Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (12/15/90)
Info-Mac Digest Fri, 14 Dec 90 Volume 8 : Issue 210
Today's Topics:
[*] Edit II 1.0.2
[*] Flash-It v.2.0 (ScreenCapture cdev/init)
[*] GooPanel 1.0a6
[*] laser-trains.hqx
[*] RasterToolkit.sit
A/UX
A Few Questions about SilverLining and Partitioning (2 msgs)
Croatian and Sanskrit (-> Roman) fonts wanted
Disk Error with Stuffit 1.6 Installer? Help?
How to secure a mouse
Info-Mac Digest V8 #209
laserwriter upgrades
Network With a FastPath
PC ---> Mac file transfer
Please Post
Retraction of : A 'new feature' in 6.0.7!
SPSS for Mac?
Stuffit 1.6 'disk related error' - SOLVED
StuffIT 1.6 archives
Stuff StuffIt (Classic) 1.6
Sun audio files <-> Mac
Thanks and more questions
Think C 4.0 GrafPort Problem
Trackballs & LaserWriter printers
Water Priests
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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 90 01:07:58 CST
From: kseah@cs.utexas.edu (Kenneth Cheng-Lim Seah)
Subject: [*] Edit II 1.0.2
Following is a stuffited binhexed file containing a text editor
which is a replacement for Consulair's Edit application.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/edit-ii-102.hqx; 71K]
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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 15:13 PST
From: "Nobukazu Toge" <TOGE%SLACVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] Flash-It v.2.0 (ScreenCapture cdev/init)
Hello -
Enclosed is a SIT-BINHEX of Flash-It v.2.0.
Flash-It is a ScreenCapture utility (cdev/init). This v.2.0 is an upgrade
>From the previous v.1.3. Flash-It allows to capture a portion of (or an
entire) screen with/without menus pulled down, with/without cursors, in
Black-and-white/color mode, to various destinations - clipboard, PICT file,
RSRC file and printer.
The v.2.0 has some major improvements in the interface (both the control
panel and HotKey usage), supports Scrapbook DA, and has a capability to
scale up/down the screen image as it gets captured.
The SIT-BINHEX file includes a MacWrite document. Shareware U.S. $15.00.
Give a try and you'll like it. Regards,
- Nobu Toge
[Archived as /info-mac/cdev/flash-it-20.hqx; 95K]
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 13:37:32 GMT-0500
From: billkatt@mondo.engin.umich.edu (billkatt)
Subject: [*] GooPanel 1.0a6
Sorry about the muffed 1.0a5 release. This one is all straightened out.
GooPanel is an application which can open cdevs designed for
Apple's Control Panel DA. It is intended as a replacement for
Apple's DA, and allows the use of cdevs in a very similar way
to Apple's System 7.0 treatment of cdevs. It includes an
INIT which allows you to double-click a cdev in the Finder
(System 6.0.5 or 6.0.7) and it will be opened in GooPanel.
This is the fifth public release.
This program is freeware.
Copyright (C) 1990 Cyberite Systems. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/util/goo-panel-10a6.hqx; 104K]
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 90 15:47:13 CST
From: bobs@saintjoe.edu (Bob Schenk)
Subject: [*] laser-trains.hqx
Attached is a compacted, binhexed typeface (actually two faces, plain
and bold) called ChooChoo. It is a PostScript typeface in Type 3 format.
It is one of the more unusual typefaces you will run across. It has a
train motif and it seems appropriate to release it in toy-train season,
aka Christmas.
More info is in the README document that is included.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/laser-trains.hqx; 85K]
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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 90 17:56:22 PST
From: mkelly@cs.uoregon.edu
Subject: [*] RasterToolkit.sit
RasterToolkit is a plug-in module for Adobe Photoshop for the acquisition and
exportation of images in the Utah Raster Toolkit image file format. The Utah
Raster Toolkit is a collection of programs and C routines for dealing with
raster images. The Utah RLE (Run Length Encoded) format is designed to provide
an efficient, device-independent means of storing multi-level raster images.
(At this time RasterToolkit only reads and writes one- and three-channel
images.)
