Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (09/17/90)
Info-Mac Digest Sun, 16 Sep 90 Volume 8 : Issue 155
Today's Topics:
"printer manager help"
3270 Emulation for the Mac
4 Mbyte SIMMs for Mac IIx and IIci
a database for field biologists ?
Apple TNs
CD-ROM Drive/Music Player
Correction!
Darn awful problem, this...
DeskWriter and LocalTalk ?
electro-luminescense displa
ExportText Stack Needed
Facility managerment software
Fast Formatter & MacWren Tech Manual
Flow Charting software
Good third party books on MicroSoft Word and Excel?
GRAMMATIK for MAC
Horizontal scrolling
Info-Mac Digest V8 #152
Info-Mac Digest V8 #153
Is MultiFinder 6.1b9 OK to use?
KIP
LAN Mail
Macro to read several issues of Current-Contents-on-Diskette
PD Spreadsheets?
Postscript file of Vax-3100 screen & new Tek colour PS printer
Resource File Checker
Rotating text in Microsoft QuickBASIC
SCSI woes
Spooler stuff
Stella
Sys 6.0.5 vs. MacWrite 4.6
Tech notes
telnet 2.1
Thanks, and another question...
uiuc.edu
Unexplained system crashes
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 14:03 MDT
From: Bernie <BSWieser%UNCAMULT.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: "printer manager help"
Greetings net-people.
I am currently taking a course in which I get to pick a software project
to design and implement. I have decided to do something which would
involve re-writing the printing manager and printer driver. In a nut shell,
I am looking for information about various aspects of both which would be
important to the project. One of the over-all goals is to have a
PICT file on disk produced as a result of selecting Print. I understand
that catching the information after it has been mangled by the manager
is too late, because by that time the information has been changed into
a bitmap.
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies, you will get honorable mention!
Bernie Wieser
Dept. of Psychology
(also a CPSC 502 student)
University of Calgary
(BSWieser@UNCAMULT.BITNET)
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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 90 23:23:51 EDT
From: Peter DiCamillo <CMSMAINT@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: 3270 Emulation for the Mac
Brown's tn3270 for the Macintosh is available by using anonymous FTP
to brownvm.brown.edu, and from LISTSERV@BROWNVM over BITNET. Using
anonymous FTP, retrieve the file tn3d16.sithqx, or the three files
tn3d16.1sithqx3 through tn3d16.3sithqx3. Over BITNET, send LISTSERV
the three commands:
get tn3d16.1sithqx3
get tn3d16.2sithqx3
get tn3d16.3sithqx3
These files must be combined, then unBinHexed, and unStuffed. The
resulting set of files includes both the NCSA and MacTCP versions of
tn3270.
Peter
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 09:33:43 EDT
From: Marcelino Bernardo <MBERNAR%ERENJ.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: 4 Mbyte SIMMs for Mac IIx and IIci
Someone here wants to upgrade his Mac IIx to 32 Mbyte with 4 Mbyte SIMMs.
I am also interested in whether this would be possible on a Mac IIci at
this time. Are 4 MByte SIMMs available for either machines? I read in
Byte that a company, Connectix, makes 4 MByte SIMMs for the IIfx. Could
someone give me their phone number/address?
Regards,
Marcelino Bernardo
mbernar@erenj.bitnet
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 11:21 MET
From: KEES.RAPPOLDT%IB.AGRO.NL@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: a database for field biologists ?
Hallo,
Anybody knows about field biologists who store their data on
vegetation, birds.... in a well-structured manner in a database ?
Friends from (Dutch) governmental organisations report an enormous
chaos. There should be someone, I think, who is doing it on a Mac
in a better way. I'd like to hear from people who use commercial
or self-made friendly programs that are able to produce output in
different form and may even produce maps,
Kees Rappoldt
bitnet address: RAPPOLDT@IB.AGRO.NL
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Date: Wed 12 Sep 90 17:05:24-PST
From: JHL%NAIF.SPAN@star.stanford.edu (Jay Lieske)
Subject: Apple TNs
A recent posting noted that the Aug 90 issue of Macintosh
Technical Notes were available on apple.com. I downloaded them
and find that there are some corrections to issues prior to #268
and then there are the TNs 280-284. What happened to all the
Technical Notes 269-279? I couldn't find them anywhere on apple.com
and Sumex archives end at 268 (the Feb 90 issue).
