Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (12/23/90)
Info-Mac Digest Sat, 22 Dec 90 Volume 8 : Issue 214
Today's Topics:
[*] AppleShare Mount XCMDs
[*] Heirarchical Popup Menus for Hypercard
[*] NISUS 3 Clean-Up Macro from Australian MacWorld
[*] SystemErrorDA 3.0
A/UX
AFP SERVER
Compactor vs. StuffIt 1.6 (another word)
Compactor vs Disk Doubler
Disk Mirroring...
File format request
Igor - graph formats query
Info-Mac Digest V8 #210
Mac IIsi & Keyboards
Mac on wheels question
More Compactor vs. Stuffit
multiple tn3270 sessions on Mac
Netter's Dinner at SF MacWorld in January
PICT to CGM Translation
Portable Database Programs
Putting Down the Portable (Hit it with the book!)
ResEdit 2.1
Scanned Text
summery of PC-->Mac text transfer
Thor's INIT v1.0
Translating Apple II (ProDOS) files to Macintosh format
VT220 emulator
Word/Net Incompatibilities
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Date: 27 Nov 90 14:01 GMT
From: LAICHI.SPT@applelink.apple.com (Axis, Hector Rojas, Chile,ICC)
Subject: [*] AppleShare Mount XCMDs
Some time back I asked about some example source code to help me
write a Wingz external command for mounting AppleShare server disks.
I mentioned that such source code should be available, since there
are various HyperCard external commands that do the same thing.
Well, that caused a flood of messages to arrive at my mailbox, all
asking for the HyperCard external commands! After some delay (sorry,
I've been _extremly_ busy), I've posted a stack ("Mount") that
contains two external commands:
o Mount - mounts an AppleShare server disk, bypassing the Chooser
o Unmount - unmounts any disk (similar to dragging it to the Trash)
The XCMDs are written by Peter Desnoyers. I added the stack with
documentation, example scripts, and easy installation buttons.
NOTE: I have used these XCMDs to create similar external commands for
Wingz. I sent the Wingz commands to Info-Mac some time back.
-- Thomas Fruin Apple Chile
AppleLink: LAICHI.SPT laichi.spt@applelink.apple.com
[Archived as /info-mac/card/xcmd/mount-volume.hqx; 55K]
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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 90 13:47:16 PST
From: PUGH%CCV.ESNET@ccc.nersc.gov
Subject: [*] Heirarchical Popup Menus for Hypercard
Here is version 2.5 of HPopupMenu. This works with all Hypercards and all
Supercards so it is obviously way cool. It uses a single string for the menu,
with a maximum of flexibility and unlimited length. There is a limit on 127^2
(16129) menu items, but anyone with this many should be shot. It does only
one level of menus, but no one has cried for more. Included are a number of
sample scripts and buttons, including popup and dropdown menus. You can
format menus using commas, semicolons, and/or returns. It is error robust so
that it doesn't choke on poorly formatted input. It is, as I said before, way
cool.
Jon
N L pugh@ccc.nersc.gov
E A L National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
R T N Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S L PO Box 5509 L-561
C Livermore, California 94551
(415) 423-4239
[Archived as /info-mac/card/xcmd/hpopupmenu-25.hqx; 33K]
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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 1990 10:06:42 GMT
From: PFR654@csc1.anu.oz.au (Phil Ryan)
Subject: [*] NISUS 3 Clean-Up Macro from Australian MacWorld
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A very useful Nisus Macro
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This is the "All Cleanup" macro for Nisus 3 from "Australian Macworld"
November 1990. It is in the public domain, and is therefore free.
(It may work with earlier versions of Nisus, I don't know.)
It changes multiple spaces to single spaces, removes blank lines, puts the
punctuation in the 'correct' place as regards quotes and brackets, ensures
that there is only a single space after a full stop and that there is no
space before it, plus some other stuff.
Particularly useful for long documents, and also (of course) for editors of
newsletters and magazines.
