Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (07/26/89)
Info-Mac Digest Tue, 25 Jul 89 Volume 7 : Issue 128
Today's Topics:
BeepShuffle INIT
Changing MultiFinder's default memory size
DA Handler
Data Driven Graphics Package
error trapping
HELP! With Linotron
Hypercard Problems?
IBM leads the way
Kermiting MacPaint Files
LaserWriter 6.0 Problems revisited
MacArchive stack, second sending
Mac II future
MacII temp. sensor = quieter fan
Proper language(s) for XCMDs
Sound Master
SuperClock 3.5
SuperPaint 2.0 upgrade
Upload for Kim Dyer
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 89 02:17:26 edt
From: "Alex D. Chaffee" <chaffee@emily.uvm-gen.uvm.edu>
Subject: BeepShuffle INIT
Bored with hearing the same old beep every time you make a mistake?
Well, GET EXCITED, because BeepShuffle INIT makes your Mac pick a new
sound from the system file each time! Actually, it picks from all
installed "snd"s, so it works with Suitcase. It will only work with
System 6.0x (but won't install itself if it won't work.) Full THINK C
3.0 source code included. Freeware.
Alex Chaffee
chaffee@emily.uvm.edu
[Archived as /info-mac/init/beepshuffle.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1989 12:16:38 PDT
From: William Lipa <lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
Subject: Changing MultiFinder's default memory size
Is there a relatively simple way to change the size of MultiFinder's default
memory allocation (which is used when the program does not have a SIZE
resource)? I would prefer to give such programs 1M instead of 384K.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know the significance of 384K? What's so great
about this particular size?
Bill
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 11:11:36 EST
From: DJ WOOD <DWOOD%UDCVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: DA Handler
Will someone plase tell me how to use the startup document Da Handler.
I got my system update from a friend and he didn't know what it was.
Please post in the digest so others will be helped by this info.
Thanx,
DJ WOOD
UDC COSDET Center
LAB TECH.
LaTex 'til I grow up
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Date: 25 Jul 89 08:48:00 EST
From: "EJN" <ejn@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov>
Subject: Data Driven Graphics Package
Does anyone know of a graphics package for the Macintosh that has the
same features as MIRAGE (from Zenographics) has on the IBM? MIRAGE
is an expensive package (approx $1,400) that will among other things import
data from data files or databases to be plotted.
I have production graphs that need to be plotted each month and I want to
build templates for each of these plots and then each month just update
a text file (or database) and then run the plots. The plots should be
redrawn with the new data. I need a high powered graphcs package that
can do more than EXCEL or Cricket Graph.
An example of the capability I need is this. I would like to produce a
bar chart, with the highest bar being a different color than the others.
The highest bar will change from month to month so I would like the
software to take care of this for me.
I am having a hard time finding if software of this type is available on
the Macintosh.
Thanks for any help.
Earl Nall
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
Oak Ridge, TN.
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 89 16:13 EST
From: PETER CHEN <PETCHEN@pisces.rutgers.edu>
Subject: error trapping
Hi,
After searching through a couple HyperTalk books and coming up
with nothing, I am wondering--
Is there any way to do error trapping in HyperTalk?
Thanks in advance,
Peter Chen Rutgers University
CCIS FSDC
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 10:10:33 EDT
From: magee@lti.com (Mike Magee x30)
Subject: HELP! With Linotron
I am trying to research a problem for a netless friend. Is there any
experience out there with using a Lino L300 with a Mac? The situation
follows:
She has an existing facility using Linotype terminals and "typeview"
connected to a L300 2540 dpi printer. She wants to go Mac and use Pagemaker,
but has been told that there is some very expensive hardware ($4k-26k) required
to productively interface the yet to be acquired MacII to this printer.
1) Is is true that this type of hardware is required??? ;-(
(I'm not familiar with this equipment, but I'm VERY skeptical.
I would have to believe that the L300 is just another serial
device requiring yet another driver.)
2) Does anyone have any experience with this type of configuration?
(Given the perfect match, people HAVE to be doing this.)
3) I seem to remember Macworld doing an article on this issue some
time back, but can't locate it. Does anyone remember which issue?
Many thanks to anyone who replies.
-Mike Magee
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 11:28 EDT
From: <LGREEN%WHEATNMA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Hypercard Problems?
