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Info-Mac Digest Sun, 10 Jun 90 Volume 8 : Issue 114 Today's Topics: [*] BardMake.hqx [*] BCDEd102.hqx [*] CMarker [*] Colony editor [*] Core! -- a new Core War simulator and development system [*] giffer106.hqx [*] INIT Tracker 1.0 [*] MMEd11.hqx [*] Quinta 0.6 [*] UIIBoost.hqx [*] Unix Shell Archive for Mac? [*] WizEd.hqx another thot on copyrighted sounds/pix... Disk needs minor repairs/disk too full to record changes Games HP 7470A Itos conversion Need 3270 emulation NOS/VE II Repairing MacPlus REQUEST FOR INFO: Storage Technologies Corp. Mac-compat. Printer Request information about CL/1. Scheduling programs System 7 Pricing TCP software for MAC Think C 4.0.1 & StartupScreen question.... Three into two won't go X Windows and TCP/IP on the Macintosh Your Info-Mac Moderators are Bill Lipa, Lance Nakata, and Jon Pugh. The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Help files are in /info-mac/help. Indices are in /info-mac/help/recent-files.txt and /info-mac/help/all-files.txt. Please send articles and binaries to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 May 90 16:14:53 -0700 From: jdee030@ucsci.ucsc.edu (Mike Wilson) Subject: [*] BardMake.hqx This is a Bard's Tale character editor. you can do .anything. with it, but it's a demo so you need to send some guy money before you can do .anything. with it. Isn't that cute? You can't make universal spellcasting and some other minor thing unless you pay, but it's helpful. -jq [Archived as /info-mac/demo/bards-tale-editor.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 16:12:50 -0700 From: jdee030@ucsci.ucsc.edu (Mike Wilson) Subject: [*] BCDEd102.hqx This is the Beyond Dark Castle editor version 1.02, --> stuffit, --> hqx. You can change .anything. on bcd, so you can face the black knight (or whatever he's called) right off! He's a synch to kill, anyhow. Just kinda difficult to get to him. I didn't write this! I mearly found it. -jq [Archived as /info-mac/game/beyond-dark-castle-editor-102.hqx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 90 22:41:08 (GMT) From: Sak Wathanasin <sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk> Subject: [*] CMarker I am posting the attached for a friend. It's a neat hack that gives the Think C (4.0.x) editor a "mark" facility. It provides a menu of all the procedures and methods in your src files. Selecting an item in the menu causes the editor to jump to the start of that routine. You can also define your own place marks. When you unstuff the file, you will find an installer application. Run it, and tell the installer where your copy of TC is (backup first!). Click on "Help" for full details. Shareware. If you like it, write to Symantec and tell them to include it in the next version of Think C. I was a beta-tester, but have no other connections with the product. Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited uucp: ...!ukc!nan!sw other: sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk phone: (+44) 203 419996 telex: 9312130355 (SW G) snail: 178 Wainbody Ave South, Coventry CV3 6BX, UK [Archived as /info-mac/lang/think-c-marker.hqx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 16:20:21 -0700 From: jdee030@ucsci.ucsc.edu (Mike Wilson) Subject: [*] Colony editor This is the much-asked for Colony editor. I used to have the maps for this but they really sucked (were hard to follow) anyhow. If you REALLY want them, you can beg somebody who actually still uses GEnie to download the maps; that;s where I got them in the first place. This program rips! [Archived as /info-mac/game/colony-editor.hqx; 14K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri Jun 08 11:13:48 1990 From: microsoft!jonn@uunet.uu.net Subject: [*] Core! -- a new Core War simulator and development system Announcing Core!, a Core War Development System for the Macintosh! Core! runs on any Mac with 512K RAM or more, and features: -- 1-4 fighters execute simultaneously -- variable coresize from 2 to 16384 -- supports these standards: ICWS '86, ICWS '88, and ICWS '88 + SGT -- optional Core War extensions: Address Range and Descendant Count -- graphic Mac interface provides complete view of core -- "hot" text windows echo graphic view of core -- debugger includes step, step-step, tracing facility, and three kinds of breakpoints -- automatic round-robin tournament mode -- multiwindowed editor for fighter programs -- color on color Macs -- MultiFinder support -- complete manual and description of the Core War standard(s) -- comes with over 50 fighter programs including all entries in the 1987 and 1988 ICWS contests. Core! is a ShareWare program with a $14 registration fee. Feel free to download Core! and try it out, or send $17 (includes 800K disk, shipping and handling) to: Jon Newman One Microsoft Way 1/2 Redmond, WA 98052 (note: Core! is not a Microsoft product) Enjoy! Jon Newman jonn@microsoft.