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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 24 Oct 90 Volume 8 : Issue 177
Today's Topics:
'Write your own' LaserWriter Drivers
Apple Xtended Keyboard Rest
Authorware, a Query
Code Resources and Think C
Epson 24-needles printer driver wanted
GemKit Curiosity
InitInfo 4.2
Macintalk
MDEF C
Memory & the New Macs
Moire Patterns
Need info on digitizing tablet hard- & soft-ware (Digest 8/176)
Nisus: rave review
PC postscript on Mac
Reading Sun color raster images
ResEdit
Sharing Stacks on Network (R/O)
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 10:10:21 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <tcora@pica.army.mil>
Subject: 'Write your own' LaserWriter Drivers
Has anyone had experience with modifying the LaserWriter file to handle
paper sizes other than those built in?
We'd like to easily set up to print mailing labels using FileMaker. With
the LaserWriter II series of printer, you can set the paper feed up to center
feed your stock. This is ideal for printing on paper which is less than 8.5"
wide. The problem is that there is no page setup option to let you choose
other paper sizes. Right now, we use the standard 8.5x11 setup and fudge the
margins to get our center fed stuff printed correctly.
I know that you can modify your ImageWriter drivers to handle other paper
sizes. By modifying the PREC resource ID=3 (I think), you can set up a
button to choose a different paper size, and get the corresponding page
setups to work. I've poked around in the LaserWriter drivers, both v5.2 and
6.0.1. Neither seem to have the same sort of structure.
Would anyone care to make any suggestions? I'll look them over, try them
out, then summarize to the net.
tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil <+> tcora@dacth01.bitnet
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 03:33:28 PDT
From: jim_bethin$crc_mail%quickm.dnet%crcvax@nssdca.span.nasa.gov
Subject: Apple Xtended Keyboard Rest
Date 10/24/90
Subject Apple Xtended Keyboard Rest
>From Jim Bethin
To Info-mac Request
Apple Xtended Keyboard Restart Key
>I use a Mac SE/30 w/ Apple's extended keyboard. A colleague of mine has a
>'vintage' Mac II (no letters...:{> ). She tapped the "restart" key at the
>top right portion of the keyboard, and her II powered on. This function is NOT
>supported on the SE/30.
>
>After scanning the Apple systems software manual, the only reference that I
>could find to this restart key was "if you have a Mac II, this key will restart
>your Mac".
>
>Can anyone tell me:
> 1) Why this function doesn't work on an SE/30?
> 2) Does an INIT or other system file exist that can enable this key?
>
>Thanks in advance.
> __________________________________________________________________________
>| Dr. Francis J. Van Wetering, Management Information Systems |
>| University of Nebraska at Omaha VOICE: (402) 554-2814 |
>| BITNET: fjvanwet@unoma1 INTERNET: fjvanwet@zeus.unomaha.edu |
>|__________________________________________________________________________|
A company makes a box that does what you want. I have not tried it, but here is
the info:
Sophisticated Circuits
19017 120th Ave. N.E.
Ste 106
Bothell, WA 98011 (206) 485-7979
PowerKey $99 Plug into ADB. Will allow SE &
SE/30 users to turn machines on with triangle key &
turn off with "Shut down" menu selection. Can also
be programmed to turn Mac on & off at specific
times. Also can serve as surge suppressor, noise
filter.
I think it may be carried by MacWAREHOUSE ot some other distributor.
Jim Bethin
Grumman Corporate Research Center
nssdca::crcvax::quickm::jim_bethin$CRC_MAIL
America Online: JimB15
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 10:10 EDT
From: Matthew Wall <WALL@swat.swarthmore.edu>
Subject: Authorware, a Query
I'm interested in anyone's opinion of/experiences with Authorware Academic,
especially in comparison with Hypercard.
Please reply to me directly.
Thanks
- Matt
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Matthew Wall
wall@campus.swarthmore.edu
wall@swarthmr
Humanities Computing Coordinator
Swarthmore College
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 90 20:52:30 PDT
From: eddie@csa2.lbl.gov (MAD SCIENTISTS FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW: JACKED INTO THE INTERNET MATRIX)
Subject: Code Resources and Think C
Howdy,
I am writing code resources to be installed into a software package
that I have recently purchased. How can I create permanent data structures
(reloc. OK if handles are available) from within a code resource? The
code resource's variables are, I believe, appended to the code and are
unloaded when the resource itself is. I need to create records that can
be accessed by other parts of the (parent) application, after the code resource
has been unloaded.