jay Lieske
jhl@naif.jpl.nasa.gov
jhl%naif.span@hamlet.caltech.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 18:42 CST
From: SAWATZKYJ%sask.usask.ca@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: CD-ROM Drive/Music Player
Has anyone out there heard of a CD music player that can also be used
as a CD-ROM drive for a Macintosh (or vice-versa). Since the two machines are
basically the same this combination would seem to be fairly logical. If such
a beast exists could you please tell me to the best of their knowlege:
1. What is the brand name and model
2. Compatibility problems
3. Limitations (ie. speed)
4. Where and/or how I get the software driver for it
5. Price
Please reply to me directly and I will summarize to the net if it seems worth-
while. Thanks in advance.
**********"Hey Lily, you were in the Army. What's an 'adjective'.?************
_______________________________________________________________________________
Joan Sawatzky College of Nursing Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
---------------------- University of Saskatchewan ---------------------------
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 00:43:14 CST
From: Greg Wimpey <GWIMPEY%TRINITY.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Correction!
In my last posting (regarding problems transferring BinHex over Kermit),
I made two mistakes regarding the way IRMA translates the left-bracket
character:
1) The left-bracket is mistranslated as a _close_-single quote, not an
open single quote as I said earlier.
2) The key that produces this character is option-} (_not_ option-').
Sorry for any confusion that may have caused!
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"Whaddya mean grad : Greg Wimpey BITNET: GWIMPEY@TRINITY |
school?!? I just got : Geology Snail: Box 1382 |
into college, didn't : Class of 1991 715 Staduim Dr. |
I?" : Trinity University San Antonio, TX 78212|
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 90 12:32:22 PDT
From: Eric_Poustie@cc.sfu.ca
Subject: Darn awful problem, this...
I've been trying to install what appears to be a badly flawed copy
of StuffIt Deluxe, and it has created a nested folder structure for
the preferences file that is well over 200 levels deep. Trying to
get rid of this monstrosity has been impossible to date, since the
finder runs out of space if you try to trash it and DiskTools III
tries valiantly but locks up my SE without success.
Any brilliant schemes out there to get rid of this folder?
Eric
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| Eric B. Poustie | My BBS: Generic (604) 574-1199 |
| 17342 - 62A Avenue |------------------------------------|
| Surrey, BC V3S 5J1 | Hardware used: Mac SE & AT |
| Canada | Interests: Macintosh, motorcyling |
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[ These opinions are my own - my wife won't take responsibility! ]
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 02:46:59 CDT
From: knight@swfmc1.sinet.slb.com (Francis Knight SIEMUK )
Subject: DeskWriter and LocalTalk ?
Hi All,
Recently, I've noted references in various Trade Ads for new
"LocalTalk-compatible" HP DeskWriters. I also saw a reference in the Digest
a month or so ago about an updated (Version 2) DeskWriter driver.
Can anyone shed any light on whether the two references are
equivalent; i.e. would the new driver make an original non-networkable
DeskWriter networkable (after all, the original DW is equipped with an
RS-422A, as opposed to RS-232 interface). Failing that, would a ROM change
to the DW do the trick?
It would seem strange if HP hadn't thought ahead to LocalTalk
operation when they originally reworked the DeskJet for the Mac market.
Cheers,
Francis K
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Francis H Knight | knight@swfmc1.sinet.slb.com
Schlumberger Industries |
Felixstowe, UK |
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 11:12:59 PDT
From: nethery.parc@xerox.com
Subject: electro-luminescense displa
Date 9/12/90
Subject electro-luminescense displa
>From Kee Nethery
To info-mac
Subject:electro-luminescense display
Re: Additional Portable screen/electro-luminescense display
There is a company in Oregon called Planar Systems that makes Mac, PC and
RS232 driven EL displays. I don't think any of them can be driven directly
>From the video out on a Mac Portable but it would be worth sending them a fax.
Planar Systems, 1400 NW Compton Drive, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA, voice (503)
690-1100, fax (503) 645-7024. Let me know if it turns out that they can get
the Mac Portable to drive one of their displays.