Can anyone tell me why the copy of Hypercard we have on our color Mac II
has decided to stop processing visual effects? It works in every other
aspect except for visual effects. I tried disabling Gatekeeper,lowering
the ram cache, removing the startup picture, and restarting between all of
these measures.
The Mac II has 5 megs, no unusual inits beside Gatekeeper, and a 40MB hard
drive. I hesitate to do the obvious : copying a "working" hypercard from
the master disk because I would like to know what is wrong first. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Lyman Green
User Services Consultant
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
Bitnet: LGREEN@WHEATNMA
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 09:22:24 BST
From: ms@racal-itd.co.uk
Subject: IBM leads the way
Reading through the OS/2 v1.1 Programmer's Toolkit Manual (don't ask), I came
upon this gem in the Introduction. Words shown in upper case are italicized
for effect in the original:
A Presentation Manager (PM) program explictly creates one or more
windows to present functions to the user. A PM APPLICATION SHOULD
INTERACT IN A COMPATIBLE WAY WITH OS/2, AND OTHER PM APPLICATIONS
(INCLUDING THE USER SHELL). In particular, A PM APPLICATION SHOULD
CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE USER. Unlike CONVENTIONAL PC programs,
these requirements directly affect how you design and write your
applications, and mean that YOU MUST PUT CODE IN YOUR APPLICATIONS
TO FULFIL THEM.
Pretty radical, huh? This "user-friendly" stuff could really catch on.
+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Mark Smith, Racal Imaging Systems Ltd., | ms@ritd.co.uk |
| Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, | || |
| England RG24 0NW (tel: +44 256 469943) | ..uunet!ukc!ritd!ms |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+
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Date: 25 Jul 89 17:31:31 GMT
From: esosun!kobryn@seismo.css.gov (Cris Kobryn)
Subject: Kermiting MacPaint Files
In the process of Kermit-ing files from the Mac->Sun->Mac
I am munging the files. Conversion of the MacPaint files
on the Sun to X-bitmap format results in a distorted/shifted,
although recognizable, picture. Transferring the MacPaint
files back to the Mac results in a file MacPaint does not
recognize.
I have used Versaterm's Kermit in Text, Binary and MacBinary modes
with bad results. I am using Jef Poskanzer's Portable Bitmap
Toolkit (3/28/88) for the bitmap conversion, but don't feel
this is the problem since the MacPaint files don't transfer
back properly. I suspect the problem may lay on the kermit
residing on the Sun.
Please advise.
-- Cris Kobryn
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 07:53:21 PDT
From: casagrande%crcvax%nssdca.span@io.arc.nasa.gov (LOUIE CASAGRANDE)
Subject: LaserWriter 6.0 Problems revisited
We have just installed the 6.0 LaserWriter and Laser Prep and v. 1.3
PrintMonitor, all created May 8, 1989, 12:00 am. I have found a problem
printing a certain MacDraft (I know, it's a clunky program) document. The
document is a ruler, a black-filled rectangle with white lines and hollow text
(Helvetica 12). PrintMonitor returns an "Error: Stack Underflow, Offending
Command: exch" message, followed by the alert "A PostScript error has been
generated by the LaserWriter driver; the document is okay but cannot be
printed." If the control button "B&W" is hilited in the print... dialog box
instead of "Color/Gray-scale" then the document prints. Other MacDraft
documents with black-filled shapes, white lines, and hollow text print okay
with "Color/Gray-scale," as do all other applications I've tested (Word 4.0,
Excel, MacPaint, and VersaTerm Pro). Has anyone managed to track down the
problem and/or determine the correct version of 6.0 (i.e. the right creation
date & time or even a number change)?
Thanks,
Lou Casagrande (516)346-6379
Grumman Corporate Research Center, Mail Stop A02-26
Bethpage, NY 11714-3580
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The usual disclaimers and datclaimers apply.
