harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow NCSE TWO/E92 DTN=247-3134) (05/13/85)
I keep seeing references to three apparently very useful public domain
(or "shareware") desk accessories:
MockTerminal
MockWrite
MockPaint
and would like to get copies.
Could some kind sole please post them to net.micro.sources?
Thanks!
Jeff
Work address:
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Telephone: (617)858-3134
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Tewksbury, MA 01876barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (05/15/85)
> I keep seeing references to three apparently very useful public domain > (or "shareware") desk accessories: > > MockTerminal > MockWrite > MockPaint > > and would like to get copies. > Could some kind sole please post them to net.micro.sources? > > Thanks! > > Jeff > Work address: > ARPAnet: HARROW%EXODUS.DEC@decwrl.ARPA > Usenet: {allegra,Shasta,decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-exodus!harrow Just out of curiosity, I sent in a shareware donation for my copy of the Desk Accessory Mover to Donald Brown, the guy also responsible for the Mock DA's. In the "newsletter" that accompanied my registration certificate, Brown made it clear that the versions strewn about on various bulletin boards and other electronic distribution media were, in fact, pre-release versions which had leaked out accidentally, and that the Mock accessories were not being distributed as shareware, but were being sold for the very reasonable fee of $25. (How's that for a run-on sentence?) Anyway, it is certainly possible to find these DA floating around, but I'll leave that dilemma to the conscience of the individual and part by repeating the address by which the Mock stuff can be obtained: CE Software 801 73rd Street Des Moines, IA 50312 (515) 224-1995 Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett
barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (05/15/85)
> Brown made it clear that the versions strewn about on > various bulletin boards and other electronic distribution media were, > in fact, pre-release versions which had leaked out accidentally, and > that the Mock accessories were not being distributed as shareware, > but were being sold for the very reasonable fee of $25. > > Lewis Barnett Okay, it's retraction time. I didn't actually re-read the newsletter before posting this, and my memory was imperfect. Upon re-reading, it was only a pre-release version of MockTerminal that Brown was trying to quash, not the Mock accessories in general, and the versions currently available on Compuserve and other places really are shareware. Sorry for any crisis of conscience the previous posting may have caused. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett
dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (05/15/85)
> > I keep seeing references to three apparently very useful public domain > > (or "shareware") desk accessories: > > > > MockTerminal > > MockWrite > > MockPaint > > [Lewis Barnett] > Just out of curiosity, I sent in a shareware donation for my copy of > the Desk Accessory Mover to Donald Brown, the guy also responsible for > the Mock DA's. In the "newsletter" that accompanied my registration > certificate, Brown made it clear that the versions strewn about on > various bulletin boards and other electronic distribution media were, > in fact, pre-release versions which had leaked out accidentally, and > that the Mock accessories were not being distributed as shareware, > but were being sold for the very reasonable fee of $25. Thanks, Lewis. I didn't know this and am glad to find it out. I'll throw mine away. Before people send in their money, though, you should know something first: Mockwrite won't work on MacWrite 4.5 files. So if you have the new system upgrade and want to use Mockwrite on converted files, you're out of luck. Perhaps CE Software is aware of this and has fixed the problem already. Anybody know? -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | In the human instantiation, the image is the substance. |
al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus) (05/16/85)
> I keep seeing references to three apparently very useful public domain > (or "shareware") desk accessories: > > MockTerminal > MockWrite > MockPaint > > and would like to get copies. > > Could some kind sole please post them to net.micro.sources? > They are not public domain. If you want copies send $30.00 to: CE Software Department M 801-73 Street Des Moines, IA 50312
eilers@stolaf.UUCP (David V. Eilers) (05/18/85)
> > > I keep seeing references to three apparently very useful public domain > > > (or "shareware") desk accessories: > > > > > > MockTerminal > > > MockWrite > > > MockPaint > > > > [Lewis Barnett] > > Just out of curiosity, I sent in a shareware donation for my copy of > > the Desk Accessory Mover to Donald Brown, the guy also responsible for > > the Mock DA's. In the "newsletter" that accompanied my registration > > certificate, Brown made it clear that the versions strewn about on > > various bulletin boards and other electronic distribution media were, > > in fact, pre-release versions which had leaked out accidentally, and > > that the Mock accessories were not being distributed as shareware, > > but were being sold for the very reasonable fee of $25. > > Thanks, Lewis. I didn't know this and am glad to find it out. I'll > throw mine away. Before people send in their money, though, you should > know something first: Mockwrite won't work on MacWrite 4.5 files. So > if you have the new system upgrade and want to use Mockwrite on > converted files, you're out of luck. > > Perhaps CE Software is aware of this and has fixed the problem already. > Anybody know? > > -- > | > Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- > | > In the human instantiation, the image is the substance. | *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** As far as I know MockWrite never worked on MacWrite (2.2 or 4.5) files saved in the fromated, "entire document" form. MockWrite only can read text files such as thoughs produced by either version of MacWrite saved as "text only" or thoughs files made with MockWrite to begin with. If you have a version of MockWrite that works with MacWrite formated 2.2 files, I would be interested having it posted to the net, I could be wrong. Dave Eilers ihnp4!stolaf!eilers
gkloker@utai.UUCP (Geoff Loker) (05/24/85)
> > I keep seeing references to three apparently very useful public domain > > (or "shareware") desk accessories: > > > > MockTerminal > > MockWrite > > MockPaint > > > > and would like to get copies. > > > > Could some kind sole please post them to net.micro.sources? > > > > They are not public domain. If you want copies send $30.00 to: > > CE Software > Department M > 801-73 Street > Des Moines, IA 50312 Could some kind soul out there explain just what the Mock accessories are and what they do? Thank you. -- Geoff Loker Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5S 1A4 USENET: {ihnp4 decwrl utzoo uw-beaver}!utcsri!utai!gkloker CSNET: gkloker@toronto ARPANET: gkloker.toronto@csnet-relay
gkloker@utai.UUCP (Geoff Loker) (06/21/85)
Thanks to those of you who replied to my original query as to what the Mock Desk Accessories are. Just for the record, I include here the most explanatory response I received for others who don't know what the Mock Desk Accessories are: > MockWrite, MockPrint, and MockTerminal are desk >accessories that perform many of the functions of MacWrite, >printing a file, and MacTerminal (telecommunications software). >The beauty of all this is, since they are desk accessories, they >may be opened while another program is running. You can (for >example) create and/or edit a text file using MockWrite, print it >using MockPrint, and dial up another computer using MockTerminal >-- all of this without having to exit the application you were >originally running(provided, of course, that the application >gives you access to the Macintosh's Apple menu). -- Geoff Loker Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5S 1A4 USENET: {ihnp4 decwrl utzoo uw-beaver}!utcsri!utai!gkloker CSNET: gkloker@toronto ARPANET: gkloker.toronto@csnet-relay