Kee Nethery
Institute for Research on Learning
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 17:23:43 CDT
From: GR4486%SIUCVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: ExportText Stack Needed
Hi netters,
I need a stack that can export the data in a HyperCard stack to a tab-delimited
text file, so that I can dump a fair size of bibliography to a paper.
Can anybody out there tell me where I can obtain such a stack?
Thanks.
---Jack
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 17:09 CDT
From: DENIS%EVAX.P-E-T.Mankato.MSUS.EDU@ricevm1.rice.edu
Subject: Facility managerment software
Our physical plant people purchased a Mac IIfx for drafting/architectural
usage. The goal is to have the entire campus on computer. As part of that
they would like a facility management package. Does anyone know of a
program to do this or a method to accomplish?
Denis Becker
Mankato State Univ
denis@msus1.bitnet
denis@msus1.msus.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 01:39 PDT
From: Gann Matsuda <IYI4DTN@oac.ucla.edu>
Subject: Fast Formatter & MacWren Tech Manual
Chris--
The last version of FastFormatter (from Beyond, Inc.) was version
3.0. That version did not support 1.44 mb disks. As far as I
know, Beyond has not released a version that does. FastCopy, which
is included in the Mac Tools Deluxe package from Central Point
Software, does format 1.44 mb floppies in addition to its sector
copy functions.
RE: MacWren tech manual
I don't know where to get a copy of such a manual, but Seagate has
bought out Imprimis, the makers of the Wren drives. Does that
help?
Gann Matsuda
UCLA Asian American Studies
BITNET: IYI4DTN@UCLAMVS
INTERNET: IYI4DTN@UCLAMVS.BITNET
ARPANET: iyi4dtn@oac.ucla.edu
GEnie: G.MATSUDA
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 21:46 EDT
From: Bill Wilson <WILSON%GBURG.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Flow Charting software
I have a faculty member interested in a flow chart program for Mac. Can
anyone direct me to a package that has been set up specifically for this
purpose? Thanks in advance.
Bill Wilson
Software Support
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 09:43 CDT
From: Dan Lunderville <ACS_DANL%uwrf.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Good third party books on MicroSoft Word and Excel?
Hello everyone,
I am interested in getting a good third party book about learning and using
MicroSoft Word 4.0 for the Mac. I am aware of 2 or 3 books, but I don't know
how good they are. If you have found one to be particularly good, please tell
me about it. Any reviews, comparisons, etc. that you have would also be very
helpful.
I would also be interested in similar information on books about MicroSoft
Excel for the Mac.
If I get some responses, I will summarize for the net.
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: Fri, 07 Sep 90 15:30:42 MET
From: Renzo Beltrame <BELTRAME%ICNUCEVM.CNUCE.CNR.IT@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: GRAMMATIK for MAC
Does anyone know if there is a version for Macintosh of the
GRAMMATIK, the computer aided grammatical analyser which works on
IBM PC? I should need the implementation for the English
(or better English American) language.
Plese send me a message. R. Beltrame
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 16:58 EDT
From: SCHUYTEM%UNCG.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Horizontal scrolling
I've been trying for a while (I'm no hotshot programmer, that's for
sure) to get a useable horizontal scrolling background, prefferibly using a
PICT resource, but yet maintain the ability to check whether an object (a
spaceship, perhaps) is in contact with the background. The only luck I've had
with scrolling has been with regions, which are slow, flickery (is that a
word?) and small, and with ScrollRect, but it only dumbly moves the pixels.
Any suggestions? Is there that one command out there that will ease my burdons
and make it so simple I could laugh. Probably not, but maybe there's a way I
havn't found yet ...
Stuck in Carolina ... Paul Schuytema
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 13:28:22 EDT
From: John <LV3J%CORNELLA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #152
I recently received the updated version of InitInfo, the newsletter explaining
init and cdev conflicts. Finally, something that will solve the init conlficts
I've been facing. Unfortunately, a few still pester me:
1) Disk Express ][ and Turbocache do not seem to work on the Macintosh
IIci. DE][ just fails to work on that computer, always refusing to load. Turbo
cache, on the other hand, bombs at boot time. They, naturally from Murphy's Law
, conflict with one another.