Also, is there any problems with opening windows from a code resource
that are to be accessed by the rest of the application?
Thanks in advance,
Eddie
PS please send responses to my internet addr EJMOLER@LBL.GOV
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 17:02 MET
From: MATTEO%IMIMNVX.IRFMN.MNEGRI.IT@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Epson 24-needles printer driver wanted
Can somebody tell me where can I find a driver
for a 24-dots Epson printer? I'm looking for any software, never mind
if commercial or freeware.
Thanks in advance
Matteo Vaccari, matteo@imimnvx.irfmn.mnegri.it
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 90 21:15 EST
From: <JBARON%IUBACS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: GemKit Curiosity
I am the proud owner of a "Mac 1024KE" (Upgraded with a Dove 524E some time
ago), and for perfectly obvious reasons, was intrigued with a listing for
MacZone's "GemKit" which "Allows Gemini 020/030 Accelerators in the Mac+,
512ke, etc. Includes internal fan, SCSI port, and space for extra RAM(YEEAO!).
To top it off, they (MacZone's mail order people) said it takes SIMMS...
Anyone who has past experiences with GemKit (other than I.U. Access, I already
went there...thank you for your help), and has a few moments could you please
drop me some E-Mail before I get my hopes up too high? After all, $149 +SIMMS
is actually within my budget, and we dinosaurs are going to get eaten up by
these new hotshot mammals pretty soon...
Please pardon my abruptness and thank you in advance.
Jeffrey Baron
JBARON@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (preferred mail address)
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 11:37 EDT
From: 0107K904@ksuvxa.kent.edu
Subject: InitInfo 4.2
In regards to the person who asked about conflicting inits.
There is a hypercard stack in the archives called InitInfo 4.2.
I have not seed it but I'm told it shows which inits will not
work with certain applications.
I hope this helps.
Peter Kerns
0107k904@ksuvxa.kent.edu
Kent State University
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 90 22:44:05 CST
From: Greg Wimpey <GWIMPEY%TRINITY.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Macintalk
First of all, let me apologize for the rather presumptuous tone of my last
posting. I meant to include the fact that an application had just been posted
that required MacinTalk. I wasn't just posting for the heck of it.
Second, my statement that 6.0.7 would break MacinTalk came from a recent issue
of InfoWorld. Does 7.0a include the new Sound Manager? I'd assume it does, but
I'm not a developer, so I haven't seen all the specs. If <KG0041A@DRAKE.BITNET>
is indeed running with the new Sound Manager, then I guess InfoWorld was wrong.
However, MacinTalk is still unsupported, so it's probably not a good idea to
rely on it when developing new applications.
**Greg Wimpey <GWIMPEY@TRINITY.BITNET>
**Trinity University Student, San Antonio, Texas USA
**Disclaimer: Even I don't believe half the things I say!
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 08:41:09 EDT
From: baks!pizza!jshul@bagate.uucp (Jeff Shulman)
Subject: MDEF C
It seems a third MDEF virus (MDEF C), written by the author of previous MDEF
viruses, has "accidently" escaped and has been seen in Ithaca NY. The
current VirusDetective 4.0.3 search string *will* detect this variant.
Jeff Shulman
VirusDetective author
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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 12:48:56 CDT
From: DAVE@gergo.tamu.edu (Dave Martin)
Subject: Memory & the New Macs
Greetings.
I was wondering if anyone on the net knows a bit more about the
specs for the new Macs, more specifically the IIsi. My main question
was not answered by MacWEEK's articles this week:
Which SIMMs are needed for the IIsi (speed, etc.) and
in what increments can the memory be upgraded? The IIsi
can have up to 17Mb in 4 SIMM slots. Is 1Mb already on
the motherboard? Do SIMMs need to be installed in sets
of 4, like the SE/30 & other II's, or has Apple made it
possible to upgrade one at a time? I would assume that
it is the former, and with the 1Mb on-board, so that the
possible memory configurations for the IIsi would be
1Mb 2Mb 5Mb 17Mb
256k 0 4 0 0
1Mb 0 0 4 0
4Mb 0 0 0 4
Meaning that there would be nothing between the $200-300
for 5Mb and $900+ for 17Mb (I've seen some 4Mb SIMMs in
MacWEEK for ~$225 each). But then again, that's the
Apple Way.
