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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 2 Mar 90 Volume 8 : Issue 42
Today's Topics:
Desktop Manager
Disabling automounting of Ashare volumes
DTP on Macs
Easy Cross-Referencing in MS Word
Ehman 19" displays
HyperCard for DOS???
I don't like SPAMM
LaserWriter Mailing Labels for Word 4.0
Mac Programming Questions?
MACWEEK ADDRESS
MicroPhone II Scripts
Mission Impossible Sounds
Murph's VAPORWARE column for March 1990
Priority When Laserprinting?
Start-up screens
StuffIt batching
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Date: 23 Feb 90 22:24:56 GMT
From: rock@sun.com (Bill Petro - SunOS Marketing)
Subject: Desktop Manager
Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@vm.tcs.tulane.edu> writes:
>I recently put the Desktop Manager from Appleshare 2 into my System Folder on
>my non-networked IIcx (4/80, 6.0.3) and also on a non-networked Plus. It
>does seem to improve Finder performance, and tho' the Encyclopedia says
>Apple doesn't recommend this, they didn't warn against it. Does anyone
>know of any problems? One minor glitch is that the icons of a number of
>cdevs and applications go generic. I fixed this on the IIcx (rebuilt
>desktop etc.) but on the Plus the Vaccine syringe seems to be gone forever.
>The programs still work, tho'.
Try using BundAid. It will fix the bundle bit and the correct icons
will show upon next boot. Caveat: if you boot from a floppy that
doesn't have Desktop Manager, it will try to rebuild the Desktop on your
hard disk (if you're using DM and have deleted the Desktop file).
Bill Petro {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!rock
"UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" Matthew 19:12
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 09:51:20 EST
From: "Bret Ingerman 315-443-1114" <INGERMAN%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Disabling automounting of Ashare volumes
Hello all.
I run a mac lab that is part of a larger campus-wide network with
many zones and servers. I have all of our start-up disks set to auto-
mount our own server. But here is the problem:
When some of our users ned to mount other servers temporarily, they
do so by checking the box that indicates that they wish to always mount
this volume at startup time. When another user gets this disk later in
the day (or week), they don't know what to do. I usually just go
in and replace the appleshare prep file, but I would rather get rid
of the check box permanently. I poked around in it with ResEdit, but
couldn;t seem to find where the little guy is located.
Please respond directly to me if you have any suggestions or other
work arounds, and I will summarize for the net.
Bret Ingerman ingerman@suvm.acs.syr.edu
Microcomputer Consultant ingerman@suvm.bitnet
Syracuse University
Academic Computing services (315) 443-1114
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 19:54:37 GMT
From: Donald Peterson <PetersonDM%computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk>
Subject: DTP on Macs
I have to produce camera ready copy of a book in the house style of
the Harvester publishing company. I have a Mac IIcx, and access to a
LaserPrinter. My concern is to produce high-quality hardcopy
acceptable to the pubisher.
Before I obtained the Mac, I used LaTeX, and this was very non-WISIWIG
and a lot of work, but did produce a very attractive result. What I've
managed to produce with Word4 doesn't look quite as good. I think the
reason is that Knuth's paragraph-formatting, kerning, and hyphenation
algorithms, and the ligatures, in LaTeX are exceptional, and so my
question is whether the same sort of result can be produced on a Mac.
(I do have OzTeX -- TeX for the Mac -- but the non-WISIWIG problem is
still there in a big way.)
I've heard of various DTP programs for the Mac, but I haven't seen
them in action. Ideally I'd like to use something standard like Word4,
but obtain the sort of appearance which LaTeX produces. I don't mean
to say that LaTeX is wonderful, rather that there seems no reason in
principle why a WISIWIG system shouldn't do the same.
I'd be very grateful for any information about this, and also whether
there is a bulletin board, or news service about the Mac which I could
access over the email.
A last question: does the LaserWriter look like staying with us as the
main Apple printer, or is another on the way? I'm thinking of buying
one, but I heard that Apple are thinking of `outline-fonts' as a new
system.