The source code for the Utah Raster Toolkit is in the public domain and is
available through the Internet via anonymous FTP from the sites cs.utah.edu
(128.110.4.21), weedeater.math.yale.edu (130.132.23.17) and
freebie.engin.umich.edu (35.2.68.23) in the files /pub/urt*.
This module is in the public domain. Permission is hereby granted for
unrestricted non-commercial distribution.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/raster-toolkit.hqx; 82K]
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 90 15:33:35 CEN
From: Geoffrey Parsons <SGPARSON%WKYUVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: A/UX
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.
Well maybe I can get it somehow through the educational purchase
program.
Geoff
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 14:13:42 EST
From: gateh%conncoll.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: A Few Questions about SilverLining and Partitioning
> I just got La Cie's SilverLining software for formatting disks. I have both
> Ehman and Mass Micro SyQuest drives. I'm not real fond of either's
> formatting software. Has anyone got anything good or bad to say about
> SilverLining on either of these SyQuest drives? I am also getting a 600 MB
> (yes, I know I'm a pig) drive and was thinking about using SilverLining to
> partition it. Any comments on their partitioning software?
La Cie said that there are only a few drives which SL does not work with,
and I don't believe yours are them, so to speak. As for SL itself, I think
it is an excellent bit of softare.
> I'm not keen on partitioning. I prefer one big volume. The only reasons I
> see for partitioning are:
> 1) Keeping smaller desktop files. I am using the Desktop Manager, so
> this may be less of a concern. Anyone know of a limit for the DM?
This is definitely a factor in performance considerations. My experience is
that as soon as a partition gets upwards of 600 files, updating the Desktop
begins to take as long as the file-copy itself. I also understand that the
Finder/DM has a limit of 2772 files per partition, but I would think that the
performance problems would render that a moot point. I don't know if this
will change with Sys v7.0.
> 2) Larger block allocation sizes. Larger volumes waste space by
> allocating bigger minimum file sizes. A floppy uses .5K, an 80MB
> uses 1K, a 150MB uses 1.5K, a 600MB probably uses 3K (my VAX does).
> Does Silverlining's partitioning change this? I tried the SUM
> partition INIT and it didn't affect this, which wasn't surprising.
> It would need to reformat the drive to affect this. SilverLining
> might be able to. Does it?
I don't believe you can change this, and my guess would be there is a good
reason, namely attempting to read & write to a 600 MB, high speed device in
small block sizes would probably hurt performance.
> 3) Software crash protection. Since a hardware crash will kill the
> entire drive, and Norton or SUM can recover from software, I don't
> really see this as a good reason.
I never really thought of this as a motivation to partition, for the reason
you specify.
> Thanks for any comments you wish to make.
>
> Jon
There are a number of other reasons to consider partitioning and the use of
SilverLining:
- Perhaps most importantly, partitioning allows you to group software by
use/type on separate virtual devices, thus vastly improving backup and
drive optimization strategies (btw, Norton Utilities has an excellent
optimizer called Speed Disk).
- SL allows you to choose the interleave on your drive, which is crucial
for many of the larger drives/faster macs - some drives come formatted
(or format with their software) at an interleave of 3:1 for compatibility
with the slower macs. My performance improved noticeably upon moving to
an interleave of 1:1 (running on a IIcx).
- SL also allows you choice for a number of different read/write drivers,
and will test them for you to find the fastest. This can also increase
performance.
- SL allows you to control which partitions are mounted at boot, and
allows you to mount other partitions via a DA.
- SL can password-protect partitions.
Personally, (given the current Finder/DM) I wouldn't have a Mac partition
larger than 30 MB if I planned to use it for anything other than archiving.
In light of the current growth of some Mac systems and software, along with
the advent of inboard digital sound and 24-bit color, I think the MacOS is
going to need some re-writing in the not-to-distant future to deal with the
problems of large file systems.
In summary, I would say that partitioning is standard operating procedure
for any system with large storage capabilities, whether it be MacOS, or
U*ix, or DOS, etc. Furthermore, some of the other features of SL are
invaluable if you wish to get the best possible performance from your drives.
Cheers! - Gregg
Gregg TeHennepe | SysAdm, Academic Computing | Yes, but this
gateh@conncoll.bitnet | Connecticut College, New London, CT | one goes to 11...
