Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) (02/22/89)
Info-Mac Digest Tue, 21 Feb 89 Volume 7 : Issue 37
Today's Topics:
Administrivia
CDC blues some answers.
cheapcolor.sit.hqx
Debugger's Assistant Demo
Hard Drives International
HyperTalk Seminars
LaserWriter Manual feed Prob...
Relocating MacII on its side
se/30 80 partition
Software for the Blind
stuffit 1.5.1 bug?
The Definative Hierarchical Popup Menu XFCN
The numeric keypad
TransDisplay 2.0 for LightspeedC
TransEdit 2.0 for LightspeedC
Vaccine and INIT 29
Word processing bibliography builders? (2 msgs)
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1989 22:53:53 PST
From: The Moderators <Info-Mac-Request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu>
Subject: Administrivia
A few things:
1. Please don't use lines starting with a sequence of dashes in your messages
or signatures. They mess up some undigesting programs. For example,
"--------" is bad, but " --------" is OK.
2. I recommend that you use StuffIt 1.5.1 rather than BinHex 4.0 to decode
.hqx files. It is significantly more robust and can decode all of our files
without any editing being necessary.
3. We are buried under a mountain of Adobe fonts and tech notes. Hang in
there.
4. Persons on Bitnet: please do not send messages to local redistribution
points such as info-mac@RICE. Instead, use info-mac%sumex@stanford.
Otherwise we have to strip off the headers which is a real pain (especially
at 1200 baud.)
Bill Lipa
Info-Mac
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 89 02:41:06 IST
From: Rafi Brunner <RAFI%BGUVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: CDC blues some answers.
A while ago I've sent a question over to the
net about CDC WREN IV drives, and described some of
the problems I had. I have been answered by few of the InfoMac
readers and I am thankful to all. Recently another CDC
answer appeared in InfoMac from Adrian Weiler. So I decided
to give some of the answers I have at this time.
There are two problems with the CDC WREN IV drives:
The first Is as Adrian describes the "Unit Attention"
problem. ( and no, Adrian I'm using a Mac II not a plus).
That's the reason sometimes the drive boots and other
times will not.
A restart always give the drive enough attention to mount.
The second is an arbitration bug, two ( or more) CDC WREN
Drives on the same bus compete for attention and neither
will mount, or only one (randomly) will mount.
All the above does not apply to the special Mac version CDC
( actually Imprimis) is now producing.
As long as I use a single CDC WREN IV drive and don't mind
resetting the Mac once in a while every thing seems to work
fine ( my experience is with 192 & 630 MB CDC WREN IV drives ).
Rafi
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 89 17:52:01 CST
From: skaistis@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu (Jeff Skastis)
Subject: cheapcolor.sit.hqx
This is CheapColor, an application that converts PICT2 and PixelPaintfiles
into a PICT version 1 that uses dithered original QuickDraw colors to reproduce
the image. It also supports color printing using an ImageWriter with a color
ribbon. Neat stuff, give it a try. Docs included. This is a BinHexed Stuffit
file. -Jeff Skaistis
[Archived as /info-mac/app/cheapcolor.hqx; 85K]
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Date: 17 Feb 89 03:01:02 GMT
From: jwhitnell@cup.portal.com (Jerry Whitnell)
Subject: Debugger's Assistant Demo
This is a demonstration of Debugger's Assistant. Debugger's Assistant
is a desk accessory companion for LightspeedC and Lightspeed Pascal.
It can also be used standalone. Features include:
* View of Application, System or user-selected heap.
* View of resources in open resource files
* View of windows and grafports from either window list or user-
selected grafport
* View of open files, mounted volumes, working directories and
open drivers (the Unit table).
* View and search memory
* Knows MultiFinder. Select heaps, windows and resource files
from any application running under MultiFinder. Works with
Finder as well.
This demonstration is the desk accessory embedded in an application.
It can only be used to look at the application itself, but contains
all the features of the full desk accessory.
Jerry Whitnell
BC Sofware
jwhitnell@cup.portal.com Animals Gathered Together in a
..!sun!cup.portal.com!jwhitnell Cave and Grooving with a PICT.
[Archived as /info-mac/demo/debuggers-assistant.hqx; 166K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 22:35:06 EST
From: DBecque%UMass.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Hard Drives International
In the Feb issue of MacWorld there was an interesting add on page 258
for hard drives. Being in the market, I took note of it and realized
that these were some to the best prices I'd seen. But, I'm not sure
that I understand the deal, are these kits that you put together
yourself or what (in the small print it says the drive comes with an
external case, well I hope so!!)? Has anyone had any experience with
this company: Hard Drives International? Thanks
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 15:51:32 EST
From: steinmetz!galactica!hallett@uunet.uu.net (Jeff A. Hallett)
Subject: HyperTalk Seminars
I have a friend who would like to take some HyperTalk seminars. He needs
to create some scripts pronto and doesn't have time to dealve into
Goodman's books in detail.
