut
prices. Major announcements are expected from Big Blue this
month including the PS/2 Model 70, a desktop 80386 machine
with at 20 MHz clock. - PC Week 10 May and InfoWorld 16 May
Latest IIgs+ Rumors.
San Francisco AppleFest in September may be the time when a
faster version (with 1 Mbyte of memory standard) of the IIgs
(already rumored to be in the hands of select developers)
will be announced. Perhaps not, as rumors persist that some
very senior Apple marketing managers want to deep-six the
whole idea and concentrate as much energy as possible on the
Macintosh line. The introduction of the Apple CD ROM
creates a problem for Apple's current ProDOS operating
system which is unable to address a device with more than 64
Mbytes (two 32 Mbyte volumes). The fix is said to be
ProDOS/16 HFS which will port the Macintosh Hierarchical
Filing System (HFS) to the IIgs. As a side benefit, the
IIgs will be able to read and write disks in the Macintosh
format. A mid summer intro for the new ProDOS/16 is
possible. - Pro-Carolina.CTS (BBS) 6 May
The Alternate Interface.
IBM has signed an agreement with Metaphor Computer Systems
for a joint development of a new software interface using
graphics and icons. The joint-venture might be a way to
avoid dependency on Microsoft's Windows technology which is
the subject of litigation by Apple.
- Random Access 30 April
Vaporpatch.
Ashton-Tate broke new vapor ground last month by issuing bug
fixes for dBase IV, a product that doesn't exist
(officially) yet. - InfoWorld 16 May
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Although some industry rumor mongers tout June as "NeXt
month," when Steve Jobs oft' rumored workstation will debut,
others point out that software developers who had been
planning demonstrations at this month's PC Expo have been
told the machine will not be available. Odds are quoted at
9 to 5 that NeXt will not survive 1989 and 4 to 1 on 1990.
- PC Week 19 April and 3 May and InfoWorld 16 May
Sun Rise.
More than 100 software companies have announced Unix
versions of existing PC programs, including Lotus 1-2-3,
that will be able to run on Sun's new 386i workstations.
- PC Week 19 April
Color LCD.
Hatichi demonstrated a working color LCD display at Comdex
last month. A ten inch laptop version is expected to be
offered for sale within 18 months. No price estimates are
available at present. - PC Week 17 May
Video Capture.
Data Translation will offer an add-in card for the Mac II in
July that allows users to display live-motion color video
images. Called the Colorcapture, the 16-bit color card will
display 640 by 480 pixel resolution in 32,768 colors. The
product is intended for video production and advertising
applications and will be priced at $2,995.
- InfoWorld 9 May
AT Coprocessor for the Mac II.
Perfectek Corporation has announced an AT coprocessor board
for the Mac II for August shipment. The board will have a
12.5 MHz one wait-state CPU, 1 Mbyte of RAM, and IBM
compatible parallel and serial ports. The price is expected
to be about $1,500 (subject to fluctuating DRAM prices).
- InfoWorld 16 May
Multiprocessor Workstation.
In response to an Air Force RFP (Request For Proposals),
Zenith is developing a 15 MIP computer expected to use as
many as five 25 MHz Intel 80386 processors. The operating
system will be a custom version of Unix V. Commercial
versions of this workstation are expected to retail for
"considerably less than $20,000." - PC Week 17 May
Faster Macintosh II.
The good news is that a single DMD 29000 coprocessor add-in
board from Yarc Corporation will make a Mac II capable of 17
MIP performance and that four such boards could boost speed
to as much as 68 MIPS. The bad news is that the coprocessor
does not run standard Macintosh software. Yarc already is
working with developers to write graphics programs and other
processor intensive applications for the board which will be
shipped with 2.5 Mbytes of RAM and will retail for $4,295.
- InfoWorld 9 May
Power in the Next Decade.
Data General and Motorola have announced a joint development
pact to produce a 100 MIP computer using a version of the
new Motorola 88000 RISC chip series (see the April and May
columns) by 1991. - InfoWorld 25 April
New Laptop Technology.
In six to nine months NEC will be ready to market an 80286
laptop computer weighing only 6.5 pounds. Meanwhile, Sonic
Electric Energy of Atlanta has announced a revolutionary new
method of converting radio waves into electrical energy.
The company says they are developing a laptop computer that
will be powered by radio waves and won't need a battery.
- PC Week 17 May and Random Access 30 April
HP's Printer Control Language (PCL).
Hewlett-Packard marketing manager Bill McGlynn is quoted as
saying that the PCL language used in the firm's popular
Laserjets will not be upgraded to compete with Adobe's
Postscript. The next version of PCL, Level 5, is scheduled
for shipment this Fall. Level 5 will mimic some of the
popular features of Postscript but will fall far short of
Postscript's high-end functionality. - InfoWorld 25 April
Laser Typesetter.
Lasermaster Corporation plans to begin shipping a 2,400 dots
per inch laser typesetter within the next two months. The
LM-Typemaster will incorporate drivers for Ventura Publisher
and Aldus Pagemaker, making it possible to produce
high-quality, camera-ready output with PC desktop publishing
software. The printer will have 4 Mbytes of RAM upgradable
to 8 Mbytes and will cost approximately $30,000.
- InfoWorld 25 April
Microsoft's Macware Plans.
Microsoft has plans to enhance the firm's entire line of
Macintosh software during the next 12 months. Word 4.0 will
include full WYSIWYG, enabling on-screen document editing.
A revision of Excel will be along by the end of the Summer
with 48 new worksheet functions and 29 new macros. A later
version of Excel will support 3-D charts and up to 4 Mbytes
of memory. - InfoWorld 18 April
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Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 4-Jun-88 08:52:31
Date: 4 Jun 88 0852-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #56
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 5 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 56
Today's Topics:
Mac II WishList Summary
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Date: Fri 20 May 88 11:14:49-PDT
From: Ken Laws <LAWS@IU.AI.SRI.COM>
Subject: Mac II WishList Summary
Wow. You (we?) Info-Mac readers really come through! I'd like to
thank Godfrey DiGiorgi, Christopher Chow, Fernando Pereira, Rick
Light, Steve Weyer, Joe McMahon, Josh Hayes, Anselmo Lastra,
George McKee, Keith Kutner, Jay Garvin, Felix Ingrand, Steve
Buyske, David Oster, Leo Geoffrion, Anders (OK2ANDER), Barry
Semo, Freek Wiedijk, Bill Bumgarner, Woody Yeung, Alan Larson,
Mike Donegan, Les LaCroix, Sorrel Jakins, Lee Thomison, Herb
Barad, Mike Linnig, Jeffrey Sullivan, Miguel%cs.umass.edu,
Miguel Cruz, and Martin Minow for their help. I've also included
information from info-mac and from magazine reviews in the following.
As some of you suspected, my budget won't really cover all the
software packages I mentioned. Neither do I have time to learn
them all at once. Your suggestions will help me buy the most
useful ones first; I can then wait for improved versions of the
others. However, I do want to get enough software functionality
to justify the expense of the hardware. It's kind of like buying
landscaping with a new house: the cost isn't so painful when it's
expressed as a percentage of a larger system price.
I asked about a home/family system, but with software development
and data analysis tools so that I could ply my research trade.
(Carpenters, lawyers, and truckers own their own tools -- why not
programmers and scientists?) Here's what I've gotten so far:
Hardware:
The Macs aren't sensitive to power-line problems. If power
fluctuations are bad enough to affect the peripherals, I should get
the best power conditioning short of uninteruptable -- about $120.
ThunderScan is a toy. Granted, but that's good enough for scanning
in my kids' pictures. (Most expensive OCR systems don't work very well
either.) I'll have the ImageWriter anyway, so the cost is reasonable.
No one commented on Read-It!TS; I presume it reads only simple fonts.
Several people pointed out that I'll want more memory if I'm
going to run HyperCard, MultiFinder, and all those statistical
packages and other programs, not to mention storing scanned images.
Yes, but I'll wait for memory prices to decrease and for my bank
balance to bounce back. I would have gotten the 80Mb internal
disk, but Apple didn't offer it with the 2Mb bundle.
Communication:
VersaTerm is just about everyone's favorite, although the documentation
is very poor. MicroPhone II was also suggested; it runs modem or
kermit protocols in the background under MultiFinder. RedRyder works
now, although somewhat clumsily, but the company has offended a lot
of users. I presume that a macro package like Tempo II or even QuicKeys
can match RedRyder's macros. MacKermit is free (e.g., from KERMSRV@CUVMA).
MacTerminal (or the MacTerminal protocol in VersaTerm?) is useful with
macput and macget for file transfers from Unix systems, but is annoyingly
slow to exit. Freeterm (from SUMEX-AIM) was suggested, as was Pacer's pcLink.
Mac240 was suggested as a VT200 emulator. I have no need of InTalk or TOPS;
I think the same is true of SmartCom II. AlisaTalk was recommended for
for Ethernet communication with Vax VMS.
StuffIt is essential. I get the impression that it includes PackIt III
and BinHex 4.0 capabilities; if not, SUMEX should have the code. (By the
way, PackIt III does work on the II.) StuffIt 1.31 may be preferable
to 1.40. I may also want Microfilm Reader, free from Buck, Wheat and
Associates (1601 Weatherstone Dr., Blue Springs, MD 64015, (816) 229-5632).
I'm not sure what program I need for manipulating Arpanet mail files
that I've archived.
Word Processing:
Everyone says WordPerfect is good, although initially buggy
(essentially a beta release!), but that FullWrite Professional
is better. I'll reconsider. I tend to prefer anything written
for the Mac to lowest-common-denominator software ported from
other machines. I'm also wary of PC-style software because the
color selections and artistic choices tend to be mediocre.
On the other hand, I'm told that the initial FullWrite release
is slow and includes some poor formatting features. Either editor
will have a text-only option, and can thus be used for coding.
Other editors such as MacWrite 5.0, WriteNow, and Word were suggested
as perfectly adequate for ordinary use. JOVE and microEMACS are for
those who can't break old habits. QUED is OK, but the simple editors
that come with MPW, Lightspeed C, TEXtures, and other programs
are good for most code editing and file hacking. There are some
DA editors that sound useful: McSink 4.3, SEdit, PowerEdit, etc.
Laser Author is for people who need to put graphics in their text.
Expressionist 1.11 is better than MacEQN, although getting all
the small fonts for nested sub/superscripting can be a pain.
There's also something called MathType ($149 list) for graphic
constuction of equations (with TEX interface capability), but I
haven't checked out the April Macworld review.
TEXtures with LaTex is pretty good, for those who can stand it,
but the lack of BibTex macros has users upset. It is possible
to use HyperCard for generating bibliographies.
No one commented on Document Compare or any utility similar to
Unix diff or Twenex srccom. Perhaps this comes with one of the
common utility packages.
Spelling:
Spellswell and Coach are good, but new editor formats might be a problem.
WordPerfect comes with its own speller and thesarus anyway. (I'll bet
FullWrite does too.)
Graphics:
Everyone has a favorite. I've already ordered the Claris
MacPaint 2.0 and MacDraw, as I mentioned, and will probably upgrade
them to the II versions. Those, plus my editor, should handle
my document production needs -- at least until I can afford a laser
printer. Other recommended packages are CricketDraw, FullPaint, and
SuperPaint. PixelPaint and Modern Artist are probably overkill.
There's no question that SuperPaint is a bargain, although it doesn't
handle color. Canvas is buggy, but some people like it. CricketDraw
also has some bugs. My kids would probably enjoy Crystal Paint or
KaleidaGraph.
ImageStudio is mainly for high-res retouching of scanned images;
I presume it works on the Mac II. I'll wait for Digital Darkroom
($295 list) to come out this June. I hear that both developers are
planning extensions to color imagery. There's also a new MacImage 2.0,
but for $495 I'm not likely to find out what it does. I'll certainly
get SmartScrap/The Clipper and SuperGlue. Obviously ThunderScan comes
with something like the Giffer display program archived at Sumex.
I haven't investigated graphic databases yet, although WetPaint looks
like a good starter set. I'll get used to the fonts I have, or can
get free, before investing in something garish like World-Class Fonts
or Fluent Fonts 2.0. The Font Preview stack on SUMEX looks like
a good utility for checking out freeware fonts.
No one commented on Curator (II-compatible?) or PictureBase 1.2 for
indexing clip art. DAZZL makes something called ClipArt+. The WetPaint
database comes with the excellent Art Roundup browser DA; should I also
get WetPaint's PictureBase option for $15 extra?
Slides:
MORE 1.1c is a good program and can be used for color presentations,
but I can get by with just my editor and graphics program --
at least until MORE 2.0 comes out in a few months. I don't know how
the Acta DA compares with More. PowerPoint is popular with some, but
pricey; it does include SmartScrap though. Cricket Presents is
good for making slides. VideoWorks II is popular for preparing
animated educational materials; it might be a good educational toy
for my kids, especially with the VideoWorks HyperCard Driver.
Publishing:
PageMaker 3.0 is the standard in page layout, and therefore talks
to everything else. ReadySetGo! 4.0 is smaller and easier to use.
(Quark XPress is a more powerful -- and expensive -- program.)
I really don't need any of these, at least until I have a PostScript
laser printer. I only need Glue (e.g., with MicroPhone II) and
SuperGlue for tying graphics and word processing programs together.
No one offered information about Trapeze 2.0, which is a new combination
spreadsheet and presentation program. I think that means you can build
formulas into your formatted document instead of copying data from a
separate spreadsheet. The program has an abundance of functions and graph
formats, but is somewhat weaker than Excel on date functions. Anyway,
I don't really need a spreadsheet or grapher. If I did, I would also
take a serious look at Parameter Manager Plus (II-compatible?), Cricket
Graph, or the statistics programs.