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with La Cie, other than being a very
satisfied customer.
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 15:24:36 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul" <COURCOUL%VMTECQRO.qro.itesm.mx@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: A Few Questions about SilverLining and Partitioning
On Tue, 11 Dec 90 10:41:59 PST Jon Pugh said:
>I just got La Cie's SilverLining software for formatting disks. I have both
>Ehman and Mass Micro SyQuest drives. I'm not real fond of either's formatting
>software. Has anyone got anything good or bad to say about SilverLining on
>either of these SyQuest drives?
I'm not fond of SilverLining on ANY kind of disk. At my former place of
employment I had a Mac SE/30 with an Apple 80Meg internal hard drive and
some bozo ran SilverLining on it when I lent it to be used temporarily as
an AppleShare server. Afterwards, MacOS couldn't even recognize what it
was, so I couldn't run Disk First Aid or even update the driver with
HD Install. I finished backing everything up and having to reformat the
drive. In any case, I'd be wary of commiting my drives to it.
Juan Courcoul
Monterrey Tech
Mexico
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 09:11:16 -0800
From: argosy!henry@decwrl.dec.com (Henry Polard)
Subject: Croatian and Sanskrit (-> Roman) fonts wanted
Can someone tell me where I can get fonts to write Croatian
and the transliteration of Sanskrit into the Roman alphabet?
I would especially appreciate info on inexpensive fonts.
Thank you in advance.
--Henry Polard
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 15:20:52 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul" <COURCOUL%VMTECQRO.qro.itesm.mx@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Disk Error with Stuffit 1.6 Installer? Help?
On Tue, 11 Dec 90 19:20:31 EST Jeffrey Templon said:
> I always got the message 'A disk related error (-39)
>has prevented the operation from concluding' or something to that effect.
>I thought I had just got a bum disk, but I tried with the copy Murph just
>uploaded and got the same error!! Anybody know what this means?
Did you make sure and disable any antivirus software before installing ?
>From the way the installer operates (self extracting), I'm sure that
GateKeeper and friends will consider it highly suspicions.
Juan Courcoul
Monterrey Tech
Mexico
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 90 19:02:53 CST
From: Clay Romeiser <2DLYBOND%UKANVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: How to secure a mouse
I've read several messages discussing ways to secure a mouse in a lab.
How about this: Fold the mouse cord and insert it through the hole in
a large washer. (Not too large though) Now, you have a loop that you can
feed the security cable through. Simple! Effective! Cheap!!!
Clay Romeiser - University of Kansas student
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 15:44:07 EST
From: rudman@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daniel Edward Rudman)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #209
Regarding: After Dark 2.0
=========================
Some of us were not so fortunate to receive the PICT player. The modules them-
selves could at least be uploaded, don't you think? I don't know too much aboout
copyright law, but I *do* know that I have After Dark 2.0 and I *don't* have
the PICT player.
Oh well. If anyone has any really interesting modules, I would be interested
in seeing them.
Question: Has anyone ever found any problems with kermit transfers in Versa-
term 4.0 and After Dark 2.0 modules?
I seem to always get strange errors (no, they are not due to VersaTerm, which
works fine if I force the screen saver off) due to After Dark 2.0. I did NOT
have these problems with Pyro!.
Any ideas?
//Dan
Macintosh Support
CAEN, UM
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 12:58:28 CST
From: Kenneth B. Kirksey <kkirksey@eng.auburn.edu>
Subject: laserwriter upgrades
Hola,
I heard a rumor about a replacement board for the LaserWriter II family
that would up it's resolution to 600 or 1200 dpi. Can anyone out there
confirm or deny the existence of this neat little piece of hardware? If there
is such an animal, who makes it and how much does it cost?
Thanx,
Ken
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| Ken Kirksey | "It's a small world, and it smells funny, |
| Auburn University | I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money." |
| kkirksey@eng.auburn.edu | -Andrew Eldritch |
| | The Sisters of Mercy |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 09:27 CST
From: <NH2031S%DRAKE.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Network With a FastPath
In response to the question below:
***
Hello,
We have a Kinetics Fastpath hooked up to the ethernet and our
local appletalk network and would like to now access the internet via
our macintoshes. I have ncsa telnet set up but I get couldnt connect
errors. Does anyone have a similar setup ? Do I need anything else ?
possibly some driver ? Any help appreciated.
