Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (12/11/90)
Info-Mac Digest Mon, 10 Dec 90 Volume 8 : Issue 205
Today's Topics:
[*] Aft-Dark-Santa Picture Player (PIC) file
[*] StuffIT (Classic) Version 1.6
A/UX Dealer
a bunch of questions
Apple CD-ROM drive from DOS?
BiblioStax crashes
CAPTURE BUFFER SIZE FOR MICROPHONE II VER 3.0
crossword
Diamond Demo problem resolved
Ehman SyQuest Drive
External 800k drive fails on Mac Classic
Floppy Troubles
formatting 3.5 DD as HD
IIsi sounds
Info-Mac Digest V8 #204
latest coach professional version
Mac'ing dinner!!!
Mail packages for Mac that can interface with UCB mail/sendmail...
Mouse security
please post on Info-Mac
Printing from Windows 3.0
Securing mac mice
setting quotas on AppleShare server
si and system 7b
startupscreens
Why change the Laserwriter Driver?
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Date: Sun, 09 Dec 90 11:51:55 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] Aft-Dark-Santa Picture Player (PIC) file
This one's perishable in that it's a Christmas season screen saver for
After Dark owners. It's a "Picture Player" file of Santa in his sleigh
(with tiny reindeer -- including Rudolph :-) flying across the moon.
Sorry to not have gotten this in sooner, but one of my students gave it
to me only this morning.
BinHex'd SEA (Self-Extracting Archive).
[Archived as /info-mac/util/after-dark-santa.hqx; 80K]
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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 90 15:10:24 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] StuffIT (Classic) Version 1.6
As a registered user, I received version 1.6 of StuffIT from Aladdin
Systems. The latest archive.queue to which I have access doesn't indicate
that it's there already, so here 'tis.
LOTS of new features (accounting for a total size of 498K in BinHex form).
* Self-unstuffing archives
* Improved compression
* Improved speed
* Virus protection (at least some)
* Online documentation (much more than just help)
I just got the program (as a self-extracting archive) and haven't had time
to verify Aladdin's claims which I've quoted above. StuffIT Classic still
is *definitely* shareware.
I have no association with Aladdin other than as a registered user; I am
following their request "...to give copies of StuffIT Classic to your
friends; just remind them to register it..." (I DO recommend registering,
you'll get an opportunity to buy ShortCut and StuffIT Deluxe at a deep
discount if you do :-)
[Archived as /info-mac/util/stuffit-16-part1.hqx; 259K
/info-mac/util/stuffit-16-part2.hqx; 252K]
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Date: Sun, 09 Dec 90 15:35:36 CEN
From: Geoffrey Parsons <SGPARSON%WKYUVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: A/UX Dealer
Does anyone know of an Apple Dealer that has a good price on
A/UX? There are no A/UX dealers near me.
Geoffrey Parsons
CS Student
WKU
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 1990 12:21:15 CST
From: WALSH@triton.tamu.edu
Subject: a bunch of questions
greetings netland,
this is my first squirt to the net, so sloppy it will be.
a few questions,
1) my wife and i have a april 1986 vintage Plus at home
and we are considering upgrades/periph's to be
purchased by 12/31/90 (i.e. this fiscal year for tax
purposes). The Plus has only been enhanced by a fan,
we run Word, Managing Your Money, and a Nutrition
analysis program (Food Processor). My wife is a writer/nutritionist
and i'm an oceanographer (is this getting long winded or what?)
I run a vanilla Mac II at work. I used to work on the mac at
home but its toooooo slooooow and small (1 meg).
Question (finally?) with about 1k US dollars we are
considering
A) a SCSI external HD (40 meg?)
B) a faxmodem
C) memory upgrade (2?,2.5?,4?)
Any suggestions?
Particularly:
what difference (other than price) is there
between a seagate and quantum mech.?
are faxmodems worth it if we send/receive 3-5/month?
(though that would probably go up if we had one)
Next Question?
for the MacII at work,
i'm looking for more speed, speed, speed.
i do moderate modeling with Excell,
lots of graphing and figure producing
(for publication in journals, poster sessions at
meetings, slides (though i just shoot the LW output)
whats the best upgrade path?
i'm considering the Apple Graphics accel. card
and/or II to IIfx upgrade
depending on NSF 2-6k dollars will be available
within a year.
