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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 21 Jan 89 Volume 7 : Issue 13
Today's Topics:
CDC WREN V 192MBHD Blues.
Creating PostScript Files
Duplicating machines...
Garamond screen fonts
Getting Files
Goudy screen fonts
Large Screens
MacinTalk Request
More on SNOBOL
PC PCX/TIFF to Mac
Stars 1.8 and Mac II
Vietnamese character set? is there such a thing?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 89 17:26:52 GMT
From: PMIDS%FRPOLY11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Subject: CDC WREN V 192MBHD Blues.
Someone recently reported problems with CDC Wren V half high disks:
> I received couple CDC WREN V 192MB hard disks, a while ago.
> The Drives came with a formatter/installer from Carl Nelsontects).
> ( Software Architects).
> The formatting went well and the disks are operational.
> However there are few problems:
(summarizing here) not being able to boot off the disk, not being able
switch launch from another hard disk, having difficulty mounting them
after powering up the Mac.
> It was suggested to me that I have a general CDC SCSI WREN disk,
> and that I actually need a special Mac CDC disk that have
> the suffix "M" in it's product Number.
> But I could not verify this, as yet. can anyone help?
I just bought the same disk and installed it. No problems.
There may indeed be a special Mac Version. Or rather, I was told that
CDC made a mistake in one particular SCSI function (which one, I dont
know) which causes problems when you put two or more of them on line
simultaneously. The one I got, I was assured, was a special model
in which the problem was fixed.
Mine was packaged by MicroNet Technology (13765-A Alton Parkway /
Irvine CA 92718 / (714)837-6033), the info came from tech support
there. (I heard on the network that MicroNet is being started by
the same person who started CMS, thus should know what he is doing ...
don't know if it is true or if I am spreading rumor). Anyway,
so far I'm really happy with mine. Their disks are carried (altho
not advertised) by MacLand and Hardware House. The latter gave me
a better price, took them up on it ... got the CDC drive for only
a few hundred $$ more than similarly sized Rodime. Only complaints:
it arrived carelessly set up (as a drive half its size), and I don't
see how to partition the drive (tech support assured me it could be,
don't see how from their software, so I am writing them).
(No connections ... etc., except as satisfied customer ... this disk
is fast!). Hardware House: (800)356-2892 (215)386-2208
Suggest you call MicroNet and see what you can find out, they told me
they had worked with CDC engineers to fix the problem they found.
I looked under the hood again, the model number didn't have an 'M'
in it (94221-190), looks like a regular CDC label.
One other possible source of info: there's been a little ad in the
back of MacWorld for CDC drives, "custom designed driver software"
available separately, Third Estate Corp., (800)888-4131.
Darrell Skinner, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (or near enough) France
BITNET or EARN: PMIDS at FRPOLY11
paper mail: Labo PMI / Ecole Polytechnique / 91128 Palaiseau France
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 89 09:29 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Creating PostScript Files
Someone recently asked about creating PostScript output files from Mac
applications. There are two ways to do this, depending on what kind of
PS file you need. You can create a file which only has the PS code for
your document by holding down the "F" key immediately after clicking "OK"
in the print dialog box. You will see a message "Creating PostScript File"
instead of "Looking for LaserWriter...". This file won't be very useful
because it depends on the presence, in the PostScript printer, of the LaserPrep
file. If you can download that file to the printer, and make it permanent,
then you're all set.
Chances are, however, that you'll need to download the prep file in front
of the document file. So, Hold down the command-K key as you click "OK"
in the print dialog box. LaserPrep will be pre-pennded to your document
file, and this file should print.
I'll be truthful, I have not actually tried this, as all our postScript
printers are LaserWriters that are connected via AppleTalk to my Mac!
If anyone has tried this, please let us know how it worked.
Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer Specialist
Colgate University
BITNET PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
PHONE (315) 824-1000 ext 742
APPLELINK U0523
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Date: Tuesday, 17 Jan 1989 08:23:33 EST
From: m20011@mwvm.mitre.org (Anup Patel)
Subject: Duplicating machines...
Here in the PC Support Lab, we have a need to make a batch of disks when ever
a software upgrade occurs. I am looking for a disk duplicating machine that
is reliable, has good manufacturer service, and can handle 50-100 disks per
week.
We have a $21,000 duplicator from MST that breaks down after a month of use.
The service center is in California, so it becomes expensive to send it out
for repair.
Also, price should be in the $3500 - $7000 range for a MAC format only disk.