PosterMaker Plus from Strider Software sounds like a winner
for those of us with kids and without laser printers. It's one
way to get fancy fonts and layouts, as well as banners. I've
forgotten where I read about it; probably last week's MacWeek.
Databases:
HyperDA is too limited. HyperCard 1.2 is in, although I'm going to wish I
had a 5Mb machine. I did get a recommendation of DAZZL's Organizer+
[from one of the developers]. Microsoft File is OK for simple lists.
I don't know anything about FileMaker Plus yet (except that it's due for
upgrade to version 4 in late May), or Focal Point, QuickDEX, Record
Holder Plus, or the ArchiText that's under development.
I'll just stick with HyperCard and vanilla text files for now. (After all,
that's why word processors have search commands.) Some utilities for
locating files by their contents are Findswell (a bit slow), Sonar 4.5,
and the new Gofer. The latter two offer boolean search connectives.
No one commented on Reports for HyperCard. I haven't seen a review,
but it looks like a useful tool. I'll skip HyperBook Maker. STAX
offers some utilities -- HyperCard Helper and HyperCard Sound Effects
Studio -- that look interesting.
Professional Bibliographic System is clumsy (and expensive). I'll
stick with HyperCard and/or LaTeX until something better comes along.
No word yet on Publish or Perish.
Statistics:
StatWorks plus CricketGraph is a good low-cost statistical system.
Systat is complex, fully loaded; I might need more disk space if I wanted
to use it for serious data analysis. There was a review of StatView II in
a recent issue of Macintosh Today (that I haven't seen). All of the above
plus Stat80, Statfast, Statpack, TrueStat, and WormStat were reviewed by
R.S. Lehman in Statistics on the Macintosh, Byte, July 87, pp. 207-214.
MacSpin 1.11 does work on the II, but is highly specialized. StatSoft has
just announced the MacSS statistical system with a "limited time" price of
$119; I don't know how it compares to the others. DataDesk Professional
may also be out soon.
I didn't ask for a discussion of equation solvers and numerical analysis
programs like Eureka, Math View Professional, and Numerical Methods
Tool Box. I hear that Mathematica (similar to SMP) is coming out, and so
is a derivative of the APL language. I presume that dozens of companies
are wrapping Mac interfaces around existing scientific packages.
Programming:
The large MPW environment comes highly recommended. Lightspeed C 2.15
(upgraded from 2.01) is a worthwhile addition if I do much C coding,
especially if the promised version 3 has a debugger. Otherwise the TMON
debugger is an essential tool, although MacBugs is OK. The Programmer's
Extenders libraries are reported to be useful, but I won't need the CAPPs
unless I have to write editor interfaces. I don't need the MDS 68000
Development System since these other environments include assemblers.
I don't know anything about the ExperTelligence development environment.
ResEdit is essential. MacNosy was mentioned only as a way of
getting around copy protection, and MacZap is much cheaper for that.
(I think this is also a function of Hard Disk Util, but I was told
that I wouldn't need it. I don't grok CP patches and backups yet.)
Eventually I'll want to acquire software written in C or for C programmers,
such as C++, RuleC, CLIPS, or microART. There's a world of C code out there.
I'll have to come up with the application before investing in the tools --
but isn't it funny how much easier it is to do things the other way 'round?
Allegro CommonLisp looks good, although it can't yet build standalone
applications. I'm told that a $99 subset called Pearl is comming out.
ExperCommonLisp, which lacks typecasting, also comes in two versions; the
$800 one can build applications. ISI Grapher is available for the Mac II
with either supplier's product.
No comments on Prologs. One user of Terrapin Logo said
he had been happy with it, and MacLogo was mentioned.
AAIS Prolog seems to be the default, although other Prologs have
specific advantages. AAIS can run APES, Augmented Prolog for Expert
Systems, but I don't know whether that's worth doing.
One respondent expressed satisfaction with Terrapin Logo. I have no
reason to fault ExperLogo, MacLogo, or Object Logo. Terrapin does
offer some hooks to other languages.
APDA's unsupported $75 Smalltalk was also suggested, although the
documentation is very poor. Parc Place markets a better Smalltalk,
but at $1295 -- so get the 90% educational discount or forget it.
My kids will probably not be programming in C or Lisp for a long time.
ZBasic is OK, although it can be crashed. (The converter I mentioned
translates MS Basic syntax into ZBasic.) Unfortunately, Basic is known
to cause brain damage. HyperTalk is probably the best programming entry
for the kids.
I've seen rumors of a HyperCard Construction Kit and a HyperEngine
Development Kit for those wanting to build on HyperTalk. I've already
mentioned the STAX utilities. There is also an expert-system shell
called MacSMARTS ($195 list) that links to HyperCard.
Utilities:
The most highly recommended utilities are QuicKeys, DiskFit, Disk Express,
MacZap, FEdit Plus (available as shareware), Suitcase or Font/DA
Juggler Plus, and PowerStation. People don't seem to have Stepping Out II
yet, but at least there were no negative comments. (It does slow some
programs.) QuicKeys needs a 256K disk cache under MultiFinder to avoid a
disk read on program switch. Some people prefer Tempo II for setting up
macro sequences and Icon-It! for accessing them. Other programs that were
praised are MockPackage+, DiskTop, Fkey Manager, and QuickFolder (shareware
INIT). I don't need Copy II Mac (with MacTools) or Hard Disk Util.
No one commented on Disk Ranger, Battery Pak, Disk Quick, Front Desk, or
Top Desk, or contradicted my statement that Sidekick 2.0 won't work on the II.
I'm starting to get a handle on all the disk utilities, although there
is so much functional overlap between packages that no single system
dominates. Someone should put all the best utilities in one package.
Maybe they have: Symantec has just announced Symantec Utilities for
Macintosh, or SUM, for June 9 shipment at $99.95 (or $30 upgrade from
MacZap). This includes Guardian (some kind of disk index that allows
quick crash recovery), HD TuneUp for disk compaction, Symantec Tools
for data viewing and editing, QuickCopy for floppy duplication, HD
Partition for speed and partition locking, HD Recover for crash recovery,
and a utility for virus protection. Also a coupon for a free
HFS Navigator or Laserspeed to the first 5,000 buyers. Call
(800) 888-0866 ext. 751M, or (408) 446-994 for MacZap upgrade.
SUM aside, the following functional groupings seem reasonable.
For backups, DiskFit 1.4 is the only way to go. FlashBack was suggested
as a useful complement to DiskFit backups, and HFS Backup was mentioned.
StuffIt is also useful for archiving.
For disk compaction, Disk Express is the premier product.
MacZap 5.0 with Disc Clinic is the leading disk repair utility (and
the basis of the SUM utility). Other good tools are in Battery Pak (which
includes Disk Tools), Disk First Aid, Fedit Plus, and MackPackage+.
There are a number of good packages for keeping track of disk files
and printing labels. Disk Ranger seems to be a favorite, but Disk
Quick (formerly Disk Librarian), Disk Info (shareware), and MacDisk
Catalog II 2.11 are also good. As with most of the utilities, I
don't know which of these are II-compatible, but anything that doesn't
use real-time graphics or elaborate sounds is probably OK.
There is quite a selection of finders, launchers, folder utilities, etc.
PowerStation and Suitcase are highly regarded. HFS Navigator may have
some advantages over PowerStation, and Font/DA Juggler Plus has at least
a sound utility that Suitcase lacks. MenuFonts 2 is handy for displaying
font names in their own styles. Other programs (about which I know
little) are DiskTop, Fkey Manager, HFS Locator Plus, Launcher FKey (freeware),
QuickFolder, and TopDesk. MultiSet 2.0 is a way of keeping multiple
environments active.
People seem to like QuicKeys for organizing all this power. Icon-It!
is another approach, and one can get Icon Maker or the Color Icon Editor
(on SUMEX) for designing new icons. Tempo II is a useful macro system.
I've forgotten what On Cue and SoundMaster do.
Other useful utilities are Stepping Out II for increasing screen size,
Smart Alarms for appointment notifications, and RamDisk+ 2.07 for
speed (at the risk of losing data during a crash).
MacSafe seems pretty straightforward; either you want to lock files or you
don't. Sentinal more expensive, presumably more elaborate. NightWatch
locks up the entire system, as do the LockOut utility that comes with
MenuFonts and the Hard Disk Password program at SUMEX. 'NCryptor is the
best of the commercial encryption packages, but there's plenty of freeware
for encrypting files.
No one commented on the II-in-a-Mac software Apple II emulator, so I
don't know if it's II-compatible. There is a DOS emulator called SoftPC
for $595 from Insignia (5.25" disk drive not included) that may be even
better than the DOS board that's available. Come to think of it, though,
I've got enough trouble without trying to buy/learn Apple II or DOS software.
Literature:
Reading is such an inexhaustable hobby! The following are recommended:
Inside Macintosh and the associated tech notes, development system support
docs, and user interface guidelines; Scott Knaster's How to Write Macintosh
Software and Macintosh Programming Secrets; Addison Wesley's Introduction to
Macintosh Family Hardware and Introduction to Macintosh Programming;
Chernicoff's Macintosh Revealed; and the HyperCard Scripting book.
Goodman's HyperCard Handbook was disrecommended by one respondent. (Maybe
I need a thesarus program ...)
Incidentally, there's a Small Computer Book Club that's offering
Macintosh Programming Secrets, The Complete HyperCard Handbook,
HyperTalk Programmers' Guide, and Programming with the Macintosh
Programmer's Workshop for $4.95 + 3 purchases in 12 months. I don't
know how long delivery takes.
I should also subscribe to MacTutor Magazine (P.O. Box 400 (or 846?),
Placentia, CA 92670; (714) 630-3730) and order the Best of MacTutor
volumes 1 & 2 from them or from B. Dalton Bookstores - $30 each.
I'm not sure if The Complete MacTutor Vol. 2 is the same thing.
Anyway, MacTutor source code disks 1-25 are available for $8 each.
I should also join the Apple Programmers' and Developers' Association
(APDA) (290 SW 43rd Street, Renton, WA 98055) for $35 per year, and
should investigate macserv@rice and macserv@irlearn as sources of code
by sending an "index" command.
There is a new monthly, Mac II Review, for $67 per year (240 Sunnyridge
Ave., Bldg. 112-Dept. B, Fairfield, Conn. 06430; (203) 334-0334).
MacWeek is free if you fill out their questionnaire. I see MacUser as
a good user-oriented magazine, Macweek as more vendor-oriented. I haven't
run across MacToday yet. There are a few articles in MicroTimes, Bay Area
Computer Currents, Byte, etc. The Bay Area Users' Group (BMUG) publishes
a 300-400 page newsletter twice a year.
Education:
No comments on Business Simulator, Chipwits, Puppy Love, MacRobots,
Dinner at Eight, Japanese/Chinese tutorials, or other educational software.
There is a MacFingerspeller for teaching American Sign Language (Microtech
Consulting Co., Inc., 909 W. 23rd Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613;
(800) 992-SIGN; $29.95 for the talking version, $19.95 otherwise).
I'm also told that there's an Esperanto stack and one for learning Spanish
conjugations. Stackware seems to be developing as the premier source of
preloaded databases.
Music:
Practica Musica runs on the Mac II, but Deluxe Music Construction Set
doesn't. Studio Session 1.4 runs, but freezes on quit; use MultiFinder
or another launcher to exit. No one contradicted my statement that
Music Mouse won't run, and no one commented on Listen 2.0. (MIDI
software doesn't run on the II yet because of a stack-length problem,
but I'm not into MIDI yet anyway.)
Games:
Popular Mac II games are Beyond Dark Castle, Beyond Zork, Crystal Quest,
ShadowGate, Lode Runner (despite what MacUser reported), and Sargon III.
No one disputed that Balance of Power, Shanghai, Smash Hit Racquetball II,
or Zork Trilogy would work. Uninvited and Deja Vu probabably work.
MacGolf 3.0 is just now coming out. Wizardry runs, but not under
MultiFinder. Chessmaster 2000 has some bugs, crashes on exit.
I still have no information about II-compatibility for Battle Stations,
Borrowed Time, Carmen San Diego, Down Hill Racer, Klondike, Mind Over Mac,
Psion Chess, Quarterstaff (new version 1.2e), Real Poker, Seven Cities of Gold,
or Trust and Betrayal.
The Mac II cannot run Apache Strike, Dark Castle, Falcon, or OrbQuest.
No one supported other games I said were not II-compatible: Archon,
Ancient Art of War, Ferrari Grand Prix, Fokker Triplane, GATO,
MS Flight Simulator, Ogre, Orbiter, Skyfox or Winter Games. Ultima III
probably doesn't work.
There are hundreds of public-domain games (e.g., Brickles on SUMEX);
anybody got a catalog or description? I've noticed ads for companies
distributing PD software for about $20 per disk -- I presume that the
same programs are available over the networks, but finding them and
selecting is a pain. Boston Computer Society was mentioned as one source
of zillions of programs. I have access to those at SUMEX. We have some
freeware at SRI (it took me 60 pages to list the files!), and I've been
told that (201) 340-3531 is a good place to start accessing the 80-or-so
PD bboards. Are there any good catalogs, handbooks, surveys, or descriptions
available, or is it all word of mouth (and trial and error)? I'm sure a users'
group is just what I need, so I'll investigate when I get to Washington DC.
Vendors:
No particular caveats except for shipping delays and old versions of
software. MacConnection was praised by several, MacWAREHOUSE by one.
