Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (11/24/89)
Info-Mac Digest Thu, 23 Nov 89 Volume 7 : Issue 209
Today's Topics:
AdobeNumbers.sit.hqx
Big Blue University needs help with MAC specs!
Cat DA.sit.hqx
Drive access questions
Easy Envelopes 1.3c.sit.hqx
felix.sit.hqx
Help on Tape Drive Purchase
Info-Mac Digest V7 #206
INIT hassles
Keyboard Layout
Microsoft Works v2.00b Updater
Murphy2.sit.hqx
PS previewer for Mac
RGB monitor "focus" line
still looking for TIFF
Strange problem
Toshiba hard drives
Wanted: Sheet music editing program
WhereSIT 1.4
WORD 3.01 CRASHES ON IIci
Word bugs (nov 89)
WriteNow file conversion
Wyse 50 Terminal emulator
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:35:45 EST
From: jonathan@starbase.mitre.org (Jonathan Leblang)
Subject: AdobeNumbers.sit.hqx
This DA lists all adobe type faces and their NFNT number - very simple
(from a Washington DC area BBS)
[Archived as /info-mac/da/adobe-numbers.hqx; 13K]
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Date: 21 November 89, 16:56:14 EST
From: Evelyn.Buffington.USGEHB.%.GSUVM1@ricevm1.rice.edu
Subject: Big Blue University needs help with MAC specs!
Hello. After years of trying, we have finally gotten approval to order
2 (count them!) Macintosh computers. Since I asked for them, I get to
write up the specifications for what I want. HELP! I have been
surrounded by Big Blue and don't even know what to ask for!
Most of you will want to know: What does she want to do with it? It
makes a big difference. That is where the problem lies. I work in
User Services and just want to have a couple of Macs available for our
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.
Many thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction.
I apologize if I've left any important info out.
I can post responses to the list if anyone else is interested.
Evelyn Buffington BITNET: USGEHB@GSUVM1
User Services/Computer Center FAX: (404) 651-2013
Georgia State University Phone: (404) 651-2686
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 "soon to join the ranks of Mac-lovers"
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:36:33 EST
From: jonathan@starbase.mitre.org (Jonathan Leblang)
Subject: Cat DA.sit.hqx
This DA is a nice demo of ICON animation
(from a Washington DC area BBS)
[Archived as /info-mac/da/cat.hqx; 18K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 13:31 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Drive access questions
Subject: RE:Drive access questions
Dana Cartwright wonders:
>1. How do I reliably determine the number of drives in a Mac (I'm thinking
> of physical drives, not RAM disks nor networked servers) and their
> drive numbers?
It occures to me that a simple loop calling DriveStatus (IM: II-215) with
different (sequential) drive numbers will fail at the first non-existant drive
with a nsDrvErr (no such drive). The new Disk Driver numbers all drives
contiguously, so there are no gaps in the drive numbers, as there could be in
the old system for instance on an SE with one internal and one external drive.
FUNCTION DriveStatus (drvNum:INTEGER; VAR status:DrvSts): OSErr;
>2. For removable media devices which support multiple densities, how do
> I determine the current media density?
The same call returns (in status) various information about the kind of drive,
kind of disk that is in it (if any) etc. I haven't found documentation that
differentiates between 800K and 1.44MB drives, but it is probably in there
somewhere.
Hope this helps.
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: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:37:45 EST
From: jonathan@starbase.mitre.org (Jonathan Leblang)
Subject: Easy Envelopes 1.3c.sit.hqx
This DA by Andrew Welsch prints envelopes on a laserwriter and keeps a list
of up to 5000 addresses.
[Archived as /info-mac/da/easy-envelopes.hqx; 93K]
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:40:49 EST
From: jonathan@starbase.mitre.org (Jonathan Leblang)
Subject: felix.sit.hqx
This INIT displays system information at startup (i.e. mem size, ROMs,
keyboard, quickdraw, user name)
(from a Washington DC area BBS)
[Archived as /info-mac/init/felix.hqx; 8K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 09:29:26 EST
From: "Bret Ingerman 315-443-1114" <INGERMAN%SUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Help on Tape Drive Purchase
Hello.