Thanks,
Donald Peterson.
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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 90 11:58 CST
From: Fred Schulz <CHEE77@uhvax1.uh.edu>
Subject: Easy Cross-Referencing in MS Word
Cross-Referencing in Word
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by Fred Schulz
It's pretty easy to use the print merge feature of word to cross reference
equations, figures, tables, etc. You just "name" your equations, and then
reference them by name throughout the document. Your names are print merge
symbols, for example, <<fig1>>, <<fig2>>, etc.
You keep an associated print merge file which contains all the names
in the first record of the file, and the corresponding numbers in the second
and last record of the file. Then you print merge your final copy (probably
to a new file so you can tweak page breaks, etc), and let print
merge do the work of the global substitutions. For example,
equations,e1,e2,e3,e4,e5,e6,e7,e8,e9,e10,e11,figures,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,tables,...
equations,(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10),(11),figures,1,2,3,4,5,
tables,...
is a sample print merge data document. Now in my paper I write
As shown in Eq. <<e1>>, compare this to the data shown in Fig. <<f2>>, etc...
When I print merge the merge symbols are replaced by the appropriate numbers.
It's now easy to move or insert equations in the original document.
Say I needed to add an equation between 2 and 3. I'd just put its name
there and add a number at the end of the equation list. The new merge file
would look like
equations,e1,e2,e2-2,e3,e4,e5,e6,e7,e8,e9,e10,e11,figures,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,
tables,...,references,...
equations,(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10),(11),(12),figures,1,2,3,4,5,
tables,...,references,...
I used e1, e2, etc, in this example, based on their original position in the
document - you might prefer to use names related to the equations themselves.
After you have alot of equations, it can become tedious to count the number of
eqs, figs, etc, so you can use the word count utility to do it for you. Just
select the list of equation names and do a word count. If you do use this
technique, avoid periods and spaces in your equation names, as they are word
delimiters and will make one equation name count as 2 words.
Using this procedure makes it pretty easy to do cross-referencing. It's
similar to the method used by more sophisticated utilities like Wordref, but
you do the book keeping manually here, with the advantage the only application
you need is Word itself.
I hope this is helpful and that I have explained the procedure reasonably well.
Good luck with it.
-Fred
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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 90 20:41:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Braddock John Hathaway <bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Ehman 19" displays
I'm interested in getting an Ehman display, but I'd still like to
keep my color display. Does anyone know of any sort of problems
with hooking up the two of them at the same time?
I've also heard (read) some discussion on the net about "watch
out how many slots you use up, and how much power you're consuming
>From the Nubus slots" (things that sop up a lot of power can
apparently do REALLY nasty things to your system when set up at
the same time). Do I have to worry about this with a 256 color
card and a card driving a two page display?
Thanks,
Brad
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 16:32 EST
From: I'd rather BHERSEY <BHERSEY@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu>
Subject: HyperCard for DOS???
Does anybody know if there is a decent hypercard-like environment
for the IBM/MS-DOS world? If so, is it any good?
Has anybody heard a rumor that such a package might be forthcoming?
Please reply to the address above, and I will summarize to the net.
Thanks in Advance!
David Hersey
Oberlin College, OH.
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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 90 20:37:32 EST
From: Rick Zaccone <zaccone@sol.bucknell.edu>
Subject: I don't like SPAMM
Several months ago I obtained a demo copy of SPAMM -- System Program
for Accelerated Macintosh Mathematics. SPAMM is a cdev that you drop
into your System Folder, and after rebooting, you can turn it off or
on from your control panel.
SPAMM replaces the standard Apple Numerics Package (SANE) on the Mac
Plus or SE. It is produced by Bravo Technologies in Berkeley CA who
claim that it will double the speed of floating point aritmetic on a
Plus or SE. Before testing the claims about SPAMM's speed, I decided
it was better to begin by checking the accuracy. The results are very
interesting.
SANE uses a radix 2 representation for floating point numbers, with a
64 bit fraction, and a 15 bit exponent. It can represent floating
point numbers in the range [10~-4916, 10~4931]. The 64 bit fraction
gives about 20 decimal digit precision.