Any pointers to seminars or alternate references (particularly for
XCMD/XFCN writing) would be appreciated.
Email to me or to him directly at lablanc@ge-crd.arpa.
Jeffrey A. Hallett | ARPA: hallett@ge-crd.arpa
Software Technology Program | UUCP: galactica!hallett@steinmetz.uucp
GE Corporate Research and Development | (518) 387-5654
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| "Isn't fun like the best thing to have ever? |
| - Arthur |
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Date: Mon 20 Feb 89 11:21:37-PDT
From: Elliot Bennett <ELLIOT@star3.stanford.edu>
Subject: LaserWriter Manual feed Prob...
As you may recall, I posted a question about the LW II NT's manual feed red
light (it would go on and stay on if you fed the paper in BEFORE the red
light came on).
Anyway, MANY THANKS to the thousands of replies I got (well, there were at
least 6). As it turns out, according to just about everyone (and his mother)
that's the way the silly thing works. Please note, however, that I did NOT
say that's the way the silly thing SHOULD work. Why not? Well, it seems
(at least I have it on good authority) that the LW II NTX (note, that's
nt_X_) does NOT exhibit this particular characteristic. Can you say "bug"?
So, is there any chance I could convince someone from Apple to possibly look
into this and maybe even provide a fix? I'll admidt that it's not an "earth
shattering problem," but...well, it is somewhat annoying...
Oh yes, as everyone pointed out, this little bug in no way effects per-
formance...
Once again, thanks to all of you who responded...
Elliot Bennett
elliot@star.stanford.edu
Disclaimer:
Just doing my part to try and make Apple computers a cleaner environment in
which to work...
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 10:16 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Relocating MacII on its side
I've heard that Apple does not recommend mounting the MacII on its side, as
its ventilation depends on the Mac being horizontal.
If you can imagine a standard steelcase desk with a MacII, AppleScanner and
Zenith 158, you can imagine my desk! I've put the Mac on an HP 92166A plotter
stand that raises it high enough to scoot the extended keyboard under. Of
course I have to sit on a step ladder to see the monitor :) The other good
alternative is to mount the Mac on a shelf above the monitor, if you can find a
shelf that's deep enough.
Peter Jorgensen Microcomputer Specialist
Computer Center Colgate University
BITNET PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
APPLELINK U0523
CompuServe 74010,1353
Phone (315) 824-1000 ext 742
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 11:13:49 +0100
From: Sigurd Meldal <sigurd@eik.ii.uib.no>
Subject: se/30 80 partition
Hard Disk Partition works very well. It has password protection.
-- S. Meldal
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 09:55:41 CST
From: Bill Goffe <B234WLG@UTARLVM1>
Subject: Software for the Blind
In response to several requests for software for the blind, I'll describe
an article I saw in the Business Section of the New York Times on February
5, 1989. The article, titled "A Mac That Hears Its Master's Voice" on p. 10
describes several voice input and output devices for the Mac. Of particular
interest for blind users is Outspoken. Using the Mac's built-in speech
synthesis capability, it pronounces words, numbers, commands and icons under
the cursor. One could imagine slowly moving the cursor across the screen and
hearing all the things we normally see. A prototype was shown at MacWorld.
The cost will be $395 when available next month. Contact Berkeley Systems
Inc. of Berkeley, CA, (415) 540-5535.
Bill Goffe
b234wlg @ utarlvm1 (bitnet)
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Date: 21 Feb 89 16:13:00 PDT
From: "AMSD3::STRONGEG" <strongeg%amsd3.decnet@wpafb-ams1.arpa>
Subject: stuffit 1.5.1 bug?
I have noticed strange behavior in stuffit 1.5.1 (Mac II, 5MB,
System 6.0.2, Multifinder 6.0.1). I was stuffing several files
in one session, each file in its own archive. I specified the
stuff method to be LZW. The first file went through fine. The
second file, which had no resource fork, displayed the problems.
The 'Huffman' and 'Lempel-Ziv' fields of the resource fork display
showed the values from the data fork of file 1. The first two
fields of the resource fork display were (correctly) zero.
It is cosmetic only, but a flaw nonetheless in an otherwise
robust program. Would someone pass this on to Ray Lau, since
I don't have a convenient way to send it to him. Thanks.
Gordon Strong (strongeg@wpafb-ams1.arpa)
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 14:37:58 PST
From: PUGH@nmfecc.arpa
Subject: The Definative Hierarchical Popup Menu XFCN
Here is the definitive HPopupMenu XFCN. It has a number of features that are
unique in the world of Hypercard Hierarchical PopUp menu XFCNs.
Primarily:
% This allows you to have a very large number of menu items in either
the main menu or any of the submenus. A single string also avoids
Hypercard's limitation of 16 parameters to XCMDs.
