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From: cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (Jeff T. Segawa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need MacII advice
Message-ID: <1317@uhccux.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 87 20:15:23 GMT
References: <2449@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (Jeff T. Segawa)
Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu)
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In article <2449@killer.UUCP> lietb@killer.UUCP (Tjeng-Bo Lie) writes:
>
>Since I'm a newcomer in MacIIland, I need some advice(s):
>
>1)  Any program (commercial or otherwise) that you MacII veterans
>    consider a "MUST HAVE" for the MacII?
>    I have a 5meg, 1-floppy, Apple extended color, CMS Pro80 thingy.
Suitcase and Pyro! would be one of them, but it sounds as if you've
already got it. Public domain D/A's and CDEVs like Klutz and Kolor 
are always nice to have on a color system. Maybe a color paint 
program would be the thing to get. I understand that Pixel Paint
started shipping last week. I've never seen it, but i'm told it's
good, and that it retails for a whopping $495. Image Studio and
Dimensions also sound really good, but I'll reserve final judgement until
I've had a chance to actually try them out. If you have the extended
keyboard, get CE Software's Quickeys. It lets you use all of those lovely
FKeys and more. I've tried the demo version that's floating around on some
BBS's, and found it very impressive.
>2)  Any screen blanker/saver better than PYRO!?  I've heard about AutoIdle
>    but don't know where to look for it.
Don't know for sure. Pyro! works fine. Not sure if other blankers would be
Mac II compatible. Autoblack sure wasn't.
>3)  My RadioShack external speaker doesn't work anymore.  Do I need a new
>    audio plug?  Stereo to mono converter?
Yes. The Mac II's audio output jack is a 3 conductor stereo type, same
as used on Sony Walkman's.
>4)  Any backdrop INIT that works with a COLOR backdrop?
I don't know, but you may want to get the latest system files, which let
you create desktop patterns in color, among other things.