INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Moderator David Gelphman...) (07/24/86)
INFO-MAC Digest Thursday, 24 Jul 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 89
Today's Topics:
New System Problems
Yet Another LaserWriter driver bug?
Key Repeat Rate problem
info-applebus archives categorized (whew!)
Usenet Mac Digest V2 #57
Delphi Mac Digest V2 #30
Re: printing Raw postscript files on the LaserWriter
QDial 1.5
DA Key 2.0
Fontsie 1.5
Re: Authoring Systems for the Mac
Macintosh and MIDI recording, Ensoniq Mirage MASOS
Rolodex & Calendar programs
Stock Program for Micros
"Underware" for making t-shirts on the mac question
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Subject: New System Problems
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 86 17:02:07 -0800
From: Kathleen Huddleston <gregory@ICSE.UCI.EDU>
Just echoing the concerns expressed about System 3.2 Finder 5.3. I had numerous
crashes when I first tried using it, but since I had just updated by ROMs and
drive, I wasn't sure about the cause. The Mac crashed when initializing a disk,
trashing a disk (to eject it), and especially it crashed magnificently when
running Font/DAMover 3.0. Running 3.2 seemed to correct the latter problem,
but I was never convinced this error was consistent.
I don't want to start any rumors, but I read about the same problem
on another bulletin board. That person had gotten the advice
that when using the new font/da mover, one should not move fonts and da's
en masse, but only a few at a time. If you've upgraded by using the font/da
mover to do a massive copy of fonts and da's from your old system to the
new one, this may be the problem and you should try using installer or doing
fonts and das in small sets. I know this sounds weird, and I can't imagine
why it would make a difference, but if you're having crash problems, you
might try it.
The advice came from Levco engineering, I believe.
I wish Apple would get a clean version of the system software out and hold it
stable for a while. Maybe about the time they release the new machine.
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Date: 21 Jul 86 09:23:52 EDT (Mon)
From: Jean-Francois Lamy <lamy%utai.toronto.edu@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>
Subject: Yet Another LaserWriter driver bug?
Another LaserWriter 3.x bug: a PostScript file produced from MacDraw
1.9 uses font names that begin with |______ (i.e. |______Times instead
of Times). These phony fonts do not exist and Courier is used in their
place. Editing the PostScript code to remove all occurences of |______
fixes the problem.
Jean-Francois Lamy CSNet: lamy@ai.toronto.edu
Department of Computer Science ARPA: lamy%ai.toronto.edu@csnet-relay
University of Toronto UUCP: lamy@utai.uucp
Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A4 {ihnp4,decvax,decwrl}!utcsri!utai!lamy
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Date: 21 Jul 86 12:13:50 EDT
From: Hans.Moravec@rover.ri.cmu.edu
Subject: Key Repeat Rate problem
Confirming Jeremy Wight's report of repeat delay zero, repeat rate
longest control panel setting not working properly across power
downs - this problem has been a vexation for me since my first
days with a Mac in February 1984. I hate auto repeat, but this bug
makes it very hard to evade it. I complained about the problem
twice on info-mac in 1984, but got little sympathy.
The problem has persisted through every new system release
since the start, and on every one of the half dozen or so Macs (128K and
512K) that I checked it out on. I'd hoped the new Roms would fix it,
but no. The crazy repeat simply goes faster on a Mac+.
As Jeremy mentions, the autorepeat can be turned off properly
with the control panel, but after a power cycle the control panel retains
the appearance of no autorepeat, but the keyboard repeats like crazy.
Pulling down the control panel and simply touching the repeat delay or rate
buttons (no need to slide the settings) restores correct behavior.
Well, now there's two of us, maybe we can make the rest of the
world believe.
-- Hans Moravec
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Date: Sun 20 Jul 86 20:35:27-EDT
From: AppleTalk Interest Group Moderator
From: <Applebus.Directory@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
Subject: info-applebus archives categorized (whew!)
Sender: RALPHW@C.CS.CMU.EDU
Reply-to: info-applebus-request@c.cs.cmu.edu
[ note from moderator:
This is a message regarding the information digest info-applebus.
