info-mac-request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (04/17/91)
Info-Mac Digest Tue, 16 Apr 91 Volume 9 : Issue 89
Today's Topics:
[*] TrueType conversion of Black Chancery
[*] TrueType conversion of Polo Semi font
[*] TrueType conversion of Rudelsberg font
[*] TrueType conversion of Thomas font
[*] TrueType version of FuriosoTitling
Aggravation--Help!!
Control Panel Lockouts
Dial-In AppleTalk
Does Anyone Have a MacDraw Format Periodic Table?
Double-sided printing
Exporting WriteNow text
formatted replace in Word 4.0 --- query in v9-086
Good Toner Cart Prices for Personal LW NT?
Guernica
hypercard stacks
IIgs and LaserWriter
IIsi and NTSC Video
looking for Mac Puke
MacProject, big AT LANs
OVERPRINTING
PC Disks and System 7
Printer Types and Paper Types
Random Number Generator Summary
Requests
Response to TeX on the Mac
Sam Virus Update
System shutdown from an INIT
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 91 19:54:10 -0800 (PST)
From: dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (Dave Platt)
Subject: [*] TrueType conversion of Black Chancery
This posting contains a convertion into TrueType format of the Black Chancery
font. What follows is a StuffIt 1.5.1 archive containing the Black Chancery
PostScript font as it was originally received by me (bitmap, downloadable
PostScript file(s), and perhaps documentation and/or AFM files). I've
added a suitcase file which contains a TrueType version of the font,
created by FontMonger 1.0.
Generic statement: I am not the author of this font; I'm simply
converting it as a service to the Mac community. I believe that it's
legitimate for me to convert and redistribute this font... if you feel
otherwise or have information to the contrary, please contact me via
email. If this is a shareware font, please honor the author's shareware
request if you use either the PostScript or TrueType version of the
font.
Dave Platt
dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (domain/MX)
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/black-chancery.hqx; 192K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 91 23:15:42 -0800 (PST)
From: dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (Dave Platt)
Subject: [*] TrueType conversion of Polo Semi font
This posting contains a convertion into TrueType format of the Polo Semi
font. What follows is a StuffIt 1.5.1 archive containing the Polo Semi
PostScript font as it was originally received by me (bitmap, downloadable
PostScript file(s), and perhaps documentation and/or AFM files). I've
added a suitcase file which contains a TrueType version of the font,
created by FontMonger 1.0.
Generic statement: I am not the author of this font; I'm simply
converting it as a service to the Mac community. I believe that it's
legitimate for me to convert and redistribute this font... if you feel
otherwise or have information to the contrary, please contact me via
email. If this is a shareware font, please honor the author's shareware
request if you use either the PostScript or TrueType version of the
font.
---
Dave Platt
dplatt%snulbug.uucp@apple.com (non-MX Internet)
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/polo-semi.hqx; 96K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 91 23:18:12 -0800 (PST)
From: dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (Dave Platt)
Subject: [*] TrueType conversion of Rudelsberg font
This posting contains a convertion into TrueType format of the Rudelsberg
font. What follows is a StuffIt 1.5.1 archive containing the Rudelsberg
PostScript font as it was originally received by me (bitmap, downloadable
PostScript file(s), and perhaps documentation and/or AFM files). I've
added a suitcase file which contains a TrueType version of the font,
created by FontMonger 1.0.
Generic statement: I am not the author of this font; I'm simply
converting it as a service to the Mac community. I believe that it's
legitimate for me to convert and redistribute this font... if you feel
otherwise or have information to the contrary, please contact me via
email. If this is a shareware font, please honor the author's shareware
request if you use either the PostScript or TrueType version of the
font.
---
Dave Platt
dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (domain/MX)
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/rudelsberg.hqx; 113K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 91 20:41:51 -0800 (PST)
From: dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (Dave Platt)
Subject: [*] TrueType conversion of Thomas font
This posting contains a convertion into TrueType format of the Thomas
font. What follows is a StuffIt 1.5.1 archive containing the Thomas
PostScript font as it was originally received by me (bitmap, downloadable
PostScript file(s), and perhaps documentation and/or AFM files). I've
added a suitcase file which contains a TrueType version of the font,
created by FontMonger 1.0.
