Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!sdr.slb.COM!SHULMAN From: SHULMAN@sdr.slb.COM (Jeffrey Shulman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest Subject: Delphi Mac DIgest V3 #46 Message-ID: <8710101756.AA22752@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Sat, 10-Oct-87 12:27:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8710101756.AA22752 Posted: Sat Oct 10 12:27:00 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Oct-87 07:06:05 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 685 Approved: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Date: Sat 10 Oct 87 12:27:10-EDT From: Jeff Shulman Subject: Delphi Mac DIgest V3 #46 To: Delphi-List: ; Message-ID: <560881630.0.SHULMAN@SDR> Mail-System-Version: Delphi Mac Digest Saturday, October 10, 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 46 Today's Topics: Administrivia - Where have all the digests gone? 9-track SCSI tape drive RE: Mac II games re: Keyboard Remapping Utilities Needed re: Interesting System problem re: Multiple Desktops? re: DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS HELP re: Need Word 3.0x File Format Info re: TEFromScrap / Networks RE: MacBrain (2 messages) RE: Flight scheduling program RE: documentation on new TextEdit RE: RE: Brain Dominance ID=01 SQL relational database Hypercard Radio Buttons (3 messages) LISA AND APPLETALK Brilliant Idea (9 messages) re: Comments on MultiFinder re: Re: Print Spooler for Diverse Print re: Re: Modal dialogs and MultiFinder re: C problem re: Saving info with text files (repost) re: HFS Menus on pre-4.1 systems MS WORD 3.01 Software Disks (2 messages) Trouble with Power Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeff Shulman (Moderator) Subject: Administrivia - Where have all the digests gone? Date: 10-OCT 11:33 I have been merrily producing Usenet Mac and Delphi Mac digests, as usual, the past few months. However, it seems I have been mailing them to deaf ears. After some checking I found out that my mailing list at CSNet (where all the digests get mailed from) was fouled up. I was told it has been corrected. So, if you are missing digests, please first see if you can ftp them from INFO-MAC (they have been brought up to date, so has the BITNET server at Rice.) If you ABSOLUTELY can't get them from these two sources and you ABSOLUTELY can't live without them (:->) then send me a note with the ones you are missing and I'll resend them to you. Please don't dash me off a request before you have exhausted all other possibilities. I am swamped with enough things to do as it is. Thanks. Jeff ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: 9-track SCSI tape drive Date: 28-SEP 12:34 Hardware & Peripherals Qualstar Corporation is shipping a 9-track 1/2" tape drive with a SCSI interface and driver software for the Mac. The literature claims it is useful as a backup medium and for interchange of data with mainframes and minicomputers. Qualstar is at 9621 Irondale Ave, Chatsworth, CA 91311 and their phone number is (818) 882-5822. peter ------------------------------ From: NATURAL Subject: RE: Mac II games Date: 29-SEP 10:52 Network Digests >TO: David.TinNyo@VI.RI.CMU.EDU >Subject: Mac II games 's kind of hard to give outright suggestions on a game that one hasn't seen. I've been working on something of a knock your socks off, etc. type game as well for the II w/ a programmer friend who's written commercial games for the Mac (pre-II) and the Apple II series. I'd be glad to share ideas, etc. Also would be willing to beta-test, etc. Joshua Delphi: NATURAL ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: Keyboard Remapping Utilities Needed (Re: Msg 22646) Date: 30-SEP 01:36 Network Digests > From: dhac@ur-tut.UUCP (Darren Jay Hacker) > Subject: Keyboard Remapping Utilities Needed Acta supports the Undo - Paste F keys. QuicKeys, coming soon from CE Software, does a good job of remapping stuff (it might even be out by the time you see this). David Dunham "If it doesn't have Undo, it's not a Mac program." Maitreya Design ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: Interesting System problem (Re: Msg 22646) Date: 30-SEP 01:37 Network Digests > From: mrh@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Marc Hannah) > Subject: Interesting System problem There's a similar problem with a program from MDS called PackSym. Its signature is PACK, so desk accessories that want to use the List Manager (PACK 0) have problems. This was a _real pain_ to debug, since I've never had MDS on my hard disk, but my beta tester did. A UseResFile(0) and an explicit load of PACK 0 solved this one. David Dunham "If voting could change the system, it would be illegal. If Maitreya Design not voting could change the system, it would be be illegal." ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: Multiple Desktops? (Re: Msg 22646) Date: 30-SEP 01:37 Network Digests > From: peirce@crg.llnl.gov (Michael Peirce) > Subject: Multiple Desktops? The Mac was designed as a _personal_ computer. (Using someone else's machine, which doesn't have the same DAs and FKEYs, is a real culture shock!) The position info is saved in the directory for each file, so it'd be a pain to change, without a custom program. David Dunham "The more laws there are, the more people are Maitreya Design inclined to break them" ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS HELP (Re: Msg 22649) Date: 1-OCT-03:05: Network Digests >From: 321143%pittvms.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu >Subject: DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS HELP I believe it's a common misconception that "the Mac is very difficult to program on." With the right development tools (such as LightspeedC and TMON), it's quite easy to program on. It's hard to _learn_ to program, because the very toolbox routines that make it so easy to program, have to be learned. One reason it's such a nice development environment is that it's multi-tasking. I use miniWRITER all the time to look at my source code while I'm running a program. Never could do this on a VAX. ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: Need Word 3.0x File Format Info (Re: Msg 22649) Date: 1-OCT-03:06: Network Digests >Subject: Need Word 3.0x File Format Info >From: J. Peter Alfke Ask Microsoft. Unlike the format for 1.05, they're apparently very free with the 3.0 format. (Of course, when you get it, you won't necessarily be any more informed than you are now :-) ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: TEFromScrap / Networks (Re: Msg 22649) Date: 1-OCT-03:07: Network Digests >From: guenther blaschek >Subject: TEFromScrap / Networks >The true story is that TEFromScrap returns the number of characters copied... >I hope this bug (or is it a feature?) will vanish in future ROMs. This feature isn't in the current ROMs; you noticed the [Not in ROM] notation, right? Your development system provides glue for the call. ------------------------------ From: MARJ Subject: RE: MacBrain Date: 1-OCT-18:01: Network Digests Richard Weatherly (weather&mitre.org) asks if a program called "MacBrain" exists. It does. MacBrain 1.10 is a neural network simulation environment for Mac+, SE, and Mac II computers. It is the best-selling neural network system on the market today, having sold several hundred copies. Information can be found in the Sept. and Oct. 1987 BYTEs, as well as recent issues of Macintosh Today, InfoWorld, and other magazines. MacBrain is a vailable from: Neuronics, Inc. Suite 2200 One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 577-1202 Matt Jensen President Neuronics, Inc. ------------------------------ From: JIMH Subject: RE: MacBrain Date: 1-OCT-19:38: Network Digests Matt, i heard a rumor you were going to do a student version for a low price. I am interested in neural nets though i havent had time to read much about them. I would love to be able to buy something to experiment with. best jim ------------------------------ From: RABBIT Subject: RE: Flight scheduling program Date: 1-OCT-21:19: Network Digests To> Russell M Forster RForster@UNCAEDU.BITnet Subject> Flight scheduling program Here at the University of North Dakota we have a sceduling program that may fit your needs. The main difference is that flight launches are scheduled for 1 hour 15 minute blocks. I am not sure what type of host we are running on, but it is a very nice system (although a little slow) and handles approx 100 instructors and 620 students. At FlightSafety international they had a program which scheduled in 2 hour blocks for 180 students and about 20 instructors. I am not sure of the capabilities or the exact host although it was an IBM (I'm not a big fan of big machines with those letters). Since you represent a school UND might be willing to give you some information. Scott Brause "A Rabbit Without Wings Is A Rabbit That Can't Fly Backwards" ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: documentation on new TextEdit (Re: Msg 22682) Date: 3-OCT-14:06: Network Digests >Date: Mon, 14 Sep 87 15:26:47 MET >From: Norbert Lindenberg >Subject: documentation on new TextEdit >Is there any documentation on TextEdit newer than the APDA Draft of >Inside Mac V (Feb 87)? Anything said there about TEGetHeight and >PutStylScrap seems to be plain wrong... Tech Note 131 goes into details about bugs and documentation problems with TextEdit. peter "In any context, half of all references PEABO @ DELPHI are local and half are global." ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: RE: Brain Dominance (Re: Msg 22682) Date: 3-OCT-14:10: Network Digests >Date: Mon, 14 Sep 87 15:50 N >From: (Thomas Fruin) >Subject: RE: Brain Dominance > > From: PEABO > > Subject: RE: Brain Dominance >There is one case where left-handers are better off than right-handers: >the Backspace key. When I'm mousing around with my right hand I like to use >my left hand to tap the Backspace key to delete selections. In this case >it is the right-hander who has to reach across the keyboard ... You mean you haven't heard of the right-hander's technique of lifting the mouse up and using the lower left corner to bash the Backspace key? ;-> peter "In any context, half of all references PEABO @ DELPHI are local and half are global." ------------------------------ From: NATURAL Subject: ID=01 Date: 4-OCT-14:13: Macintosh II I've been getting a lot of ID=01 bombs on my II lately, particularly on MS Word 3.01 and Express 1.04... any ideas? ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: SQL relational database Date: 6-OCT-12:13: Macintosh II Informix-SQL has been announced for availablility on the Macintosh II under A /UX (when Apple releases that product later this year). This SQL (structured query language) product is compatible with other Unix-based implementations from Informix, and Informix plans to port more of its database products to the Mac II. For more information, contact Informix Software, Inc., 4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, telephopne (415) 322-4100. peter ------------------------------ From: CHUQ Subject: Hypercard Radio Buttons Date: 6-OCT-23:46: Programming Anyone know how to query and/or set the state of a radio button in Hypercard? Goodman and the help stack don't say, and I can't find a stack to browse to find it out. I'm sure it is trivial, but I sure can't find out where they mention it. thanks! chuq ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: Hypercard Radio Buttons (Re: Msg 22730) Date: 6-OCT-23:51: Programming Try this: set the hilite of button "Top 40" to true peter ------------------------------ From: NWOLF Subject: RE: Hypercard Radio Buttons (Re: Msg 22730) Date: 7-OCT-01:52: Programming not sure what you mean by query.... To find out the state of a button or field you know exists (because it's listed in card, stack or bkgnd info) but can't see type "set the visible of <> <