INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU.UUCP (04/30/87)
INFO-MAC Digest Wednesday, 29 Apr 1987 Volume 5 : Issue 83
Today's Topics:
LightspeedC help needed needed
WARNING: What *NOT* to do when your disk crashes !!!
APDA does deliver
Re: Second screen buffer
Re: AutoBlack and SE
New Autoblack INIT
New compilers from TML: Pascal, Modula-2
Help! Mangled Hard Disk
SE-KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
Re: SCSI Documents/SCSI as Instrument Interface
Extra Carriage Returns on LW
ref: vol5/#'s 81 and 82
Re: Head park and Shutdown
BALL AND STICK (2ND ATTEMPT)
Mac Yacc
new Randomizer INIT
Newer SendPS
Networking/Communications
Educational Software recommendations?
Word 3.x wish
MacWrite 4.5/MS Word 3.0 problems
Mac Word 3.01 Announcement
Letter Quality Printers?
Reading IBM disks
Apple's Chinese word processor?
MacEgypt?
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1987 17:05 CDT
From: PHYS300%UNLCDC3.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu
Subject: LightspeedC help needed needed
I am using LightSpeedC 2.01 and am having trouble with the Echo_to_Printer
command. I am using standard C calls to printf and I want to echo this to
the IMW. As I read the addendum to the manual all I have to do is
something like this:
Echo_to_Printer( 1 );
printf("blahblahblah");
Echo_to_Printer( 0 );
This seems to work occasionally and that's the frustrating part. The first
time I run my project, it will print. If I turn around and run it again
nothing gets printed!
I imagine that I am doing something dumb, so please somebody tell me what
it is. I have an assignment due soon and I need the hardcopy of my results.
Thanks
Glenn A. Sowell PHYS300@UNLCDC3.BITNET
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
(402) 472-2790
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Date: Wed 29 Apr 87 15:59:53-CDT
From: Werner Uhrig <CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: WARNING: What *NOT* to do when your disk crashes !!!
during a visit yesterday to Les Herbst, author of the MacZAP recovery programs,
to discuss a particularly screwed-up disk, he told me that he receives a lot
of calls where people report that when they try to recover from a crash,
they get a message:
0 FILES in 0 FOLDERS found
and every time the reason is that they had executed either MACTOOLS or FEDIT+
and
MOUNTed !!!!
the disk.
****** DO NOT DO THIS ****** IT DESTROYS VALUABLE DATA NEEDED FOR RECOVERY ****
also
ALWAYS make a copy of the damaged disk FIRST and WRITE-PROTECT your
damaged disk and perform all recovery attempts on the copy.
why am I posting a message listing "the obvious", you ask? well, guess why...
yes, by the time I got my hands on the disk some other "heroes" had tried
to be helpful in recovering THE ONE AND ONLY MACHINE-READABLE COPY of a
students dissertation .....
...yes, I did recover most (with help from Les) but am unwilling to do this
more than once per ice-age ....
...had the disk never been MOUNTed, MacZAP recovery would have been a breeze!!
I understand a lot of people have been yelling in the ear of the authors of
FEDIT and MACTOOLS about a lacking warning message ....
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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 87 09:50:11 DNT
From: "Jakob Nielsen, Tech Univ of Denmark" <DATJN@NEUVM1>
Subject: APDA does deliver
Since some people have wondered whether you can get anything out of
APDA (especially if you live outside the US), I can happily report that
I just received MPW and MacApp from APDA (two months after the day I ordered
them).
My problem now is that I have a folder with 4.4 MegaBytes of MPW/MacApp
files and 11 centimeters of manuals that I have to learn.
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 01:16:29 edt
From: stew%lhasa@hucsc.HARVARD.EDU
Subject: Re: Second screen buffer
Just a correction: The Macintosh SE does have a second screen buffer,
although not a second sound buffer. However, Apple has noted repeatedly
that the second screen buffer may not be present on future Macintoshes.
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 13:30 EST
From: Tom Dowdy <CML5A9%IRISHMVS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: AutoBlack and SE
Funny...I have an SE here and AutoBlack runs on it fine...
Doesn't seem to like TOPS tho (Sometimes I get TWO clocks on
the screen instead of one, but that's okay)
I was under the impression that AutoBlack works by allocating
a 22K segment on the system heap and rerouting the screenbits
base address to this point, clearing the screen for display
of the clock. I dont think it uses the alternate screen
buffer.