I'm also looking for a true 3D graphing package,
i.e. I want to plot Salinity vs. Depth vs. concentration
of particles. Anybody know an inexpensive package that
does this?
Finally, I'm going to a video camera image capture
system for my camera work at sea, anyone out there
experienced in mating video cameras (8 mm camcorder)
with strobes and a frame grabber? I'm trying to image
the stuff you see floating before the camera in undersea
shows (no, not the fish, the "marine snow"), have used
a film camera but i lost it (long story, i know where it is,
but it's 5000 m down).
thanks a lot,
happy holidays,
Ian Walsh
Dept. of Oceanography
Texas A&M University
Walsh@Triton.tamu.edu
Walsh@TAMVOCN
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 1990 11:36:55 EST
From: PHARRIMA@bowdoin.edu
Subject: Apple CD-ROM drive from DOS?
There have been so many DOS related queries here recently, I just couldn't
resist adding my own ...
Does anyone know if it is possible to access an Apple CD-ROM drive from a
DOS machine? It seems like it might be possible with a SCSI board and the
right software. Does anyone know if these beasts exist?
What I'm trying to do is get one CD-ROM drive for my lab which could be
shared by both environments. I know I can use a NEC drive this way, but
with Apple's educational pricing, the former strategy might be cheaper.
Please reply via email; I'll post the results to the net.
Thanks!
Phil Harriman -=- Instructional Resources Coordinator -=- Bowdoin College
=-= pharrima@bowdoin.edu =-=
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 14:23:50 CST
From: janus@ux.acs.umn.edu
Subject: BiblioStax crashes
I am having trouble with BiblioStax version 2.0 from
Pro/Tem Software. The program is a HyperCard-based
bibliography builder. The problem is that my IIci running system
6.0.5 crashes every time I ask the program to print out
in RTF format. The text format doesn't crash. Pro/Tem hasn't
been able to help me. Any ideas?
Louis Janus
Scandinavian Dept
U of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612/822-1015 (home)
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Date: 08 DEC 90 10:03:02 CDT
From: Z4648252 <Z4648252%SFAUSTIN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: CAPTURE BUFFER SIZE FOR MICROPHONE II VER 3.0
Hello all,
Does anyone know of a way to increase the capture buffer size
for Microphone II version 3.0? On the other hand, if there is no
way to do that is there a hidden feature which will alert the user when
the "top" of the capture is about to be scrolled away to the nether
regions due to too much new incoming information?
I have dug through the manuals for the otherwise excellent
program but have found nothing that could be of help. Many
thanks...
Larry Rymal: |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 90 17:41 EDT
From: <OCONNOKR%LEMOYNE.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: crossword
I downloaded a file from Macserve which origiannly
came from info mac. It is a crossword game. I downloaded it but
it doesn't work. Could you help?
Kieran OConnor
ps jeff schulman originally put it on infoo mac.
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Date: Sat, 08 Dec 90 11:21:27 CST
From: Greg Wimpey <GWIMPEY%TRINITY.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Diamond Demo problem resolved
My thanks to all of the people who replied to my posting about the Diamond
Demo compression program. Although several people said I should fiddle with
creation dates & such, I couldn't get that to work(maybe I just wasn't setting
the date back far enough). Anyway, I received a couple of BinHexed copies of
working versions. These uncompressed everything, and rest assured I will NOT
be using any demo versions of compression utilities in the future!
Greg Wimpey
gwimpey@trinity.bitnet
Student, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas USA
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 12:53:47 MST
From: ASQB-IHX HQ USAISSDC <asqb-ihx@huachuca-emh2.army.mil>
Subject: Ehman SyQuest Drive
Thought some of you would be interested in some of the problems and
solutions I have found using the Ehman SyQuest Drive. For the most part I
have had very few problems, but I have uncovered some interesting INIT
problems that are slightly atypical of the standard INIT conflict.
The CARTRIDGE INIT used with this drive is not compatible with the
following INIT, but NO damage is actually done to the stored data, it only
appears that way (see more below)
Apple 800k Eject Init
Apple Scanner Init
Temp II autokick.init
With these inits the drive will appear on the desktop, and will open
correctly. Everthing looks just fine. But if you try and do any
operations with it strange things happen.
