Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.ARPA!INFO-MAC-REQUEST From: INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.mac Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V4 #79 Message-ID: <8606230040.AA05674@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Sun, 22-Jun-86 20:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8606230040.AA05674 Posted: Sun Jun 22 20:05:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 23-Jun-86 06:28:48 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 788 Approved: info-mac@sumex-aim.arpa INFO-MAC Digest Monday, 23 Jun 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 79 Today's Topics: Finder 5.3/System 3.2 Released! Finder 5.3/System 3.2 Bugfixes (from AppleLink) New newsgroups for the Macintosh Multiple GetMenu calls terminal emulation types terminal emulation types decompiling the LaserPrep file Re: request for mac tracing mechanism macget/macput and Red Ryder Mac bitmap grabber VAX & MAX Font Problems with Mac+ using Laserwriter Printing PostScript Files XLISP help (904) 644-1709 Re: Bus'd Out Hostware for the Mac Usenet Mac Digest V2 #48 Usenet Mac Digest V2 #49 Delphi Mac Digest V2 #25 Font Changer "BOING" - A 3D graphics demo Tek 40xx terminal emulator for mac plus? TeX for the Mac Apple SCSI drive? Crays and Macintoshes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun 15 Jun 86 17:33:34-PDT From: Jim Lewinson Subject: Finder 5.3/System 3.2 Released! The new System and Finder were released on 13-Jun-86, according to AppleLink. In fact, we suspect they are available on there! Of course, we weren't interested in spending 90 minutes downloading them... Here is the release notes that were sitting around for the new system. (Bug fixes in next message.) Jim Taken from Apple Link - 13-Jun-86 (New System/Finder Release date!) Macintosh System Software Release Notes The files in the Macintosh System Software folder are the OFFICIAL current System Files for Macintosh users. They are appropriate for use on: Macintosh 512K Macintosh 512K upgraded with the 800K internal disk drive Macintosh 512K enhanced Macintosh Plus Macintosh XL External 800K Disk Drive Hard Disk 20 LaserWriter LaserWriter Plus ImageWriter ImageWriter 15 ImageWriter II ImageWriter II with AppleTalk option These files are not for use on a Macintosh with less than 512K RAM; use System 2.0, Finder 4.1, and ImageWriter 1.0. The files enclosed are: File Version Supersedes --------------------- -------- --------------------------------------- System 3.2 3.1.1, 3.1, 3.0, 2.1, 2.0 Finder 5.3 5.2, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1, 1.1g ImageWriter 2.3 2.2, 2.1, 2.0, 1.0, ImageWriter 15 1.0 AppleTalk ImageWriter 2.3 2.2, 2.1, 2.0 LaserWriter 3.1 3.0, 1.1, 1.0 Laser Prep 3.1 3.0, 1.1, 1.0 Hard Disk 20 1.1 1.0 Installer 2.2 2.1, 2.0 Font/DA Mover 3.2 3.1, 3.0, 2.5, 1.0 The Namer 2.1 2.0, 1.0 We recommend that you set up two 400K disks in these configurations: System Installation Printer Installation ---------------------------- ----------------------------- System System Finder Finder Installer Installer Hard Disk 20 LaserWriter Font/DA Mover Laser Prep External Drive ImageWriter* Mac Plus Update The Namer * For AppleTalk ImageWriter owners, prepare a disk with AppleTalk ImageWriter instead of ImageWriter, or use Font/DA Mover 3.2 to remove fonts and desk accessories from the System file on the Printer Installation disk. With this configuration, users can then, for each disk, - boot the disk - double-click the Installer - insert the disk to be updated - select options from the Installer window - click Install To do a complete installation, you must use both disks. If you put these files on one 800K disk, all printer drivers AND the Font/DA Mover must be in the System Folder. This folder also includes a list of user-visible bugs that are known to be fixed in the current software. If you discover bugs in this software, or you know of bugs in older software that this release has not fixed, please use the Apple Computer Bug Report Form to report them to Apple Product Testing. Apple System Software Product Management ------------------------------ Date: Sun 15 Jun 86 17:35:55-PDT From: Jim Lewinson Subject: Finder 5.3/System 3.2 Bugfixes (from AppleLink) Here is the list of bugs fixed or not fixed in the latest System and Finder. Jim [ archived as [SUMEX-AIM.ARPA]BUGFIXES-FINDER53-SYSTEM32.TXT (sorry about that name) DoD ] ------------------------------ From: felix!rlong@su-glacier.arpa (Roger Long) Subject: New newsgroups for the Macintosh Date: 13 May 86 03:08:42 GMT Sender: cbosgd!mark@su-glacier.arpa I am pleased to announce the creation