I am interested in purchasing a tape drive unit to back up an AppleShare
Server and a number of hard disk Macs. I read the review of tape backup
units in the December MacUser, and am leaning toward the MagicTape 60
CT-600H tape unit. An added advantage to this unit (besides cost) is that
it comes bundled with the Retrospect backup program (a very powerful
piece of software).
Does anyone have any experience with this drive, or CT-600H drives in
general? I would appreciate any help.
BTW: The cost of the unit is $695.00 and the 60MB tapes cost $30.00
Thanks.
Bret Ingerman ingerman@suvm.acs.syr.edu
Microcomputer Consultant (315) 443-1114
Syracuse University
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 17:03:37 EST
From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V7 #206
][ In a Mac is one such emulator. It emulates an unenhanced Apple //e
with 128k of ram and two super serial cards. The emulation is pretty
darn good. It is uncanny how it reacts like a real Apple ][. It
does run on macs from the 512 up through the Mac IIs but it does not
support color on any of them. You must be in 2 bit (monochrome) mode
to use it. It is slow, really slow. My Mac II running ][ in a Mac
runs Apple // programs at about 3/4 the speed of a real 1Mhz Apple
//e.
The program can use your 800k Mac drive as an Apple II unidisk,
allowing you to read and write directly from Apple // ProDOS formatted
3.5" diskettes.
][ in a Mac's handling of the 80 column screen is very clumsy.
It works. Its not too expensive. Call the publisher for more
specifics.
There was one other Apple II Emulator available in the past, It was a
more interesting emulation, but the 128k Mac roms broke it, and the
publisher never upgraded the product. Therefore it only runs on the
Mac 128 and 512. Not too useful and I doubt you would be able to find
it.
Seymour
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 89 11:07:17 GMT
From: CS1 Student <DeaneS%qgb.bristol.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk>
Subject: INIT hassles
Hi there,
more INIT troubles I'm afraid, but not Black Box for a change...
Infact, I'm having problems with an INIT that I have written which
password protects my machine...
[incidentaly, you can get round it easily by booting off a floppy, but
it suffices for my purposes...]
Basically, my INIT seems to crash if the 32-bit quickdraw patch isn't
in my system folder...
It also sometimes complains if ColourDesk isn't there, or if it runs
before colour desk...
I think I must have forgotten to initialise something, but I haven't got
a clue what...
Other important details are:
I'm using a IIcx
I'm using colour QD, displaying a dialog with a colour PICT, and a coloured
edit text box
When it does crash, it displays the dialog quite happily, but bombs when I hit
a key (ie enter some text into the edit box)
Any ideas??
- Sam -
JANET: DeaneS@qgb.bristol.ac.uk
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 89 22:26:07 GMT
From: Andrew <AJM19%phoenix.cambridge.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk>
Subject: Keyboard Layout
Dear Netters,
A friend was asking me how he could turn the keyboard into the German
version... I gather that a few of the keys are in different places. What
do I need to achieve this? Is there some particular resource that I
should paste into the System? Will this then automatically appear under
the Keyboard choices in the Control Panel? Where can I get a copy of the
necessary file(s)?
Please reply to me directly, and thanx in advance.
AJM19 <AJM19%uk.ac.cambridge.phoenix@uk.ac.ucl.cs.nss>
Andrew Mason
Darwin College
Cambridge
UK
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Date: Mon Nov 13 08:42:13 1989
From: microsoft!arts@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Microsoft Works v2.00b Updater
Update Name:
============
Microsoft Works Version 2.00b
Who Needs the Update:
=====================
The Works v2.00b patch program automatically updates your copy of
Works v2.00a to version v2.00b. Version 2.00b fixes a inconsistency
between Works and Apple's new Macintosh IIci. There are no other
changes to the program. Maintenance releases like version 2.00b are
sometimes necessary as Microsoft can not anticipate new hardware
released after software begins shipping.
Instructions for Using the Update:
==================================
Place a a copy of this patch program along with a copy of Microsoft
Works v2.00a in the same folder. Launch the patch program and click
on the OK button to update your copy of Microsoft Works v2.00a.
Restrictions Applying to this Update:
=====================================
None... distribute it as widely as possible to all Macintosh IIci
owners.