2) OnCue doesn't want to work correctly when run under Multifinder 6.1
d6, even with the "Insert Application Switching Menu" option deselected. Earlie
r Multifinders, like version 6.04 that I am currently using, work fine.
Programming
-----------
I wanted to flush the eventqueue using FlushEvents in Lightspeed C but the comp
iler keeps warning me that there is a Link Failure. What am I doing wrong? Also
, is there a good intermediate-->advanced maunal on the programming the Mac Too
lbox and Quickdraw functions using C?
I'd appreciate any help.
John
LV3J@cornella.cornell.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 13:48:53 EST
From: Lynne Meeks <LZM%UVMVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V8 #153
RE: HyperCard Visuals don't work on a MAC II
There will likely be many other replies to this but here's my two cents:
The culprit is COLOR! Set your monitor to B&W in the control panel and
voila! all those terrific visuals will suddenly work! Have fun.
Lynne Meeks
University of Vermont
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 90 20:53:19 -0400
From: drz@po.cwru.edu (David R. Zinkin)
Subject: Is MultiFinder 6.1b9 OK to use?
Has anyone found any incompatiblities or bugs in the widely
distributed MultiFinder 6.1b9? I've been using it for a couple
of days without incident, but I'd just like to be certain that
this version of MultiFinder is safe and compatible.
Please send all bug/incompatibility information to drz@po.cwru.edu.
If enough reports come in to make it worthwhile (i.e. more than
zero), I'll summarize to the net.
Thanks,
-- Dave Zinkin
--
David Zinkin -- Case Western Reserve University (Student) and
Rochester General Hospital Radiology Dept. (Consultant)
INTERNET: drz@po.cwru.edu BITNET: drz%po.cwru.edu@cunyvm
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 11:54:06 EDT
From: rvg@chem.wayne.edu (Rahul Garg)
Subject: KIP
Hi,
I'm trying to install KIP/CAP on our System V/Appletalk
network. But am having some very basic problem in setting up the
database. Could someone help me out please.
1) How do find out the to use for the broadcast address (to be used
with the N option in atalkatab)
2) Do I have to specify all the listed properties in the example atalkatab
for the kbox. If I have to, what exactly is the ipdebug, ipfile and some
of the other options.
3) Is the zone name picked up from the atalkatab file since its mentioned
not to put it in the config file to be used with the fastpath Manager.
Any Help, whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.
]
Thanks a lot...
Rahul
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 01:15 EDT
From: GORDON DOHLE <DOHLE%Vax2.Concordia.CA@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: LAN Mail
We are about to set up a very small LAN using TurboNet wiring and including
3 Pluses, an SE with a 40m hard disk and a 45 Meg removable as the pseudo
server. We also want to connect at least one PCclone. The July issue of
MacUsuer compares several comm applications for Mail. Can anyone add to their
analysis from the point of view of actual use and its applicability to our
context?
Thanks for the advice
Gordon Dohle
Dohle@Vax2.Concordia.ca
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 14:33 N
From: <HEWAT%FRILL.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (HEWAT@FRILL51, F-76-48-72-13 [or26] FAX 76-4...)
Subject: Macro to read several issues of Current-Contents-on-Diskette
Current-Contents-on-Diskette lists all papers in the physical (or biological)
sciences, with a new issue (1+Mbytes) each week. A 'personal interest profile'
can be set up to automatically find papers of interest.
Does anyone know how to write a macro to search the issues of several weeks
(several issues on a hard disk). The user interface is a cross between Mac
pulldown windows, and Hypercard type buttons - messy, but the product is great,
and would be even better if I could automatically search over all the past
issues, without having to manually open each one.
Alan Hewat (HEWAT@FRILL.BITNET) ILL, Grenoble, France.
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 1990 12:09:20 MDT
From: Alan Lichty <lichty@saguaro.anthro.utah.edu>
Subject: PD Spreadsheets?
I am in need of a public domain spreadsheet program. If you know of
such a critter, I would appreciate knowing
a) what it is
b) where can I get/download a copy?
Thanks in advance
Al Lichty
lichty@anthro.utah.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 14:23 N
From: <HEWAT%FRILL.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (HEWAT@FRILL51, F-76-48-72-13 [or26] FAX 76-4...)