SPAMM also uses a base 2 representation. However, it uses a 53 bit
fraction and an 11 bit exponent, and can thus represent numbers in the
approximate range [10~308, 10~300]. The 53 bit fraction gives about
16 decimal digit precision.
Obviously, SPAMM obtains more speed by giving less precision and
reducing the range of the numbers that it can represent.
SPAMM gains further speed by taking some very questionable short cuts.
For instance, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and
square root are not rounded. Further, SPAMM does not use a sticky
bit.
Here are some other interesting SPAMM "features".
-1~-4 yields -INF instead of 1!
It is possible to subtract two numbers and get zero, but comparing
the numbers shows that they are unequal!
I could go on, but I think you get the idea. Whoever wrote this
program thought that s/he could gain speed by sacrificing accuracy.
In my opinion, this person went overboard. The results produced by
SPAMM are completely unacceptable.
Rick Zaccone
Bucknell University
zaccone@bknlvms.bitnet
zaccone@sol.bucknell.edu
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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 90 12:28:28 PLT
From: Paul Brians <HRC$04%WSUVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: LaserWriter Mailing Labels for Word 4.0
I inquired some time ago about creating inch-high, three-across
mailing labels in table format with Word 4.0 I received from
Microsoft via CompuServe instructions for doing so which actually
work. The enclosed file contains two sample documents with
complete pages of labels ready for using with Print Merge and
a suitably formatted mailing list. I also enclose a brief
document. Users will have to know the basics of Word print
merging, because that subject is not covered; but for regular
print merge users, these samples should proove a real time-saver.
[Archived as /info-mac/misc/msword-laserwriter-mailing-labels.hqx; 13K]
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 10:30:46 EST
From: bkirsch@nadc.arpa (B. Kirsch)
Subject: Mac Programming Questions?
Dear Mac Programmers,
How does one change the font _size_ in a dialog box. Resedit
allows you to change the font and the size, but doesn't save changes.
The command SetDAFont(thefont) only changes the font, not the size.
Why can't I get a keyup event when I poll GetNextEvent.
Does anyone have any good picture scrolling philosohy or code that
they would like to share with me. I am having major difficulties.
Thanks in advance,
Barry Kirsch
MAIL: Naval Air Development Center
Code 5051
Warminster PA, 18974-5000
PHONE: (215) 441-1886
ARPA: bkirsch@nadc.arpa
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 14:55:05 SST
From: TNG TH <ISSTTH%NUSVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: MACWEEK ADDRESS
Hello.
I want to subscribe to MacWeek but can't seem to find any info or
subscription forms. Please, can anybody furnish me with the necessary
info like address, fax, phone, prices, air-mail, surface, etc...
Please reply to me directly at ISSTTH@NUSVM.BITNET.
Thanks.
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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 90 17:06:22 EST
From: "Chris Khoury (Sari's Son)" <3XMQGAA%CMUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: MicroPhone II Scripts
Hi, Anybody using Microphone II... I am interested in trying out some scri
pts, so if you have any, send them to me, PLEASE. I am espessially interested i
n a script that can log on to theIBM 3090, VM/CMS mainframe and type in my user
ID and password. Thanks so much in advanced.
Acknowledge-To: <3XMQGAA@CMUVM>
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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 90 02:31:38 -0500 (EST)
From: "Norman William Franke, III" <nf0i+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Mission Impossible Sounds
Sorry this took so long, but here are two Mission Impossible sounds from
the new ABC series. It's basically the "Good morning Jim..." part. It's
a shortened version, but all the good parts are there. The Stuffit file
is about 260K, which contains two SoundEdit files. I also have the
entire Mission Impossible theme, but it's 700K or so and I'd hate to mail
it... So enjoy them!
(I wish I had an anonymous FTP site where I could put these, but alas.)
There are 12 parts of about 32K each, following this message.