Contact Information:
====================
In the event of any troubles associated with installing this update,
please contact our Support Staff at:
Microsoft Corporation
Product Support Department
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
(206) 454-2030 {Pacific Standard Time}
[Archived as /info-mac/app/microsoft-works-200b-updater.hqx; 13K]
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:38:50 EST
From: jonathan@starbase.mitre.org (Jonathan Leblang)
Subject: Murphy2.sit.hqx
This INIT displays one of several Murphy's laws at startup
(from a Washington DC area BBS)
[Archived as /info-mac/init/murphy.hqx; 36K]
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Date: 21 Nov 89 14:50 +0100
From: Carl Petter Swensson <cepe%si.uninett@nac.no>
Subject: PS previewer for Mac
Dear Net,
does anyone know of a PostScript previewer for the Macintosh, commercial or
nublic domail
?
I am writing a program that generates ps files, and would like to preview
teh generated ps files instead of having to print them.
Any information on such a previewer would be appreciated.
Carl P. Swensson
Taskon
Oslo, Norway
cepe@si.uninett.no
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Date: 21 Nov 1989 13:32:47 EST
From: Thomas.Ivers@cuplvx.apne.columbia.edu
Subject: RGB monitor "focus" line
I recently purchased an Apple Hi-Res RGB monitor for a IIci but don't yet have
the memory to use it in color mode. Upon turning it on I noticed a faint
horizontal line about 1 pixel wide located about 2/3's down the screen in
which the pixels are perceptibly dark. Technical services at the store
>From which I bought it claims that this is a "focus line" and that all Sony
monitors have it. (Evidently it is red in color mode). Does anyone know
if this is true and, if so, can it be disabled?
Tom Ivers
Internet: IVERS@CUPLVX.APNE.COLUMBIA.EDU
MFEnet: IVERS@CMR
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 89 09:37 MET
From: "B.J. de Vries, CCA" <DEVRIES%AMC.UVA.NL@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: still looking for TIFF
Hi,
I am still looking for a description of the TIFF file format.
Nobody answered my question a few weeks ago, it seems to be a problem or
nobody is interrested...
What we are trying to do is to put something together that can be of help
in the medical illustration department.
The illustrators work with mac's, the photographers work with MS-DOS.
I want them to work together and make it posible to have grafics shared.
Reason 1: attached to the MS-DOS machine there is photoequipment
Reason 2: attached to the Mac's is a high quality laser
With some networking and some software we should be able to share.
I am not aware of any commercial software.
Everybody has something to say about standard text formats.
Here is my opinion:
Why is everybody in favor of some wordprocessor nobody else likes?
People work with the thing they like best. As long as we continue behaving
like this why should the software builders bother about standards? Why should
we?
My problem with TIFF is more or less the same, it's only graphics!
Yours,
Berend de Vries
CCA, Medical Faculty
University of Amsterdam
devries@amc.uva.nl
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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 89 08:10:07 EDT
From: Denis Beauchemin <IN10%UDESVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Strange problem
Hi,
I have a strange problem with Textures (TeX typesetting system): it refuses
to print my files except if I'm using a Mac II! I've tried it on a Mac+
with a SCSI disk, on an SE-FDHD (brand new) with an internal hard drive,
and on an SE/30 also with an internal hard drive to no avail. All I get
is strange messages such as "Memory is running low", "Printing Error -108",
sometimes bombs ID=02 or 00, and I even got this: "Sorry, I've run out of
memory; I need 858993480 bytes more"!!! Do I need virtual memory to use
it ? :-)
All the Macs have at least 2.5 megs (some have 5), and the ones with 2.5
are all running single Finder. What's funny about this is the fact that
it works very well on a Mac II, under MultiFinder (in a 1 Meg partition).
I've tried System 6.0.2 and 6.0.3 with the same results. I also tried to
increase the heap space (128K above normal). I'm running version 1.01f
of Textures, and System 6.0.2 on the Mac II (which works) and the Mac+
(which doesn't work); all Mac SEs (that don't run) are running 6.0.3.
I get these error messages right after it shows the dialog telling me:abo
"Looking for LaserWriter Laser II Profs". I then hear a lot of bells,ag
then the laserwriter dialog box gets filled with junk and then the funnydialog
messages. I don't know if it can make a difference, but the laser printer
is a LaserWriter IINT.
Thanks for the help!
