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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 21 Feb 97 Volume 15 : Issue 44
Today's Topics:
[!] Word changing line-widths
[*] coax - Matlab's functions for RF calculations
[*] Easy View 2.62
[*] Eudora Wacked Sounds 1.0
[*] gold-pusher-14.hqx
[*] LogTimer J - Japanese Version
(Q) Finder heap fix and OS 7.6
(Q) Superpaint problem; recommendation for new drawing software
[Q] Automatic WindowShade utility?
[Q]L2 cache
[Q] PowerBook 100 features? (2 msgs)
Connecting two old Classics
Connect speeds, etc.
dos emulator
Epson Stylus Printer Problems
ethernet on PowerMac 6200/75
FileMaker Pro for Windows 95 and NT
Form Z site/mailing list
Info-Mac Digest V15 #33
Info-Mac Digest V15 #37
Info-Mac Digest V15 #38
Info-Mac Digest V15 #40
Info-Mac Digest V15 #41
Max Modem Speed on DUO 280
Mouse Troubles
Need opinions on modems...
Netscape Preferences in Lab Setting
Online Bible for Macintosh
PowerMonger
print PS file to Quckdraw printer
QuickDraw GX manual feed alert
Saving MicroSoft Word Documents
SCSI Video Input Peripheral?
Skew problem with HP DeskJet 879Cse.
SoundMaster Replacement (?)
Speeding up PPCs
TIFF class?
views prefs not sticking
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:54:47 +0100
From: M.W.Kooistra@stm.tudelft.nl (Marten Kooistra)
Subject: [!] Word changing line-widths
Hi folks,
I noticed the recent discussion about changing line-widths in Word between
(among others) Ramiro Varela and Ian Goldby, and remembered the effort it
took to prevent this from happening, "long long ago when we wrote our
lab-reports in Word 5".
Apparently, according to a friend of mine who reads Quickdraw (sic!), Word
clobbers fractional line-widths whenever it can get its hands on them. This
is a bug in Word which can only be prevented by 1) not using Word
(preferred ;-) or 2) avoiding opening the picture in the Word picture
editor. As far as I can remember my friend told me opening a picture in
Word's picture editor completely messes up (carefully made) alignments of
text and graphics and line-widths <1pt. I cc:'d him on this message, but
his message return-rate is quite slow these days, so to ensure an ongoing
discussion I had to post this message without re-checking the (inevitably
gory) details. If I'm wrong I'll let y'all know.
sorry about the bad news,
-Marten Kooistra-
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:28:39 -0700
From: fridberg@pfc.mit.edu
Subject: [*] coax - Matlab's functions for RF calculations
coax - some routines usefull for RF engineer, for MatLab
>From contents.m:
Functions to calculate coaxial cable parameters.
coaxAlpha - attenuation constant of coaxial cable
coaxC - capacitance of coaxial cable per unit lenght (Farad/meter)
coaxG - shunt conductance of coaxial cable per unit lenght (1/Ohm*meter)
coaxGamma - propagation constant of coaxial cable
coaxL - inductance of coaxial cable per unit lenght (Henry/meter)
coaxR - resistance of coaxial cable per unit lenght (Ohm/meter)
deltaS - skin depth of conductor at frequency freq (meters)
impedanceZ0 - characteristic impedance of coaxial cable (Ohm)
impedance - impedance at the end of coax of given lenght (meter) connected
to a given load (compex Ohm)
rho - reflection coefficient of a load with impedance ZL connected to a
a cable with characteristic impedance of Z0 (complex ohms)
SWR - standing wave ratio at any point in a waveguide if reflection
coefficient given
velocity - wave velocity of coaxial cable
It's free but copyrighted by me.