Generic statement: I am not the author of this font; I'm simply
converting it as a service to the Mac community. I believe that it's
legitimate for me to convert and redistribute this font... if you feel
otherwise or have information to the contrary, please contact me via
email. If this is a shareware font, please honor the author's shareware
request if you use either the PostScript or TrueType version of the
font.
A description of this font, from the author:
> Thomas is a Postscript font for the Laserwriter and compatibles (i.e.
> Linotronics) that was made using Fontographer and Fontastic by Altsys.
> The font is a slightly antique looking book face best shown in 9 or 10
> points but perfectly suitable for larger display uses. The face is
> based on Caxton - a font named after William Caxton, the
> printer/publisher who first published Chaucer's works.
>
> "Thomas" is not yet fully implemented. It is missing all of the
> accented uppercase letters (though the lowercase accented characters
> are completed) and many of the special characters are missing. I had
> lost the creative will to complete them by the time I finished fussing
> with the main alphabet. I intend to do them sometime soon and will be
> happy to provide you with the completed font if you will leave me a
> message.
>
> The font is free for your personal use and you are welcome to give the
> files to friends or post them on other bulletin boards and services.
> The files include the downloadable font and the metrics file, which
> need to reside within you system folder, and the bit-mapped screen
> fonts in the sizes I use most (9,10,12,28 and 36). If you have
> comments or suggestions please leave a message for me on GEnie.
>
> David Dowe
> XTH04747
---
Dave Platt
apple!snulbug!dplatt (uucp path)
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/thomas.hqx; 165K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 91 21:05:47 EDT
From: Glenn Fleishman <FLEGLEI%YALEVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] TrueType version of FuriosoTitling
Recently I posted the sample version of a Type 1 PostScript font called
Furioso that I executed. This is an updated archive containing the screen
bitmaps & Type 1 PostScript printer font as well as the new TrueType
suitcase. I do not use TrueType yet, so I need feedback on whether the
sample works or not. I used Metamorphosis Professional 2.0 (from Altsys)
to convert the font from Type 1 format. The registration fee is $12 & in
return you get the full font (upper & lower case & numerals & lots of
punctuation & other special characters) in Type 1 & TrueType formats.
Those who already registered will shortly get the TrueType format
in the mail.
If you like the font, please register according to the instructions
in the registration file enclosed.
Glenn Fleishman, Yale University Printing Service
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/furioso-titling.hqx; 69K]
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 13:46:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Capouch <brianc@zeta.saintjoe.edu>
Subject: Aggravation--Help!!
Could any of you Mac gurus out there explain this phenomenon, which is
about to drive me completely up the wall: all of the sudden, my
PageMaker can no longer find some of the fonts on my QMS PS-810 printer,
instead "downloading" fonts from God-knows-where that are only the
weakest possible shadow of the fonts in question. I can't find any
LaserWriter font files anywhere that would be being downloaded, and when
I check to see what fonts are in the printer, all the usual ones are
there.
I have no idea what to do next, and can't use either Palatino or New
Century Schoolbook. Other fonts, however, seem to be fine.
Thanks in advance for any help that anyone might be able to offer.
Brian Capouch
Saint Joseph's College
brianc@saintjoe.edu
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 19:24:37 -0700
From: curfmanm@cas.orst.edu (Matthew Curfmanm)
Subject: Control Panel Lockouts
Are there any cdev/utilities that lock the control panel so that a password
is required before successfull entry. We operate a Macintosh lab, and
frequently have to reset items in the control panel that have been changed
by unknowing users.
Matt Curfman
curfmanm@darkstar.cas.orst.edu
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Date: 16 Apr 91 14:31 GMT
From: KURAS@applelink.apple.com (Kuras, Patrick)
Subject: Dial-In AppleTalk
WRT:
>I am looking for a cheap and easy way to attach a remote mac to a localtalk
>network. Something along the lines of a Shiva NetModem, except without
>actually buying one. I already have several 2400 Baud modems around, and
>would like to use them for this purpose.
Check out Liaison from Farallon. This is a software router that also allows
remote dial-in connections.
I do not suggest you try this at speeds lower than 9600 bps, and preferably
V.32. For performance that is actually pleasant, V.42 bis is a plus.
pat
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Date: 16 Apr 91 00:09:00 EDT
From: "Charles E. Bouldin" <bouldin@sed.eeel.nist.gov>
Subject: Does Anyone Have a MacDraw Format Periodic Table?
