Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (12/08/90)
Info-Mac Digest Fri, 7 Dec 90 Volume 8 : Issue 204
Today's Topics:
[*] Heaptool.1.2
[*] IBMKlone Font
[*] New version of TransSkel...
[*] Vital Signs DA
A/Ux and X Window System
Desparately Seeking Indonesian Water Temple Stack?
DOS 4/Windows 3 to LaserWriter via LocalTalk
Ehman drive quality
Help me!!
high-end Stat packages for the Mac.
How do I get at the Finder's "selected" list?
How to interface a Sony color video projector with a Mac
IIsi sounds
Info-Mac Digest V8 #200
LightspeedC console
locking applications on AppleShare server
Macintosh SMTP servers
MacTCP
NNTP access from remote client
PC comm SW that support AppleShare PC card?
Phantom Clock on IIsi
Printing to an Epson
RE>Info-Mac Digest V8 #203
Stable system
Standard for 16 bit PICTs???
SunDesk Utility
Toner Streaks on Laserwriter IINT
Upgrading Laserwriter IINTx
virus detection
Voice-mail for Mac?
WHODUNNIT: The Solution
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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 90 18:08:18 PST
From: jimb@calvin.silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
Subject: [*] Heaptool.1.2
This is a System Heap Management CDEV/INIT. It's shareware, and
I am *not* the author.
I mentioned it on comp.sys.mac... and received a flood of requests
for it. No problem, until the bounces outnumbered the successful
mailings.
The INIT is configured by the CDEV to set the minimum amount of
free System Heap at the conclusion of the INIT sequence of the
startup, i.e. just before Finder/MF starts.
Unlike Heapfixer, no changes are made to the boot blocks. Also
the amount of System Heap will dynamically change with the number
of INITs loaded and no manual tuning is required as you change your
INITs.
jim budler
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/ / /\/\ /__ Silvar-Lisco, Inc. +1.408.991.6115 | MacIIsi
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[Archived as /info-mac/cdev/heap-tool-12.hqx; 54K]
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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 90 22:38:24 PST
From: Les_Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: [*] IBMKlone Font
IBMKlone is a shareware postscript font designed to display the IBM
PC font on the Macintosh. The character encoding is the same as on
the IBM PC and so the Keys assigned to various characters may be
different than you normally use to access the characters in a
Macintosh font. To find a particular character, simply use your
KeyCaps da. If a file is imported from the IBM, the characters will
display correctly without modification.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/ibm-klone.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 16:58:26 PST
From: markets!bob@uunet.uu.net (Bob Schumaker -- "Software-in-a-bucket")
Subject: [*] New version of TransSkel...
...this one adds a simple help system (still not complete), integrated
text support (to simplify the forthcoming styled text windows), and a
way to handle modal dialogs without calling the ModalDialog trap (this
should help a lot of people on the net).
[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/transskel-26-part1.hqx; 233K
/info-mac/source/c/transskel-26-part2.hqx; 148K]
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 00:04:31 -0600
From: Wei-Ming Wu <wwg0240@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: [*] Vital Signs DA
Someone is looking for this DA. So I download it from BMUG. Hope the
person gets it.
The DA shows information about the version of system, screen size,
the usage of RAM and hard disk.
[Archived as /info-mac/da/vital-signs.hqx; 12K]
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 06:46:30 GMT
From: coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu (John Coolidge)
Subject: A/Ux and X Window System
Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes:
> I plan to buy A/UX 2.0 on a CD-ROM, but I was wondering how much of
>X Window I will get for it. I have seen that there is an option for
>X Window, but I can't find exactly what it is, and on what media it would
>fit. I have not enough room on my hard disk to install all A/Ux and
>X Window, so that's the reason why I buy it on a CD-ROM.
A/UX 2.0 will not really run from CD-ROM. You could delete most of
the binaries and run them from CD-ROM, I suppose, but it would be
quite a chore figuring out which ones you need to boot far enough
to mount the CD-ROM. In general you're far better off buying a
cheap 80-150M hard drive for A/UX. CD-ROMs are very bad at seeking,
which is a common operation when running programs.