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/core.hqx; 192K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 90 18:40:51 PDT From: gbrown@tybalt.caltech.edu (Glenn C. Brown) Subject: [*] giffer106.hqx Several people have asked for copies of the latest version of Giffer. (1.06) So here is giffer106.hqx, a Stuffed and BinHexed copy of Giffer 1.06 I cannot recall a single instance where Giffer 1.06 has crashed, but when I used Giffer 1.03, I was plagued by crashes. This in itself should make the update worthy of the info-mac archives. For those who don't know what Giffer is: it is an excellent color GIF file decoder. GIF files are a standard file format that allows graphic images with up to 256 colors to be easily transfered between different types of computers (Macs, IBMs, Suns, Apple //'s, and just about any other computer with graphic capabilities.) Giffer will open and display PICTs, PCT0s, GIFf and TEXT files (assuming the text file is in the Graphical Interchange Format (GIF)). Giffer will also save files in PICT or GIFf format. In many peoples opinions, this is the best GIF decoder for the Macintosh. Enjoy! --Glenn [Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/giffer-106.hqx; 74K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 May 90 12:45:19 PDT From: aron@garnet.berkeley.edu (Aron Roberts) Subject: [*] INIT Tracker 1.0 This is INIT Tracker 1.0, an INIT which produces a "snapshot" of all of your active INITs, useful for tracking down INIT conflicts and debugging INITs. When placed in your System Folder, INIT Tracker creates a text file at startup time which provides the following information for each of your active INIT, cdev, and RDEV files: Name, file type and creator, disk size, System and BufPtr RAM reserved, patches to Toolbox traps, changes to low memory globals, and installation of drivers and VBL, Shutdown Manager, and Time Manager tasks (including their starting hex addresses in memory). It also reports on the total RAM requirements for all of your INITs. Written by Andrew Welch. Shareware ($10). The StuffIt archive includes a standalone documentation file. Aron Roberts Workstation Support Services . 219 Evans Hall University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 aron@garnet.berkeley.edu . ucbvax!garnet!aron aron@ucbgarne.bitnet . (415) 642-5974 [Archived as /info-mac/init/init-tracker.hqx; 62K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 16:21:48 -0700 From: jdee030@ucsci.ucsc.edu (Mike Wilson) Subject: [*] MMEd11.hqx Might and Magic editor v1.1 -- the name sez it all. [Archived as /info-mac/game/might-and-magic-editor.hqx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 90 10:19:47 -0500 From: Eric Wayne Sink <ews00461@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: [*] Quinta 0.6 This archive contains Quinta 0.6, which fixes a number of problems with the previous version. Quinta is an object oriented programming language for the Macintosh. Included here is the interpreter and the documentation as well as some example programs. The README file explains the contents of the distribution but neglects to point out that the freely distributable version does not have the low level class support for the Quinta compiler. Quinta is shareware $ 20, as described in the README file. Eric W Sink e-sink@uiuc.edu [Archived as /info-mac/lang/quinta-06.hqx; 152K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 16:22:21 -0700 From: jdee030@ucsci.ucsc.edu (Mike Wilson) Subject: [*] UIIBoost.hqx Ultima II editor [Archived as /info-mac/game/ultima-ii-editor.hqx; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 23:38:28 (GMT) From: Sak Wathanasin <sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk> Subject: [*] Unix Shell Archive for Mac? Tom Prusa <TPRUSA@ccvm.sunysb.edu> asks: > I have several (text) files that need to be processed via > a "shell archive" utility. I believe this is some Unix > utility... > > Does anyone know of a Macintosh program that will process > these files? Amanda Walker posted an "unshar" MPW tool a while back. I converted it to a standalone application, and attach it below together with srcs. It was compiled under Think C 4.0. You will also need the TransSkel package (available from sumex) if you want to rebuild it. Best regards Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited uucp: ...!ukc!nan!sw other: sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk phone: (+44) 203 419996 telex: 9312130355 (SW G) snail: 178 Wainbody Ave South, Coventry CV3 6BX, UK [Archived as /info-mac/util/unshar-2.hqx; 55K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 16:23:01 -0700 From: jdee030@ucsci.ucsc.edu (Mike Wilson) Subject: [*] WizEd.hqx This is like two files. One is a map editor, the other a character editor, for Wizardry. -jq [Archived as /info-mac/game/wizardry-editor.hqx; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 12:28:06 CDT From: hyde@ngstl1.csc.ti.com (Clint Hyde 343-7709 Strong Typing is for people with Weak Memories!) Subject: another thot on copyrighted sounds/pix... $10 to 'fractal' purcell. it turns out that things that have been shown on broadcast television are not subject to the same view of