Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (09/07/89)
Info-Mac Digest Thu, 7 Sep 89 Volume 7 : Issue 159
Today's Topics:
Appleshare, Tops, and Unix...
Apple Tape Backup 40SC
Chinese Chess Stackware
Desktop Refresh Problem
Fix Desktop 2.0
IconWrap INIT 1.2
Info-Mac Digest V7 #158
KeyMenu INIT 1.0
Mac II Problem
Nova Link
PICT Anomaly?
Problems with Cmdr-Dialog
QuickPlot 1.1 ??
Reclaiming lost hard disk space
Sad Mac code 01FE01
Second source for Apple Laserwriter II fan?
Signal Editor
Trouble accessing WindowRecord.DataHandle in LSPascal
UUCP for the Macintosh
VirusAlarm Source - let your programs check themselves!
Westcom hard disk
Where have all the colors gone? (Illustrator files in PixelPaint 2.0)
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 07:37:10 EDT
From: dmg@lid.mitre.org (David Gursky)
Subject: Appleshare, Tops, and Unix...
I know I asked this several months ago on Info-Mac, but I seem to have misfiled
the responses.
We have two labs here that we would to have exchange files easily. One lab
is Macs, the other is Suns, and the Mac lab runs Appleshare. Ideally, we would
like to have the Sun lab directly recognize the Appleshare server (and if
possible somehow, have the Mac lab recognize some volume in the Sun lab).
Comments?
David Gursky
Member of the Technical Staff, W-143
Special Projects Department
The MITRE Corporation
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 19:19:10 PDT
From: Ian_Okabe@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Apple Tape Backup 40SC
I have recently purchased a used Apple Tape Backup 40SC.
The Apple software that came with the unit is version 1.1 of
Apple Tape Backup circa 1987.
1) does anyone know if Apple has a later version of this software?
and where I can obtain it? The local dealers here know nothing
about it.
2) I would like to use Redux with the tape drive. The manual says
it can be done as long as the tape drive appears as an HFS volume
on the Mac desktop. Does anyone know of a commercial driver that
can mount my Apple tape drive as an HFS volume on the desktop?
Thanks. Ian_Okabe@mtsg.ubc.ca
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Date: 13 May 89 20:00:40 GMT
From: lee@Portia.stanford.edu (Fung Lee)
Subject: Chinese Chess Stackware
Following is the hypercard stack "Chinese Chess" which replays games of
chinese chess. The games are recorded in the conventional notation,
which is different from that of Western Chess. Note that this version
is not "really" a computer chess program.
[Archived as /info-mac/hypercard/chinese-chess.hqx; 25K]
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 13:00:24 CDT
From: RAGAN%CDCCentr.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Desktop Refresh Problem
Rather than patching GetNextEvent you might try another approach.
There is an undocumented (as far as I know) hook called jGNEFilter.
This low memory long word contains an address that is transferred
to by GetNextEvent in the process of exiting back to its caller.
Normally this goes to code that runs FKEY's and a few other things.
Instead of patching the trap, patch in your address into this
location. The code at jGNEFilter is jumped to (not called) and
A1 points to the event record being returned. Of course, you
should save the previous contents and jump to that address when
you are done. If you siphon off an event (like your click at 0,0,
just change the event.what field to a null event.).
- Rich Ragan, ragan@cdccentr.com
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Date: 10 Jul 89 03:00:37 GMT
From: rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang)
Subject: Fix Desktop 2.0
This is Fix Desktop 2.0, a program to eliminate unused bundles, icons,
and file comments from the desktop file. It can be useful as an
alternative to rebuilding the desktop, especially because it preserves
existing file comments. It is public-domain; LightSpeed C source is
included.
I don't guarantee it will work on all systems or under all
circumstances--test it after making a BACKUP copy of your desktop
first, just in case. It should work, though; it's been used on a
512KE, Plus, SE, and ][, and I haven't had any problems yet.
Fix Desktop requires the 128K ROMs to work. It can clean the
desktop on either HFS or MFS disks, though. This is a StuffIt archive
containing the program and a TeachText documentation file.