You could, I suspect, run X from CD-ROM, but again the performance
penalty is probably too high.
> So, I have two questions :
>1) how much of X Window is there with the standard A/Ux 2.0 distribution ?
> Is there a X Window server ?
With A/UX 2.0, no. There is no included X windows support. In A/UX
2.0.1 (first or second quarter 1991) MacX (the MacOS-style X window
server) will be included. The upgrade to 2.0.1 is supposed to be
nominal or free.
>2) what is the optional X Window for A/Ux ? Only libraries (which can be
> obtained from MIT), or the whol X Window with client/server, binaries...?
The whole X windows system (clients, server, libraries, includes, man
pages, etc) is available for A/UX from MIT. I have added significant
enhancements (shared library support) in a version I'm distributing
>From wuarchive.wustl.edu (where I maintain an ftp archive of all sort
of A/UX goodies, including Gnu tools and X). Binaries are available,
as well as (buggy) patches to X (buggy in that they're quite a hassle
to use; they're the same patches I used, but I've spent tons of time
pounding on the X code :-)).
--John
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John L. Coolidge Internet:coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP:uiucdcs!coolidge
Of course I don't speak for the U of I (or anyone else except myself)
Copyright 1990 John L. Coolidge. Copying allowed if (and only if) attributed.
You may redistribute this article if and only if your recipients may as well.
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 10:29 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Desparately Seeking Indonesian Water Temple Stack?
Greetings,
Some year(s) ago I attended a presentation (at a Macademia or EduCom) on a
project that began as an attempt to improve the distribution of water for rice
field irrigation and ended up discovering that the water priests did as good a
job as any engineer or scientist could. The people who did the study ended up
creating a hypercard stack (I think) that was a simulation of the situation.
If this rings any bells in your mind, I'd appreciate any leads. I'm trying to
find out more about this project and the people involved. This is for some work
I am doing in technology transfer.
Thanks for any information sent directly to me OR (preferably) to
CJORGENSEN@COLGATEU.BITNET
Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer specialist, VAX consultant
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY 13346
BITNET - PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
tel - 315-824-7742
AppleLink - U0523
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 11:43:14 +0800
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Subject: DOS 4/Windows 3 to LaserWriter via LocalTalk
Greetings all,
I have a faculty member who has a 386 clone machine running DOS 4.0 and Windows
3.0. The rest of the department uses Macintoshes. He would like to be able to
print to the department LaserWriter from Windows via the LocalTalk network.
I have installed the LocalTalk PC card and software. The print test in LW.EXE
runs fine and we have sent PostScript documents from DOS via LW.EXE and they
have printed fine. We have NOT installed the AppleShare PC stuff and would
prefer not to. He has no desire or need to use the AppleShare servers.
The problem is that we cannot get printing from Windows to work at all. We've
tried everything logical and some illogical things (we've gone through every
port setting in the control panel for printing and none of them work). I don't
think we have a hardware conflict anywhere because the setup works from DOS, so
it must be a "Windows thing".
I received a couple of tips on AppleLink, but they were from folks using DOS
3.3, and they didn't seem to work. They were not very detailed, so maybe I just
bungled the implementation.
At any rate... HELP! I need to make this work. Thanks for any suggestions.
Either email or here is fine, I read through this forum at least twice a week.
Bruce Carter, Courseware Development Coordinator
Boise State University
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 10:44 EST
From: JSTEFFNER <DGRAPHIC%OBERLIN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Ehman drive quality
In response to a recent posting regarding not rating Ehman drives
because of their poor reputation, let me say that we have been using
Ehman drives for over a year. We have purchased many and have no
problems at all. Delivery was excellent as is the price. One question
to their tech support line was naswered promptly and informativly.
I am refgerring to standard hard drives, not removables, but we are
very satisfied.
I have no connection with Ehman except being a satisfied customer.
Jim Steffner
Oberlin College
<DGRAPHIC@OCVAXC.edu>
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 20:00:21 EST
From: bkgoodman@lynx.northeastern.edu
Subject: Help me!!