copyright as things that have not. so if those sounds were recorded from tv broadcasts, I suspect they are OK as they stand. there have been one or more decisions on this as regarded movies being taped >From tv and then something-or-othered after that, which was deemed NOT a copyright violation because it had been broadcast... or course, that's not true of the pix. hmm...what about the Escher stuff? they can't be any less copyrighted just because he's dead...the pix aren't old enough to be totally out of copyright. not being a lawyer, or overly interested in hunting down the specifics, I don't know the details, but simply remember reading about it. -- clint ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jun 90 14:09:09 CDT From: C277839%UMCVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu Subject: Disk needs minor repairs/disk too full to record changes Hi netters, First my setup: I have a SE with 2.5 megs, an internal 20 meg HD, and an 60 meg external partitioned into two volumes of equal size. I run many inits but have them worked out so that I rarely crash. The problem: A few days after using DiskExpress (v 1.06) to degfragment All my drives, When I launch an application it get the Disk is too full to record folder changes. Upon quiting I get Disk "Ernie" needs minor repair. I click OK and the disk icon appears after a short time. When I open the window, word docs and font/da suitcases appear generic. Close window, open window. Everything has the right icon. Thinking back DiskExpress did tell me that the directory on the external drive (Ernie & Bert) was (were) damaged, but I thought that in the process of optimizing the disk DiskExpress would fix that. I backed up and reformatted the disk about a month ago because it was acting flakey, thinking that that would take care of it, but it seems I was wrong. So unless someone has some other suggestions, I am back to the old question, which I have read but don't remember, of how to fix a trashed directory. I have checked with everything I have to find any bad bits but there don't seem to be any. BTW, when I boot off the internal drive everything seems fine. I am running system 6.0.3. Respond to me and I summerize. Thanks much. =============================================================================== Ian K. Sights-Since 1958 c277839@umcvmb c277839@umcvmb.missouri.edu Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.-- Henry Ford =============================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jun 90 18:11:41 -0400 From: michelle@expo.lcs.mit.edu (Michelle Leger) Subject: Games I looked in the /info-mac/game, but I could not find a chess game. Does anyone have one or know of a good one? Michelle MIT X Consortium ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 13:17:11 -0400 From: moy@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Gene Moy) Subject: HP 7470A I recently come into custody of an HP 7470A plotter and wanted to try and connect it to a Mac. MacDraw II comes with a series of plotter drivers, but not one for this model. I've tried some other HP plotter drivers, but that has not worked. Has anyone had experience with this plotter on a Mac. Any suggestions? Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 17:17 N From: <ANTONIAD%FRILL.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: Itos conversion ------------------------ ---- ITOS -> Word 4 ---- ------------------------ ITOS is a VAX word processor which was produced by CIG-INTERSYS, a company which disappeared in 1989. In many aspects ITOS is similar to WPS-plus, the word processor now supported by D.E.C. The Institut Laue Langevin (Grenoble-France) had the problem of conversion of a large number of files produced with ITOS to one of the word processors available on Macintosh. A program has been developped by Diademe Ingenierie which converts ITDCMT.xxx files from ITOS to the Microsoft Word 4.0 format. It already saves Fonts/ Styles/ Rules/ Justifications/ etc.., with excellent results. It will soon support multi-columning and tables. Up to now, the main unsolved problem is that of mathematical formulas typed with the help of "rule A" of ITOS (multi-line typing). In that later case, the final result may be poor for the following reasons : - ITOS uses spaces rather than tabs to position characters (non-proportional fonts) within the various lines on which a formula extends. Some special characters (e.g. sum or integral signs) are made of the combination of characters located on several adjacent lines. - most Macintosh fonts are proportional (e.g. 'Symbol' (Mac) is proportional while 'Greek' (ITOS) is not) and the best printing quality is generally obtained with formulas treated as graphical objets by specific tools (e.g. Expressionist). Rather than an extra development expense to deal with that specific case, the Institut Laue Langevin, has preferred the manual re-typing of formulas in a Macintosh clean way. For more details contact : Jean de Combret Diademe Ingenierie 26 ave de Constantine F-38100 Grenoble, France Tel: (33) 76.33.38.26 Fax: (33) 76.33.03.54 E-mail Earn(BitNet) : FILHOL@FRILL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 14:42:29 EDT From: rmccask@gwusun.gwu.edu (Randy McCaskill) Subject: Need 3270 emulation I have found myself in need of a 3270 emulator. Does such a thing exist for the Macintosh. Thanks, -Randy Randy McCaskill Computer Science rmccask@seas.gwu.edu George Washington University ------------------------------ Date: 06 JUN 90 18:36:47 From: COSC006%unlcdc2.