Moderators.Jon.Pugh;Dwayne.Virnau;Lance.Nakata@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (07/14/88)
INFO-MAC Digest Thursday, 14 Jul 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 64
Today's Topics:
Pinouts for a Mac512e to Apple Modem 300 cable
BackDown II?
Another Finder/Desktop Idea
PD Plot Excel macros
PC-WPfiles to Mac
uudecode for Mac?
References on Event-Driven Programming Style?
Printing WordStar Greek on LW
Replacing an application icon
Framework --> Mac translation
Chooser Problems
MacGNOME
Re: Reach for the Stars
HP-GL to PICT utility program for Mac SE/II
Open Folders
file server copy
Window Manager
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 88 21:46:49 EDT
From: Atul Butte <ATUL%BROWNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Pinouts for a Mac512e to Apple Modem 300 cable
Does anyone have any information on the cable I would need to hook a
Mac512e to an Apple Modem 300 (the old kind, not the personal modem).
In other words, a DB-9 to DB-9 Male to Male cable. What are the pinouts?
_______________________________________________________________________
Atul Butte
Brown University /-------\ /---------\
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ATUL%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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Date: 1 Jul 1988 13:18:22-EDT
From: David.Hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu
Subject: BackDown II?
I tried installing "BackDown" {BACKground DOWNloading desk accessory} on my
Mac II with no success. When you go to use it, it crashes. Does anyone know
if there is a version of "BackDown" or a similar program that is compatible
with the Mac II's. thanks, responses to: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu
-dave-
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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1988 17:40:30 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra>
Subject: Another Finder/Desktop Idea
PowerStation is a very useful application if you want to be able to launch
any one of many different applications on your hard disk quickly, without
digging down through layers of folders. But, you do have to switch back
and forth between PowerStation and the Finder every time you want to go
from launching applications to doing file shuffling and desktop housekeeping.
So, how about a Finder/Desktop system in which every folder icon has a
small "launch" button somewhere in one of the corners, and clicking on
that button launches a user-preselected application contained within that
folder. One could have a folder on the desktop for each major application
and its associated documents. Clicking on the folder itself would open
the folder for document housekeeping, etc. Clicking on the folder icon's
launch button would start up the document. Sounds like a useful interface,
at least if your filing system and collection of applications is not too
wildly extended.
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From: solaris!wyle@uunet.UU.NET (Mitchell Wyle)
Subject: PD Plot Excel macros
Date: 2 Jul 88 08:01:00 GMT
Reply-to: solaris!wyle@uunet.UU.NET ()
ANY scatter-plot macros for excel would be much appreciated.
Please reply via e-mail to: wyle@ethz.uucp
Thank y'all kindly.
--
-Mitchell F. Wyle wyle@ethz.uucp
Institut fuer Informatik wyle%ifi.ethz.ch@relay.cs.net
ETH Zentrum
8092 Zuerich, Switzerland +41 1 256-5237
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Date: Sun, 03 Jul 88 16:35:16 EDT
From: ULMO031%FRORS12.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
I am the happy owner of a Mac II. But now, I'd like to program
a little, so I'm planning to buy Inside Macintosh and MPW.
These products exist in France, but it is well know that things are
much more expensive there.
Therefore, I'd like to buy MPW and IM to APDA (USA) : what are
the conditions ? I need the price (and how to pay) and the
way I could do it. I suppose I'll have to pay the transport.
here's another trouble : is Inside Macintosh I still good for
a Mac II ? I'm afraid it is getting old.
If you have the answer, please write to me :
<ULMO031@FRORS12.BITNET> or <ULMO031@FRORS31.BITNET>
Thank you.
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Date: Mon, 04 Jul 88 17:32:57 DNT
From: "Niels Kr. Jensen" <C838216@NEUVM1>
Subject: PC-WPfiles to Mac
I would like to send WordPerfect files to a Mac-owner. I have an IBM-AT-clone
but no Mac nearby. Can I use ordinary hardware for 3.5" disks or will it take
a special controller for example ? - NKJ <C838216@NEUVM1.BITNET>
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Reply-to: pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-nsfmat!pro-la!pro-citadel!fredc
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 88 17:38:20 PDT
From: fredc@pro-citadel.cts.com (Fred Condo)
Subject: uudecode for Mac?
Can someone point me to a utility for the Mac to uudecode files sent over
Usenet? Please reply by e-mail.
Fred Condo : SysAdmin of Pro-Citadel * (818) 339-4704; 300-2400 bps
UUCP: crash!pnet01!pro-citadel!fredc * INET: fredc@pro-citadel.cts.com
Paper: Box 3812, San Dimas, CA 91773 (Secular humanism: it stands to reason.)