Subject: Postscript file of Vax-3100 screen & new Tek colour PS printer
We just had a demo of the new Tek Phaser postscript colour printer - very
impressive, as easy to use as a B&W Laserwriter, and can print from Mac
applications such as MacDraw-II which don't even generate postscript
themselves because the Mac system (Laserwriter-6 and 32-bit quickdraw)
automatically convert the output to PS.
The printer can be connected by EtherNet and RS232 to our Vax network, and can
accept files simultaneously with those coming in on AppleTalk. Great. But most
of our Vax applications, and the Vax system, don't create colour postscript
files. Is there a Vax application that will translate a VaxStation screen
into a postscript file, like we can do on the Mac ?
Alan Hewat (HEWAT@FRILL.BITNET) ILL, Grenoble, France.
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 14:44 EDT
From: <RMANGALD%CLARKU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Resource File Checker
Hello, people:
Does anyone have or knows of a program that will check for,
and possibly repair, damaged/inconsitent resource maps? I have
encountered a couple of files whose resource forks are bad, and was
wondering if they can be repaired. Mostly, I'm looking for a program
that will find files with inconsitencies like overlapping resources,
incorrect resource lengths, etc. Does ResEdit 2.0 do this?
Rahul Mangaldas.
bitnet: rmangaldas@clarku
internet: rmangaldas@clarku.bitnet
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 11:14:56 EDT
From: bas@chem.wayne.edu (Barry A. Schoenfelner)
Subject: Rotating text in Microsoft QuickBASIC
Can a QuickBASIC expert tell me if it is possible to rotate text. I would like
to make my graphic routines produce better looking y-axes. Please E-mail
direct to me bas@chem.wayne.edu. Thanks.
Barry Schoenfelner
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 15:10:16 cdt
From: Glenn Sowell <sowell@hoss.unl.edu>
Subject: SCSI woes
Apple, in its wisdom, requires new SCSI terminators for the IIfx.
Okay, I can live with that, especially since Apple sent one with the
computer.
To connect an external hard drive (which I want to do only occasionally)
to the IIfx I must disconnect the internal SCSI terminator.
Okay, I can live with that, in spite of the fact that the manual gives
no indication of how to do this. (Cutting Edge 45Meg) The tech
support at Ehman which makes the drive gave me clear instructions on
how to disconnect the terminator.
All that is left is to attach an external SCSI terminator of the new type
that Apple, in its wisdom, specifies.
I cannot live with this last one! Both SCSI connectors on my drive
are 25 pin, just like the ones on the back of the Mac. All SCSI
connectors are (evidently) 50 pin! I have checked with my local
dealer and with MacConnection. They don't have them. I have checked
with Cutting Edge and they don't have them! (There in is a story in
itself. My Cutting Edge drive comes with an Ehman manual. I can live
with that. Ehman packages the drive for Cutting Edge and provides
tech support. I call Ehman (there's a handy 800 number in there adverts)
about the problem and to complain and they politely tell me that I am
barking up the wrong tree. Call Cutting Edge instead. (In fact, I did
not realize that they were separate companies. How separate are they?))
So what's a fellow to do? Does anyone know of a source of the {NEW
SCSI connect that fits a 25 pin connector? Any other solutions?
So... next time you buy a drive, consider the size of the connectors and
how easy/hard it is to remove the internal terminator (if there is one).
Thanks
Glenn Sowell
sowell@hoss.unl.edu
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 14:09 MDT
From: Bernie <BSWieser%UNCAMULT.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Spooler stuff
My boss is interested in print spoolers for the Macintosh. If anyone has
used any of the following, could you please send me a short review?
If anyone knows of an existing review, please forward me to it.
Products:
SuperLaserSpool
SuperSpool (by SuperMac)
TurboSpool (by Peripheral Land)
MacSpool (by Mainstay)
GrapplerSpooler (Orange Micro)
or anything else relivant not in the info-mac archives. Thanks much.
Bernie Wieser
Student, Developer
U of C Psychology Dept.
