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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 7 Nov 90 Volume 8 : Issue 185
Today's Topics:
[*] /da/System-Errors-28.hqx
[*] MultiXfer V0.6
[*] Pararena 1.0
[*] Report on connecting HP LaserJets to Macs
[*] TeachTextMaker v 1.0
Apple CD-ROM and 6.0.7
Callback Entrypoints?
Cataloging Art
Classic vs. SE
COBOL compiler wanted
Disappearing Laserwriter
Extended TOPS network
fx internal SCSI terminator
Info-Mac Digest V8 #181
Info-Mac Digest V8 #184
Looking for arbitrarily large integer-type.
Macintosh RGB Monitor Woes, incorrect color
MacInUse 3.0
PD-ROM
Re>AppleShare on Ethernet
Re>Print Server problems
Re> SE/30 board box
What is a .cpt file
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Date: Sat, 29 Sep 90 09:11:15 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] /da/System-Errors-28.hqx
Here's a handy little DA forwarded by a friend who works for Apple. All
it does is list text that goes with System Errors. Version 2.8 dates from
1 September 1990 (reasonably up-to-date :-) I guess that means System Error
ID=1 (bus error) is still current :-)
[Archived as /info-mac/da/system-errors-28.hqx; 27K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 16:33:37 EDT
From: dubuc@iro.umontreal.ca (Martin Dubuc)
Subject: [*] MultiXfer V0.6
This is the lattest version of MultiXfer (0.6). Since version 0.4, I have
added a lot of features and fixed all reported bugs. New features include
file recovery procedure, connection procedure, better throughput, settings
file, transfer entire folders, etc...
MultiXfer is a Mac-to-Mac serial file transfer utility. It is primarly used
to transfer files between two Macintoshes linked by modems or a null cable.
The hearth of MultiXfer is its protocol. The MultiXfer protocol is a subset
of the well established X.25 protocol. This protocol allows someone to make
multiple connections over the same serial port. The present version
allows one to do both upload/download and chat at the same time.
I have designed the protocol to be as efficient as possible. In a one way
transfer, MultiXfer performs at more than 95% efficiency. While both uploading/
downloading at the same time, MultiXfer outperforms ZModem by as much as 80%
(almost two times faster).
One of the major feature of MultiXfer beside its protocol is its ability to
turn your Macintosh into a host computer. With MultiXfer, other peoples can
call your Mac, receive, send and catalog files of your disk remotely.
There is also a VT-52 terminal implemented into the application.
MultiXfer is MultiFinder friendly (can be used in background) and runs
on Mac Plus and later models under System 4.2 to System 6.05.
I would be glad to hear feedbacks from users as I intend to develop more
features in it.
Martin Dubuc
Universite de Montreal
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/multixfer-06.hqx; 70K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 90 17:45 EST
From: "Kirke B. Lawton" <LAWK@db1.cc.rochester.edu>
Subject: [*] Pararena 1.0
I am sending along Pararena 1.0 (Stuffed and BinHex). It is a
terrific and challenging arcade-type game from john calhoun of
soft dorothy software, the maker of Glider+ and Glypha.
Pararena (stands for parabolic arena) is a cross between rollerball
and skateboarding played on a parabolic dish. There are a variety of
oppenents and different scoring options. Shareware fee is $8 (some
of the options will lock after some period of time without the key).
[Archived as /info-mac/game/pararena.hqx; 232K]
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 12:31:00 EST
From: Tom.Lane@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: [*] Report on connecting HP LaserJets to Macs
Attached find a report describing most of the possible ways of
connecting HP LaserJet and compatible printers to Macintoshes.
This is still a fairly early draft; I'd appreciate receiving
corrections, additions, or other comments by e-mail.
My address is at the end of the file.
[Archived as /info-mac/report/hp-laserjet.txt; 31K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 90 15:23:41 +0200
From: GHGAXBA%BLEKUL11.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: [*] TeachTextMaker v 1.0
Creating TeachText readme files containing Pictures in the past
was something most people didn't like to do. Moreover many people
didn't even know how to do it. It was a complex task, juggling
resources, using ResEdit. So there weren't too many TeachText
files with Pictures about. And yet, TeachText is an ideal
instrument for readme documents and online-manuals of all kinds:
it launches quickly, uses little memory and above all: everybody's
got it.
So I decided to write an application to create TeachText files as
easily as it is to create a MacWrite document, using
cut&paste-like commands. The result was: TeachText Maker (TTM).
[Archived as /info-mac/app/teach-text-maker.hqx; 56K]
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 13:47 CDT
From: "Thomas L. Hausmann" <HAUSMANN@iscsvax.uni.edu>
Subject: Apple CD-ROM and 6.0.7
Has anyone been experiencing problems with this combination? Specifically,
the IIsi (yes, IIsi under 6.0.7) has been bombing frequently.
