bradshaw@qucis.queensu.CA (Tom Bradshaw) (01/13/90)
1) Apple Canada tells us the only way to upgrade the *version* of
Postscript in our old LaserWriter+ is to buy *another* -plus upgrade kit.
Since we already paid for the extra fonts, this seems a little out of
line. Has this been the policy in the U.S. too?
2) Is Symantec/Think planning to release an object library for Pascal
similar to the one they're including with Think C? I've been using MPW
for MacApp, but I'd really rather spend my time doing something more
productive than prowling through the heap in Macsbug. I've written my own
small set of primitive window-handling objects for those "quick and dirty"
programs, but who wants to reinvent the wheel?
3) Does anyone know of a spooler that works for the DeskWriter that's
available today?
4) In Think Pascal I want to call a system routine that moves memory with
a field of an object as a parameter. Is it safe to assume that objects can
be treated as handles, and do HLock (HANDLE(SELF))...HUnlock()?
5) We have a MacPlus running AppleShare. To back it up, I've created a
boot floppy with DiskFit. We shut down the AppleShare machine, reboot from
the floppy, and run DiskFit to do the backup. Is this going to get
everything, and in the form it's needed, to do a full recovery? (I'm
worried by the alternate directory system that AppleShare seems to use.)
6) Is there a gateway that I can post questions to UseNet from BitNet
directly?
7) Has anyone heard if there will be a new version of MacTerminal released
when the CommToolbox ships? I heard a rumour of LAT support a while ago,
but nothing since.
Thanks everyone. Please note that this has been posted from someone
else's account since I only have read-only access to UseNet.
Dave Charlesworth
CHARLESW@QUCDN.BITNET
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Davesiegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) (01/15/90)
In article <500@qusunm.queensu.CA> bradshaw@qucis.queensu.CA (Tom Bradshaw) writes: > > 2) Is Symantec/Think planning to release an object library for Pascal > similar to the one they're including with Think C? I've been using MPW Yes. > 4) In Think Pascal I want to call a system routine that moves memory with > a field of an object as a parameter. Is it safe to assume that objects can > be treated as handles, and do HLock (HANDLE(SELF))...HUnlock()? Yes, although instead of HLock and HUnlock, use: oldState= HGetState(Handle(SELF)); MoveHHi(Handle(SELF)); HLock(Handle(SELF)); { stuff here } HSetState(Handle(SELF), oldState); This will allow you to do this trick across multiple routine calls. > 5) We have a MacPlus running AppleShare. To back it up, I've created a > boot floppy with DiskFit. We shut down the AppleShare machine, reboot from > the floppy, and run DiskFit to do the backup. Is this going to get > everything, and in the form it's needed, to do a full recovery? (I'm > worried by the alternate directory system that AppleShare seems to use.) No; DiskFit won't preserve the file and folder permissions. Retrospect will, and I use it in an automatic mode to back up a file server in the middle of the night to a tape drive, without having to shut down the server. (I have no relation to Dantz Development except as a satisfied customer.) Retrospect does lots of other nice things besides, and it's a little over half the cost of Network Diskfit. R. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rich Siegel Staff Software Developer Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel "When someone who makes four hundred and fifty dollars an hour wants to tell you something for free, it's a good idea to listen." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
bradshaw@qucis.queensu.CA (Tom Bradshaw) (02/01/90)
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