***
On the Mac end of things you need to have the CDEV MacTCP (available from
APDA) with the appropriate node numbers assigned. Then on the fastpath you
need to activate the K-Star IP. EDIT the settings of the K-Star IP:
IP Address of FastPath: set to a unique node number
AppleTalk Zone Name: assign a unique name or use an existing name
AppleTalk Network Number: this should be a unique number
then on the MORE screen set the following...
IP Address of your name server: the actual address of wherever your NameServer
is (ours is the same as our VAX)
and that's it, all the other address may be left to zero (if you've got a simpl
e
network).
Hope that helps, we are new in the Ethernet and TCP world but it has a lot of
potential connections benefits with the Mac.
Nicholas L. Hayes
Microcomputer Support Specialist
Drake University
nh2031s@acad.drake.edu
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Date: Friday, 14 Dec 1990 11:02:26 EST
From: m21743@mwvm.mitre.org (Kenneth Falkenstein)
Subject: PC ---> Mac file transfer
Dear Netologists,
Please bear with me on this request, I'm sure it's been seen about 1.0E32
times, but as I am relatively new here ... I just spent many inefficient hours
trying to transfer an ASCII text file (tab deliminated numbers) from a PC to a
Mac. What I need to do is run simulations on MS-DOS machines and plot the
results with Cricket Graph (nice "quick & dirty" vu-graphs). I played around
with Apple File Transfer,but it seemed to have problems with the tabs and
CR/LF's. Finally, I ended up using AFT and a text editor on both ends to get
the data in a format the Cricket would recognize. Am I missing something in
the transfer protocol of AFT? What about $-ware products like Soft-PC or
MacLink? I have a IIci with a SuperDrive ofcourse. It would be nice to
transfer other types of files ( PICT, Word etc) but for now text is the
problem. Any suggestions (freeware, shareware or bucks-ware) would be greatly
appreciated. Gracias!
Ken Falkenstein Internet: m21743@mwvm.mitre.org
The MITRE Corporation Disclaimer: "We don't need no stinking badges"
McLean, VA
*
* Kenneth
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 90 15:57 CDT
From: Open The Parachute -- Open Your Mind <KG0041A@acad.drake.edu>
Subject: Please Post
All,
I've seen this come up quite a few times, and I thought it might be a
good idea to save it the constant queries.
It's been asked quite a few times about the screens people may bring up
on their Macs showing the people who worked on their respective Macs and
the dates of development and the procedure for bringing these up.
I would like it if anyone who knows about these to send me personally a
mail message on what the codes and processes are for each Mac and I'll
make a unified posting to InfoMac for all to read and to upload if they
so desire.
Kyle Griffin
Internet: KG0041A@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU
Bitnet: KG0041A@DRAKE
PS - Please don't get the "somebody else will answer for me" mentality, as
I've found out that often people won't. So if you know, send me a message.
I thank eveyone ahead of time who responds.
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 01:09:50 est
From: "Alan D Danziger" <aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Subject: Retraction of : A 'new feature' in 6.0.7!
(Well, I'm very embarrassed. This is what happens when you use someone
else's machine without knowing what software is involved.)
If you type in the finder you can select files! I didn't know this,
and I'm pretty sure it isn't documented. This works at any level of
folders, including the desktop.
At least, if you have Now Utilities' FinderKeys installed :-<
Sorry, everybody. I was so excited I didn't ask my friend why his
machine did it, and didn't check my own.
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 14:32:46 EST
From: "John R. Goldin" <GOLDIN%YALEVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: SPSS for Mac?
I am interesting in hearing from anybody who has actual experience with
SPSS for Mac. We are considering purchasing it (base plus advanced
statistics). It looks like it will do the stats we need. I am interested
in whether it is easy to use, performance, and how it compares with Systat.
I have seen a description of how it uses a command-line interface with sort of
a Mac front end. How well does that work in day-to-day use? Is it practical
to consider it for a data set with several thousand cases on a Mac II or
an SE/30?