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1988 14:39:51 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra>
Subject: References on Event-Driven Programming Style?
Can anyone recommend any good discussions (textbooks, manuals, articles) on
the general principles of event-driven (or interrupt-driven) programming?
I'm not looking for specific details of event handling on the Mac, or any
other machine, but rather for an introduction for students to general
programming style and good programming practice in an event-driven
programming environment: event trapping and handling, polling, use of flags,
program structures for handling multiple events, etc.
Any suggestions?
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From: dartvax!eleazar!boomer.UUCP@seismo.css.gov (Rich Akerboom)
Subject: Printing WordStar Greek on LW
Date: 6 Jul 88 20:40:49 GMT
Sender: dartvax!news.UUCP@seismo.css.gov
Reply-to: dartvax!eleazar!boomer.UUCP@seismo.css.gov (Rich Akerboom)
I have some questions related to the LocalTalk PC card and software, and their
emulation of Epson printers. I would appreciate it if some knowledgeable net
gurus would see if any of my potential solutions have any merit.
First the scenario: a user, who can/will not change his document
preparation techniques uses WordStar on an IBM PC (XT or AT perhaps) to
produce documents which he shares with a collaborator and sends to his
publisher. Both our user and the collaborator are using (for historical
reasons) a special system for inserting greek characters and print on an
Epson FX-80 dot matrix printer. Recently our user's publisher has
required him to submit laser printed manuscripts instead of the dot matrix
he had been supplying heretofore. Our user, then, would like to be able to
laser print his work without changing anything.
The greek characters are printed as follows. The Epson FX-80 can accept a
programmable character set. A set of greek letters was designed manually
and a Turbo pascal program was written to download these to the printer
at system startup. Then WordStar's capability to send custom printer
control sequences (^PQ, ^PW, ^PE and ^PR commands) was used to shift to
and from the downloaded character set.
At Dartmouth only Apple LaserWriters of various types are available.
Thus my potential solutions:
1. In the "Appleshare PC Update-AppleTalk PC Printer Driver" manual (a
supplement to the "AppleShare PC User's Guide") on page 5 it says in
effect, if your software doesn't support the Epson LQ2500 set the
software to print to an FX series printer (one of the less desireable
choices). Thus I infer that the Appleshare PC software in Epson
emulation mode provides some level of support for the Epson FX-80.
But what level ? If full FX-80 support is available (I am skeptical),
then all I have to do is rewrite the download program to work with a
LaserWriter over LocalTalk and I am in business. Anyone know about
this??? Apple, are you out there? I'm not betting the farm on this
one.
2. I could also set up a second copy of WordStar for printing on the
LaserWriter. This copy would have special printer control sequences
for use with the PC LaserWriter program (provided with the LocalTalk
PC card) instead of for use with the FX-80. Codes are supplied to
change between fonts and one of the fonts is symbol, which has the
greek and other special characters we need. The only problem is that
the symbol font's mapping of characters is most likely different from
the mapping in the downloaded font. Can this be corrected by
renumbering the symbol font (temporarily) using postscript
commands?
If you would, please respond to me directly on this one as I don't read all
the newsgroups to which this is being posted. I will summarize to the net
if the responses seem to warrant it. Thanks in advance for your help!!
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 88 15:26 EDT
From: "Maj. Doug Hardie" <Hardie@DOCKMASTER.ARPA>
Subject: Replacing an application icon
I am trying to update the icon that is displayed on the desktop for an
application. Updating the icon in the application is easy. Finder
never uses it. It always uses the original icon. I have even deleted
the original application, then rebuilt it using the new icon. Bug,
finder still saves the old icon and uses it. How do you replace the
icon?
-- Doug
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 88 15:59 EDT
From: JJ_KRAME%FANDM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Subject: Framework --> Mac translation
Hello all,
I have a MS-DOS to Mac Translation problem. I have three files
to translate from an IBM compat. written with package called Framework.
I have tried to use the Apple file exchange's MacLink plus translators but to
no avail. Has anyone ever had to carry out such a translation..
Thanks in Advance.. Joe Kramer
Consultant
- CAC Franklin and Marshall College
Bitnet: JJ_KRamer@FANDM
GEnie: J.Kramer5
CIS: 74726,1333
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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 88 10:40:51 EDT
From: tom coradeschi <tcora@ARDEC.ARPA>
Subject: Chooser Problems
I'm having some problems with using the chooser to select printers. Under
normal circumstances, I use our office laserwriter to do most printing.