Mike.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/coax.hqx; 13K]
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:28:37 -0700
From: eyler@trbilun.bitnet
Subject: [*] Easy View 2.62
Easy View 2.62 - Easy View is a program for browsing collections of structured
(but otherwise plain) text files, large or small. It allows very fast access by
recognizing the internal structure. All of the following text formats can be
viewed using Easy View - setext, including TidBITS and similar publications,
Info-Mac, c.s.m.p, or similar digests, Mail collections - Internet, Navigator,
Notebook, etc., Dictionaries and Plain text. New - An extension menu is
added for
using external code (Compatible with BBEdit). Font and Size menus are made
hierarchical. Fixed - Cancel key does not crash after "Do you want to save?"
dialog.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/easy-view-262.hqx; 230K]
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 14:36:43 -0600
From: (Dave Ulrich) dave@dns.terminal.cz
Subject: [*] Eudora Wacked Sounds 1.0
What is this? Well, this is a package of 19 sounds in the form of a Eudora
plug-in from the Wacked Sounds creator. It can be used to play sounds for
specific events in Eudora as programmed in the filters option. It also
includes a little tutorial for those who have no idea how to do so. And
includes a normal sys7 sound for editor savvy folk to play with. This is
free but not public domain. It is copyrighted to me. If someone plays with
the sound and would like to ship it, they may if I receive notification and
credit. Any EMail great in any case.
And blah, blah, blah. Just read the ReadMe. This may be uploaded anywhere
and included on any CD-Rom as long as the package is intact w/the ReadMe.
Dave Ulrich
Wacked Wares
dave@ns.terminal.cz
daveulrich@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/eudora-wacked-sounds.hqx; 471K]
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:28:41 -0700
From: wimv@fwi.uva.nl
Subject: [*] gold-pusher-14.hqx
GoldPusher 1.4 - GoldPusher is a game with a mixture of puzzles, strategy and
action. The game is freeware. However, to enable the "Show Solution" feature
you
have to obtain a registration code (see below). Features - *207* rooms with
action, strategy and difficult puzzles. Make your own rooms with the graphical
editor. "Show solution" feature . "Record solution" feature (above room 20 only
when registered). Choose your own order to complete the puzzle- and arcade
rooms.
Save feature remembers which rooms you have completed. Snapshot feature
takes you
back into the middle of a difficult puzzle topscore. Fast color animation and
very fast BW-animation for old-mac users, and much more!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/gold-pusher-14.hqx; 798K]
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 14:36:51 -0600
From: (Christopher Li) ChrisLi@bridge1.com
Subject: [*] LogTimer J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese Version of the LogTimer utility.
LogTimer is a System Extension which simply writes the time for System
startup, Restart and Shut down into a logfile on the Desktop.
To use LogTimer INIT you have to drop it on top of your system folder and
it goes to the extensions folder automatically. After restart you will find
a file called 'LogTime' on your desktop. This file can be opened with
Simple Text to see the log times. The file is created automatically if it
does not already exist. Everytime you start your system, or you shut your
system down or you reboot your system an entry is added.
I wrote this little Extension for one of the registered users of CopyPaste
who had this idea. It is a quick hack, but it does not patch any trap and
costs no CPU time except at startup and shut down. Therefore it is very
unlikely to cause any problems. LogTimer is Freeware, which means it is
free of charge, free for any non commercial use, free from support and free
>From any guarantee.
LogTimer is released to the public as an advertising agent for CopyPaste,
the productivity tool for your Mac.
CopyPaste gives you ten clipboards instead of just one! How many times have
you found yourself going back and forth copying in one application and
pasting in a different application, wishing to yourself that you could copy
5-10 items at a time, then go to another application and paste each of
these items. Now you can! Type the usual keyboard command for copy or cut
and then any number between 1 and 9 before releasing the command key. Paste
works in the same way. In addition to the normal clipboard you now have
nine more.
Christopher Li
Bridge 1 Software
English to Japanese Online Software Localization and Management
ChrisLi@bridge1.com
<http://www.bridge1.com>
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/log-timer-j.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:52:38 -0800
From: Mark Allen <Mark.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: (Q) Finder heap fix and OS 7.6
Does Mac OS 7.6 have the finder heap problems that 7.5.5 had? Are
applications like Finder Heap Fix of any value under 7.6?
Thanks for the help!
Mark Allen
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 16:48:13 -0800
From: Mark Allen <Mark.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: (Q) Superpaint problem; recommendation for new drawing software
I've discovered that the combination of PopChar Pro and the Timbuktu
extension appears to cause Aldus Superpaint problems. My symptom is that
Superpaint does not allow any color other than black to be used. (My
system: OS 7.6 on a 7500) Has anyone else noticed this problem? Has anyone
discovered any simple workarounds without other than deactivating PopChar
Pro and/or Timbuktu?