-Norman Franke
nf0i+@andrew.cmu.edu
[Archived as /info-mac/sound/mission-impossible-part1.hqx; 148K
/info-mac/sound/mission-impossible-part2.hqx; 149K
/info-mac/sound/mission-impossible-part3.hqx; 67K]
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 21:32:33 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Murph's VAPORWARE column for March 1990
In response to laments that ambiguous "subject" lines have caused
readers to overlook this column in the clutter of other newsgroup
messages, I have switched to a more visible (if mundane) subject
identification that clearly identifies the column.
Perhaps as a consequence of the most recent shake-up in Apple's senior
management, there are an unusual number of Apple II rumors in this
month's column (even without the persistent MacWeek "Apple plans to
discontinue the Apple II one of these days" rumor). An alternate
explanation if that several inside sources have elected to furnish
me with some original tips about Apple II developments. Would that
similar input arrived about Amiga and Atari (for instance). Support
your local rumor mill :-) <Sewall%UConnVM.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
IBM's introduction of the new RISC System/6000 has diminished
(short-term not doubt) Big Blue rumors for the moment.
VAPORWARE
Murphy Sewall
From the March 1990 APPLE PULP
H.U.G.E. Apple Club (E. Hartford) News Letter
$15/year
P.O. Box 18027
East Hartford, CT 06118
Call the "Bit Bucket" (203) 569-8739
Permission granted to copy with the above citation
Quicker, Redesigned Apple IIgs.
The new Apple II CPU Promised by John Sculley for September
1989 (if Microsoft is frequently a year late delivering
promised new products, should Apple be any different?) has
finally shipped to beta test sites. Currently known only as
the ROM 04 machine, it's not a radical departure from the
current ROM 03 IIgs. Some features are subject to change.
The video resolution will be improved to 600 by 400 and the
one MHz video problem has been fixed by adding a new
graphics processor. Writes to the video screen are at full
CPU speed and the improvement is dramatic. The beta test
model is shipping with a 5.8 MHz chip (being pushed to 7
MHz), but an even faster version may be installed by the
time the product is announced. Apple is experimenting with
the slot architecture. There may be some sort of 16-bit
extension to the current 8-bit Apple II standard, or the
slot speed may simply be a separate control panel option.
Although the beta version doesn't have the SWIM chip to make
it possible to read IBM and Macintosh high density 3.5 inch
formats, it's not too late to add that feature. Most
existing IIgs programs which are copy protected fail to run
on the ROM 04 machines. Deprotected versions work. A
decision to market a new IIgs hasn't been finalized, but the
planning date is September 1990.
- found in my electronic mailbox (note: there are more
details here than I gave Cringely for the 29 January
InfoWorld column; I did want one of his coffee cups, but
I also saved some of the good stuff for my friends)
Even More New Apple II Products From Apple.
Operating System 6.0 for the IIgs featuring some new sound
tools and other toolsets should be released in the near
future. HyperCard IIgs (see columns from last month, last
December and last August) is likely to be delayed. The beta
test version is too slow and requires too much memory (would
you believe 2 Mbytes of RAM and 4 Mbytes of disk space?).
On the plus side, the new DMA SCSI card should be announced
this Spring (possibly along with OS 6.0). It will transfer
1 meg per second on a IIgs and 1/2 meg per second on a IIe
for an apparent speed increase 3 times greater than the
existing Apple SCSI card (the ROM 04 IIgs described above
may come with this SCSI capability built in). Along with
the new SCSI card, look for drivers for the Apple scanner,
the LaserWriter 2SC, the new Apple laser printer described
below, and a streaming tape backup system. The new card
will retail for $129.
- more goodies found in my electronic mailbox
<Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET>
Mac IIxi.
The enhancement to the Macintosh IIx expected this month
will be more than simply a CPU speed increase to 25 MHz.
Upgrading a IIx will require a motherboard swap, and don't
be surprised to find LaserWriter SIMMs ($700 per Mbyte;
available only from Apple) inside. - InfoWorld 12 February
An Order of Magnitude Faster.
Motorola's new 25 MHz 68040 CPU processes 20 million
instructions per second (MIPS) which is about one-third
faster than the originally anticipated 15 MIP performance.