John Goldin
GOLDIN@YALEVM (bitnet)
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 1:25:11 EST
From: jeffrey templon <templon@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Stuffit 1.6 'disk related error' - SOLVED
Hi All,
Here is the solution to the Stuffit 1.6 installer program 'disk
related error (-39)' problem. Thanks to the people who helped point
this out - I'd like to acknowledge you here but I inadvertently deleted
your messages!
Apparently the Aladdin Installer program is very intolerant of
non-standard INITs, at least for some hardware/software configurations.
I was able to get around the problem by removing all non-apple INITs
>From the system folder and switching MultiFinder off. I think the people
at Aladdin should be embarassed to ship such a product. I certainly never
had this sort of trouble with Stuffit 1.5.1. The INITs which had to be
removed included some very respectable characters: Disinfectant, SuperClock,
InitCDEV, etc. I don't know honestly whether this was necessary since I
did not reinstall these after turning multifinder off, I am going on someone
else's word that the INITs will cause the same sort of problem as MultiFinder.
Other than this, I am satisfied with the new Stuffit. It does seem
a bit slower - anyone else think so?
Jeff
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 90 21:37:11 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: StuffIT 1.6 archives
I notice that at least one item has been posted to the archive in StuffIT
1.6 (Classic) format. At the same time, there have been a couple of reports
of difficulty sucessfuly extracting version 1.6.
I believe the UnStuffIT DeLuxe utility (posted some time ago) will extract
those archives (I haven't tried it, but when I archive something with
version 1.6 it describes it as a "StuffIT DeLuxe" archive).
I hope I turn out to be correct and that keeps anyone from becoming
frustrated.
/s Murph <Sewall%UConnVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu> [Internet]
or ...{psuvax1 or mcvax}!uconnvm.bitnet!sewall [UUCP]
+ Standard disclaimer applies ("The opinions expressed are my own" etc.)
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 90 13:37 EST
From: <BELSLEY%BCVMS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (DAVID A. BELSLEY)
Subject: Stuff StuffIt (Classic) 1.6
I, like many others, downloaded StuffIt (Classic) 1.6 -- twice. I did so
twice because I found that the application (which installed quite nicely)
did not produce the proper icon when it created a new archive. The new
archives have only the generic "document" icon. Thinking this may be due
to a faulty downloading, I tried again, but the same problem occurs. Has
anyone any idea what's going on?
In any event, the application works, so I thought I would test it against
Compactor, which, as shareware, has certainly quite properly insinuated
itself into StuffIt's one-time monopolistic domain. In several jobs,
large and small, I found Compactor to be faster and somewhat more effective
in compacting. And we are not talking just a little bit faster; in some
larger jobs it is more than three times faster! StuffIt's little blub,
in helping to decide which speed compactor to use, produces the intuitively
reasonable view that faster usually means less effective, and so, like life
in general, there is some trade off. But Compactor's three-times speed
always produced a slightly smaller archive file. So just what are we
talking here? The only significant facility that StuffIt 1.6 seems to
offer over Compactor is the BinHex translators.
My suspicion is that, had we never seen Compactor, we would never have
seen StuffIt (Classic) 1.6 available on the nets. And judging from the
number of files that I am downloading in the Compactor self-expanding
format, I think we are witnessing a marvelous example of a case where the
commercialization of a product is driving it right off the market. For
those of you who, in past messages, are raving about StuffIt 1.6, give
Compactor a try, and save yourself a bit of time and effort. And if you
are going to spend the money to register, consider doing it for Compactor
instead.
Disclaimer: I have no connection with either StuffIt or Compactor, but I
do like eating the pudding that's already proofed, and I'm very leery of
shareware products that go commercial once they think they have established
themselves in some position of an industry standard.
david a. belsley
boston college belsley@bcvms.bitnet
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 11:00 CDT
From: The Angry Young Man <CABANELJ@carleton.edu>
Subject: Sun audio files <-> Mac
To the Mac gurus out there,
I am wondering if anyone out there has a program that converts Sun audio files
to Mac sound (SoundEdit) files. I've collected several sounds for the Sun that
I would like to transfer to my Mac at home. I've been told that they are both
essentially in the same PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) format and that all that is
needed is for the Sun file to get a Mac header. Has anyone run across a
program that does this? If it's shareware, could they post it to SUMEX. If
not, could you post the name and address of the publisher so I could buy a
copy.