Anton Rang
215 S. Green
New Richmond, WI 54017
[Archived as /info-mac/util/fix-desktop-20.hqx; 47K]
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Date: 16 May 89 16:00:23 GMT
From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Subject: IconWrap INIT 1.2
IconWrap is an INIT that will automatically "wrap" the icons displayed
at startup to begin a new row when the edge of the screen has been
reached. Freeware.
New in this version (1.2):
-- color icons are now supported and "wrap" correctly.
-- patches have been rewritten to avoid residual problems
with some applications on 68020/68030 machines.
Ken McLeod
{zardoz felix}!dhw68k!thecloud
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com
[Archived as /info-mac/init/iconwrap.hqx; 7K]
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 21:45:38 -0400
From: allbery@ncoast.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V7 #158
In "Info-Mac Digest V7 #158", bobs@saintjoe.edu wrote:
+---------------
| Another good source of info on what is happening in typefaces is Personal
| Publishing magazine. They have a monthly column called "Type Drawer" which
| illustrates six new typefaces. In their last issue thy showed an Adobe font
| called "Cheq" which the column said was freeware. Has anyone seen it? I have
| not found it yet.
+---------------
The Cheq font was posted to comp.sources.misc by an employee of Adobe, and is
available on FTP-able archive sites such as uunet.UU.NET.
++Brandon
(P.S. I can't tell you anything about it; I use an Epson LQ-clone, via a
Grappler LQ, to print from my Mac.)
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Date: 22 Jul 89 13:00:21 GMT
From: jasons@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM (Jason Scheck)
Subject: KeyMenu INIT 1.0
This is an INIT and cdev that allow the use of Microsoft-word-style
keyboard menus from within any application. Documentation is
included. It is free. Send any comments, etc., to:
Jason Scheck
61344 Blakely Rd #B3
Bend, OR 97702
jasons@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM
[Archived as /info-mac/init/keymenu.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 10:33:31 PDT
From: shahryar@sutro.sfsu.edu (Shahryar G. Hashemi)
Subject: Mac II Problem
Hello,
I am currently having a problem with one of our Mac II's. As of the past few weeks this Macintosh, which has 5 MB RAM & 40 MB HD, has been unable to make a successful boot from the HD.
It seems that the computer is unable to find a SCSI drive to boot from. I have been ZAPPING the PRam, but this procedure has to repeated up to 5 times for the computer to find the SCSI drive.
From my investigation, there is nothing wrong with the HD itself. If anyone out there has an answer or has had a similar situation happen to them, please send any information you can on this subject.
Sincerely,
Shahryar Ghazneini Hashemi
AppleShare Manager
Academic Computing--San Francisco State University
<shahryar@SUTRO.SFSU.EDU>
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 89 18:58 CDT
From: #CARLS9%ccm.UManitoba.CA@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Nova Link
Are there any other Nova Link SysOps out there?
They were supposed to release the professional version of Nova Link at the
beginning of August, but their board at <401> 351-1465 hasn't been
answering since the 1st week in August.
When I did get on in the beginning of August, they were running the
professional version with some bugs still left in it. When I called again
it wouldn't let me on with my password, and it said they weren't accepting
any new users and gave a number <617> 367-2427 which was supposedly going
to be their new support board, but I never get an answer from that
number either.
Any light anyone can shed on this would be appreciated.
Charles
Disclaimer: Disclaimers are just a passing fad.
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 09:46:01 EDT
From: COMB5%UMDC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: PICT Anomaly?
Strange goings on with a picture I generate in my program, and I'm looking for
an explanation, if not a solution. Here's the setup :
I'm programming in Modula-2 (TML under MPW) and am using a third party
piece of software to do some of my graphics. At several points during the
program I output little graphs of experimental results and save the output
as a picture which gets updated fine and dandy as the program continues. I
would like the user to be able to poaste the graph into a word processor for
report generation. So what I do is just call PutScrap with the picture handle.
Turns out that the scrapbook doesn't show all of the picture,just the barss
of the graph - no labels tick marks etc. which is the same thing that MacPaint
shows. Canvas shows only the tick marks, labels, etc., no bars! And SmartScrap
shows everything!
I have determined that this "other" software calls ClipRegion right before
drawing the bars, but I can't find any notes (technical or otherwise) that
says this is a problem. Does anybody know if this is a no-no? The graph
package is kind enough to reset the clip region. Why can some programs read
and display the picture, whle others balk at the ClipRegion call?
