Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (12/06/89)
Info-Mac Digest Tue, 5 Dec 89 Volume 7 : Issue 215
Today's Topics:
256K SIMM's
Amiga Mac Emulator reviewed
AppleShare volume mounting from HyperCard
Big Blue University needs help with MAC specs!
Getting a finder selection...
HyperCard-Specific Mailing List?
ImageWriter, ATM, & Word 4.0
I need a sonata 20 screen font.
Info-Mac Digest V7 #212
Looking for Mac Vegas (by Videx?)
Mac scheduling
Networking
ResCicn1.0b4.Hqx
ScreenSnap 2.2 Screen Capture utility update
Strange MultiFinder/HyperCard interaction bug
SYSTEM FOLDER PROTECTION
TN3270 (FTP *from* the Mac)
Troubles with Easy Envelopes+ 1.4c & DeskWriter
Typesetting conversions - HELP!
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 09:16 EDT
From: <EREN%HUCHE1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: 256K SIMM's
We have recently upgraded our Macs (SE and II) to 2.5 and 8 MB, we have now 1.5
MB RAM in 256k SIMM's. What can we do with them? is it possible to upgrade our
LaserWriterPlus? Sell them? Any other use?
Thanks
Doron Eren
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 17:32:15 +0100
From: HFPENAE%BLEKUL11.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Amiga Mac Emulator reviewed
At general request: Some hands-on remarks on A-Max :-)
First of all I own a Mac Plus and an Amiga 500 so I think that I am in a
good position to evaluate A-Max.
The mac emulator uses the Mac Plus 128k ROMs but only emulates a Mac 512Ke
and I haven't been able to get a system working higher than System 4,
(System 5 and System 6 -I even tried System 6.0.3 just won't boot)
and System 4 is no longer supported by Apple. However Finder 6.0 seems to
work fine in conjunction with System 4.
There is no standard Hard Disk support (I know there are interfaces that
will solve this problem but at extra cost) so you better have more than
1 meg RAM. You can initialize a RAM disk by pressing F1 and copy all
system files into it. This speeds up the system considerably. The RAM
disk is permanent, ever after A-Max reboot. The RAM disk is not HFS,
however this is no problem.
The Mac's PRAM is not supported (Permanent RAM, contains information
about the system like mouse speed,...) however, the Amiga clock is supported.
A1000 owners still have to set the clock manually.
Graphics are considerably faster than a standard Mac Plus or SE. This
is especially noticable in action games. Unlike the Mac Plus, mousemovement
does not slow down while inserting a disk (Nice patch :-)). Effective
CPU speed is approx. 10% slower due to clockspeed. Both effects probable
even out in average use.
Remark: Somebody said MacWrite works twice as fast on A-Max but
he probably used a RAM disk or a large Cache memory. MacWrite
keeps temporary files in the system folder.
Mac Sound is not supported except for a dull beep.
I've put my Mac besides my Amiga and connected them using a nullmodem.
Transferring at 19200 baud using Macbinary to RAM disk works fast, without
any trouble. Transferring via ntermediate disk formats is too
clumsy and complicated for my taste. Atari emulators do drive things
much better.
Screen: You can choose between interlace 640 x 512 or non-interlace
with screenscrolling. Both solutions are unsatisfactory because
interlace is very bad for displaying a Macscreen due to its
very fine lines and screenscrolling is a bit weird. (Note: ECS de
mode and A2024 are also supported)
- ECS mode
- A2024
- Interlaced - 640 x 512
- 512 x 342
- Non Interlaced (640 x 512 or 512 x 342)
- Paged
- Fast scrolling
- Smooth scrolling
Memory: Mac software has problems using non continuously allocated
memory so on a 1Mb Amiga you can only run a 512Kb Mac. Fast
RAM is still useable as RAM disk. These days, 512Kb is not
enough for the better Mac programs.
Finder: Heavily patched.
