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May 22, 1990, 6:46:06 PM5/22/90

Info-Mac Digest Tue, 22 May 90 Volume 8 : Issue 102

Today's Topics:

Accellerators for Mac+
bibliographic-oriented databases
Closing open files
Comments on CD-ROM Drives
CursorAnimator - New Version 1.2
DPI 44R formatting software
Editable Fontographer Fonts
GEnie
Keyboard Repair
MACBOOKS MAIL ORDER
Mac security Brackets
Mac Security devices
maintaining filesystem security on public macs
Marathon 030 - System 7.0 Compatibility
Mathematica, LaserWriterII NT
Mathematica Implementation
Printing gray "DRAFT" and other PS tricks
Re Boot Problems
Seeking X-windows for the Mac
SIMTEL20 status, a call for help
TCL & big Panoramas
THINK C questions

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 12:12:16 EDT
From: Jurgenb%UMass....@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Accellerators for Mac+

I am interested in accellerating my old Mac+... but if I do this rather
than buying a whole new machine, then I'd like to go all the way and have
an accellerator that doesn't lock me in. Specifically, I want the faster
SCSI, and a connection for an external (portrait) monitor on the card, as
well as 68030, 68881 or 68882. I BELIEVE I have heard that such beasts
exist, but cursory examination of ads in recent computer magazines do not
produce desired information. Can anyone help..?

+--+ +--\ Jurgen Botz
! ! ! Internet: Jur...@UMass.bitnet (possibly temporary)
! +-< Compuserve: 70531,600 (7053...@compuserve.com)
! ! ! ! Voice: US (413) 256-8610
\--/ +--/ Snail Mail: 11 S. Prospect St., Amherst, MA 01002, USA

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 20:08:36 EDT
From: Bruce Brolsma <bro...@bbn.com>
Subject: bibliographic-oriented databases

Are there any databases or other products (either commercial or shareware)
oriented toward producing bibliographic entries? I've got several thousand
books to key in, and I'd like to be able to sort by author, general category,
key topics, publisher, etc. -- a common enough task for any relational database.

However, the *report* capabilities of many databases seem to be lacking in this
area (e.g., Double Helix). For any query, I'd like to get back the answers in
a standard bibliographic form, such as:

Heid, Jim and Peter Norton. Inside the Apple Macintosh. New York: Simon &
Shuster, Inc., 1989.

The title *should be in italics*. The only hack I can see currently is doing
this as a two-step process: include in the database output the formatting
codes required (such as RTF italic codes), then reading the file into a text
formatter (such as Microsoft Word) for final processing and laser printing.

Has anybody got something to address this need?

Kindly post directly to me, as I'm not on the info-mac distribution list:

bro...@bbn.com

I'll be happy to post a summary of replies. Many thanks.

-bruce brolsma
bbn software products corp.
cambridge, ma 02138

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 15:35:02 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0...@vm.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Closing open files

Thanks to all those who responded to my query about what to do when Disk
First Aid says it can't repair a disk because of open files. I got three
suggestions: (a) trash hard disk icon before launching DFA from the floppy
(b) set DFA to be startup application on the floppy startup; (c) download
Bruce Tomlin's DA "DeskZap", install on floppy, and use it to close Desktop
Manager's two open files on the hard disk. Unerringly aiming for the most
expensive solution, I used Deskzap, which worked as advertised. Bruce: your
$15 is in the mail.

Of course, the "error" DFA was finding on the hard disk *was* the two open
DM files. After closing them, DFA verified the disk successfully.

Graeme Forbes
PL0BALF @ tcsvm

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 22:25:01 -0400
From: "Don Montabana" <montabana%a1.relay%upen...@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: Comments on CD-ROM Drives

Our division is interested in purchasing 4-6 CD-ROMs for internal use. We
are currently using two revived Apple CDs, but are interested in any
experiences others may have had with other brands (Sony, NEC, etc.). The
only local feedback we've gotten has been from our library system that had
invested in Phillips drives, which it will never do again!

Please respond to me and I'll summarize to the net. Thanks in advance for
any help!

Don Montabana
User Services Manager
Computing Resource Center
University of Pennsylvania
Mont...@A1.Relay.Upenn.Edu (internet)
A78 (AppleLink)

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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 90 16:28:13 EDT
From: Alexander Falk <K360950%AEARN....@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: CursorAnimator - New Version 1.2

CursorAnimator - Version 1.2
----------------------------

CursorAnimator is an INIT/CDEV combination that replaces the
standard system cursors arrow, watch, plus, crosshair, and
I-beam with a static or animated replacement of your choice.