While I'm on the subject, what possessed Apple to make each machine
so completely different both from the other new Macs and the ones
already existing? (Money, maybe?) Primarily, I mean the odd PDS slot
in the IIsi (that requires the adapter card [with FPU] to install
either NuBus or SE/30 cards) and the 020 PDS in the LC. Add to that
the necessity for a Memory Expansion board from Apple to upgrade the\
Classic to 2Mb (you can use standard SIMMs to bring it to 4Mb from
there). One of the many things that the Macs have been is >relatively<
simple to get connected up. Now, not only do the manufacturers have
to develop different variations for their boards to fit each machine,
but the consumer must remember to ask about compatibility. This is
starting to sound like the DOS world. Anyone have any insights as to
Apple's reasoning on the diversity between machines?
Well, I've rambled quite a bit more than I expected, especially that
last paragraph. But really, I would like to hear some opinions from
others on Apple's latest Macs, and the differences between them.
Thanks!
Dave Martin
Geochemical & Environmental Research Group
Texas A&M University
DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 00:53 PST
From: <CONDOF%CLARGRAD.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Moire Patterns
In Info-Mac 8 176, DTPALMER@HKUCC.BITNET (David Palmer) writes:
>I have a problem bringing printed photographs in TIFF format
>into PM and then printing them. They show up with light
>squares and dark squares in them and then print that way. I
>think it must be something simple, but after struggling for
>hours I am still at a loss.
If you are scanning photographs that have been printed in a magazine, book,
or newspaper (as opposed to the photochemical process used to create
original photographic prints) the light & dark patterns you are getting are
called Moire patterns. They are interference patterns caused by the
superimposition of the rectangular grid of dots (pixels) created by the
scanner over the grid of halftone cells used in the printing process.
The halftone cells are the tiny dots that make up a photo in printed matter.
There is no way to eliminate the Moire patterns except by getting the
original photographic print and scanning that. If that's not possibly, try
scanning at different resolutions. At some resolutions, the Moire effect may
be less severe; it will always be present, however. By the way, if your
final output is going to be at 300 dpi, there is little benefit in scanning
at a resolution higher than 72 dpi.
===
Fred Condo. Pro-Humanist BBS: 818/339-4704, 300/1200/2400 bps
Internet: fredc@pro-humanist.cts.com Bitnet: condof@clargrad
UUCP: crash!pro-humanist!fredc [add '@nosc.mil' for ARPA]
matter: PO Box 2843, Covina, CA 91722 America Online: FredJC
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Date: Wed, 24 OCT 90 03:40:29 PDT
From: "Micro Mauler" <MICRO2.SCHWER@crvax.sri.com>
Subject: Need info on digitizing tablet hard- & soft-ware (Digest 8/176)
In Info-Mac V8 Issue 176 Rick Klopp (micro2.klopp@sri.com)
writes:
>Does anyone know of software that would let us trace and
>digitize graphs into a file of coordinate points? I've looked at
>a shareware program called DigiGraf, but it's a bit rough around
>the edges. Is there such a feature built into Kaleidagraph,
>Igor, or similar. How about one of the CAD packages? Is there a
>market for this kind of thing?
I have been using an application called FlexiGraphs
[TreeStar, Inc., 1802 Hillside road, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805)682-4096] to digitize (using the mouse) graphs that are
scanned in using a scanner. FlexiGraphs ($149 @ ComputerWare) was
originally aimed at the business graphics market with the ability
to digitize scanned images a quickie add hacque (according to the
author). The product is current being revised and upgraded to aim
more at scientific and engineering graphics with an improvement
in the digitizing feature; the developer found more technical
types bought the product for the digitizing than did business
types for the graphing.
I think this is a better solution than a digitizing tablet,
because you can also use a scanner for other tasks, but
digitizing tablets are pretty dedicated pieces of hardware.
--Len Schwer micro2.schwer@sri.com
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 11:38:03 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@vm.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Nisus: rave review
I've just completed a couple of long projects for which I used, respectively,
Nisus 2 and Nisus 3 (on a 4/80 IIcx). I thought netters might be interested
in my reactions.