Thanks for any help...
Juan Cabanela '91
Carleton College
CABANELJ@CARLETON.EDU
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 08:21:16 EST
From: Steven Cantor <SLC%HARVARDA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Thanks and more questions
Thanks to all of you who responded to my queries vis-a-vis a text editor
for the mac. The information sent my way has been most helpful and is
greatly appreciated. We have in our shop seasoned mainframe programmers
and we are trying to make a large leap into the Mac/PC universe so any
information we can get that helps us avoid having to reinvent the wheel
at every turn is useful and timesaving.
So, two more questions:
1) Our macs currently have Disinfectant 2.1 installed. Is this adequate, and
if not what would anyone recommend as an alternative?
2) We have aging mainframe-based systems that we want to begin to revise and
convert to Mac/Pc-based systems, and we are searching for effective development
tools; e.g. a number of systems developed in Focus --- what might be a good
alternative (leaving aside my own feelings about Focus). We are also faced
with the issue, as i suspect many of you are, of potentially having to develop
some systems to perform on both the Mac and PC platforms. It appears that
Omnis 5 has this kind of capability, but.....
Thanks for your time and interest.
s.
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 16:05:51 CDT
From: Peter Gerhardstein <gerhard@sunserver.psych.umn.edu>
Subject: Think C 4.0 GrafPort Problem
Hello Netters,
I am having a problem using GrafPorts for off-screen drawing. I want to draw
into offscreen bitmaps that are larger than my screen. I first create a new
GrafPort using OpenPort(myPort) (declared as: GrafPtr myPort). Then I set my
portRect, visRgn and portBit.bounds to the desired size. I draw into my bitmap,
etc. and everything is OK. When I finish I call ClosePort(myPort) and
DisposePtr(myPort) and free any other memory that I used.
%The problem is when I use this routine for the second time it crashes when I
call OpenPort(myPort). I assume that I have messed something up the first time
around, but I can't find anything. Help! I would appreciate any ideas or
suggestions you can give. If you can help but need more specifics, let me know.
Steve Kohlmeyer
Please respond to steve@eye.psych.umn.edu
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 07:57:29 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Trackballs & LaserWriter printers
I have a friend who's interested in a track ball. I've been happy with
my Kensington Turbo Mouse (mail order price $109), but alternatives are
less expensive. The question is, are they as good?
Does anyone have experience with the MicroSpeed MacTrac or the Curtis
MVP Mouse (how long have you had one, have you experienced any performance
or maintenance problems)? I've had the Tubo Mouse 3.5 months; perhaps
that's not long enough to assess its durability(?).
Second question. I leave my CPU and hard drive running all the time (better
than switching off and on). What's the judgment about the LaserWriter
printers (the Personal in particular) without a hard disk -- leave it on
or switch it off when it's not going to be used for an hour or so?
The Hewlett Packard II printers which we have "cycle" every few minutes
when they're not in use. Our maintenance person says that "cycling" does
add to the wear and tear and contributes to maintenance problems. Hence,
we turn the HPs off when there not being used.
The LaserWriter has a fan that purrs quietly away, but if it cycles the
way the HP does, it's not audible. So, what are the pros and cons to
leaving it on all day even when it's doing only light work or turning it
off and on a half dozen times a day?
/s Murph <Sewall%UConnVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu> [Internet]
or ...{psuvax1 or mcvax}!uconnvm.bitnet!sewall [UUCP]
+ Standard disclaimer applies ("The opinions expressed are my own" etc.)
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 18:01:36 -0800
From: James King <king@milton.u.washington.edu>
Subject: Water Priests
In response to the query about a Hypercard Stack about water priests
There is a stack in the catalog from Intellimation (the successor
to the Kinko catalog) which may be what is wanted.
There is a stack called Bali Notebook, which was (it says) featured on PBS, MacWeek, etc.
Price $39.95 for single copy, lab pack $159.80
Intellimation
Dept XA
PO Box 1922
Santa Barbara CA 93116-1922
1800--3-INTELL
or 1-805-685-8587
Good luck; I have not seen this software, just the catalog description.
Jim King
Math Dept, U of Washington
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