The editor of Aus Macworld is so attached to his Nisus Macros that he has
willed them to his firstborn. :-) :-)
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Phil Ryan
ANU Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics
Canberra, Australia
pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au phone:(61-6) 249 4678
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[Archived as /info-mac/app/nisus-all-cleanup.hqx; 3K]
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 90 19:30:51 EST
From: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu (William Perez)
Subject: [*] SystemErrorDA 3.0
Here is the current version of the System Errors DA
It lists what each ID=## means. Enjoy!
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<>William Perez <> Internet: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu <>
<>RPO 0043 POBox 5063 <> GEnie: W.PEREZ1 <>
<>New Brunswick, NJ 08903 <> America Online: WilliWonka <>
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
[Archived as /info-mac/da/system-errors-30.hqx; 34K]
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Date: 21 Dec 90 23:39:30 GMT
From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton)
Subject: A/UX
raysnec!shwake@uunet.uu.net (Ray Shwake) writes:
>Geoffrey Parsons <SGPARSON%WKYUVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu> writes:
>> Jeeze, $950 bucks for an upgrade? The list out of MacUser was $600 for
>>the CD version and $800 for the floppy/tape version. Does this include
>>all of the manual updates too? That's just too damn expensive! I don't
>>understand why Apple has to charge so much for A/UX.
> What are you comparing the A/UX cost to? Certainly not to UNIX/386
>packages (from, e.g. SCO, ISC, etc.) whose 2-user versions including
>functionality comparable to A/UX cost even more. Where Apple gets you,
>though, is in the high cost of the associated manuals (assuming that which
>is included with A/UX is not adequate).
The $950 upgrade included all the new manuals. I can't tell you what it would
cost for first time buyers, but the upgrade cost was most reasonable.
--
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% Internet : hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu | Insert cute and/or %
% America Online : JonHam | deeply meaningful %
% Elsewhere : ThatGeek@his.little.corner | musical quote here %
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Date: Sat, 22 Dec 90 12:14:23 SST
From: CCEWCH%NUSVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: AFP SERVER
What is the best Hardware/Software for running AFP server for large network
of about 13 sub net ?
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 20:58 EST
From: <BELSLEY%BCVMS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (DAVID A. BELSLEY)
Subject: Compactor vs. StuffIt 1.6 (another word)
Judging from the many replies I have had to my various messages comparing
Compactor and StuffIt 1.6, the smiles favor Compactor quite substantially.
Some respondents did suggest that StuffIt 1.6 could be perked up a bit
(a) by running it off a floppy, and (b) by turning off the RAM cache. So
I reran the four test files that I reported several infomacs ago under
these conditions and discovered that neither one made any perceptible
difference. StuffIt remains equally pokey.
david a. belsley
boston college
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Date: 20 Dec 90 01:55:47 EST
From: "H.W. \"Kirk\" Kirkpatrick" <76307.1121@compuserve.com>
Subject: Compactor vs Disk Doubler
In the "hot" debate between StuffIt and Compactor, I would like to enter the
name Disk Doubler. It does not have the NICE features of Stuffit Deluxe but it
has more features than compactor (i.e., init).
I have found Disk Doubler to be about 20% faster than compactor and seems to
match compactore for archived file size. The init that allow for
Compress-uncompress on-the-fly does not seen to function under system 7.0b1. If
anybody knows a solution please let me know.
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 03:55 EST
From: Peter Lau <PL4262%ALBNYVMS.BITNET@uacsc2.albany.edu>
Subject: Disk Mirroring...
Merry Christmas to Netland:
My 40Mb hard drive finally crashed on me last Monday. Fortunately I
have saved my most important data on a floppies, so I am ok. On the
other hand, I have lost all my less important stuff because I didn't
backup any of them. But the question is not about data recovery.
With all this price dropping on hard drive, I may be (just maybe)
able to purchase a second hard drive to do backup. So, I start
thinking, would it be nice to have something that could make my Mac
writes files on both drives automatically without having me drag the
icons every time from one drive to another.
If you have any experience with this kind of operation on your Mac,
could you share with me (us)? I will do a summary if there is enough
response.
Thanks in advance.
Peter Lau
PL4262@ALBNYVMS.BITNET
P.S. Any recommendation on hard drive (40 - 80 Mb) or mail ordering
company?
