Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (02/06/90)
Info-Mac Digest Mon, 5 Feb 90 Volume 8 : Issue 23
Today's Topics:
16 bit FONTs.
Allan Z. Loren's *resignation*
Answers to some questions recently posted
Anton Dvorak?
Bad Floppy Drive? (Answer)
Booting a Plus from SCSI with HD20 present (summary)
Canvas 2.1 and HP Deskwriter
DVI to Imagewriter DA?
Emacs Command file for Word 4.0
FunKey
How do you seat an extended video ram chip?
How to Direct Generated Postscript File
Info on Linear Programming packages on the Mac
Laser Fonts - Adobe and otherwise
Need a class/room sked program.
PageMaker Printing on a DEC PrintServer40?????
Please add this!
Postscript printing.
PrFlds 2.0 XCMD
QUESTION ABOUT XBITMAP.C
Ready,Set,Go! to DesignStud
Valentine's Day graphics?
VIRUS-L Digest V3 #30
Wingz won't Launch?
Working with AppleShare
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Date: 2 Feb 90 14:15 -0600
From: KRISHNA DESIKACHARY <desikacharyk%wnre.aecl.cdn@relay.cdnnet.ca>
Subject: 16 bit FONTs.
Hello friends,
I have the following questions related to two byte (16bit) fonts that are
required to print some nonRoman Scripts, ex., Japanese.
a) How do you create them, because programs such as FONTASTIC+ and FONTOGRAPHER
appear to work woth 8 bit font sets only.
b) If you have (somehow) created them, does the MAC Operating System know
that they are 16 bit fonts when you load them in the SYSTEM file? Do
the FONT/DA mover handle 16 bit fonts properly?
c) If you have (somehow) put your 16 bit font in the SYSTEM file, do the
applications such MACWRITE and MICROSOFTWORD handle such fonts properly?
can they read/recognize/manipulate (i.e., cut/paste/format etc) these
fonts properly?
I will greatly appreciate any help to disperse my ignorance on these
issues. Thank you.
K.DESIKACHARY DESIKACHARYK@AECL.WNRE.CA
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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 90 13:39:08 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Allan Z. Loren's *resignation*
>What did you think of Allan Z. Loren's resignation? Seems like Marketing
>may be in for a shakeup after all...
Rumors in financial circles (Wall Street Journal & Business Week stuff) was
that Allan Z's days were numbered as soon as it became clear just how
disappointing last year's Christmas season sales were going to be. The press
conveys the impression that he didn't resign, he was canned (at that level
the term "fired" isn't used in public).
At issue is what strategic direction is Apple going to take? I think they're
doing fine at the high end (the whole industry has slowed along with the
national economy, not much Apple can do). I did talk with a big league
computer center director (and MAJOR PC/workstation buyer) who says that
for equivalent personal workstation features Apple's prices are consistently
above IBM's (Macintosh software has an edge on the Presentation Manager at
the moment, but that's not going to last). Given a slowing economy, some
rethinking of the Macintosh price structure may be in order.
The biggie is: will Apple recognize that there's still a large PERSONAL
computer market out there which the IIgs can be uniquely positioned for?
As the high end moves to 'workstations' which are capable of more than most
individual users need, the question of the IIgs and Macintosh 'cannibalizing'
each others sales becomse a non-issue.
/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: Fri, 2 Feb 90 16:07:43 PST
From: jgro@apldbio.com (Jeremy Grodberg)
Subject: Answers to some questions recently posted
Here are answers to some recently posted questions:
1) you can post events into the event queue with PostEvent (IM-II, p. 68)
2) To run SADE on a Mac IIci you need MultiFinder 6.1b9 or later, available
on AppleLink, and possibly, though I really don't know for sure, available
>From your local dealer or by ftp from apple.com
3) To the person who was trying to parse a BNDL resource: it is perfectly
normal for a dereferenced handle to be a pointer with a negative value, since
master pointers have flags in thier upper byte, and the sign bit is set
(i.e. the pointer is negative) if the pointer points to a relocatable block.
To get the real a pointer points too, you should use:
StripAddress(theAddress: Ptr): Ptr; (IM-V is WRONG again)
This takes the dereferenced handle and converts it to a real address, and is
guaranteed to work on all systems in all modes. For your run-of-the-mill
current mac programming, it just masks off the high byte of the pointer.
