Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!Info-Mac-Request From: Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest Subject: Info-Mac Digest V7 #48 Message-ID: <8903092311.AA06365@sumex-aim.stanford.edu> Date: 9 Mar 89 23:09:01 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Organization: The Internet Lines: 316 Approved: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Info-Mac Digest Thu, 9 Mar 89 Volume 7 : Issue 48 Today's Topics: 68030 bug in TMON A/UX Shutdown procedure for Non-superusers Ada for Mac IIx Answers to memory questions Data Sharing Hypercard, Macs and Modems Hypercard problems Ignisound V1.5 Interrupt button Jasmine's DirectPrint Looking for SU-MacIP comm. software mice Talking Moose 1.21 on a Mac II The search for a "kinder quieter SE" Your Info-Mac Moderators are Lance Nakata, Jon Pugh, and Bill Lipa. The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Please send articles and binaries to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 89 20:44:30 EST From: Tom Coradeschi Subject: 68030 bug in TMON The 7th March issue of MacWeek (MacInTouch column) has the following fix for TMON v2.8.1, to make it compatible with 68030-based Macs (ie, IIx, SE/30...). o Open TMON w/ ResEdit. o Open MonC resource & duplicate 'MonC ID 2'. o Select the new resource just created and give it ID=3. o Close the MonC resources, and repeat the procedure w/ resource 'MonI ID 2'. This info was provided by Eugene Evans at ICOM Simulations, and all flames, bug reports, etc, should be sent to him (Hell, I don't even have TMON:-}) tom c Electromagnetic Armament Technology Branch US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 ARPA: tcora@pica.army.mil -or- tcora@ardec.arpa UUCP: ...!{uunet,rutgers}!pica.army.mil!tcora ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 89 11:07:30 PLT From: Joshua Yeidel Subject: A/UX Shutdown procedure for Non-superusers We just got an A/UX machine which will be used by several different people (though only one at a time -- no serial port log-ins or ethernet clients). The "shutdown" command can be issued only be the superuser. If a non-superuser comes in, powers up, logs on, does some work -- how does he shut down? Is it OK to just power the machine off at the "login:" prompt? If not, what? I don't want to scramble our file system -- I also don't want to give the superuser password to everybody, or have to babysit each use just to log off. Also, we have to shut down A/UX to get back to Mac OS (which most of the people on our Mac II prefer). ------------------------------ Date: 08 Mar 89 0035 PST From: Arthur Keller Subject: Ada for Mac IIx Are there any (preferably certified) Ada compilers available for the Mac IIx? If so, home much memory and disk do they need to run effectively? Thanks. Arthur ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 89 10:31:24 -0500 (EST) From: John Salmento Subject: Answers to memory questions I received a number of responses to my first two questions, but not to the third. So here is a summary of the answers to the first two questions. >Hi, > I have a couple of questions about Mac simms. I removed two 256K simms from my Mac >Plus, when I upgraded it to 2.5 MB. > >Is there a way to tell the speed of these simms by the age of the Mac Plus, or by looking at the >simms? You can tell the speed by the last two digits on the chip. -15 means 150 ns and -12 means 120ns. >Are Mac simms and IBM simms interchangeable as long as the simms are fast enough? It is possilble to use IBM simms in Macs, but not Mac simms in IBMs. IBM simms are 9 bit chips. The nineth bit is used for parity checking, and according to Lee Larson, "statistical analyses have shown that there is no significant increase in reliability in using that ninth chip as IBM does. It is only used once, during the boot-up process. It has as much chance of failure as any other chip in the system, so 1/9 of the time, the parity chip is the one that goes. (More parts ==> More failures)" >Is it possible to use Mac simms in a 512KE, ie. does the 512KE macs have simms slots? I haven't gotten an answer on this question. Thanks to all the people who responded. John Salmento ziggy+@andrew.cmu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue 07 Mar 1989 22:47 CDT From: GREENY Subject: Data Sharing Could anyone out there tell me how simple it would be to share the data contained within a HyperCard stack, among a number of users on an AppleTalk network. Optimally we would like to have, say 6 Macs, with perhaps two of them wishing to access the same HyperCard file (not necessarially at the same time), but without having to worry about merging the changed data from two copies of it every day. What software would make this sharing possible, and would be quick, and reliable. I was thinking AppleShare, but I want to research all the possibilities. We will probably also be sharing a number of other applications... Any help is greatly appreciated... Bye for now but not for long Greeny BITNET: MISS026@ECNCDC Internet: MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU ------------------------------ Date: 8 Mar 89 12:10:00 EST From: "EJN" Subject: Hypercard, Macs and Modems I have a Hypercard stack that will dial a list of phone numbers and see if a CONNECT is made to a computer. I am interested in knowing if there is a way that I can modify this stack to 1) detect when someone answers the phone and 2) deliver a digitized message? I am looking for a way to use my Machintosh and Hayes modem to call members of our computer club and leave a message telling of meeting times. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 89 23:56 EST From: "Maj. Doug Hardie" Subject: Hypercard problems I have previously indicated problems with hypercard sounds quiting and eventually corrupting cards. I recently received version 1.2.2. While I have not been able to extensively test it for more than 1 hour, it seems to have cured the problems. Sounds now work, even after using DAs. Also, cards don't seem to get corrupted anymore either. -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: 9 Mar 1989 10:22 EST From: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu Subject: Ignisound V1.5 This is a cdev which allows you to play a sound (snd resource) at startup. Written by Steve Bollinger Copyright (c) 1989 Steve Bollinger and Mushyware All Rights Reserved This may be freely distributed in an unmodified form. See inside for details. Shareware $10 [Archived as /info-mac/cdev/ignisound.hqx; 36K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 89 10:05:10 EST From: Tom Coradeschi Subject: Interrupt button Here's a question I've been wondering about for some time. Back when I used a Mac+, if something happened which froze the Mac, or caused a system error, I could (sometimes) escape to the Finder by pressing the interrupt key on the side of the machine, and typing 'G 40F6D8' in the debugger window which appeared. This saved the hassle of rebooting, particularly when SCSI disks like to be shutdown properly. Now, my boss has gotten me a shiny new SE! But typing 'G 40F6D8' does nada. It simply returns me to the debugger window. Typing 'G FINDER' sometimes gives me a 'Restart or Resume' dialog box (DSAT, right?), but most times, the Resume option isn't hilited, so I have to restart the mac anyway. And wait while the HD straightens itself out... Does anyone have any suggestions as to the proper way to recover from this? (ie, what to type in the debugger window?) I will summarize to the net. tom c Electromagnetic Armament Technology Branch US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 ARPA: tcora@pica.army.mil -or- tcora@ardec.arpa UUCP: ...!{uunet,rutgers}!pica.army.mil!tcora ------------------------------ Date: Tue 07 Mar 1989 22:48 CDT From: GREENY Subject: Jasmine's DirectPrint Has anyone out there used, or heard anything good/bad about Jasmine's new "laserprinter" the DirectPrint? Problems, advantages, etc... Bye for now but not for long Greeny BITNET: MISS026@ECNCDC Internet: MISS026%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 89 13:49:40 EDT From: "Juan M. Courcoul" Subject: Looking for SU-MacIP comm. software I am looking for the source host of the SU-MacIP software usable for communicating on the Internet from a Mac via a variety of mediums. I saw version 2.0 working somewhere and it's FTP interface looked a lot more friendly than NCSA's. Since this is Stanford developed software, I should assume that it is to be found within the '.Stanford.EDU' domain, but in which host ? Thanks for any pointers. Juan Courcoul ------------------------------ Date: 6 Mar 89 11:05:00 EST From: mikero@lns61.tn.cornell.edu Subject: mice I need to order a replacment mouse for a MAC II. Can anyone out there on the net recommend a mouse? Send replies to mikero@lns61.tn.cornell.edu; if there are enough replies, I'll summarize to the net. _______ Michael Roman / | Cornell University | | Wilson Synchrotron Lab _________/ | Ithaca, NY 14853 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 89 09:41:08 edt From: BRUCE_KAHN@DGC.MCEO.DG.COM Subject: Talking Moose 1.21 on a Mac II CEO summary: I picked up the most recent copy of Talking Moose and have yet to be able to get it to work on the two II's we have here. We have tried under Finder and Multifinder (I dont recall their versions but can check if it matters). We had no problems with the FTP or the unpacking. We cant get it to do anything under Finder and it enters what appears to be an infinite loop when run under MultiFinder (the watch stays up for > 5 minutes so we aborted it). Has anyone else had problems? Is there something I especially need to do? Bruce (KAHN@ADAM.DG.COM) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 89 08:18:39 PST From: nardi@cs.nps.navy.mil (Peter Nardi) Subject: The search for a "kinder quieter SE" The noise from the fan on may SE is becoming very distracting. Mobius offers a replacement called "The SE Silencer" which will replace original fans in pre-December 1987 Mac SE's. Has anyone had experience with this fan? Is it more quiet? Does it work? I purchased my SE in Feb of 1988, how can I determine the manufacture date? Are there any other fans out there worth looking at? Any information would be greatly appreciated. -==- nardi@cs.nps.navy.mil Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, Ca. ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************