INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Moderator Dwayne Virnau...) (08/16/87)
INFO-MAC Digest Saturday, 15 Aug 1987 Volume 5 : Issue 111
Today's Topics:
Archive Server Shutdown
Alaska to get Macs (finally)...
Request for Mac II init
Mac Tech Notes 107-117
TN38
TOPS-BOOT-Problem
Talking Moose and System 5.5
AutoBlack
Keeper for the Mac SE and Mac II?
Locare FKEY
Other...3.09
ClipPrint DA V1.22
Fontsie 3.03
microemacs 3.8M, revision 0.02b
Rogue Clone
Kolor
PackIt III V1.3
Window Mgr FKEY's
Usenet Mac Digest V3 #46
Usenet Mac Digest V3 #47
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1987 08:58 MDT
From: "Frank J. Wancho" <WANCHO@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Archive Server Shutdown
Several changes to the Archive Server have been made in the past few
weeks to improve service for replies sent through intermediate hosts.
One of the requested changes was to reduce the size of the messages by
half so that these messages don't hog the single-stream mail
channels, particularly on BITNET, for extended periods of time, and
thus give other mail a chance to get through in a timely manner.
Unfortunately, this has resulted in the SIMTEL20 mail queue to rapidly
grow way beyond all expectations: the Server was now generating twice
as many messages and our dedicated mailer for this service now had to
establish twice as many connections for the same number of replies.
That mailer could not keep up with the the queue, and for the second
time in as many weeks, we have had to shutdown the Server because we
were running out of disk space.
Because the disk space is at a premium for our regular users, and
because the resources required by both the Server and the mailer have
now reached a point well beyond the capabilities of our present system
configuration, the Server has been shut down until further notice and
for an indefinite period of time. New requests will be returned
unanswered, and both present requests and replies will be flushed.
In the meantime, we are examining other possibilities to provide
access to our collections. Because the great majority of requests
have come from BITNET users, we are looking for one or more BITNET
hosts willing to provide the disk space and BITSERV facilities for one
or more of our collections of public domain software.
--Frank
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 87 20:23 ADT
From: <SYAPPLE%ALASKA.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Alaska to get Macs (finally)...
Okay. The University of Alaska, Apple Computer, and the Apple Vendors
of Alaska have finally come to an agreement, and UA will soon be half
of a Consortium University (that is, Individual Purchase prices for
students and faculty, but little else).
As one of the cheerleaders/volounteer workers for this plan, it is now
my plan to form a new-user support group on campus. I don't think either
Apple or The University of AK will be fullfilling this role, as UA chose
not to fully embrace the Consortium Plan (bummer...)
Here's my request: first, I could use *any* advice on how to start a
Macintosh User Group. If you know of good articles about just that
subject, please send me a bibliography. If you have first hand
knowledge, hit me with it.
I'm especially interested if you have
(1) formed/helped to form a MUG on a campus
(2) formed/help to form/worked for a group providing support
to microcomputer users on a campus
(3) attended a campus that chose only to use the Individual
Purchase part of the Consortium deal; what kind of user
support does your school provide?
Tanx for the Info.
Joe Kennebec
SYAPPLE@ALASKA.BITNET
US SNAIL: 4280 Geist Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 87 10:46:10 edt
From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
Subject: Request for Mac II init
Several people have posited in the digest that an Init exists to disable
the 68020 instruction cache, yet none has appeared.
Could anyone who has written such an Init (or DA or Application) please post
one to the digest for the rest of us.
Thank you in advance,
Josh Hodas
hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 87 16:37:31 PDT
From: Mike Hewett <HEWETT@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Mac Tech Notes 107-117
I've downloaded and printed all the Mac Technical Reports except
the ones listed below which seem to be missing from INFO-MAC.
Does anyone have a copy of these?
TN: 107-117 All released 3/87
57, 57a Revised in May 87. Copy on INFO-MAC is the original
version.
Mike
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Date: Sat 25 Jul 87 03:37:19-PDT
From: Alan Larson <LARSON@Stripe.SRI.Com>
Subject: TN38
Did anyone ever see tech note 38, released in July 86? It is supposed
to deal with the rom debugger for the mac+. I have never seen mention of
it here. Is there a machine readable version in existence?
Alan
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Date: 22 May 1987, 08:12:33 ECT
From: Christian Falk 7-593891 FALK at
From: NORUNIT
Subject: TOPS-BOOT-Problem
Just dowloaded this nice utility for publishing disc-volumes on Tops at Boot
time. The documentation states that it is possible to modify the 'PNT#'
resource to change the behaviour. This is OK, but it seems that only 3 mouse
down events are posted now matter how many coordinates that is given in 'PNT#'
Could the author (or somebody else) give me some advice how to modify. (Or
better post a new version with this problem fixed) the utility.
Thanks in advance :-)
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 87 20:31 EDT
From: <ZACCONE%BKNLVMS.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Talking Moose and System 5.5
I have just switched to System 5.5 and Finder 4.1. I get periodic
system crashes which seem somewhat random (I'd have trouble reproducing
them), and Talking Moose 1.2 consistently causes a system error.