I am looking for a periodic table, in either MacDraw or Pict format. Anyone
have such a thing? I just wan't one that I can put my own annotations on.
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 07:43 ???
From: APTAGLIABUE%amherst.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Double-sided printing
There is a new piece of software from Portfolio Systems called Dynopage
which lets you easily print double-sided on the LaserWriter or any
other printer. Dynopage is a cdev which has its own page setup dialog which
comes up after you applications regular page setup dialog. When you choose
print, Dynopage will automatically print the odd pages, ask you to reinsert
the printed sheets into the printer, and then print the even sides.
In addition to printing double-sided, Dynopage allows you to define any
page size. It was specifically designed to print pages for Day Runner-type
six-hole organizers. It comes with a supply of six-hole binder paper.
I have been using it for about two weeks now and have had no problems. I
got it from MacConnection for $57, but I think the price might have gone
up now.
Drew Tagliabue
aptagliabue@amherst.edu
aptagliabue@amherst.bitnet
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 14:23 GMT+1
From: FRICCI%ITOPOLI.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Exporting WriteNow text
Hello everybody,
I have to make a HyperCard script that inserts some text a` la mail-merge into
an existing WriteNow formatted file. This file contains, at some point, the
character sequence "<NAME>". This has to be replaced with the contents of a
background field called "Name".
What I did was this:
open file sourceFile
open file destinationFile
read from sourceFile until "<NAME>"
delete last char of it -- the '<' character was included in it
write it to file destinationFile
write bkgnd fld "Name" to file destinationFile
read from sourceFile for 32767 -- sourceFile is about 3K in size
delete char 1 to 3 of it -- the 'NAME>' characters were included in it
write it to file destinationFile
close file sourceFile
close file destinationFile
The resulting file is exactly the same size of the source one in bytes; the
logical EOF is at the same point for both. I changed the type and creator to
match the WriteNow file's ones: 'nX~d' and 'nX~n'.
Then I opened the file with WriteNow, but it couldn't recognize the format of
the file... it shows a dialog box saying that the file was created with a newer
version of WN, and to upgrade...
Can anybody help me?
Any suggestion is welcome!
- Alberto Ricci.
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 10:19 EST
From: MITCHELL@nmr.biophys.upenn.edu
Subject: formatted replace in Word 4.0 --- query in v9-086
In Infomac Digest v9-086, Ray Meng <K2JJ%UNB.CA@unbmvs1.csd.unb.ca> asks
>Second. Is it possible to specify attribute such as bold, subscript in
>find/replace window? I found I can not live without it. I know Macwrite
>and wordperfect can do this.
While Word 4.0 ignores formatting in its find and replace dialogs, you can
replace plain text with formatted text. This was quite handy in the writing
of my dissertation, where there were dozens of references to D2O (deuterium
oxide or heavy water to you non-scientists) and the 2 had to be subscripted.
Rather than go back and subscript each time I typed it, I left it plain
and when I was through typing, subscripted the first instance and copied
it to the clipboard. Then I brought up the Change... dialog, typed plain
D2O into the find box, and ^c (meaning contents of the clipboard) into the
change to box. The change all button then replaced all instances of D2O,
plain or subscripted, with the subscripted one. I hope that will help Ray
stay alive!
Howzat!?!
Matthew Mitchell mitchell@nmr.biophys.upenn.edu
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 11:26:07 EDT
From: bas@chem.wayne.edu (Barry A. Schoenfelner)
Subject: Good Toner Cart Prices for Personal LW NT?
Where are the best places to get toner cartridges for the
Apple Personal LaserWriter NT? I understand that the print engine
is the same as the QMS PS-410 and the HP LaserJet III. I'll
summarize prices, addresses and phone numbers for the net if
there is any interest.
Barry Schoenfelner (bas@chem.wayne.edu)
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Date: 16 Apr 91 14:29 GMT
From: KURAS@applelink.apple.com (Kuras, Patrick)
Subject: Guernica
Guernica was written by film producer Robert Abel. It is (I think) sold by Mass
Microsystems (because it requires their ColorSpace F/X to work). Call (408)
522-1200. Guernica also requires a videodisc player.
pat
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Does anyone know where I can get the Hypercard stack pertaining
to Picasso's painting Guernica? I read about it, I think, in
Denise Caruso's column.
