Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (11/23/90)
Info-Mac Digest Thu, 22 Nov 90 Volume 8 : Issue 194
Today's Topics:
[*] Cranes-shogi-021.hqx
[*] Custom Home Stack
[*] Expert-2.2
[*] HyperCard 2.0 XCMD notes
[*] Re-transmission of Polybutton XFCNs.
About:Arabic Talk
A new Mach for Mac
Appletalk Problem?
ColorSpace IIi/FX for video station?
Conflict of VersaTerm 3.1.1 and CricketGraph
Converting PICT to PICT RES ID=0
Exabyte (8mm) tape driver f
FastPath vs. GatorBox response
Getting Arabic
Hidden Screens and ROM treasures.
Info-Mac Digest V8 #193 (2 msgs)
Interpret Bus Error?
Mac fortran output problems
MacTCP
need recomendations for color monitor and DAT tape drive
Ordering Hypercard 2
Request for info on Caere Typist
Saving PICT ID=0 resource
Slide-making software?
SuperClock cause conflict of VersaTerm
TAX SOFTWARE ??
TCP/IP nameserver
Thanks re Printing w/Word 4.00B
XFCN help needed. (ResEdit help given)
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Date: Sun, 7 Oct 90 10:09 +0100
From: Pieter Stouten <STOUTEN%EMBL.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] Cranes-shogi-021.hqx
Crane's Shogi 0.21
==================
Attached is Crane's Shogi version 0.21 in .sit .hqx format
(cranes-shogi-021.hqx), which I upload on behalf of the author. It
is a freeware Shogi (Japanese Chess) playing program. Full documen-
tation (including rules) is enclosed. The documentation should be
printed with a non-proportional font (e.g. Monaco, Courier).
Shogi is much like 'western' chess, but has some very interesting
differences: almost all pieces can promote to stronger pieces
once they reach the opposite side of the board. Moreover, when a
piece is captured, it becomes a piece for the capturing side, and
can be dropped back onto the board ! This makes for a very exciting
game, with an extremely low percentage of draws. Many strong Chess
players, such as International Master Larry Kaufman in the US (who
is the strongest non-Japanese player outside Japan), have found
Shogi to be a great game to play.
Have fun !
Pieter Stouten
EMBL, Biocomputing Programme stouten@embl.bitnet
Heidelberg, Germany stouten@embl-heidelberg.de
[Archived as /info-mac/game/cranes-shogi-021.hqx; 105K]
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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 90 13:53:51 EST
From: Tkelley@hel4.brl.mil
Subject: [*] Custom Home Stack
This is a Custom Home stack for Hypercard. It is the first version.
[Archived as /info-mac/card/custom-home.hqx; 290K]
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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 90 13:51:41 EST
From: Tkelley@hel4.brl.mil
Subject: [*] Expert-2.2
This is the latest HyperExpert. It is version 2.2. Some minor
bugs have been worked out of it.
[Archived as /info-mac/card/hyper-expert-22.hqx; 194K]
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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 90 15:51:10 -0700
From: Martin Gannholm <gandalf@apple.com>
Subject: [*] HyperCard 2.0 XCMD notes
This is the official package for developing externals for HyperCard 2.0.
It is a StuffIt archive and contains the following files:
1) The Official HyperCard 2.0 XCMD Release Notes (RTF)
2) HyperXCmd.p MPW Pascal Interface File
3) HyperXCmd.h MPW C Header File
4) HyperXLib.o MPW Linker Library (3.0 format)
[Archived as /info-mac/card/xcmd/hypercard-20-notes.hqx; 73K]
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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 90 17:12:53 -0700
From: Greg L. Anderson <greggor@apple.com>
Subject: [*] Re-transmission of Polybutton XFCNs.
The binhex'ed Polybutton XFCNs I sent in a few days ago was munged,
and will not unbundle. Here is a working version of the stack.
This is the correct (un-Binhexable) version of the Polybutton
XFCNs. I _did_ un-binhex and un-stuff this file, and it worked.
