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Delphi Mac Digest Sunday, 4 January 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 1 Today's Topics: RE: Question on MacWrite & Laserwriters. (2 messages) complete List of Syserrs trivial pursuit (2 messages) RE: Double height or wide letters MacLightning/Word bomb HARDWARE RAGS TO RICHES (2 messages) Radius Bug quickdraw points ? RE: Disk Express and MacXL (3 messages) The MENU RE: COPY II MAC & Excel RE: Invisible Folders RE: Distress Call from Dark Castle RE: Problems with MacFlow by Mainstay ryad's 68020/68881 MacPlus Memory upgrades Jasmine SCSI hard disk McFace v2.0 FORTRAN user interface Apple Job Opening Warning to Expo Travellers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MOUSEKETEER Subject: RE: Question on MacWrite & Laserwriters. (Re: Msg 16097) Date: 31-DEC 20:29 Business Mac Hugh, Ric's answer is 95% of it. While the Choose DA gets a lot of abuse, it does allow one to set up margins, etc. as they would be on the Laserwriter docs. But I would suggest you also line up a local source for doing a trial printout. At present, very few programs utilize the font spacing routines available in the Mac Plus (new Roms on a 512KE, etc.). The result is that if you use Italizied fonts, or any of the special effect fonts, what you see on screen can be pretty different than what you get from the printer. With an Italic style, esp., you would swear that the last few characters of a line did not exist, until you print out the sheet. This may change as more programs take advantage of the new spacing routines, but if you can't find a way to print out locally, or distant with enough time for you to proof the actual output, I'd stay away from Italics, and the larger font sizes (over 18, the same effect is common). Alf ------------------------------ From: DSACHS Subject: RE: Question on MacWrite & Laserwriters. (Re: Msg 16092) Date: 3-JAN-13:50: Business Mac I would recommend that you use Microsoft Word rather than MacWrite. Word will permit you to properly preview what will get when you print on a Laserwriter. Use a System file that contains the same fonts that you will use when printing - AND make sure that they have the SAME font IDs. It is also a good idea to install the LaserWriter driver and select it with CHOOSER (Select Appletalk on in the Control Panel even if you do not have Appletalk while selecting the LW driver) ------------------------------ From: INTECO Subject: complete List of Syserrs Date: 1-JAN-13:48: Programming Techniques Is there somewhere a complete list of all reported syserrs... (all minus numbers). I get constantly the -11 and cannot look up anywhere. Uwe ------------------------------ From: MOUSEKETEER Subject: trivial pursuit Date: 1-JAN-17:02: Mousing Around Question for history buffs: I need to find out the approx intro date of the Lisa, and then how many months after that the Mac was intro'd. Thanks for the help! Alf P.S. Don't ask....grin. ------------------------------ From: NWOLF Subject: RE: trivial pursuit (Re: Msg 16115) Date: 1-JAN-18:55: Mousing Around As near as I can remember the approx intro date for Lisa was, I believe, sometime during _ I hope I have this right - 198(yes, I think it was)3 [there, I said it} and you know it might have been a few - no, several - months after that that that 1st Mac Macked - like in (by george he's got it) 1984. But don't quote me. At least as near as my adled mind can figger - these are the correct #s. What the heck, history is imprecise on these things anyway. I mean, not even the development team at Apple knows when the the thing came out fer crissakes. And what with all the rumors abounding. Jeez. A guy could get really confused. No wunder you wanna know. But seriously(?)... ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: Double height or wide letters (Re: Msg 1124) Date: 1-JAN-20:19: Programming Techniques Then you should be able to call DrawChar or DrawString with the proper scaling selected, and not have to mess with any undocumented or unsupported system fetaures, right? peter ------------------------------ From: JIMWEINRICH Subject: MacLightning/Word bomb Date: 2-JAN-19:48: Bugs & Features A friend describes the following problem. Have you had one like it? Can you fix it? Using MacLightning in interactive mode, writing a letter in Microsoft Word. The signature line causes a beep, because his last name is not in the dictionary. But of course he ignores it. Then he moves the pointer up to the top line and clicks to change a word there. Presto, bomb-o! ID number not recorded. Any ideas? Thanks! --JimWeinrich ------------------------------ From: INET118 Subject: HARDWARE Date: 2-JAN-19:57: Hardware & Peripherals MY HD 20 ICON WON'T COME ON WHEN ASKED TO INSTALL. HAVE VERIFIED THE SOFTWARE. HAVE TRIED ANOTHER 512 AND A PLUS. THE DRIVE HAS WORKED FINE IN THE PAST. ANY OTHER IDEAS BEFOR I DRIVE 100 MILES TO MY MAC DEALER? ------------------------------ From: INET118 Subject: RAGS TO RICHES Date: 2-JAN-20:00: Business Mac AM DESPERATELY SEEKING ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE FOR 2 MILLION $ CONSULTING COMPANY. NEED GENERAL LEDGER, PAYABLES AND MAYBE PROFESS