Jeremy Grodberg
jgro@apldbio.com
"My employer has nothing to do with this; it's all my fault."
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 17:37 EST
From: "Noel Cragg - Composer at large..." <SNC0243@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu>
Subject: Anton Dvorak?
Well, not quite, but he does share a last name. This question, I'm sure, has
been asked several times before:
"How do I turn my QWERTY keyboard into a DVORAK one?"
Here's another one: Does a public-domain version of UNIX exist for the Mac?
Last: I own a Tecmar MacDrive 10. I'd like to sell it. Here's the catch -
the circuitry is just fine, but the physical disk has 4 errors. The software
won't let you use the drive with bad blocks. Anyone (perhaps somebody at a
company where hard drives are rebuilt) want to buy it? Any money you can give
me for it is more money than I have now.
Noel Cragg BIT: snc0243 @ oberlin
OCMR Box 805 INT: snc0243 @ ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu
Oberlin, Ohio 44074-1081 FON: (216) 775-5953
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 20:51:59 -0600
From: dnewman@emx.utexas.edu (David Newman)
Subject: Bad Floppy Drive? (Answer)
Regarding my question about a potential bad floppy and/or floppy drive.
The main symptom was that I was getting disks that were acting
locked even though they weren't in fact locked. Someone suggested
rebuilding the desktop file, but the machine wouldn't do that since
it thought that the disk was locked. The solution turned out to be
to rewrite the boot blocks using SUM II.
>>Dave
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Date: 2 Feb 90 12:37:00 MST
From: "5268 Spires, Shannon V." <svspire@sandia.gov>
Subject: Booting a Plus from SCSI with HD20 present (summary)
Recently I posted a request for info on how to get a Mac Plus to boot
>From a SCSI drive when a non-SCSI HD20 was also attached. It was
booting from the SCSI on my machine, but it always "tried" to boot
>From the HD20 first, causing the HD20 to execute the disk check
routine after the desktop appeared.
The problem is now solved. Thanks to everyone who responded. The problem
seemed to be the fact that boot blocks were still present on the HD20
(since it used to be my system disk), and even though no system files
were on the HD20 anymore, the presence of the boot blocks confused the
boot sequence.
The solution that worked for me was suggested by Jim Budler (jim@eda.com)
who writes:
>You wouldn't get a "Happy Mac" from the HD20 if there weren't still
>a boot sector on the disk. Use something like FEdit+ to edit the
>boot sector and zero out the first 10 or 20 bytes [of the boot sector]
I did this (zeroed out the first 10 bytes of the boot sector, using
FEdit+, but NOT in "Edit Boot Blocks" mode, since this mode doesn't
really show you the beginning of the sector. Use standard sector editing
to do this) and it solved the problem. The Mac+ now ignores the HD20
during booting and boots directly off the SCSI drive, and there's no
more waiting for the disk check when the HD20 appears on the desktop.
Other people suggested rebuilding the desktop, which probably wouldn't
work because boot blocks were the problem here, or simply reinitializing
the HD20, which probably would work but is more trouble.
Shannon Spires
svspire@sandia.gov
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 16:06:48 PST
From: chan@icsl.ucla.edu (Kevin Chan)
Subject: Canvas 2.1 and HP Deskwriter
I am curious if there are others out there
that have problems printing rotated text in
Canvas 2.1 to the HP Deskwriter. In particular,
horizontal text prints fine, but printed text
rotated by 90 degrees (even upside down) is offset.
The rotated text prints fine using a Apple
Laserwriter NT.
Is this a bug in Canvas or a bug with HP Deskwriter's
driver?
Kevin T. Chan
chan@moron.icsl.ucla.edu
Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory
EE Dept UCLA
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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 90 18:31:38 EST
From: Alan Stein <STEIN%UCONNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: DVI to Imagewriter DA?
This question has probably been asked before, and I suspect that the
answer is no, but is there a desk accessory available that will take a
DVI file and print it on an Imagewriter?
The question comes up because I have TeXtures and OzTeX, with not enough
memory to run LaTeX through TeXtures. As things stand, when I want to use
LaTeX, I process it through OzTeX and then have to import the DVI file
into TeXtures for printing on the only printer connected to my Mac Plus,
an Imagewriter II.