Send comments and suggestions to:
Greg Anderson
greggor@apple.com
[Archived as /info-mac/card/xfcn/polybutton.hqx; 62K]
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Date: THU, 22 NOV 1990 14:38 JST
From: KAZUYUKI KONKO (TOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIV.) <KONKO%JPNTIU01.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: About:Arabic Talk
Dose anyone know Arabic Talk's latest version ?
And how can I get this operating system ?
/TIU : Kazuyuki Konko
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 08:58:15 -0800
From: CEBESS%KOESS.gm@hac2arpa.hac.com (Charles Bess (317)240-5518)
Subject: A new Mach for Mac
In the December issue of Workstation News a small article appears that I
would like more info about. Does anyone out there know anything about this?
The article states:
"... Tenon Intersystems, Santa Barbara, CA, has announce MachTen,
the confluence of a version of UNIX known as Mach and the point-and-click
environment of the Macintosh. MachTen, the vendor says, give the Macs the
functionality of a workstation. Running as an application on the Mac's native
operating system, MachTen includes more then 300 UNIX programs and a Mach
kernel, which supports standard UNIX applications..."
It sounds interesting, but I think I would have to see it to appreciate/believe
it.
Charles E. Bess Internet: CEBESS%KOESS.gm@HAC2ARPA.hac.com
Electronic Data Systems Dial-8 : 8-360-5518
Suite 100C AT&T : (317) 240-5518
2601 Fortune Circle East, FAX : (317) 240-5622
Indianapolis, IN 46241-5513 CPS : 72437,3132
America OnLine : CEBess
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 00:40 EST
From: GORDON DOHLE <DOHLE%Vax2.Concordia.CA@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Appletalk Problem?
I am trying to set up a Turbonet Appletalk network which will use Tops
and Inbox and also Applshare to another already established LAN.
Problem: with two Macs hooked up to the 'black and yellow' wires and
Appletalk enabled in both machines, I can't get one to recognize the
other. Even Okyto tells me ther is no one connected.Is there something I need in
the system folder that I don't know about to run Appletalk?
Helpful suggestions please. I ran out.
Gordon
Dohle@Vax2.Concordia.ca
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 14:06:39 +0800
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Subject: ColorSpace IIi/FX for video station?
Greetings all,
I am putting together an interactive video development station for our faculty
lab. This will be somewhat of a modest effort to start, without video tape
editing capabilities, but with frame grabbing, import of outside video sources,
export of the Macintosh screen to video, etc.
So, the video card combination I am looking at is the ColorSpace IIi/FX
combination from Mass Microsystems. This has the added attraction of working
with Authorware Professional, which will make our Instructional Technology folks
(including me) happy.
The question is: Does anyone know anything particularly bad about this setup?
Any recommendations for another implementation at a similar cost (budget for the
boards is $2500 and the IIi/FX comes in just under that with the discount). Any
compatibility issues? Anything at all that should figure into this assessment
and purchase?
Thanks for any information.
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: Tue, 20 Nov 90 18:33:14 EST
From: wang@pennmess.physics.upenn.edu ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: Conflict of VersaTerm 3.1.1 and CricketGraph
Anyone see the conflict of VersaTerm 3.1.1 and CricketGraph 1.2 (or Passage)?
If you lauch the VersaTerm first, then it will freeze my MacPlus when I
launch the other. It works fine with the reverse order.
There is no such problem with VersaTerm 2.0.
Huangxin Wang, University of Pennsylvania
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 01:46:33 EST
From: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Subject: Converting PICT to PICT RES ID=0
Hi,
Use GIFConverter. The latest version is 2.1.1, I think. It's in the
archives at Sumex somewhere. You can open a PICT, and save a startup screen
(which is what deskpict wants). NB: There's an option in one of the menus
for what KIND of startup screen you want to save, either classic Mac (b&w), or
Mac II-series (PICT RES ID=0).
--Mike
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Date: 21 Nov 90 10:46:05
From: Chip Hawley <Chip_Hawley.LTSMAIL@gatormail>
Subject: Exabyte (8mm) tape driver f
Subject: Time:10:48 AM
OFFICE MEMO Exabyte (8mm) tape driver for A/UX? Date:11/21/90
Does anyone know of a public domain driver for an Xcabyte (8mm) tape unit on an
A/UX 2.0 system? Source code would also be a big help.