Currently, I use system 4.2, finder 6.0, laserwriter & laser prep 4.0. If I am
logged into our VAX, the modem port of the mac is used to connect to our LAN,
and the printer port is connected to appletalk. So far, so good. Now, if I
decide to change printers, I plug my imagewriter into the printer port, and
change printers in the Chooser, version 3.2. Still OK. Now, if I wish to
reconnect the laserwriter (via appletalk), I can change the connector, but I
simply CANNOT change the Chooser setting. I get a dialog box that tells me that
the port is busy, and cannot be connected to appletalk. This is while the
appletalk connector is plugged into it! If I exit to the finder, I still can't
change it. I have to reboot the machine, at which time, I can change printers
back to the laserwriter. HelP! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
tom c
ps - I forgot. This is on a mac+.
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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 88 12:46 EDT
From: "Rand P. Hall" <RAND@merrimack.edu>
Subject: MacGNOME
Does anyone know how to obtain programs from CMU's MacGNOME
project?
Thanks,
Rand P. Hall rand@merrimack.edu (csnet)
Director, Academic Computing 617.683.7111
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Rd. "There is elegance in simplicity."
North Andover, Mass. 01845 - Kimball S. Maddocks
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 88 13:49:06 EST
From: munnari!moncsbruce.cs.monash.oz.au!conybear@uunet.UU.NET (Roland
From: Conybeare)
Subject: Re: Reach for the Stars
Moderators.Jon.Pugh;Dwayne.Virnau;Lance.Nakata@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU:
>
> Does anybody know anything about the game "Reach for the Stars"?
>
Reach for the stars has been around for some time on Apple II's. I
liked it very much. Actually, I am most impressed by how much Roger
Keating managed to fit into 32k.
Anyway, the game is played in a "galaxy" with ~100 solar systems, each
holding 0-3 planets. Each planet has several numbers associated with it,
which control the planet's behaviour.
Your task is more or less to take over the whole galaxy. You colonize
planets, build starships, do R&D, improve planets, and fight a lot of battles.
The game has four players, some of which may be computer players.
In my opinion this is an excellent game. It is based on a few simple
concepts, but they combine in interesting ways. For example high world
production requires a large and wealthy population, but such populations
increase rapidly. If you let the population approach the maximum the world
can support, you'll lose the benefits of a fully developed world to
transporting excess population away.
Roland Conybeare
conybear@moncsbruce.oz
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Date: 8 Jul 88 16:10 +0100
From: Kjell Arne Jacobsen <kajifk%termo.unit.uninett@TOR.nta.no>
Subject: HP-GL to PICT utility program for Mac SE/II
At our institute we have several HP-computers working in the lab. One of
the main output from these are graphical images for the HP-7550 plotter
using the HP-GL comand language (pure ascii files). My question
is:
Does anyone out there have or know somebody who have a utility program to
convert graphical images from HP-GL to Macintosh PICT format?
I would be glad to know....
Kjell Arne Jacobsen
SINTEF avd. 11
University of Trondheim
Norway
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Date: 11 Jul 88 16:36 +0200
From: "Frank ODwyer Trinity College Dublin"
From: <P13493%QZCOM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-to: "Info-Mac Mailing list (Macintosh)"
Reply-to: <INFOMAC%QZCOM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Open Folders
We have written a DA which allows users to launch applications which are
not visible on the desktop. The problem is this: on exiting the launched
application, the finder opens windows which were closed before the call
to the DA. The windows opened are not related to the use of the DA, but
appears to be the hierarchy of windows leading to the folder from which
the last application was launched from the finder.
We have used the _Launch trap to call the application, and the file
manager calls which use the PB form (PBHSetVol). Any ideas?
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Date: Mon 11 Jul 88 16:26:13-PDT
From: Brodie Lockard <I.ISIMO@LEAR.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: file server copy
I've copied the contents of a 20-meg Appleshare file server disk to an 80-meg
disk. I've managed to keep the users&groups intact, but I can't figure out
how to keep the ownership of stuff intact. Appleshare Admin keeps
"repairing" it, making the Custodian own everything. I tried copying the
Appleshare PDS file over, thinking it held the ownership info, but it needed
"repairing." How can I preserve ownerships?
Brodie Lockard
i.isimo@lear.stanford.edu
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 88 08:49:11 PDT
From: PUGH@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: Window Manager
What I want to know is, why can't I hold down the Shift key when dragging the
title bar of a window and have it constrained to horizontal or vertical motion?
Is that too much to ask for?
Jon
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