Tom Dowdy
CML5A9@IRISHMVS.BITNET
"They say there is strangeness to danger us,
In our theaters and bookstore shelves.
Those who know what's best for us,
Must rise and save us from ourselves."
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 15:52:57 CDT
From: Jeff Myers <myers@unix.macc.wisc.edu>
Subject: New Autoblack INIT
Here is a new version of AutoBlack, the screen saver which is usually
renamed as MacsBug. Comes complete with icon, and comes billed as
being SE and MacII compatible.
However, it still will not work with BigScreen on a Mac 512E. I would
appreciate it if people with SE's and MacII's could try it out,
verify that it does work, and so report to the digest.
This came from the local User Group (MadMac) board, with no accompanying
document, but it still works and looks the same as the version currently
in the archives. Data fork of the file gives the author as Itty Bitty
Software...anybody out there know who they are?
Jeff Myers The views above may or may not
University of Wisconsin-Madison reflect the views of any other
University of Wisconsin Law School person or group at UW-Madison.
ARPA: myers@vms.macc.wisc.edu
UUCP: ..!{harvard,ucbvax,allegra,topaz,akgua,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!myers
BitNet: MYERS at WISCMACC
[
archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-AUTOBLACK-NEW.HQX
the documentation for the previous version is probably still valid,
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-AUTOBLACK.DOCS
remember that this is the utility you rename "macsbug" and drop into the
system folder. After 5 minutes of idle time the Mac screen shifts into an
alternate buffer displaying a randomly placed and moving clock, with no
effect on output to the regular screen. This is the screen saver I use and
highly recommend.
DoD
]
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Date: 28 Apr 87 15:58:50 GMT
From: jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (Joel West)
Subject: New compilers from TML: Pascal, Modula-2
I had a nice chat with Tom Leonard today of TML Systems. He has two
compilers coming out "in about two weeks" for the Mac.
His Modula-2 for MPW is done, awaiting final manuals. It supports
the complete IM Volume IV, large memory model, with a separate
DEFINITION MODULE for each manager. Of course it is 3rd Edition
Wirth and has a TTY window for moving non-Mac programs. As of
now, you have to buy MPW from another source.
Release 2.5 of TML Pascal (he's given up 'MacLanguage' since everyone
calls it TML Pascal) includes all the library interfaces for the SE
and Mac II, as well as those new and extended managers (Script Manager,
hierarchical menus, TextEdit with styles) that will be ROM-patched
in System 4.1 for the Mac Plus owners.
Incidentally, he noted that of his Pascal rivals, Borland was
doing very well with Turbo, but Lightspeed Pascal wasn't actually
that threatening a competitor. His former customers who bought LSP
came back after they got tired of formatting and size limitations
in the current release.
His integrated environment (ala Turbo) Pascal for the Apple IIgs
is due in a month or so, and this environment will be part of
TML Pascal 3.0 for the Mac (date uncertain.)
Joel West
{ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!jww (ihnp4!gould9!joel once I fix news)
jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu if you must
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 11:54:53 EDT
From: John Major <major@SPCA.BBN.COM>
Subject: Help! Mangled Hard Disk
My friend has a Mac XL (alias Lisa), running Macworks, and Sys. 3.2/Finder
5.3 (so he says - is that possible on an XL?). He was poking around with
Fedit "3.21" on his hard disk, and thought that the choice "Validate (or
was it Modify...) Tags" looked "interesting" (uh oh...), so he chose it --
after seeing it pile up "errors" and begin modifying his System and Finder
files, he aborted with cmd-., and quit. Everything seemed to be ok at the
desktop level, however, so he turned off the machine. Naturally, when he
turned on again the next day, Macworks started ok, but then he got a sad
mac icon, id = 0F0064. And also quite naturally, he has inadequate backup.
He can boot the machine from the floppy, but the disk never mounts.
Well, he's got religion now, and will always backup frequently in the
future. But in the meantime, is there anything our collective wisdom can
do to save his data? He has tried MacZap and Fedit, but neither will mount
the hard disk. Is he lost? Presumably he will also be more careful about
"interesting" commands in the future!
John Major
major@bbn-spca.ARPA
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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 87 17:36:16 SET
From: Norbert Mueller <K360171@AEARN>
Subject: SE-KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONFIGURE THE US-SYSTEM 4.0 TO WORK WITH THE
GERMAN SE-KEYBOARD WHICH WERE IN VAIN I ADDRESS MYSELF TO THE NET. HOW CAN YOU
CONFIGURE SYSTEM 4.0 FOR DIFFERENT KEYBOARDS?? LOCALIZER 2.0 DOES NOT DO IT.
