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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 26 Apr 89 Volume 7 : Issue 75
Today's Topics:
4D Crashes...
Character Map 1.1
chemistry CD ROMs
Fading memories (400K disks)
Foreign Language Systems
ftp gif picture problem
help needed with 24bit color environment
Looking for a hard disk management utility..
MacArc
Mac II Neural Net Program
Macwelcome/MacPassword
serial port connection to hardware
Shutdown cdev/INIT
uShare
Wordprocessorproblem
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 16:12 PDT
From: JAMESLI@toby.acs.washington.edu
Subject: 4D Crashes...
I'm interesting in finding out if anyone who is using 4th
Dimension in its multiuser custom mode is experiencing an
undue number of crashes. We've got about six custom databases
here and two of them crash all the time. They seem to crash
SEs more than IIs, and they seem to crash more in MultiFinder
than Finder. Most of the crashes are the screen lock (sometimes
screen trash) variety, but occasionally we still see the
"4D has unexpectedly quit" message (which I believe is a Multi-
finder error).
ACIUS tells me that system 6.0.2 has an undocumented bug with
imbedded variables in text areas. For that matter, they warned
me against using ANY greater than or less than (><) signs in
any layouts. Other than that, they didn't have much of an idea
of what might be wrong (other than the usual "it's either bad
code, bad structure, or bad records").
One other thing. Does anybody know how I can get a version of
Macintalk which works with the 4D externals "4D Say" and "4D
Play" by Djundi Karjadi?
James Li
Systems Manager, The Washington Technology Center
Internet: JAMESLI@UWAV1.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 11:45:29 EDT
From: Guenther Blaschek <K331671%AEARN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Character Map 1.1
This is Character Map DA 1.1. There have been a couple of complaints about
version 1.0. In particular it did not work
- under MultiFinder
- with desk accessories
- with certain word processors.
Version 1.1 corrects all these misbehaviors. Instead of generating keyboard
events, it now inserts the characters clicked at into an editable line of text
that can be selected and inserted into your word processor document via the
Clipboard. A short documentation in TEXT format is included.
For all those who don't know what Character Map is for: It is a replacement for
Apple's Key Caps DA. Character Map displays a table of ALL available characters
in a selected font and allows you to (more ore less) directly insert these
characters into your text or graphics document(s). There is no more need to
memorize option-shift combinations or - even worse - key sequences.
The best about Character Map is that it is FREE. Enjoy it.
e Guenther Blaschek
gu EMail: <K331671@AEARN>
SNail: University of Linz / Austria
Institute of Computer Science / Software
Altenbergerstr. 69
A-4040 Linz
Tel.: +43 (732) 2468 / 447
[Archived as /info-mac/da/character-map-11.hqx; 8K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 15:07:17 EDT
From: Norbert Mueller <K360171%AEARN.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: chemistry CD ROMs
Hello!
We are currently searching for CD-ROMs with chemical oriented databases,
in particular we would like to know if there are any plans to publish
data collections like the cambridge crystallography data file or the
brookhaven protein data base on CD ROM and if these will be in a Mac-
readable format.
Thanks for any hints from netland.
Norbert Mueller
Institute of Chemistry
Johannes Kepler University
A-4040 LINZ
AUSTRIA
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1989 08:02:32 EDT
From: FAC0395%UOFT01.BITNET@jade.berkeley.edu (J. Feustle)
Subject: Fading memories (400K disks)
A colleague handed me several 400K disks the other day with the
complaint that she could no longer access the data on them. Sure
enough, she can't. When I put the disks in my SE, I'm asked if
I want to initialize them, which I don't. I've tried the recovery
program in the SUM Utilities with no success. It looks like the
media has lost a key portion of its magnetic strength, something
that I understand was chronic with the early disks/machines. Oh,
the disks have not been used for at least a year and a half.
I would much appreciate any suggestions that you could give. I'd
hate to have to tell my colleague that her research is now but
a faded memory (ugh!).
Thanks,
Joe Feustle
FAC0395@UOFT01.BITNET
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 14:19 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen - Micro Specialist)
Subject: Foreign Language Systems
Greetings,
Do you have any experience with Foreign Language Systems on the Mac? Do I
really have to purchase a Foreign Language system from APDA to see it and try
it out?