MacConnection is indeed at or exceedingly near the cheapest price on
almost every package that they advertised. (Possible exceptions
are MicroPhone II, Coach, Cricket Draw and Graph, Egghead's special on
PixelPaint, MORE 1.1c, ReadySetGo!, HyperBook Maker, Reports, Numerical
Methods Tool Box, DiskFit 1.4, MacZap 5.0, QuicKeys, and MacSafe; even
these might be due to version differences or to my comparing ads from
different months.) I'm amazed that many stores can charge $10 to $100
more than the nationally advertised price for every software package,
even advertising in the same magazines. Of course, it's not fair to buy
by mail and then expect service from a local store.
I've just begun to look at the freeware available to me; it may take
me years. I prefer to work with commercial packages, although I may
change my mind when I become more familiar with the net (or when my
wife takes away my checkbook). Someday I or my kids will get into the
thrill of betaware testing, but for now I want no surprises. Incidentally,
if any of you have packages you'd like to sell at a discount, now would
be a good time to make me an offer.
Well, thanks again. I hope this list is of use to others. The more
Mac II hackers, the better.
-- Ken
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Date: 4 Jun 88 0853-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #57
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 5 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 57
Today's Topics:
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #53
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #54
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #55
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #57
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #56
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #58
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #59
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #60
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #61
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #62
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #63
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #64
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #65
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #66
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #67
Delphi Mac Digest V4 #9
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:03:07-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #53
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 22, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 53
Today's Topics:
How to achieve some amount of execute only from Appleshare
Mac as an answering machine??
word 3.01 and Thunder
MacMan and double-clicking
Power from serial port
Re: Managing laser output in a student
SB-Prolog port for Mac?
Re: Mac as an answering machine??
Font/DA Juggler +
MAC II ROM Upgrade
Re: MacMan and double-clicking
Re: MAC II ROM Upgrade
Re: MacMan
Networking a whole bunch of Macs really fast
I fixed an unreadable floppy...now you can too !
Re: Networking a whole bunch of Macs really fast
Re: E-mail Mac/Mainframe
More on MPW tool graphics
Re: screen swapping
Re: TWO Byte Characters, SysEnvirons --
Re: Opening Working Directories
Re: How do you count unused master pointers?
Re: More on MPW tool graphics
Pointer arithmetic in C w/ or w/o locked handles
Re: custom MDEF vs. MenuKey
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Date: Mon 25 Apr 88 11:05:32-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #54
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 22, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 54
Today's Topics:
Exciting questions on Macintosh SE !!!
Fractals
The Scores Virus
Calling all Lisa owners/users ...
info on expert-system shells sought
AUX book
Landscape printing
MultiFinder switch bug with custom WDEFs
Re: I fixed an unreadable floppy...now you can too !
banner programs? (2 messages)
PICT2 - bitmap compression
Bug in MPW 2.0.2 Link tool
Cursor only moves vertically. Why? (2 messages)
DataDesk Mac-101 Keyboard for the Mac Plus (non-ADB) and startup
Kspool/hiding 'LaserWriter'
Re: DataDesk Mac-101 Keyboard for the Mac Plus (non-ADB) and startup (2 messages)
Re: Mac II ROM upgrade
Re: MultiFinder switch bug with custom WDEFs
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Date: Sun 1 May 88 13:23:40-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #55
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 29, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 55
Today's Topics:
Mac/Mainframe Email Systems
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Date: Sun 1 May 88 13:25:57-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #57
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 29, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 57
Today's Topics:
X.25 driver in the works
Strange behavious under Multifinder
Re: ImageWriter LQ questions
IW LQ problems
streamlining a fragmented HD
Re: Faithful Mac vt-100 emulation
VT100 emulators
MAC Interface to an Online Library Catalog
AppleTalk/PhoneNet wiring tips
MIDI
Hard Disk Nightmares
NEW! A MIDI notation program that THINKS?!
MIDI software compatible with MacII?
Other unusual repairs...
DarkCastle on a CD?
Re: Problems with Printmonitor
info needed on "learning tool".
Seeking Confirmation (LW carts)
Finding MouseMoved Events
TextEdit Item in a dlog
Need better linker for MPW C
Re: Mac II Ethernet Boards (really: A/UX NFS misconceptions)
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Date: Sun 1 May 88 13:24:27-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #56
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, April 29, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 56
Today's Topics:
EtherTalk <-> Radius FPD
Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Re: X11 support on a Mac??
Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label)
Word Finder DA
Curious about a virus (??) icon
Re: Network Innovations Info
ImageWriter LQ questions
IBM 3270 emulation
Fake a KeyDown as MouseDown in Modal Dialog
Capps' Editor Construction Kit (2 messages)
Re: Mac II Ethernet Boards
Re: Capps' Editor Construction Kit
Fortran for the MAC II.
Re: Fake a KeyDown as MouseDown in Moda
Scores Virus Report 2 (2 messages)
MacDraw <--> PostScript
Hunting the Calculator with Tmon & MacNosy
Problems with Printmonitor
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Date: Mon 9 May 88 09:19:53-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #58
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 6, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 58
Today's Topics:
Re: Sound Manager, ROM vs System, MIDI
How does the Mac generate its sound ?
Re: Dreaming of the perfect terminal software (2 messages)
Re: Script Manager word processors
Re: NeWS on the Mac II?
FullWrite gamma feature
35mm slidemaking
Re: DarkCastle on a CD?
Vaccine: what can trigger it
Re: shape-transform graphic programs
RE: TextEdit Items In Dialog
TESetStyle bug
gettimeofday() (3 messages)
Re: streamlining a fragmented HD
Linear optimisation
Dual Video Card Problem
Need supplier for Mac 512K flyback transformer
Re: FINDER 6.0 Icon problems
Fullwrite profesional
Re: MIDI
VAMP invites Amsterdam MacWorld Expo visitors
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Date: Mon 9 May 88 09:21:56-GMT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #59
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 6, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 59
Today's Topics:
Re: Dual Video Card Problem
Print Monitor Problem
Tidbits from InfoWorld
Re: Has anyone ordered from HardWareHouse?
Interleaf on the Mac
Wanted: Tektronix 4027 emulator
Programmer's Extender vs. MacExpress...
Goin' Crazy on a Mac, or, How I Love MPW "GlobalData" (2 messages)
Re: Macsbug won't work with my 19" screen
Replys to: Developer Quality C Compiler w/inline Assembly
Re: Programmer's Extender vs. MacExpres
Re: Physical Storage Amounts on Different Hard Disks (Size of Folders)
Word Perfect for the Mac
Info on EMAC hard drives
A/UX AppleTalk printing
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Date: Fri 13 May 88 09:18:38-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #60
Usenet Mac Digest Thursday, May 12, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 60
Today's Topics:
HELP!! -- MAC NO LONGER RECOGNIZES FLOPPY DRIVES!!
Displaywrite4/Quietwriter III font on Mac II?
Mac on airplanes (2 messages)
Re: Word 3.01 to Troff?
Touch overlay (2 messages)
$$$ for laser printouts (4 messages)
MPW Fortran v1.0B2a
Pro. Performer vs. Mastertracks Pro
Cost of Imagewriter per page?
Re: What's the best NETWORK? (9 messages)
RE: flyback transformer dealer
Re: Need supplier for Mac 512K flyback transformer
Re: Grappler LQ Experience?
4D networking (appleshare/tops)
Re: Choosing closest-color-by-blending
Re: documenting resources
Re: NeWS on the MacII - Finder version?
Re: Creating Startup Screens
Mac Security
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Date: Fri 13 May 88 09:21:14-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #61
Usenet Mac Digest Thursday, May 12, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 61
Today's Topics:
Word Perfect for the Macintosh 1.0 (2 messages)
V
Entertainment and bugs from Claris
Generic SCSI tools.
Translate PostScript to TeX?
Flex problems
Re: VersaTerm 3.2 (Was: VT100 emulators)
VT220 Terminal Emulator Wanted
CD-I revisted - Tale of the Uninvited
Re: VT220 Terminal Emulator Wanted
FullWrite Professional 1.0: First Impressions [long]
FullWrite Color Menus
Re: FullWrite on shelves (2 messages)
Re: Mac Security
Re: Programmer's Extender vs. MacExpress...
PrintMgr Bug?
Re: MultiFinder switch bug with custom WDEFs (3 messages)
Mac Lint
Turbo Pascal (2 messages)
WDEFs in MPW?
LSC Glue code
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Date: Fri 13 May 88 09:23:51-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #62
Usenet Mac Digest Thursday, May 12, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 62
Today's Topics:
Apple sample SCSI disk driver
The Last Screensaver (2 messages)
Electronic design on MacII
Need a MS Word Patch
Re: Goin' Crazy on a Mac, or, How I Love MPW "GlobalData"
Mac II document icon colors
keeping multiple machine environments in synch (3 messages)
Why I couldn't choose Imagewriter
What are good security (tie-down) devices for Mac II's?
wireless mice?
SoftPC
Fax for the Mac
Re: Seeking extended keyboard for MacPlus
Bibliography databases?
TeXtures 1.01 info
LaserWriter SC driver 1.0
Re: Dual Video Card Problem
Re: LSC Printer Driver Info
Re: Goin' Crazy on a Mac, or, How I Love MPW "GlobalData" (3 messages)
Spooling a PICT2 (2 messages)
Quickdraw speed (2 messages)
Re: Questions about Macsbug
Re: TESetStyle bug
Re: Full path name of a file
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:26:05-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #63
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 20, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 63
Today's Topics:
Re: Info on EMAC hard drives
Kay's Vivarium Questions
Re: FINDER 6.0 Icon problems
Re: Fullwrite profesional
Mac compatible vi??
Re: Bibliography databases?
RTF format
Re: SoftPC
I am looking for a PD dictionary file in 'ASCII'
Re: Bibliography databases?
Re: FullWrite on shelves
Laserwriter / photocopier combo?
Re: What's the best NETWORK?
Sampling digitised sound via serial ports
Re: Mac on airplanes
Changing the icon to its mask
Sources Needed
SoftPC Speed
Re: Mac on airplanes
Mouse stops mousing....
Re: FullWrite on shelves
"not for Export" stickers on FullWrite boxes
Re: ... how do you copy in/out from HFS disks?
Re: Multi-launch under Appleshare [was Re: What's the best NETWORK?]
Re: FullWrite on shelves
Memory that's allocated for the System
Why are Tape Backup Units Outragously Priced?
MS Excel recalculations
Re: StartUpScreens Eats Memory!?
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:27:37-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #64
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 20, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 64
Today's Topics:
What can you assume about the current port?
Re: How do you count unused master pointers?
Re: StartUpScreens Eats Memory!?
Re: What can you assume about the current port? (2 messages)
That amazing MPW C compiler.
Re: inittab
Fullwrite Professional Question... (2 messages)
Re: Brief overview of FullWrite (Really solution to Word 3.01 problem)
Re: FullWrite on shelves
Database for Abstracts?
Re: SoftPC Speed
Re: Fullwrite Professional Question...
BBS requirements
Re: MS Excel recalculations
Serial Port, Resources etc
Re: MPW<->LSC object files
Re: LightSpeed C query
9-track tape support under A/UX
Re: Fullwrite Professional Question...
Re: System Tools 6.0
Re: FullWrite on shelves
Re: Mac Security
Kinetics FastPath box & CAP
MPW Fortran V1.0B3 vs. Mactran Plus v3.0
Re: Kinetics FastPath box & CAP
Re: Info on EMAC hard drives
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:29:14-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #65
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 20, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 65
Today's Topics:
New System icon
Bug in MPW Shell 2.0.2
A Tale of Two Bugs
Re: PrintMgr Bug? (YES!!)
Re: Using PixMaps in CopyBits
Bug in List Manager?
Re: SE Floppy Problem
Re: Kinetics FastPath box & CAP
Re: New System icon
Re: Mac on airplanes
Re: MS Excel recalculations
Re: Dvorek keyboard
Re: Mac ADA for MPW
"There is nothing to choose" trouble
BBS User Interface Ideas Wanted (3 messages)
Looking for laser schwa
Prodigy SE
Re: Brief overview of FullWrite (Really solution to Word 3.01 problem)
Re: How to quit MF?(was Re: Quitting the Finder under MF)
Re: writing an INIT in LSP
Re: FullWrite on shelves
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:30:57-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #66
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 20, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 66
Today's Topics:
Re: Hard Drives
REsolved: "There is nothing to choose" trouble
Re: Fullwrite Professional Question...
Document fonts: I thought this would work -- why not?
Re: FullWrite Professional
Re: Goin' Crazy on a Mac, or, How I Love MPW "GlobalData"
Re: Bug in List Manager?
Re: Getting started in Mac programming...
suppress display of password entry
Writing PICT files
Out of Memory...
Sun raster files on the Mac II...
BibTex
Re: Mac to PC and back via 3.5"
Fraction Width info in Mac Fonts
StuffIt 1.40A UnBinHex
Re: Document fonts: I thought this would work -- why not?
RE: Prob with LaserWriter II NTX and font disk
Re: FullWrite Professional
Using external as Mac II internal floppy
PC Drive (What good is it???)
Re: Disassemblers for the Mac
Re: BBS requirements
Re: Prob with LaserWriter II NTX and font disk
Re: Speed of FullWrite
List Manager won't shrink rectangles with LNoExtend
Re: PRAM on MacII
Palette Mgr questions
What would you like to see added/fixed in FullWrite?
3.5" PKI interrupts?
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-66.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:33:39-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #67
Usenet Mac Digest Friday, May 20, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 67
Today's Topics:
Re: Prob with LaserWriter II NTX and font disk
MAC to VAX/VMS Connection info wanted
need help with font files
Viruses and Tamper-Proof Packaging
Re: What's the best NETWORK?