If you try and lauch an application the sytem will hang.
If you try and copy from the drive you will told you can't read the file
sometimes
if you try and write to the drive you will be told (again sometimes) that
there are bad blocks
If you try and read a data file from an application you will be told the
file is corrupted (or something similiar), in some cases the system will
hang.
When you reboot after a hang, you will be told that the disk needs to be
initialized. DO NOT DO THIS.
In ALL the cases above, there is nothing wrong with the data, once you
remove the offending INIT, everything is just fine. It took me a long
time to figure all of this out, and in the process lossed a 40megs of
stuff.
If anyone finds anymore conflicts please drop me a line.
Hope this helps any Ehman users
John Buono
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 17:19:39 +0100
From: arnouilj@apo.esiee.fr (arnouij-jean-claude)
Subject: External 800k drive fails on Mac Classic
Dear Net,
I have purchased a 1 Mb Classic, single floppy, recently. I have been
trying to connect an external 800k drive to the Classic without any succes.
When I insert a floppy into it, nothing happens and the drive's motor
does not start at all.
I know that the drive is OK because it was connected to my 512KE .
Thanx for any help !!
PS: The drive look like Ehman's drives but there is no mark on it !!
--
Jean-Claude Arnouil
Ecole Superieure d'Electrotechnique et d'Electronique email: arnouij@apo.esiee.fr
BP 99 - 93162 Noisy-le-Grand CEDEX - FRANCE
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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 90 18:19 CST
From: SAWATZKYJ%sask.usask.ca@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Floppy Troubles
Here's a problem for someone. A friend of mine has a IIcx running
System 6.0.2 or 6.0.3 and she had some 800K floppies that had been initialized
on her machine (as 800K) and she wanted to re-initialize them for some reason.
However when she used Erase from the Finder the Mac worked for a while and then
informed her that the initialization failed! She even tried it on another
machine (same setup as hers) with identical results.This happened with about 7
disks. Once they were messed up subsequent attempt to re-initialize failed in
the same manner. What is going on? Is there a bug in 6.0.2 or 3 that I should
know about?
Please respond directly to me.
Thanks, Brad
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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 90 20:29:33 CST
From: "John I. Quebedeaux, Jr" <SNJQJR%LSUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: formatting 3.5 DD as HD
This note is for those who are wondering about formatting those
3.5" double density disks (which you can't do on the Mac, can you?
but on those IBMpc's...) as high density. I think I saw the subject
come up somewhere here.
I've seen my share of people (a dozen or more, myself included) losing
data because they formatted their disks (knowingly and unknowingly)
as 1.44MB instead of 720KB (HD instead of DD). This usually seems to
occur when someone is using their disks on several different disk drives.
I would not recommend to anyone to format their DD disks as HD for any
reason- from my experience it was never worth it to anyone.
John I. Quebedeaux, Jr *** these are my opinions and
Louisiana State University none other ***
System Network Computer Center
Information Technology Support
<snjqjr at lsuvm> bitnet
<snjqjr@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu> internet
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Date: Sat, 8 Dec 90 16:48:38 -0500
From: ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams)
Subject: IIsi sounds
In comp.sys.mac.digest jwk@scripps.edu (John Kupec) writes:
>Howdy,
>Just bought a 5/105 IIsi. Like it a lot. Played around with the
>microphone and "Sound" CDEV. Where are these sounds kept???
>I see that the System file grows after saving a recording but I
>am unable to find the resource with ResEdit.
They are stored IN the System as 'snd' resouces. You can use ResEdit
or SoundMover 1.6 (I think this is on sumex...) to copy them out.
You can use them as SoundMaster sounds (if you feel like using that
much RAM to do so) or you can stick them in Hypercard as well.
Check out what Hypercard 2.0 lets you do with your microphone too...
check out the Audio Help stack...
>jwk
-A
--
Andy J. Williams Snail: RFD 1 #268 echo "Hello."
Consultant Guy Lebanon NH, 03766 setenv $name="Inigo_Montoya"
Kiewit Computation eMail: ack@dartmouth.edu you kill -9 my ppid
Dartmouth College Phone: 603-646-3417 Prepare to vi.