-Tom
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Tom Hausmann Internet: hausmann@iscsvax.uni.edu
Department of Math & CS
University of Northern Iowa VoiceNet: (319) 273-2119
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0441 GEnie: T.HAUSMANN
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Date: 7 Nov 90 10:57:27
From: Pete Roberts <Pete_Roberts@qmlink.draper.com>
Subject: Callback Entrypoints?
Subject: Time: 10:36 AM
OFFICE MEMO Callback Entrypoints? Date: 11/7/90
A number of applications -- Hypercard among the first -- have provided users
with the ability to create native-code extensions (called XFCNs and XCMDs in
the HC world).
Extensions often are permitted to make "call backs" to the applications
which they extend. For example, XFCNs and XCMDs written in Pascal can make
call backs to HC via calls to a procedure SendHCMessage whose interface is
declared in a file included via a USES clause.
My question is this: All extensions are compiled and linked separately from
the applications that they extend. How are an application's entry points to
which call backs can be made defined so that they are known to the
separately-linked extensions that call them?
Thanks in advance for any help you may offer.
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 09:54:45 EST
From: ZAK@cu.nih.gov
Subject: Cataloging Art
I have an associate who will need a data base or some other type
of software to catalog works of classical European art. My guess
is that she will want to be able to sort by artist, country,
style, etc., and a small scanned image of each piece for general
identification purposes would be effective. This project is only
in planning stages at this point, and none of the information is
in machine-readable form of any kind. That leaves the whole
thing very open to suggestions.
Is there existing specialized software for this, or would she be
better off with HyperCard stacks?
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 11:24:39 EST
From: Caleb Strockbine <CSTROCKB@sbccvm>
Subject: Classic vs. SE
RE the lack of a slot in the SE:
The reason that Apple didn't include a slot in the Classic (I speculate
here) is that the Classic is built to be very cheap to manufacture.
Notice that there is now only one ADB port instead of two. The Classic
power supply won't automatically adjust to foreign voltages. Even the
brightness control is gone - you change the screen brightness from the
control panel now. I suspectthat software control is a good deal cheaper
than the brightness control knob.
And the plain fact is that most people don't use the expansion slot. I
must know a hundred SE users, and only a couple of them use the slot.
People that want to expand their systems generally do it through other
routes, notably the SCSI port. N.B., the Classic _is_ expandable, it
just doesn't have a slot. We're not really used to thinking of the
ports as methods for expansion, but they're really the most common
way to expand a system. So Apple must have said "Hey, here's a feature
that most people don't use. If we take it out, it'll make the machine
a good deal cheaper to make."
There are a lot of little things that are built into most Macs that
most people don't use, and many don't even know about. I guess Apple,
in deciding how to make the machine cheap, chose to remove these little
luxuries. Remember: This is a very basic, entry level computer. It's
made for people that just want a computer to use for basic chores like
writing papers.
Hope that answers your question! Best of luck in finding a cheap
expandable Mac!
Caleb Strockbine
Apple Student Rep
SUNY @ Stony Brook
cstrockb@sbccvm.bitnet
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 16:15 N
From: <PURSCHKE%DMSWWU5P.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: COBOL compiler wanted
A friend of mine is looking for a COBOL compiler for the Mac. Could be
for MPW or as a standalone application. Does anybody know of such a
thing (commercial or not)? Any hints are welcome.
Martin
purschke@dmswwu5p.bitnet
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 1990 12:59:25 PST
From: nethery.PARC@xerox.com
Subject: Disappearing Laserwriter
Date 11/7/90
Subject Disappearing Laserwriter
>From Kee Nethery
To info-mac
Subject:Disappearing Laserwriter
1. Are you sure that your LocalTalk connectors are plugged into the LocalTalk
ports (printer icon on the SE/30)
2. If you are using Apple LocalTalk connectors, clean the cable pins by
unplugging and plugging the connecting cable a dozen times or so.
3. If you are using "PhoneNET" style connectors in a daisy chain (connected
with satin telephone extension cable) do both end connectors have a
terminating resistor installed in the open female telephone socket>
4. Pull down the Chooser DA, is AppleTalk Active and when you select the
LaserWriter icon does the name of your LaserWriter appear in the list?
4a. No LaserWriter, restart your LaserWriter and watch the lights to see if
the green light eventually stays on.
4b. LaserWriter appears and disappears from the Chooser, something wrong with
your telephone extension cable, try another.
4c. Green LaserWriter light does not stay on, is the LaserWriter lid fully
closed?
5. Have you checked for viruses lately?
6. Is it a real Apple LaserWriter?
Let me know what you figure out.