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 10:02:55 CST
From: cordwell@sesca1.sinet.slb.com (Neil Cordwell - Schlumberger, St. Etienne, France)
Subject: File format request
Happy Christmas to everyone out there.
I am in the process of writing a file format translator from a CAD system to
the Mac. I would like to get hold of the Adobe Illustrator, MacDraw and
MacDrawII file formats. I would be grateful if someone would either send
these to me, upload them or let me know where I could get them from.
Many thanks in advance
Neil Cordwell
Schlumberger Technologies CORDWELL@SESCA1.SDR.SLB.COM
34 rue necker, Tel: (33) 77 33 00 07
42028 Saint Etienne Fax: (33) 77 33 84 59
FRANCE
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 11:45:15 GMT
From: John McKinley <jdm16%PHOENIX.CAMBRIDGE.AC.UK@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Igor - graph formats query
I've just downloaded the Igor demo version mentioned a couple of postings ago,
and I am very impressed with the package. I've been considering it for some
time now, as a step up from Cricket Graph. However, I have a question:
Is there any equivalent of the Cricket Graph <format> concept. What I want to
do is to graph lots of data sets in an identical way on different plots, and
Cricket Graph'S formats are very good for this. Having played with the demo for
a bit, it is my impression that in Igor I would need to create the first graph
by hand, which I would have to do anyway, and then change the data plotted on
that graph. Alternatively, I could edit the graph drawing macro each time, to
change the data set names. In either case, I would need all of the data to be
in a single file. There seems to be no equivalent to Cricket Graph formats,
which, when invoked, put up a picker window for data selection, and then plot
the graph according to the defined format, and which are available seperately
>From the data series themselves. An XOP might be able to provide this function,
but I don't know.
Also, is it possible to have the addition of the data series names to the axis
labels, and/or the display of the legend, be made default?
As I said, I'm very impressed with Igor, and will almost certainly buy it if
the above things are not very difficult. I might buy it anyway.
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 16:28 EST
From: LLEDUC%LAUVAX01.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #210
Please send me info on SPSS for the Mac. Thanks.
Leo G. Leduc
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 14:29:24 PST
From: "dan jatnieks" <danj@stlvm2.iinus1.ibm.com>
Subject: Mac IIsi & Keyboards
Here is a summary of the feedback I received regarding my query about
which keyboard to get for a Mac IIsi.
All the responses were for one of the following keyboards : Apple Extended,
Keytronic MacPro, and the Datadesk Switchboard.
Each keyboard received positive responses and recommendations. The Apple
keyboard being the "standard", here's how the others compare:
1) The Keytronic Macpro - about $25 less than the Apple keyboard.
Plus's include better feel (adjustable too), and comes packaged with
Tempo II macro utility. It also has a 5-year warranty compared to
Apple's 1-year. Oh, and the Return key is larger too.
2) The Datadesk Switchboard -price comparable to Apple's. This keyboard
is user configurable; you can move it's module parts where you like.
It too has a good feel and can also be used with IBM machines.
Both alternatives were recommended and seem to offer additional features
at or below Apple's price. Since all the recommendation were so positive,
I would suggest trying out as many as possible and judge for yourself.
dan jatnieks Internet e-mail: danj@stlvm2.iinus1.ibm.com
IBM Corporation US-mail: 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA 95193
(408) 284-0673
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 10:24:14 cst
From: Glenn Sowell <sowell@hoss.unl.edu>
Subject: Mac on wheels question
The physics demonstration specialist here is a cautious man. He is worried
about possible damage to an internal hard disk on an SE if we put the Mac
on a cart and wheel it from room to room. I think there is little risk,
but I would like to have some independent confirmation based on experience.
Like I say, my colleague is a cautious man.
Thanks as usual for all of your help.
Glenn Sowell
sowell@hoss.unl.edu
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
(402) 472-6279
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 08:51 EST
From: <KEOUGH%BCVMS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Jerry Keough, Math Dept, Boston College)
Subject: More Compactor vs. Stuffit
There's been quite a bit of discussion lately on the Stuffit vs. Compactor
controversy. I thought I'd add my few cent's worth to the debate.