When I select Talking Moose, the moose appears in the corner of the screen,
and the machine crashes as he is about to speak. Anyone else have
this problem?
Rick Zaccone
zaccone@bknlvms.bitnet
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Date: Mon, 6 Jul 87 08:43:32 pdt
From: Wm. L. Brown <wbrown@lbl-ux4>
Subject: AutoBlack
There was a note in one (or more) of these digests that stated something
to the effect that the latested version of "AutoBlack" from the info-mac
archive would work on both the Mac SE and the Mac II.
I've down-loaded it and it seems to work fine on the SE (altho sometimes
we end up with an extra non-moving clock or part of an extra non-moving
clock on the screen). However, if I try to install it on our new Mac II,
the Mac II dies on boot-up at the point where we expect it to say "MacBugs
Installed". (It really isn't MacBugs - its AutoBlack renamed MacBugs per the
installation notes)
Anyone else have this problem? is there a fix? An Alternate? Am I doing
something real dumb?
Thanks
bill
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Date: Mon, 6 Jul 87 21:55:06 EDT
From: Abraham_Vanderspek@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU
Subject: Keeper for the Mac SE and Mac II?
It looks like the Keeper doesn't work on the SE. It doesn't install
itself into the system permanently. Is my impression correct? Why?
(The Keeper is a utility (INIT) for the Plus, which places the desktop
in RAM; if one quit's an application, one flies back to the desktop).
The MacII bombs with a systems error upon quiting an application.
Does anyone know where the Keeper originated? Whom to contact?
Is a MacSE/II compatible version is available? Thanks for the info!
EMAIL: Abraham_Vanderspek@um.cc.umich.edu
Snail: Abraham Vanderspek, Dept Pediatric Anesthesia,
University of Michigan, Mott Hosp, box 0800 Rm C4139,
Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. Ph 313-763-2436.
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 87 17:17 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN%sdr.slb.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: Locare FKEY
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: LOCARE 1.8SW
Date: 19-JUN-1987 20:00 by RAYMONDLAU
Locare 1.8sw is the shareware/demo release of a lost file finder FKEY. Many
features which are available in the private version are disabled in this
version. Locare offers the basic advantage that it isn't a DA like Apple's
File Finder. It also offers more filtration options (not in demo). The
private version can also read GetInfo comments, delete files, and in the
near future, write GetInfo comments, rename files, maybe even move files.
The doc file details all of Locare's current functions as implemented in
the private release.
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 87 22:02:06 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA>
Subject: Other...3.09
Enclosed is Other...3.09 which was downloaded from Genie. Other... is
a desk accessory which runs other desk accessories without installing them
in the System file. These desk accessories are stored in Font/DA Mover
files, one desk accessory per file. The documentation file is also included
with this posting. Other... is shareware ($10).
This release fixes a minor bug in version 3.08.
Gary Standorf
<standorf@cecom-2.arpa>
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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 87 09:01 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN%sdr.slb.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: ClipPrint DA V1.22
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: CLIP_PRINT DA
Date: 3-JUL-1987 03:03 by STEVEMALLER
[ File 1 updated 3-JUL-1987 03:03 by STEVEMALLER to version 1.22.
Based on suggestions, word wrap is now smarter, status display is now
implemented for picture printing, and error messages are better. ]
The ClipPrint desk accessory is very straightforward. When you open it,
it looks at the Clipboard for data of the types known as TEXT (plain
text) or PICT (graphics). If either is present, ClipPrint resets the
printer, then outputs the Clipboard's contents to the printer. You can
cancel printing by pressing command-period.
Bug reports to STEVEMALLER...
Enjoy,
Steve Maller
Apple Computer
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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 87 22:44:16 EDT
From: Gary P Standorf <standorf@CECOM-2.ARPA>
Subject: Fontsie 3.03
This is Fontsie 3.03. It allows fonts to be used without installing them in
the System file.
512K or greater memory is recommended. It will run on MFS file systems, but
its configuration program requires an HFS file system.
This version runs on System 3.1 or greater. It is shareware ($5).
Gary Standorf
<standorf@cecom-2.arpa>
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Date: 1 Jul 87 05:49:40 GMT
From: earleh@dartvax.UUCP (Earle R. Horton)
Subject: microemacs 3.8M, revision 0.02b
[microemacs 3.8M, revision 0.02b - in 5 parts]
This is microemacs 3.8M, revision 0.02b for the Mac, a RAM-based text
editor which uses a keyboard-type interface, although manipulation of
windows and moving around within buffers is possible with the mouse.
The program features C-mode, magic-mode search/replace using a subset
of regular expressions, and is programmable using macro files. The
size of a file which can be edited is limited only by the size of RAM
and the efficiency of my storage allocator, and the program contains
code to warn the user when the limit is approached. It will not run on
a 128k, or with a small Switcher partition. The program has been
tested on a 512KE, Mac Plus, 512k, Mac II, and SE with no ill effect.