Utilities for RGB to 8-Bit
Re: Prob with LaserWriter II NTX and font disk
Math Word Processing
Re: X-Windows on the Mac
Re: Brief overview of FullWrite (Re
Re: MAC to VAX/VMS Connection info wanted
Building a SCSI disk (Long Summary)
Re: Getting started in Mac programming...
Re: Writing PICT files
Anyone using pcl (clos) under Allegro Common Lisp?
"Asynchronous" processing in Allegro Common Lisp?
Re: Anyone using pcl (clos) under Allegro Common Lisp? (2 messages)
Re: suppress display of password entry
Re: Utilities for RGB to 8-Bit
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-67.ARC
- Lance
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Date: Wed 18 May 88 08:52:27-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V4 #9
Delphi Mac Digest Tuesday, May 17, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 9
Today's Topics:
RE: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #37
re: Opening Working Directories
re: Exciting questions on Macintosh SE !
Offscreen PixMaps & anmat.colors (2 messages)
voice recognition?
re: QuickDraw to PostScript
ddj mac column fading ... (2 messages)
For Mac II's only
RE: Smalltalk Goodies
RE: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #39
re: Problems with Printmonitor
re: TextEdit Item in a dlog
polygons, pictures & printing
re: moving marquee selection
Resource weirdness?
"smart quotes"
re: Fixing Your Own Power Supply
re: Hard disks
Re: The Scores Virus
MacHack
list mgr/modal dialog prob
Resource Files (3 messages)
re: Goin' Crazy on a Mac, or, How I Love
Re: Flyback transformer source
macs in business
Re: keeping multiple machine environment
re: MultiFinder switch bug with custom W (2 messages)
Usenet Mac Digest, (Vol4:Iss61) re: Vers
RE: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #49
re: Help with Modal dialogs
Weird problem with INITs
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DELPHIV4-09.ARC
- Lance ]
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
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5-Jun-88 14:53:51-PDT,18420;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 5-Jun-88 14:20:35
Date: 5 Jun 88 1420-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #58
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 5 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 58
Today's Topics:
StuffIt-140B announcement (BackGround Task bug-fix)
Macs on planes
windows for hypercard
Re: FINDER: there should be a way up!
re: smalltalk & word perfect
VCR for Mac II?
audio for CD ROM machines...
InvisiHDMainBo3b
Packet radio
Wheels for the Mind - AppleLink Address?
problem with INITs
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Date: Mon, 30 May 88 14:24:50 CDT
From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: StuffIt-140B announcement (BackGround Task bug-fix)
From: raylau@dasys1.UUCP (Raymond Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: StuffIt 1.40A Problems
Keywords: System 6.0 and/or MultiFinder
Message-ID: <4685@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 88 14:11:07 GMT
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
There is a known problem if the "Allow Background Tasks" feature under
the Options menu is checked. All should work if it's unchecked.
Alternately, 1.40B, just a bug fix for that, is available as of this writing,
from GEnie,CIS,MacNET..... By this afternoon, that'll include Delphi also.
If you do not need the feature, 1.40A works fine if it's unchecked.
The problem occurs under System 5.0 (the collective numbering for 4.2) and
MultiFinder OR the new System 6.0 (collective numbering)
I neglected releasing a fix until yesterday (5/28) because I only had a
beta of System 6.0. I wanted to make sure it worked with the "real" 6.0 first.
Sorry for the inconvenience. I'd suggest that you mail me a copy of
any problems you may have...I do not keep up with news. Feel free to spread
the information.
-Ray
--------
raylau@dasys1.UUCP
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Date: Tue, 31 May 88 16:59 EDT
From: Henry Lieberman <Henry@AI.AI.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Macs on planes
Reply-to: Henry@AI.AI.MIT.EDU
I have taken my Mac on airplanes many times, but it is
still somewhat risky to do so. I've never been prevented from
flying with it, but I have had a few close calls. The
problem is that although the Mac [old Mac with small keyboard]
will fit under many airline seats, it will NOT fit under ALL
such seats. Example: on a DC-9, it will fit under the aisle and
center seats but not under the window seat. Try to find out what
kind of aircraft it is before choosing your seat assignment.
[Perhaps some one will get inspired to make a survey of different
aircraft and report the results here]. On a DC-10 or 747,
it will [usually] fit into the overhead bin, but this is risky,
especially on crowded flights since others may have filled the bin with
baggage by the time you get to it, leaving no room for the Mac.
Flight attendants often object to leaving it in the closet
up front. On commuter hops with small planes, there may be no
space for it at all. The worst problems happen when several
people on the plane have brought Macs or other computers or bulky
baggage, so I would not recommend carrying one if you can avoid
it when you're flying to something like MacWorld. If you ask
the airlines, they will always say no, since the regulations say
they don't have to accept luggage as big as the Mac, and they want to
discourage you from carrying it.
------------------------------
Subject: windows for hypercard
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 88 08:34:37 -0800
From: duggie@jessica.Stanford.EDU
Jeff Skastis <skaistis@SLEEPY.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> writes:
>I am trying to write an XCMD that will place a window (or dialog) on top
>of the regular Hypercard window. I would like this XCMD to plop the
>window onto the screen and return some sort of ID to Hypercard. The
>window needs to remain above the Hypercard window at all times, but still
>let action take place in Hypercard (just like the message box and tool
>palettes). The window is removed by another XCMD that takes the ID passed
>from the first.
I've written a window that does this. It supports multiple, resizable
windows with color pictures, text, or dialogs in them. However, it is
rather large and complex, consisting of a large XCMD, a special WDEF,
and a system patch. Depending on your needs you might get by with
less.
The problems I had were how to keep Hypercard active, how to draw
stuff in the window including scroll bars and the grow box), how to
detect events in the window and inform hypercard, how to move, show,
zoom windows etc, and how to handle hiding windows when multifinder
switched out hypercard.
I decided to use a patch to GetNextEvent. In another version, I tried
using jGNEFilter, but multifinder ignores it (bug or feature?) and
when I asked Apple they suggested I stick with the patch. This took
care of most of my problems. Most of the actual code, however,
resides in the WDEF, not the patch-- the patch just dispatches to it.
It turns out that Hypercard stops listening to the mouse when it gets
a deactivate event. My hack for solving this problem was to not pass
deactivate events to windows that were not my windows or DA windows.
Hypercard then remains active all the time. Occasionally there are
problems because highlighting in hypercard's message box remains even
though my window is getting keypress events, but basically this works.
To draw stuff in the window, I pass update events to the XCMD and let
the window determine what to draw. The window draws structure-like
items (scroll bars and grow box) and then whatever other data it has.
To detect events, I take keypresses and mouse clicks and pass them to
the WDEF as well. My WDEF has an 'event queue' for each window, plus
a mask to determine whether to queue the event. The events are not
the same as toolbox events, but a bit more high-level-- window moved,
window resized, close or zoom box pressed, button pressed, etc. If an
event is queued, I post the relevant data to the window's queue
(timestamp, mouse location, button id or whatever) then return a
function key event via the GNE patch. Each window is assigned a
function key to use for reporting events, this makes it easier for a
script to determine which window has the event. My scripts keep a
list of window addresses (returned by the XCMD when it creates the
window) and the function key is the index of the address in the list.
So to complete the reporting of the event, the script, on receipt of a
function key event, gets the window address from the list and makes
calls the XCMD asking for the next event for that window. The XCMD
returns a string representing the 'event record.' Since this is
mostly all compiled code, this process is quite fast. Hypercard is by
far the slowest link. I use this to put up confirmation dialogs
(using hypercard's answer command) when the user clicks in the close
box of a window.
The XCMD and WDEF work together to handle commanding the windows from
hypertalk scripts. The XCMD parses a command string to determine the
data to pass to the WDEF, supplying defaults where appropriate (when
changing text parameters, for instance, any that are not provided
default to their existing values). It builds a record and then calls
the WDEF proc passing a pointer to this record rather than an event,
and passing a special command code (not one of the existing WDEF
codes). The WDEF then takes over, resizing or scrolling the window,
adding or removing gadgets like the zoom and close boxes, tracking the
grow box, or whatever.
Hiding windows is handled by the patch, since Hypercard 1.2 has no
script handlers for multifinder application switched events. This is
currently a hack-- I get the head of the window list from a low memory
global, build an array of windows, then walk through it hiding all of
those that are of my type. Since hidewindow changes the window list,
I can't just walk through the list. Restoring windows is done in the
opposite way. Unfortunately, I don't record the previous window
array, and hypercard shows and hides its own palette windows, so I
have no way to restore the exact order of windows that existed before
hypercard got switched out.
Anyway, this should be enough info. Stanford owns my window XCMD or
I'd post it. Perhaps they will release it eventually. By then,
probably Hypercard will support multiple windows. That will obviate
most uses of my XCMD except for the color picture, scrolling, and
zooming support. Creating windows for Hypercard was remarkably easy,
considering how much mucking around under Hypercard I had to do.
Doug Felt
AIR, Courseware Authoring Tools Project
Stanford University
duggie@jessica.stanford.edu
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 88 10:31 PDT
From: Francois F. Ingrand <Felix@AI.SRI.COM>
Subject: Re: FINDER: there should be a way up!
>Date: Tue, 24 May 88 12:18:24 EDT
>From: Pedro de Rezende <rezende@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu>
>Suppose you are at the Finder and you have open the window of a folder F
>way down in the tree directory, while having closed all windows for the
>ancestors of that folder. How do you open a sibling of F? Well, you have to
>open F's parent which can only be achieved if you start from the root (the
>disk). In other words, the Finder doesn't let you climb back up the
>hierarchy of directories (like the SFGet dialog of HFS Systems do).
>Apple may have thought of that since Finder 6.0a, which I once saw with a
>pre-release version of Juggler (before Multifinder was out), had the
>following feature. If you double-clicked on the title bar of an open
>window, the window corresponding to the parent folder would pop open,
>regardless of whether any of the ancestors folders was open. This feature
>vanished with the released Finder 6.0.
NO, It is still here, even in Finder 6.1 (System Software Vresion 6.0), but it
is not the default.
If you want to set it up, call ResEdit (mine is 1.2d1), open the Finder, open
the LAYO resource, open the only one which is in it (id 0 I guess). Look for the:
"Title Click" (or something like that) field, and set it to yes (or 1).
And it works very fine. This one of these hidden goodies features of the
Finder.
In fact, I think that the guy ou wrote Layout (nice piece of code), a shareware
which enable you to set up some parameters of the LAYO resource (mainly,
spacial layout) should upgrape his program to take into account the new slots
which appears lately.
Hope it helps,
Felix
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 88 14:18:54 PDT
From: digiorgi@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: re: smalltalk & word perfect
Re: Info-Mac Digest vol 6, #54
Smalltalk for the Mac II
Apple Smalltalk v0.4 is compatible with the Mac II and runs reasonably
well, given its pre-release status. It is an implementation of Smalltalk-80
based upon the Xerox License 1 system, ie. it has no multiple inheritance
and a slightly different class structure from the License 2 system as
described in the Addison-Wesley books. It also runs on Mac Plus and SE
machines although somewhat slowly. It is not MultiFinder compatible and
really wants more than 1Meg to function; I run it in 2Meg with good results.
Available from APDA for $75 currently.
Apple Smalltalk v1.0 is rumored to be available somewhere around the end of
the year and is allegedly a License 1 system with a MacApp based interface
paradigm, diverging from the MVC interface of Xerox/ParcPlace Systems (see
next note) Smalltalk. I know little more of this at this time.
ParcPlace Systems of 2400 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA is a spinoff from the
Smalltalk founding group of Xerox PARC. They have excellent Smalltalk-80
implementations available for Sun, Apollo, Hewlett/Packard and Macintosh
Plus, SE, and II computers at the present time. Their Smalltalk-80 systems
are full implementations of the Xerox License 2 systems described in the
Addison-Wesley books, with many enhancements. The Mac based systems are
designed for a minimum 2.5Meg RAM configuration and include basic, extended
and developer systems with full support for the Mac II color capabilities.
They are MultiFinder compatible, assuming sufficient RAM. Unaccelerated Mac
Plus and SE systems are quite useable and the Mac II system is benchmarked
at 108 Dorado (the Smalltalk Dorado reference is 100). These systems are
code compatible across hardware platforms to a very high degree.
Re: Info-Mac Digest vol 6, #54
Word Perfect for Mac
I have a copy of the Word Perfect betaware and the final release 1.0
product. It works, has many features, and I think it is the worst word
processor for the Mac I have ever seen.
Never before, for a Mac word processor, has it been ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED to
have the manual open on the desk to get beyond the simplest operations of
the program. This seems a terrible kludge and a level of complexity simply
uncalled for. Even Word is elegant and simple by comparison.
I heartily suggest choosing some other word processer if such exists to
meet your requirements.
Godfrey DiGiorgi
digiorgi@jpl-vlsi.arpa
Wed, Jun 1, 1988
The above remarks are my own.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 31 May 88 07:35:38 PDT
From: KARNEY%PPC.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: VCR for Mac II?
Does anyone know of an editing video cassette recorder which works off a
Mac II? Here's what I want to do:
(1) Generate individual frames on a color Mac II. The time to generate a
single frame may be long (> 1 minute).
(2) Record each frame on a VHS VCR. This involves backing up the tape
sufficiently, starting the tape movement, recording the Mac II frame on one
or more successive frames on the tape, stopping the tape. The recording
should be triggered by the Mac II, so it can be left unattended.