First, I haven't done the tests which my colleague David Belsley has
done so well for Issue #211; but I stand by his conclusions that while
the final file size of archives may occasionally be within 10-15K,
Compactor is always faster at compacting, and that Compactor more often
than not produces a significantly smaller archive file. Agreeably
I have no scientific evidence to post, but in the last few days
i've started to replace old Stuffit archives with Compactor archives,
and i have more free space on my disk.
Second, one feature which I find extremely useful is the implied backup
capability of Compactor. You can select all the files on your hard
disk and check the box labelled "Modified after ....", and now you're
producing a compacted, incremental backup of your disk. That may not
be the best thing for the power users out there who need a full-featured
backup program, but it's great if you write a dozen letters, reports or
papers about every week.
Third, most comments I've seen on the net give credence to the belief
that Compactor unstuffs Stuffit's archives much faster than Stuffit.
My anecdotal evidence confirms this.
Fourth, one thing that's always bothered me about Stuffit's use for backup
is that you can either stuff files into an archive, or split a
file/archive into chunks of fixed size. Compactor lets you do both at
the same time, and not necessarily in fixed sizes. For example, if
you want to archive, say 2000K of material using stuffit and leave
the result on floppies, you've first got to build the archive (hoping
you've got enough disk space to do it), and then split the archive
into, say, 770K chunks. Using Compactor, you select all the files
you want to archive, then just save them to any available floppy, and
off it goes. When the floppy fills up, it just asks for another and
continues, and it keeps going until it's done. This conveniently
avoids any pre-processing you have to do for the floppies (e.g.,
be sure they're all 800K and empty), and allows you to start your next
(incremental) backup at the last floppy where you left off.
Hope this helps,
Jerry Keough
Dept. of Mathematics
Boston College
keough@bcvms.bitnet
disclaimer. caution: I'm a happy, registered owner of Compactor. (and
I even had to pay $1.25 sales tax)
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 08:24:29 PST
From: "Donald R. Proctor" <SPGDRP@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject: multiple tn3270 sessions on Mac
I've been evaluating a commercial TCP/IP product that allows multiple
concurrent tn3270 sessions under DOS. Is there anything out there that
supports multiple tn3270 sessions for the Mac? Peter DiCamillo's tn3270
package is very slick, but it doesn't support multiple sessions. (Maybe
Peter has some thoughts on this?)
In keeping with the usual etiquette, I'll summarize any replies I receive
to info-mac.
Thanks, Don.
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 13:43:26 PST
From: PUGH%CCV.ESNET@ccc.nersc.gov
Subject: Netter's Dinner at SF MacWorld in January
All the replies I received for the Netter's Dinner indicate that I am the man
to do it. Because of this, the dinner WILL BE ON THURSDAY!! You MUST email
or phone me to RSVP for this once in a conference event.
For the uninitiated, a mess o' folks from the network decided to get together
and chow down on spicy Chinese food at the best Hunan place in the San
Francisco (hunan is chinese for HOT). It was an unmitigated success. It has
grown to over 50 people every year and is well worth the effort to attend.
Last year we got our own room and we will probably do so again. We introduce
everyone just because we seldom see each other's faces, only this anonymous
dribble of ASCII. It doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, or if
you are cool. Feel free to attend. All you have to do is tell me and then
show up. I place these together because I don't like anyone to do one or the
other, although I won't toss anyone out.
We will meet in front of Moscone at 6pm on Thursday the 10th of January 1991.
We will walk to the restaurant. We will be loud and somewhat rowdy. It will
be fun. Come one, come all.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year, and Nice Shirt to all of you.
Email those RSVPs or leave a message on my machine that includes your email
address since I will be sending out confirmations in early January.
Jon
N L pugh@ccc.nersc.gov
E A L National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
R T N Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S L PO Box 5509 L-561
C Livermore, California 94551
(415) 423-4239
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 15:24:26 GMT
From: ECL6NB@cms1.ucs.leeds.ac.uk
Subject: PICT to CGM Translation
Does anyone know of a utility that will convert PICT and colour PICT2 files
into Computer Graphic Metafile (CGM) format? MacLink PLus will convert
CGM files to PICT files but not vice versa. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Nigel Bruce
Computing Services
Leeds University
U.K.