I appreciate any pointers or handles I can get.
Chip Hawley
SSC Laboratory
chip@sscvx1.ssc.gov
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 11:38:37 +0800
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Subject: FastPath vs. GatorBox response
Greetings all,
Regarding the FastPath vs. GatorBox issue raised in V8 #193, I can't comment on
the FastPath as I have never used one. However, we currently have 6 GatorBoxes
in operation in various buildings on campus linking several Macintosh AppleTalk
zones (sometimes several within a single building bridged together and hooked
into the GatorBox) into our campus fiber network. It's an easy installation
after you've gotten it right once, they handle our load with no problem, and
they talk to everything we have on campus. We keep their load files on one
machine on each local segment as well as a central main load source for all of
them on a UNIX system. The additional options offered with the GatorBox are
impressive as well. We have sampled GatorShare, though we don't have it
installed yet (the department that wants it liked it very much, but they are
currently trying to fit it into their budget). We also have definite plans to
implement GatorPrint and there are possibilities for GatorMail.
Overall, I'm very impressed with the GatorBox and with Cayman Technical Support.
The only hardware problem we've had is when one GatorBox got fried somehow by a
power surge. Cayman replaced it immediately. The only operational problem
we've had is when we had a campus-wide power outage. Neither of the two load
sources made it back up before the GatorBoxes did, so they didn't get loaded.
But, that was a simple matter of calling the zone coordinators and telling them
to restart the boxes from their Macs.
So, in short, they work, I'm happy and Cayman is responsive... What more could
you ask from a vendor?
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: Wed, 21 Nov 90 11:12:24 EST
From: Faris Alshemmari <ST2@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: Getting Arabic
Would anybody help me to get the Arabic Operating system? I have tried
APDA and the local dealers without success. The one which I have is 6.0.3,
but I need 6.0.4 or higher to run IIci.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Faris Alshemmari
ST2@UGA
P.O. Box 2302
University Station
Athens, Ga 30612
Tel. (404)-542-5162
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 15:15:08 PST
From: Carl_A._Steinhilber.osbu_south@xerox.com
Subject: Hidden Screens and ROM treasures.
You requested me to forward information about the hidden screens of the Mac. In
particular, I was interested in a ROM based sequence of digitized pictures that
I THOUGHT was held in the Mac II .... which could be accessed from the machine
level debugger.
Unfortunately... no one seems to know of any such `treasure' in the Mac II
family. Some Mac siblings do, however, have interesting little tid-bits hidden
in their ROMs. As follows (the SE description sounds like the one I was
originally thinking of.... but it does NOT work on the Mac II) :
--------------------------------------------------
For the SE series-
Press the Programmers interupt switch on your Mac ("Programmers interupt
switch??" I hear you cry. Yes. It is the rectangular piece of plastic with the
funny little clips that was floating around in the box when you got your
Macintosh. It is refered to in the reference chapter of your machines manual-
check the index for "Programmer's Switch"- the interupt switch is the rear-most
button). This will get you into the machine-level debugger (the plain white
window that overlays everything else on your screen) with a `>' prompt.
Type in the following sequence: G 41D89A (the space between the G and the 4 is
essential). And press RETURN.
You will then be viewing a sequence of three bit-mapped scans of the Macintosh
SE's development team.
Press the reset switch (the front-most Programmers switch) to end the sequence
and restart your machine.
--------------------------------------------------
For the new classic-
hold down cmd-opt-X-O on startup. If you wait long enough the mac will boot off
an internal ROM disk (System 6.03/Finder 6.1x). Then if you use a utility that
lets you see invisible folders (ie. ResEdit) you will see an invisible
folder in the ROM disk's system folder that lists those who worked on
the Classic.
Note: For this to work you must be sure your hard disk is not a
startup volume. Simply dragging the Finder file out of the
system folder should work for you.
--------------------------------------------------
Thanks to:
for the SE code-
(sent anonymously) MOISEFF%UCONNVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
(Sylvia Jacyno) sjacyno@uga.cc.uga:edu
(John Treble) treble@asc.sinet.slb.com
for the Classic insight-
SAWATZKYJ%sask.usask.ca@forsythe.stanford.edu
If anyone finds any other hidden pictures or intriguing treasures for ANY
Mac... drop me a line.... I'd love to find out.