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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 90 19:00:05 PST
From: "Jeremy C. Norberg" <TLK@uwavm.u.washington.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #204
For the question concerning a problem with dark bars appearing on laserwriter
pages:
Even though your toner cartridge has only 4000 copies, it could still be worn
out already. Another thing, if the toner cartridge is re-manufactured that
could be the problem. Re-manufactured catridges can be either very dependable
or pretty bad.
+=================================================================+
Jeremy C. Norberg /
University of Washington TLK@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU /
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
"THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST!"
-Apple Computers, Inc.
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Date: Sun, 09 Dec 90 12:25:09 +0200
From: "David L. Hirschberg" <BNHIRSCH%WEIZMANN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: latest coach professional version
Dear Info-Macers,
Does anyone know if Deneba has come out with an updated version
of Coach Professional that works with Word 4.0? We have version 3.0b
which works with Word 3.0. If a new version exists, is it more intuitive
then the old version?
Thanks in advance for your help.
David L. Hirschberg
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 14:00 EST
From: Byron.Mayes@mvs.udel.edu
Subject: Mac'ing dinner!!!
I currently have Dinner at Eight, but I am fast becoming disappointed with it.
It's not a BAD program, but a lot of useful features are missing. It won't
output an ASCII text file, recipes can't be copied and pasted from one
"edition" (D@8's version of a file) to another, and it has this weird way of
defaulting measurements without the user's permission (an entry for a 24 oz.
can of tomatoes, for instance, automatically converts to a 1 lb., 8 oz. can
even though the ozs. are volume units and not weight!). There is also no
provision for metric units or conversion and I somehow doubt that there is any
type of file compatibility between the Mac and PC versions of the program.
If you know of a program that can:
1 - output an ASCII text file,
2 - cut, copy and paste from one document or file to another,
3 - allow the user to set his/her own units of measure (including "none"),
4 - use metric units,
and/or
5 - transfer to a parallel DOS program,
please let me know either here or personally.
Thanks,
Byron C. Mayes DD
University of Delaware, Newark ---> D* D
D D
D D
D D
D *D <--- Lewes
D D
DDDDDDD
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Date: 7 Dec 90 15:24:07 GMT
From: eric@picard.sbi.com (Eric Ho)
Subject: Mail packages for Mac that can interface with UCB mail/sendmail...
Hi,
A while back I saw an article on either MacWorld/Week or Unix World/Week about
an email package for the Macs that can interface with regular UCB
mail/sendmail. Actually, that was an evaluation article and the overall
impression was that this is a pretty solid product and is pretty easy to
setup (that all it needs is a networked Mac, via kbox or gatorbox).
Can someone point me to the company that sells this package (name of company,
phone/US mail contact ..etc..).
--
==========================================
+ Eric Ho Email: eric@picard.sbi.com
+ Salomon Brothers. [SISS] Phone: (212) 855-3003
==========================================
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 08:49:46 -0800
From: krweiss@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Mouse security
In your posting you write:
>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 90 16:26 CST
>From: Dan Lunderville <ACS_DANL%uwrf.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu>
>Subject: Physical security for Mac mice
>
>
>We don't know how to secure the mice. How can they be secured? Do they
>need to be secured? It seems to us that there will be a problem with theft.
>How have you handled this? Have you lost many mice? Is it worth the trouble
>Dan Lunderville Bitnet: ACS_DANL@UWRF
>Academic Computing Center AppleLink: U0095
>University of Wisconsin - River Falls Telephone: (715) 425-3583
>River Falls, WI 54022
>
In our labs here at UC Davis we just use cable ties. We tie the mouse cord to a
security cable, or to a convenient hunk of Macintosh, or just bundle all the
wires together to make it inconvenient to take any one piece.
This is certainly not a *high security* solution, as anyone with a pair of
scissors or a pocket knife can cut the cable tie, but it seems to be enough to
deter casual theft.
As a side note, I can't quite see why anyone would steal a mouse. If you've got
a Mac, you've got a mouse. If you don't have a Mac, you don't need one. If your
mouse is broken, maybe you'd want to steal a replacement, but that's probably
not something that will happen very often.
