INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Moderator William J. Berner) (03/11/86)
INFO-MAC Digest Tuesday, 11 Mar 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 29
Today's Topics:
How to tell a double click.
LazLife.hqx, version 2.0c
CrashFix.hqx: another bomb-salvager
Hints from Dr. Mac, volume 1
Delphi Mac Digest V2 #9
here comes SkipFinder-6.0
MacHack/86 Conference
ResEdit 1.0D5 problem
RS-232 Pinouts for the Mac+ DIN-8 Connectors?
Beck-Tech Color Mac
MS Word merge to disk file
Hebrew characters on the Macintosh
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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 86 17:13:31 pst
From: oster%ucblapis@BERKELEY.EDU (David Phillip Oster)
Subject: How to tell a double click.
Here is the T.M.L. Pascal procedure I've written to tell if a given
mouseDown eventrecord is actually the first click of a double click.
There are a couple of tricky points:
1.) The user gets to set the DoubleClick time threshold from the control
panel. It is up to us to respect it.
2.) You must arrange to return as soon as you know that a given
eventRecord is NOT the first click of a double click - if you always
wait for the doubleClick time to expire, the application will seem sluggish.
3.) You have to allow for the mouse to move a little while the user is
doubleClicking (but not too much.)
[ARCHIVED AS [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>TML-DOUBLECLICK.SRC
--BB]
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Sender: Platt@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 86 15:33 MST
From: Dave-Platt%ladc@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
Subject: LazLife.hqx, version 2.0c
[ARCHIVED AS [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>LAZLIFE.HQX
-BB]
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Sender: Platt@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 86 15:34 MST
From: Dave-Platt%ladc@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
Subject: CrashFix.hqx: another bomb-salvager
[ARCHIVED AS [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>CRASHFIX.HQX
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Sender: Platt@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 86 15:34 MST
From: Dave-Platt%ladc@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
Subject: Hints from Dr. Mac, volume 1
[ARCHIVED AS [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>DRMACV1-HINTS.HQX
-BB]
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Date: 9 Mar 86 12:58:56 EST
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V2 #9
Delphi Mac Digest Sunday, 9 Mar 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 9
Today's Topics:
RE: Partially sighted word processors
RE: Control in Dialo (Re: Msg 6301)
Survey Program
RE: Survey Program (Re: Msg 6331)
File Placement in the Finder
RE: File Placement in the Finder (Re: Msg 6333)
HD20 Scuzzied?
RE: HD20 Scuzzied? (Re: Msg 6339)
Re: "The Macintosh Journal"
Re: "The Macintosh Journal"
Re: "The Macintosh Journal"
Re: "The Macintosh Journal"
Vax + MacBinary
RE: DEC VT240 emulators
DATABASES
Re: PackIt II
paradise hard disks
RE: paradise hard disks (Re: Msg 6411)
RE: paradise hard disks (Re: Msg 6416)
RE: Backup Utilities
Re: Fooling TextEdit & MacTerminal
Re: Laserwriter to other hosts.
Re: Laserwriter to other hosts.
Re: Red Ryder at 9600 bps with screen addressing.
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #13 (Re: Msg 6457)
IEE-488 to MAC and Back
RE: IEE-488 to MAC and Back (Re: Msg 6462)
RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #13 (Re: Msg 6466)
HyperDrive vs. Dasch
RE: Doubling your Sony Floppies (Re: Msg 6298)
[ARCHIVED AS [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>DELPHIV2-9.ARC
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 86 02:30:57 cst
From: werner@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: here comes SkipFinder-6.0
[ Darin Adler seems to have had some troubles posting; so, with his permission
here comes SkipFinder-6.0, which works with HFS and Megamax-compiled
programs, which used to cause a crash when quitting to return to the Finder.
]
[ARCHIVED AS [SUMEX]<INFO-MAC>SKIPFINDER-60.HQX
-BB]
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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 86 14:43:48 EST
From: Gavin_Eadie%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
Subject: MacHack/86 Conference
For Immediate Release----------Aimee M. Moran (313) 824-7992
MacHack86%umich-mts@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
MacHack '86 -- Apple Macintosh Developers' Conference
Apple Macintosh computer software specialists and suppliers will
meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan April 6-9 for MacHack '86, a
conference focusing exclusively on programming development for
Apple's popular Macintosh microcomputer.
Interest in the Macintosh is greater than ever since Apple
Computer, Inc. made headlines recently by introducing the new,
more powerful Macintosh MacPlus. The University of Michigan is
breaking new ground as the sponsor of MacHack-86 and over 100
Macintosh software developers, especially those from university
environments, are expected to attend in order to learn, share
their knowledge, and to view the latest software development
products for their computers.