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 14:45 EDT
From: Covaleski <PTC@vms.cis.pitt.edu>
Subject: hypercard stacks
Hi,
I am looking for hypercard stacks that contain pictures that society
might perceive as gender related. Pictures that might reflect
tasks that are typically done by a male or female but not by both.
Actually, additional pictures of male/female would help. These pictures
would be used in a psychology experiment.
I will be using FTP to retrieve and Stuffit if necessary.
THANKS,
Paul
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Date: 16 Apr 91 14:31 GMT
From: KURAS@applelink.apple.com (Kuras, Patrick)
Subject: IIgs and LaserWriter
>A friend of mine has an old Apple II GS and a Mac. He has a lot of AppleII
>files (Apple Works). He used to print them on an ImageWriter. Now that he
>a LaserWriter connected to his Mac, he wants to know if he can use it "as
>an ImageWriter". Does a driver for the Apple II exist ? In one word, can he,
>From is Apple II, emulate the ImageWriter on the LaserWriter ?
Yes, this is actually a supported solution from Apple. Your friend must have a
ROM 01 IIgs (the upgrade is free if he doesn't have it already) and at least
768K of RAM, preferably 1.25 MB. He or she also needs a LocalTalk connector for
the IIgs. There is a LaserWriter driver for the Apple II with IIgs System
Software 5.0.4, which is the current version. You should be able to get this
>From your local user group, or you can purchase the kit from your Apple dealer
for about $50. The kit includes documentation on how to do this, but I will
summarize it here in case your friend does not have the manuals.
Your friend must set the IIgs slots control panel as follows:
Slot 1: Your Card
Slot 7: Built-In AppleTalk
Plug the LocalTalk connector into the Printer port and make sure the
LaserWriter software has been installed on the System Disk.
If there's no hard disk on the IIgs, use this procedure to get the dirver on.
- Use the installer to install "AppleShare on 3.5 Disk" onto a *blank* 800K
floppy. You are doing this because the AppleShare script also installs
minimal System Software
- Again using the Installer, click on "AppleShare" and click "Remove" to
remove the AppleShare resources from the disk.
- Now use the Installer to install LaserWriter on the disk. It should barely
fit.
Start up the IIgs with the disk you just made, open the Graphic control panel
(from the Apple menu) and click LaserWriter. The LaserWriter's name should
appear. Click ImageWriter emulator, and a PostScript program that allows the
LaserWriter to accept ImageWriter output will be downloaded to the printer and
made resident. The printer will print a page that confirms this. You will need
to repeat this every time you restart the printer.
To print with AppleWorks 2.X, boot with your LaserWriter startup disk, then
without restarting, open AppleWorks from its diskette. Go to the place where
you "Specify information about your printers." Add a new printer, call it
"LaserWriter" (or something else that makes sense to you), and tell AppleWorks
that it is an ImageWriter located in Slot 7. The rest is automatic.
With AppleWorks 3.X, everything is the same, except that you tell AppleWorks
the printer location is "AppleTalk."
For output formatted in nice type, try the AppleWorks Proportional-1 and
Proportional-2 fonts.
Hope this helps.
pat
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Date: 16 Apr 91 14:29 GMT
From: KURAS@applelink.apple.com (Kuras, Patrick)
Subject: IIsi and NTSC Video
>Some time ago there was a message about taking a video card output and
>combining signals to get an NTSC signal (normal video). Is there a way to
>do this with the signals coming out of a IIsi (built-in video)? How do you
>connect the pins to an RCA phono connector?
>
>Bill Simpson
>wsimpson@uwpg02.bitnet
Bill:
The IIsi built-in video does not support NTSC timing. You would need an Apple
Display Card 4*8 and an NTSC encoder such as the RaserOps Video Expander or the
Computer Video NTSC Encoder. See the Mac Product Registry from Redgate
Communications for vendor info. Your Apple dealer should know where to get this
publication. Alternatively, anyone with access to AppleLink (your dealer or
campus reseller) should be able to llok it up electronically in the Redgate
library.
pat
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 15:54:56 EDT
From: "Sue Hay (tm)" <SUEHAY@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: looking for Mac Puke
I used to have an INIT called Mac Puke, which, when installed, would
cause the Mac to make a puking noise every time a diskette was ejected.