Kee Nethery
Institute for Research on Learning
nethery.parc@xerox.com
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 90 15:55:22 EDT
>From: Tom Prusa <TPRUSA@sbccvm>
Subject: Disappearing Laserwriter
Hello,
My Mac SE30 seems unable to recognize that my LaserWriter Plus
is attached. It has worked just fine until today when after printing
a few MS Word documents in the morning (and then turning the printer off)
I could later not get the Mac to recognize the Laserwriter (after turning
it back on).... I've checked the Appletalk connectors and they all
seem to be okay.... any ideas... PLEASE!!!
tom prusa
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Date: 07 NOV 90 09:17 -00
From: KIM CARY <KCARY%PEPPCDRM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Extended TOPS network
There are 21 mac+ w/ 20Mb seagates on network, sharing files w/TOPS.
Practically everyone publishes their whole disk.
There are two laserwriter+, which intermittently have trouble printing
documents, esp. manual feed. Frequent losses of network connections
w/published volumes.
We would like to stay w/ TOPS but network performance stinks. Is TOPS
even possible with this size net (ver. 3.0). They want to add
Microsoft Mail, which will kill the net.
Suggestions for speeding performance and enhancing reliability. Do we
have to go to Appleshare, and if we do will it help? How 'bout with
mail?
All suggestions most gratefully received; credit will go to whom it is
due.
Kim
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 1990 10:05:17 PST
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: fx internal SCSI terminator
> We have been busily upgrading our Macs to fx's and a question
> about the internal SCSI terminator has come up. If the fx has an
> internal hard drive, is the gray portion of the terminator (the
> portion with the male and female connectors) used? Where is it
> attached? At the board or on the drive? Is it even needed?
Yes, the middle (filter) portion of the IIfx internal terminator module
should be installed. Plug the filter into the 50-pin SCSI header on the
hard disk's controller board; plug the cable from the Mac motherboard
into the other side of the filter.
Apple recommends that the filter be installed in all Mac IIfx systems.
It can keep you out of trouble, if your internal hard disk has
insufficient buffering for its termination power; it won't hurt things
even if your hard disk already has buffer capacitors installed.
The wider portion of the terminator module (the termination-resistor
pack itself) is not used in your situation, because your internal hard
disk already has terminators installed.
> Also, has NCSA Telnet been upgraded past version 2.3? If so
> where can I FTP to find a new copy?
I haven't heard of any version more recent than 2.3.
--
Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805
UUCP: ...!{ames,apple,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com
INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@uunet.uu.net
USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 12:52:38 PLT
From: Paul Brians <HRC$04@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #181
About the Classic, as commented on in a recent issue: it is only the
lowest-price Classic which lacks the SIMMS sockets and needs an added
board to receive additional memory. The $1500 2-meg version can take
SIMMS like any other modern Mac. This inconsistency is creating lots of
confusion. Another reason to go with the higher-priced Classic (this
is known in the auto trade as the old "bait and switch" technique).
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 07:15:05 LCL
From: ESMITH%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #184
Another question! Have any of you used the fax modems with the Mac?
I'd like to be able to allow my clients to fax their requirements to me
but I have no idea how these things work. I'm assuming that they will
create a mac file similar to a pict file. I also wonder if this file
could be used as input to an OCR program similar to OMNIPAGE. Does anyone
know if my assumption that these modems are also compatible with most
other standard fax machines? Any help is greatly appreciated!
As Always,
Gene
ESMITH@SUVM
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 09:17 MET
From: Ed van Zon <EVZON%DORSCHKAMP.AGRO.NL@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Looking for arbitrarily large integer-type.
Hello Netters,
I am looking for info on implementing an integer data-type with arbitrarily
large precision, including the basic operators (-functions/routines) for
adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing two operands of such a type.
Maybe there exist libraries and/or object oriented classes wich deal with such
an implementation. If so, I really like to get my hands on it, preferably on
the source code. Any language will do, but C is prefered.
Pointers to any articles on the matter are welcome too.
Greetings, Ed van Zon
"De Dorschkamp"
Wageningen, Netherlands.
BITNET: EVZON@DORSCHKAMP.AGRO.NL
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 08:16:15 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Macintosh RGB Monitor Woes, incorrect color
On Sun, 04 Nov 90 10:40:17 EST you said:
> Disaster struck my RGB monitor 2 days ago. I
>need some help to help me restore the health of my RGB
>monitor.
>
>Mac IIcx. The system of course rebooted. However, the color
>of my screen has never been the same after that accident.
>
> After rebooting, a purple glaze now covers the whole screen.
>When you select "color" from the menu bar, the nice rainbow pattern
>is gone, you have 2 orange bars instead of an orange and a red one.