EXCHANGING RESOURCES (KCHR, KCAP, KMAP) WITH THE GERMAN SYSTEM 4.0D1
DOES NOT DO THE JOB. CAN ANYBODY HELP?
PERHAPS IT IS IN IM VOL. V BUT WE DONT HAVE IT YET.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE
NORBERT
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 87 14:21:15 PDT
From: mse%Phobos.Caltech.Edu@DEImos.Caltech.Edu (Martin Ewing)
Subject: Re: SCSI Documents/SCSI as Instrument Interface
Two questions concerning SCSI:
1) Does anyone have a source for the SCSI Interface Definition document?
Inside Mac v IV refers to ANSC X3T9.2/82-2 draft proposal. What is the
best way to obtain this? Are there other information sources, books, etc?
2) I am considering interfacing a large-ish digital system to the Mac using
SCSI. Does anyone have experience with non-file-structured connections on
SCSI? (War stories solicited.)
Respond to me or the net, as you wish. Thanks for any help.
Martin Ewing
Caltech Radio Astronomy
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1987 07:42 PDT
From: PAAAAA7%CALSTATE.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu
Subject: Extra Carriage Returns on LW
Does anyone have a solution for whatever causes extra carriage returns
using MacWrite 4.5 and a standard LW? (Not a LW Plus) We have a mixture
of 512k and Mac+, and occasionally the LW will interject each page
with two extra carriage returns that are not visable on the screen.
Needless to say, formatting a neat page goes out the window. We
all suspect that the LW is ignoring the header and using it's own.
HELP!
Rich McGee
<PAAAAA7@CALSTATE.EDU>
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 17:45:16 PDT
From: digiorgi@Jpl-VLSI.ARPA
Subject: ref: vol5/#'s 81 and 82
RE: Switcher etc
I am running a 2Meg machine, apple hd20, 128K roms, system 4.0, finder 5.4.
I was having a lot of trouble with things until I found a note mentioning
that the boot blocks needed to be revised for the 4.0 system: it needs a
bigger system heap. Apple posted a small program to DELPHI (called
Boot Blocks I think) which wrote revised version #22 and 64K heap size
on the HD20. Since I installed that, AND did the command-option thing
on boot so the DeskTop file was completely rebuilt, I have had no (!)
problems that I could trace to the System/Finder. You can accomplish the
same change with FEDIT or any other disk block editor. Switcher v5.0(1?)
works just fine now.
RE: questions from Allan Doyle <adoyle@VAX.BBN.COM>
Concerning Emacs for the Macintosh:
The editor said that microemacs.hqx and uEmacs.hqx were in the archives.
DON'T USE MICROEMACS AS IT CAUSED ENDLESS DESTRUCTION OF DIRECTORIES!
However, UEmacs seems to be fairly stable and I am using it regularly now.
Some items are incomplete, such as clipboard cut and paste, but DAs
seem to function. The worst thing is that there is no way to print from
within the program. I have found that the MockPrinter DA works fine and
actually multitasks appropriately to a serial printer, or just dumps text
REAL FAST to a LaserWriter. (also in archives under MockPackagePlus, i think)
Text formatters (non WYSIWYG)
I am not a real fan of these programs, i do enough coding for my tastes
and like WYSIWYG letter/document preparation, but you have your pick of
JustText, TeXtures, and MacTeX. TeXtures and MacTeX are great if you are
a TeX person (particularly TeXtures), JustText is what Apple has been
using for formatting their Users Group Connection pamphlets: it seems to
work very well.
Some general comments:
MacWrite remains useful as its document formats are well known and easy
to create. I hope those formats will remain the information transfer
standard format: there are good translators available.
I have become utterly exasperated with Word, in both its 1.05 and 3.0
incarnations. TOO MANY BUGS! However I have found that WriteNow for
Macintosh handles in an elegant way most of my needs for a word
processor, and that Ready,Set,Go!3 will handle more complex page layout
very nicely (documents from 1 to 40 pages no sweat, as long as you did
things in a 'reasonable' fashion; longer than that with some thought
and care). It actualy has a very good, easy to use word processor/spell
checker (tabs are strange, though).