Carl A Steinhilber
<Carl A. Steinhilber:OSBU South:Xerox>
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 10:52 CST
From: ADUS10@jetson.uh.edu
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #193
Hello,
I have an Apple Tape backup system (40SC). I would like to use this with
Retrospect Remote (yet to be purchased) to backup several Mac's on the network.
My question is, can I get a larger tape than the 40MB that Apple makes, and if
I do will the software/hardware recognize the different size. The point is to
try and avoid spending a thousand or two on a large hard disk to automatically
backup and use existing hardware.....
Any comments/suggestions/answers would be appreciated.
Jeana C. Rogers
User Specialist II
University of Houston
ADUS10@JETSON.BITNET.EDU
JROGERS@UHOU.EDU
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 17:44:46 CST
From: "Mark R. Williamson" <MARK@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #193
In Info-Mac Digest, Tue, 20 Nov 90, Volume 8: Issue 193 you asked
>Does anyone know a public domain package of encoding and decoding
>of BinHex4 files? Or does anyone know where I could find the spec of
>BinHex4?
How about BinHex4.0 itself? It's pretty widely available and free.
Stuffit 1.5.1 is shareware rather than PD, but it is essential for
making use of most files in the Info-Mac archive, so you should get
(and register) a copy.
The easiest way to get a copy of BinHex4.0 is through a local user group
or campus microcomputer support centre.
Mark R. Williamson, Rice University, Houston, TX; MARK@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU
Coordinating BITNET redistribution of Info-Mac archive files from Rice.
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 08:23 EST
From: MORRISTA%UCMCIC@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Subject: Interpret Bus Error?
University
of I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Cincinnati
Date: 21-Nov-1990 08:22 EST
From: Theodore Morris
MORRISTA
Dept: MCIC/IR&D
Tel No: 513-558-6046 V, -0758 F (Group)
TO: Remote PMDF User ( _IN%INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU )
Subject: Interpret Bus Error?
Anybody out there who can interpret "BUS ERROR: PC=$000384E6"? It's
happened twice while saving OmniPage Image Scan to HD on an 8/80 Mac
IIx. Thanks!
Theodore Allan Morris, U. Cincinnati, Med Ctr Info & Comm, Info Rsrch
& Dev, 231 Bethesda Av, ML#574, Cinti, OH 45267-0574, 513-558-6046V,
513-558-0758F, MORRISTA@UCMCIC.OA.UC.EDU / MORRISTA@UCUNIX.SAN.UC.EDU,
NTS WB8VNV, AppleLink U1091 | Snappy message in Beta
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 09:13:32 EST
From: Daniel Fossum <490040%UOTTAWA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Mac fortran output problems
I am currently having some really big problems with the outputs from
my fortran programs. My programs run splendidly and the output appears
on the screen as it was intended. Printing the output or editing it while
it's still on the screen is no problem but when it comes to saving it
for use in Kaliedagraph or just for posterity's sake, the screen locks
up and the only solution is to restart, thus losing it all. I am running
Programming Language's fortran both on a IIci and an SE/30.
Please help,
Dan Fossum.
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 14:06:18 CST
From: Tom Holt <C2933TH%UMRVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: MacTCP
I just got a copy of HyperFTP but it says it needs MacTCP to work. does
anyone know where I can get MacTCP. (I can FTP I just have to do it to
a cms account and then download it accross a modem with kermit. It all
takes much too long.) Thanks for the help.
Tom Holt
C2933TH @ UMRVMB
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 17:25:58 EST
From: ppl@hx.lcs.mit.edu (Philippe P. Laffont)
Subject: need recomendations for color monitor and DAT tape drive
Hi,
I'd appreciate some recomendations for the following 2 products
1) 19' color monitors for the mac II, preferably in the 3000-3500$ range
2) WandDAT. Does anyone have experience with DAT tapes. I am considering
using a DAT to back up a 600 Meg AppleShare disk. Are they better
alternatives?
Our budget is fairly flexible... as long as everything is 100% reliable.