I am writing a communications program in Lightspeed Pascal V2.0
that contains ICONs in the application's resource file. I want
to be able to display these icons on a standard WINDow. Does
anyone know how to do this?
Brad Goodman
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Please send responses to:
bkgoodman@lynx.northeastern.edu
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 12:05 EST
From: "MJ Kociscin, RIT/Apple Student Representative"
Subject: high-end Stat packages for the Mac.
Info-Mac'ers:
I am posting this for a professor. He is interesed in obtaining
information on High Power statistics packages for the Mac. He's
looking for applications that support the following:
*Regression Analysis (more powerful than Simple)
*2 Stage Least Squares (2SLS)
*Full Info Max Likelyhood (FIML)
The professor has RATS, but would like something better.
Please send any info/comments/suggestions directly to:
BItnet: MJK7911@RITVAX
Internet: MJK7911@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
AppleLink: ST0392
Thanks in advance!
Mark J. Kociscin
RIT/Apple Student Rep
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY USA
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 00:59:24 PST
From: USERXF7B@cc.sfu.ca
Subject: How do I get at the Finder's "selected" list?
As long as we're discussing hacks, I want to write a utility (INIT/FKEY)
that compresses/decompresses files direct from the desktop. Anyone out
there know how to dig through Finder memory and find out which files are
selected on the desktop at any given instant?
Please respond to userxf7b@cc.sfu.ca . . . thx, alex
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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 90 16:28 CST
From: Dan Lunderville <ACS_DANL%uwrf.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: How to interface a Sony color video projector with a Mac
Hello everyone,
I need to connect a Sony color video projector to a Mac for use in classes
and demonstrations. The projector works somewhat with the Mac with some
special cabling, etc., but the projected image always has several stray
horizontal lines in it. It seems that this is related to a difference in
scan rates between the two devices. I need a board or a "black box" that
would convert standard 8 bit color video from a Mac to a composite color
signal or NTSC color signal. The video projector is a Sony High Resolution
900 model VTH600Q.
I am interested in anyone's experience with this type of setup or an inter-
face that would do the conversion. I would also be interested in other ways
of projecting a good quality, true color image from the Mac. I am aware of
the color LCD panels for an overhead projector, but they are in the $5000
range, which is to pricey for us. I already have access to the Sony projector,
so I would like to use that if at all possible. Any other low cost (<$1500)
solutions?
Thanks for your help.
Dan Lunderville Bitnet: ACS_DANL@UWRF
Academic Computing Center AppleLink: U0095
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Telephone: (715) 425-3583
River Falls, WI 54022
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 09:53:54 -0800
From: jwk@scripps.edu (John Kupec)
Subject: IIsi sounds
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.
Is is possible to take these sounds and have them used by something
like SoundMaster? It seems useless to only have your recordings
available as replacement "beeps". Did a hilarious sample of Leland
Palmers "whooo whooo whooo... that's a yes" that I want to share.
Thanks in advance for cluing me in.
jwk
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 15:57 MET
From: Jasper Kips <BUURT1%rulfsw.LeidenUniv.nl@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #200
This corncerns the question about the file comparisons utilyties.
I for myself use a shareware util called compareAll1.1 it can most certainly co
mare binary files, and is does so in grat slowness but it works fine and very
ok
Jasper Kips, Bitnet : Buurt1@hlerul55
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 10:31:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Il Moon <im07+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: LightspeedC console
I ran into trouble while using LightspeedC in the Mac.
The problems are:
1) I cannot resize the output window (console). There is also no scroll bar.
2) I cannot print the output (the contents of this window). If my
program creates a new file, then I can print it. But I find this
inconvenient.
I appreciate your input.
IL MOON
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 1990 09:47 ADT
From: "Joy Aberback, MicroComputer Co-Ordinator" <JABERBACK@husky1.stmarys.ca>
Subject: locking applications on AppleShare server
To all you AppleShare administrators...this one's for you!