Any WYSIWYG program is a memory hog and having 2 Meg on my
machine has helped enormously. Complex documents with lots of scaling,
bitmaps, etc. take a long while to print with RSG.
Misc. Nonsense Etc:
I have found that the Big Screen INIT posted to SUMEX works GREAT on a 2Meg
machine with a 128K Cache enabled when you are running Smalltalk-80 v0.3!
It doesn't even slow down too much! Time to send my 5 bucks!
Godfrey DiGiorgi
digiorgi@jpl-vlsi
April 27, 1987
'Yet Another Disclaimer' disclaimer:
No connection to any payola emanating from
publishers of the above mentioned programs implied.
They want my money same as yours.
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 14:03:20 PDT
From: UWACDC.BITNET by wiscvm.wisc.edu
Subject: Re: Head park and Shutdown
A while back I posted a question about how to park the heads of my SCSI
hard drive and shutdown normally. I got two reponses, both agreeing that
choosing shutdown after parking the heads will leave the heads NOT parked.
One respondent noted that a head parking utility should perform a shutdown,
then park the heads. I'd buy that -- literally.
The other respondent, associated with Kamerman Labs, said that
Kamerman's Cirrus drives for the Mac come bundled with an INIT resource
that handles parking on shutdown. Sounds great; where do I send money for
such software?
Finally, I just today saw a posting on GEnie that seems to answer this
question directly: a utility from SuperMac to park the heads of Data-
frame Hard drives while correctly setting up the disk for Shutdown.
This utility is called SuperPark and it claims to attempt to park all
SCSI devices regardless of type. I cannot directly confirm this since
the DAs are not accessible with SuperPark, but since the Seagate drives
are used in so many hard disks it may be working. At any rate my desk top
comes on much faster with this utility. I think that SuperMac intends this
utility to be released into the public domain since it was posted to
GEnie without a request for payment.
[
unfortunately this person's message header got munched by some mailer
out in net land, so I have no idea who it is from. Another oportunity
to suggest that anyone posting items to INFO-MAC put their name and
address in the message BODY, mail headers are completely unreliable.
SuperPark is part of the SuperMac package already in the archives,
archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-SUPERMAC-30.HQX
DoD
]
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 87 17:26:57 SET
From: Norbert Mueller <K360171@AEARN>
Subject: BALL AND STICK (2ND ATTEMPT)
THE MODERATOR OF THIS NET INFORMED ME THAT...
>>Several people reported an error un-binhexing the file. I checked
>>and got the same error. (are you using BinHex 4.0?)
>>Could you please resend me the file, maybe this time it will get
>>through intact.
...
IT WAS NOT MY FAULT NOR MY MAC'S. WE USE AN IBM PC AS INTERMEDIATE
BETWEEN OUR MACS AND THE VM-CMS NETWORK MACHINE. THE ORIGINAL IBM-3270
FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM IS THE CULPRIT (ASCII-EBCDIC-CONVERSION)...
NEVERTHELESS HERE THE HOPEFULLY CORRECT BINHEXED BALL_AND_STICK-DEMO
NORBERT MUELLER
[
so we try again,
archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DEMO-BALL-AND-STICK.HQX
DoD
]
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 87 16:52 EDT
From: Jeffrey Shulman <SHULMAN%slb-test.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: Mac Yacc
[ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ]
Name: MAC YACC
Date: 27-APR-1987 18:47 by CSTERRITT
This is the Compiler-Compiler, YACC. It lets you build a parser from a
BNF-like syntax. It produces C code, which can be compiled into the
working parser. It has sparse documentation, you can get a much more
detailed document from any unix hacker, or see the book "The Unix
Programming Environment" by Kernighan & Pike.
Written by Richard Frankel.
Note: the program doesn't know about HFS, so make sure your input file is
in the ROOT directory of an HFS volume or on an MFS volume.
[
archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>YACC.HQX
DoD
]
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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 87 16:28:48 PDT
From: PUGH%CCC.MFENET@nmfecc.arpa
Subject: new Randomizer INIT
Here is the latest and greatest Randomizer INIT. I have added a
feature that guarentees a different startup set every time and
the capability to run Randomizer (by holding down the Command and
Option keys while double-clicking it) so it will tell you what
the set is for the next reboot. I have also made a few bug
fixes, so it should be much more robust and less prone to
crashes. The major problem seemed to be due to a misplaced end
statement.
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
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>INIT-RANDOMIZER.HQX
this version replaces the previous version in the archives.