I'll summarize if there is enough interest. Thanks.
- Philippe Laffont (ppl@hx.lcs.mit.edu)
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 16:40:37 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@vm.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Ordering Hypercard 2
Claris is now taking orders for Hypercard 2, the $49 version; call 800-
628-2100 X90 (US orders only, according to the ad).
MacWeek says that there are now three HC2 packages. (1) The baby version
that ccomes with every Mac; (2) the $49 upgrade, including 5 disks, a
30-page introduction to new features, and a guide to HyperTalk (length
unspecified); and (3) a development kit for $199, shipping in January.
For the extra $150 which (3) involves, you get 5 manuals totalling 1400
pages. This is not a good dollar-per-page rate. Claris ought to clarify
(sorry!) exactly why one would want to buy the development kit instead
of the upgrade and one of the approximately 1000-page books on HC2 which
are now appearing in bookstores at a list of roughly $30.
Graeme Forbes
PL0BALF at TCSVM
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 19:36:26 PST
From: Jay_Handel@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Request for info on Caere Typist
Does anyone in MacNetland have hand(s)-on experience with Caere's new
hand-held OCR scanner, "Typist"? (See pp. 34-35, & 264 in December
MacWorld.) I'd particularly like to know how it compares with the
same company's "OmniPage" used with a regular scanner.
I've been testing the latter product (v 2.12) on an Abaton 300GS
scanner and find it remarkably good. But it would cost much more
to purchase OmniPage and a scanner. So, can Typist do the job?
References to published reviews would also be welcome.
Thanks,
Jay
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 14:30:50 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Saving PICT ID=0 resource
Thanks to those who pointed out that I could create a "Startup Screen"
document (PICT ID=0) for DeskPict 1.1 (in the archives) with either
Giffer 1.08 or GIFconverter 2.1.1 (both also in the archives).
They both work (and do other nice things as well). Giffer takes less
disk space (86K compared to 239K) but takes twice as much RAM (2M vs 1M)
to work. Mandelzot 3.0 (recently added to the archives) is capable of
making some really nice fractal (color) backgrounds.
/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: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 15:54 EST
From: MORRISTA%UCMCIC@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Subject: Slide-making software?
University
of I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Cincinnati
Date: 20-Nov-1990 15:49 EST
From: Theodore Morris
MORRISTA
Dept: MCIC/IR&D
Tel No: 513-558-6046 V, -0758 F (Group)
TO: Remote PMDF User ( _IN%INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU )
Subject: Slide-making software?
We are interested in evaluating and selecting a slide-making package
for the Mac II-series machines our residents, nurses, etc., are using
currently in our Ethernet environment in the Med School and Hospital.
Right now their main interest is in getting support for the word
slides, charts, etc., they use in their daily/weekly/regular
conferences as part of their educational process.
I tend to think of there being roughly three classes of software we
might provide for them: simple Draw/Paint type programs (like
MacDraw/MacPaint) which would allow them to make pictures which would
be imaged on a camera later (we have the setup already, through our
art department) but would offer a minimum of "helpful features" like
word-processing-like support, automatic scaling of charts, etc.; a
middle class of specialized slide-making/chart-making software which
would be a little harder to use, would support the specific needs of
making slides in a user-friendly fashion but with a little less access
to the actual drawing of the bitmaps; and a third class of "power
programs" like PowerPoint, Persuasion, Director, etc.
What are your experiences with putting these kind of tools in the
hands of users at free-access or lab-type workstations? We're not
talking artists, here, but just casual users with a periodic,
short-term, make-it-happen need.
Theodore Allan Morris | 231 Bethesda Avenue, ML# 574
University of Cincinnati Med. Ctr. | Cincinnati, OH 45267-0574
Med Ctr Information & Communications | 513-558-6046 W, 731-3451 H
Information Research and Development | MORRISTA@UCMCIC.OA.UC.EDU I'net
Call me up and I'll talk data to ya! | WB8VNV NTS, U1091 AppleLink
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 19:48:22 EST
From: wang@pennmess.physics.upenn.edu ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: SuperClock cause conflict of VersaTerm
In my earlier posting I asked about the problem with VersaTerm3.1.1 and
CricketGraph and Passage. I tracked down the problem. It's because
the SuperClock! 3.9 This problem is easily reproducible on my MacPlus.