of a new set of moderated newsgroups dealing with Apple's Macintosh. The new groups are: mod.mac (formally mod.computers.macintosh) mod.mac.sources mod.mac.binaries My name is Roger Long, and I've volunteered to moderate the last two groups. As you might imagine, mod.mac.sources will distribute sources for Macintosh software, and mod.mac.binaries will distribute binaries. Once these groups have been in use for awhile, it is expected that net.sources.mac will be removed. The level of moderation will be minimal, and my job will be mostly to decide which group to post a submission to. Given the distinction between the two groups, this should not be difficult. You should make sure that your moderators file is updated to reflect these new groups. The uucp address for both groups is felix!macintosh. Felix has connections to hplabs, oliveb, and trwrb, to name a few. Queries may be directed to felix!macintosh-request. At this point I'd like to mention that your support would be GREATLY appreciated. To facilitate distribution of the newsgroup, it would be nice if one or two east coast sites could arrange to poll felix to pick up postings to mod.mac. It would also be nice if a few sites around the world could arrange to archive these groups so that I don't need to be the only one responding to requests for missed articles. If you'd be interested in doing either of these things, please contact me. Finally, your support in just USING these newsgroups will be appreciated. If there's anything I can do to make these newsgroups more useful, let me know. [I encourage those of you currently using net.sources.mac to send your sources and binaries to Roger instead - you'll reach a wider audience. - MRH.] [ from the moderator: Who says I am behind in posting these messages? I sincerely apologize for letting this one slip into a crack, hope people still find it news worthy DoD ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 08:49:37 pdt From: Larry Rosenstein Subject: Multiple GetMenu calls The April 85 MacTutor (p 68) mentions a bug with finder 5.0 and up concerning the call to GetMenu. The problem is not with the Finder! On the old ROMs, you cannot call GetMenu more than once for a menu. This is documented in Inside Macintosh (p I-352). The problem is that GetMenu replaces the resource ID is the menu defproc with a handle to the defproc itself. If you call it twice, GetMenu will treat (part of) the handle as a resource ID. It doesn't matter what application is running. I think that the 128K ROMs have a check for this so that it will work. (I am not sure about this, however.) In any event, it is best not to call GetMenu more than once. The problem with a DA is that its Open routine can get called more than once, since it is called every time the DA is chosen from the Apple menu. You have to check to see if the DA has been opened already before doing things like creating windows, calling GetMenu, etc. Larry Rosenstein Object Specialist Apple Computer UUCP: {sun, voder, nsc, mtxinu, dual}!apple!lsr CSNET: lsr@Apple.CSNET P.S. I don't mean to pick on MacTutor, because they provide a lot of useful information. In this case, however, the information was partially wrong. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 10:50:42 PDT From: Reply-to: DAVEG%SLACVM.BITNET@SU-Forsythe.ARPA Subject: terminal emulation types Date: 17 June 86 10:47-PST From: DAVEG@SLACVM Subject: terminal emulation types Date: 17 June 1986, 10:27:09 PST From: David M. Gelphman 415-854-3300 x2538 DAVEG at SLACVM To: INFO-MAC at SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD Subject: terminal emulation types Regarding programs which emulate a VT100 and graphics terminals I know of a couple. They are VersaTerm, one called Griffen Term (or something like that) from Reed College and I believe that Mesa Graphics now has one which does both Vt100 and graphics. The only one I have had direct experience with is VersaTerm and it is a great program. The list price is $99 I think and it is well worth the price. VersaTerm emulates a VT100 and a Textronics 4014 and can switch between them under user or host control. I regularly use a package on the mainframe which switches VersaTerm from the VersaTerm mode into Textronics mode and does the graphics. The features of this program are quite extensive and the author Lonnie Abelbeck adds features regularly. The current release 2.2 supports the MacPlus keyboard including cursor keys, has file transfer using MacTerminal XMODEM, MACBINARY, KERMIT (binary,text, and the MACBINARY format ), and Text XMODEM. The imagewriter and laserwriter are supported as well as a Diablo 630 and a generic