INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Moderator Dwayne Virnau...) (07/09/86)
INFO-MAC Digest Wednesday, 9 Jul 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 83
Today's Topics:
Re: sad MAC error message
Re: Talk about easy (v4 *82) (Fullpaint)
Regarding SetUpA4(),RestoreA4()
laserwriter problems
TML Pascal
Problem with Tecmar & Imagewriter?
Printed circuit board design on theMac
extended Dartmouth skeleton for Aztec C
Help article on Mac downloads (nroff)
here comes Chris Borton's download instructions (nroff'ed)
Usenet Mac Digest V2 #53
Delphi Mac Digest V2 #27
MockPackage Plus 4.3
RamStart 1.23
Map Scan
Hard Disk Backup Utility -- MacDump
Paintps Released, Finally
Starting a Macintosh programmers group
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From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 86 15:04:10 EDT
Subject: Re: sad MAC error message
On pages 68 and 72 of the April '86 issue of _Macworld_, there is a
segment telling how to read the number under "Sad Mac".
Unfortunately, the chart says nothing about the code "0F0064". Sorry.
John T. Kohl
jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
-or-
...!mit-eddie!jtkohl
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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 86 23:45:50 mdt
From: dlc%b@LANL.ARPA (Dale Carstensen)
Subject: Re: Talk about easy (v4 *82) (Fullpaint)
Why not use Fedit on Fullpaint to change PANT to MPNT instead of messing with
several applications?
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Subject: Regarding SetUpA4(),RestoreA4()
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1986 02:18:13 EDT
From: Robert L. Wald <6090617%PUCC.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA>
Actually these routines are documented, at least in the latest
update to Lightspeed C. Think claims that they are ROM routines
that are undocumented in IM. But I don't know about that, since it
must be getting the information from the dce record, and IM
never mentions that there is a convention to use A4 for DAs.
Regarding my outstanding problem:
It is still outstanding. On almost identical, but separate compilations
the MyItem routine (pointed to by a UserItem in a DA Dialog) will
sometimes be called, but usually not. I am not doing ANYTHING in MyItem
at the moment but ringing the bell. I have tried locking the
DA both by setting the flag on each open, and also by making the
DA flag work $4400 with ResEdit. Nothing anybody sent me (thanks to those
who tried) helped. I am currently ignoring the problem and developing my
program as an application, and expect to try to convert the finished
program into a DA in two weeks.
------------------- Nexus --------------------
-Rob Wald
(PUCC User Services)
BITNET: 6090617@PUCC
UUCP: ...ALLEGRA!PSUVAX1!PUCC.BITNET!6090617
We're all plants! Cerebus can Feel it!
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Date: Tue 8 Jul 86 14:30:33-PDT
From: Malcolm B. Brown <MBBROWN@SU-SCORE.ARPA>
Subject: laserwriter problems
ANyone encountered the following?
Using system 3.2, Finder 5.3, Laserwriter driver 3.1. Using this combination
consistently results in the Postscript error message "undefined command,
offending command: lsr". Now "lsr" is indeed a command defined in Apple's
header.
Has anyone elserun into this and/or have any suggestions??
Malcolm Brown
BITNET: GX.MBB@STANFORD
ARPA: MBBROWN@SU-SCORE
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 86 13:07 PDT
From: PUGH%CCV.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA
Subject: TML Pascal
I spoke with Tom Michael Leonard of TML Systems on the phone yesterday about
a problem I and a few others have been having with Pascal and the newer systems.
I have been using TML for a while, but after upgrading to 3.1.1 and now 3.2,
I cannot get the compiler to pass off to the linker correctly. If I compile,
then pick Link from the Transfer menu, and then pick the file, it works fine.
If I start Pascal and then pick Compile&Go, sometimes it crashes with an id3
and sometimes it starts Link with no filename (Unnamed Application...) and
sometimes it works. It's making my blood pressure climb. If I pick both the
Pascal and source file icons and then double click, the same thing happens as
for the compile and go.
Tom said that he has heard about this, but cannot reproduce it on his Mac with
a
Hyperdrive. I would like to collect information from people having this sort
of problem (or not having it) so that we can figure out what is going on.
Please reply to me with a description of your hardware and system. For
example, I have a Plus with a Micahdrive and System 3.2 with the System font
redefined to be Cartoon and 14 DA's including Keycaps, Locator and the Talking
Moose. I am trying to put together a generic diskette to send to TML to
demonstrate the problem.
Any other information is welcome.
Jon
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Date: Sun 6 Jul 86 15:50:44-EDT
From: Edward Hoffman <HOFFMAN%cheshire@columbia.edu>
Subject: Problem with Tecmar & Imagewriter?