New features in version 1.2 include:

+ Animation of all 5 standard system cursors
+ Static replacement for cursors (arrow for
left-handed people!!)
+ Lots of new animated cursors

CursorAnimator is copyright (c) 1989, 90 by Wilhelm Plotz. It
may be distributed free of charge provided that the accompanying
"Read me" document is included.

It would be nice if you let me know how far this little program
has traveled. A picture postcard of your home town is enough.

Send your mail to:

Wilhelm M. Plotz
Siedlungsstr. 21
A-4222 St. Georgen a.d. Gusen
Austria / Europe

The accompanying file must be converted by BinHex 4.0 and then
decompressed using StuffIt 1.5.1.

[Archived as /info-mac/cdev/cursor-animator-12.hqx; 145K]

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 11:54:50 PDT
From: Paul Romaniuk <PROMAN%UVVM....@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: DPI 44R formatting software

I have two DPI 44R syquest drives that I've been very happy with. I've
just run into two glitches recently: Connectix's Virtual software won't
recognize the drive, and my Mac Portable wants to format the cartridges
("This is not a Macintosh disk"). The people at Connectix told me that
version 1.6 of Syquest's formatting software will correct the problem
with Virtual. I phoned DPI three weeks ago and requested an update to
my formatting software (currently I have "Universal 1.5" and "Formatter
1.3"), supposedly it was to be shipped immediately, but I still haven't
received it. I really need to get one of these drives working with my
Portable ASAP. Does anyone out in netland have the most recent version
of the DPI formatting utilities, and if so, could someone please send
them to me? And if anyone from DPI is reading this message, how about
making it a habit to upload new versions of your 44R software to
Info-Mac? As far as I can tell, it won't be much use to anyone who
doesn't own one of your drives.

Paul Romaniuk,
PRO...@UVVM.bitnet

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 11:04:35 GMT
From: Michael Everson <MEVERC95%IRLEARN...@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Editable Fontographer Fonts

I've been using Fontographer for a while shaping up a LaserDevanagari font
(for Hindi and Sanskrit and so forth), and a LaserGaelic (Clo' Gaelach) font.
These are non-standard alphabets, and there's not much help for it but to
go in and autotrace bitmaps and clean them up. Fair enough.

Shortly I will want to begin to do versions of some other fonts I've made
bitmap versions of, namely Cyrillic, Armenian, Cherokee (!) and a number of
others. It would be infinitely easier to use an editable Roman-alphabet font

Can anyone tell me how I can get editable versions of laserfonts, or even
send some to me? I know that there's a program called Metamorphosis out
but after buying Fontgrapher I'm a bit tapped out (memory chips will take
priority for my rainy-day money for a while). I would be ECSTATIC if I
could get an editable version of the Palatino Family--it will make a
beautiful Cyrillic.

Michael Everson

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 11:03:10 GMT
From: Michael Everson <MEVERC95%IRLEARN...@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: GEnie

Can anyone tell me how I can get a message to someone on the GEnie net?

Merci bien.

Michael Everson

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Date: 22 May 90 09:48:00 CDT
From: "Grootwassink, David" <groo...@tawc1.eglin.af.mil>
Subject: Keyboard Repair

Hello all,

I have had a key go bad on my keyboard recently, and was wondering about the
consensus is about repairing or replacing it.

The machine is a Mac Plus (upgraded several times from a Fat Mac), and this
is the original keyboard, so I suppose I should expect some wearing out of a
mechanical part after all these years.

The problem seems to be in the key switch itself. (When I short the two leads
on the keyboard circuit board the key registers fine)

Has anyone ever replaced one of these themselves??
How available are the parts??
How do I get the old switch out??

Or am I fooling myself in thinking about repair a 6 year old keyboard?? :-}

How reliable and available are refurbished keyboards??

Or should I just belly-up-to-the-bar and get a new one??

-Thanks for any help or experience

-Dave
======
Lt. Dave Grootwassink
USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center
INTERNET: GROO...@TAWC1.EGLIN.AF.MIL (129.61.5.1)

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 14:21:36 SST
From: TNG TaiHou <ISSTTH%NUSVM....@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject: MACBOOKS MAIL ORDER

Can anyone tell me:
1. the address
2. phone number
3. fax
4. applelink
5. other email address
of MacBooks?
It was mentioned in the June issue of MacWorld, but the editors forgot to
include contact information. Seems MacBooks is a Mac only mail order
house with a stock of 360 Mac book titles.
Please reply to me at ISSTTH@NUSVM
Thanks.