Formatting: naming a disk happens after formatting instead
of before.
Disk To Disk copy: Replaced by filecopy.
Command-Option-key combinations don't work. (E.g. CMD-OPT-E)
Restart crashes (this is mentioned in the documentation)
MultiFinder works fine.
SoftWare: HyperCard is supposed to work but I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
GET IT GOING YET. Tested on a 1Mb and a 2.5Mb system.
Too bad because HyperCard is a very important program
on a Mac today. MS Word, WordPerfect and other popular
software seem to run fine.
Programming: There is no substitute for the RESET or INTERRUPT
buttons. This makes programming very difficult if
not impossible (MacsBug = Forget It)
General conclusion: A-Max is very good for a first release however
there are still bugs to be corrected and improvements to be made.
I guess A-Max will be used by people who have a Mac at work and
an Amiga at home or by the interested hobbyist. Interlace is
and continuous to be a very big obstacle to use A-Max for longer
periods of time and professional use.
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Disclaimer: All opinions stated in this article are entirely mine
and might be incorrect or incomplete.
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 89 10:49:14 -0500
From: demarsee@icarus.cns.syr.edu (Darryl E. Marsee)
Subject: AppleShare volume mounting from HyperCard
Is there a way in HyperCard to mount an AppleShare volume transparently
without having any user intervention (via the Chooser or anything else)?
What I want to do is when a user to clicks on a button, for HyperCard to
mount an AppleShare volume (as Guest), and then go to a stack on that
volume.
Is this do-able?
Regards,
Darryl E. Marsee
Syracuse University
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Date: 30 Nov 89 01:33:13 GMT
From: usenet@paris.ics.uci.edu
Subject: Big Blue University needs help with MAC specs!
Evelyn.Buffington.USGEHB.%.GSUVM1@ricevm1.rice.edu writes:
>users (give them a choice, not just IBM!) Let's just say I want to
>do plain old word processing to begin with. We've got WordPerfect
>on the IBM. I'd also love to do DTP on it and get away from
>Ventura Publisher on the IBM.
First: Congratulations! You will enjoy it, I'm sure. Do expect a
"getting-used-to" period. Things work differently and not always as one
might be used to. Here is a suggested "hot" but not overly high-end
system. After that, I'll show a low-end and a high-end system. I'll
show suggested retail prices. Normal "street prices" are generally up
to 40% off the retail, with higher educational discounts counting for
even more.
M5660 Mac IIcx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4669.00
M0404 Apple Macintosh Portrait Display . . . . . . $1099.00
M0119 Macintosh II Portrait Display Video Card . . $ 599.00
M0115 Apple Extended Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . $ 229.00
----------------------------------------------------- --------
Total Apple hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . $6596.00
4 MB RAM from 3rd party vendor . . . . . . . $ 360.00
80 MB Disk from 3rd party vendor . . . . . . $ 650.00
----------------------------------------------------- --------
Total Mac IIcx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7606.00
possible "street price" . . . . . . . . . . $5300.00
You didn't mention software but I'll stick my neck out and make a few
suggestions. You should know that most of the major publishers offer
academic versions which are identical to retail versions with the
exception of some of the extra support documentation at GREATLY reduced
prices. Pursue these. I know all the Microsoft and Claris products are
available from student bookstores at academic prices. Not to start any
wars, but some favorites are:
word processing . . . . . . . . . . Microsoft Word
spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . Microsoft Excel
telecommunications . . . . . . . . Software Ventures: MicroPhone II
drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claris: MacDraw II
color paint . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Arts: Studio/8
desktop publishing (easiest) . . . Aldous: PageMaker
desktop publishing (best features) Quark: XPress
disk recovery . . . . . . . . . . . Symantic: S.U.M.
disk backup . . . . . . . . . . . . Microseeds: Redux or SuperMac: DiskFit
virus detection (free) . . . . . . John Norstad: Disinfectant
virus prevention (free) . . . . . . Chris Johnson: Gatekeeper
There are, I'm sure, people who will dispute this, but Word Perfect for
the Mac is a dog. It's slow and, to me, has a clumsy user interface.