% The string is formatted thusly:
Main1,Sub1,Sub2,Sub3;Main2,Sub1,Sub2,Sub3;Main3;Main4,Sub1,Sub2
% The location of the menu takes into account the card window's location
so that the menu pops up in the right place even on large screens.
% You can use this as either a regular popup menu or a hierarchical one.
% You can use commas or semicolons for regular popup menus.
% You can make the menu drop down, pop up, and/or have a default checked
item through the use of the checkedItem parameter.
% You can use all the standard meta-characters for making special menus.
Bold, Italic, Shadow, icons, marked items all work. See the examples.
% Null menu items are ignored. This allows you to add extra commas for
HyperTalk array processing without affecting the menu.
% You can select the main menu item even if there is a sub menu on it.
And it has the additional questionable benefit of being written by me.
Jon
N L pugh@nmfecc.arpa
M A L National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center
F T N Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
E L PO Box 5509 L-561
C Livermore, California 94550
C (415) 423-4239
[Archived as /info-mac/hypercard/xfcn-hpopupmenu.hqx; 29K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 14:34 EST
From: "Jeff Perkinson" <UNCJCP%UNC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: The numeric keypad
Hey Netters,
I was just wondering if anyone had ever heard an official
explanation of why Apple put the minus key over the plus key
on one keyboard (ADB standard keyboard) and the plus over the minus
on the other two keyboard (MacPlus and ADB extended keyboards).
Anyone out there got any ideas?
Jeff Perkinson
Consultant, Micro User Service
UNC-CH
(UNCJCP@UNC.Bitnet)
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 89 22:21:52 -0600
From: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
Subject: TransDisplay 2.0 for LightspeedC
Here is TransDisplay 2.0 in LightspeedC. It is compatible with
TransSkel 2.01.
Yours,
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu
[Archived as /info-mac/source/c-transdisplay-20.hqx; 74K]
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 89 22:23:03 -0600
From: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
Subject: TransEdit 2.0 for LightspeedC
Here is TransEdit 2.0 in LightspeedC. It is compatible with
TransSkel 2.01.
Yours,
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu
[Archived as /info-mac/source/c-transedit-20.hqx; 82K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 07:50:01 PST
From: jln@accuvax.nwu.edu
Subject: Vaccine and INIT 29
Danny Schwender of ETH Zuerich recently analyzed the new ANTI
virus and mentioned that ANTI gets past Vaccine if the
"Always compile MPW INITs" option is turned on.
I've tested INIT 29 and discovered that it too gets past
Vaccine if "Always compile MPW INITs" is turned on. I tested
on a Mac II and on a Mac SE, with and without MultiFinder,
and got the same results each time - with the MPW INITs
option turned off Vaccine prevents INIT 29 infections, but
with MPW INITs turned on it permits the infection.
John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
Bitnet: jln@nuacc
Internet: jln@acns.nwu.edu
Applelink: a0173
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 11:15:23 +0100
From: Sigurd Meldal <sigurd@eik.ii.uib.no>
Subject: Word processing bibliography builders?
Word together with Scholar's Aid (available from the info-mac
archives, I believe) works for cross-referencing, and bibliographies
based on outside databases (e.g. MS File, Record Holder Plus etc.)
-- S. Meldal
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 89 14:35:38 EST
From: steinmetz!galactica!hallett@uunet.uu.net (Jeff A. Hallett)
Subject: Word processing bibliography builders?
To the best of my knowledge, a product called Endnote works with both Word
and MacWrite. Basically, when you need an entry, you call up a desk
accessory and select the entry you want. You can set things like page
ranges as well. Endnote creates a special formatting command in the text.
When you are finished, you can run an application over the document to
resolve the entry commands and it will generate a section that you can
include which contains the formatted bibliography.
It is reasonably intelligent about formatting the various media entries
(book vs. mag vs. ...), but you cannot change its default formats. If you
want a different format, you must change it after the bib is generated.
I've seen this work and it looks pretty nice. Caveat - I've never actually
used it.
There is another product called Professional Bibliography (it will be named
something else soon) which does all of the above except that it has some
pretty powerful database features (such as generating comprehensive reports
of all its contents and full on-line searching). It could be used to
manage a medium sized public library. The price matches the power. It
also allows you to create some custom formatting and you can create
additional "types" of medium which have their own formatting styles. This
I have used, but it is really more than I would need. If you are a
professor or doctoral student doing massive amounts of research, consider
spending the money. If you are an infrequent writer who doesn't use many
references, go with Endnote.
Jeffrey A. Hallett | ARPA: hallett@ge-crd.arpa
Software Technology Program | UUCP: galactica!hallett@steinmetz.uucp
GE Corporate Research and Development | (518) 387-5654
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| "Isn't fun like the best thing to have ever? |
| - Arthur |
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