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 16:40 CST
From: Fred Seaton - WIU 309-298-1681 <MUCM000%ECNCDC...@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Mac security Brackets

A while back I asked the list if anyone had a source for the security brackets
that are used for locking Macintosh computers and peripherals to a secure
table (ie, the little metal clips like Kensington sells with a cable and a
padlock).

Anyway, at the time, the best recommendation I received was for Reiko Systems
out of Washington or Oregon. Since that time, we'vbe placed a number of orders
for the clips (at $6.80 each!). We're very happy with the product and their
prompt response. However, for the last month, we have been trying to contact
the company for another order, and though their ansering service has taken our
calls, the company has not called us back (or taken any of our orders).

Does anyone know what has happened to Reiko Systems?

Does anyone know of another source for the security brackets? (we don't want
the whole kits, just the brackets).

Thanks,

Fred Seaton
Academic Computing
Western Illinois University
muc...@ecncdc.bitnet

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 09:25:04 EDT
From: ni...@ursa.calvin.edu (Nicholas J. Hengeveld IV)
Subject: Mac Security devices

Hello,

Recently, somebody stole eight Mac SEs from our public lab. As a
result, the administration has become very concerned about security.
Can anyone out there offer some insight into a good, hopefully
inexpensive way of keeping the Macs locked to their desks?

Please send responses to me, and I'll summarize to the net.

Thanks,

Issawi's Laws of Progress:

The Course of Progress:
Most things get steadily worse.

The Path of Progress:
A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.

...and yes, all opinions expressed are my own...

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 10:31:55 EDT
From: smy...@athena.mit.edu
Subject: maintaining filesystem security on public macs

I have a some macs in a public departmental lab on which we keep a
selection of useful mac software. I developed a folder setup
comparable to the directory structure of the PCs in the lab; this lets
users find applications in a consistently-named place, put temporary
files where they should go, etc.

But users constantly (either accidentally or on purpose) rearrange
things or delete programs to suit themselves. All this does is confuse
the novice and other users who need a stable environment to learn in,
or at least one that matches the documentation I've written about it.

Has anyone developed or found effective mechanisms to prevent
inadvertent changes to the disk setup? Perhaps by partitioning the
disk and making all files in one partition read-only in an enforceable
way (GetInfo's Locked box is obviously useless since anyone can
override it with the Option or Command key, whichever it is). Perhaps
with some Init that requires password access to change things.... I'm
out of ideas and of patience.

Thanks in advance!

Rob Smyser, Manager, Computer Resource Laboratories
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
77 Massachusetts Avenue #9-512, Cambridge MA, 02139
(617) 253-3535
smy...@athena.mit.edu
smyser%athena....@mitvma.bitnet
---------------------------------------------------

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 17:38 EDT
From: "PAUL R. POTTS" <PPOTTS%WATSON...@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Marathon 030 - System 7.0 Compatibility

In a review of the Marathon 030 accelerator/upgrade, Bruce Carlson writes:

>Of course, one can also use this to run System 7's new features (I
>think it included the virtual memory unit.) It doesn't include the
>Floating Point chips, so it still uses SANE.

(The 030 includes a memory management unit on-chip, which will supposedly
support virtual memory if the software sets it up)

It sounds good, or at least cheaper than Apple's SE/30 logic board
upgrade. Unfortunately I saw a message recently on America Online about
the Marathon 030 in the Dove section. My hard disk is down so I can't cite
the author's name, but he is apparently working with the alpha release of
System 7.0, and says that his Mac won't even boot up System 7.0 with the
Dove board installed...

Since he is working with alpha software, this information should be
considered very preliminary. However, wouldn't it be amusing : ( if it
turned out that System 7.0 will not recognize third-party accelerators
and/or upgrades? Sounds like Dove could have some lawsuits on their hands,
as, perhaps MacConnection should have for advertising the Dove upgrade
as "a 16 MHz screamer..." There is probably no legal definition of
what constitutes screaming, but a useful off-the-cuff definition may be
"That sound which you will hear from purchasers of the Dove Marathon 030
upgrade if it does not work with System 7.0..."

Disclaimer: I don't have a job, or an employer, and I can't afford
a lawsuit, but this is what I've heard...

-Paul Potts - (PPOTTS@WOOSTER)

P.S.: Has anyone had the chance to try out the Railgun 030 or the NovyQuik
030 board for the SE? I have been considering buying a Railgun when it
comes out. Will it run color Quickdraw, does anyone know for sure, like
an SE/30 will? I am keeping my ears open about System 7 compatibility...