How do you make sure software is NOT copied from the folders on your
AppleShare server? Locking and protecting the programs using ResEdit or
something like that isn't sophisticated enough for our university students.
Getting them to sign a waiver promising that they won't pirate software
wouldn't work either. We need either some third-party encryption program
that will work over AppleShare or some other way of making the programs
Execute-Only. Please help! Send any suggestions directly to me. Thanks.
Joy Aberback (alias JABERBACK@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA)
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 11:56:45 +0800
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Subject: Macintosh SMTP servers
Greetings all,
Does anyone know of any SMTP servers that will run on Macs? I currently am
testing two freeware programs: MacPost, from Lund University in Sweden; and
MailStop from the University of Minnesota.
MacPost is quite nice, but has a couple of problems. It doesn't like to run on
a machine set up for AppleTalk Phase Two, it uses a proprietary method for
communications between the client and the host, local mail still has to go
through the "well connected SMTP server", and the interface is clunky in a
couple of places. It is, however, nice enough that I am currently using it for
my "real" network mail. It allows aliasing and forwarding, which makes it very
nice for handling local redistribution of Internet mailing lists. The client is
pretty bare bones, though, and doesn't allow a lot of the features that the POP
clients provide (groups, signature files, nicknames, real names attached to the
Internet ID, etc.). The best feature about MacPost is the support team at Lund
is really responsive to suggestions and questions.
MailStop seems to work well too, except for a couple of problems of its own. It
uses POP2, which is ok, but I'd really rather have a POP3 server in hopes of
using the EUDORA software from the University of Illinois as a client. It is
nice in that mail local to the Macintosh network does not have to go through the
"well connected SMTP server". The big problem with MailStop is that for some
reason that we have not been able to determine, it will not talk to the SMTP on
our IBM4381 machine. It will talk to our UNIX boxes, but will not accept a
connection from the CMS machine. The CMS machine and the UNIX boxes (and
everywhere else for that matter) talk to one another. It also does not seem to
provide any means of aliasing or forwarding
So, any ideas on either of the above? Is anyone using either of these systems
for SMTP mail distribution on a Macintosh network? Thanks for any information
and suggestions.
Bruce
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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 90 12:50:33 MST
From: Steve Shankman <SHANKMAS%ARIZVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: MacTCP
Where can I get MacTCP so I can use "TheNews"? Thanks...
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 11:52:45 +0800
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Subject: NNTP access from remote client
Greetings all,
I have just received what looks to be a neat new shareware product for the
Macintosh called "The News". This is a Mac front-end to the UNIX UseNet NetNews
system. I have it partially working to our local NNTP server, but the posting
part does not seem to work. I need to find out if this is a problem with the
local UNIX machine (which is a hackinsteinian nightmare) or the NetNews client
program. This is a slick looking product, and I may be trying to arrange a site
license with the author if I can verify that it all works correctly.
So, what I need is some sort of "public" NNTP host, or at least one that can be
set to allow me to access it briefly, that will allow both reading and posting
of messages from the client. If it still breaks, then I know something is wrong
with the way I've set up the client. If it works, then it's our UNIX box that
has the problem.
Does anyone know of a site that is set up this way, or are there any of you out
there administering a machine running NNTP to which I could connect briefly to
check this out. The IP address for my Macintosh (from which I'll be testing
this) is 132.178.6.4 and the nameserver recognizes it as "brucespc.idbsu.edu".
Thanks for any help.
Bruce
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Date: 7 Dec 90 08:28:00 CST
From: "Coons, David" <ekdfc@ttacs1.ttu.edu>
Subject: PC comm SW that support AppleShare PC card?
I wasn't sure whether to post this to the Mac or PC list, but here
goes. One of our departments on campus will have the following:
o IBM PC with an installed
o AppleShare PC card which is connected to the department's
o LocalTalk network of Macs, which includes a
o Shiva FastPath attached to the campus
o Ethernet cable which is attached to the main
o VAX 8650.