Now that Superpaint is no longer really being supported, I was in the
market for something equivalent. I'm looking for a program that allows both
paint (pixel manipulation) and draw (object manipulation) layers. Any
recommendations?
Thanks for any input provided!
Mark Allen
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:30:09 -0500
From: kim@ee.gatech.edu (Yongsub Kim)
Subject: [Q] Automatic WindowShade utility?
Hi,
I would like to know if I can have all open Finder windows display
titlesbars only
by the WindowShade (or Aaron) automatically after every startup.
Is there any such utility?
Yongsub Kim
----
Kim, YongSub Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
E-MAIL: kim@ee.gatech.edu
Phone: (404)633-8505 FAX: (404)728-1552
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:21:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Xiaofeng Duan <duanx@Picard.ml.wpafb.af.mil>
Subject: [Q]L2 cache
Dear netters:
Recently I added 32MB DIMMs and 256k L2 cache to my 7200
machine. For the memories added it is easy for one to tell that they are
there and in function. Now my question is that for L2 cache, how can I
know it is there and works properly?
Thanks for your help!
Frank
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:30:54 +0100
From: Dirk von Seggern <uzs706@uni-bonn.de>
Subject: [Q] PowerBook 100 features?
Peter Peldan wrote at 17.02.1997 20:39 Uhr -0800 in "Info-Mac Digest V15
#41 1/2"
>I have a few questions regarding PowerBook 100.
>
>1. Is it Color QuickDraw compatible as I heard Pb 140 and 145 are?
The PB 100 has no ColorQuickDraw like the SE or Classic.
>2. Is there any software available for increasing the RAM. RamDoubler
>1.6 and 2.0 refuse to install.
RamDoubler requires as mimimum a 68030 or better.
The PB 100 only has a 68000.
There is another RAM tool "RamCharger", which works on all Macs.
dIrk
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:57:26 -0500
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: [Q] PowerBook 100 features?
At 10:01 AM +0100 2/17/97, Peter Peldan wrote:
>2. Is there any software available for increasing the RAM. RamDoubler
>1.6 and 2.0 refuse to install.
All memory expansion software [VM, RAMDoubler] requires a PMMU [paged
memory management unit] to do its magic.
The PowerBook 100 has a 16MHz 68000 CPU, which has no PMMU. Because of
this, no memory expansion software will work.
chazl
02.18.97
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 17:06:43 +0100
From: michael@intertec.se (Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Brostr=F6m?= )
Subject: Connecting two old Classics
Hi all
I was wondering if I could connect two old Mac Classic with the
localtalk-cable I'm currently using for my printer?
How do I do it? Do I just plug in the cable in both computers, activate
localtalk and go? I'm not sure what system these computers are running, but
I'm fairly sure it's not 7.6... 8)
Thanks in advance
Michael Brostr=F6m, Sr Editor
_____
TEKNO
+46-35-15 74 85 "A bad day at the golf course is
+46-35-10 52 85 (fax) better than a good day at work!"
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:07:28 -0500
From: prr@soundcity.net (Stan Davis Potopa)
Subject: Connect speeds, etc.
Hello, MacLovers! I may have posed these questions before, but I'm still
having some difficulties in understanding and execution, so please excuse
the redundancy. Here's the setup: 660AV, 16 MB RAM, System 7.5.5, OT 1.1.1,
Free PPP 2.52, Netscape 3.01, Anarchie 2.01, Eudora 2.1.1, MDS (Generic)
14.4 modem...
1) Almost every time I connect to my ISP and use any of the aforementioned
programs, transfer speed slows to a crawl, sometimes to 20-30 bytes/second.
This doesn't seem right to me. The interesting part is that a transfer will
start at about 1.5 kbps, then slow down. Could it be my init string
(AT&F1&C1&K3&Q5), the 14.4 modem, my ISP, what?
2) I'm using Free PPP with no problems, however, I've wanted to try OT/PPP
because of its alleged compatibility with OT. I generated a modem script
using the same init string as the one I use in Free PPP, installed OT/PPP,
and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get it to connect, but it
just won't. Any ideas?