(3) Take the completed tape and play it back at full speed on a standard TV
set (and optionally play it back the Mac II).
The key point is that the time taken to generate the frames is long. So a
VCR which merely converts the Mac II video signal into NTSC format and
records that is no good.
Charles Karney
Plasma Physics Laboratory Phone: +1 609 243 2607
Princeton University MFEnet: Karney@PPC.MFEnet
PO Box 451 ARPAnet: Karney%PPC.MFEnet@NMFECC.ARPA
Princeton, NJ 08543-0451 Bitnet: Karney%PPC.MFEnet@ANLVMS.Bitnet
CC:
INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU
KARNEY
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Date: Wed, 01 Jun 88 15:48:18 EDT
From: Jeremy Bornstein <JEREMY%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: audio for CD ROM machines...
Would someone please give me a pointer to the DA which allows one to make
the CD-ROM drives play audio CDs? It would be much appreciated. Please
reply to jjb@gorgo.harvard.edu. Thanks!
-jeremy bornstein
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 88 14:12:30 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: InvisiHDMainBo3b
I have a file called InvisiHDMainBo3b on my hard drive. It is in the
root directory. It takes up 325460 bytes in the data fork, and has no
resource fork. It is flagged as Invisible. I recognized the Bo3b as the
name of someone from Apple (see your TechNotes). What is this file? Do I
need it? It's taking up a lot of room.
_______________________________________________________________________
Atul Butte
Brown University /-------\ /---------\
. ! OK ! ! CANCEL !
. \-------/ \---------/
ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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Date: Tue, 31 May 88 11:39 N
From: <RUUD%HTIKUB5.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Packet radio
I am posting this messages for a friend.
Hi, in the free world of ham radio a lot of people are interested in packet
radio. I want to know more about packet-radio-software for the Mac. Does anyone
know something about Brincomm, 2404 Stockton Pl Marietta CA. Any information is
highly appreciated.
Peter van der Hoog
Please mail to
Ruud@HTIKUB5.bitnet
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Date: Thu, 02 Jun 88 10:49:16 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Wheels for the Mind - AppleLink Address?
I understand that it is possible to send mail and files from BITNET onto
AppleLink. In that case, what is the AppleLink address of the people who
manage contributions for Wheels for the Mind? I think it would be great
if contributors could just EMail their submissions (articles, screen
dumps) to the right people instead of using USnail mail. In addition,
this would be a great non-commercial use of the AppleLink-BITNET
connection.
Thanks in advance.
_______________________________________________________________________
Atul Butte
Brown University /-------\ /---------\
. ! OK ! ! CANCEL !
. \-------/ \---------/
ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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Date: Thu, 2-JUN-1988 13:47 +0200
From: "KARL::WIM" <U0036%DGOGWDG5.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: problem with INITs
I have a problem with my INITs. On startup some of them are
executed twice. This happened after I changed the ID of one INIT
31 to 30 and then pasted in another with ID 31 into the system file.
Question is: then why are the other INITs (in the system folder)
executed twice.
I don't feel like playing around with the debugger. Which guru
helps me out ??
(I'm running System 4.2, if that helps)
W.Elhorst
U0036@DGOGWDG5.Bitnet
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
5-Jun-88 15:12:34-PDT,19370;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 5-Jun-88 14:21:30
Date: 5 Jun 88 1421-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #59
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Monday, 6 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 59
Today's Topics:
Help with grafports.
3D graphing
SMTP mail for Mac's
Appleworks->Macwrite transfer
Floppy Disk in a Monitor?
Desktop Interface Idea: Folder Menus
4Mb Fast RAM & 16Mhz 68020/68881 Accelerator
Behind Dark Castle
SoundMaster 1.1 cdev
ResTools 3.00 (4 parts)
BroadCast 0.5b3
Researcher
4D Utilities 2
SuperDex/MLM
SSSwitcher 2.2 (3 parts)
Announcing Macintosh Kermit Version 0.9(40)
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Date: Thu, 19 May 88 22:58:44 LCL
From: "Tony S. Dahbura" <DAHBURA%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Help with grafports.
Does anyone know where I can get some samples of code to draw in an offscreen
grafport? I don't quite understand the info about SetPortBits. I am trying to
draw something offscreen in order to read the image using some code I wrote.
I don't want the user to see the image as I scan it. I tried setting up a wind
ow that was invisible but found the data that I scanned was not actually there.
When I made the window visible the data scanned by my routine was exactly what
I needed but alas the image was visible to the user. I thought of maybe moving
the window to say -10000,-10000 but would prefer to not risk someone with a
mac ii seeing the image. There must be a way to draw into a port but not have
it go to the screen. Thanks in advance for any help. I guess the problem is
how to set up the call to SetPortBits.
/thanks
/Tony Dahbura
Reply Via : DAHBURA@SUVM (BITNET)
US Mail : 262 Small Road
Syracuse, NY 13210
U.S.A.
Phone : 315-476-0989
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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 88 14:55:00 EDT
From: Steve Buyske <ST401266%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: 3D graphing
Are there any inexpensive programs that can do 3D graph?
I'd like to give it a function z=f(x,y) and a domain and get a nice
graph. (If it could handle parametric equations that would be even better.)
I know about MathView Professional, but I'm looking for something simpler
(this kind of graphing is all I need) and cheaper.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 88 11:00 EDT
From: DAVIS@blue.sdr.slb.com
Subject: SMTP mail for Mac's
Has anyone got, seen or heard of a mail program for SE's
or +'s that will talk SMTP over a tcp/ip link ? We're
about to link up our 30 odd Mac's via Appletalk and then
connect that to our Sun net (probably via TOPS) and would
like to find a mail system so that our macusers do not
have to learn either Un*x or VM-ess, as at present.
Surely somebody out there has done this at least once ?
If not, would anyone like to speculate on how much work
it would be to produce one ? After all, SMTP is pretty
simple, and the tcp/ip side could probably be considered
transparent.
please reply direct - I don't subscribe because I can't handle
the volume this list puts out....
many thanks in advance for your help,
Paul Davis
Schlumberger Cambridge Research
Cambridge, UK
[+44] 223 325282
davis@blue.sdr.slb.com
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 88 14:01 EST
From: JJ_KRAME%FANDM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Subject: Appleworks->Macwrite transfer
Hello All,
I need to transfer a large appleworks(Apple ][)file to Macwrite. I have tried
Apple's file exchange and MacLink but have found that there is no suitable
translator.. Can anyone inform me of a simple method for completing this
task? Any help would be appreciated. Joe Kramer
Bitnet: JJ_kramer@fandm
Consultant -- Franklin and Marshall College
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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1988 11:10:26 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra>
Subject: Floppy Disk in a Monitor?
Desktop real estate (on real desks, I mean) is always precious; so is peace
and quiet. Your hard disk should go under your desk or in a closet, out of
sight, out of sound, and out of the way. Your main circuit board, power
supplies, anything that whines or requires a fan might as well go there
also.
But everybody needs a floppy drive at hand, at least once in a while. So why
doesn't anyone provide a floppy disk drive _built into a monitor_? The
monitor/floppy drive, mouse, and keyboard on your desk -- everything else out
of sight (and, ideally, _one_ cable from the desk to everything else).
[Moderator's Note: Isn't that a Mac Plus? :-) ]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1988 11:18:38 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra>
Subject: Desktop Interface Idea: Folder Menus
One way to make searching through a set of folders, or a nested set of
folders, a lot easier: Let each folder have a sensitive spot -- maybe the
little index flap at the upper left -- such that if you click and hold
there, a narrow vertical menu opens up (running from top to bottom of the
screen if necessary) showing just the names of all the items in that
folder, alphabetical order. The view could be like "View by Name", but
no size, type or date info, just the item names.
Merely being able to scan instantly what was in the folder, without having
to open it, would be a big help. Even better, suppose you could scan
down this menu in usual fashion, and if you released on any item, that
item would be opened, _without opening the enclosing folder itself_.
You could move down thru a nested set of folders in a big hurry this way.
Even if this capability were limited to folders (not documents or
applications) it would be a big help.
------------------------------
From: frameli@dpdmai.dec.com (Vernon Dale Frameli)
Subject: 4Mb Fast RAM & 16Mhz 68020/68881 Accelerator
Date: 2 Jun 88 15:03:00 GMT
I have a 4Mb Prodigy SE Accelerator for sale, I'm asking a firm
$2000.00. I checked with my local dealer, he said 4 1Mb SIMM's cost
around $1800.00 right now, so I feel like this is a very reasonable
price. You get a superb accelerator for just $200.00 more, what a
deal!
dale
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 19 May 88 19:54:05 AEST
From: munnari!runx.ips.oz.au!johnr@uunet.uu.net (John Rotenstein)
Subject: Behind Dark Castle
Sick and tired of those electric rays sneaking out of sequence?
Nauseous over those beer barrels banging before breaking?
Hate the Buring Eye for hovering over the swamp?
Then this is for you!
Behind Dark Castle is a simple way to succeed in Beyond Dark Castle.
You can simply edit your saved games to obtain any or all of the orbs,
up to 99 rocks, elixirs, bombs, lives, keys and gas, and just about any
score you desire.
Of course, cheating is not recommended. But what does that matter?
However, you'll still have to defeat the Black Knight yourself. That alone
should keep you occupied for some time.
This file is stuffed, and distributed under the HappiWare system:
IF YOU LIKE IT, REMEMBER TO SMILE!
Oh, and you might want to send me a postcard, too. OK?
John Rotenstein Internet: johnr@runx.ips.oz.au
PO Box 165
Double Bay, NSW 2028. UUCP: uunet!runx.ips.oz.au!johnr
AUSTRALIA.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>BEHIND-DARK-CASTLE.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Sun, 22 May 1988 14:10:49 PDT
From: William Lipa <lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
Subject: SoundMaster 1.1 cdev
The following is from comp.binaries.mac:
[SoundMaster 1.1 cdev]
SoundMaster is a shareware Control Panel device from Bruce Tomlin, and is a
godsend to those of you who like to have various Mac sounds replaced with
your very own digitized sounds. The various features include:
o Specific sounds for the following operations
* Startup
* Shutdown
* Restart
* Disk Eject
* Disk Insert
* Bad Disk
* System Beep
* Key Click
o Plays SoundCap, SoundWave, and SoundEdit files at ALL 4 SAMPLING
RATES! (No more 22 kHz startup sounds...). It does not read snd
resources.
o Individual volume settings for each sound.
o Each sound can be stored anywhere in or under the System Folder.
o You can play the sounds inside SoundMaster, to test for the right
sampling rate.
This has allowed me to dump CheapBeep, SoundInit, ShutdownSound, MacII,
MacPuke and MacFeedMe. VERY handy, and I've had no problems with it.
Standard Disclaimer: I have no connections with Bruce Tomlin, other than
having sent my $10 shareware fee in 15 minutes after downloading this baby.
"General, a machine becomes human
when you can't tell the difference."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, allegra, hplsla, lbl-csam}!fluke!moriarty
CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind...
<*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>
[archived as
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- Lance ]
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Date: 1 May 88 05:25:32 GMT
From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long)
Subject: ResTools 3.00 (4 parts)
ResTools is a Resource Compiler/Decompiler. Resource descriptions are
entered in text windows or read in from files. Windows can then be
compiled. Any descriptions or changes made in the windows can be saved.
The syntax of the resources supported by ResTools is very close to that of
rez and derez; resource descriptions from one should work in the other with
few or no changes.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>RESTOOLS-30-PART1.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>RESTOOLS-30-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>RESTOOLS-30-PART3.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>RESTOOLS-30-PART4.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Tue, 24 May 88 18:59 MET
From: JOACHIM LINDENBERG <JOACHIM@iravcl.ira.uka.de>
Subject: BroadCast 0.5b3
BroadCast is a chooser device that contains both a message sender
and receiver to allow exchange of simple messages via AppleTalk.
It allows you to send a message of the type
"Hey Phil, there is a call for you!"
"Can someone please fill up the paper tray of LaserWriter xy?"
"I need some assistance..."
to all or some users within any zone of your AppleTalk.
Installation is by moving the file into the system folder. To use
it, open the chooser and select the BroadCast icon. Select the zone/
users you want to send a message to and click ok (shortcut for all
users in one zone: all), and you'll be prompted for the message text,
which may consist of up to three lines. You may select the icon to
be sent by clicking on the icon. After clicking on Ok, BroadCast
will attempt to send the message. (BroadCast can't guarantee delivery
and there is no error message if it fails - at least currently.)
The distribution includes the protocol specification, which allows
you to implement BroadCast on other hosts. A version of BroadCast based
on CAP is under development.
BroadCast is copyrighted but free. It may be redistributed as long it
is not sold - either standalone or included in another package.
BroadCast is available from SUMEX (I hope RSN), and by sending mail
to RY77@DKAUNI11.BITNET. Mail bug reports and/or questions to
joachim@ira.uka.de
Joachim Lindenberg, University of Karlsruhe
Federal Republic of Germany - West Germany.
[archived as
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>BROADCAST-05B3-DOC.TXT
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:24:39-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Researcher
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: RESEARCHER 1.2
Date: 22-MAY-1988 09:52 by DIVERDAN
Researcher is a stak used to help keep notes while doing research for
writing. The 1.2 version cleans up the user interface, adds sorting and
fields to keep bibliographic data on the sources for notes.