DoD
]
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 87 08:52:03 pdt
From: Bob Brown <rlb@riacs.edu>
Subject: Newer SendPS
Here is version 1.21 of Adobe's SendPS, newer than the version posted a
few days ago. It was distributed with Illustrator 1.1.
Bob
[
archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-SENDPS-121.HQX
this version replaces version 1.1
DoD
]
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Date: 27 Apr 87 01:21:18 ADT
From: SHQ@UNBMVS1
Subject: Networking/Communications
We have 16 Macintoshes in our faculty and would like to explore
various options in networking our appletalk network to other networks.
There exist, I believe several products that would allow the appletalk
network to be connected to the IBM mainframe (IBM 3090) or ethernet.
Oue problem is that there is a local area network setup within the
university campus and with a SYTEX protocal convertor, we can
obtain an RS232C output from the LAN.
Now, does anyone know of any hardware/software that would
allow us to connect an RS232C port to our appletalk network and
communicate through that port via any of the Macs on the appletalk
network. Has anyone found a way of connecting an addressable
RS232 port on the appletalk network?.
This, to me seems to be a common problem. I have yet to see it mentioned
on the info-mac network.
All suggestions are welcome. Please reply directly to me and I will
summarize on info-mac network.
See Hean Quek (SHQ@UNBMVS1.BITNET)
Geodetic Research Lab,
Department of Surveying Engineering,
University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, N.B. CANADA,
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Date: 29 Apr 87 18:24:55 PST
From: oxy!playa@csvax.caltech.edu (Javier Villalobos)
Subject: Educational Software recommendations?
As the Occidental MUG president I wanted to find out what is going on
around campuses in other schools across the nation. Next week, Apple
computer will be visiting Occidental College to try to persuade the most
conservative computer committee to buy Macintoshes. The task will be VERY
hard because we already have purchased a large amount of IBM pcs most of
which the faculty of this liberal arts college don't know how to use. What
I am looking for - and I don't know if you can do it - is for you to send
me a list of the top software for educational use that is inside your
libraries. I am looking for programs in both the sciences and the
humanities like statistics programs, prose analyzers, Molecular editors,
that would impress faculty and students. I would like to know if it is
possible to actually send me via the network perhaps 2 or 3 of the
best for our demo next week (may 7). If you can only send a list that is ok
too.
Sincerely,
Javier Villalobos
Occidental College, Los Angeles
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 14:00:55 PDT
From: UWACDC.BITNET by wiscvm.wisc.edu ; Mon, 27 Apr 87 15:39:02 CDT
Subject: Word 3.x wish
Although I have been using Word 3.0 for a couple of months without
encountering the bombs described by others, there is one feature I
would like to see added to the next release: There should be options
for the positioning of text in the same line as graphics; not just on
the bottom or at a fixed point distance from the bottom (using
superscript), but automatically centered on the line or at the top
of the line adjacent to graphics. This feature would be particularly
useful for correctly positioning equation numbers next to equations
pasted in from one of the WYSIWYG equation editors.
Stuart Strand
College of Forest Resources, University of Washington
<A0799@UWACDC.BITNET>
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 87 15:30 EST
From: <EWING@TRINCC.BITNET> (The Byte Busters)
Subject: MacWrite 4.5/MS Word 3.0 problems
I had an interesting time rescuing a term paper written in MacWrite 4.5
that I'd like to share with the rest of you and fish for comments from
the masses. The 19-page term paper file submitted to me by the frantic
senior caused MacWrite, upon opening of the file, of its menu bar to
blink wildly (as well as the cursor, itself locked in the "watch" mode),
completely locking up any action of the computer. The interrupt switch
did work and I was able to get into TMON, but alot of good that did me.
So I pulled out MS Word 3.0, brand new but apparently riddled with bugs
itself. Word 3.0 was able to read the file properly (hooray!), but
when I asked it to save the paper back to the MacWrite format, it
created a file that was 11K larger than the original, and if MacWrite
tried to open it, it would only lock up into the twilight zone, not
even bringing up a window.
Now then, has anyone ever experienced this MacWrite "blinking menu"
problem before? Has anyone noticed MS Word's inability to save under
a proper MacWrite format (this answer is probably yes)? Does anyone
know anyway around these errors, or possibly fixes, or avoidances?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated, and please respond to my
account directly.