NCSA Telnet for the PC does not support AppleTalk, and the only
terminal-emulation/file-transfer software I can find that does is
PacerLink (which requires a VAX driver, and is much more than they
need). Is anyone aware of PC communications software with VTxxx
emulation and file transfer which will work over this type of
connection? Thanks very much.
David Coons, Microcomputer Specialist
Texas Tech University
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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 90 10:31:30 MST
From: Bruce Long <ICBAL%ASUACAD.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Phantom Clock on IIsi
To all those who thought JCLOCK was causing the problem on a IIsi,
you were absolutely correct. We have no idea how it got there,
but it was certainly causing the problem. All is OK now. Thanks again.
Bruce Long
Department of Mathematics
Arizona State University icbal@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
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Date: 7 Dec 90 09:01:00 EST
From: "V5120::MENTON" <menton%v5120.decnet@cfe1.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: Printing to an Epson
Hi
Sorry for such an elementary question, but I'm new to the Mac world - my
daughter just got a Mac Classic. She'd like to print on an Epson FX-80 dot
matrix printer. I THINK I've learned enough to believe that a hardware
interface will be needed. I see two products advertised for this purpose:
Graflex (no bulky power supply needed), by ICD, and Grappler, by Orange Micro
(no info re power supply). Can anyone recommend for, or against, either one of
these devices? They're about the same price ($80). Thanks.
- Bob Menton
MILNET: menton%v5120.decnet@ccf.nrl.navy.mil
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Date: 7 Dec 90 14:57:15
From: Paul Velleman <Paul_Velleman.ILR_QMAIL@cit.cornell.edu>
Subject: RE>Info-Mac Digest V8 #203
Reply to: RE>Info-Mac Digest V8 #203
Greg Wimpey flames (properly so, in my opinion) about the demo of the Diamond
compression utility that stopped working after some period of time but never
warned us that it would. Greg, there is a simple fix. Set your clock back to
the days when you did the compression (check the dates on the compressed file)
and Diamond will run again. Its date check seems to be pretty simplistic.
Whatever happened to Diamond anyway? As I recall, it did a pretty decent job of
file compression.
-- Paul Velleman
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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 90 23:20:24 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Stable system
On Tue, 4 Dec 90 12:39 EST you said:
>I agree, BUT Hypercard 2.0 requires System 6.05+. If System 6.0.7 is as
>buggy as everyone suggests and System 6.0.5 is also unstable, does this
>mean that those of us excited about using Hypercard must turn to 6.0.6?
Amusing. 6.0.6 was pulled so fast that if you've actually go the disks
they may someday have "collectible" value :-) It's reputed to have
SERIOUS problems.
I haven't noticed that 6.0.7 is any more prone to inexpliable crashes
than 6.0.5. The (shall I say amusing) thing about 6.0.7 is the frequency
with which the "bomb's" message is "coprocessor not installed" (surely
a surprise to my IIci) Maybe the coprocessor takes regular coffee breaks?
/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, 6 Dec 90 11:38:42 -0500 (EST)
From: "George J. Baxter" <gb2a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Standard for 16 bit PICTs???
Dear Anyone:
I know that there is no apparent standard 16 bit PICT formats, but
we need one.. Is there going to be some sort of 16 bit PICT format
entering the scene? What, if there is, is the format for such an image??
Thanks.
-gjb
gb2a@andrew.cmu.edu baxter@a.cfr.cmu.edu
baxter@imga.cfr.cmu.edu q100gb2a@vb.cc.cmu.edu
"Only a Hawaiian can say Humuhumunukunukuapuaa five times fast, correctly."
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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 03:43 EST
From: Michael <MWILSON%STOSC@scivax.stsci.edu>
Subject: SunDesk Utility
A few Infomac's ago there was some mention of a SunDesk
utility that would strip out unecessary CICN's from the
init. Where can I get this init??