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 07:57:45 CST
From: allan@chem.nwu.edu (David Allan)
Subject: Portable Database Programs
I am posting this message for my brother, who doesn't
read this digest. You may respond directly to him or to me.
If people indicate sufficient interest to me, then I'll
try to post a summary sometime after the beginning of the
new year. Happy Holidays!
David Allan, allan@chem.nwu.edu
(forwarded message follows)
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Dear Friends who know more about computer software than I do,
I am becoming buried in disorganized papers which keep piling up
in my office. I am interested in finding a way to organize my files
and am considering setting up a computerized database for myself.
(Does this come just in time for New Year's resolutions?)
I am asking you guys for information or advice in this regard.
I would LIKE to find database software available in PORTABLE source
code, probably C (fortran is fine with me but probably not fine with
anyone else). I want to set this up so that the software can be
run on any of a variety of machines I use and so that the database
information itself gets stored in some machine-independent ascii
file form, if possible. If any such system were in the public
domain, so much the better. I don't care if the capabilities of the
system are fairly crude--I would gladly sacrifice sophistication for
portability. I am hoping to do better than just create a file which
lists all the papers I have ever filed in my drawers.
Please send me any recommendations or wisecracks.
Doug Allan
allan@theory.tn.cornell.edu
P.S. Happy Holidays and Best Foot Forward in 1991 to you all.
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(end of forwarded message)
__________________________________
| Thanks for your help. |
| David Allan |
| allan@chem.nwu.edu |
| DS_ALLAN@NUACC.BITNET |
__________________________________
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 22:40:32 PST
From: PUGH%CCV.ESNET@ccc.nersc.gov
Subject: Putting Down the Portable (Hit it with the book!)
I got a steal deal on a Portable ($2600 with 2MB and a keypad) and am now a
proud owner of the coolest luggable in the PC world. Now I want to write an
XCMD to make it go to sleep (I'm going to call it Sandman) but I can't find
any documentation. I found the Power.p interface file, but it seems to do
much more than I bargined for. Anyone have any tips, clues, or comments?
Jon
N L pugh@ccc.nersc.gov
E A L National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
R T N Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S L PO Box 5509 L-561
C Livermore, California 94551
(415) 423-4239
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 23:34:42 CST
From: GA0095%SIUCVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu (Robert J. Brenstein)
Subject: ResEdit 2.1
Does anybody downloaded ResEdit 2.1 from AppleLink? I mean the final
version not any of the betas? APDA won't distribute it for a month or
two yet and I can't afford 45 min long-distance phone call that I have to
made to download from AppleLink directly. If some good soul could send
this program to my Bitnet address, I would greatly appreciate it.
Robert (GA0095@SIUCVM.Bitnet or Internet: GA0095@vmb.cdale.siu.edu)
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 90 15:49:44 PLT
From: Joshua Yeidel <YEIDEL@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu>
Subject: Scanned Text
The conversion from scanned image (bitmap) to editable text is far
>From trivial -- it depends on the technology known as Optical
Cahracter Recognition (OCR). The product in use in our department
is OmniPage from Caere, Inc. -- about $600. It purports to be
"omni-font" OCR, and does a pretty good job, according to those
who use it (I don't have the need).
There is a product called Read-It which uses a "teachable"
technology -- if it doesn't recognize a character, it asks you,
and thereafter (at least in theory) it can recognize other
occurrances. Reports I read (at some date in the misty past) said
that this doesn't work as well as you would wish -- for example,
if the baseline of the text is not absolutely parallel to the
baseline of the bitmap (that is, the paper was a little skewed in
the scanner).
In any case, OCR technology is considered to be doing very well if
it succeeds in correctly identifying 97% of the input characters,
so _very careful proofreading_ is a must.
I hope this helps.
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Joshua Yeidel YEIDEL@WSUVM1.BITNET
Academic Computing Services YEIDEL@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
Washington State University (509) 335-0441
Pullman, WA 99164-1226
DISCLAIMER: I'm speaking solely for myself here, not Washington State U.