Maybe it's because I'm used to Word (which has its own unique interpre-
tations of the Mac user interface). If WordPerfect made it easier to
keep files compatible between Mac and PC versions (it can be done, it's
just clumsy) it would be worth more, just for that.
Now, the low-end Mac:
M5880 Macintosh Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1799.00
Third party external 40MB hard disk . . . . . $ 525.00
------------------------------------------------------- --------
Total low-end Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2324.00
Disadvantages: slow, small screen, unreliable power supply, very
unergonomic keyboard.
A low, high-end Mac:
same as the suggested system above except:
M0400 Apple High-Resolution Monochrome Monitor . . . $ 399.00
minus cost of portrait display . . .-1099.00
M0504 Mac II 1-bit video card . . . . . . . . . . . $ 199.00
minus cost of portrait card . . . .- 599.00
40 MB Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 475.00
minus cost of 80 MB drive . . . . .- 650.00
------------------------------------------------------- --------
Total low-end Mac II . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6331.00
Disadvantages: smaller screen (same as PC), smaller drive.
The high-end Mac:
same as the suggested system above except:
M0402 Apple Two-Page Monochrome Monitor . . . . . . $2149.00
minus cost of portrait display -1099.00
M0260 Mac II Two-Page Monochrome Video Card . . . . same cost
additional 4 MB RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 360.00
------------------------------------------------------- --------
Total high-end Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9016.00
Advantages: bigger display, more memory to run more programs under
MultiFinder.
A color system using Apple's M0401 color monitor and M0324 display card
is about $50 less than the Portrait Display combo: smaller screen, but
color. Higher end systems with faster CPUs, 32-bit color, larger hard
drives are not consistent with your intended uses.
There! A lot of words!
--scott
CLAIMER: I speak for everybody!
--
Scott Truesdell
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 03:01 EST
From: WATTS@urhep
Subject: Getting a finder selection...
Hey y'all,
Is there some way to determine what file (if any) is selected on the desktop?
Lets say I have some FKEY or DA that is going to do a file operation. What I
would like is to be able to pick up the filename directly from the desktop.
My guess is that the working directory is already set up correctly. But I
need some way to get at the file name.... Grrr!
Thanks in advance,
Gordon.
BITNET: WATTS@UORHEP
INTERNET: gwatts@ruthep.rutgers.edu
USMAIL: Gordon Watts
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
14627-0011
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 16:23:13 MDT
From: "Bruce A. Carter" <DUSCARTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: HyperCard-Specific Mailing List?
Greetings all,
Does anyone know of a HyperCard-specific mailing list (newsgroup,
interestgroup or whatever in the heck you want to call it) available on
InterNet?
* BRUCE A. CARTER OFFICE: (208) 385-1250 *
** COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR MESSAGE: (208) 385-1433 **
*** BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, 1910 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BOISE, ID 83725 ***
** BITNET: DUSCARTE@IDBSU INTERNET: DUSCARTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU **
* APPLELINK: U0919 CIS: 76666,511 PLATO: CARTER/IDAHO/PCA *
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 20:17:50 EDT
From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock)
Subject: ImageWriter, ATM, & Word 4.0
Many people have been asking about the patch for Microsoft Word to
enable fractional widths for printing to the ImageWriter when using
ATM. The following patch will enable fractional widths. Use at your
own risk, as always.
(Originally from Compu$erve)
Here's the patch to make MS Word 4.0 use Fractional Widths on an Imagewriter:
* Use FEDIT to open the resource fork of MS Word, or use ResEdit to open the
resource PCOD 0.
* Search for the string 0C6C 0001 370C 6722 302E 0014 4EAC. This string occurs
at about EFDA hex in PCOD 0.