We need to have HyperCard TextEdit (fields) work in German, and it seems to me
that the best way to do that would be to use a German System (or at least 'intl'
resources that are in it.
Thanks,
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, 24 Apr 89 21:56:24 PDT
From: lwong%sal55.usc.edu@oberon.usc.edu (Lawrence Wong)
Subject: ftp gif picture problem
I am experiencing some difficulty when trying to down load gif files from
certain anonymous ftp sites. I believe that the files are NOT archived in
the BinHex format. Thus, when I use ftp, I tried both binary and ascii
mode without any sucess. The procedure that I normally go through is first
using ftp from my Unix account and then once completed, I use a Mac II using
Telenet to transfer the files from my account. When using gif, I just get
lines! What am I doing wrong?? I would really appreciate any help.
You could mail me the solution and I will write a summary back to be posted.
Thanks!
Lawrence Wong
lwong@girtab
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 08:55 U
From: <JINTEIK%ITIVAX.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: help needed with 24bit color environment
>We just bought a RasterOps ColorBoard 104 for the MacII
>with a 24bit environment but only little documentation.
>I'd like to access it via Turbo Pascal and need a routine
>for displaying a pixel or drawing a vector in a 24bit color.
>If anybody knows how to do this, please let me know by mail.
As I understand it, Apple should have announced the 32-bit
version of Color Quickdraw by now (by 17th April according
to MacWeek). As the RasterOps color boards are compatible with
Apple's 32-bit Color Quickdraw, I don't think you would need
any hardware specific knowledge to access the 32-bit color.
According to MacWeek, Apple will be making the new Color Quickdraw
available free to developers and BBSs. It comes as a patch 'PTCH'
file that you leave in your System Folder. You'll need System 6.0.3
too.
>=======================================================================
>Thomas Braunl e-mail: unido!ifistg!braunl@seismo.css.gov
>Univ. Stuttgart IFI, Azenbergstr. 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 1, W.-Germany
>=======================================================================
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J.T. Teh
Systems Engineer / Macintosh Developer
Information Technology Institute
NCB Building, 71 Science Park Drive, Republic of Singapore 0511.
BitNet Address: jinteik@itivax.bitnet
Internet Address: jinteik%itivax.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Disclaimer: "My opinions are mine! All mine!" (Merry chuckle!)
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 11:27 EDT
From: <ELJAZZAR%UTKVX3.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Looking for a hard disk management utility..
I am looking for an application that can be used in a lab environment.
What I am interested in is an application (INIT/CDEV/whatever) that can do
the following:
After installing and configuring the software on the Mac's hard drive, I
would like to have the application automatically purge all data that was added
after the original configuration (basically, any/all folders and files
added by the students..)
I know there is such a product for the IBM PC (called DiskManagerPC), but have
never seen anything similar for the Mac.
Any information on such a product is appreciated..
Mohamad El Jazzar
UT Computing Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 15:56 cdt
From: #CARLS9%ccm.UManitoba.CA@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: MacArc
Does anyone know of anything that will create/extract IBM .ARC
<SEA ARChives>? I have MacArc V .003, but that won't create them.
I've tried calling the 2 numbers given in the help file, but
one is disconnected and the other just rings. Everyone else
only has .003 as well. Does anyone know if that was the last
release?
Charles
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 20:38:43 PDT
From: wetter@csvax.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Subject: Mac II Neural Net Program
This is a copy of a program I wrote for part of my senior thesis. This
program allows you to make and train simple three layer neural networks on the
macintosh. Examples for a decoder, XOR and parity network are included, as
well as source code to do your own neural nets. Hopefully, people will send
me additional training methods besides the current backprop method which I will
include in future versions. Also I need suggestions for the user interface for
a method of putting in patterns with more then six inputs, without resorting to
editting the input files.
THIS PROGRAM ONLY RUNS ON A MAC II OR ABOVE. (020, 881 and color required).
If you would like a mac plus version, send me assembly to do the training and
thinking cycles; otherwise don't bother me, I'm trying to graduate.