Michael I. Wilson
MWILSON@STSCI.bitnet
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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 90 11:55:32 MST
From: Steve Shankman <SHANKMAS%ARIZVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Toner Streaks on Laserwriter IINT
Here at the lab we've been having very thick black toner streaks along the
right-hand edge of the page. The thickness of the streak varies; it can be up
to a quarter of an inch wide, down to a millimeter or so. The current cartridge
has only 4,000 copies or so. Any suggestions?
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[] STEVE SHANKMAN SHANKMAS@ARIZVM1.BITNET []
[] Consultant, Graduate Mac Lab " @ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU []
[] University of Arizona, Tucson SSHANKMAN@MIS.ARIZONA.EDU []
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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 90 11:59:32 EST
From: Kathy DuBose <DUBOSE%AKRONVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Upgrading Laserwriter IINTx
Hi,
I have a user that has a Laserwriter IINTx. The printer has 2 mb and
they purchased a 4 mb upgrade kit from Apple. After installing the
additional memory, it shows that the printer has 3 mb. Can anyone
help us out by explaining how memory upgrades on the Laserwriter II's
work?
Thanks,
Kathy DuBose
DUBOSE@AKRONVM
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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 90 23:26:10 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: virus detection
On Tue, 4 Dec 90 16:28:14 PST you said:
>I am looking for something that will scan floppys when they are inserted to
>detect WDEF and nVIR. This needs to be started automatically (no user command)
>completely invisible to the user except for a slight delay and an obvious
>message if something is found. We have a number of users of common machines
>and they won't always use a DA.
I can personally vouch for the fact that the INIT which Disinfectant
installs works. A colleague used his son's SE over the weekend. When
he came to the office and put his disks in his new SE/30, Disinfectant
"automagically" detected both WDEF and nVIR (I think it said nVIR b?) -
not both on the same disk, but he had both.
Disinfectant removed both (had to run the application to get rid of
nVir; you also can get rid of WDEF by holding down command-option when you
insert the disk and answering Yes to the "Do you want to rebuild the
desktop" question).
The latest version (2.4 dated 12/3/90) was posted to the info-mac archive
on 12/4. I got my copy from LISTERV@RICE yesterday.
/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, 6 Dec 90 12:19:11 +0800
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Subject: Voice-mail for Mac?
Greetings all,
Is there a voice-mail system for the Macintosh that will run in the background
under MultiFinder. It would probably be cheaper to just buy a PC clone and use
one of the existing PC based systems, but I am biased... *heh*.
Bruce Carter, Courseware Development Coordinator Lab: (208) 385-1859
Faculty Development Lab - Room 213 Office: (208) 385-1250
Simplot/Micron Technology Center CompuServe ID: 76666,511
Boise State University CREN (BITNET): duscarte@idbsu
1910 University Drive Internet: duscarte@idbsu.idbsu.edu
Boise, ID 83725 --> Preferred: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 8:51:25 cst
From: "Prometheus (Doemel,Christopher D)" <DOEMEL%GRIN1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: WHODUNNIT: The Solution
Date sent: 6-DEC-1990 08:44:04
Several days ago I posted a problem with a computer refusing to recognize
any floppy that was inserted into the drive.
Thanks to all who sent me help; I had people suggest that:
I was using a 1.44 meg HD disk...
I should have the floppies realigned...
I should repair the disk with Disk First Aid...
I should repair the disk with a commercial program (SUMII)...
I should clean the disk drives...
I should rebuild the desktop...
Unfortunately, none of these suggestions helped, except for rebuilding the
desktop. While it wouldn't help the floppy disk (for long), had I thought
of rebuilding the *hard disk*, my problems might have been solved.
Why? Well, an old version of Disinfectant was used to check for viruses.
This particular version missed the WDEF (or was it MDEF) virus that was
residing in the finder of the hard drive.
Therefore, whenever I would insert an unlocked floppy, it would insist that
I reinitialize the disk or have it repaired. Yet when the floppy was
locked, the computer read the disk with no problem.
So there is a happy ending to this story; all our data was still intact.
Unfortunately, the company whose computers we were using to do layout were
on a TOPS network, and the WDEF virus had apparently spread to every
workstation in the building.
Once again, thanks to all who sent me assistance.
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