Alan H. Stein | stein@uconnvm.bitnet
Department of Mathematics |
University of Connecticut | Compu$erve 71545,1500
32 Hillside Avenue | GEnie ah.stein
Waterbury, CT 06710 | SNET (203) 757-1231
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 90 21:57 EST
From: Michael Travers <mt@media-lab.media.mit.edu>
Subject: Emacs Command file for Word 4.0
This is a command file for Word 4.0 that makes the key bindings be as
close to Emacs as possible. Most of the standard cursor motion commands
are available, along with a few editing commands. This can eliminate a
lot of trips to the mouse. Since the Word commands have subtle
differences from Emacs, it can also be very irritating.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/msword-40-emacs-emulator.hqx; 6K]
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 90 23:18:17 EST
From: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Willie Perez)
Subject: FunKey
>From the author:
"FunKey is a replacement for Carlos Weber's old (but excellent) Pop-Keys
INIT. Like Pop-Keys, it allows you to pull up a popup menu from which
you can select any installed FKEYs. Unlike Pop-Keys, the menu is not
selected by moving to a part of the screen. Instead, when you hold down
the familiar Command and Shift keys, FunKeys changes the pointer to its
own "F" cursor. The menu pops up when you click the ouse button. FunKey
also overcomes some bugs and shortcomings of Pop-Keys."
Pop Keys is originally part of the F-Key Manager Package. Use StuffIt
1.5.1 to decode the BinHex material and decompress. Downloaded from
GEnie for your personal enjoyment. Enjoy! Willi
[Archived as /info-mac/init/funkey.hqx; 11K]
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Date: 2 February 1990 19:53:28 CST
From: PUDAITE@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
Subject: How do you seat an extended video ram chip?
While my Mac II was under warranty, the screen would sometimes 'streak'
in 256-color mode. I took it to the dealer and they said the extended video
ram chip was not properly seated. Now it's happening again and the 90 days
is over. Does anyone out there know how to reset the chip? Is it something
I can do myself?
Please E-Mail me directly.
Thanks,
Paul R. Pudaite
Bitnet: pudaite@uiucvmd
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 13:42 EST
From: The Blue Adept <KSBOLDUAN%AMHERST.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: How to Direct Generated Postscript File
For everyone out there who has ever held down the "F" or "K" key to create
a PostScript file I think that this little bit of information should be rather
useful. If you go into the LaserWriter driver with ResEdit and look at
STR ID = -8191, you will find the word "PostScript".
This, as everyone who's ever done this knows, is the name of the file that gets
created when you hold down F key after clicking OK in the LaserWriter print
dialog box. (Plus a 0, 1, 2, etc. depending on if one already exists in the
current folder) The biggest problem, of course, has been where to find this
mysterious file called "PostScript0". It's usually in the folder with the
application, but sometimes in the System folder-it all depends on the last
accessed folder. Well, here's how you change it:
Borrowing from Big Blue's idea of pathnames, all you have to do is put in the
desired pathname in STR -8191, and the output file will be anywhere you
want it. All you do is separate the levels with colons. So, if you have a
folder called FOLDER2 in a folder called FOLDER1 on your disk called HARD DISK,
just put HARD DISK:FOLDER1:FOLDER2:POSTSCRIPT in theStr of STR -8191 in the
LaserWriter and volia, your file PostScript0 (or, for that matter you can change
it to anything you want) will be sitting in FOLDER2.
Hope this helps clean things up for people.
Kevin Bolduan '91 Amherst College
KSBOLDUAN@AMHERST Bitnet Address
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 17:23:42 CST
From: lindahl@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Charlie Lindahl)
Subject: Info on Linear Programming packages on the Mac
We are looking for Linear Programming packages that run on the Mac (at
all ends of the price spectrum, not disincluding hardware add-ons).
If anyone knows of any could you please send me the following:
1) Name of the package
2) How to buy it.
3. Any comments you may have on the package.
Per net protocol, I will summarize any responses to the net.
Thanx,
Charlie S. Lindahl
Automation and Robotics Research Institute
University of Texas at Arlington
ARPA: lindahl@evax.utarl.edu
Note: Standard disclaimer: nobody believes me anyway, but these are my
own opinions.
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 12:12:39 EST
From: rpk@goldhill.com
Subject: Laser Fonts - Adobe and otherwise
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 90 14:43:47 PST
From: gelphman@adobe.com (David Gelphman)
... Other 3rd parties now ship Type 1 fonts, namely
Bitstream and the Font Company. I believe the Font Company Type 1
fonts now work with ATM and Bitstream fonts will work with the newly
announced upgrade to ATM (upgrade announcements go out this week I
believe and the upgrade will be available the first week of Feb.).