A 25 MHz 68030 delivers about 6 MIPS. Even more impressive
is the floating point performance of 3.5 megaflops (compared
to 0.25 megaflops for the 25 MHz 68030 with 68882 math
coprocessor). The 68040 is a 32-bit microprocessor with 8K
bytes of internal cache memory and built in math coprocessor
- features shared with the Intel i486. Samples should be
available this month at a price of $795 - almost four times
the combined price of a 68030 and 68882 math coprocessor
combination. Motorola expects to offer a 50 MHz version of
the 68040 in about a year. The first computer using the new
Motorola CPU could appear in the form of the NeXT color
computer announcement as early as next month.
- PC Week and InfoWorld 22 January
What to do (with) NeXT.
Steve Jobs' NeXT computer desperately needs applications
software and peripherals if it is to be taken seriously by
the mass market it needs for economic survival. As many as
six (oh wow!) major new applications are expected by
summer. Third party developer Dyna Communications plans to
supply one truly needed peripheral - a 3.5 inch floppy drive
(due to be announced this month).
- Wall Street Journal 18 January
Look Ma, No Modem!
IBM and Motorola have announced a joint venture firm, ARDIS
(Advanced nationwide Radio Data Service), to develop a
wireless hand-held computer that can communicate with a
network host using radio waves. The new online service
would utilize IBM's existing network which already covers
90% of the U.S. The proposed hand-held computer would have
instant access to the network at 4800 baud (speeds up to
19.2K bits per second have been documented in metropolitan
areas). IBM wants to use the technology in buildings and
will offer wireless networking in future products.
- InfoWorld 5 February and Computer Chronicles 10 February
Laptop Workstation.
Toshiba is developing a SPARC-based Unix laptop for later
this year. A unit with 4 Mbytes of RAM will retail for
about $7,000. - PC Week 12 February
"Phonebook" Laptops.
NEC, Toshiba, and Zenith all are working on a new
"phonebook" class of portable computers for release later
this year. These eight to ten pound laptops will be built
around the 80386SX CPU and use 2.5 inch instead of 3.5 inch
floppy drives. - InfoWorld 12 February
Vest Pocket Lotus.
Texas Instruments and Lotus have joined to produce a hand
held 1-2-3 pocket computer. Small enough to fit in an
inside jacket pocket, the 512K RAM with 1-2-3 version 2.2 in
ROM and two optional 1 Mbyte RAM/ROM card slots unit
features a (very small) QWERTY keyboard and a 55 column by
16 line LCD display. Optional PC-Link software permits file
transfers with the desk PC back at the office.
- InfoWorld 22 January
The Osborne Lives.
Adam Osborne, president of Paperback software, for whom the
famous (or infamous) Osborne portable computer was named,
has joined a partnership with Silicon Valley Technology to
market Indian-made i486 motherboards in the U.S. Osborne
says an i486 system with 4 Mbytes of RAM, a floppy drive and
a small hard drive will retail for $4,200.
- InfoWorld 5 February
New Apple Printers.
Even though Apple sold it's Adobe stock, the two companies
continue to cooperate. Apple will soon announce a new
low-end ($2,500) four page per minute LaserWriter
(Postscript printer) that actually produces pages at nearly
that speed. At the high end, a color LaserWriter is planned
for the end of the summer. Also, there is likely to be an
Apple version of the Adobe fax board that turns any Adobe
Postscript printer into a plain paper fax machine.
- InfoWorld 29 January
Atari's STacey is for Real.
After a couple of false starts, Atari's portable ST (known
as the STacey) is finally on the market (see last June and
October's columns).
- Seen on the Computer Chronicles 10 February
New Apple II Accelerator.
Applied Engineering will be replacing the current Transwarp
II accelerator with a new model (that will cost $20 more)
during the second quarter. Company spokespeople deny that
Zip Technologies' successful suit against the Rocket Chip
had any bearing on the redesign (uh huh).