BSWieser -at uncamult.bitnet
(or wieser@cpsc.ucalgary.ca for internet fans)
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Date: Fri, 07 Sep 90 12:20:14 EST
From: Jon Finn <SCC00JCF%UNCCVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Stella
Hello all,
I am building some HyperCard stacks with a professor that require
some simulations. I have chosen Stella and Stella Stack software to do
the task, but find the included manuals to be inadequate. Does anyone
know of any books or information that I can acccess?
Any comments or help would be much appreciated.
Jon Finn BITNET: scc00jcf@UNCCVM
Consultant
Academic Computing Services
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 1990 10:33 EST
From: MORRISTA%UCMCIC@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Subject: Sys 6.0.5 vs. MacWrite 4.6
Any known problems between the old MacWrite 4.6 and System 6.0.5
(perhaps reminiscent of the problems with early WingZ)? We're trying
to isolate some parameter-file trashing elsewhere, and know that the
WingZ problem could cause memory to get messed up and trash what got
rewritten out to disk as parameter files were read in and updated back
out...
Please don't ask why we're still using 4.6 (-: .
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I'net MORRISTA@UCMCIC.OA.UC.EDU, A'lnk U1091, Fax 513-558-0758; no room for
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 90 09:31 EDT
From: LEWIS%ITHACA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Tech notes
There are many things that you would think are true that aren't. You
would think, for example, that apple.com has available the latest tech note
stack. You would think that they also could provide a complete set of the
latest tech notes in MacWrite format. Neither is exactly true.
They do have a stack, but I have an even more recent one, april '90
or version 3.3. Also, they have the august '90 updater but no other
updaters (I'm talking macwrite here) for the year 1990! Thus you can get
an earlier set of notes from them, but you can't fully update it as you won't
have most of 1990's changes.
Is there someone out there who has either the august 1990 stack or
all of the notes up to either June 1990 or August 1990 and would be willing
to send them to me? I know it would be a large file, but all you have to do
is dump them into a folder and stuff the folder, binhex, lick stamp, and
use the correct email address :). Many thanks to anyone who can help, and
if I do get the notes this way, other ppl who wish them can get copies form
me (for a while anyway as I would eventually have to delete the file from my
account).
Andrew Lewis
Lewis@Ithaca : BITNET
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 17:20:30 EDT
From: rvg@chem.wayne.edu (Rahul Garg)
Subject: telnet 2.1
Does NCSA-Telnet 2.1 not work with KIP(0688).
On installing KIP, ping is able to respond to the appletalk
side of the KBox, but theres no reply from the ethernet side.
Am I doing something wrong.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot....
-rahul
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 12:26:11 -0700
From: August Hahn <hahna@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Thanks, and another question...
Thanks to all the people who responded about my HyperCard question.
I should have expected that it won't work with monitors set to more
than two colors. How annoying...
My other question is for a friend. He wants to know if there is a
version of Laserwriter 6.0 that defaults to black/white, not color
printing. He has a textronix laser and an NTX, and he keeps forgetting
to push the black/white button when he prints to the NTX (and that gives
him an ID=01 error). Anyone know how to set the default in the print box?
All help appreciated! I like getting 17 mail messages in one day!
August Hahn
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 15:35:04 EDT
From: Jamer <PET101@ukcc.uky.edu>
Subject: uiuc.edu
Hello,
A while ago I was given a list of ftp sites containing macintosh
software. One of the biggest 'treasure-troves' I found was at
uiuc.edu, under /mac/MUG. Apparantly this directory was a repository
for all files accumulated by the Champaign-Urbana Macintosh Users
Group. Unfortunately, as you may have guessed by my usage of the past
tense, all the files appear to have been last updated in about May of
1989. Does anyone know if they moved to another spot, or any info
this mystery?
Respond to me via E-mail <PET101@UKCC.UKY.EDU>, and I'll report back
to the list.
Thanks,
Jamer
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 90 11:10:08 EDT
From: Bob Rahe <CES00661%UDELVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Unexplained system crashes
In InfomacV8#152, someone mentioned strange bombs when using SigmaEdit,
altho not always. I had exactly the same troubles with any version
over the early 1.1 version. Any version above that one seemed to cause
me problems. I re-installed the 1.1 version, remembering never to open the
"about" screen, and the problems go away.
This has been on a Plus with 1, 2.5 and 4 megs, and various levels of
the system.
Bob
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