printer. For the user who has more graphics intensive needs there are two other ways which Versaterm can help...a second program by the same author allows graphics recorded by VersaTerm to be viewed in a number of different ways. VersaTerm can record the Textronics output in a vector graphics format and then with a program Texprint (around $80 I think) you can zoom the resulting plots for a better view of any part of them. Texprint also supports the Laserwriter so that now your plots can be printed using the full resolution of the Laserwriter. They can also be saved as MacDraw documents and manipulated with MacDraw. This is an excellent way to transmit mainframe graphics to the Mac for inclusion in a Macintosh document. If you want the capabilities of both Versaterm and Texprint there is an even more powerful program called VersaTerm Pro which evidently merges the capabilities of VersaTerm and Texprint into one program with even more features. That is a bit pricy however and is in the range of $250. My experience dealing with the distributor Peripherals Computers and Supplies Inc. (215-779-0522) and the author Lonnie Abelbeck have been great...he is more than happy to listen to suggestions regarding enhancements and has added lots of stuff because of suggestions from users. Updates to the program are always $10 so it is easy to upgrade to a more capable version. In almost all cases the updates have been to add features and the program has been quite bug free for me. I hate to sound like an ad for these guys but I really think they put out an excellent product which is overlooked by reviewers. It is an excellent terminal emulator as a VT100 (much more usable than MacTerminal) and really excels when you need to do graphics. I do not have any connection with PCS or Lonnie other than as a satisfied customer. David Gelphman BITNET address: DAVEG@SLACVM Bin #88 SLAC ARPANET address: DAVEG@SLACVM.BITNET Stanford, Calif. 94305 UUCP address: ...psuvax1!daveg%slacvm.bitnet 415-854-3300 x2538 usual disclaimer #432 applies: my employer apologies for the fact that I have access to this net. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 11:21:10 EDT From: Hal_Varian%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA Subject: decompiling the LaserPrep file RE: decompiling the Laser Prep file ---(Forwarded from: Hal_Varian@UMich-MTS.Mailnet, Dated: Mon, 16 Jun 86 22:16:30 EDT)--- Subject: decompiling the LaserPrep file I sympathize with Brian Powell's complaint about the proliferation of LaserPrep files. I had been using the old LaserPrep files to incorporate MacDrawings into TeX output, but this procedure flopped when I upgraded my LaserWriter and switched to the new LaserPrep file. However, there is an easy fix: if you hold down "K" when you choose the print option in the "Print..." dialog box, the Mac will create a listing of the LaserPrep file along with the PostScript representation of your drawing in a file called PostScript. There you are: a complete ASCII listing of LaserPrep. If you just want your drawing without the LaserPrep stuff, hold down "F". ------------------------------ From: John T Kohl Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 20:56:49 EDT Subject: Re: request for mac tracing mechanism On the "Guided Tour" disks, there is a hidden drvr resource ".Journal" which probably does what you want: it records mouse movements and clicks and stays active over launches. You can copy it into the appropriate system file, change its name to "Journal" and its type to a DA, and it will work fine. I think it only lets you record one thing at a time (i.e. each new one destroys the previous) but it may be useful. You may also want to look into the other stuff on the Guided tour disks. John Kohl jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU -or- ...!mit-eddie!ci-dandelion!jtkohl ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 13:14 PDT From: Dave Platt Subject: macget/macput and Red Ryder As far as I'm aware, MacTerminal is the only emulator that supports the macget/macput protocol. Or, more exactly, macget and macput were written to provide host support for the MacTerminal "Mac-to-Mac" transfer protocol. Mac-to-Mac is not "vanilla" XMODEM. When you do a Mac-to-Mac transfer using MacTerminal, your Mac actually sends two or three separate XMODEM files. The first file (1 record) is the file information (.info), the second is (I think) the resource fork (.rsrc), and the third is the data fork (.data). There is a _very_ strong similarity between MacTerminal's Mac-to-Mac protocol, and the very popular "MacBinary". MacBinary transfers are essentially identical in their content