For those of you who are interested, this program actually has little to do
with my senior thesis, mostly I wrote it for fun. This program has on-line help
, gratuitous color menus, and an extra window ( the senior thesis part which
doesn't do anything yet), and is a good example of how much fun you can have
with TranSkel.
Have fun,
Pierce
[Archived as /info-mac/app/neural-nets.hqx; 104K]
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 09:57:37 EDT
From: "A. Nazaretian" <ADRIENE%YALEADS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Macwelcome/MacPassword
Dave MArtin (Texas A&M University) asked about a way to shutdown a mac
so that his MacWelcome program can display a message when starting up, after
being shutdown after a specified period of inactivity on the mac.
If you are doing the coding yourself, perhaps you should contact
the author of MacPassword. There is a portion of code in there that will
return you to that "you may shut off your mac safely - restart" message.
If you combined the Pyro code with the shutdown manager portion of macpassword,
you would achieve that effect.
The Author of MacPassword is
Art Schumer
13814 176th Place NE
Redmond Washington
98052
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 14:35 CDT
From: <JJM3383%TAMSIGMA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: serial port connection to hardware
Hey everybody!
I am just starting on a project to use serial-port output to drive a multi-
plexer to eventually drive a standard remote control unit. I am looking for 2
things:
1. An example of C or pascal code sending serial output signals.
and 2. An Idea of how to implement a serial load to flip-flops to
drive a multi-plexer.
If I seem naive, it's because I have only had one introductory digital
circuits design class. If I manage to make heads or tails of this I will
submit a report for the group. The Idea is to run my stereo in the other room
with a desk accessory.
thanks,
...jeph
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 16:50:38 CDT
From: dittman@skvax1.csc.ti.com
Subject: Shutdown cdev/INIT
In Info-Mac Digest 7.69, Dave Martin is looking for a Shutdown cdev/INIT.
I have been working on one for a while which will shut down the Mac at a
specified time and/or after a specified number of hours/minutes/seconds
have passed. I don't have any "shutdown after x minutes of idle time"
in the program, but I could add it. If anyone out there has any ideas
they think would be good for this program, send them directly to me. I'll
either add them in or not. I'm not sure how soon the program will be
ready.
(needless to say, this program only works on machines with soft power.)
Eric Dittman
Texas Instruments - Component Test Facility
dittman@skvax1.csc.ti.com
Disclaimer: I don't speak for Texas Instruments or the Component Test
Facility. I don't even speak for myself.
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 10:51 PDT
From: JAMESLI@toby.acs.washington.edu
Subject: uShare
Anyone out there familiar with uShare by Information Presentation Tech-
nologies of California? We just received their info packet and, as we've
not heard of them before, are wondering if the package works as well as it
sounds it should. uShare allows a UNIX-based machine (including
Sun, Apollo, Unisys, and MIPs, but not currently NeXT) to be used as an
AppleShare server, with its Ethernet connections to the rest of the world
at large intact. It comes with transparent mail software in the form of a
DA that acts like InBox, QuickMail, or Microsoft Mail and allows a user to
transparently access UNIX mail to send messages beyond the Mac LAN. It
also allows remote access to the file server via the Ethernet backbone
that the UNIX machine is connected to for other machines (and
theoretically other Macs at remote sites). I'm wondering how stable the
package is compared to the traditional AppleShare software and Mac file
server (particularly with the latest article in MacUser decrying the use of
IBM 286 compats as file servers). Theoretically something like an Apollo
should outperform our Mac II file server by a long shot. But I won't believe
it until I know it's already been done.
James Li
Systems Manager, The Washington Technology Center
University of Washington
Internet: JAMESLI@UWAV1.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 10:04 N
From: <RCST9%HEITUE5.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Ernst '42' Mulder)
Subject: Wordprocessorproblem
Well well well, not only Word gives weird problems!
Using WriteNow 2.0 I got a weird uncomprehensible problem too. I typed
a paragraph. Then desided it was a wrong paragraph and selected it and
deleted it. So far so good. The paragraph wasn't in the text anymore.
Or was it?
Printing the file to a LaserWriter, it suddenly reappeared in the printer
output! It wasn't in the text, it still appeared in the output.
Anyone to explain this thing to me?
Ernst.
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