The archives corresponding to info-applebus have been reorganized and
this message is a summary of the files contained within. If you are
interested in subscribing to info-applebus (which is about the
Appletalk network) then mail to info-applebus-request@c.cs.cmu.edu
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Now you have a better chance of getting at the information you need,
articles relevant to a particular topic are in <applebus.archives>
under the topic name. Here's the current list:
Ps:<Applebus.Archives>
Administration.Txt.1; Administrative messages
Appletalk-For-Other-Systems.Txt.1; AppleTalk interface for IBM, Sun, Apple
Cabling.Txt.1; AppleTalk cabling issues
Coordinators.Txt.1; information relevant to coordinators.
Debugging-Tools.Txt.1; Network debugging utilities (PEEK)
Ethernet-Appletalk.Txt.1; Generic Ethernet<->AppleTalk discussion
Ethernet-Mac.Txt.1; Direct Mac<->Ethernet links (no gateways)
File-Service.Txt.1; Discussion of file servers (EFS, AFP, NFS)
Junk.Txt.1; Irrelevant messages
Kinetics.Txt.1; Kinetics box discussion
Laserwriter.Txt.1; Laserwriter networking issues
Mac-Plus-Problems?.Txt.1; incompatibilities caused by the Mac+ or HFS
Macip.Txt.1; discussion of the MacIP package
Miscellaneous.Txt.1; things that don't fit a given category
Network-Services.Txt.1; Discussion of other desired network services
Other-Gateways.Txt.1; Non-kinetics/seagate discussion
Pinouts.Txt.1; AppleTalk connector pinout info
Printer-Support.Txt.1; Support for other printers
Programming.Txt.1; Writing programs that use AppleTalk
Programs.Txt.1; stuff in <Applebus.programs>
Projects.Txt.1; AppleTalk projects people are working on
Rs232-Appletalk.Txt.1; AppleTalk<->RS232 links
Seagate.Txt.1; Seagate box and software discussion
Zilog-Scc-Hacks.Txt.1; Hacking the 8530, for packet radio, etc.
Total of 185 pages in 24 files
Some of these are interrelated, in that case you will probably want
the information in both topics. For example, Kinetics boxes can run
Seagate software, and you will probably want to know about generic
AppleTalk<->Ethernet issues as well, so download all three archives.
Please let me know of any problems you encounter. Also, please
feel free to recommend alternate names or point out irrelevant files.
You can help this effort by talking about a single topic in your
submissions, so it will cleanly fit in a certain category (preferably
one based on the subject line.)
Thanks.
- Ralph
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Date: 21 Jul 86 10:23:52 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #57
Usenet Mac Digest Monday, 21 July 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 57
Today's Topics:
Re: July 14 InfoWorld
colour for mac???
Re: problems with displaying PICT's in dialogs.
request for information on document recovery tools
Warp Nine Drives
Macintosh SCSI Hard disk
Re: colour for mac???
Re: Boston II and ImageWriter II
Re: IM Conjecture
Micha Hard Drive Problem
Recommendation - appointment scheduling program
RUNNING A BBS IN THE BACKGROUND?
Re: Running in place
Re: Megamax?
MiniWRITER problem; PictureBase question
Re: Adding a Pattern to a PAT# (sizing resources)
Re: Info needed on Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
Macintosh and MIDI recording, Ensoniq Mirage MASOS
OCR-A font request
Efs on a MacPlus
wanted: church financial accounting system
keyboard driver hooks
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Date: 23 Jul 86 00:04:42 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V2 #30
Delphi Mac Digest Wednesday, 23 July 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 30
Today's Topics:
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #55 (Re: Msg 10336)
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #55 (Re: Msg 10377)
RE: MacWrite dies a horrible death (Re: Msg 10320)
DECnet on the Mac
Word on the Atari
Copy pr*n
RE: Copy pr*n (Re: Msg 10450)
ResEdit
RE: ResEdit (Re: Msg 312)
RE: ResEdit (Re: Msg 312)
RE: INITs (Re: Msg 308)
RE: INITs (Re: Msg 313)
RE: INITs (Re: Msg 316)
RE: INITs (Re: Msg 326)
RE: MPW bugs (Re: Msg 307)
RE: MPW bugs (Re: Msg 317)
Smalltalk on the Mac
RE: Smalltalk on the Mac (Re: Msg 323)
DA Renumbering
RE: Objective C
RE: Objective C
RE: Copy-protection (Re: Msg 10242)
Disk Recovery
RE: Disk Recovery (Re: Msg 10470)
Acta and FullPaint
RE: Acta and FullPaint (Re: Msg 10488)
RE: MPW bugs (Re: Msg 307)
RE: Running in place
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #56 (Re: Msg 10492)
More Finder Switching Grief
SCSI/Plus Horrors
saving window coords
Radius
Locking Cursor!