Sponsored by U-M's Computing Center, Computer Aided Engineering
Network, and Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, the
conference will take place primarily in the Chrysler Center on
U-M's North Campus.
Conference sessions will run from 9am-4:30pm Monday and
Tuesday, and from 9am-noon Wednesday.
The sessions will consist of advanced tutorials, case studies,
and panel discussions.
The advanced tutorials will allow programmers to receive in-depth
information on new developments in Macintosh technology such as
networking and printing, and also on forthcoming programming
products.
The case studies will feature descriptions by developers of their
programming successes and failures and the factors contributing
to each.
The panel discussions will focus on current and future products
which assist in writing programs for the Macintosh. Through
these panel discussions, devolopers will have a chance to compare
similar products from different vendors and evaluate the relative
merits and shortcomings of their development tools.
Major software vendors are expected to display their wares in a
reserved area of the North Campus Commons. Product displays will
run throughout the conference and will be open to the public from
9am-4:30pm Tuesday, April 8.
For further information or to make reservations contact Aimee M.
Moran, Conference Coordinator, at (313) 824-7992 or contact the
Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN) at U-M (313) 763-3266.
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Date: Mon 10 Mar 86 11:43:14-PST
From: Irvin Lustig <OR.LUSTIG@SU-SIERRA.ARPA>
Subject: ResEdit 1.0D5 problem
I just uploaded ResEdit 1.0D5 from INFO-MAC and have had the following
problem with it working on a Mac 512K, Old Roms, and HD 20:
When I open an existing file that is not in the root directory or
the system folder, the resources do not appear. ResEdit creates
an empty file with the same name in the root directory.
I know that the file has resources, because if I move it to the root
directory, ResEdit 1.0D5 will edit it fine. ResEdit 0.8 edits the
file no matter which folder it is in, and I continue to use it, since
version 1.0D5 has this disturbing problem.
If it helps at all, ResEdit 1.0D5 is not in the root directory.
Has anyone else had this problem? Someone on net.micro.mac mentioned
this, but I can't post anything to that net. People have said 1.0D5
is HFS compatible, but considering the nature of this problem, I would
say that version 0.8 is HFS compatible and that 1.0D5 is NOT.
-Irv Lustig
OR.LUSTIG@SU-SIERRA
"If only all software was upwards compatible......."
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Date: 10 Mar 86 20:54:07 est
From: Martin David Connor <mdc@MIT-HTVAX.ARPA>
Subject: RS-232 Pinouts for the Mac+ DIN-8 Connectors?
A few questions about the new MAC+ DIN-8 serial port connectors:
- Is it the same socket that we find on the backside of the
Radio-Shack Model-100?
(I just disassembled and desoldered a Model-100 DIN-8
connector, so I hope so...)
- Does anyone have (or is willing to get out the VOM and find out)
the pinouts for a serial cable?
I would be happy to get pinouts for DIN-8 to DB-9 (the current
Mac serial port connector) or DIN-8 to DB-25 (Imagewriter-I cable)
Since it will be a little while until my Mac+ arrives, I'd like to be
ready to use my antiquated dial-it-yourself modem and plug right into
my local Vax and 3640.
Notes:
My (hopefully compatible) DIN-8 connector seems to be
numbered like this:
2
4 5
1 6 3
7 8
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Date: Mon 10 Mar 86 00:58:56-EST
From: Wang Zeep <G.ZEEP%DEEP-THOUGHT@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Beck-Tech Color Mac
This last week's "Computer Chronicles" on PBS mentioned in passing that
Beck-Tech would have a internal color board for the Macintosh. I got the
impression this would not be a colorizing board like their current product,
but a real color video interface for the Mac.
A great rumor, I thought, and since I know that Beck has been into video and
computers for a bunch of years and does a pretty good >512K upgrade board, it
could even be true.
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Date: Mon 10 Mar 1986 11:17:54 EST
From: <FDA@LL.ARPA>
Subject: MS Word merge to disk file
MS Word has a feature which allows one to merge the main document with a
datafile and send the combined document to the printer. I would like to
do the merge but redirect the output to a diskfile of type WORD. Any
suggestions on how this could be accomplished would be appreciated.
Thanks, Henry Helmken FDA at LL.ARPA
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Date: 10 MAR 86 11:24-EST
From: VY2629%BINGVAXB.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: Hebrew characters on the Macintosh
Hello. I am interested in Hebrew wordprocessing on the Macintosh. I
have been able to get a hebrew font but there is no way that I can write
from right to left instead of the English left to right.
If you can send me any information on a system patch or a program that can
help it would greatly be appreciated. I also would like to be put on the
mailing list for any other type of new concerning the Mac.
Thank You
Edan A. Saltz
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