I noticed that the latest Image Club ads say ``now with HINTS.''
Does this legend imply Type 1, and therefore compatibility with ATM ?
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 10:28 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Need a class/room sked program.
Greetings,
I am looking for advice on class scheduling programs that will run on a Mac
Plus. The Yellow Barn Music Festival of Putney VT runs a 5 week series of
workshops and concerts for chamber musicians. Essentially they want to use
their two Mac Plusses to help them schedule the workshops and concerts much the
same way classes are scheduled in a school. Some people (the teachers) are
scheduled into every time slot. Some people (conservatory students) only
attend one or two sessions (of 5) per day. The max number of individuals is
about 40 "students" and 10 "teachers". 5 "classes" per day, six days per week.
Their budget is limited, so PD or Shareware would be preferred, but they are
not reluctant to approach companies for tax-deductible donations (of sw).
Any experience you have had with scheduling programs would be interesting and
useful to know about.
Thanks in advance,
Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer specialist
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY 13346
AppleLink - U0523
BITNET - PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
tel - 315-824-1000 ext 742
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 12:35 CST
From: <AE00732%SWTEXAS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: PageMaker Printing on a DEC PrintServer40?????
PageMaker Printing on a DEC PrintServer40????
I have been sending my macintosh output to new Printerserver 40
postscript printer that was just hooked up to our network. I
use "My-Page-Setup 1.2" to create the postscript files and a
friend of mine located a modified LaserPrep header file that
works with the PrintServer 40.
My problem is that PageMaker has its own Laserwriter Driver and
I cannot get PageMaker file to print. I have tried Command F and
Command K and I created the postscript files, but I think I need
a modified "Aldus Prep" file.
Does anyone know where I might look??
Please either post your responses here on Info-Mac or send them to
me at:
AE00732@SWTEXAS
Todd Ellzey
Southwest Texas State University
AE00732@SWTEXAS
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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 90 19:59:33 GMT
From: CYK10%PHOENIX.CAMBRIDGE.AC.UK@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Please add this!
Forgive me if this has been posted before (since I was barred from the waves
for a couple of days), but I would like to point out a _possible_
incompatibility problem between SUM BackUp and Virtual 2.0.
The trouble started when I installed Virtual 2.0 (14 megs and it doesn't wipe
out my StartupScreen anymore - joy! - or not). I backed up my 40M internal
Apple hard disk onto a 44M removable, then ran HD SetUp to try to squeeze out
an extra meg from my internal. Kerrang (crash) - the files in the backup
removable were unreadable with SUM BackUp! The dialog box said there was "a
problem reading the file - disk corrupted? Call Symantec" which I promptly did.
Symantec UK were no help at all - 3 days after my initial call (it was hard
enough to talk to somebody at "tech support", and they had to call the States
to ask Symantec there!), they told me I needed a new driver for the hard disk.
Meanwhile I had placed a collect call to Connectix in Menlo Park (who make
Virtual), and they told me that it was generally not a good idea to use Virtual
when running a backup program. It was such a contrast to Symantec - the guy
actually knew what he was talking about, gave me an immediate answer, and best
of all they paid for the call! The story ends happily - luckily I had another
backup, which I had sent to me (a total loss of half a week).
So the Moral of the Story is, when in doubt, start up with Virtual _off_,
_then_ do your backup. I know it's a bit of a painful process, and I'm not
running Virtual now because of the inconvenience - a pity after I paid so much
for it. Second Moral: It's no harm trying to call a software company collect,
try it - they MIGHT just accept the call!
Chong Yee Khoo
Queens' College Department of
Cambridge CB3 9ET Zoology
CYK10@UK.AC.CAM.PHX (JANET)
Disclaimer: I hope that this is a genuine problem, and that I haven't reported
a problem peculiar to my Mac setup. Anyway, just for the record, SUM BackUp
and Virtual are 2 fine programs!
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Date: 2 Feb 1990 13:26:02 EST
From: Akshay.K..Deshpande@cracs.arl.utexas.edu
Subject: Postscript printing.