RE: Locking Cursor! (Re: Msg 10631)
RE: Locking Cursor! (Re: Msg 10636)
DATABASES
RE: DATABASES (Re: Msg 10651)
RE: DATABASES (Re: Msg 10680)
Re: Macintosh SCSI Hard disk
RE: Usenet V2 #57 (Re: Msg 10678)
Alter Ego (male)
RE: Alter Ego (male) (Re: Msg 10674)
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #57 (Re: Msg 10665)
MPW Beta Release
RE: Extensible Desk Accessories (Re: Msg 300)
RE: Extensible Desk Accessories (Re: Msg 348)
RE: Extensible Desk Accessories (Re: Msg 349)
Megamax Bug
SCSI conversions
memory upgrades
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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 86 10:16:02 PDT
From: <DAVEG@SLACVM.BITNET>
Reply-to: DAVEG%SLACVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.Edu
Subject: Re: printing Raw postscript files on the LaserWriter
A recent posting wanted a method to print raw PostScript files on the
LaserWriter over Appletalk. In order to print Postscript files created on the
Mac, you may first have to send the LaserPrep file (i.e. print a short
Mac document first). Unfortunately this program has a 32K limit on the files
it can use. All characters after the first 32K are truncated.
The notice on this program (called PS Tester) gives Clayton Elwell as the
author.
Good luck, David Gelphman DAVEG@SLACVM.BITNET
PS Tester.hqx
This program allows you to experiment with PostScript in a fairly painless
way, without having to recable things, etc. It puts up an edit window
and allows you to send the contents to the currently active LW as PostScript
commands. It will load and save files up to 32K, and all standard editing
operations are supported.
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Date: 22 Jul 86 11:17:35 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: QDial 1.5
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: QDIAL 1.5
Date: 21-JUL-1986 21:50 by LAPORTE
MacQueue dialer (or QDial for short) is a desk accesory that installs a
small auto-dialing routine into the system RAM of the Macintosh computer.
The dialing routine works in the background, dialing up to five numbers at
a time, until one of them answers. QDial requires a Hayes or 100% Hayes
compatible modem. This will be the last version for a while.
This upload contains QDial 1.5, the doc file and complete sources.
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Date: 23 Jul 86 22:20:40 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: DA Key 2.0
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: DA KEY 2.0
Date: 22-JUL-1986 07:35 by LOFTUSBECKER
A replacement for Other .. and DA Key 1.x, this is a much smoother way to
run desk accessories not installed in the system file. Documentation file
included, in MacWrite 4.5 format. Shareware.
Keywords: UTILITY, FKEY, DESK, ACCESSORY, RUNNER, DA
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Date: 23 Jul 86 22:21:08 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Fontsie 1.5
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: FONTSIE 1.5
Date: 22-JUL-1986 19:06 by LOFTUSBECKER
[ Updated 22-JUL-1986 07:32 by LOFTUSBECKER. Works with more programs
than 1.3 or 1.4. ]
Fontsie is an FKEY that lets you access and use fonts not in the System
file while using MacWrite or MacPaint. Shareware.
Keywords: UTILITY, FONT, FKEY
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Date: Sun 20 Jul 86 22:11:57-CDT
From: Werner Uhrig <CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Authoring Systems for the Mac
> Can someone point me in the direction of any available authoring
> system software
> - ie a system which is tailor made for producing teaching-lessons
> on a certain topic, and which includes all the interfacing support for
> complex branching etc.
I don't know of any "available" software, but I know that a company by the
name of Computer Systemics here in Austin, Texas, has a product ready for
marketing (and I mean *READY*) and is currently in the process of negotiating
with several marketing firms for the rights to the product.
I just verified with one of the principals that I may encourage you to get
in touch with them for additional information, by calling (512)441-4583
or by writing to the following address:
Computer Systemics
c/o Julio Barrada
806 HillWood Drive
Austin, Texas 78745
feel free to refer to me by name.