This stak is being distributed under a new concept: "barter-ware." You get
to see my work, now I'd like a look at yours.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-RESEARCHER-12.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:23:39-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: 4D Utilities 2
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: 4D UTILITIES 2
Date: 21-MAY-1988 09:30 by NATURAL
Two more 4th Dimension externals from your friends are Natural Intelligence
Consulting. 4Update fixes a bug the 4th Dimension has that occasionally
doesn't redraw the screen correctly. 4ReplStr will search and replace a
string in a text variable and if desired, report how many times each string
was replaced. Can and will replace up to three sets of strings per call to
4ReplStr.
Both Externals include FULL documentation and examples.
RCWare from Natural Intelligence Consulting.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>4D-UTILITIES-2.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon 23 May 88 10:25:00-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: SuperDex/MLM
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: SUPERDEX/MAILING LIST MAKER 2.0
Date: 22-MAY-1988 09:47 by DIVERDAN
SuperDex and the Mailing List Maker are companion staks that give you an
expanded rolodex function, and the ability to automatically generate
mailing lists in text file format for use with label making programs like
Silicon Press.
The 2.0 version adds a number of new features, some of which are:
A summary card at the top of the SuperDex stak
The addition of radio buttons to keep track of Christmas cards lists
An option to dynamically edit the mailing list text before storing
These staks are distributed under a new concept: "barter-ware." You get to
see my work, so I'd like a look at yours!!
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>HYPERCARD-SUPERDEX-MAIL-LIST-MAKER-20.HQX
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Wed 25 May 88 09:19:33-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: SSSwitcher 2.2 (3 parts)
Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman
Name: SSSWITCHER
Date: 24-MAY-1988 22:09 by BOBANDRIS
This is v 2.2, that takes advantage of all of "SoundMaster 1.2"'s new
capabilities. SSSwitcher is a "Startup" application that will randomly
switch startup, deskpicture, and backdrop screens; and startup, beep,
diskinsert, diskeject, baddisk, diskrequest, restart, shutdown, keyclick,
returnkey, and spacekey sounds. Screens and sounds with the same names
will play together. Doc's are included. - BOBANDRIS
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>SSSWITCHER-22-PART1.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>SSSWITCHER-22-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>SSSWITCHER-22-PART3.HQX
- Lance ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue 31 May 88 17:09:21-EDT
From: Christine M Gianone <SY.CHRISTINE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Subject: Announcing Macintosh Kermit Version 0.9(40)
This is to announce Macintosh Kermit 0.9(40), by Paul Placeway of Ohio State
University and Matthias Aebi of ECOFIN Research and Consulting, Ltd, Zuerich.
MacKermit 0.9(40) runs on all Macs except the 128K original. If you have a
128K Mac, you should keep version 0.8(34), the last formal release.
As of 0.9, MacKermit has been translated into Apple MPW C, so that it can be
edited, compiled, and built on the Macintosh itself. This translation was
based on work by Jim Noble of Planning Research Corporation, who converted
MacKermit 0.8(34) from SUMACC C (which had to be cross-compiled on a UNIX
system) to Megamax C. Matthias converted Jim's version to MPW C, and he also
added many of the new features listed below. After that, Paul Placeway
integrated the program with version 4E of C-Kermit and added additional new
features, also shown below.
- Long packet support
- The cursor with open desk accessories now works correctly
- New program icon
- New settings files are no longer TEXT
- Settings can now be written back to an already existing settings file
- Key redefinition function built in to Kermit, no more CKMKEY
- Server mode directory listing feature
- Multifile (folder) send
- Server "Delete" file command
- Server "Space" command
- Get whole folder content from the server with filename ":"
- Support of menu command keys (key macros)
- Terminal settings dialog separated from communication settings
- Non-transparent terminal mode
- Display of statistics and protocol version to "About Kermit" dialog
- Parity problems fixed
- More efficient file transfer in many cases, especially when parity in use
- Session logging (screen capture)
- Transaction logging
- Multifinder support
- Additions to the VT102 emulator (smooth scrolling, etc)
- Rearrangement of menus and displays
- Program no longer hangs if remote response window gets too full
- Program now works correctly on 64K ROM machines
- A new manual
The new files are among those in KER:CK*.* on CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU, available
via anonymous FTP, and on BITNET, as CK* * from KERMSRV at CUVMA. In
particular:
CKMKER.HQX is the MacKermit application, in BinHex Version 4 format
CKMKER.DOC is the new Kermit User Guide chapter for MacKermit
CKMKER.MSS is the Scribe source for the manual chapter
If you would like sources, the files you need (using Unix notation for
brevity) are: CK[CMU]*.[CHRW], that is, all files whose names start with CK,
followed by C, M, or U, and then some more characters, with a filetype of C,
H, R, or W. You also need the file CKMMAK.*, the "makefile" in BinHex v4
format.
The previous version, 0.8(34), will be retained (without source) as CKM834.*
and CKMKEY.HQX for use on 128K Macs.
Thanks to all the Info-Kermit readers who have been beta-testing different
pre-releases of this program since last October. And many thanks to Paul and
Matthias for putting this release together and making it available. Please
report any problems to Info-Kermit-Request@CU20B.
[archived as
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[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>KERMIT-0940-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>KERMIT-0940-PART3.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>KERMIT-0940-DOC.TXT
- Lance ]
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End of INFO-MAC Digest
**********************
11-Jun-88 20:20:09-PDT,22811;000000000000
Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 11-Jun-88 18:17:13
Date: 11 Jun 88 1817-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #60
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 12 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 60
Today's Topics:
Fortran competition: Absoft, Mactran and MPW (long)
tired of xbin dumping core ?? here is a fix.
Re: InvisHDMainBo3b
InvisiHDMainBo3B File
Sound cdev patch
BroadCast's shutdown feature
Re: Appleworks->MacWrite Transfer
More info on Dimmer/Mac ][/System 6.0
Shutdown of OREGON1
Bill Gates in Copenhagen
MF Event Documentation
MacMysteries
Disassemblers
International Sorting
OCR-A font
JIODone call at end of drvrCtl DA routine
Asnyc Peek
Anyone know if Apple is planning to offer 1.6 Mb floppy capability?
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Date: 5 Jun 88 18:11:00 EST
From: "Charles E. Bouldin" <bouldin@ceee-sed.arpa>
Subject: Fortran competition: Absoft, Mactran and MPW (long)
Reply-to: "Charles E. Bouldin" <bouldin@ceee-sed.arpa>
I have been beta testing and/or using the 3 Fortran compilers for the Mac. In
fact, this is taken from the article that I sent to Mactutor. First, the raw
numbers on the tests that I ran. I chose to run the Sieve, Whetstone and
LinPack. These are virtually universal tests of all Fortran compilers on all
computers. These will tell a lot about the number crunching ability of these
compilers, although virtually nothing about the integration of the compilers
into the Mac environment. All tests were run on an upgraded 68020/881 Mac+
with Novy systems board. This gives about Mac II speed. Table entries are
always, top to bottom, DCM Mactran, Absoft, and Lang. SYS.
With that said, the results:
Compile and Link Time Code Size Run time
Sieve 5.2 sec DCM 155K bytes 12.1 sec
5.1 sec Absoft 13K 9.8 sec
29.0 sec Language Systems 49K 13.5 sec
Whetstone 14.5 sec 171K 16.0 sec
7.8 sec 19K 12.4 sec
52.8 sec 54K 12.4 sec
LinPack 11.5 sec 160K 549K whets*
6.3 sec 16K 526K whets*
40.2 sec 49K 347K whet*
*On the whetstone test, the results are given in units of "whetstones" that
reflect have many floating point operations were done. On the whetstone test,
a larger number means FASTER execution. All other execution times are in
seconds, where, of course, smaller number means faster.
Strictly by the numbers, Absoft is a clear winner on 7 of 9 tests, ties one
and loses whetstone speed slightly to DCM Mactran 77. But, the numbers don't
tell all. Absoft's bugginess is legendary. Their small code size is because
their philosophy is to put zero support for the Mac environment in the runtime
package; for example, the default runtime window is a simple "glass tty". If
you want Mac features, you must do it yourself.
DCM suffers from the staggering 155K runtime library which is "dumb-linked"
into your code. Thus, "hello, world" takes 156K. They even force you to carry
the software floating point libraries around when you generate hardware
floating point! No excuse for this, in my opinion. To be fair, part of the
size is Mac environment stuff in the runtime libs.
MPW fortran (language systems) is slowest on compile and is intermediate in
code size. I think they hit the correct balance on code size, but need to work
on the compile speed. They are competitive on Sieve, lose big on whetstone,
and actually win Linpack (12.37 secs to Absofts 12.44). Lotta bugs still in
the beta compiler, however.
Easily the worst thing with all 3 compilers is the bugs. Folks on this net are
well aware of the sad history of the Absoft compiler, but I also found code that
DCM Mactran wouldn't compile which Absoft would. Lang. sys. compiler is still
(beta, remember, I wanna be fair) easy to crash, either during compile or at
runtime.
Bottom line for me: I am sticking with Absoft compiler, since I think I know
most of the things to avoid at this point. Neither of the alternatives shows
(yet) enough improvement for me to switch. Absoft will have a significantly
improved 2.4 release in late summer, with a lot of bug fixes, so I am going to
wait and see. If 2.4 doesn't fix known problems, then I will think again about
changing compilers.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 88 02:06:48 CDT
From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: tired of xbin dumping core ?? here is a fix.
if you use xbin on your UNIX-box to unhexify archived Macintosh files,
you, probably, know that every so often xbin dumps core.
this is, usually, caused by the fact that the name of the file which
xbin is trying to create contains characters which are not legal under UNIX.
this can be fixed why modifying xbin so that it does
not try to create files with illegal characters.
below follows a diff-file of the necessary C-source changes to the xbin
source-code (which can be found in the archives at SUMEX and, probably,
on your machine somewhere, if the executable is available)
255,262c255,266
< /* get rid of troublesome characters */
< for (np = namebuf; *np; np++)
< if (*np == ' ' || *np == '/')
< *np = '_';
<
< sprintf(files.f_data, "%s.data", namebuf);
< sprintf(files.f_rsrc, "%s.rsrc", namebuf);
< sprintf(files.f_info, "%s.info", namebuf);
---
> /* get rid of troublesome characters */
> for (np = namebuf; *np; np++){
> if (*np == ' ' || *np == '/' || *np == '!' ||
> *np == '(' || *np == ')' || *np == '[' || *np == ']'
> || *np == '*' || *np == '<' || *np == '>' ||
> *np == '?' || *np == '\'' || *np == '"' || *np == '$')
> *np = '_';
> *np &= 0x7f;
> }
> sprintf(files.f_data, "%s.data", namebuf);
> sprintf(files.f_rsrc, "%s.rsrc", namebuf);
> sprintf(files.f_info, "%s.info", namebuf);
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 88 09:38:38 edt
From: moy@nrl-csr.arpa (Gene Moy)
Subject: Re: InvisHDMainBo3b
This is in response to the following:
I have a file called InvisiHDMainBo3b on my hard drive. It is in the
>root directory. It takes up 325460 bytes in the data fork, and has no
>resource fork. It is flagged as Invisible. I recognized the Bo3b as the
>name of someone from Apple (see your TechNotes). What is this file? Do I
>need it? It's taking up a lot of room.
>
This file is created by Aplle's HD Backup program. I t keeps track of
files that have been backed up. There is also a file on each of
the diskettes InvisHDBo3b on each of the floppies used in the backup
process. The file starts out small if you do a complete backup around
several hundred Bytes (yes Bytes, not KBytes). Whe you do incremental
backups, this file seem to get larger. Does it have to be that large, I
don't know. I did delete this file on my hard disk and HD Backup did
not think I had ever done any backups before.
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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 88 09:30:40 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: InvisiHDMainBo3B File
Brian Schipper <claris!skip@ames.arc.nasa.gov> answered my question about
that invisible file on Apple Hard Drives:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
To: ST602397@BROWNVM.BITNET
Subject: Re: InvisiHDMainBo3b
This file is used by Apple's HD Backup program to keep track of when
and where each file has been backed up. You'll need it if you want
to do incremental backups from your last backup, or if you want to
restore a file automatically.
UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!skip Applelink: SCHIPPER1
Arpanet: claris!skip@ames.arc.nasa.gov Phone: 415-960-2618
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
_______________________________________________________________________
Atul Butte
Brown University /-------\ /---------\
. ! OK ! ! CANCEL !
. \-------/ \---------/
ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 88 09:28:36 PDT
From: PUGH@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: Sound cdev patch
For those of you receiving Apple's System 6.0, you might dislike the small
size of the Sound cdev's selection window, as I did. You can enlarge this
with a couple of simple patches. This is, of course, not recommended, so
beware.
Open the Sound file with a disk editor and change
0095 0062
to 0095 00FD
and 009E 0054
to 009E 00F1
What you are doing is to enlarge two DITL items in the Sound resources.
This is a bit difficult to do in ResEdit due to the layering of other DITL
items. I used DeRez and Rez to change them and then compared them to get the
patches since I can't distribute a modified piece of Apple's software.
Jon
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Date: Wed, 8 Jun 88 21:59 MET
From: JOACHIM LINDENBERG <JOACHIM@iravcl.ira.uka.de>
Subject: BroadCast's shutdown feature
I got several mails concerned about the possibility to turn off
a Macintosh remotely. Calm down...
*** NO ONE CAN SHUTDOWN YOUR MACINTOSH UNLESS YOU ALLOW TO ! ***
The shutdown mechanism is a runtime option, available on Mac IIs only.
If used on Mac 512, +, SE only the shutdown dialog will be presented,
power will remain on. There is a flag in the BroadCast globals called
"shutdownenabled", that if true will allow shutdown messages to be
processed. A shutdownmessage is simply an empty message.