I've been having a great deal of trouble getting my Tecmar to cooperate
with my Imagewriter. Although the rest of the drive's features appear to
work correctly, the print spooler simply goes through the motions. It runs
through the dialog boxes that go with a print job, but nothing comes out of
the printer (which is hooked up correctly).
I first encountered this problem on a 128K Mac, and was told by a few
other users that the problem was probably due to a memory shortage (I have
well over 200 icons on the four default volumes), or to the fact that I had
made the volumes bigger than the recommended maximum. Either problem, I was
advised, should go away with an upgrade.
After upgrading to a 512K (which I would have done anyway), I found that
I still had the same problem. It was then suggested that I try a couple of
new settings on my Imagewriter's DIP switches, which also yielded no improve-
ments.
Since I am in classes all day, it is virtually impossible to call Tecmar
about this problem. Has anyone out there experienced the same difficulty?
In addition to the Mac, Tecmar, and Imagewriter (Model 1), my system in-
cludes a Volksmodem 12. Since I use the modem more than the printer, the drive
is connected via the printer port. In order to print, I have to copy the
desired file(s) onto a separate disk, along with the system folder and the
necessary editors. I then have to turn off the mac, disconnect the drive,
plug the printer directly into the computer, and reboot. Obviously, this is
an annoying inconvenience. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ed Hoffman
ARPAnet: hoffman@cheshire.columbia.edu
BITnet: CC4.EA-HOFFMAN@CU20A
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Date: Tue 8 Jul 86 14:04:46-PDT
From: Marvin Zauderer <ZAUDERER@su-sushi.arpa>
Subject: Printed circuit board design on theMac
Could someone please post a summary of the PC board design packages for the
Mac? Or, if you know anything about a particular package, could you please
let me know?
Thanks,
Marvin
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Date: Tue, 3 Jun 86 23:41:45 mdt
From: dlc%b@LANL.ARPA (Dale Carstensen)
Subject: extended Dartmouth skeleton for Aztec C
I've been working on extending the Dartmouth skeleton for a few weeks, and I
think I won't do much more with it, so I thought I'd send my current version
to info-mac. It is a Unix shar script, including the "clickable" application
in binhex4 format.
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 86 17:44:47 PDT
From: borton%sdcc3@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (Chris Borton)
Subject: Help article on Mac downloads (nroff)
This is a document I wrote describing the different programs on Unix that aid
in downloading to the Macintosh. I thought it might help some people
wondering what some of these programs are and other User Services personnel
that are often plagued with questions on how to use them. The document is
written with simple nroff -ms commands; use
'[nt]roff -ms <whatever you save it as> to {view,print} it...
--Chris
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Chris Borton, UC San Diego Undergraduate CS; Micro Consultant, UCSD
borton@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU || ...!{ucbvax,decvax,noscvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!borton
"Noch eine Woche, dann 'die Pruefungen,' und dann nach Davis bis 4 Aug wenn
ich nach Goettingen fliegen werde. Ich werde Euch sehr vermissen...es hat
mir viel Spass gemacht und auch habe ich viel gelernt"
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 86 10:20:42 cdt
From: werner@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: here comes Chris Borton's download instructions (nroff'ed)
Chris Borton posted a parting present on net.micro.mac in roff-format
which I'm offering in print-ready format to the non-Unix community.
maybe, it should be archived in both formats ?!!
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Date: 5 Jul 86 10:40:43 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #53
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, 5 July 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 53
Today's Topics:
Mac-Vme connection
Resolution of laserwriter pictures
Window Zooming
Re: Animation Query
Bal of power and Hardiskutil
Mac+ and Watch cursor....
Red Ryder for 128k Macs
Re: Microsoft Flight Sim problem?
Re: Lightspeed patchs in error?
Re: Lightspeed troubles
Apple rumors (from John Dvorak)
Aztec C / Hard Disk 20 problem finally fixed
Transition from LISA to MAC dev. environment.
rotating pictures
mac mouse
Lighspeed C Laser Printing problems?
Re: LaserWriter & LaserPrep bugs ver. 3.0 & 3.1
Followup and comment on Dvorak's column
Re: Mac+ and Watch cursor....