GES. WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT INSIGHT. THANKS. ------------------------------ From: NWOLF Subject: RE: RAGS TO RICHES (Re: Msg 16136) Date: 4-JAN-01:40: Business Mac Our acountant highly recommends Future Design Software's "Strictly Business". Although she's an OMNIS Developer also - and does a lot of accounting work with it - she says Strictly business can't be beat. Check it out. (& hope this helps). ------------------------------ From: JIMH Subject: Radius Bug Date: 2-JAN-20:58: Hardware & Peripherals Just thought all you folks out there with shiny new Radius screens would like to hear about a small problem with recent Radius upgrades. Seems they got a bad batch of 68k chips from motorola and as a result the radius's delivered recently have a problem with excel. As far as they (or me) know it only shows up in excel, and not all the time. Mostly it occurs when doing a recalcualation, though once today it occured when i was pasting. I got an id=2 address error. Anyway after a couple of frustrating hours I had eliminated all problems with the radous and gave them a call. they knew right away what my problem was and offered to send out a new chip post haste. Hope this helps someone else! jim (oh by the by it wasnt my radius :-() ------------------------------ From: ROWLAND Subject: quickdraw points ? Date: 2-JAN-22:24: Programming Even though its early in the year, I think I'll risk the dumbest question thereof: how does one plot a point in Quickdraw ? The only way I've come up with is to MoveTo and then Draw 1 1. This seems unnecessarily complex. Mike Burns ------------------------------ From: DWB Subject: RE: Disk Express and MacXL (Re: Msg 16095) Date: 3-JAN-00:20: Hardware & Peripherals There appears to be a problem with Disk First Aid when it comes to drives other than the HDS20SC. I had problems with it claiming that my DataFrame XP20 wasn't an HFS drive also. After reformatting the drive it now seems to work fine. I've even had it "fix some problems" Sure would be nice to know what it did though... Oh yeah, if the drive really is an MFS drive, then neither Disk First Aid or Disk Express should be expected to be able to do anything at all with it. David ------------------------------ From: JSTIFF Subject: RE: Disk Express and MacXL (Re: Msg 16140) Date: 3-JAN-03:19: Hardware & Peripherals Our experience has been that Disk Express does work (and works WELL) with MFS formatted disks. that is, as long as it can get over the initial hurdles of verifying the basic soundness of the disk directory. My problem is that the directory appe ars to be damaged, and I don't want to re-initialize the HD if I really don't have to. ------------------------------ From: MACLAIRD Subject: RE: Disk Express and MacXL (Re: Msg 16095) Date: 4-JAN-10:47: Hardware & Peripherals Reinitializing the MacXL hard disk is a pain, at least if you keep it as full as most folks do. I find that I wind up with about a meg and a half free no matter how big the drive is, but with the MacXL 10MB drive, launching the Finder can be a very slow process indeed. Therefore I keep my internal drive split at 7MB to the Lisa Pascal Workshop and 3MB to MacWorks (and about 1.5MB free in each partition). Despite the tales of woe about splitting the internal drive between Lisa and Macintosh modes, I have found it very reliable. Well, no problems I couldn't fix myself. The 10 MB disk has gotten some press about volume allocation map problems. The trouble is that saving every allocation bit turns the system heap into a blivit or something. Me, I think that if you do not have "Hard Disk Mount" (described in Macazine's "Orphan Support"), which does (unknown) things to the volume map, if Disk Express finds even one bad bit in the allocation map, rebuild the disk. By the way, "Hard Disk Mount" sector copies just fine, if a friend has one. It is just for people like yourself that I will write my "Disk Mangler" utility program. This program will carefully and skillfully write garbage all over the disk, then turn upon itself, all the while congratulating the user for choosing it over such programs as ExCel, MacWrite 4.5 and DiskBench (not to mention some versions of Font/DA Mover), which only occasionally trash files or disks. I hope this helps you. Laird "If I don't have its source, I don't trust it" ------------------------------ From: MOUSEKETEER Subject: The MENU Date: 3-JAN-01:50: Mousing Around Having received a copy of their MacGuide, a 74 page listing of Macintosh software, I thought a note about this software source might be in order. Good News: The catalog is very complete and well organized, indexed both by type of program (i.e. Productivity/Accounts Receivable) and by Vendor. The catalog lists 36 different packages under Industries/Engineering (Civil/ Structural) alone! And where else have you seen a listing for CD-1 Concrete Beam Design ($575.00, from ECOM Associates)? As well, the telephone help on inquiries is fast, well-informed, and toll free. If you aren't quite sure about which package would best suit your needs, they offer a SoftReport service, in which for $25, a sales rep will generate a personal report of available programs meeting specific criteria specified by you. The