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu Subject: NOS/VE II I am very grateful for all the replies to my previous question... unfortunatel, I *still* can't get it to work right. I probably should have went into detail of my setup. I am trying to download normal binhex files from the Cyber to my mac. The nature of my problem is that Zterm keeps giving me errors like "Sector Header 00" or "Sector Header 88", etc when using YMOS. I usually try to YMOS FN=(file1 file2) FT=T, and that's when I get the errors. A couple o u you noted that I had to have my end of line setup as CRLF, so I put that in my prolog (and typed it in before I tried my transfers). Actually, this is exactly what happened: /ymos fn=(_checkhqx) ft=t NSVYMDMProtocolrfer-Verio.0 erretoefile(toicro. The above is correct, weird garble and all. I do recall at one time that appearing normally on two lines, I think the version was 2.0. Here's something else. I am running VE version 1.4, but I got a message from a guy saying he was running 2.6! The computer folks are supposed to install 1.5.1 this week. Are they living in the dark ages or something? 2. Someone sent me a copy of DDExpand, but it wasn't thru the mail, but it was in a new directory called NTF_Data_Files or something. The filename specifies DDExpand_HQX is a binhex file that should be a text file, but I can't EDIF or COPF it, I presume that means that it is not a text file? How can I change it into a normal text file that I can mess with? I have toyed around with SETFA and CHAFA, but I don't know what I'm doing. 3. When I compile a pascal file, how can I make it executable? I can PASCAL I=file B=objectName, but I can't just type objectName like I want, so I still have to use LGO. 4. Is there a way I can add my name to my mail address? I have seen siegel@harvard.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel). How can I make my name appear in parentheses like that? Thanks again, Mike. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 90 22:51 EDT From: <JRHIND%UTOROISE.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: Repairing MacPlus Someone asked in the Digest #112 how to repair a MacPlus with screen problems. Reference was made to a resistor. I would also like to know which resistor is to be replaced and any other tidbits that others with repair experience would care to share. I will be happy to summarize responses for the digest if there is sufficient interest. ******************************************************************************* ** Jack Rhind ** jrhind@utoroise ** Toronto, Ontario ****** ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jun 90 16:44:18 GMT From: venus.tamu.edu!t1f4387@cs.utexas.edu (Farlow, T. Michael) Subject: REQUEST FOR INFO: Storage Technologies Corp. Mac-compat. Printer Howdy Netters... A need has arisen for a Mac-compatible printer that has a better capacity than Apple's NT and NTX printers. A representative has approached us saying that one the models made by Storage Technologies Corporation will be the one for us (the exact model was not specified to me at this time.). I would like to get some background information on this printer if any of you have one. Also, if you have a suggestion for a different printer I would appreciate it. Please include contact and pricing information. Setup: 30 Mac (Plus/SE/IIx mix) in a student access lab AppleShare File/Print server on a SE w/4meg (Plans in works to upgrade this with a '020 board) Average output/day: 2500~3500 (more at the end of semesters) Basically, we need a printer that can handle a load up to 3500 pages a day. I forget what Apple has rated their printer(s) at but I seem to remember 300,000 to 500,000 pages as the rated life (or is that when you should service it?) We have had our LaserWriter IINT at least 20 months and have put nearly a million pages thru it. But I don't know for sure because every so often the chip that remembers the name and page count zaps itself, causing the name to be set to the default and the page count to zero (has anyone else seen this???). If any of you in the academic world or any other high-volume Mac printing have any ideas, please e-mail them to me and I will post a summary. Thanks In Advance, Michael Farlow Texas A&M University ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 12:59 N From: <INGUILOD%CNEDCU51.