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From: sutin@astrovax.UUCP (Brian Sutin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Macintosh Wish List
Message-ID: <801@astrovax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 22:14:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: astrovax.801
Posted: Mon Aug 25 22:14:09 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Aug-86 04:55:29 EDT
Organization: Department of Astrophysics, Princeton University
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Well, I have my new Mac+.  Here it sits on my desk, looking lonely and
dejected.  Why?  Because half of my software doesn't work, or I can't get
the programs I want.  If I can get any of the below, I would be eternally
grateful.

1)  The address of LightSpeedC.  I have been led to believe, perhaps wrongly,
    that this is a decent compiler.  No dealers have ever heard of it.  How
    much does it cost?  Is there a cheaper C compiler on the market?

2)  The address for obtaining SUMACC.  I tried the USENET address and
    received no reply.  Do I need a UNIX license?  Do I send a magtape?

3)  A program to convert MacWrite files to text files, since I do not have
    MacWrite.  There was a half-hearted source verson posted to the net a
    while back(by Winkler), but it was for UNIX and I don't have a C compiler
    yet anyway.  I tried stealing someone elses MacWrite, but no files could
    be "opened."  So much for a life of crime.

4)  I ordered a Cylan assembler from EDUCOMP and the file "mactext.s" was
    trashed.  Does anyone have a copy they could send to me so I don't have
    to send the stupid disk back?

5)  Is there a way, with existing software, to print a text file to a device
    which is just an RS-232 printer?  Once I have a compiler, I can write a
    DA to do it (if I can figure out how!) but until then, it would be
    simpler than using a terminal emulation program while connecting the
    printer to the modem port(yuk).

I would appreciate replies by mail, so as not to clutter up the net, unless
something is of general interest.  As usual, thanks in advance,


Brian Sutin
Department of Astrophysical Sciences/Princeton University

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