Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!Moderators.Jon.Pugh;Dwayne.Virnau;Lance.Nakata From: Moderators.Jon.Pugh;Dwayne.Virnau;Lance.Nakata@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #63 Message-ID: <8807140220.AA29569@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 14 Jul 88 00:06:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 487 Approved: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu INFO-MAC Digest Thursday, 14 Jul 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 63 Today's Topics: Ethertalk on IBM-PC's ??? Help... laptop mac? Telnet problems - Help! New Mac user questions flames against Bering..... Program to cat and label disk library game-Marienbad KERMIT BITNET - AppleLink connection serial IP Dumping a postscript file to a printer? A/UX and X.25 Re: A/UX and X.25 Re: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #62 Where's Binhex 4.0? Single frame video tape recording on a MAC II Request for info on Mac remarketing Dumping Postscript to a Remote Printer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 88 09:09 CDT From: JEFF SMITHSubject: Ethertalk on IBM-PC's ??? Help... Does anyone know if the Ethernet cards for PC's (3-COM) can access Appleshare on a MAC via Ethertalk? Details: 10 PC's w/ Ethernet Cards (3-COM) 10 MAC's w/ Ethernet Cards (Apple or Kinetics) 2 MAC's w/ Appleshare, Lasershare 1 Kinetics FastPath 2 Apple Laserwriters on Localtalk (through Fastpath) 3 Mac's on Localtalk (through Fastpath) I know there are Appletalk cards for the IBM-PC, but we already have Ethernet cards. Any other comments are appreciated. Please respond directly, I will post the response. Jeff Smith The University of Texas at Arlington * BITNET B609CSE@UTARLG CS-NET CS_JSMITH@EVAX.ARLINGTON.UTEXAS.EDU * please respond here if possible, CS-NET is a phonenet node ------------------------------ From: frameli@dpdmai.dec.com (Vernon Dale Frameli) Subject: laptop mac? Date: 25 Jun 88 13:22:46 GMT what's the latest rumor on the laptop mac? when? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jun 88 17:59 U From: Subject: Telnet problems - Help! Would anybody out there have any experience in telnetting to the VAX 8530 using NCSA Telnet from Kinetics ? The configuration used is: AppleTalk to Ethernet via the Kinetics FastPath gateway, NCSA Telnet(v2.1) for telnetting to a VAX8530 running a TCP/IP package (v3.0) from Wollongong, VMS (v4.7) and All-in-one. My problem is in the terminal emulation provided by the NCSA Telnet; it allows me to log in to the VAX but then it hangs shortly after that. When I try to get into All-in-one, I get QIO ERROR. I've tried contacting the developer but they are rather slow getting back (if at all!) if anybody can help please email me directly to the BitNet address below. Thanks in advance. ******************************************************************** May Inn Wong BitNet: MAYINN@ITIVAX.BITNET Information Technology Institute National Computer Board Republic of Singapore. ******************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jun 88 10:33:53 EDT From: Richard.Lewis@CENTRO.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: New Mac user questions Mac users: I was finally lured into the Mac world recently (via a 2-floppy SE) and I'd like to begin immediately using it to dial up the CS computers (via 2400 baud). I have a few McNovice questions: 1. What communications software should I be using? I used to run a public domain VT100 emulator on a PC; there must be something similar for the Mac? Pointers, offers to help acquire public domain programs, etc. would be greatly appreciated. 2. A related technical question: I've become quite attached to having 3 or 4 windows logged in to the same machine on my RT. It would be wonderful if there existed some stripped down X emulator, or some clever wasy of using multifinder, or whatever, that made use of multiple windows on the Mac. Wishful thinking? 3. One of the big draws (if you'll pardon the pun) for me was the availability of wonderful graphics programs, so I can illustrate my presentations and papers with pretty pictures and diagrams. The plan is to upload the postscript file (via Kermit, I guess?) and include it in a LaTex source. Any advice about good programs, (I've had some experience with MacDraw, MacPaint, and SuperPaint), and about this process in general, would also be appreciated. HyperCard (which came with my Mac), seems to have some graphics capabilities. Is this adequate for the task? Thanks, Rick (rick@centro.cs.cmu.edu) ------------------------------ From: boulder!boulder!chase@ncar.UCAR.EDU (stumpy) Subject: flames against Bering..... Date: 27 Jun 88 17:29:35 GMT Sender: boulder!sigi!news@ncar.UCAR.EDU Reply-to: boulder!boulder!chase@ncar.UCAR.EDU (stumpy) I have had a Bering 1220C drive (20 megabyte Miniscribe and 20 megabyte removable cartridge system-Bernoulli technology) and am submitting a questionnaire to others with a similar device: Have you had compatibility problems (system crashes when you attempt to move a folder/file from one disk to another) with a Mac SE or Mac II when you connect the 1220C with one other SCSI device? Were these problems resolved after receiving version 2.10 of the Totem driver? Have you lost information as a result of these system crashes? Have you ever removed the MiniScribe to determine if it contains SCSI terminator packs? If so, did you find the packs or did you find the locations where they had been soldered? If you have had problems, have you resolved your problems with Bering? If so, would you elaborate on the details of the settlement? ========================================================= The reason for my