Re: Delphi Mac Digest V2 #26 (COBOL query)
MS-Fortram workaround
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Date: 6 Jul 86 10:36:23 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V2 #27
Delphi Mac Digest Sunday, 6 July 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 27
Today's Topics:
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #48 (Re: Msg 9523)
RE: MacDraw Font Sizes! (Re: Msg 9608)
RE: Wierd Scenes Inside the Desktop (Re: Msg 9663)
smalltalk
Arghh! (screen dumps)
CatMove
RE: CatMove (Re: Msg 248)
Fedit Plus
RE: Fedit Plus (Re: Msg 9724)
RE: Fedit Plus (Re: Msg 9724)
HFS Backup and other goodies
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #52 (Re: Msg 9713)
RE: INFO-MAC Digest V4 #81 (Re: Msg 9742)
WARNING!!!
MAC SOFTWARE
RE: MAC SOFTWARE (Re: Msg 9770)
RE: MAC SOFTWARE (Re: Msg 9778)
RE: phonelink by borland -- any good?
RE: Phonelink
Astrology software
RE: Astrology software (Re: Msg 9785)
RE: waystation patch (Re: Msg 254)
Re: Your comment "whatever happened to MicroSoft Typographer"?
RE: need help for using Mac in analog data sampling
RE: apple talk/Phone Net. (Re: Msg 9809)
RE: Window Zooming and Red Ryder for 128k Macs
Microsoft FORTRAN workaround for Mac 512
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Date: Sat 5 Jul 86 09:01:29-CDT
From: CS.RICHMANN@R20.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject: MockPackage Plus 4.3
CE Software has just released MockPackage Plus, an enhancement of their
MockPackage of desk accessories distributed under the shareware system.
While I personally have only used the MockWrite DA, I like it well
enough to justify the payment of the shareware fee ($35 with newest
version sent to you by mail, $30 without.) All the DA's in the
MockPackage work under HFS on a MacPlus (confirmed by me) and under MFS
on a 128K machine (not confirmed).
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Subject: RamStart 1.23
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 86 23:27:16 -0500
From: David J. D'Souza <djdsouza@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Here's the newest version of RAMSTART. It is supposed to be
HFS compatible. FREEWARE!!!
David J. D'Souza
djdsouza@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
djd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
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Date: 7 Jul 86 23:55:23 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Map Scan
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: MAP SCAN
Date: 7-JUL-1986 19:56 by JIMH (James Hopper)
This small application will read the volume name, size, number of files,
total amount of free space, and the size of the largest contiguous block of
that free space, and print it in a dialog box. You can select all online
volumes using a next volume button, and old floppies can be ejected using
cmd shift (1 or 2) and new volumes will be mounted when inserted. If the
largest contiguous block gets small as compared to the total free space on
the volume you might consider backing the disk up, reinitializing, and
putting the data back on the disk. This will result in all free space in
one contiguous block. Warning it will not long remain that way so check it
every so often.
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Subject: Hard Disk Backup Utility -- MacDump
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 86 23:51:38 -0500
From: David J. D'Souza <djdsouza@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Here is a program which will allow you to backup your hard disk. It is
like the unix utility dump. Docs are included in this packit file.
Shareware...
David J. D'Souza
djdsouza@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
djd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 86 16:12:15 cdt
From: brian@SALLY.UTEXAS.EDU (Brian H. Powell)
Subject: Paintps Released, Finally
Here is Paintps.shar. Paintps is a unix program which will print
MacPaint pictures on a LaserWriter connected to a UNIX machine. Also
included are programs that allow other Macintosh output to be printed
on the LaserWriter. See the README file and the man pages for more details.
Brian H. Powell
UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!brian
ARPA: brian@sally.UTEXAS.EDU
cs.powell@r20.UTEXAS.EDU
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 86 23:04 N
From: <INFOEARN%HLERUL5.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA>
Subject: Starting a Macintosh programmers group
Yes, I'm still a bit amazed myself, but we here in Holland don't yet have
a Macintosh programmers group. But since there are plenty of developers
around, a couple of us have decided to start one.
So to all you members of similar groups out there goes this request for
information. What does it take to start a group like this and, more
importantly, what does it take to keep one going?
We're interested in anything useful you can come up with. For example, what
do you do at your meetings? Do you schedule lectures with interesting
people? Do you run a bulletin board and if so, what does it offer? We've
also come up with the idea of making the programmers group a 'certified
developer' (if Apple will allow it). That way, every member can benefit
from software supplements and technical notes, which otherwise can be kind
of hard to come by. Anybody else been thinking along similar lines or have
some other special activity?
Please answer to me directly. If you're on Bitnet and see me online, don't
hesitate to call me for a chat (on relay with vco for example :-). I'll
summarize for the net afterwards.
-- Thomas Fruin
computer science graduate, Leiden University
Bitnet FRUIN@HLERUL5
Arpanet FRUIN%HLERUL5.BITNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
FidoNet THOMAS FRUIN on 500/15
Relay Dibs
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