I've used all the major Mac wordprocessors except WordPerfect. I still use
WriteNow for short documents such as correspondence, tests, syllabi etc.,
but for anything that's lengthy or technical, Nisus seems to me to be the
best thing that's available (I'm assuming that the reviews I've seen of
WordPerfect are fair; also, I haven't tried FrameMaker - I believe it's
about $700, whereas Nisus is available from Paragon at an academic price
of about $100).
I used Nisus 2 to write a logic textbook that uses the implementation of
natural deduction in the program MacLogic. The file went to about 900k
and things were definitely slowing down in the later stages. Still, the ease
of creating contents and indexes was striking. Other advantages included
powerful search-and-replace facilities (important when you decide half
way through to change some notation to different symbols and different fonts)
and an invaluable draw layer for creating diagrams as you go along without
exiting to another application. There's also a high degree of menu-custom-
izability, so I simply transferred the command key equivalents I was
familiar with from WriteNow 2.0 (then 2.2 arrived, in which the command
keys had been perversely messed around with).
I've used Nisus 3 to write a fairly technical research paper with a file
of about 150k. The command key customization is more powerful and the draw
layer has been added to along with extra options for anchoring pictures
to text. EasyGREP and GREP have been renamed PowerSearch and PowerSearch+
and made a bit less forbidding, tho' I find that EasyGrep is as much as
I need, and it was quite easy already. There's also a macro language and
an extensive supply of off-the-shelf macros; new macros can be either
recorded or written. There's an application to facilitate interaction
with PageMaker, and hypertext links from one Nisus document to another
are implemented. There are also all the usual facilities you expect in
a top-end word processor.
The upgrade from my release of Nisus 2 to Nisus 3 was about $60. For a
total of $160, then, it's a bargain. Needless to say, these opinions
are all mine, and I have no connection with Paragon. But I would like to
see Nisus get the share of the market it deserves.
Graeme Forbes
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 17:15:24 SET
From: OVE HAGSET <SIV87003%NOBIVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: PC postscript on Mac
Another utility that can download postscriptfiles to a laser from a Mac, is
SentPS by Adobe. This utility is free. I obtained it from Macserve at
Irlearn. It can also download plain ASCII text.
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 1990 10:15:13 CDT
From: DAVE@gergo.tamu.edu (Dave Martin)
Subject: Reading Sun color raster images
Greetings.
Can anyone out there tell me if there is a way to read a color
Sun raster file into a Mac? Can it be imported into NIH Image as
a custom import, or is there a program which could convert it to
a PICT color bitmap? There is a program in the archives which can
convert Sun B&W rasters into MacPaint files, but that was the only
thing I could find. Any ideas?
Dave Martin
Geochemical & Environmental Research Group
Texas A&M University
DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU BROOKS@TAMVXOCN.BITNET
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 11:28:06 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@vm.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: ResEdit
To the Moderators:
According to the current MacWeek, ResEdit 2.0b2 is available free from
on-line services and user groups. But it doesn't seem to be in the Sumex
archives and I think I recall someone saying that there's a policy against
posting it here. But if it is available free from everywhere else, is there
really a problem about our archives holding it?
Graeme Forbes
PL0BALF @ TCSVM
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 09:57 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Sharing Stacks on Network (R/O)
Greetings,
Marc Dionne asks:
>Date: MON, 22 Oct 90 13:41:12 EDT
>From: "Marc Dionne" <TRRMICR%UQTR.UQuebec.CA@forsythe.stanford.edu>
>Subject: Read-only HC stack?
>
>Is it possible to share some HyperCard stack in read only mode on a server.
>
>I want to share some stack form a server but I don't want to give the privileg
>to write on the server to my use. So, presently when a user want to use a stack
>form the server, he get an error ID -5000. The only thing that I found to
>prevent that, is to ask to user to copy the stact on is disquet and use the
>stack from the disquet. But some stack is bigger then 800K, so the user can't
>copy this stack.
We share stacks all of the time over a server, and all stacks on CD-ROMs are
read only. The most likely cause of your problem is not using HyperCard 1.2 or
later. The early version of HyperCard did not support read-only stacks.
Hope this helps.
Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer specialist
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY 13346
AppleLink - U0523
BITNET - PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
tel - 315-824-1000 ext 742
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