3) I tried installing OT 1.1.2 over 1.1.1, and it causes Netscape and
Anarchie to freeze up. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
Thank you for your consideration. As always, should you or any of your IM
Force be caught or killed, the secretary will immediately disavow any
knowledge of your actions.
Stan Davis Potopa
PRR Communications
2410 18th Street
Altoona, PA 16601-2534
(814) 942-4504
prr@soundcity.net
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 19:07:18 +0200
From: shaq@lbi.ro
Subject: dos emulator
I want to ask if exists any dos emulator from your knoledge.
If you can help me please e-mail me at shaq@lbi.ro
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 12:56:00 EST
From: "Mark E. Searle" <mesearle@nyseg.com>
Subject: Epson Stylus Printer Problems
Hello All,
I have a Epson Stylus II printer which doesn't seem to be working as well
as it could. To be fair the printer is probably working perfectly, it's
the driver software that is the problem. It has to be the biggest peice
of junk code I've ever used on a Mac.
The only thing I've ever been able to print on this is simple "Thank You
cards" or "Certificates" that my kids have made with ClarisWorks. Trying
to print anything larger or more complex than that results in my system
freezing and me rebooting it. For example, last night I wanted to print
a gif, approx 7x7 inches, no way, machine froze, personally I think it
should be able to print that without much trouble.
So I appeal to you, does anyone have any tips, tricks, suggestions,
advice, words of wisdom, anything... That would help me get some output
from this printer.
System Particulars:
Centris 610, 20meg memory, System 7.5.1, Driver Software 2.5.2A
Please send replies to my email address below. If anything I receive
gets me printing, I'll post it up to the list.
Thanks In Advance
Mark Searle
MarkSearle@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:11:50 +0000
From: Pedro Ferraz de Abreu <pfa@mit.edu>
Subject: ethernet on PowerMac 6200/75
I'd be grateful if anyone can tell me whether the PowerMac 6200/75 has
expansions slots and of which kind, and in particular whether they can use
one of those slots with an ethernet board. Thanks.
Pedro
=========================
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu
reply email to: pfa@mit.edu
http://gis.mit.edu/people/pfa/
http://www.citidep.pt/
citidep mirror:
http://home.earthlink.net/~citidep/
=========================
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:13:40 +0000
From: Pedro Ferraz de Abreu <pfa@mit.edu>
Subject: FileMaker Pro for Windows 95 and NT
Does anyone has any info or experience of the performance of FileMaker Pro
for windows 95 and windows NT? I mean reliability, compatibility with
networked FilemakerPro Mac-based, etc. Thanks.
Pedro
=========================
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu
reply email to: pfa@mit.edu
http://gis.mit.edu/people/pfa/
http://www.citidep.pt/
citidep mirror:
http://home.earthlink.net/~citidep/
=========================
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 12:30:04 +0100
From: pbacgh@mbox.vol.it (Paolo Bartoli)
Subject: Form Z site/mailing list
Does anybody knows about a Form Z mailing list or newsgroup?
** Arch. Paolo Bartoli pbacgh@mbox.vol.it **
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:53:33 -0800
From: Bill Rausch <brausch@owt.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #33
>Info-Mac Digest Mon, 10 Feb 97 Volume 15 : Issue 33
>------------------------------
>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 01:20:50 -0800 (PST)
>From: Diamond <kdiamond@lausd.k12.ca.us>
>Subject: The NeXT Apple Mistake
>
>Let me start off by saying I'm a loyal Macintosh user for about 10 years
>and debate its infinitely greater OS and computers against Windoze
>users. But after Apple opted to buy NeXT I feel betrayed....
>
>Apple no longer cares about what is best for its loyal users and instead
>feels it must try and attract a new market, at our expense. Apples
>purchase of NeXT is less a method of creating a great new OS in a faster
>amount of time and more based on trying to enter the intranet market.
>NeXT with its WebObjects offers a great atempt for Apple to enter the
>intranet market with a bang. But Apple needs to separate that from the
>OS. The NextStep OS does not run Motorola processors, but rather Intel,
>meaning we will have to wait for it to be ported to our PowerPC chips.
>NextStep does not support QuickDraw, or Quicktime. Meaning an extensive
>amount of time being spent on just recreating that. All this is before
>even beginning to incorporate the MacOS into it. We will be lucky to
>have anything before 1999.