I threw this out long ago (for obvious reasons) but now someone I know
wants it, and I can't remember where I originally got it. Can someone
out there tell me where I can get this?
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 11:39:22 PDT
From: Nethery.Parc@xerox.com
Subject: MacProject, big AT LANs
Date 4/16/91
Subject MacProject, big AT LANs
>From Kee Nethery
To info-mac
Subject:MacProject, big AT LANs
Does anyone know if there are any discussion groups on Project Management
(MacProject, MicroPlanner, Open Plan, etc.)?
Does anyone know if there are any discussions groups specifically on AppleTalk
LANs?
Kee Nethery
Institute for Research on Learning
nethery.parc@xerox.com
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 08:30:45 EDT
From: ZAK@cu.nih.gov
Subject: OVERPRINTING
A couple of weeks ago I asked the members of this list how to go
about printing a bar over the letters L and T: Was a special
font needed? Was there someway to do this in Word?
The answer turned out to be quite simple (using the overprint
function in Word's Formula facility), which solved my colleague's
problem, and in actually cracking open my word manual (what a
concept!) I found all sorts of other nifty things I could do with
type and creating characters.
For all the helpful advice and suggestions, I'd like to thank
mls@csmil.umich.edu
XMU@CORNELLA.cit.cornell.edu
MEVERC95@IRLEARN
tim@ufcia.health.ufl.edu
JVANCE@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU
Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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Date: 16 Apr 91 14:29 GMT
From: KURAS@applelink.apple.com (Kuras, Patrick)
Subject: PC Disks and System 7
>Am I right in thinking that System 7.0 will make third-party utilities like
>PC Access and DOS Mounter redundant? In other words are the rumours that
>it allows you to mount PC disks and use them like Mac disks true?
Sorry, not true.
pat
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 09:08:00 EDT
From: Barry Zalph <NOTCHES@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu>
Subject: Printer Types and Paper Types
In Info-Mac Digest, 12 April 1991, hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov wrote:
> MacWorld has an article about 12 lo-cost printers. You should get a
> copy before you buy any. It shows that the type of paper that is used
> is very important in any of the Ink Jet printers. The LaserPrinters
> work well on just about any type of paper.
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I beg to differ! Ink-jet output quality is paper-dependent, but output
>From fused toner printers (whether laser, LED, or LCD shutter) is by no
means paper-independent. If you try to use a fused toner printer with
paper that is too heavy or too deeply textured, you will find that the
print, although beautiful, will crumble or rub easily from the paper.
These printers rely on a rapid heating operation to fuse (melt) the
powdered toner (the "ink") onto the paper; heavy or deeply textured
papers do not heat quickly enough, resulting in unfused toner. The best
way to test any printer is to run several sheets of your own paper
through it before you buy it. My letterhead won't work in my Laser-
Writer IIsc or in an HP LaserJet II, but works well in an HP DeskJet
(the PC-compatible version of the DeskWriter). If you must decide on
the basis of published printer specifications and paper weights (e.g.,
"20 lb. bond" or 75g/sq.meter), beware of the U.S. "basis weight" system
and use the S.I. (gram/sq. meter) system instead. In the U.S. system:
20 lb. bond, 20 lb. text, and 20 lb. cover all differ from one another.
The conversion factors are:
1 lb. bond = 3.76 g/m**2
1 lb. text = 1.48 g/m**2
1 lb. cover = 2.70 g/m**2
Even after all of these conversions, i find the LaserWriter IIsc manual
to overstate the abilities of my printer: it says that i ought to be
able to use up to 135 g/m**2 paper with the face-up tray; in reality, it
will not print properly on my 118 g/m**2 letterhead (perhaps, in fair-
ness, due to the papers deep texture).
CAVEAT EMPTOR! Barry Zalph (notches@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu)
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 21:22 EST
From: DRBH@db1.cc.rochester.edu
Subject: Random Number Generator Summary
My thanks to all who responded to my question about random number
generators. To sumarize their responses:
1. The Toolbox random number generator is OK, if not ideal, after all. I
was repeatedly setting the seed (RandSeed) to TickCount for each random
number. Not good. Set RandSeed to TickCount once when the program is
initialized, then generate a random number and set RandSeed to THAT number
for the next time you will generate a random number.