* Change the 6722 to a 4E71.
What does this do? Changing the 6722 (BEQ.S *+22) to 4E71 (NOP) eliminates the
branch in the MS Word code that skips the Fractional Width feature if the
device is an Imagewriter.
Now, choose Commands from the Edit menu, and use the dialog to add the
Fractional Widths command to the File menu. Then check off Fractional Widths.
Ta-Da.
I don't work for Microsoft, and this patch is for your private use at your own
risk.
--
Ken Hancock '90 | DISCLAIMER: I'm graduating and looking for
Consultant | a job, so I'll stand by my words.
Computer Resource Center |==============================================
Dartmouth College | EMAIL: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 10:59 CST
From: <S0G7559%TAMSIGMA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: I need a sonata 20 screen font.
Hello!
I need a sonata 20 screen font for my application.
But it was little bit hard to find it.
I couldn't find in info-mac (they have sonata 18,24 ... in font\adobe dir.)
Do you have any ideas?
I appreciate you in advance.
****************************************************************************
* *
* Suncheol Gweon *
* Texas A&M University *
* BITnet : s0g7559@TAMSIGMA *
* SESQUInet : s0g7559@SIGMA.TAMU.EDU *
* *
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 89 17:41:49 CST
From: james968@dopey.cc.utexas.edu (James Hammett)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V7 #212
I have a Macintosh SE running on System 6.0.3. When I boot up off of my hard disk I get a rather cryptic message "Macros Macros" with an OK button.
Does anybody know what it means?
I am currently using Boomarang and Superclock and some other inits. My hardrive is an internal 20 meg Thrird Wave(MiniScribe) disk.
Thanks ahead of time for any help
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 89 08:55:59 -0800
From: david@cs.ucla.edu (David Dantowitz)
Subject: Looking for Mac Vegas (by Videx?)
Any hints on finding it or something like it...
(It's has most of the casino games you find in Las Vegas)
David
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 09:31:36 EDT
From: Kathy DuBose <DUBOSE%AKRONVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Mac scheduling
Hi,
One of the students here at the University is looking for a scheduling
program for the macintosh. What she wants to do is to schedule 17
baseball teams to a certain number of baseball fields. Any ideas . . .
Kathy
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 15:09 EST
From: <23184116%VUVAXCOM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Networking
I am trying to set up a network among forty macs.
The school I am at has already installed Novell's Netware for
Macintosh on a dedicated Zenith server b/c we already have three
other netware servers we want to communicate with. My problem is
that all the Localtalk connectors(Daynatalk, Phonenet, Flashtalk)
are too slow for our needs. I am looking into getting Ethernet or
Arcnet cards, but they are still very expensive.
Can anyone help me as to other networking options implementing
our already installed NetWare? Also, can anyone give me the name
of some cheap Ethernet or Arcnet cards? (The cheapest I have found
are FastNet III cards @ $375 a card)
Thanx
Bill Cockayne
Bitnet: 231841168%VUVAXCOM.Bitnet@RICEVM1.rice.edu
or contact me directly @
Apt.530
1030 E. Lancaster Ave.
Rosemont, PA 19010
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Date: 30 Nov 89 03:27:13 GMT
From: usenet@paris.ics.uci.edu
Subject: ResCicn1.0b4.Hqx
Roland Mansson <roland@dna.lth.se> writes:
>ResCicn version 1.0b4
>Designed and programmed by Frederic Miserey
> 13, boulevard Pasteur
> 51100 Reims
> France
>
>This is version 1.0b4 of ResCicn, which is a color icon editor,
>composed of a set of resources that you must copy in ResEdit.
>Copy even the picker & the ldef as Apple's are quick and dirty).
>You may use it even if you don't have Color QuickDraw.
Accckkkkk!!!!