>
>Apple had a prospect of buying Be. Which they should have done if they
>had the intentions of grouping with a company to build the new OS. Be
>already runs on PowerPC processors and supports QuickDraw and even the
>current Mac ROMs. All this would mean the immediate incorporation of
>the two OSs.
>
>Your responces??
>
>Kevin Diamond kdiamond@lausd.k12.ca.us
I'm delighted with the proposed merger of NeXT OS with Mac OS. I think Be
OS was a good product too, but I don't think Apple would have gotten a new
product out any faster than they will with the current situation. The BeOS
couldn't even print yet! and didn't have support for QuickTime or QuickDraw
either. All of the missing parts can be added but no faster than they could
be added to the NeXT package. I think the larger concern is why Apple got
into trouble in the first place with their own next generation Mac OS
development.
Bill
Bill Rausch, Mac and Unix User and Programmer, brausch@owt.com
613 Lynnwood Ct, Richland, WA 99352 509-375-5147
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:00:07 +0900
From: davidyon <william1@u-net.or.jp>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #37
HI, I live in japan and a friend has just bought a japanese Performa with
Kanji Talk installed. He reads no Japanese and wants to put an english
system in. I run 7.5.5 on my 7200 and intend to stick that on for him. My
question is will it work. His performa is a 54xx model PPC. Any ideas?
thnx. Dave
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 14:01:11 -0700
From: Jamin Brazil <jamin@best.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #38
I am having trouble printing from Excell 5.0
System 6.0
Printing to an Apple LaserJet via Apple Talk
My system will process the first 10 pages but once it hits 11 it freezes
the system. Any ideas why??? I can print fine in all other apps
(Photoshop, Word 6, PowerPoint, Illustratpr, FilerMaker Pro, Softwindows95)
Thanks for the help!
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 20:39:14 -0400
From: dietmar@soon.com (Dietmar Lichota)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #40
>When we go to the Chooser on either Mac and select Appleshare the hub LEDSs
>for each machine flash for a while but nothing ever shows up in the right
>hand side ("Select a File Server") of the Chooser.
>
>We have successfully networked these computers using AppleTalk over the
>Printer Port before, so we know AppleTalk works.
>
>Any advice?
>
>Caryn Roberts
Try removing the jumper from the ethernet card in the IIvx. It worked for me!
Dietmar Lichota
MacEvangelist of the Caribbean
dietmar@soon.com
dietmar@geocities.com
dietman@caribsurf.com (yes, dietman - at work)
Box 4065
St. Thomas
USVI 00803
Tel: (809) 494-0705 (h)
Fax: (809) 494-0706 (h)
Tel: (809) 494-3566 (w)
Fax: (809) 494-5127 (w)
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 16:32:27 +0000
From: Ked Shayer <c.shayer2@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #41
OK, I don't have 7.6 cos I live in Britain and they've just got 7.5.5,
can you beleive it!!!
I have 7.1.1 with AppleScript, AppleGuide, which doesn't work for me, and
many other Xtentions. My system memory goes up to 6Mb, at least it did! I
have a control panel called RAM Charger, EVERYONE GET IT!!!, no more
"Config PPP cannot be used now because of Memory Problems" when you have
10Mb. RAM Free, My system only takes up 4Mb. RAM. My applications take up
25% less memory, and...RAM Charger gives them more memory, or less memory
when they need it! I THINK it is at www.Synchros.com, but i'm probably
wrong, do a hyperarchive search for it.
Get yourself a 16Mb SIMM, or is it two 8Mb SIMMS, giving you 20Mb RAM!
Its 80 or 90 $.
PS, I would like CodeWarrior if you ever give it up(pls?)
>So I'm ideally looking to reduce the System
>memory requirement as much as possible. A few of the extensions I currently
>use (e.g. Be Heirarchic, drag and drop enabler, etc) will no longer be
>necessary with System 7.6. On the other hand, I would like to use Apple
>Guide, and possible Apple Script (although I've a feeling the latter does
>use a fair bit of memory). I don't use a network. I have seen System 7.5
>take up as much as 4 MB, even on a 68K Mac, but have been assured that with
>similar extensions loaded, 7.5 takes up less space than 7.1.