To add onto the conflict list, there are also "Brown telnet 3270", and
CricketGraph1.3. In all cases, you have to start VersaTerm first.
Huangxin Wang, University of Pennsylvania
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Date: 20 NOV 90 17:10:05 CDT
From: Ron Rushing <RRUSHING%SFAUSTIN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: TAX SOFTWARE ??
Greetings--
I'm looking for you folks who have some first-hand experience with
personal income tax software. I'm especially interested in
the MacInTax package (by SoftView) and the TurboTax package.
Any comments that you may have on these (or other) packages will be
appreciated.
Please send your comments to me directly. I'll collect them then
post a review to the list.
(Disclaimer: ect ect ect....)
RON RUSHING--Supervisor, Education Media Center S.F.A. University
Nacogdoches, TX 75962 <RRUSHING@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 15:36:31 AST
From: "Stewart Walker" <SWALKER%MTA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: TCP/IP nameserver
_______________________________________________________
Date 11/20/90
Subject TCP/IP nameserver
>From Stewart Walker
To Tech Response Group Canada
Info Mac
Stewart Walker
REGARDING TCP/IP nameserver
.......
Has anyone tried using a Mac on Ethernet running A/UX 2.0 as a
nameserver? What would I need to do? I have a need for nameserver and
have no other platform at the moment to implement the function.
Stewart Walker,
Mount Allison University,
Sackville, N.B,
CANADA
E0A 3C0
Bitnet: swalker@mta
_______________________________________________________
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 13:32 PST
From: Ron Webster <IC6JRHW@oac.ucla.edu>
Subject: Thanks re Printing w/Word 4.00B
Dear Info-Mac Digest readers:
I wish to thank those of you who responded to my recent inquiry re
printing from Microsoft Word 4.00B to a GCC Technologies PLPII printer (a
QuickDraw device). To summarize, output from Word was unacceptable due to
character spacing problems. The solution, as several respondents kindly
pointed out, was to select "Fractional Widths" in the print dialog box
before printing. This option had not been overlooked--it was not
available.
It happened that the particular workstation to which the PLPII was
attached sported a "borrowed" copy of Microsoft Word 4.0 (NOT 4.00B), and
thus, when the user's copy of 4.00B arrived, it was not installed
(apparently being viewed as unnecessary, given that 4.0 was already on the
system). Prior to 4.00B there was no Fractional Widths option.
As one respondent noted, "Fractional Widths" is not a very
informative identifier. To compound the problem, the Fractional Widths
option is undocumented. The Word manual makes no reference to it:
"Fractional Widths" does not appear in the index, neither under the Fs nor
under associated headings (e.g., "ImageWriter," "Printing," "Printers,"
"Width," etc.); nor is the option mentioned in any of the discussions of
printing with an ImageWriter. The "Read Me" document included with
version 4.00B does mention "Fractional Widths," but only to state "Release
4.00B improves Word in the following areas: . . . Fractional Widths option
allowed with ImageWriter printers"--that's it, nothing else, no details or
further discussion are given.
Another respondent noted the negative "tone" of my inquiry--a subtle
negative critical regard for the Mac environment--and suggested that I
apparently had not yet "experienced the Fahrfegnugen [sic] of the
Mac . . ." This respondent went on to comment that "MS Word won't do the
trick." The sad fact is that very few of the major applications for the
Mac will do the trick (i.e., produce the experience of Fahrvergnugen).
With the indulgence of Info-Mac Digest's monitors and readers, I will
expand upon this remark in future postings.
Ron Webster
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 9:22 GMT
From: Big Nose <LAWA%IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: XFCN help needed. (ResEdit help given)
Dear All,
I have a set of XCMD interface routines for use with LSP. Does anyone
have the XFCN interface and/or examples?
Andy Law
P.S. For those who were taken out by the moderators little joke, the MENU
and BNDL patches for Resedit 1.2 are hidden in the /tech directory.
LAWA @ UK.AC.AFRC.IAPE Big Nose in Edinburgh
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