Dear Mac Community,
I am trying to print a Word (on Mac) document on Laserwriter connected to a
Sun. I have converted the Word document to postscript format document using
the Command-f option from the Print menu. I then transferred the file to Sun
and sent it to the printer. The printer seems to be trying to print but nothing
comes out. I have whole bunch of font changes (mainly between Times with
different styles and Symbol fonts).
Can anyone tell me if I am doing something wrong or do I need to do something
additional to have it printed.
-akshay deshpande
Univ. of Texas at Arlington
cracs.arl.utexas.edu
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 90 13:51 MST
From: JOSEPH@cc.utah.edu
Subject: PrFlds 2.0 XCMD
PrFlds 2.0 - HyperCard XCMD for printing
This is my latest version of PrFlds. Version 2.0 fixes a bug in the
earlier versions when HyperCard would sometimes switch the grafport
in the middle of printing (this especially shows up when printing to
the AppleTalk Imagewriter).
PrFlds is a Hypercard XCMD that lets you set up and print any field,
container or expression in any location on the page in any font/size
style or justification, also continuing to subsequent pages as necessary
if so requested.
Joseph F. Buchanan
Computer Center - MEB 3440
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801) 581-8814
AppleLink: A91; bitnet: JOSEPH@UUCC.Utah.EDU
[Archived as /info-mac/hypercard/xcmd/prflds-20.hqx; 72K]
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 13:43 EST
From: DENNIS%SAPPHO@venus.ycc.yale.edu
Subject: QUESTION ABOUT XBITMAP.C
HELLO, EVERYBODY!
I HAVE TRIED TO USE MPW C 3.0 TO BUILD THE PROGRAM CALLED XBITMAP,BUT FAILED!
the main bug is that it doesn't recognize handle XCursor! so the command
Setursor(*XCursor) can never work! Does anbody know why? Does anybody know
a version of xbitmap.c which is working under mpw C 3.0?
well, let me tell you more about my problem. I am building a C program under
MPW to do color merge! So I need to read in three PICT or TIFF image, then
merge them, then save them as a PICT or TIFF image.Does anybody has a ready
answer for me!
Please reply me as soon as possible if anybody can!!!! Many thanks!!!
Dennis at Yale
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Date: 2 Feb 90 11:24:38
From: Wolfgang Naegeli <Wolfgang_Naegeli.ED_TSRS@qm01.ctd.ornl.gov>
Subject: Ready,Set,Go! to DesignStud
REGARDING Ready,Set,Go! to DesignStudio upgrade
I nominate Letraset as a strong contender for the annual "greediness" and
"least-user-friendly company" awards.
It has just released DesignStudio, which according to Rick LePage in MacWeek is
little more than a major upgrade of Ready,Set,Go!
Few Mac software publishers would dare to charge more than $75 to $99 for an
upgrade offering a comparable level of enhancements to an existing product. But
Letraset wants $325!
Second, and worse, they insist that users relinquish their Ready,Set,Go! disks
and manuals (not just the title page -- they want everything!). DesignStudio
can only read Ready,Set,Go! 4.5 files. Most existing users have many files from
previous versions of Ready,Set,Go! and if one of these needs to be printed with
minor modifications, it presumably would be much quicker to make the change in
Ready,Set,Go! than to first convert the file to DesignStudio. Letraset even
expects users of Ready,Set,Go! 4.0 to first obtain a conversion utility and to
convert all their old files (most of which may never be needed again -- but who
can predict which?) to Ready,Set,Go! 4.5 format before trading up (i.e. two
conversions are needed if one needs to use a pre-4.5 file in DesignStudio).
Finally, to add injury to insult, in the same announcement, Letraset has the
nerve to tell its loyal customers that after having shelled out an exorbitant
amount for an upgrade and complied with an onerous upgrade procedure -- they
should, by the way, no longer expect to receive any free technical support.
Wolfgang N. Naegeli
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Internet: wnn@ornl.gov Bitnet: wnn@ornlstc
Phone: 615-574-6143 Fax: 615-574-3895
Disclaimer: The above are my personal opinions.
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 15:19 CST
From: SYLVESTER%ED@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Valentine's Day graphics?
Does any know where I can get some graphics for Valentine's Day. I trying to
make a Mac Valentine?