Thanks for all explanations and advice.
Tom Schmidt (Bitnet : COMB5@UMDC)
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 05:17:10 PDT
From: AEIC0456%VAX1.CENTRE.QUEENS-BELFAST.AC.UK@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Problems with Cmdr-Dialog
A couple of problems with Cmdr-Dialog:
i) it screws up the text entry in Freehand (which is via dialog box);
ii) messes up password entry in HD Partition (Symantec Utilities); I
couldn't get at a password protected partition until I disabled
the 'commander'.
George Munroe, Queens University Belfast
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Date: 5 Sep 89 21:41 PST
From: DYAEB%SLACVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: QuickPlot 1.1 ??
Date: 5 September 1989, 21:17:07 PST
>From: David Aston (415) 926-2457 DYAEB at SLACVM
To: INFO-MAC at SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: QuickPlot 1.1 ??
A colleague of mine bought QuickPlot (v 1.1) about 3 years ago.
It works fine with system 6.0.2 on his Mac+, but is broken on any non-68000
machine. It bombs with ID=12 on choosing OPEN from the file menu.
We've tried "Toggle cache", but it makes no difference.
The store where he bought it no longer stocks it and thinks the company
went out of business. "Get Info" shows c 1986 "Desktop Engineering" with
a Stanford address.
Does anyone know anything about a patch/upgrade to this program (or should
he write it off to planned obsolescence 8-) )??
Please E-mail me ( DYAEB@SLACVM.BITNET ) if you can reach me, or post to
info-mac.
I've followed info-mac for some time, and have found it very informative,
but this is my first attempt at a contribution.
=====================
Wot no signature? This is VM not Unix.
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Date: 6 Sep 89 08:43:00 PDT
From: "SCFE::OLMSTEAD" <olmstead%scfe.decnet@nwc.navy.mil>
Subject: Reclaiming lost hard disk space
Apple's Disk First Aid does a pretty good job of reclaiming hard
disk space which has somehow gotten allocated, but not really
used. AlSoft's Disk First Aid will also recover lost space, as
well as defragmenting and prioritizing files.
Karl Olmstead
Code 2731
Naval Weapons Center
China Lake, CA 93555
619-939-3068
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Date: 5 Sep 89 23:44 PST
From: DYAEB%SLACVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Sad Mac code 01FE01
Date: 5 September 1989, 23:23:38 PST
>From: David Aston (415) 926-2457 DYAEB at SLACVM
To: INFO-MAC at SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: Sad Mac code 01FE01
I'm posting this for a colleague in Siberia. Yes, that's Siberia CCCP.
The machine is a 512k, known to be functioning OK. He obtained a set of
128k ROMs and is trying to upgrade, but has no double-sided internal
drive. On booting, he gets a Sad Mac, code 01FE01. I believe that's a
ROM test error. Does anyone on the net know what it means, or if what
he's trying to do is impossible? I know that Apple always did the ROM
& disk-drive upgrades together.
Support glasnost! Please send E-mail to me (DYAEB@SLACVM.BITNET) if you
have BITNET access (the answer is unlikely to be of interest to anyone else).
[I should probably add that the Mac was obtained on a visit to the USA, and
was exported quite legally]
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 89 09:40:19 EDT
From: Dick Dramstad <rad@mbunix.mitre.org>
Subject: Second source for Apple Laserwriter II fan?
We've had an order in with Apple since late April for a
LaserWriter II upper fan (Apple part #959-0022) that they can't
promise a delivery date for a while. (They can, but they don't keep
the promises :-). Does anybody know of a source for an appropriate
substitute? The guy who has a broken LaserWriter II would be completely
off the wall, except that we managed to have a spare LW+ in stock for
him.
Thanks for any help.
Dick Dramstad
rad@mitre.org
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 89 08:21 EDT
From: steve knight <SDK4102%RITVAX.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Signal Editor
This is a program for editing/analysis of digitized sound files.
It can handle 'FSSD' files (8 bit), MacSpeechLab/MacAdios files (12
bit), and 'DATA' files (assumes 16 bit). With System 6.0 or later
it can play out the file with no additional hardware (it will run on
pre-6.0 versions, but there will be no D-A conversion).
