info-mac@uw-beaver (08/25/85)
From: Moderator Richard M. Alderson <INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-AIM.arpa> INFO-MAC Digest Saturday, 24 Aug 1985 Volume 3 : Issue 35 Today's Topics: Macintosh Pinouts LaserWriter Problem Shareware Assembler FreeTerm V1.6 MenuEditor PurgeIcons Trans2 (Application to application transfer) UFinder (micro Finder) LAZlife MacBreeze fan Screen dumps, a query Re: Smalltalk on the LISA Comment on the purposed standard CD Rom, a query Database Systems, a query Unix nroff/troff and Laserwriter MacWrite to QMS LaserGrafix, a query Re: Users' Groups Mac User Groups (LONG--8K) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 11:50:39 pdt From: Larry Rosenstein <lsr%apple.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> Subject: Macintosh Pinouts Enclosed is a Macintosh Technical note (in the form of a MacWrite 4.5 document) that describes the pinouts for all the Macintosh ports as well as many peripherals. Larry Rosenstein [This document is archived in [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>PINOUT-DOC.HQX. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 15:11 EST From: Dave Elbon <SYSDAVE%UKCC.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA> Subject: LaserWriter Problem Every LaserWriter that I have tried (I've tried 6) prints lines too long in the horizontal direction (in portrait orientation). If I try to draw a 6-inch horizontal line it prints as about 6 1/8; vertical lines print correctly. Several Mac programs did this, so I sent the printer the PostScript code myself and it still did it. Any ideas? Acknowledge-To: Dave Elbon <SYSDAVE@UKCC> ------------------------------ Date: Fri 16 Aug 85 00:52:40-PDT From: Jean-Luc Brouillet <BROUILLET@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> Subject: Shareware Assembler The following files contain a shareware assembler for the Mac, the corresponding linker, complete documentation, and a sample output. This assembler does not produce output compatible with the MDS package. One nice feature tough, is that you can define your resources directly in your assembly file! The example is a program that list a file to the printer. Only the output listing is included (and has been edited to remove most of the page headers). Jean-Luc Brouillet [The following files have been added to [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>: McAsm.HQX, the assembler proper; McAsmDoc.HQX, the documentation in MacWrite format; and McLister.HQX, the example program. I would like to thank Jean-Luc publicly for his perseverance in posting these, in spite of technical difficulties. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:24:52 EDT From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA> Subject: FreeTerm V1.6 The following program is FreeTerm V1.6 downloaded from Compuserve. It is copyrighted by the author, but with permission for personal use by anyone. This communications program has XMODEM file transfer capability with the additional capability of transferring MacBinary format files. When it receives a MacBinary format file, it dehexifies it "on the fly" so that when the download is completed you have a standard Macintosh file. This saves you from the hassle (and disk space) of having to deal with a hex file yourself. Dehexify this program using BinHex.Hex, which is available on the Info-Mac database at SUMEX-AIM. Enjoy, Gary P. Standorf <standorf@cecom-2.arpa> [This program is archived as [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-FREETERM.HCX. It can be converted with any version of BinHex from 2.1 or after. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:31:03 EDT From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA> Subject: MenuEditor The following program is a menu editor downloaded from Compuserve. It allows you to add menus to an application and add command keys to individual menu items. Dehexify this program with BinHex.Hex. Gary P. Standorf <standorf@cecom-2.arpa> [This program can be found in [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-MENU-EDITOR.HCX. Use any version of BinHex from 2.1 on to convert it. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:34:45 EDT From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA> Subject: PurgeIcons The following program purges unused icons from a disk in order to reclaim the disk space occupied by them. Dehexify with BinHex.Hex. Gary P. Standorf <standorf@cecom-2.arpa> [This program is archived in [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-PURGEICONS.HCX. Any version of BinHex from 2.1 on will convert it. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:38:28 EDT From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA> Subject: Trans2 (Application to application transfer) The following program is a desk accessory downloaded from Compuserve which transfers directly from an application to another application on any disk without the intermediate step of going through the Finder. Dehexify it using BinHex.Hex. Gary P. Standorf <standorf@cecom-2.arpa> [This desk accessory is filed as [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>DA-TRANS2.HCX. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 8:42:08 EDT From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA> Subject: UFinder (micro Finder) The following program, downloaded from Compuserve, transfers to an application without going through the Finder. If the program is loaded on the same disk as the Finder, the application will return to the UFinder rather than the Finder upon termination. It saves some time. Dehexify with BinHex.Hex. Gary P. Standorf <standorf@cecom-2.arpa> [This program is archived as [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-MICROFINDER.HCX. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 10:57 PST From: Dave Platt <Dave-Platt%LADC@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA> Subject: LAZlife Here's the .HQX file for the LAZlife game that Craig MacFarlane mentioned. Status: Shareware. "Please pass the program along to your friends. If you like it, please send a few bucks to Larry Hutchinson, 6950 SW Juniper Terr, Beaverton OR 97005. Please include any suggestions for improvements (cut,copy& paste are planned)." Sounds friendly enough (i.e., no "You must pay $n within m days or erase all traces of this program from your disks" as is found in Red Ryder & some other shareware stuff). Anyhow, I'll leave it up to you to decide whether the potential hassle exceeds the INFO-Mac thresholds. I've posted a copy directly to Craig MacFarlane, so his request (at least) has been satisfied; I don't know how many other people would be interested in getting this. If you decide not to post this, and get a few (<= 10) additional "I'd like a copy too" requests from other people on the net, drop me a list of their addresses and I'll post copies directly (or point them to a bulletin board that has a copy of LAZlife online & available for downloading). [The program is archived in [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>DEMO-LAZLIFE.HQX. Honesty compels me to state that this posting is a combination of two messages from Mr. Platt. The first contained the first sentence and the text of the program; the second is the remainder and came as a response to my question about the status of LAZlife. --RMA] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 15:57:32 EDT From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> Subject: MacBreeze fan I just bought a MacBreeze fan at the MacWorld show in Boston for $39. It seems to be about like the Dragonfly fan mentioned in info-mac earlier. We called Dragonfly on the phone but they didn't answer, so I bought one of these. It clips on two two diodes and mounts on the inner side of the floppy disk case. You plunk down two velcro strips and use two more as intermediates to connect to the fan, which has velcro strips already attached. I was confused for a while because the illustration in the instructions shows one of the strips being connected in an impossible configuration, but it worked out when I folded it once. It's very quiet. If you put your ear on the cooling vents you can hear a 60hz hum, which could easily be mistaken for a transformer. Unfortunately, the manufacturer, Levco, didn't put their address or phone number on the information sheet, so you'll have to find them yourself. They sell some flavor of memory upgrade, so presumably they're already known for that. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 15:56:58 pdt From: lll-bio!tom@lll-crg.ARPA Subject: Screen dumps, a query Recently, I have been trying to produce a screen dump onto a Macintosh printer from within a C program using an Aztec C compiler (Vers. 1.06F). I have been experimenting with the following commands unsuccessfully: PrOpen(); PrCtlCall(iPrEvtCtl, iPrEvtAll, 0, 0); PrClose(); I have the Imagewriter resource in my directory, but I have been unable to open the resource using OpenResFile(filename). Is there anyone who knows how to produce a screen dump from within a C program? If so, I would like to find out how. Also, is there an easy way to determine the resource ID of a resource? Thank you for your help. David Lim/Tom Slezak Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory slezak@lll-crg ...ucbvax!lbl-csam!lll-crg!slezak ------------------------------ From: fouts@AMES-NAS.ARPA (Marty) Date: 21 Aug 1985 1902-PDT (Wednesday) Subject: Re: Smalltalk on the LISA Kevin Crowston (kevin@harvard) pointed me in the right direction R. E. Smalltalk for the MacLump. It seems that one needs to get an orderform from Apple via a phone call to Ilene Crombie (spelling?) at (408) 973-2940, who provides an order form by U.S. Mail. The software is then available from: RSI 520 Weddell Drive, Suite 8 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 747-1288 So as soon as I get my order forms, I'm going to get the system. Thanks to everyone who replied. Marty ------------------------------ Date: 09 Aug 85 08:30 EST From: CML5A9%IRISHMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA Subject: Comment on the purposed standard My first comment on the purposed standard is that while the assignment of many of the keys is very good for text-editing type programs, or those that make use of multiple type styles; however, for a editing program such as Edit (used by most development systems) I would prefer that many of the programs use O, S, W, N, P for Open, Save, Close, New, and Print in that order. Most of the others