to a Mac-to-Mac transfer, except that the .info, .rsrc, and .data information is transferred as a single XMODEM file rather than as three separate files. Thus, any host capable of supporting a "vanilla" XMODEM transfer can be used as a MacBinary host; systems other than Macs won't actually interpret the contents of the file meaningfully, but as long as they can store it exactly as it's sent and spit it back without alteration, they can be used as Mac file repositories. If you have existing macget/macput file sets (.info,.rsrc,.data triplets) then you _might_ be able to feed them into Red Ryder (or FreeTerm or MicroPhone, etc.) by using a host-based file utility to catenate the three files together. Then, upload the catenated file using an _ordinary_ XMODEM utility... _not_ macput. With luck, your Mac emulator will recognize the header record and will perform a MacBinary upload. I haven't tried this myself, and my understanding of the internals of macput and MacBinary is based on a discussion of the MacTerminal and MacBinary protocols by Dennis Brothers dated 6 May 1985. I could post this discussion to you if you're interested. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 86 20:55:05 pdt From: Andy Fitzhugh Subject: Mac bitmap grabber Any Mac hackers out there know of utilities which can store the macintosh bitmap (or selected portions) to a file? Needed for SUN<-->Mac image transporting. Any program which can do this are fine, as long as I can know the format in which it is saved. Andrew Fitzhugh NASA Ames Perception & Cognition Group, ASHFRD 415-694-6584 or mail to af@whitney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 86 17:10 PDT From: PUGH%CCV.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA Subject: VAX & MAX Does anyone know if the VAX workstation stuff is released, and if not, do you know of a tentative date. How about an address for more information? I think there are a lot of people who would like a Mac interface to their VAX. I know I would. Jon ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jun 86 09:29 EST From: leue%NMR.tcpip@ge-crd.arpa Subject: Font Problems with Mac+ using Laserwriter From: leue@NMR To: info-mac@sumex-aim@smtp@tcpgateway@csbvax Date: 19 Jun 86 12:45 EST From: Bill Leue, General Electric R&D Center ( mail to leue@ge-crd ) Sender: LEUE Subject: Font Problems with Mac+ using Laserwriter To: info-mac@sumex-aim@smtp@tcpgateway -------- I have been having a strange problem with the Helvetica fonts on a Mac+. I have generated a number of documents with MacDraw on a 512k Mac using the Helvetica font in several sizes, notably the 18 and 24-pt. I then take a disk with these documents over to a Mac+ which has a Laserwriter. When I open the documents with MacDraw, several annoying things happen: 1) the page setup is set to Portrait, even though the original documents were generated using landscape. 2) the fonts are all set to Geneva 3) Pulling down the FONTS menu in MacDraw shows that the system file does not have the Helvetica fonts in 18 and 24-pt sizes. The screen display looks pretty bad, as you might expect, since the Mac has to scale smaller fonts up to the requested sizes. However, I have looked at the System Resources with the Font/DA mover, and in fact, the 18-pt and 24-pt Helvetica sizes *are* there! 4) In spite of all this funny business, the documents print fine on the Laserwriter (font substitution ON) Does anyone have any idea of what's going on? I am using MacDraw 1.9 on both Mac's, by the way. Thanks in advance! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 14:18:56 edt From: cperry@mitre.ARPA (Chris Perry) Subject: Printing PostScript Files Does anyone know about a Mac utility which will take non-Macintosh-generated PostScript files as input for printing on an Apple LaserWriter? Thanks. Chris (cperry@mitre.arpa) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 14:52 EDT From: SOWELL%FSU.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA Subject: XLISP help (904) 644-1709 I would like to use XLISP, running on a Macintosh, to run an existing LISP program. I need to load the program file (downloaded to the Mac from a mainframe) into XLISP. Could you tell us how such a source file can be loaded into XLISP? I have tried using the XLISP command (load 'filename) where "filename" is the name of the file containing the LISP source (the name ends in ".lsp"). This produced an error message. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated. Ken Johnson JOHNSON%FSU.