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 89 08:47 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen - Micro Specialist)
Subject: MacArchive stack, second sending
Greetings:
Here is the MacArchives stack that I've developed to deal with the every
changing (growing) archives. If you use my InfoMac Digest stack then this
stack will always contain the latest files in the archives. Click on a file
entry to have it's name added to a list of files to get. This list can be
saved to a text file for uploading and sending when you close the stack. The
list is formatted for sending to listserv@icsa.rice.edu, i.e. like:
$MAC GET filename.ext
Enjoy
Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer specialist
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY 13346
AppleLink - U0523
BITNET - PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
tel - 315-824-1000 ext 742
[Archived as /info-mac/hypercard/macarchives.hqx; 179K]
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 89 22:52 EDT
From: AELevy@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL
Subject: Mac II future
At our company we have the opportunity to buy a new MAC II , 40 Meg HD,
1meg system for 2300 w monitor, the color is 2900. My concern is will
this system be obsolete real fast. Is Apple going to announce something
in August that will not run on the II? I assume I will get the PMMU
chip for memory management. Thanks, Allan
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 15:07:24 EDT
From: David J. Sturman <djs@gertie.media.mit.edu>
Subject: MacII temp. sensor = quieter fan
I called Nova International about their "gadget" for reducing the fan
noise in the MacII. (They are in Seattle, WA at (206) 548-9339.) They
have made something that sits between the fan and the power supply and
has a temperature sensor that extends over to the hard disk and memory
area (usually the hottest part of a Mac). The device regulates the
speed of the fan according to the temp. However, the device was
developed for the European market and is not ready yet for the U.S.
They expect it to be available in a short time (in the $50-$80 range)
and are taking names of those interested to be notified when it is
available.
David Sturman
MIT Media Lab
(Usual disclaimer ... I am not affiliated with Nova International,
their subsidiaries, relatives, or casual friends.)
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 89 17:04:00 cdt
From: "Wolf,Phill" <WOLFP%GRIN1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Proper language(s) for XCMDs
In hopes of writing an XCMD or two to finish a project here, I have the
enviable opportunity of ordering Any Programming Language I Want for it.
I speak C and Pascal. I am aware only of Turbo Pascal and Aztec C for the Mac
in the low-price bracket. Can anyone recommend one or the other, or some
similar package, for writing XCMDs?
Phill Wolf
<WOLFP@GRIN1.BITNET>
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 15:12:17 EDT
From: dmg@retina.mitre.org (David Gursky)
Subject: Sound Master
We're having problems using the Sound Master cDev on our SE/030s. When we
try to use it, the Mac bombs with an ID = 33. As it works on our other
Macs (albeit we have not other 030s to test it on), does anyone have a
suggestion to make this work?
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 89 12:25:55 EDT
From: Kenneth Sussmann (PBMA) <sussmann@pica.army.mil>
Subject: SuperClock 3.5
Here is SuperClock version 3.5. It's mainly bug fixes. A feature
was added to allow the chime function to chime the same number of
times as the hour.
Ken
[Archived as /info-mac/cdev/superclock-35.hqx; 21K]
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 89 11:39:00 edt
From: gateh%conncoll.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: SuperPaint 2.0 upgrade
Brian Klaas asks:
> I am thinking about upgrading to SuperPaint 2.0 ($50). Has anyone
> tried the new version and is it worth it or not??????
The new version has a number of new features, including plug-in tools,
auto-trace, 8-color support, Bezier curves, and support for resolutions
higher than 300 dpi.
SuperPaint 2.0 is a decent paint program, but doesn't really offer
anything special, and isn't exactly a speed demon. It comes with a library
of plug-in tools, and you may create your own as well - however I find
these only marginally useful. The 8 colors, are, well, only 8 in
number. The auto-trace can be useful, especially when working with
scanned images. And of course Bezier curves are nice to have.
I have also noticed that it munches RAM. I'm working with a Mac II, 8-bit
color, 2 megs, and MultiFinder, and I can open only a fraction of the
sample color files provided. Perhaps this would improve under the Finder -
I no longer have the demo so I can't check.
If you are running a color system, and/or you use SuperPaint regularly, it's
probably worth the $50. I should probably also note that I have had the
opportunity to use Studio/8 recently, and so may be a little spoiled - it
is a very impressive package.
Hope this is of some help! - Gregg
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Minicomputer Specialist | Box 5482
BITNET: gateh@conncoll | Connecticut College
Phone: (203) 447-7681 | New London, CT 06320
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 89 14:33:34 MDT
From: EPETERS%CSUGREEN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Upload for Kim Dyer
In answer to Kim Dyer's request:
>I would like to change the start up screen from the standard
>"welcome to macintosh". Is there a simple way to do this??
>Can it be changed BACK in a simple manner? (I have an SE with a hard
>drive).
There is such a program, called Icon Exchanger, I am enclosing version
6.1, which I know works with System 6.02. It has been stuffed with
StuffIt and BINHEXed.
Eric Peters
[Archived as /info-mac/init/icon-exchanger.hqx; 13K]
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