Richard Ewing
Apple Student Consultant
Trinity College
EWING@TRINCC.Bitnet (or)
EWING@YALEVM.Bitnet
Disclaimer: It's near final exams, so I disclaim all my future grades
in all my subjects. Ahhhhh......that's better.
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Date: Tue Apr 28 10:55:48 1987
From: microsof!donco@beaver.cs.washington.edu
Subject: Mac Word 3.01 Announcement
Macintosh Word 3.01 Announced
At the AppleWorld Conference in early March, Microsoft announced that a
maintenance release of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh would be needed for
compatibility with the Macintosh II computer. That release is now scheduled to
be available by the end of June when we expect that the Macintosh II will be
shipping in quantity. Version 3.01 enhancements will include improved
documentation, namestamping, and unlimited fonts.
In addition, our testing group has found some problems which have also been
reported to us by users since we released Microsoft Word Version 3.0 for the
Macintosh. We want you to know that this release for the Mac II will correct
all known problems in Microsoft Word.
This update will be sent at no charge to all registered users of Microsoft
Word Version 3.0 for the Macintosh. Users of Version 1.0 or 1.05 can continue
to upgrade for $99. A special offer is available for those who have purchased
Version 1.05 since October 1, 1986; they can upgrade for $50. For more upgrade
information please call 1-800-426-9400 (in Washington State and Alaska call
206-882-8088).
A special thank you goes out to all individuals who took the time to contact
Microsoft with problems found in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh.
[
please note the return address on this message and add whatever appropriate
disclamer you wish.
DoD
]
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 19:14 EST
From: <MSG@CUNYVMS1.BITNET>
Subject: Letter Quality Printers?
I'm looking for the least expensive letter quality printer to use with
a 512K Mac -- 10 or 12 point -- daisy wheel or similar.
Also a review of their performance or any other information.
Thanks
Send mail to me directly and I will abstract replies and post them on the
network.
Margaret Serrato
BITNET:MSG@CUNYVMS1
INTERNET:msg%cunyvms1.BITNET@wiscvm.edu
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 87 12:30:07 PDT
From: UWACDC.BITNET by wiscvm.wisc.edu
Subject: Reading IBM disks
There was a passing reference on the IBMPC Digest of a software product for
the Mac that would allow reading IBM-formatted 3.5 inch disks (720K) in the
Mac's drive. Does anyone know if this is a real thing? Also, why do the
5.25 inch drives for the Mac (from Abatron, for one) cost so much ($600)? A
drive to read and write in PC format that cost <$300 would have a sizable
market among those of us who need to exchange data with PCs. It can be very
hard to convince a group of IBMers to net at $300+ per box, much less
getting them to go for Appletalk.
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Date: 28 Apr 1987 20:09:37 EDT
Subject: Apple's Chinese word processor?
From: T. Chang <CHANGT@A.ISI.EDU>
I just read a news paper from Taiwan, and know that Apple Company has signed
contract with Kuo-Chau Software Company - the company that developed Kuo-Chau
HanDisk which is very popular Chinese word processor in Taiwan.
Apple is not going to use the Kuo-Chau HanDisk, but to use the Chinese
fonts developed by Kuo-Chau. Because, after comparing more than 40 different
Chinese word processors available, Apple agreed that the fonts from Kuo-Chau
is the most elegant, the best.
To those of you who are looking forward an Apple's Chinese word processor,
I hope this tells you something.
To Chang
<changt@A.ISI.EDU>
SMC 1538
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
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Date: 26th Apr, 1987
From: Bruce A. Tankleff <MCSBAT@NMSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: MacEgypt?
A friend's father recently accepted a job offer to work in Egypt.
He is considering purchasing a Mac Plus w/ an ImageWriter II to
take them with him, but is unsure on a few points. In particular:
1. What, if any, changes need to be made to the Mac itself?
Are any changes necessary for the power there, etc?
2. What is the availability of service there? He will be
fairly close to Cairo... I would imagine there's something there,
but Apple couldn't tell me for sure.
3. What about the availability of software in general, and
supplies in particular? We can mail him disks, ribbons,
etc. from the states - but it's something to be avoided
if possible.
Hopefully, either a net subscriber in Egypt is reading their mail...
If not, can someone with experience help, or at least point me in the
right direction? Apple couldn't help much...
Please reply here or to the below node address.
Thanks in advance!
Bruce A. Tankleff <MCSBAT@NMSUVM1.BITNET>
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Std Disclaimer: I'm not admitting to this. Ever. Uh-uh. Nope...
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