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Florida State University Tallahassee, Fl (904) 644-1709 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 19:29 EST From: CML5A9%IRISHMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: Re: Bus'd Out > Just what is AppleBus? And what do they mean by "running out of the modem port." AppleBus was Apple's name for AppleTalk before they decided to change it. some of the internal software (and even some of the documentation!) haven't yet caught up with the name change. It's a different name for the same thing, i have two "AppleBus" connectors that work just great for everything. Bus'd Out works fine on AppleTalk, so far as I know, as I haven't been able to test it myself. Running out of the modem port would refer to programs that do program<->program communications accross a standard RS232 line. But mazewars and/or bus'd out would be pretty boring with only two people! Some confusion in this area may have come about because of the fact that you can have a minimal appletalk network of two nodes by tying the two machines together with a null modem. (who says you need to spend an additional $100 to connection your LW?) -Tom Dowdy "If it jams, force it, if it breaks, it needed fixing anyway." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jun 86 12:50 PDT From: Dave Platt Subject: Hostware for the Mac I'm aware of three packages: 1) BetaBoard. This is a shareware board written in MS-BASIC; sources are readily available. It was the first; it's pretty primitive but is relatively easy to customize. I don't know too much about its abilities, but I'm certain it supports at least checksum XMODEM. 2) Mouse Exchange BBS. More powerful than BetaBoard, but I believe it's not as easy to customize. It's a commercial product ($50, I think) and if I recall correctly it's marketed by Dreams of the Phoenix. Several Mac-based boards in the San Francisco area used MEBBS until about six months ago; they became somewhat disillusioned with it due to late shipments of upgrades they'd been promised, and due to some fairly obnoxious bugs. Most of the MEBBS boards I've seen have since switched over to.... 3) Red Ryder Host (previously known as "Lazarus"). RRH is written by Scott Watson, author of Red Ryder; it's available to all registered & paid users of Red Ryder (currently free but he may start charging a distribution fee). RRH is a "bulletin board construction set" rather than a hard-coded BBS; the system operator has the ability to completely construct and customize the menus, message areas, file-storage areas, etc. RRH supports XMODEM (checksum, CRC, and MacBinary), numerous privilege levels, controllable time limits, and (if Scott's hints are any indication) the next version of RRH will contain an interface to the "Nautilus" driver in Red Ryder 9.2 (a nautilus has a pretty shell...) and will present Mac users with a very interesting graphical interface to the bulletin board. If you're looking for a quick, standardized BBS, then MEBBS might be your best bet. If you're willing to spend a little additional effort installing and maintaining the BBS, I suggest RRH. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jun 86 22:00:20 EDT From: Jeffrey Shulman Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #48 Usenet Mac Digest Thursday, 19 June 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 48 Today's Topics: Info on C for numerical analysis wanted Re: TEX + graphics DSR and MacTerminal Re: DA support (or lack thereof) Re: DSR and MacTerminal Re: Finder Switchin Manx 1.06H's System file MacFortran questions Re: Facist Licensing Agreement FEdit Blues and FEdit Plus bug in *new* system software Font/DA Mover Want a good Joy Stick for the Mac modem port repair Re: Fascist Licensing Agreement RR 9.2 LOADVAR & SAVEVAR problems Converting Quark QC-10 or QC-20 hard drives to SCSI drives. Re: Fascist Licensing Agreement Re: Font/DA Mover ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ archived as [SUMEX-AIM]USENETV2-48.ARC DoD ] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jun 86 10:48:45 EDT From: Jeffrey Shulman Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #49 Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, 21 June 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 49 Today's Topics: Re: bug in *new* system software Re: Fascist Licensing - [ really: InfoWorld news ] Re: Finder/DA bug (Delphi Digest Vol2 #22) List of Lightspeed C patches MICHA Hard disk /Ram Owners?? Re: Fascist Licensing Agreement Paradise HD and HFS? Re: Want a good Joy Stick for the Mac Megaroids and Space War! on the Macplus Programming large desk accessories Re: Re: bug in *new* system software ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ archived as [SUMEX-AIM.ARPA]USENETV2-49.ARC DoD ] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jun 86 10:43:17 EDT From: Jeffrey Shulman Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V2 #25 Delphi Mac Digest Sunday, 22 June 1986 Volume 2 : Issue 25 Today's Topics: That "End User License Agreement" RE: That "End User License Agreement" (Re: Msg 9178) Megamax SFGetFile bug? 5 volt adaptor RE: 5 volt adaptor (Re: Msg 9185) RE: 5 volt adaptor (Re: Msg 9185) Smalltalk/Mac+ keyboard The New System and Copy II RE: The New System and Copy II (Re: Msg 9206) List Manager RE: List Manager (Re: Msg 9212) RE: List Manager (Re: Msg 9287) Mass Tech out of business? HyperNet, HyperDrive 2000 MPW programing system Re:Red Ryder & MacPut Re: User-supported BBS packages for the Mac. Hard Disk 20 Price Cut Apple Survey Re: Finder Switching re: previous Usenet/info-mac inquiry 128K ROMs/ HFS prob teclick? I found it RE: Usenet Mac Digest V2 #48 (Re: Msg 9369) MacLightning RE: MacLightning (Re: Msg 9391) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ archived as [SUMEX-AIM.ARPA]DELPHIV2-25.ARC DoD ] ------------------------------ Date: 09 Aug 85 08:30 EST From: CML5A9%IRISHMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: Font Changer Enclosed is a program that allows one to make global style changes in a (disk based) MacWrite document. The program is freeware, and you may give it away to friends if you include the documentation. You may not charge for distributing this program. The program is binhexed and packited. (binhex 4.0 packit i) I believe this version to be fairly bug free, but if anyone finds bugs, please let me know. -Tom Dowdy "If it jams, force it, if it breaks, it needed fixing anyway." [ archived as [SUMEX-AIM]UTILITY-FONT-CHANGER.HQX DoD ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jun 86 11:36:11 PDT From: CHRIST%SAT@ames-io.ARPA Subject: "BOING" - A 3D graphics demo Here is the Macintosh answer to the Amiga "Boing" demo. If you have any residual doubts about the Mac's graphics abilities, this 3-D bouncing ball ought to impress you. Be warned, though; some claim the effect is hypnotic! Although only 14 K in size, this application is memory hungry. If you have problems with it, try running under a smaller system. This was found on a local BBS by a colleague; I claim no credit, nor take any responsibility, beyond appreciating the demo and passing it on. George Christ / Computer Software Analysts, Inc. Small Systems Support NASA - Ames Research Center "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!" -------------------- [ archived as [SUMEX-AIM.ARPA]DEMO-BOING-3D.HQX DoD ] ------------------------------ Subject: Tek 40xx terminal emulator for mac plus? Date: 18 Jun 86 15:41:02 EST (Wed) From: mckay@ee.purdue.edu A researcher here is looking for a Tektronix 40xx series terminal emulator for a MacPlus. Is there a Public Domain version out there? Has anyone been able to get the 4010 emulation under "uw" to work correctly with 4.3 BSD UNIX? What's a good tek 40xx terminal to buy? Please respond via mail. Thanks! --Dwight Mckay, ECN Text & Workstation Software Support [arpanet: mckay@ee.purdue.edu, usenet: ...ihnp4!pur-ee!mckay] [office: EE 348B, phone: (317) 494-3561] ------------------------------ Date: Fri 20 Jun 86 20:16:29-PDT From: Emilio Calius Subject: TeX for the Mac If someone with any knowledge and/or experience from using/testing FTL System's TeX for the Macintosh package is reading this, please let me know what your impression of this product is like. When I spoke with them I liked their response better than that of Addison-Wesley, but $750 plus the cost of a LaserWriter is a large investment for our group. We would appreciate any words of wisdom available on this subject Thank you Emilio P. Calius Composite Structures Lab Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University ------------------------------ Date: Fri 20 Jun 86 12:55:42-PDT From: Steve Miner Subject: Apple SCSI drive? Rumor has it that Apple's SCSI drive will be available in September. "Launches MacWrite in 3 seconds!" is what I heard. Does anyone on the net have more substantial information? Apparently, Apple just dropped their price of the HD-20 in anticipation of the new hard disk. Steve Miner MINER@SRI-KL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 86 11:22 pst From: "pugh jon%e.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA Subject: Crays and Macintoshes I just heard an anecdote today that says that Seymour Cray is using a Mac to develop his new Cray while Apple is using a Cray to develop their new Mac. Talk about circular... Jon ------------------------------ End of INFO-MAC Digest **********************