--> Denis Beauchemin, Analyste --> IN10@UDESVM.BITNET
Departement de mathematiques (819) 821-7022
et d'informatique
Universite de Sherbrooke
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Date: Mon 20 Nov 89 09:50:09-EST
From: Mark Maybury <MAYBURY@tops20.radc.af.mil>
Subject: Toshiba hard drives
Has anyone had experience with Toshiba hard drives? In particular, I would
like to know about their 100mb (96mb formatted) drive.
Mark Maybury
Rome Air Development Center
Knowledge Engineering Branch (COES)
Griffiss AFB, NY 13441-5700
TEL (315) 330-3655
FAX (315) 330-3911
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Date: 21 Nov 89 23:02:17 GMT
From: gjp@sei.cmu.edu (George Pandelios)
Subject: Wanted: Sheet music editing program
Hello Netlanders,
My church choir is rebuilding its music library. We need to transcribe our
sheet music onto a standard format. Accordingly, I am looking for a music
editing software product that will have the following features:
Create musical scores (paper) that handle 4 parts (soprano, alto, tenor
& bass) with all scoring marks (Crescendo, decrescendo, etc.). The
output will be 8.5" x 11" sheets.
The page layout should be completely flexible as to number of staffs
and size. And there should be room for three sets of lyrics (English,
Greek, and phonetic Greek) under each line of the music.
I am not so much interested in a product that can play back the score that
I enter (that's gravy). It's the editing capabilities and the support of
the Greek alphabet that I really need.
Please email any information to me. If there is sufficient interest, I
will summarize to the net.
Thanks,
George
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 8:46:36 EST
From: Kenneth Sussmann (PBMA) <sussmann@pica.army.mil>
Subject: WhereSIT 1.4
Here is WhereSIT 1.4. The following excerpt from the
documentation explains what it is:
WhereSIT is an application which functions similarly to a file
finder (for example Find File, by David Goldsmith, distributed
with the Apple System disks). It searches for a StuffIt archive
in the specified directory and scans it for a search key name. It
lists all files within an archive which it finds that contain the
key word in their names, and allows you to view different
information about the file. You can also move the file to the
desktop for further manipulation. When this is done, the file can
be returned to itUs original directory by the FinderUs Put Away
command.
This should be useful to anyone who uses StuffIt.
Ken
[Archived as /info-mac/app/wheresit.hqx; 92K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 89 06:33:37 CST
From: GR2194%SIUCVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: WORD 3.01 CRASHES ON IIci
Damian wrote regarding SuperPaint and MS Word crases on the Mac IIci.
Our lab has recently acquired a IIci and I've found that Word 3.01 w{ill
run once or twice after being copied onto the Mac IIci but subsequently
will bomb when I try to run it. This has me perplexed particularly
because MS Word 3.01 works wellP{enough on the Plus with Radius accelerator
card installed. Luckily, Mindwrite does work well on the IIci so I have
taken to using it inst{_eacrd}i of Word. However, I would like to be able to
use Word 3.01 so if anyone out there has a solution for this problem,it
appears that both Damain Roskill and I would appreciate hearing of it.
With regard to SuperPaint problems, I just copied it over yesterday to the
IIci and have not tried to use it yet. I suspect I'm going to have problems
with it as well. Sincerely, Richard Welser, Neurosciences and Smoking Research
Lab, Southern Illinois UNiversity, Carbondale, Il. (GR2194 at SIUCVMB)
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:41:45 EST
From: jonathan@starbase.mitre.org (Jonathan Leblang)
Subject: Word bugs (nov 89)
The latest (november 89) listing of Word 4.0 problems and suggestions
[Archived as /info-mac/report/msword-40-bugs.hqx; 34K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 13:42:04 EST
From: bloomer@mozart.crd.ge.com
Subject: WriteNow file conversion
I don't have their latest version (seems that's always the case) but
how can I write a WriteNow document out in some interchange format,
like RTF, DCA, or even convert it to Word format?
john j. bloomer
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 16:48:08 PST
From: John_Klippenstein@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Wyse 50 Terminal emulator
I need to find a Wyse 50 terminal emulator for a Mac SE. Price is
definitely a factor. Does anyone know of any that cost less than $75.
John Klippenstein
John_Klippenstein@mtsg.ubc.ca
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