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 89 22:49:26 EST
From: Greg Brail <ST601396%BROWNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Garamond screen fonts
Here's part 1 of the screen fonts for Garamond, a BinHex of a StuffIt
1.5.1 archive of a Font/DA Mover file. This is a downloaded font only
-- it isn't built in to any printers that I know of. Garamond is a great
font for headlines or body text.
Greg Brail
ST601396@brownvm.brown.edu
P.O. Box 1020
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
[Archived as /info-mac/font/garamond-part1.hqx; 60K
/info-mac/font/garamond-part2.hqx; 52K]
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 89 07:59:17 SST
From: TNG TH <ISSTTH%NUSVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Getting Files
I must be dumb or something. I kept seeing new archives on recent
info-mac digests such as : archived as /info-mac/font/adobe-times.hqx etc
Please, can anyone tell me how to retrieve these files, especially when
a request for the latest file directory listing reveal none of them - eg
the 3-d graphingh program, Bodini font etc.
[Glad you asked. The reason you can't get these files is that you're using
a Bitnet server instead of FTP. None of the Bitnet servers have been updated
to support the new archive format (subdirectories) yet. However, we're
really trying to work something out so that Bitnet is not left out in the
cold. The recent lowercasing of all of the names in the sumex-2060 directory
and the creation of the file /help/all-files.txt may help in this endeavor.
Hopefully in the next few weeks... Bill]
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 89 22:55:34 EST
From: Greg Brail <ST601396%BROWNVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Goudy screen fonts
Here's part 1 of the screen fonts for Goudy, a downloadable font
>From Adobe. The font is compressed with StuffIt 1.5.1. Goudy is a
very elegant, stately font for headlines or body text.
Greg Brail
ST601396@brownvm.brown.edu
P.O. Box 1020
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
[Archived as /info-mac/font/goudy-part1.hqx; 57K
/info-mac/font/goudy-part2.hqx; 51K]
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 89 14:38:29 CDT
From: <AEZRAYS%UICVMC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Large Screens
From: aezrays@uicvmc.bitnet
A professional musician friend of mine is using Finale to compose for
a full orchestra on a MacII. He is searching for a monitor that will
display a full page of an 11X14 score. 8 1/2 by 11 is not big enough
for him. The local computer store has told him that there is no way.
Are they right?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 89 18:10:39 EST
From: MACFERRIN@HUCHE1.BITNET
Subject: MacinTalk Request
Can anyone tell me what MacinTalk is and how I can get it?
Thank you.
--Kurtis MacFerrin
BITNET: MACFERRIN@HUCHE1
PHONE: (617) 495-8394
MAIL: DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
12 OXFORD ST.
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 89 07:43 EST
From: <ELJAZZAR%UTKVX3.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: More on SNOBOL
> To all: we are looking for a Macintosh implementation of either
> SPITBOL or SNOBOL for the Macintosh. A check of our software
> catalogs indicated no interpreters for either commerically
> available. Does anyone know ...
I know of HCI SNOBOL that is available from:
Human-Computer Interface Ltd.
25 City Road, Cambridge
CBI 1DP, England
I got the address from the User's Manual, no phone number was listed.
(Sorry I cannot give you any information about the quality of the product
because I do not use it myself)
Hope this helps..
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Mohamad Eljazzar (ELJAZZAR@UTKVX1.BITNET)
UT Computing Center
Knoxville, TN
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Date: Fri 20 Jan 1989 15:57 CDT
From: Fred Seaton - WIU 309/298-1681 <MUCM000%ECNCDC.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: PC PCX/TIFF to Mac
Our department is getting a Kurzweil Scanner for a PC (ug!) that supports
300dpi/15 levels graphics in PC PCT and TIFF formats. (Also a couple of
other formats I'm not familiar with).
Is TIFF format on the PC the same as TIFF format on the MAC? (So I just need
to do a binary transfer between my machines?)
Is PCT format on the PC binary compatible with the MAC? If not, is there
a package available to convert the from PC to MAC?
Is there any advantage to PCT over TIFF or visa versa?
Thanks,
Fred Seaton
Academic Computing
Western Illinois University
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 89 09:42:13
From: <LANGOWSKI%FREMBL51.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Stars 1.8 and Mac II
The behavior that you described sounds like a hard-encoded screen size for
the screen blanking routine. Not very easy to fix. If you're patient, you
can look for numbers like 512, 342, or their product in the code and try
to patch that part. Having Nosy at hand would help.
--jl--
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1989 16:50:34 CST
From: Werner Uhrig <werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu>
Subject: Vietnamese character set? is there such a thing?
Can someone tell me what character set I need to get to prepare
text in the Vietnamese language?
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