---Werner
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 86 12:33:46 mdt
From: dlc%a@LANL.ARPA (Dale Carstensen)
Subject: Macintosh and MIDI recording, Ensoniq Mirage MASOS
Subject: MIDI recording, Ensoniq Mirage MASOS
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Distribution: net
I have a Macintosh, an Ensoniq Mirage keyboard, an Opcode MIDI interface, an
Assimilation Process MIDI interface, ConcertWare+MIDI, and the MASOS system
(Mirage Analog Sampling OS) from Ensoniq. I looked at reviews of other
programs from MusicWorks in Mass., MusicWorks from Hayden, the Mark of the
Unicorn programs, Assimilation Process, Electronic Arts Deluxe Music
Construction Set, and the one with Total in the name and South in the
company's name. Concertware seems to me to have good features and good value.
Some people have told me only Professional Composer from MOTU is worth having,
but it is so much more expensive than Concertware that my blind guess is that
Concertware is a better value. Concertware is a little slow at scrolling a
score, but you can make marks in the score and jump directly to them.
However, Concertware does not do something I would find desirable. It does
not do polyphonic recording. It will record 8 tracks, but each track is
single-voiced (a sequence of single notes, no chords.) It also does its
metronome recording such that I consistently lead the metronome by about
30 milliseconds, and there is no adjustment for timing. I'd be interested
in finding a program with polyphonic multi-track recording, but the reviews
I've seen of the other programs don't mention either the presence or absence
of that feature. In other words, I want a program that extends the sequence
feature of the Mirage itself by imitating the sequencer with a larger memory.
Perhaps the developers of Concertware will read this and add it to their
program, along with a lead/lag timing adjustment for the metronome.
I also want a program for the Macintosh that gives me access to MASOS, so I
can edit sampled waveforms. The ability to manipulate keyboard parameters
"on-the-fly" while using either MASOS or the normal Mirage system is another
feature I want.
Does anyone know if any of these four features are available currently?
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 86 11:33 PDT
From: PUGH%CCV.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA
Subject: Rolodex & Calendar programs
Has anyone seen a more recent version of Bill Atkinson's Quickfile program than
the version 0.5 that is posted? This little thing is really nice, but it
doesn't cut and paste, which is a considerable drag, and I seem to have
trouble making it work with more than one data file.
Also, are there any public domain calendar programs (not DA's) out there? I'm
running from a large RAMdisk system at home and it's a pain to have to
remember to drag the calendar data file to another disk after every change. I
need a program where the data can move between systems (like work and home,
dig?). I would also prefer one that could work with multiple data files. Has
everyone stopped working on these since "the beginning"? Whatever happened to
sweet and simple? All the simple stuff tends to be flakey and the sweet stuff
is far too complicated for most needs. Sigh. Another case of custom
programming?
Jon
Think of it as a learning experience.
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Subject: Stock Program for Micros
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 86 14:56:41 -0800
From: Scott Menter <escott@bonnie.UCI.EDU>
Hello.
A friend has asked me to seek out for him a microcomputer program to do
stock market analysis, projections, etc. Just what type of microcomputer
the software runs on is not so important; he will make his purchase
based upon which has the best stock market software.
Can anybody recommend any such software? A little about what each one
does would be nice, seeing as I know *nothing* about stocks and I'm
going to have to pass along to my friend the responses I get. Maybe
if I find something sufficiently neat, I'll get into it too! Of course,
that requires money... ah, forget it.
Anyway, thanks very much in advance for your time. Sorry this message
has such a "generic" quality to it; I'm sending it to a bunch of PC
oriented bboards (sorry also if you've been forced to hit the "N" key
several times as a result of this!).
Please respond to me personally, as opposed to on this bboard, since I
don't normally read micro-oriented bboards.
Thanks again.
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E. Scott Menter Internet: escott@ics.uci.edu
UCI Systems Support Group UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucivax!escott
"If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud."
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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 86 16:46:26 pdt
From: matheson@ads.ARPA (David Matheson)
Subject: "Underware" for making t-shirts on the mac question
I recently bought a product called "Underware" which allows one to make
t-shirts from mac images. It is simply a special ribbon which creates
iron-on transfers. In the instructions, they have a warning which says
that due to particulate matter in the ink, excessive use can cause
imagewriter printer head wear. They go on to say that they have tested
this problem by making more than thirty shirts from a single head
with no ill-effects.
I am wondering if anyone has had experience with this product.
What does the warning really mean? Is it safe to use or isn't it?
I write a lot, and so do not want to sacrifice my printing quality or
damage my printer. But I would like to make some shirts.
Thanks
David
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