*** NOTE THAT THIS FLAG IS OFF BY DEFAULT - YOU NEED A PROGRAM TO
SET IT (or enter the debugger) ! ***
The user interface of BroadCast makes no provision to enable or send
such messages, as it has been implemented for use in our lab - used
by undergrad students to learn programming - it allows the operators
to turn all machines collectivelly off. A special program is required
to enable/send these type of messages, ON BOTH MACHINES.
The feature is useless in a standard environment where the user should
have complete control over the machine. I can't imageing that you'll
need this feature. I mail you this information, that you get the feeling
that none is able to shur your machine off without your consent.
Please mail all questions/suggestions/bugs to one of the addresses
below, use the bitnet address given only to request a copy of broadcast.
Joachim
-
Joachim Lindenberg, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Karlsruhe
Sommerstrasse 4, 7500 Karlsruhe 1, Federal Republic of Germany
joachim@ira.uka.de, joachim@germany.csnet, ..!mcvax!unido!uka!joachim
-
Joachim Lindenberg, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Karlsruhe
Sommerstrasse 4, 7500 Karlsruhe 1, Federal Republic of Germany
joachim@ira.uka.de, joachim@germany.csnet, ..!mcvax!unido!uka!joachim
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 88 07:55:36 PDT
From: halff@nprdc.arpa (Henry Halff)
Subject: Re: Appleworks->MacWrite Transfer
> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 88 14:01 EST
> From: JJ_KRAME%FANDM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
> Subject: Appleworks->Macwrite transfer
>
> Hello All,
>
> I need to transfer a large appleworks(Apple ][)file to Macwrite. I have tried
> Apple's file exchange and MacLink but have found that there is no suitable
> translator.. Can anyone inform me of a simple method for completing this
> task? Any help would be appreciated. Joe Kramer
>
> Bitnet: JJ_kramer@fandm
> Consultant -- Franklin and Marshall College
>
Funny thing. I had to do the same thing yesterday. Here is my
best solution.
0. Put a beer in the fridge.
1. On the ][, load Appleworks and bring the file up on the
desktop. Hit open-apple-P and choose the last alternative on the
menu, namely, print to disk. Make up a new file name and supply
its full path name when Appleworks asks for it. The file will be
printed to disk in the Apple ]['s funny version of ASCII.
2. Get yourself an Apple ][ telecommunications program. Figure
out whether it runs under Prodos or DOS 3.3.
3. If the telecommunications program runs under DOS 3.3, use the
PRODOS utilities to convert the file you created in step 1 to DOS
3.3.
4. Start the telecommunication program in the ][ and load a
telecommunications program (like miniterm or Red Ryder) on your
mac.
5. Hook the two machines together using modems or a null modem
cable. (How to make a null modem cable: Plug the Apple ][
imagewriter cable into the "telephone" jack on the back of the
Apple ][. Plug a regular modem cable into the "telephone" jack
on the back of the mac. Hook the two cables together with a
female-female gender gender changer. [How to make a female-
female gender change: Go down to Radio Shack ... .])
6. Set the two programs to communicate at the highest possible
speed allowed by the programs/modems.
7. Start a text capture on the mac. Have the Apple ][ transmit the
file you created in Step 1, or the one you created in Step 3.
(DO NOT USE AN ERROR CORRECTING PROTOCOL FOR THIS TRANSFER.)
When the file has been sent, close the text capture on the mac.
8. On the mac, get into MacWrite and open the file you captured
in Step 7.
9. Open the beer you put in the fridge in Step 0. It's probably
cold by now.
Hope this helps.
hh
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Reply-to: pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-nsfmat!pro-la!pro-citadel!fredc@trout.
Reply-to: nosc.mil
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 88 04:58:01 PDT
From: fredc@pro-citadel.cts.com (Fred Condo)
Subject: More info on Dimmer/Mac ][/System 6.0
In an earlier message, I wrote that the Dimmer CDEV for the Mac ][, which is
by Chris DeRossi of Apple, is incompatible with the new system release (6.0).
Further investigation has shown that the incompatibility comes about as a
result of an interaction between Dimmer and the MacroMaker. You can use one or
the other, but not both. Of course, since Dimmer is a Mac-][-only CDEV, this
applies only to Mac ][s.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 88 16:39:18 PST
From: "David Boyes (Network Postmaster)" <556@OREGON1>
Subject: Shutdown of OREGON1
This is primarily directed at the BITNET subscribers to the Info-Mac
Digest who receive their digests from MAC-L@OREGON1, but is of general
interest to this forum as well.
Host OREGON1 is being shut down by administrative fiat, therefore all
subscribers receiving digests from this site will be moved to other
servers over the next few days. You shouldn't miss any digests, and the
address for submissions is still Info-Mac@sumex-aim.Stanford.Edu.
Thank you for your patience in this manner. The Administrative Empire
won this round...
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David Boyes (503) 686-4394 |BITNET: 556@OREGON1
Systems Group |ARPA : 556%OREGON1.BITNET@
University of Oregon Computing Center| CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
UUCP: [your fav backbone]...!tektronix!uoregon!oregon2!oregon1!556
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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 88 21:00:23 DNT
From: Jakob Nielsen Tech Univ of Denmark
From: <DATJN%NEUVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Bill Gates in Copenhagen
Bill Gates (CEO of MicroSoft) was in Copenhagen yesterday and gave
a talk on his views of the future in the IBM PC sector. He promoted
graphical user interfaces and windows very heavily and tried to
get everybody to jump on that bandwagon.
One of the major points of his presentation was a demo of PC-Excel
which was indeed nice and has some features not in the present Mac version.
Of most interest for this newsgroup may be the fact that Gates pointed
to Excel as the exemplary application for the new hoped-for consistent
user interfaces on the PS/2 (i.e. the same role as that played by MacWrite
in the Mac world). On the basis of my experience at a recent ACM workshop
on consistency,I asked Gates what other methods they would use to
ensure consistent user interfaces. The answer was not really satisfactory
but included a "MS Windows style Guide" (= Apple Human Interface Guidelines ??)
It certainly seems that the OS/2 will take people down somewhat the
same road as that travelled by Mac users.
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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 88 13:23 EST
From: <BELSLEY%BCVMS.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU> (DAVID A. BELSLEY)
Subject: MF Event Documentation
What are the sources available for documentation for the new Multifinder
Event items; that is, WaitNextEvent, Resume, Suspend, etc?
a. are there any non-ADPA sources, such as an add-on to Inside Macinosh?
b. are there any TechNotes that deal in detail with these items?
c. what is the relevant ADPA document name?
Many thanks to responders - I know this stuff has been around for a while,
but I've just encountered my first need for it. I am a bit miffed that it
doesn't seem to be available in the normal ways. This is material that is
highly akin to that of Inside Macintosh, and, to my way of thinking, ought
to be similarly available.
david a. belsley
boston college belsley@bcvax3.bitnet
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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 88 11:33:17 CDT
From: CB Lih <CL06076@UAFSYSB>
Subject: MacMysteries
Hello, I have to setup Mac SEs on a regular basis. There's some things
that have been bothering me about this process. Perhaps someone on the
net could tell me why:
do they put the top of the plastic sack on the bottom of the SE?
do they put tape around the ends of the plastic sack on the keyboard cable?
don't they twist the screen adjusters so it uses the whole screen?
don't they give me a Mac II?
Ok, I know the answer to the last question. Any takers on the others?
And another thing. Why does the SE default to (tablet) instead of the
mouse? Even 'slow' would be a great improvement over 'very slow'.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Sincerly, and I mean that,
=---> CB Lih <---=
User Services -> Computing Services -> University of Arkansas -> Fayetteville
CL06076@UAFSYSB Disclaimer: There's a hole in my ozone layer.
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 88 16:45 EDT
From: "Maj. Doug Hardie" <Hardie@DOCKMASTER.ARPA>
Subject: Disassemblers
I am looking for a disassembler that is not dependent on a particular
form of object code. The disassembler in the archive appears to look
for a specific form from one compiler and it will ignore code that is
not in that form.
-- Doug
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Date: Wed, 8 Jun 88 01:19:59 PDT
From: Fung-Fung Lee <lee@shasta.stanford.edu>
Subject: International Sorting
Mac's international sorting routines are supposed to handle the sorting
processing for non-Roman scripts. However, I recently found that
they did not sort quite well with the Chinese Talk, the Chinese Script
Interface System. Is it possible to create my own ordering routines?
How can I do that?
Fung F Lee (lee@shasta.stanford.edu)
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Date: Wed 8 Jun 88 08:18:16-EDT
From: Computing Analysis Corporation <eoyang@A.ISI.EDU>
Subject: OCR-A font
We have a need for an ugly font to be printed with a Mac on a Laserwriter:
The IBM Ball says OCR-A #96
Our people would rather produce the documents on their Mac than on a
selectric, however it must be scannable by a specific scanner which reads
only this font.
Does anyone know if it exists?
Thanks much,
Greg Eoyang
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Date: Thursday 09 Jun 88 10:30 AM CT
From: Tom Pinkerton <ASTTOMPA%UIAMVS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: JIODone call at end of drvrCtl DA routine
Anyone,
For a while now, I've been using an ending to the drvrCtl desk accessory
routine that was supplied with my MDS development package. That ending,
rather than simply returning, calls the low-level Device Manager routine
IODone (pointed to by the JIODone global variable) before returning. I've
been blindly keeping this in all my DA sources without really knowing its
purpose. I assume that who ever wrote the sample DA for the MDS development
system knew what he or she were doing when they added this call. All I can
figure is that the call somehow clears the IO Request sent to the DA from the
driver IO Queue so that other devices won't receive the request (since they
needn't bother with it, I guess). Does anyone know anything about this? Is
it safe to continue using this call, or can it have bad side effects on
anything?
Thanx,
Tom P.
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From: "R.Crispin - Psychology" <psych@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Subject: Asnyc Peek
Date: 9 Jun 88 12:39:31 GMT
Reply-to: "R.Crispin - Psychology" <psych@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
A few weeks ago I got some stuff that was supposed to contain Async Appletalk
and Async Peek. Appletalk I got, but only the documentation for Async Peek
was included. Could some one send it to me.
Thanks
Richard Crispin
Dept. of Psychology Bitnet: psych@watdcs
University of Waterloo Unix : psych@watdcsu.UWaterloo.ca
Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2L 3G1
(519)885-1211 ext 2879
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 88 16:31:02 est
From: Lucius Chiaraviglio <chiaravi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Anyone know if Apple is planning to offer 1.6 Mb floppy
Subject: capability?
A while ago I heard a rumor that Apple was planning to offer 1.6 Mb
(quadruple density, I guess) 3+1/2 in. floppy drives for the MacIntoshes.
Does anyone know when (if ever) this is supposed to happen? Also, does anyone
have any idea of how compatible these 1.6 Mb floppy drives (if any) will be
with 800 kb disks? I would prefer that they be able to write as well as read
800 kb and 400 kb disks. . .
-- Lucius Chiaraviglio
chiaravi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
lucius@tardis.harvard.edu (in case the first one doesn't work)
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Mail-From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST created at 11-Jun-88 18:19:18
Date: 11 Jun 88 1819-PDT
From: Moderators Jon Pugh; Dwayne Virnau; Lance Nakata
Reply-to: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #61
To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
INFO-MAC Digest Sunday, 12 Jun 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 61
Today's Topics:
Re: Wish List
Connection between BITNET <--> APPLELINK
Q: Formatting a 30MB SCSI drive
Beeps
Biofeedback or analog/digital devices
non-appletalk LaserWriter
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 88 16:40:21 PDT
From: chuq@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Subject: Re: Wish List
I love to kibbitz....
>ThunderScan is a toy. Granted, but that's good enough for scanning
>in my kids' pictures. (Most expensive OCR systems don't work very well
>either.) I'll have the ImageWriter anyway, so the cost is reasonable.
>No one commented on Read-It!TS; I presume it reads only simple fonts.
For the first good article I've seen on scanners, check out the latest
Verbum magazine (4.1, I think). The bottom line: the best scanners produce
mediocre halftones that cost somewhere around twice as much to print out as
it would cost to have the printer screen the photo into your printing in
the first place. Price/performance simply isn't there.
Good enough for some line art. Promising for ORC. But give it a few years.
>Communication:
>RedRyder works
>now, although somewhat clumsily, but the company has offended a lot
>of users. I presume that a macro package like Tempo II or even QuicKeys
>can match RedRyder's macros.
That's a nice way of putting it. QuicKey's isn't a replacement for RR macros,
in that QuicKeys isn't a full-fledged macro package -- there's no if/then/else
constructs or anything. It wasn't designed to be that, though. It's a key
re-definition package, where you can map a set of "things" to a key.
Realistically, I think few people really have a need for a programming language
in their keyboard handler...
>StuffIt is essential. I get the impression that it includes PackIt III
>and BinHex 4.0 capabilities; if not, SUMEX should have the code. (By the
>way, PackIt III does work on the II.) StuffIt 1.31 may be preferable
>to 1.40.
It does. And 1.40 is preferable. Most of the "problems" with it have turned
out to be pilot error, or misunderstandings on the part of the user.
>I may also want Microfilm Reader, free from Buck, Wheat and
>Associates (1601 Weatherstone Dr., Blue Springs, MD 64015, (816) 229-5632).
No you don't. I've looked at that stuff. Trash.
>Word Processing:
>Everyone says WordPerfect is good, although initially buggy
>(essentially a beta release!), but that FullWrite Professional
>is better.
According to watching what's going on on CompuServe, most people feel
WP is pretty stable. I personally REALLY don't like it, but I hate to
see misconceptions show up. I'm REALLY a fan of FullWrite. And it IS
really nice and really stable.