are okay the way they are, but I think that OUTLINE in particular isn't (or shouldnt) be used often enough to warrent it taking up a command key. **FLAME ON** While we are talking about command keys, I would like to make a comment to developers of programs. Command key support is supposed to take place ENTIRELY in your event loop. Many programs seem to be doing some internal checking (MacPaint is a culprit her) that they shouldn't be doing. Command key equivalents should be pulled ENTIRELY from the menu resources. This means that if you don't like the chosen arrangment of the keys (or command key just aren't there) you can change them. So don't code them in your program, that's what resources are FOR!!!! **FLAME OFF** - Tom Dowdy "If it jams, force it, if it breaks, it needed fixing anyway." ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 85 09:10:11 PDT (Thursday) From: Cate3.SV@Xerox.ARPA Subject: CD Rom, a query Are there CD ROM's available for the Mac now? Or will there be some soon? Who is (will be) making them? If someone has names of people to talk to and addresses that would be appreciated. Henry III ------------------------------ Date: Thu 22 Aug 85 14:52:38-PDT From: Marvin Zauderer <ZAUDERER@SU-SUSHI.ARPA> Subject: Database Systems, a query I'm interested in finding a fast, robust, and reliable Mac database system. Ideally, it would run under XL/Serve, and would be able to manage a large amount (say 5-10MB) of information. It should also have the necessary searching and sorting features. Also, there should be a facility for storing code. For example, one might copy some Mac C code onto a Clipboard, move the Clipboard File to the database's disk, and then paste the code into the database. The ability to import MacPaint pictures is also desirable. Any recommendations? -- Marvin Zauderer (Zauderer@SU-SUSHI) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 13:17:39 PDT From: wensley%ucbdegas@Berkeley (Paul Robert Wensley) Subject: Unix nroff/troff and Laserwriter This has probably been asked/answered before, but I was wondering if there was some software that would allow Unix nroff/troff documents to be printed on a LaserWriter. It could either convert the nroff files to some Apple compatable file (MacWrite etc.) or else directly generate the correct output for printing on the LaserWriter (PostScript?). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Paul Wensley ucbvax!ucbdegas!wensley ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 15:33 CDT From: Stewart_French <french%ti-eg.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> Subject: MacWrite to QMS LaserGrafix, a query Anybody have a MacWrite to QMS LaserGrafix utility for VMS or UNIX? I could sure use one! -Stewart French french%ti-eg@csnet-relay ------------------------------ Date: 9 Aug 85 04:32:44 EDT From: Edward.Tecot@CMU-CS-K Subject: Re: Users' Groups CMU-MUG's mailing address is now: Carnegie-Mellon Macintosh Users' Group Carnegie-Mellon University, Skibo 103 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 _emt ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 85 18:02:30 EDT From: MacTechnics_User_Group%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA Subject: Mac User Groups (LONG--8K) Hello Everyone! Here is the latest update on Mac User groups around the USA. If your group is not on the list, then send me a message! INFO-MAC Volume 3 issue 31 has the list previous to this one. Keep those messages coming....Monte Fowler MacTechnics in Ann Arbor MacTechnics%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MIT-Multics.ARPA PS It would be best to send them in the form 1) Usergroup name 2) Address 3) Contact person(s) 4) any important info on the group (newsletters, dues, #members, Special Interest Groups [SIGS]) ******************************************** 1) PMUG - Princeton Apple Users' Group 2) Phillip Thompson (President) C-430, E-Quad Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 452-6297 (office) - or - Tom Mackie (Newsletter Editor) 10 Bayard Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 924-7561 (home) 3) Dues $5 a year. The group currently has about 75 paid members, although this will increase significantly in the Fall (Princeton has no Summer session). Services include a monthly newsletter, 3 meetings a month (one major meeting on main campus and two luncheon meetings at Plasma Physics), PDS software @ $4 a disk, and a local BBS (which currently is not accessible off-campus). Princeton hosted a MacFair in May that drew about 400 attendees, and will have another in early October which will probably double that figure. Subject: List of Mac clubs To: MacTechnics User Group From: Dave-Platt%LADC@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA I found this list on the Firesign Theatre bulletin-board system. I'm not sure how up-to-date it is (a list of Mac bulletin boards found in the same place had at least one number that has been disconnected). --------------------------------------------------- Here is a list of Macintosh clubs compiled by Christopher Allen (P.O. Box 10262, Jacksonville, FL 32247; (904) 396-6952; CompuServe 76703,472; MCI MAIL: DOTP). This information originally appeared on CompuServe and is listed here with his permission. I'm sure he would appreciate hearing from you if you have updated information or if you have contacted any of the unconfirmed user groups or bulletin boards. N --Gregg Williams CONFIRMED MACINTOSH USER GROUPS ( Confirmed means that Mr. Allen has actually received something from this user group, or has spoken on the phone with an officer of the group. Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey Macintosh Users Group (ACG-NJ MUG) 698 Magnolia Rd. North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Keith Sproul, Co-ordinator (201) 821-4828 Assoc. of Apple 32 Users P.O. Box 634 Santa Clara, CA 95052 Allen Clara, President Newsletter: ICON (Syd Hymes -- Editor) Boston Computer Society Macintosh Users Group 1 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108 Jack Hodgson, Director (617) 367-8080 Robert Hafer, P.D. Software CompuServe 73775,253 (617) 227-5528 Newsletter: Mac User Group Newsletter Capital Macintosh User Group 9431 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910 George Perantonakis, President CompuServe 70321,103 (301) 585-4262 Newsletter: MacUSA Hotline Catawba Valley Lisa/Mac User Group Rt. 1 Box 540-191AB Conover, NC 28613 Steve Baker, President CompuServe 72356,645 704-256-7035 Club Mac 735 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302 Stephen K. Elliot, President CompuServe 74166,1702 (303) 449-5533 Newsletter: The Club Mac News Club Mac MidWest (Not Affiliated w/ Colorado Club Mac) 609 Hopkins Rd. Des Moines, IA 50322 William Davis Jr., President CompuServe 71505,410 (515) 276-2345 or 9046 Club Mac of M.O. (sic) 111 Atherton Drive Metairie, LA 70005 Simon L. Streiffer, President (504) 831-8275 Conejo Valley Macintosh Users Group Suite Mac 3637 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Westlake Village, CA 91362 Paul McQuillan, President CompuServe 71675,1503 (818) 883-7400 Newsletter: FatBits The DUsers The Macintosh Users Group at Drexel University 21 Saddle Lane Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002 Steve Weintraut, Vice President (609) 667-3131 East Bay Macintosh Group 1515 Sloat Blvd., Suite 2 San Fransisco, CA 94132 Stan Guidero, President (415) 566-2342 El Paso Mac User Group 5534 Ketchikan El Paso, TX 79924 Donald Smith, Secretary (915) 751-3508 Newsletter: The El Paso Mac Times Fortune Corp. Mac Users 2325 Collins Rd. Pittsburg, PA 15235 Bob Wilde, Co-ordinator (412) 963-1424 Tom Neudecker (412) 624-1902 Fayetteville Macintosh User Group 1551 N. Leverett #47 Fayetteville, AK 72701 Clifford Goeke, President (501) 442-7040 Los Angeles Macintosh Group 12021 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 405 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Eric Anderson, President (213) 392-5697 MacExplorers - Phoenix c/o APSCO P.O. Box 21666, M/S 6079 Phoenix, AZ 85036 Steve LeClair, President (602) 932-5300 The Macintosh Users Group 2040 Polk St., Suite 340 San Fransisco, CA 94109 Betsy Radford, President (415) 441-8648 Miami Apple User Group Macintosh SIG 3250 Mary St., Suite 305 Miami, FL 33133 Stanley Kuperstein, Co-ordinator CompuServe 71445,1170 (305) 448-4411 Micronet Apple Users Group (MAUG) CompuServe Page PCS-17 Neil Shapiro, Sysop CompuServe 76703,401 Dennis Brothers, AltSysop CompuServe 70065,172 New York Mac Users Group P.O. Box 6686 Yorkville Stn. New York, NY 10128 Cheryl Sandler Steve Doochin, Co-Presidents (212) 535-1943 Steve SIimpson, Librarian CompuServe 74146,2256 Newsletter: Mac Street Journal North Florida Macintosh User Group P.O. Box 10262 Jacksonville, FL 32247 Christopher Allen, President CompuServe 76703,472 (904) 396-6953 Ottawa Mac Users Group 32 Alder Cresent Ottawa, Ontario K1B-4X6 Ted & Susan Roseman, Co-ordinators (613) 824-4888 Penisula Lisa Users Group c/o Computer Connection 214 California St. San Fransisco, CA 94111 Joan Dickey, Acting President Lewis Guice, Consultant (415) 781-0200 SIG Mac Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. 8227 Woodmont Ave., Suite 201 Bethesda, MD 20814 Thomas Warrick, Chairman (301) 654-8060 San Diego Mac Users Group P.O. Box 12561 La Jolla, CA 92037 Charlie Jackson, President (619) 566-3939 Newsletter: San Diego Mac News Santa Barbara User Group c/o Computer Terminal 90 W. Highway 246 Buellton, CA 93427 Andrew Bang, Co-ordinator (805) 688-1713 Team Mac Box 203 Yankton, SD 57078 Roger Deitrich, President CompuServe 70371,306 (605) 665-8402 The University MacUser Group Box 320, The Texas Union The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Box 7338 Austin, TX 78713 John Glanville, President (512) 472-0226 MacDIG Macintosh Development Interest Group Rm. 3116 Merrill Engin. Bldg. University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Joe Buchanan, Co-ordinator (801) 581-8814 UNCONFIRMED GROUPS National Apple Pi Macintosh User Group Wayland Square P.O. Box 219 Providence, RI 02906 Carnegie-Mellon Macintosh User Group Box 661, 515 Margaret Morrison St. Pittsburg, PA 17213 Ed Tecot or Scott McPherson (412) 578-4097 Los Angeles Club Mac (213) 392-5697 New York/New Jersey MUG 50 River Drive Marlboro, NJ 07746 Louis Aversano (201) 536-8360 Eugene Mac/Lisa User's Group 1050 Ferry St. #606A Eugene, OR 97401 Richard Wanderman (503) 345-2393 ------------------------------ End of INFO-MAC Digest **********************