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: Request information about CL/1. I just read an article written in october 89, describing the CL/1 package. I know it will be integrated in system 7.0 but it is possible to get it now... Has anyone already working with CL/1 who is able to give me more precise information, please send me a summary of your experiences. I am interested in particular in the speed of accessing the data in a host-database system, and all the facilities that are provided. Thank's in advance. Joel Guillod Email: inguilod@cnedcu51.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 10:55 MDT From: JBPowlesland%UNCAMULT.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu Subject: Scheduling programs I have located a sport scheduling program for the PC. It is called Sport Scheduler (version 1.17) and costs $19.95 (Cdn) for educational institutions or $44.95 (Cdn) for all others. To obtain a copy, contact Dr. Larry Katz Computerized Sport Systems Group Physical Eduction University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 UNCAMULT Telephone: (403) 220-3418 I am still looking for a Macintosh program however. Jim Powlesland Graduate Students' Association University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jun 90 10:58:31 EDT From: Chris Khoury <3XMQGAA%CMUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: System 7 Pricing I sure hope that Apple isn't going to charge anything for the upgrade to System 7. Anyone know about whether they are or aren't? chuq@apple.com?? | ----- ___ _ |BITNET: 3XMQGAA@CMUVM | / | | |INTERNET:skhoury@postcard.engin.umich.edu | | |/__ ___ | ---- |UUCP: hippo@bushido.uucp | ^ | | | | | |___ |----------------------------------------- | ----- /| | / ^ | ___| |DISCLAIMER:All opinions expressed are | K H O U R Y mine, not my dad's. ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jun 90 13:46:00 CDT From: "Janice Wolf" <asnjiw01@asncen.asn.net> Subject: TCP software for MAC I am interested in obtaining MAC software to allow communications between MACs and the Internet. AppleTalk is connected to Internet via a Kinetics Fastpath unit. We need a full TCP/IP suite to include Telnet, FTP client and server, POP server, LPR, etc. We would like to get public domain software preferably. If that is not available, commercial software would be purchased. I am also interested in your experiences using MACs on the Internet. We have NCSAs version but does not include FTP client, POP client, or LPR. Thanks in advance. Janice Wolf (205) 895-7424 Alabama Supercomputer Center ------------------------------ Date: 07 JUN 90 10:12:49 CST From: Z4610891 <Z4610891%SFAUSTIN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: Think C 4.0.1 & StartupScreen question.... Greetings, I am new to programming in C and am wondering how to go about creating an ABOUT for an Application. I know it must be something easy that I am just missing. Oh yes, pertaining to Think C 4.0, what books would any of you who do program in Think recommend that I purchase to learn more about C and the Macintosh environment? On another subject, does anyone know of a way to take a scaned color picture on a Mac II and make it into a Startup Screen? Thanks in advance for any help on these questions. Anthony F Gaudiano <Z4610891@SFAUSTIN.BITNET> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jun 90 14:48:52 CDT From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@vm.tcs.tulane.edu> Subject: Three into two won't go I have three devices which I want to hook up to two ports: AppleTalk to my printer port, a DeskWriter to my modem port (I want a local, not a networked, DW) and a direct mainframe connection to my modem port. I seem to recall reading a while ago about a device that attaches to the modem port on one side and makes 2 (or more?) similar ports available on the other, between which one can switch without restarting the computer. Does anyone have any idea what this might have been, where it can be found and how much it costs? Graeme Forbes PL0BALF at TCSVM ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 11:08:32 EDT From: Bob Stewart <stewart@xyplex.com> Subject: X Windows and TCP/IP on the Macintosh Dear Generous Suppliers of Free Advice, I'm using NCSA Telnet on my Macintosh to talk to a Unix system so I can communicate with the world. It's connected through AppleTalk to a Gator Box. I'd like to have a more direct connection for mail, FTP, etc., as well as X Windows access. We're looking into White Pine Software's eXodus, which implements X Windows over a communication base such as Alisa Systems' TSS for DECnet or Apple's MacTCP for the Internet. I'd like to hear from people who've tried that or who know anything interesting about it. If I have MacTCP, can I run FTP, Telnet, eXodus, and such just as if I was on a Real :-) System? If so, can they all run at once? White Pine tells me that eXodus/MacTCP and NCSA Telnet are mutually exclusive. If anyone from Apple or White Pine cares to respond, I won't consider it as a commercial message. Thanks in advance for the help. Bob ----------- Bob Stewart (rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com) Xyplex, Boxborough, Massachusetts (508) 264-9900 ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************