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 23:35:54 -0600
From: leejor@ni.net (Lee A. Joramo)
Subject: Max Modem Speed on DUO 280
What is the maximum modem speed which I can expect from the serial port of
a DUO 280? I am currently using the internal Apple Express Modem 14.4 and
am considering upgrading to an external 33.6 modem. Will the DUO's serial
port be able to take full advantage of the extra speed?
I know that many PC laptops have UART's that can't keep up with the current
crop of modems.
Onward and Upward!
Lee A. Joramo }}--> leejor@ni.net <--{{ Cowboy on the Electronic Frontier
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 07:45:40 +0000
From: Ked Shayer <c.shayer2@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Mouse Troubles
>Recently my mouse started giving me problems- periodically the pointer will
>freeze in place for a few seconds (5-30), then things will begin to work
>normally again. I borrowed a mouse from someone else, have tried different
>keyboards, different ports, etc. As far as I can tell, the problem is with my
>actual computer, not the mouse, keyboard, or cable. It could be a port, or
>software problem. I have tried quite a few things, but with no luck. What
>ideas do people have as to what might be causing this, and ideas to fix it.
>Thanks.
Have you checked your extentions, there was an Xtention which did
something like that I had earlier.
---------
Ked Shayer
For your enjoyment this sig. is much shorter!
Please visit my Web Page, http://www.thenerve2.com/ca/KWEB/
---------
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:08:37 PST
From: "Randall G. Floyd" <rfloyd@supplies.xerox.com>
Subject: Need opinions on modems...
Hi,
I've been using the Apple Geoport for a while now as my modem. I've been
getting steadily more and more dissatisfied with it, and now with their
announcement about having to upgrade the pod to get the faster speeds (I
thought the entire reason I bought the Geoport in the first place was so
I'd never need to upgrade my hardware again?) for another $120 I've finally
had enough.
I'm looking to buy either a Global Village Teleport or a U.S. Robotics
Sportster Voice. Both have the full-duplex speaker phone, blah, blah,
blah. I'd like opinions on which of these is better (or if they're
essentially equal) before I make my decision. The U.S. Robotics is much
cheaper, and from what little I have heard I think I'd be real safe going
with this it, but I want to make sure.
TIA,
Randall
<mailto: rfloyd@supplies.xerox.com>
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 15:59:12 -0600
From: Dave Martin <macdave@tamu.edu>
Subject: Netscape Preferences in Lab Setting
Has anyone discovered a way to enable using a default Netscape
Preferences file in a lab environment such that the default Temporary
directory (where downloads go) is in the Documents folder of the startup
drive?
Let me explain a bit: I've written an AppleScript that clears out the
Netscape folder of its contents, and copies a clean set of bookmarks and
preference settings from a server to the local startup drive.
I've cleared out the ALIS resources in the Netscape Preferences file, so
Netscape relocates the standard programs (telnet, tn3270, SimpleText) and
there aren't any "not found" errors. The fact that Netscape stores
aliases to these things in the prefs file is a pain, but not that bad.
The problem is that the default directory is also stored as an alias--and
if you clear its ALIS resource entry, Netscape sets the default directory
to the Desktop Folder. I don't want the desktop on these lab systems
getting cluttered with Netscape's temporary files, but there doesn't seem
a way to set the ALIS resource such that it looks for a specified folder
on the startup disk, rather than needing a specific path (volume
name:folder:).
I have looked through Netscape using ResEdit, thinking I could modify the
program so it makes the Documents folder the temporary directory, but
cannot locate anything that defines that the default should be the
desktop folder--I have to assume it's buried in the code itself, rather
than as a modifiable string resource.
So has anyone found a way (or looked for a way) to get around this? Or
should I just give up and live with it?
Thanks in advance.
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 10:03:34 -0500
From: Ken Kirksey <kkirksey@appstate.campus.mci.net>
Subject: Online Bible for Macintosh
The Online Bible for Macintosh software is available at the Online Bible
for Macintosh web page at
<http://www.cbc.bryan.tx.us/cbc/onlinebible.htm>
and at the OLB for Macintosh FTP site at
<ftp://ftp.std.com/obi/Religion/Online.Bible/>
The ftp site is mirrored at the following locations
<ftp://ftp.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/misc/bible/OLB/mac/>
<ftp://ftp.loria.fr//pub7/obi/Religion/Online.Bible/>
<ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk//extra/Online-Book-Initiative/Religion/
Online.Bible/>
<ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz//Text/Books/OBI/Religion/Online.Bible/>
Be sure to read the file 00_OLB_Readme before you download any of the
files. If you have any problems, questions, or comments, feel free to
drop me a note in e-mail at <kkirksey@appstate.campus.mci.net>.