With something like WordPerfect or Fullwrite, you need to make sure
that people are discussion the shrink-wrapped version. In both cases,
pre-release software was widely distributed. In the FWP side, I keep
running into people making broad, sweeping (and blatantly wrong)
comments based on software that was acknowledged as buggy and is six
months out of date. Not fun...
>I'm also wary of PC-style software because the
>color selections and artistic choices tend to be mediocre.
Then REALLY avoid Word.
If you're worried about color, be aware that FWP did some internal hacks that
have made it incompatible with some of the Mac2 color stuff -- specifically,
it'll ignore changes you make with Kolor. Should be fixed in this fall's
release.
>On the other hand, I'm told that the initial FullWrite release
>is slow and includes some poor formatting features. Either editor
>will have a text-only option, and can thus be used for coding.
It's somewhat slow, but I don't find it slow enough to bother me. And if you
are doing programming, get a real text editor like Edit or Qued/M. you'll
drive yourself crazy trying to get a word processor to do code for you.
Honest.
>There are some
>DA editors that sound useful: McSink 4.3,
McSink is now at 5.0. I use 4.8. And I don't consider it an editor,but
a text manipulator. Get MINIwriter, a great DA editor.
>Spellswell and Coach are good, but new editor formats might be a problem.
>WordPerfect comes with its own speller and thesarus anyway. (I'll bet
>FullWrite does too.)
fullWrite's got a good checker. About as good as Word (better in a number of
ways, a little weaker in a couple). Nothing that would make me consider going
to a standalone checker; when I used one, it was spellswell.
>
>Graphics:
If you're doing serious graphics, or going to do most of your output to
a laserwriter, get a good EPS based draw program. I use Freehand. After 10
minutes with Freehand I'd never touch a pixel based program again (even
SuperPaint, which I also own and love). Or Adobe Illustrator. You don't know
how neat these things are until you start playing with them.
>Publishing:
>PageMaker 3.0 is the standard in page layout, and therefore talks
>to everything else. ReadySetGo! 4.0 is smaller and easier to use.
To be perfectly honest, PageMaker 2.0 is the standard. PageMaker 3.0 is the
latest upgrade, and hasn't hit the market widely enough for anyone to know if
they've botched the program yet.
And 4.0 is smaller, easier to use, and definitely preferable for anything of
any length, since it's strongly text oriented (as opposed to PM, which is more
short document/graphic oriented). I use RSG heavily, and love it.
>The large MPW environment comes highly recommended. Lightspeed C 2.15
>(upgraded from 2.01) is a worthwhile addition if I do much C coding,
>especially if the promised version 3 has a debugger.
It does.
>The Programmer's
>Extenders libraries are reported to be useful
Try TransSkel. It's a lot like PE, and free. It's in my archive-server, too.
>FEdit Plus (available as shareware)
Fedit was shareware. FEdit+ is commercial software. Inexpensive, but not
shareware.
>QuicKeys needs a 256K disk cache under MultiFinder to avoid a
>disk read on program switch.
It does? I've never seen it on my machine. That I've noticed.
Of course, I don't use QK for program switching -- I use On Que, the commercial
version of MFMenu+
>DiskTop
HIGHLY Recommended.
>I've forgotten what On Cue
Let's you pull up a menu to launch utilities or switch between programs in
Multi-finder. Neat stuff. Between it and DiskTop, you really don't need
a finder anymore.
>No particular caveats except for shipping delays and old versions of
>software. MacConnection was praised by several, MacWAREHOUSE by one.
>MacConnection is indeed at or exceedingly near the cheapest price on
>almost every package that they advertised.
yeah! another satisfied customer. I use them whenever I can't get what I
want from ComputerWare, which is generally about as cheap (usually within
5%) and a couple of miles from here in Palo Alto.
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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 88 09:35:39 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Connection between BITNET <--> APPLELINK
A few people have been asking me about the connection between AppleLink
Bitnet. I picked up the following message from the AUC Mac-Users List:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Received: from IRLEARN(MAILER) by BROWNVM (Mailer X1.25) id 3246;
Thu, 26 May 88 13:56:23 EDT
Received: by IRLEARN (Mailer X1.24) id 8726; Thu, 26 May 88 18:24:12 GMT
Date: Thu, 26 May 88 18:45:00 N
Reply-To: AUC Macintosh Users List <MAC-USER@IRLEARN>
Sender: AUC Macintosh Users List <MAC-USER@IRLEARN>
From: Thomas Fruin <FRUIN@HLERUL5>
Subject: AUC List: How to use the AppleLink<->Bitnet Mail Relay
To: "ST602397@BROWNVM.BITNET Atul Butte" <ST602397@BROWNVM>
The AppleLink<->Bitnet Mail Relay has been in effect for some time now,
but only to 'authorized' users on AppleLink. All those people received
the following note a while ago, explaining how this pilot project has
been extended until August 15, and now lets _everybody_ participate.
There are a few limitations on usage, but these are not very restrictive.
You can't post commercial and 'non-useful' messages, etc. Please read
the note from Apple below for all the details.
-- Thomas Fruin
fruin@hlerul5.BITNET University of Leiden
thomas@uvabick.UUCP University of Amsterdam
dibs@well.UUCP
hol0066.AppleLink
2:512/114 The Netherlands
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Copyright 1988, Apple Computer, Inc.
announcing
THE APPLELINK-BITNET MAIL RELAY PILOT - Extension
You are invited to continue using the AppleLink-BITNET Mail Relay. The pilot
has been extended until August 15.
The purpose of the pilot is to refine a mail reply program whose purpose is to
enrich the cooperative research relationship of Apple Computer and the Higher
Education community by facilitating the electronic exchange of information.
Any BITNET user is automatically authorized to use the mail relay. Now, all
AppleLink users are also automatically authorized.
Important
---------
Apple was granted permission to access BITNET on the condition that messages
are to be non-commercial and in direct support of academic research.
"All usage of BITNET must be consistent with its goal to facilitate the
exchange of non-commerical information in support of a member institution's
mission of education and research."
Finally, please review the End User Agreement.
______________________________________________________________________________
Usage Instructions
The following illustrates the method of sending mail from AppleLink to BITNET
and from BITNET to an AppleLink address:
Sending to AppleLink from BITNET
1. In the "TO" field, enter the DASNET address: XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET
2. In the "SUBJECT" field, enter the AppleLink Address followed by: @APPLELINK
So it looks like this:
TO: XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET
SUBJECT: USER1@APPLELINK
3. If you type a "!" after the address in the subject field, you can insert
comments, but the subject line must be limited to 29 characters.
Example:
SUBJECT: USER1@APPLELINK!Test
=============================================================================
Sending to BITNET from AppleLink
1. In the "TO" field, enter the DASNET address: DASNET
2. In the "SUBJECT" field, enter the BITNET Address
So it looks like this:
TO: DASNET
SUBJECT: SMITH.RLB@STANFORD.BITNET
3. If you type a "!" after the address in the subject field, you can insert
comments, but the subject line must be limited to 29 characters.
Example:
SUBJECT: SMITH.RLB@STANFORD!Test
============================================================================
End User Agreement
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You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using the
services available through the DASnet Network. Your use of these services
indicates that you accept these terms.
C.1 DASnet Services pertains to the forwarding of electronic mail and
other messages through the DASnet Network. With regard to DASnet Services,
this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and DA Systems and
supercedes all prior written and oral understandings and writings related to
DASnet Services. DA systems reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at
any time for the purpose of preserving the intergrity and legitimate use of
DASnet Services.
If Apple and DA Systems agree to a mutually acceptable change to the body
of contract or any addendum to the contract, System will notify System's
subscribers of said change and System's subscribers agree to be bound by said
changes.
C.2 You are solely responsible for your use of DASnet Services. DA
Systems is not responsible in any way for what you say or send, or how you use
information delivered to you through DASnet Services. You specifically agree
not to use DASnet Services in any way which is illegal, libelous, profane, or
indecent. You further agree that you will not use DASnet Services to transmit
unsolicited advertising or promotional material.
DA reserves the right, but shall not be obligated in its sole discretion, to
remove any material which it believes to be unlawful or otherwise
objectionable. Sources of information NOT subject to review by a DASnet
representative are listed in Schedule B, and exception items can be added to or
deleted from list in the manner stated in this document.
C.3 DA Systems shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, in its
sole discretion, to delete after thirty (30) days electronic mail and files
for which storage charges have not been assessed.
C.4 Software errors, mis-addressing, or other problems may cause someone
other than your intended recepient to receive and/or read your electronic mail
and other messages. DA Systems IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY of
any electronic mail or message.
C.5 DASnet Services software may modify your message as necessary in
order to make it forwardable by DASnet Services and/or storable at the
destination system. DA Systems reserves the right to at any time add, delete,
or otherwise change the services it offers and the systems between which DASnet
will forward mail.
C.6 No warranty. You expressly agree that use of DAsnet Services and
storage of information of DA Systems' equipment is at your sole risk. Neither
DA Systems nor any of its licensors, employees or agents warrants that DASnet
Services will be either uninterrupted or error free. Nor does DA Systems or
any of its licensor, employees or agents make any warranty as to the results to
be obtained from use of DASnet services. DASnet Services are distributed on an
"AS IS" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied,
including but not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use.
C.7 Limitations of Liability. Neither DA Systems nor anyone else who has
been involved in creating, producing or delivering DASnet Service shall be
liable for any incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of use
of DASnet Services or out of any breach of any warranty. Some states do not
allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequental damages so that
the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. The provisions of this
section will survive any termination of this agreement.
C.8 Author's Rights. You agree that the forwarding of a message through
the DASnet Network does not affect the rights of the author or holder of
copyright, nor does it diminish those rights in any way. You further agree
that you will not copy, redistribute, publish, or commercially exploit any
material which is protected by law without explicit permission from the author
or holder of the copyright. The author or holder of the copyright shall have
the right to enforce his or her rights hereunder directly and on his or her own
behalf.
C.9 Rights of the Systems linked by the DASnet Network. This Agreement
does NOT superscede or affect in any way your agreements or contracts with the
mail and/or conference systems of which you are a member.
C.10 Arbitration. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California. Any dispute relating to the interpretation or performance of this
Agreement shall be resolved at the request of either party through binding
arbitration conducted in accordance with the then-existing rules of the
American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon any award by the arbitrator or
arbitrators may be entered by any state of federal court having jurisdiction.
Such arbitration shall take place in Santa Clara County, California. The
prevailing party in any such arbitration shall recover from the other its
reasonable attorneys fees and costs.
Higher Education
Apple Programs
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I still have not found the address for Wheels for the Mind on AppleLink.
_______________________________________________________________________
Atul Butte
Brown University /-------\ /---------\
. ! OK ! ! CANCEL !
. \-------/ \---------/
ST602397%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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Date: Thu, 9-JUN-1988 13:18 +0200
From: "KARL::WIM" <U0036%DGOGWDG5.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Q: Formatting a 30MB SCSI drive
Does anybody out there knows how to format & initialize a 30 Meg
Fuji FK308S-39R Drive ??
I tried Ephraim's Vishniac's Formatting program, but it simply
doesn't recognize the Scuzzi-device. Another formatting program,
'CMS SCSI Util to 80MB v3.2q' works, but only does the trick for
20Meg formatting.
Does anybody know about other formatting programs I might use ?
(A binhexed copy to U0036@DGOGWDG5.Bitnet would be fine). Or are
there people that had the same problem.
Thanks in advance,
Wim Elhorst
U0036@DGOGWDG5.Bitnet
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 88 10:35:26 EDT
From: Tom Downey x2558 11/321 <tdowney@BFLY-VAX.BBN.COM>
Subject: Beeps
Is there a way to have different applications on the Mac have their own beep
sounds? This would be great for Multifinder when running more than one
background-capable application (e.g., print monitor, versaterm) when their
windows are covered up by some other application's window. You could tell
who wants attention from the beep. A better solution is to buy a larger screen,
but that's a bit more expensive.
Tom Downey
BBN Advanced Computers Inc.
tdowney@bbn.com
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 88 10:25 AST
From: Stan Armstrong <ARMSTRONG%STMARYS.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Biofeedback or analog/digital devices
Does anyone have information about or experience with buying
or building biofeedback devices for the Mac? Analog/digital interface
information could also be helpful. Thank you.
Stan Armstrong
BITNET: ARMSTRONG@STMARYS
Usenet: armstrng@dalcs
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Date: 11 June 88, 13:01:05 CST
From: Robert J. Brenstein (618) 453-5721 x 227 GA0095 at
From: SIUCVMB
Subject: cheap modems
Have anyone heard of the Supra Modem 2400? I have just come across an ad
from Central Computer Products of Fillmore, California, selling it for $149
which would be an incredible price for fully-Hayes compatible 300-600-1200-
2400 baud modem with all standard bells and whistles? Does anyone from
California knows how reliable the Central Computer Products is? So far,
I have been using SmartCAT 1200 (ca. $150 3 years ago) and Practical Peripherals
1200 (current street price $110, 2400 baud version $190 or so). I find
these cheap modems working as well as those more expensive ones.
Does anyone else knows good deals on modems? Send e-mail to me and I will
summarize for the net if there is enough response.
Robert (GA0095@SIUCVMB.BITNET)
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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 88 18:54 CST
From: <SPCLAR%MACALSTR.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: non-appletalk LaserWriter
Anyone out there got the drivers to run a LaserWriter+ thru the serial ports?
I have a LaserWriter all to myself, but no appletalk cables! HELP!
Pete Clark
SPCLAR@MACALSTR.BITNET
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