Ken Weiss
krweiss@ucdavis.edu
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 20:52 A
From: <VJAL2314%DS0RUS54.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: please post on Info-Mac
*********************** I R S ***********************
Frank Pohlemann Institut fuer Raumfahrtsysteme
Universitaet Stuttgart - Germany
BITNET/PROFS/JNET: vjal2314@ds0rus54.earn
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TO: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
SUBJECT: Animating Mainframe Graphics on the Mac
Thank you, everyone, for your suggestions on my recently posted
question about animating mainframe generated vector plots on the Mac.
This is a quick synopsis of the options unearthed.
Part I - Converting Vector Graphics to Mac Graphics
A) Get the Mainframe Program to write its output into a text file
containing Tektronix 4014 drawing commands. Kermit the file to
the Mac and use the NCSA 'Tek to Pict' program. It is part of
a package called 'HyperCard Scientific Animation Package' and is
downloadable via FTP from NCSA.
B) Using VersaTerm, capture the Tek drawing commands using the
'Save Stream ...' option. Make sure to set the automatic enabling
of the Tektronix mode to off in the 'Extras ...' dialog. Convert
the captured file as under A).
This method should work also with other terminal programs.
C) Using VersaTerm_Pro, issue Tektronix hardcopy requests from the
mainframe program. This is done by sending: <ESC> <ctrl-W>
Use the 'Page Setup ...' dialog to select PICT or PAINT formats
for the Mac screen capture to disk.
Part II - Animating Mac Graphics
A) If you have PICT files, use the NCSA HyperCard Animation Template
to read the frames into HyperCard and to animate. This stack is also
contained in the package mentioned above. (It does not seem to work
with PICT files from VersaTerm_Pro captures, though).
B) If you have PAINT files, import them into HyperCard and animate them
using the 'show all cards' command. There must be stacks/XCMDs out
there that can load PAINT files automatically, but I have not seen
any so far.
C) If you have FUNDING, buy MacroMind Director and import either PICT (?)
or PAINT, then animate. Importing into MMD is much simplified if you
use the ScrapMaker Utility that comes with 'The Curator'from Solutions
International. It assembles all captured frames in a scrapbook that can
be imported as one file.
I have tried the NCSA package and the screen capture options, they all work.
Being disk-based, HyperCard seems to have its limitations for animation,
though. Also, the process of creating, for example, a 150-frame movie is
lengthy. Although I have no access to MacroMind director, I believe it should
fare much better in terms of animation speed ( correct me if I am wrong ).
Also, the process of screen capture via VersaTerm_Pro and ScrapMaker is much
speedier than the other method.
So far, I have not come across a simple, but fast animator. Hints in this
direction would be greatly appreciated.
Again, thanks for your help.
Frank
-----------------------------------------------------
Frank Pohlemann Institut fuer Raumfahrtsysteme
Universitaet Stuttgart - Germany
BITNET/PROFS/JNET: vjal2314@ds0rus54.earn
*****************************************************
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Date: 10 Dec 90 10:58:11
From: Jonathan Maybaum <jonathan.maybaum@med.umich.edu>
Subject: Printing from Windows 3.0
Subject: Time:10:39 AM
OFFICE MEMO Printing from Windows 3.0 Date:12/10/90
In response to the query about printing from Win 3.0 on an Atalk net, the
following instructions are based on info sent to us from Daystar:
1. use the printer driver software ("DA", in Apple's package) to assign the LW
to a port (e.g., LPT3)
2. configure WIN.INI as follows
.
.
Spooler=yes
.
.
LPT1:=
LPT2:=
LPT3.prn:=
3. save WIN.INI, reload WINDOWS, open CONTROL PANEL
4. select PRINTER SETUP, select CONFIGURE, set active Postscript printer to
LPT3.prn
5. fire away
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 10:59 EST
From: "Bill Doemel, Director of Computer Services" <DOEMELB%Wabash.Bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Securing mac mice
Date sent: 7-DEC-1990 10:55:05
Dan Lunderville requested information about protecting mice. Here we don't
loose the mice, but we have lost several of the rubber balls. I don't know
how to provide protection nor do I know of a source for replacements. An
aside: we have experience many more problems with the PC mice.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Doemel Office: (317)-364-4311
Director of Computer Services BitNET: DoemelB@Wabash.BITNET
Wabash College AppleLink: U0846
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 90 09:39:17 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul" <COURCOUL%VMTECQRO.qro.itesm.mx@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: setting quotas on AppleShare server
On Wed, 5 Dec 1990 14:14 ADT Joy Aberback said:
> ...could you please name and comment on some third
>party software that allows network administrators to limit the number of
>concurrently-running applications? ...