Please note that I am not the author of Online Bible for Macintosh. You
can contact the author, Ken Hamel, at <khamel@aol.com>.
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 16:35:11 +0000
From: Ked Shayer <c.shayer2@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: PowerMonger
Hi all,
I haven't got the manual for PowerMonger, does anyone have it in pdf
format. Also I have conquered everything in the first level but I can't
move on, how does this work?
Ked Shayer
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:19:32 +0100
From: pbacgh@mbox.vol.it (Paolo Bartoli)
Subject: print PS file to Quckdraw printer
How can I print a Postscript file (.PS file without preview image) to a
QuickDraw printer?
The PS file is as I understand, a plain text file. I tryed to open it with
Freehand, but having no preview image, I get just text.
Do I need a 'send-PS-to-printer' utility? Since I have a QD printer, how
can it work?
** Arch. Paolo Bartoli pbacgh@mbox.vol.it **
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:22:37 -0500
From: "Randall C. Scutt" <rcscutt@usgs.gov>
Subject: QuickDraw GX manual feed alert
(I use a PPC 8500/120, MacOS 7.6, Lexmark Rn+ printer).
I recently started using QuickDraw GX and I'm stymied about permanently
turning the manual feed alert off. LaserWriter8 had this option to turn it
off. TIA.
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:26:56 -0500
From: edverhoef@nmaa.org (Edward Ver Hoef)
Subject: Saving MicroSoft Word Documents
I am mystified by by a problem I'm having with Microsoft Word 6.0.1. I
recently wrote an article for a local newsletter in Word and saved it to my
hard disk (as a Word document.) I decided it was too long and saved a
second copy under a different name. Then I went back into the original
document and deleted approximately the last half of the document and
resaved it. Next I went into the second document and deleted approximately
the first half of it and resaved it. Finally, because the editor of the
newsletter use Microsoft Works, I went to the original document and saved
it to a floppy as a Works 2.0 document. When I attempted to do the same
for the second document, the Save As portion of the Save dialog block was
shaded out. When I looked at the folder in which the documents were stored
on my hard disk, document 1 was indeed shown as a Word document. However,
document 2 was shown as what appears to be a template. I was able to work
around the problem by simply copying the contents of document 2 to a new
document and then saving this new document as a Works 2.0 document on the
floppy. However, nothing I have tried has enabled me to convert document 2
into a proper Word document and the only way I can do a Save As with this
document is to copy its contents to a new document. Even when I do this and
try to save the new document on my hard disk as a Word document with a new
name, the Finder shows this new document as a template. What's happening?
Ed Ver Hoef
Ed Ver Hoef
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 21:19:30 -0600
From: "Wayne C. Morris" <morris@gatewest.net>
Subject: SCSI Video Input Peripheral?
"Rob C." <Rob@nworks.com> wrote:
> There must be some sort of a SCSI peripheral made for any Macintosh which
>translates input from video, (via AV jacks?) to be used by Quicktime or
>Photoshop as image files, through a SCSI or modem port (like MIDI
>translator II).
>
>True or False?
ComputerEyes RT SCSI, from Digital Vision. Connects to the SCSI port.
You can find info on their web site at <http://www.digvis.com/mcert.html>.
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:54:21 -0800
From: Bob Wall <boblw@wolfenet.com>
Subject: Skew problem with HP DeskJet 879Cse.
I want to know if anyone is having skew problems with their 870Cse.
Mine prints skewed, with the text on the right side of the page 1 to 1.5
mm. higher than text on the left.
I sent it in for repair. It was sent back untouched, stating that it
was performing within specs (even though a physical measurement would
have shown them the problem). I sent it back. They 'repaired' it.
Again, the test sheet said it was printing properly but it wasn't, as
revealed by my trusty ruler.
Sent it back. They sent me a new machine. Same result. Wrote the
president's office. Got another new machine. Still the same result.