price of the report is later deducted from your software purchase. Bad News: While nicely organized, the catalog sells for $4.95 (also deducted from your first purchase). You may also subscribe to the quarterly issues at $12.95 for four issues. Of more importance, however, is that with a few exceptions sales are made at list price. Recognizing that they must compete with the big houses like MacConnection, they credit your account for 20% of the purchase price on shipping, the credit to be applied to future purchases. This isn't as high a discount as that offered by MacConnection or ComputerWare, so for common, easy- to-find packages, those places remain the best deal. But if you NEED a copy of MacFats Storyboarder ($495, American Intelliware Corporation), and your dealer is only offering to order at list, this place offers a nice service and a discount. PLUS, to my knowledge, none of the large firms offer Apple software, since Apple sells only to authorized dealers. MENU is an authorized Apple dealer, so you can get MacDraw, MacProject, and the 20% credit on items dealers will rarely discount. In fact, the copy of the MacGuide I have was sent to all Usergroups by Apple themselves. If you'd like more info, give them a call at 1-800-THE MENU (outside the US, or in Colorado 303/482-5000), or write The MENU, 1520 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524, USA. They accept MC/VISA/AMEX/DC, shipping per order is listed at $5. Alf ------------------------------ From: DSACHS Subject: RE: COPY II MAC & Excel Date: 3-JAN-14:10: Network Digests 1) The latest version of COPY II MAC (6.3) attempts to copy bad sectors AS bad sectors of the same type. In sector mode it will copy such programs as Orb Quest and Fontographer. I have kept 5.4 to do quick copies of unprotected disks. 2) The tools program with the latest COPY II MAC will handle HFS volumes. It is the FIRST program I know of that will properly PROTECT files on HFS volumes. It still will not mke folders invisible or protected. 3) Individual cells on an EXCEL spreadsheet can be protected. Just protect those cells that contain formulae. ------------------------------ From: DSACHS Subject: RE: Invisible Folders Date: 3-JAN-14:27: Network Digests To make a folder invisible use the current version of RESEDIT. Select (do not double click) the folder, and use the Get Information (command-I) menu option. ------------------------------ From: HALL Subject: RE: Distress Call from Dark Castle Date: 3-JAN-21:40: Network Digests To: <FRUIN%HLERUL5.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> (Thomas Fruin) Subject: Distress Call from Dark Castle It's actually pretty easy: look at the prisoners when you're underneath the key. If they shake their heads, it's the wrong key. Brian Hall Cute saying: I couldn't think of one. Make up your own and insert it here. ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: RE: Problems with MacFlow by Mainstay Date: 3-JAN-22:15: Network Digests > From: DAVEG@slacvm.bitnet > Subject: Problems with MacFlow by Mainstay I guess there may be performance reasons for using a private scrap, but it causes problems frequently. The original version of WordHandler apparently wouldn't read the desk scrap. And some programs don't keep their scrap in synch properly (this caused problems using Thunder in WriteNow). I once heard a good reason for private scraps, but I can't remember what it was. How is MacFlow apart from violating the cut & paste integration portion of the user interface? ------------------------------ From: RYAD Subject: ryad's 68020/68881 Date: 4-JAN-07:40: Hardware & Peripherals thanks for the nice phone conversation...at your suggestion, I'll have a go at addressing some of your questions for the general Delphi audience. Our boards address the key issues surrounding the problems and/or complaints many users have experienced with third party memory upgrades. #1 of course is that they haven't appreciably increased speed through higher speed technology (vendors are just beginning to address these issues) I should say they haven't made them reasonably priced as to be affordable to the general Mac community. Our boards are all secured directly to the 68000 chip, easy clip on install. Since our conversation, we've decided to go with an upgrade path as well, meaning 1,2 or 4 MB. Cost is still a consideration as far as memory is concerned so we're offering several options. First, let me say that the developer's pricing applies to the existing versions using 256k DRAMs (100ns) running at one wait state. We've met the Mac's infernal marginal power supply head on by doing the obvious... we've provided a separate power supply for all DRAM boards. The other version, as expandable above, uses static RAM chips running at NO wait states (yields a further 30% increase in performance also). In our statics, CMOS SOJ pack, we find an extremely small power usage...enough so that we feel well within the existing Mac's power configuration. As far as additional heat is concerned, yup, a piezo electric fan's included. Hope this helps anyone listening! ryad ------------------------------ From: MADMACS Subject: MacPlus Memory upgrades Date: 4-JAN-15:33: Hardware & Peripherals I