The program comes with four text files which contain, respectively, a
sample macro startup file, on line help, technical information, and
assembler source for a sample printer driver (to be used with this
program only.)
For best results, the application should be in the same HFS folder or
on the same MFS disk as the two text files, "emacs.rc" and "emacs.hlp",
which should not be renamed. Printing code is designed for "generic"
serial printers; since I do not own an ImageWriter, I cannot debug
printing code for one. There are two possibilities for printing on the
ImageWriter without recompiling the program, however. Control
characters can be inserted anywhere in a buffer and will be sent raw to
the printer, providing one possibility. A separate resource, described
in one of the packed files, contains code to handle printing. Replace
this resource with your own machine code and you have custom printing,
to your specifications (knowledge of 68000 machine language required).
A disk of source code is available to anyone sending me a mailer and
disk.
Earle
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*Earle R. Horton, H.B. 8000, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 *
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Date: 23 Jun 87 06:00:07 GMT
From: holmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes)
Subject: Rogue Clone
[Rogue Clone by Tim Stoehr <tims@zues.TEK.COM> - in three parts]
This is a quick hack to get a playable Mac version of Rogue Clone. Includes
three documentation files:
Mac Notes - Information specific to the Mac version.
rogue.man - Tim Stoehr's man page for Rogue Clone.
rogue.guide - The UNIX "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom".
I've tested it with System 3.2 and System 4.1, also on a Mac+ and a 512K.
There's no reason it shouldn't work on an SE or even a 128K.
Compiled with Aztec C by Manx Software Systems.
Ray Holmes, Department of Math., Stats., & C.S., Dalhousie U., Halifax, N.S.
holmes@dalcs.UUCP BITNET or UUCP
holmes@cs.dal.cdn BITNET or CDN
holmes%dalcs.UUCP@seismo.ARPA ARPA
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Date: Wed 15 Jul 87 09:36:41-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Kolor
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: KOLOR
Date: 15-JUL-1987 00:41 by LOGICHACK
Kolor and its accompanying instruction file is a Control Panel
Extension written by Russ Wetmore of Apple Computer. It allows you to
change the standard system colors including window titles, scrollbars
and more.
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 87 14:38 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN%sdr.slb.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: PackIt III V1.3
Name: PACKIT III
Date: 20-JUL-1987 20:32 by CHESLEY
[ File 3 updated 19-JUL-1987 22:05 by CHESLEY to V1.3. There are two changes in
version 1.3: (1) Compression is now the default when packing files. (2) While
PackIt has always packed all of the Finder flags into the packed file, it has
also always masked off some when unpacking (this is necessary for some flags,
while others are undefined at this time). Originally only two flags were
unpacked: Invisible and Has Bundle. Some more flags have now been defined and
are now unpacked as well: Locked, System, Cached, Shared, Always SwitchLaunch,
and Never SwitchLaunch. ]
PackIt III file packing, compression, and encryption utility. Fully compatable
with PackIt I and PackIt II.
[ This only contains the application file - Jeff ]
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Date: Wed 5 Aug 87 10:27:19-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR>
Subject: Window Mgr FKEY's
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: WINDOW MGR FKEY'S
Date: 4-AUG-1987 00:40 by MICHAELDARK
Window manger FKEY's that will let you close windows, resize (zoom box)
windows, and shuffle windows, all from the keyboard.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 87 08:56 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN%sdr.slb.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V3 #46
Usenet Mac Digest Wednesday, June 24, 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 46
Today's Topics:
Re: Working with Laser Writer Plus Ports: Can both be used simultaneously?
Cadmac ? MacApp on Unix ?
Re: Finding out if there are no windows on the screen
Re: A Trivial Suggestion
Re: Finding out if there are no windows on the screen
Re: Jasmine Disk Drives
Obtaining a list of files from a wildcard
Finder rebuilding of desktop.
REdit 1.2 SF Bug?
Re: Finder rebuilding of desktop.
wanted: Ada system for Mac
Re: Color monitors
Drawing chemical structural formulas.
Re: Finder rebuilding of desktop.
List Manager in LightspeedC
Mac II PRAM and External Hard Disks
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 87 08:56 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN%sdr.slb.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V3 #47
Usenet Mac Digest Wednesday, June 24, 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 47
Today's Topics:
finder icon locations
Re: Mac ][ First Impressions...
Mac+ SIMMS in Mac II (be careful) (2 messages)
Mac ][ color resource editors/TMPLs?
Macintosh Applications Development.
Trapping Keyboard Events
HD Error handling.
Macintouch news
Re: ATTENTION ALL MICRO USERS!!! FCC INFORMATION TAX AHEAD!!
Dear Apple: Finder feature wanted
question about writenow dictionary
SE ROM problem
Macs & Sailing & Basic
Spell checkers for Mac
Finder Feature
Question: Finder Windows & Mac II Screens
wanted: cross-development tools
Where You Can Find Whole-Screen/Whole-Page Images
Re: Finder Feature
More on Word Tools
Re: Spell checkers for Mac
Colorizing your new Mac II...
3rd Party internal HD's for SE
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