I like the speed and color of this printer but need a printer that does
the basics (such as printing straight on the page).
I have a Performa 6400/200 and Claris Works software. Am I doing
something wrong here or is HP having some problems and overlooking it
because of a faulty test sheet procedure that tells them it is okay when
it isn't? Thanks, Bob
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 21:49:51 -0500 (EST)
From: abloom@vt.edu (Al Bloom)
Subject: SoundMaster Replacement (?)
Maybe three of y'all will see this interaction, but I thought it might be
useful to pass the information on.
I installed the new Eudora Light 3 yesterday. It killed my TN3270 terminal
emulator. Launch TN3270 and forget about keyboard or mouse input. Nothing
for it but the power switch.
This was a pretty clean extension conflict problem. Very reproducible. I
isolated the problem to SoundMaster (184) fairly quickly. But Mother Bloom
raised no idiots (a few wifts, to be sure), so I checked for a two-way
interaction. Sure nuff. SoundMaster by itself (with Sys 7.5.5) caused no
problem. SAM 4.5 then caused machine death. Being of the paranoid persuasion,
I deactivated SoundMaster and kept SAM active.
Yes, I sent a report to "eudora-bugs." No, I haven't received more than an
automated thankyou from that critter.
Yes, I saw Ric Ford's MacWeek column this week about objectsupportlib's
goofiness's. And that Eudora 3 installs it. I got the 1.2 version. It did
not help.
I miss SoundMaster. While it was not especially PC to have my computer
greet me with an apprently sweet young thing asking what she could do for
me today, I had grown used to it. And I liked the system beep replaced by
Michelle Pfeiffer's Cat Woman (Batman II) meowing. That woman gives great
meow.
OK, SoundMaster's out. Is there another utility that'll give user-defined
sounds to various events?
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:04:47 -0500
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: Speeding up PPCs
At 12:32 PM -0500 2/17/97, Robert Warner wrote:
>I'm having exactly the same problem with a new PB1400c/133 as compared to
>my Q650!
>
>I too would appreciate some insights!!
>
>Shouldn't the PB1400 be much faster than the Q650? Even with Speed
>Doubler 2.0.1 installed it is not much faster (although Speed Doubler
>certainly helps!).
Are you running native software on the PB1400? If you're running the same
68K apps that are on the Q650 [for example, if you just copied the apps
over from the Q650], you may not see much of a difference. Speed Doubler
would improve the performance of 68K apps on a PPC machine, as you've seen,
but installing PPC-native software would provide a much larger performance
improvement.
chazl
02.18.97
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 97 12:53:01 -0500
From: george (ty) tempel <g.tempel@xpedite.com>
Subject: TIFF class?
I've checked the usual search engines, and the Apprentice CD's, but have
yet to find a C++ TIFF class, or even a TIFF library that can read/write
the various TIFF permutations.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance...anything that's already been ported to the Mac OS
(and CodeWarrior) would be a great help.
George Tempel
Xpedite Systems, Inc.
6-C Industrial Way West
Eatontown, NJ 07724
1-908-389-3900 x338
1-888-4-xpedite
http://www.xpedite.com
g.tempel@xpedite.com
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:11:40 -0500 (EST)
From: "David P. Baker" <dpb@wjh.harvard.edu>
Subject: views prefs not sticking
hi. i have a powercenter 132 running 7.5.5, and all of a sudden, a couple of
days ago, my views preferences started not being preserved across restarts. i
set it to snap-to-grid, display-disk-info, no-labels, show-version, medium
icons, and it's fine. until i restart. then it's back to no disk info, small
icons, etc., etc. i've done this many times. where are the views preferences
kept? what prefs file should i throw away because it's corrupted? any ideas?
thanks.
--
-+- David P. Baker * dpb@wjh.harvard.edu * http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~dpb/ -+-
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 07:45:47 +0000
From: Ked Shayer <c.shayer2@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: WWWW
Hi,
I just thought I'd tell you lot about a WWWP I found on the Net. Its
called World Wide Web Weaver. It is perfect for people with knowledge of
HTML, who want to type it quickly. It has a brilliant Forms editor and is
very quick. If you know a thing about HTML get it now!
Ked Shayer
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