Currently, analysis is in the form of waterfall spectrograms and
power spectrum displays with marking abilities (5 marks, the frequency
at that point is displayed above the spectrum). All windows are
printable.
The stuffit file needs to be decoded, and contains SignalEditor doc
(not necessary, but some comments in it might be useful), SignalEditor
(runs on all versions of Mac from Mac+ on up), and SignalEditor II (uses
68020/68881 and later chips, much faster).
Support and suggestions are welcome.
- Stephen Knight
[Archived as /info-mac/sound/programs/signal-editor.hqx; 124K]
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 08:50 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen - Micro Specialist)
Subject: Trouble accessing WindowRecord.DataHandle in LSPascal
Greetings,
We are having trouble getting Think's Lightspeed Pascal to recognize the
DataHandle field of WindowRecords. It seems to think that this is simply a
handle to a signed byte (i.e. a generic handle). Does anyone have a trick,
tip, or suggestion (besides programming in C! :) )? We know that this field is
only defined for Window Proc type 8 (zoomable windows).
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: Wed, 06 Sep 89 06:49:33 +0100 (BST)
From: Sak Wathanasin <nan!sw@uunet.uu.net>
Subject: UUCP for the Macintosh
A version of uupc (sic) was ported to the Mac by Stuart Lynne of U. of
British Columbia, and should be available from any Usenet archive
(posted to comp.sources.unix). This was written in Aztec C. I converted
it to Think C for my own use and it works (this posting is proof of
this), but it's not completely debugged (I've not even looked at the
"news" stuff) and has a rotten (Unix cmd-line) user interface.
If anyone is interested in finishing the job, I'd be glad
to post what I have now, but you may prefer to start from the original.
--
Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
uucp: ...!ukc!nan!sw
other: sw%nan.uucp@ukc.ac.uk
phone: (+44) 242 520861
telex: 9312130355 (SW G)
snail: Flat 4, Albany House, Lansdown Rd, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2HY, UK
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Date: 13 May 89 14:00:34 GMT
From: bradn@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM (Bradford Needham)
Subject: VirusAlarm Source - let your programs check themselves!
VirusAlarm is an example of how programs can test their own CODE
resources for infection. It contains a table of the Resource ID's and
sizes of its CODE resources. When it is run, VirusAlarm compares its
actual CODE resources against this table, warning the user of any
differences.
To make your own programs test themselves for viruses, copy the
"testcode()" routine and its supporting resources and structures.
This StuffIt archive includes the LightSpeed C sources and the
resultant binary of VirusAlarm. VirusAlarm and its sources are public
domain.
Brad Needham
bradn@tekig4.TEK.COM (UseNet)
or
2239 SE 74th Ave. (USMail)
Hillsboro, OR 97123 USA
[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/virus-alarm.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 11:30:49 EDT
From: eric%bnrmtl@iro.umontreal.ca (Eric Brunelle)
Subject: Westcom hard disk
In the September issue of MacWorld is a comparison of 40MB hard disks.
The article clearly evidences the superiority of drives built upon
the Quantum PS40 disk. They are faster (21ms vs 32ms, average) and
cheaper than Seagate-based drives.
My problem is that the article concludes that the best choices are drives
>From Jasmine and LaCie, which are priced at $699. But in their
comparative charts, they list a Westcom drive, also built on the PS40,
which goes for $570 and by all means seems to have similar performance.
They say they "didn't receive it in time", and hence don't rate it or
even mention it in the text. But for a whole $129, I would sure like
to know more on that Westcom product.
Has anyone out there tried/benchmarked/heard of it?
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Eric Brunelle | "C'est la nuit qu'il est beau de croire a la lumiere."
BNR-Montreal | -- E. Rostand
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 09:11 C
From: Joao Candido Portinari <PUCRJPP%BRFAPESP.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Where have all the colors gone? (Illustrator files in PixelPaint 2.0)
This one is for the MacII gurus:
I created a color illustration using Illustrator 88. Then I saved it using
the Mac & EPSF options. When I opened it in PixelPaint 2.0 it had no colors!
How to keep its colors in PixelPaint?
I appreciate any help on this.
Joao
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