Tim
SYLVESTER@ALISUVAX.BITNET
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Date: Friday, 2 February 1990 10:00pm EST
From: "Kim.Dyer" <21329KAD%MSU.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: VIRUS-L Digest V3 #30
I am forwarding this from Virus-L because I feel that the quick dissemination
of this information is vital. If either of these programs in on the achives
at this point, they should probably be checked.
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 90 15:00:32 -0700
>From: Peter Johnston <USERGOLD@UALTAMTS.BITNET>
Subject: Trojan Alert (MAC)
We have detected a new (to us) Macintosh trojan at the University of
Alberta. Two different strains have been identified. Both are
dangerous.
The first strain is imbedded in a program called 'Mosaic', type=APPL and
Creator=????. When launched, it immediately destroys the directories
of all available physically unlocked hard and floppy disks, including
the one it resides on. The attacked disks are renamed 'Gotcha!'.
Unmounted but available SCSI hard disks are mounted and destroyed by the
trojan. The files of hard disks are usually recoverable with one of
the available commercial file utility programs, but often the data file
names are lost. Files on floppy diskettes usually lose their Type and
Creator codes as well, making recovery a non-trivial procedure.
The second strain was detected in a Public Domain program called
'FontFinder', Type=APPL and Creator=BNBW. It has a trigger date of 10
Feb 90. Before that date, the application simply displays a list of
the fonts and point sizes in the System file.
On or after the trigger date, the trojan is invoked and disks are
attacked as for the first strain. The trojan can be triggered by
setting forward the Mac system clock.
Because the second strain has a latency period during which it is non-
destructive, it is much more likely to be widespread. Both trojans
were originally downloaded from a local Macintosh BBS here in Edmonton.
The second version was part of a StuffIt! archive named 'FontFinder.sit'
that also contained documentation and the source code for the FontFinder
application. This source code does NOT contain the source code for the
trojan.
A quick-and-dirty search string for VirusDetective (v/3.0.1 or later)
has been developed that appears to detect the trojan engine in both
strains. It is:
Resource CODE & ID = 1 & Data 44656174685472616B
Note that this will detect the currently known versions, but may or may
not detect mutated versions of this trojan.
There is some evidence that these trojans are related based on
preliminary investigation of the code. It has been speculated that the
second is an 'improved' version of the first (more sophisticated), or
that the two versions were developed by two individual perpetrators
working with the same trojan engine. There easily could be more
versions either circulating or being developed.
This appears to be the first deliberately destructive malicious code
that targets on the Macintosh. There is some suspicion that one or
both have been developed locally. There is also the possibility that
one or both were uploaded from a BBS in the Seattle, Washington area.
Our investigation is far from complete, but is continuing.
Please warn your Mac users to make proper back-ups on a regular basis,
be suspicious of all software not received from a trusted source until
tested, and generally, to practice 'safe computing'.
Any additional information on these two trojans or similar malicious
code would be appreciated. As and when our investigation turns up more
details, they will be posted...
Peter Johnston, P. Eng.
Senior Analyst, University Computing Systems,
352 - GenSvcBldg, The University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2H1
Phone: 403/492-2462
FAX: 403/492-7219
EMAIL: usergold@ualtamts.bitnet
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 20:52:42 -0600
From: dnewman@emx.utexas.edu (David Newman)
Subject: Wingz won't Launch?
I just bought Wingz 1.0 from the university micro center.
It won't launch. Rather, it lanuches, and then immediately
quits without any error messages of any kind. I'm just back
in the finder. Ive tried it with multifinder and finder, and
both are identical. I'm using a Mac SE with system 6.0.2. and
finder 6.1. (Or Multifinder 6.0.1) I've tried it with all
my inits, and without any of them - no change.
I'm rather pissed, not to mention the fact that the disk containing
the help files was bad.
Thanks for any assistance.
>>Dave
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 08:50:34 PST
From: shahryar@sutro.sfsu.edu (The Shah from Persia)
Subject: Working with AppleShare
Hello all,
I am looking for a utility for our AppleShare network. What I would
like to happen is to place certain cdev's, init's, and even Apple printer
drivers in a special folder on our AppleShare network and to be able to
use those files by the System that you boot up with. We have a great problem
in that our 800K disks cannot contain all the cdev's, init's, font's, and
LaserWriter drivers we wish to have without running out of room.
If anyone knows of a utility or has one, please send e-mail to
<suggestions@sutro.sfsu.edu>.
Thank you very much.
Shahryar
<shahryar@sutro.sfsu.edu>
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