Yes, there is precisely such a gem. It's a free (NOT public domain)
package available from the University of Michigan called LaunchBreak.
According to the manual, it consists of a program you run on as the
foreground application on your server, or on any other dedicated machine
visible to the rest of the network. This program has tables you set up
with the name and authorized number of concurrent users for each
application you want to protect.
On the application side, you run an installer program against the
application to be protected: this installs the LaunchBreak segment into
the code. After this, the application will only execute if: a) the appropiate
LaunchBreak authorizing server is accesible via Appletalk and b) the
number of concurrent executions of the application is less or equal to
the authorized maximum. Naturally, if the application is 'inadvertently'
copied to floppy and executed elsewhere, it won't work due to a).
To get the code, you have to request it from U. Michigan. Information on
the package and how to order is available via anonymous FTP from the
host freebie.engin.umich.edu ^141.212.68.23!, in the directory
'/pub/macfiles/launchbreak'. GET the files LBDox_FWP_Times.sit.Hqx (for
FullWrite users) or LBDox_MSW_Times.sit.Hqx, and LB_Req_Form.Hqx
Hope this helps.
Juan Courcoul
Monterrey Tech.
Mexico
P.S. No, I am not getting a bonus or pay or anything for this. Just so
happens this protective scheme seemed a real neat Appletalk application
and I remembered it's existence reading Joy's letter.
Editors: Being that LaunchBreak is not a commercial product, would you
like me to get the above-mentioned docs and submit them to sumex-aim,
so they'll be placed in the appropiate directory ?
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Date: Sat, 8 Dec 90 18:39:46 -0500 (EST)
From: "Erik K. Larson" <el17+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: si and system 7b
does anyone have any experience with system seven beta on an si? i have
installed it and when i startup the happy mac appears and then the
system hangs, indefinately.
thanks in advance
erik k. larson
el17@andrew.cmu.edu
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Date: Sat, 8 Dec 90 12:21 EDT
From: SCHWARZ@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: startupscreens
I have some gif files which I would like to use as startupscreens. These files
use a palette other than the system palette. Consequently, while they look
fine when opened by Giffer, they look awful as StartUpScreens. I would
appreciate any help in getting around this problem.
Thanks,
G. Schwarz
schwarz@brandeis.bitnet or schwarz@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 90 11:13 EST
From: WALLACE FELDMAN <FELDMANW@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu>
Subject: Why change the Laserwriter Driver?
A number of netters have berated the Laserwriter Driver 6.0x
default to "Color/Gray Scale", and several have provided "fixes"
to change this to "Black-and-White". Among them,Murph Sewall
provided the easiest one, using ResEdit, which is in the hands of
most of us non-power user types.
*HOWEVER*: This may not be such a good idea. I checked with my
son,a software engineer at Mecca-on-the Cupertino, and he wrote me
the following: (Begin quote)
" Why do think you need to set it to
B/W? (Why does the rest of the net think so, too?) The
Color/Gray option is the default because it's the right thing for
99% of users and 99% of printers (even black and white ones). The modes
probably should have been named #210#RegularS and #210#Allow
skanky apps.#211# Some old applications (old versions of
SuperPaint, for example) illegally access the bitmap that the
printer driver is preparing to send to the printer, and thus only
work in B/W mode.
The color/gray mode lets the printer driver do a better job of
printing color and gray images to black and white printers. If
you are printing with the black and white setting, any color or
grayscale image that you print will have a black dot for each
nonwhite pixel in the image. I.E. it will be very dark. If you
are printing with Color/Gray, even to a black and white printer,
the driver will attempt to dither the color image into the closest
black and white representation before printing it. Since the
printer has much higher resolution than the screen, 8-bit gray
screen images often look pretty good when dithered to 300 dpi b/w.
My advice: Print in color/gray mode." (End Quote)
I've switched my driver back to the Color/GrayScale default. Hope this info is
useful.
Wally.
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