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Date: Thursday, 20 Dec 1990 08:15:14 EST
From: m21743@mwvm.mitre.org (Kenneth Falkenstein)
Subject: summery of PC-->Mac text transfer
Dear Net-wits, (it's only a joke..)
Many thanks to all who took the effort to reply to my query. I never expec
ted so many respones. Most seemed to fall into 2 catagories. Some suggested to
fool with Apple File Exchange parameters which I will try first since I
allready have it. I that doesn't do it, I'll try the other option which is
using Access-PC (an $82 package (INIT?)) which according to Murph S. will
actually make the DOS disk appear on the desktop (I guess you need a
superdrive). Next, you can use Vantage ($52 DA) (sounds like a nice gen'l
purpose editor) to put in the correct form of CR/LF that the Mac needs. You
can check out a version of Vantageby downloading MacSink from info-
mac@sumex.stanford.edu. This summery may seen a bit confused, but since I
haven't had the chance to fool with these options yet, I guess I am too.
Thanks again to all who replied. I hope this summery is of some use to those
of you who sent me questions.
PS: Hi Joe Hunt. Yes I did used to work @NRL (code 6520). How's that
beatiful A59 treating you? Still have to look for falling debris. Keep in
touch.
Ken Falkenstein Disclaimer: 1) These opinions are mine alone.
The MITRE Corp. 2) LONG LIVE FORTRAN!
*
* Kenneth
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 15:31:13 PST
From: moll@ux3.lbl.gov (Carol Morrison Moll)
Subject: Thor's INIT v1.0
This is directed to Eric T Anderson, author of Thor's INIT
(and anyone else baffled by crashes...) Thor's INIT v1.0
running on a Mac IIci under MultiFinder with system 6.05
causes MicroSoft Word and MicroSoft Excel to crash. The
solution's easy - don't run MicroSoft software...
Chris Moll
chri@carnival.lbl.gov
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 11:29:28 EST
From: bags@think.com
Subject: Translating Apple II (ProDOS) files to Macintosh format
I have a number of 5-1/4" ProDOS format floppies that were created by
a friend on his old Apple II. He recently upgraded to an SE, but can't
read his old "45's". So he asked me for help. I tried using a variety
of things: a DaynaFile Drive with DOS Mounter, the Apple File
Exchange utilities, and Mac-Link, but to no avail. Does anybody out
there have any experience doing this type of conversion? Any
suggestions? Am I doing something wrong?
/\
/~~\
/bags\
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Date: WED, 19 Dec 90 12:00:56 EST
From: "Marc Dionne" <TRRMICR%UQTR.UQuebec.CA@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: VT220 emulator
I am looking for a PD/ShareWare communication program who support the terminal
mode VT-200. Do it have a version of MacKermit who do that?.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Marc Dionne NetNort/Bitnet: Trrmicr@Uquebec.ca
Service de l'informatique Tel: (819) 376-5100 Poste 2419
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres Fax: (819) 376-5012
3351 Boul. Des Forges
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
G9A 5H7
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 09:04:27 PLT
From: Paul Brians <HRC$04@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu>
Subject: Word/Net Incompatibilities
I usually communicate with the network from a Mac II running VersaTerm
and Word open under Multifinder. I copy items I'm interested in from
the VersaTerm window (out of this newsletter, for instance), and paste
them into an open Word window. Much quicker and easier than saving
data on our mainframe, then downloading it if what I am saving is only a
few lines. Within strict limits (ASCII characters only, one line at a
time), I can copy text in the Word window and paste back into VersaTerm.
However, two important characters seem to change their identity when I
do this last step. Any address containing an "each" sign (@) doesn't work
when I copy it into Word and paste it back into VersaTerm. I have to
substitute the word "at" to get the address to work. Similarly, filenames
with hyphens in them (-) aren't recognized when those names are pasted
back into VersaTerm when I download them via Kermit from my CMS
filelist. If I retype the hyphen in VersaTerm, replacing the hyphen
that I pasted in from Word, the filename works fine. Evidently Word
slightly changes these two characters when they are pasted into it in a
way that makes VersaTerm unable to recognize them. Can anybody explain
why?
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