seem to be seeing many more ads for memory upgrades for the MacPlus. And the New York Times reports that the commerce dept. has reduced its limits on ship dumping from Japan by 41%. So what can we expect to see in the price of 1,2,4 Mbyte upgrades. I see some 2Mbyte upgrads for under $300. I like the idea of simply plugging in sims with the new 1Mbit chips on them. I have seen one ad for such a product in Macuser. Are there others? -Doug (MADMACS) ------------------------------ From: MADMACS Subject: Jasmine SCSI hard disk Date: 4-JAN-15:35: Hardware & Peripherals What do you know of this Jasmine SCSI 20MB hard disk advertized in MacUsers. It looks pretty full featured and it costs under $600. Is it a good deal?? -Doug (MADMACS) ------------------------------ From: MADMACS Subject: McFace v2.0 FORTRAN user interface Date: 4-JAN-17:06: Programming If you are a FORTRAN programmer and are not aware of Dan Kampeier's subroutine called McFace then you should be. It provides a quick and easy way to make your existing FORTRAN programs into true 'Mac' programs. He provides for 5 text edit windows, graphics, clipboard support, menus, dialogs, and _much_ more. The new version handles LaserWriter and Image- Writer printing for you. It also fully supports resources and his excellent manual explains how to use them with ResEdit 1.0.1. What is more, Dan fully supports his product and clearly responds to your input. In a month or so I plan to write an article for the MUGS online database describing more about McFace. Until then you can write Dan at: Dan Kampmeier 1310 N. Broadway Urbana, IL 61801 Oh, and by the way, it is a steal! Only $50 and worth every penny! I wish I had written it because it is a great tool for FORTRAN programmers. -Doug (MADMACS) ------------------------------ From: CHESLEY Subject: Apple Job Opening Date: 4-JAN-18:07: Business Mac Job Opening at Apple Computer --- ------- -- ----- -------- The position involves responsibility for the design, development, and delivery of courses for Macintosh software developers. The courses will introduce developers to the Macintosh environment, the development processes, and the available development tools -- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop and MacApp. Candidates should have extensive development experience with Pascal and C, and have developed software programs for the Macintosh. Training experience is a plus. Interested parties should send a resume to: Denise Bridgeman Apple Computer, Inc., MS 9-C 20525 Mariani Avenue Cupertina, CA 95014 ------------------------------ From: BMUG Subject: Warning to Expo Travellers Date: 4-JAN-18:21: Mousing Around Warning to Expo travellers I just flew from Boston to Oakland on American Airlines, and got a nice little surprise at the security checkpoint. I was carrying on my DataFrame 20, and I took it out of my carry-on bag to hand it to the agent for hand-inspection, rather than have it go near the magnetic field generated by the X-ray machine. He said that it would have to either be checked or go throught the machine, citing new FAA regulations ("three weeks ago...", when a nun expressed fear that "anything could be in that box.") He consented to hand-inspection, however, when I was able to whip out my Swiss Army Knife and quickly disassemble the DF 20, so that the insides were visible. (although I think the inside looks more like a bomb... circuit boards attached to a sealed box, but, luckily, he didn't see it that way). This may have been just an extra enforcement effort by the agent I encountered, but folks travelling with Macs or Hard Disks to the expo should be prepared. I recommend checking the Mac as baggage, in the original packing material, with the box turned INSIDE OUT, so that the pretty pictures of the Macintosh aren't visible on the sides. Be sure to declare the full value of whatever it would cost you to replace the Mac when you check it in... most airlines limit reimbursement to $700-$1500 per bag if you don't declare additional value. You may also be forced to sign a sticker saying that you agree that the Mac is "improperly packed", and that the airline is liable for loss, but not damage. Don't panic... this is just their standard boilerplate for when they check boxes. Remember, your Mac made it to your local dealer in its original packing! If you have an internal hard disk, checking your Mac is not recommended. You may or not be able to bring it on board, depending on how crowded the flight is, what type of plane, and what airline you are traveling on. As for the security checkpoint, be sure to allow extra time, and perhaps bring along Mac-opening tools, although perhaps booting up the machine will be sufficient demonstration for the agent. I've heard differing reports about the effects of putting a Mac through an X-ray machine, but, in any case, be sure to have a backup of all your data in your checked baggage (which is NOT X-rayed on domestic flights). Key phrases to use to security agents are "magnetically sensitive material", "magnetic media", and "computer equipment". Good luck, and see you at the expo! -- Raines Cohen / Team BMUG ------------------------------ End of Delphi Mac Digest ************************ -------