2. A VERY useful and readable article is "Random Number Generators: Good
ones are hard to find." by S.K. PArk and K.W. Miller. Communications of the
ACM, October 1988, Volume 31, p 1192. (my thanks to Rick Zaccone,
zaccone@bucknell.edu). The article gives a specific Pascal example tht is
applicable to the Mac, for which maxint =2^31 - 1.
3. Several people pointed D. E.Knuth's 3 volume work "The Art of Computer
Programing" Chapter 3, "Random Numbers", discusses not only random number
generators, but their many applications. REadable even by a completely
naive non-programmer.
4. David Fry (fry@math.harvard.EDU) points out:
The Random() function supplied in the Mac Toolbox is actually a very
good random function generator. It based on what is called the
"minimal standard" RNG in Park and Miller's great article in CACM
October, 1988. The only problem you might run into is: the random
seed in a global variable called randSeed, and this is a 32-bit
variable. Random() updates this variable properly, but the value
returned is only the lower 16 bits. For most purposes this is okay,
but for better effect, use randSeed and ignore the value returned by
Random().
In case your development system doesn't let you use Random()
conveniently, or if you want portable code, here is a C
implementation.
static long acm_randseed;
set_acm_seed(seed)
long seed;
/*
* Set the seed for the minimal standard random number generator.
*/
{
if ( seed == 0 )
seed = 1;
if ( seed < 0 )
seed = -seed;
acm_randseed = seed;
}
long acm_random()
/*
* This implements the "minimal standard random number generator"
* as proposed by Park and Miller in CACM October, 1988.
* It has a period of 2147483647.
*/
{
long lo, hi, test;
hi = acm_randseed / 127773;
lo = acm_randseed % 127773;
test = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi;
if ( test > 0 )
acm_randseed = test;
else
acm_randseed = test +
2147483647;
return(acm_randseed);
}
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 12:10:58 CDT
From: hallett@positron.com (Jeff Hallett x5163 )
Subject: Requests
Could anyone out there who downloaded the Ft-valet-21-updater and 1990
chess championships from Sumex-Aim before they went bye-bye please
send them to me? I will reciprocate the favor if I can.
Thanks much
Jeffrey A. Hallett, hallettJ@med.ge.com
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 14:54:38 EDT
From: perez@itd.nrl.navy.mil
Subject: Response to TeX on the Mac
Thanks to all of you who responded to my question
on Tex for the Macintosh.
There are two versions available:
Free Tex:
OzTeX available from midway.chicago.edu
Commercial Tex:
Textures
Blue Sky Research
534 SW 3rd Av.
Portland, OR 97204
800-622-8398
503-222-9571
Fax: 503-222-1643.
>From the feedback received to my question, there seem
to be many happy users with both products. Both were
highly recommended.
Once again, thanks for the response.
Manuel A. Perez
Naval Research Lab
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 00:22 EST
From: "LOVE YOUR MOTHER .... IT'S THE ONLY PLANET WE HAVE" <ARAK@vax.clarku.edu>
Subject: Sam Virus Update
I just received a note from Symantec saying that there is a new virus around
which will infect HyperCard stacks called the HC virus. The note also says
that they are unable to supply me with the anti virus code for this virus
because it is too complex. They go on to say that if I upgrade to version 3.0
for "$29.00 (plus shipping and handling, and sales tax)" that the new version
will protect me from this Hypercard virus.
Is this all a gymic to get me to upgrade? How many other viruses will be too
complex for the older version to handle? Is there claim true, is the code for
the hypercard virus too complex for the old version(2.0)?
Upset SAM User.
Drew Rak IRC_AR@vax.clarku.edu IRC_AR@clarku
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 17:03:51 +0100
From: Mark Abbott <ucee240@ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: System shutdown from an INIT
Does anybody out there know a reliable way to shutdown a Mac from an INIT.
I'm sure I've seen an INIT do this and I'd like to know how. I tried
the obvious of calling ShutDwnPower() but this just produces system error
dialogs. I'm using a Mac SE/30, System 6.0.5 and Think C 4.0.2 I imagine
that the trap is expecting some data that's set up by the Finder, like
the Window Manager wants some globals cleared, but I can't see what.
Any idea ? Please e-mail to the address below.
Thanks,
Mark Abbott
E-Mail: m.abbott@ucl.ac.uk
(or m.abbott%ucl.ac.uk@net.cs.relay if you have problems)
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