The "current" version is 1.0b8 and THAT's 4 months old. Frederic
is working on a "release" version but is somewhat less than enthusiastic
now that Apple has decided they don't want his code. The newer version
works with the release version of ResEdit 1.2, 32-bit QuickDraw, and
System 6.0.3 or greater. It is much more robust than earlier versions
though some of the editor still cause fairly catastrophic crashes.
In this newer version he has broken out all the common color editing
code into CPAK resources, with individual pickers and editors using
very little code. It supports cicn, icl4, icl8, crsc, and probably
something else I've left out. the icl8 format is what will probably
be used by System 7.0 to show color icons in the finder. They are much
smaller than cicn's because they use the system pallet and they use
the ICN#'s b&w icon and mask.
I hesitate to upload 1.0b8 because of the (probably) imminant release
of ver 1.0. I'll talk with Frederic and see how he's doing. He should
be back in France now after yatttus (yet another trip to the U. S.).
--scott
--
Scott Truesdell
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 9:25:27 PST
From: "Mike Hewett" <hewett@sumex-aim.stanford.edu>
Subject: ScreenSnap 2.2 Screen Capture utility update
Knowledge Source, Inc. announces the release of a new version of
ScreenSnap(TM) 2.2, our screen capture utility.
ScreenSnap 2.2 is a shareware application that lets you take a snapshot of
any rectangular portion of the Macintosh screen and save it in a window for
later use. Once created, the snapshot can be inverted, moved, saved as a
PICT file, copied to the Clipboard (and pasted into applications such as
HyperCard(R), MacDraw(R), or WriteNow(R)), printed, or just left hanging
around on-screen for reference. Because ScreenSnap uses PICT format for
its files, it can read the output of most drawing programs, and be used as
a PICT file viewer. ScreenSnap handles color, multiple monitors (including
snapping across monitors), and multiple screensnaps.
ScreenSnap is useful in many situations. For example:
- When reading electronic mail, an important message can be snapped for
later reference.
- When running a program, important results can be snapped and printed
instantly.
- When programming, screen output can be snapped and saved for later
reference, for user interface mock-up, or for pasting into a document.
The previous version of ScreenSnap was called Snap 2.1. (We changed the
name for distinctiveness.). New functionality in ScreenSnap 2.2 includes:
- an expanded, scrolling Help screen, with an added button to print it,
- the ability to set the default screensnap size,
- a "splash" screen that automatically closes when the program
initialization is completed, so the user does not need to dismiss it,
- improved memory management (safer and more efficient),
- speed improvements, and
- response to the 'help' key on the extended keyboard.
It's also cheaper. We're asking for $11 shareware fee, versus the $17
we asked for Snap 2.1. Registered owners should have received the
version 2.2 plus a rebate by now.
Vaughan Johnson
Knowledge Source, Inc.
415/326-1374
EMail: KSI@Applelink.Apple.COM
[Archived as /info-mac/util/screensnap-21.hqx; 156K]
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 14:15:00 DNT
From: Jakob Nielsen <DATJN%NEUVM1.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Strange MultiFinder/HyperCard interaction bug
Today I had the following experience:
Using HyperCard (1.2.2) under MultiFinder (System 6.0.3) on a Mac SE/30
in a 1100 K partition.
Suddenly it quits with the error message "HyperCard has Quit unexpectedly"
or something like that. This returns me to the Finder, but *without* the
menu bar (I was using a stack which had hidden the menu bar).
Even restarting HyperCard did not help me to get the menu bar back, the
only escape was to hit the reset button.
Jakob Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark
Department of Computer Science, DK-2800 Lyngby Copenhagen, DENMARK
Tel: +45-31-38 23 20 or +45-42-88 15 66. Fax: +45-42-88 22 39
Email: datJN@NEUVM1.bitnet OR jn@iddth.dk OR nielsen.chi@xerox.com
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 89 10:05 CST
From: A10NJW1%NIU.BITNET@uicvm.uic.edu
Subject: SYSTEM FOLDER PROTECTION
WE HAVE AN OPEN ACCESS STUDENT MACINTOSH LAB ON OUR CAMPUS. WE HAVE
BEEN RUNNING WITHOUT A NETWORK AND THE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS ARE A
HEADACHE. STUDENTS LIKE TO PLAY AND INDIVIDUALIZE THE MACHINE.
THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THEN ANY OTHER MAC USER. NEXT SEMESTER, WE
ARE GOING TO NETWORK THE LAB.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLEVIATE AS MUCH SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AS
POSSIBLE. AS THE SYSTEM FOLDER MUST BE ON EACH MACHINE, WE
ARE LOOKIN FOR WAYS TO PREVENT STUDENTS FROM TRASHING FILES,
ADDING THEIR OWN FILES TO THE SYSTEM, CHANGING CONTROL PANEL
CONFIGURATION, AND OPENING THE SYSTEM FOLDER. WHEN PROGRAM
DEFAULTS ARE SET (LIKE SUPERPAINT), WE WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT
CHANGES TO THE DEFAULTS. IN A NUTSHELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO
PREVENT ANY CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE BEEN USING MACTOOLS TO CHANGE FILE ATTRIBUTES
BUT THAT IS A STOPGAP SOLUTION AT BEST. REMOVING THE CONTROL
PANEL FROM THE DA'S WORKS BUT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US.
IN SHORT, DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR
LOCKING THE SYSTEM FOLDER (PASSWORD?) THAT WOULD ALLOW THE
SYSTEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, BOOT FROM THE HARD DRIVE, AND
DENY UNAUTHORIZED USERS ANY SORT OF ACCESS.
I WILL SUMMARIZE RESPONSES FOR THE NET.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
NORMA WILEY
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 09:43 EST
From: Thomas R. Blake <TBLAKE%BINGVAXA.BITNET@bingvmc.cc.binghamton.edu>
Subject: TN3270 (FTP *from* the Mac)
Folks,
Someone mentioned recently that BYU distributes a version of TN3270 that
has been patched to allow the Mac to initiate FTP transfers. I immediately
tried to FTP same from BYU, I did a grep of /etc/hosts looking for BYU, found
three and checked them out. None seemed to have what I was looking for. Could
someone give me more specific instructions as to *how* BYU distributes this?
(If I do get it via FTP, what host? [Directory?])
Tom Blake
SUNY-Binghamton
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 13:51:06 EST
From: ngo%tammy@harvard.harvard.edu (Tom Ngo)
Subject: Troubles with Easy Envelopes+ 1.4c & DeskWriter
Easy Envelopes+ 1.4c does not seem to work with the DeskWriter, at
least if you do not have ATM. Here are my symptoms:
* With version 1.3c, I used to get a system error every time I
clicked "OK" in the Print dialog box.
* Now, with version 1.4c, whenever I click "OK" in the Print
dialog box, EE+ has displayed its "now printing envelope" box,
then quit without printing anything. This happens with and
without "High quality printer fonts" and "font substitution"
clicked.
I am told that EE+ runs fine with ATM. If so, shouldn't it run
equally well with plain old bitmapped fonts?
P.S. Norm Gall, thanks for sending me EE+ 1.4c!
--Tom Ngo
e-mail: ngo@harvard.harvard.edu
US mail: 12 Oxford St Box 201
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-1768 (office)
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 10:52 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Typesetting conversions - HELP!
Greeting,
We have many text files which contain the text of a book with formatting codes
>From a Penta typesetting system. We are interested in converting these files
to either: MSWord 4.0, MSWord 3.0 or RTF format. Due to the large number of
files which need conversion we can't simply use search and replace to change
the codes. We are considering writing a program to do the conversion, but want
to make sure we would not be reinventing the wheel.
Do you know of an existing program (commercial or otherwise) that exists for
this purpose?
Please respond directly and I will summarize to the Net.
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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