- found in my electronic mailbox <Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET>
What will "Ivan" Think of Sticky Bear Bop?
A Canadian group will be marketing Apple II compatible
computers in the Soviet Union.
- An advanced peek into the May 1990 InCider from
Joe Abernathy <jabernathy@pro-houston.cts.com>
Latest on the "Golden Gate."
InfoWorld's Cringely still believes in the simultaneous Mac
and Apple IIgs computer code-named Golden Gate (see the
November 1988 column), but Apple insiders tell me that what
Cringely hears comes from engineering while the marketing
types have "concept tested" the product with K-12 educators
and found the whole idea seriously wanting. The problem is
the Golden Gate will cost nearly as much as a Mac SE and a
IIgs. At those prices, educators say they'd rather buy two
computers rather than only one.
- found in my electronic mailbox <Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET>
When Ingenuity Fails.
Third party developer Applied Ingenuity has had a falling
out among partners. The departure of the firm's technical
wizard has shelved the Apple II video tape backup card
(advertised last Fall), the 100 Mbyte Innerdrive, and
several other products.
- found in my electronic mailbox <Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET>
Pagemaker 4.0 for Windows 3.0.
Aldus has made it clear that it will follow up its
announcement of Pagemaker 4.0 for the Macintosh with an
MS-DOS product as soon as Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
(currently projected for April, but the date has slipped so
often already that any month after this one is credible).
Once Windows 3.0 is released, look for a Windows version of
Adobe Type Manager (bringing something resembling Display
Postscript to the MS-DOS world).
- PC Week 22 January and InfoWorld 12 February
dBase IV 1.1 Update.
Beta testers say to expect delivery of dBase IV version 1.1
(see last month's column) in the second quarter. Apparently
there are problems with the program's installation procedure
as well as some remaining unresolved bugs. Meanwhile,
Ashton-Tate has shipped the dBase compiler to beta testers.
Insiders expect a long test period.
- PC Week and InfoWorld 5 February
/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: Sun, 25 Feb 90 15:14 PST
From: JOHN LOUCH <LOUCHA%CLARGRAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Priority When Laserprinting?
Hello Netters,
I am lookin for an init, or anything that will allow
one to prioritize on machine on a LaserWriter. In other
words, I want one machine whenever it prints to put other
machines that are printing behind of it. I realize that
with AppleShare and a dedicated server one can do this, but
I am interested in a init that will work, for example, on a
Tops network. I also realize that the makers of SuperLaser
Spool have a network product that will do this, but as usual
I'm looking for something a little cheaper.
Thanks in advance
John Louch [LOUCHA@CLARGRAD.BITNET]
PS. Please respond directly to me and I will sumarize to
the net.
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 21:20:17 EST
From: Loki Jorgenson Rm421 <loki@physics.mcgill.ca>
Subject: Start-up screens
I am looking for start-up screens for an SE. Sorry if this old
news (as I expect).
There used to be a couple at umn-cs.cs.umn.edu for Bill the Cat
and Garfield but umn-cs has dis-continued carrying Mac stuff. Does anyone
have the Bill start-up or know where I can find it? Or where I can find
others?
Thanks in advance,
Loki Jorgenson node: loki@physics.mcgill.ca
Physics, McGill University fax: (514) 398-3733
Montreal Quebec CANADA phone: (514) 398-6531
<*> It... just... doesn't... matter .... <*>
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 00:19:59 PST
From: 6600pete%ucsbuxa@hub.ucsb.edu (GurgleKat [Pete Gontier])
Subject: StuffIt batching
jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu wrote about batch unStuffIting and
batch unBinHexing. He mentioned that most of the suggestions
he got centered around 'frames. I agree that this is too bad.
But I'd also like to point out that there is a little-known
feature of StuffIt 1.5.1 that allows batch UnStuffIting, and
that is to shift-click all the files you want unStuffed in the
Finder, and then hold down the shift key right after you
double-click one of them (or hit command-O). All the files
will be unStuffed 'batch' style. It's amazing what one finds
by RTFM'ing. :-)
Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa
Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription
Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills
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