questionnaire is due to the fact that I have had problems with my Totem device for a year: it was incompatible with my Jasmine Direct Drive 80. Three months ago, I sent my device to Bering for evaluation; the problem was attributed as being an "anomaly". However, I resolved the issue of incompatibility after talking to a fella who will be writing device drivers for Jasmine. Last week, after a few simple tests, he concluded the Totem had an internal SCSI pack. Yesterday, I had a friend open the Totem unit and remove the MiniScribe. He found that Bering had forgotten to remove the packs from the Miniscribe (realize that each Bering kit includes an external terminator -- but there is NO mention of an internal SCSI resistor pack in the Totem manual). Today, I advised Bering of my discovery: their technical support personnel stated that having 3 SCSI terminators (Mac II has an internal terminator, there is the terminator in the MiniScribe, and the internal resistor packs inside the Jasmine) does not necessarily cause crashes. Yet, when I talked to the manufacturer of MiniScribe, they stated that it would. And, of course, the ANSI standard specifically states there are to be only two SCSI terminators -- one at the beginning and another at the end of the chain. At this point, I am bothered with Bering's response for several reasons: 1) I have received dis-information regarding SCSI devices, particularly with the assertion that having 3 SCSI is not necessarily the reason for the system crashes that have occurred for the past year. 2) As a result of two crashes, I have lost historical documents (ironically, each crash occurred as I was backing my Jasmine Direct Drive 80 to the Totem removable cartridge). 3) That I had invested $2,000+ in a piece of hardware that has remained idle for the better part of a year as being an "anomaly". I am distrustful of Bering at this point -- the purpose of my questionnaire is twofold: 1) if anyone is having problems with their Totem drive, check for internal resistors. 2) Has anyone else felt the "run around" from Bering technical support. A. Chase Turner UUCP: chase@boulder.colorado.EDU Department of Computer Science "you can call me stumpy" University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 15:00:16 MST From: Major John Buono From: Subject: Program to cat and label disk library I am trying to find a program that will catalogue a disk library and print disk labels. Does anyone know of a program that does this. I have found ones that will do one or the other but not both. Thanks John Buono ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 17:01 EST From: (DAVID A. BELSLEY) Subject: game-Marienbad I have posted a new game on MACSERVE called Marienbad. It is a nim-like game as played in the 1960's film "Last Year at Marienbad," and is excellent for your summer's pleasure. Please enjoy it; it is archived on MACSERVE as GAME-MARIENBAD. It must be unstuffed and binHexed. Instructions are in a menu item. david a. belsley boston college belsley@bcvax3.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 16:41:24 EDT From: JEAN BRUNET Subject: KERMIT How can I make the last release of Kermit (available on MacServe) compatible with my keyboard (Mac +). Thanks for the assistance... Jean: R31631@UQAM. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 16:58:41 EDT From: "Larry Bradley, National Research Council" From: I am a new MAC II user, and I have picked up a few programs from the archives via BITNET. There are a few to do with sounds (e.g. generating "BEEP" sounds, etc. But there is no info on how one goes about creatingg sounds to be used with these programs. Can anyone suggest ways of creating sounds, or books that describe what I should do? Also, how do I get more info on what goes on inside the MAC II, in terms of the software and hardware? Thanks in advance. (Please reply direct, if you can, as I don't always get this mailing) ....................................... Larry Bradley Communications Manager National Research Council of Canada Networks Branch Ottawa, Canada (613) 993-0240 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 20:48 EDT From: John Jamison Subject: BITNET - AppleLink connection I heard from an AppleLink user that there is a gateway somewhere which will handle bitnet to applelink mail, and vice-versa. Can someone please e-mail to me information about this alleged fact? John Jamison jamison@swarthmr.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jun 88 07:48:26 MDT From: Capt Geoff Mulligan Subject: serial IP Do any of the implementations of IP/TCP for the MAC SE support serial IP? geoff ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jun 88 11:24:00 EST From: "Charles E. Bouldin" Subject: Dumping a postscript file to a printer? Reply-to: "Charles E. Bouldin" I am trying to dump a postscript file to a Varitype 600 dpi postscript printer. I create postscript files via the Command F option when the Mac print dialogue box appears. I then put that file on a floppy and carry it to the Mac II which is connected to the postscript printer. However, I do not know how to dump that to the printer? The Mac II/printer is not my system, so I can do much experimentation on it. Can anyone tell me what I should do?? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jun 88 10:27:58 EDT From: Andres Echenique Subject: A/UX and X.25 Does anyone know if Apple or some other company is putting "TCP/IP over x.25" support into a/ux? Also, is it possible (from the a/ux kernel) to set control bits in the Z8530 communications chip to make it run SDLC/HDLC instead of async stuff? This would allow the MacII to act as an x.25 host without out extra hardware. Or, from another approach, are there any NU-bus x.25 boards around? And: when is Apple planning to release X-windows for A/UX? Andres Echenique BBN Laboratories Inc. 10 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 617-873-4304 ------------------------------ Subject: Re: A/UX and X.25 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 88 11:17:36 -0400 From: James J Dempsey Andres writes; >> And: when is Apple planning to release X-windows for A/UX? My latest issue of _Macintosh_Today_ which came yesterday said that Apple previewed A/UX 1.1 at USENIX last week. Version 1.1 includes color support, appletalk printing, and X11. They said the release date for 1.1 was "after October, but before December." --Jim Dempsey-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jun 88 17:31:52 pdt From: David Rudolph Subject: Re: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #62 I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I haven't seen anything recently: I'm planning to buy a hard drive in the 20-40M range in the near future. I'd appreciate any comments (pro or con) regarding experiences with any drives on the market in that range. thanks. David Rudolph rudolph%isc.intel.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jun 88 14:38:47 EDT From: ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) Subject: Where's Binhex 4.0? Can someone please tell me where I can get Binhex4.0, and how to get it from UNIX to my Mac II (I have MacKermit...). Thanks. -- ron@vsedev.vse.com (Ron Flax) uucp: ..!uunet!vsedev!ron inet: ron%vsedev.vse.com@uunet.uu.net ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jun 1988 14:17-EDT Sender: ROSENKING@A.ISI.EDU Subject: Single frame video tape recording on a MAC II From: Alex Peck Here at Grumman's Image lab we have been making single frame movies for several years. Our imaging systems (which are NOT Macintoshes) generate a single image which is plotted on a video frame buffer, sent to an NTSC encoder, and passed to a Video tape controller made by Lyonlamb. When the controller receives the RECORD command over it's RS-232 serial line, that video frame is recorded onto the attached 3/4" U-MATIC video tape recorder. During the making of a movie, this process is automatically repeated for each frame until the movie is complete. This should work with a MAC II equipped with an NTSC converter just as well. (we are in the process of testing the Julian Systems NTSC converter which we just received yesterday). If you are interested, drop me a line at this address, and I can give you the details. Good luck. Alex Peck ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jun 88 15:14:52 CDT From: "Jeff Balvanz" Subject: Request for info on Mac remarketing First off, my apologies if this is not the appropriate place to post this, but I'm new at this sort of thing. . . We here at Iowa State are in the final throes of signing a Higher Education Purchase Program contract with Apple Computer for remarketing Macintoshes to faculty/staff/students. As one of the people involved in the actual remarketing process, I would appreciate any feedback from people already doing similar things at other institutions. We would like to get in touch with persons involved in Apple remarketing at other universities and colleges. Specificially, I would appreciate: 1. Name of a contact person in the remarketing group; 2. A network address (preferably BITNET, but I can get to the Internet also, see below) so we can contact you; 3. Any comments you might have concerning your relationship with Apple, tips and tricks of the trade, your experiences, war/horror stories, or other juicy tidbits. Please respond to me directly via E-mail; if you are interested, I would be happy to summarize responses via return mail or to the net if folks are interested. Again, sorry if this isn't the appropriate group to post this to. . .but this was our best guess. Thanks for your cooperation. Jeff Balvanz BITNET: GRJLB@ISUMVS Senior Technical Consultant INTERNET: GMMPC@VAXD.IASTATE.EDU Microcomputer Services PHONE: (515) 294-8683 Iowa State University Computation Center USMail: 104 C.S., AMES, IA 50011 ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jun 88 22:28:00 EST From: "Charles E. Bouldin" Subject: Dumping Postscript to a Remote Printer Reply-to: "Charles E. Bouldin" For some time I have been unable to buy a laser printer, although there are many postscript printers nearby at work. If you are in a similar situation and wish to print on a "remote" laser printer, ie, not connected to you by appletalk, here is how to do it. First, create a postscript file by holding down 'command shift f' as you release the 'ok' button in the standard print dialogue box. This creates an ascii postscript file. You must choose the laserwriter driver from the chooser before you print, and it does NOT matter if there is no laserwriter connected to your system when you do this. To dump the postscript out, use the utility "SendPS" to dump the file out on the remote Mac system. SendPS is only 32K in size, so you have room for 750K of postscript on a floppy that you can carry to the remote system. (To set the scale, a 20 page TeX document produced 450K of postscript, while a one page bitmap is 69K)The beauty of this is that SendPS works with output from ANY Mac application. (I have posted SendPS to the infomac archives). This works wonderfully for me. I have tried it with a Laserwriter NT and with a 600 dpi Varityper printer. If you have a printer nearby at work or a shared printer at a University, or if you use the printers at Kinko's copy centers, this process should be of some help. ------------------------------ End of INFO-MAC Digest **********************