>I have 2 blue bars instead of green(?cyan) and blue. I also have
>2 black bars. This is so irritating to the eye.
Something's sure curious. Have you tried using Apple's "Monitors" cdev
to set to black and white and then back to color (I haven't any idea
whether that might reset whatever went wrong, but it's easy to try).
I'd probably try replacing the Monitors cdev from my original System
disks too as it has something to do with control of display colors.
What happens if you boot from a floppy (using a fresh copy of System,
Finder, et al on a floppy might well indicate if your problem IS in
the color software installed on HD boot up or is likely to be something
more fundamental)?
My other recommendation is Kolor (with a 'K') from the info-mac archives.
Kolor lets you change the color of just about everything on the screen
and is fun to fool with even if you're not trying to fix something (my
menu bar text is a pleasant shade of royal blue and my windows have pale
yellow bars with burgandy lettering and outlines :-)
If your problem is software, Kolor's "revert" might be able to reset it
for you (I don't know whether the "revert" function is internal to the
cdev or affects the System -- it might 'revert' to the ugly pattern you
have presently).
I'd guess its possible that something physical in the monitor failed during
the reboot. The fact that your friend was playing Solarian at the time
might be mere coincidence.
/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: Wed, 7 Nov 1990 13:00:59 PST
From: nethery.PARC@xerox.com
Subject: MacInUse 3.0
Date 11/7/90
Subject MacInUse 3.0
>From Kee Nethery
To info-mac
Subject:MacInUse 3.0
MacInUse is by SoftView and it keeps track of how much time is spent in an
application. All the major Mac mail order companies carry it.
Kee Nethery
Institute for Research on Learning
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 15:33:29 EST
From: jq4@umail.umd.edu
Subject: PD-ROM
Does anyone have any experience with buying CD-ROM discs of PD and shareware ?
I've seen a disk by NYMUG andvertised recently. Any Comments? Please reply to me
and I'll summarise to the net.
John Quiggin
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 1990 12:46:17 PST
From: nethery.PARC@xerox.com
Subject: Re>AppleShare on Ethernet
Date 11/7/90
Subject Re>AppleShare on Ethernet
>From Kee Nethery
To Anup, info-mac
Subject:Re>AppleShare on Ethernet
> Will the the ethernet'd Macs be able to
> see the Mac IIcx server?
If the server is on ethernet, then the Mac clients will be able to see it. If
the server is on LocalTalk and the Clients on ethernet, you'll need a router.
Basically routers store and forward packets. Imagine holding a conversation
with someone with a third person relaying what is said between you and the
other person. The conversation will be dog slow. You should either put the
clients on LocalTalk with the server, or better yet, buy an ethernet card for
the server.
Kee Nethery
Institute For Research On Learning
nethery.parc@xerox.com
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 1990 12:56:32 PST
From: nethery.PARC@xerox.com
Subject: Re>Print Server problems
Date 11/7/90
Subject Re>Print Server problems
>From Kee Nethery
To info-mac, Peter
Subject:Re>Print Server problems
Your users can communicate with the Print Server through the StarController
but not to the ImageWriters? The Print Server on the same physical cable with
the ImageWriters can print just fine to the ImageWriters? Users and Print
Server are both Macs, maybe there is some interaction between Macs talking
through a StarController to ImageWriters? Call Farallon TechSports
415-596-9000 and see if they have any solutions.
You say that the spoolers are dominating network traffic and you wonder if you
should do something about it. No. Is too much traffic on the network slowing
down other network activities or are most packets to or from the spooler? If
people print to the spooler, packets go to the spooler. When the spooler
prints to the printer, packets come from the spooler. If most of what you do
on your network is print, then since the spooler is twice involved with print
jobs, it will be the major traffic dominator. If you continually see more
than 1000+ packets per second with TrafficWatch going by on the network, and
it causes problems for other network applications, maybe you need to see if
you should install duplicate servers (second spooler, second file server,
second StarController) and put them (and half the users) on a separate network
connected to the existing network with a router.
Kee Nethery
Institute for Research on Learning
nethery.parc@xerox.com
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 1990 12:51:53 PST
From: nethery.PARC@xerox.com
Subject: Re> SE/30 board box
Date 11/7/90
Subject Re> SE/30 board box
>From Kee Nethery
To info-mac, lehigh
Subject:Re> SE/30 board box
Second Wave in Austin Texas 512-343-9661 sells expansion chasis for Macs, if
anyone has one for the SE/30 it would be them.
Kee Nethery
Institute for Research on Learning
nethery.parc@xerox.com
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 15:55:27 EST
From: Tkelley@hel4.brl.mil
Subject: What is a .cpt file
Can someone there tell me how to convert a .cpt file?
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