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 17:33:53 EDT
From: wa...@pennmess.physics.upenn.edu ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: Mathematica, LaserWriterII NT

Thanks for all who replied to my posting about the bugs in Mathematica
(Integrate of 2-D Gaussian). I checked the problem again, the version
on my SUN and Mac are both 1.1, not 1.2

I have another question for the netters:
We just bought a LaserWriterII NT, which is connected to the Mac through
AppleTalk. Is it possible to use this LaserWriter as the printer for SUN
(supposed I have the PostScript softwares)? The problem is: to connect
the SUN to LaserWriter, one can use RS232 cable plug directly to the RS232
connector on the LaserWriter, but in that case, I have to disable the
AppleTalk connector. In the other word, the printer can either serve
the Mac or SUN, but not both. Are there any way around this? I guess
the solution might be there is certain conector to connect the RS232 cable
>From the SUN printer port to the AppleTalk, is there anything like that
exist?

A word of caution for those whgo are going to buy a LaserWriter:
LaserWriter II SC ($1800) is NOT a postscript printer, and do not support
networking! It seems Apple no longer produces LaserWriter or LW Plus
($2400 one years ago, postscript). So now if you want to get a lowest
end postscript LW, it is a LW II NT, $3000. All the prices above are
educational discount on my campus.

Huangxin Wang of University of Pennsylvania

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 11:52:54 PLT
From: Joshua Yeidel <YEIDEL%WSUVM1...@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Mathematica Implementation

Your Mathematica problem may resolve itself into an allocation problem
whether you go with the central kernal or the "fully distributed"
solution. Your per-seat cost may not permit either solution to provide
on-demand computing for your students.

Allocation schemes that have been used around here include staggered due
dates, scheduled labs, sign-ups, and lotteries. None of this is
attractive from a pedegogical point of view (though I did read that at
the University of Chicago business school, they started a market in
computer time allocations to teach the economics of scarcity!), but
dependable access is very important to reduce stress on everyone.

- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - --
Joshua Yeidel YEI...@WSUVM1.BITNET
Academic Computing Services YEI...@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
Washington State University (509) 335-0441
Pullman, WA 99164-1226
DISCLAIMER: I'm speaking solely for myself here, not Washington State U.
-- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -

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Date: Mon, 21 May 90 10:34 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATE...@forsythe.stanford.edu> (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Printing gray "DRAFT" and other PS tricks

Greetings,

Greg Porter (and I) wonder where the file I posted containing PostScript code
for printing "DRAFT" at a 45 degree angle in gray letters in Word got to? I
thought it was in the archives, but I don't know where. It's short, so I'll
just include it here.

Insert the following lines in your header, and format them in the predefined
"PostScript" style.

% Prints a gray "DRAFT" in the center of the page
% (c) 1989 Peter Jorgensen
% non-commercial distribution rights granted to bearer
% lines beginning with percent sign are comments, and can be left out.
gsave
.95 setgray
220 400 moveto
/Helvetica-Bold findfont 72 scalefont setfont
45 rotate
(DRAFT) show
grestore

Now, here's another nifty PostScript trick that allows you to create pages for
half-size (5-1/2 by 8-1/2) books. Format your text in 2 columns. Choose wide
(or landscape) orientation in Page Setup... dialog. Include the following code,
formatted in PostScript style, in your header. You will get a footer somewhat
like this:

e# Even page footer text Odd page footer text e#+1

where e# is an even page number appropriately calculated by the postscript
code, and e#+1 is the next odd page number

Here's the code
% Custom 2-page per sheet footer with page numbers and
% alternating (odd-even page) text
% (c) 1990 Peter Jorgensen
% tested in MSWord 4.00A
% lines beginning with percent sign are comments, and can be left out
% move to the bottom left edge of page (within the margins)
wp$left wp$bottom 5 sub moveto
% get and set the font of your choice
/Helvetica-Bold findfont 14 scalefont setfont
% calc the page number, covert it to a string and print it
wp$page 2 mul 2 sub 3 string cvs show
% print the even page footer text
( Even page footer text) show
% subtract the width of your odd page footer text from the width of the page
wp$x (Odd page footer text ) stringwidth pop sub
% calc the odd page number, convert to string, find it's width, and sub from
% result of calculation above
wp$page 2 mul 1 sub 23 string cvs stringwidth pop sub
% subtract the result from the right margin, and move there
wp$right sub wp$bottom 5 sub moveto
% print the odd footer text
(Odd page footer text ) show
% recalc, convert and print the odd page number
wp$page 2 mul 1 sub 3 string cvs show

(OK, so I'm not an RPN programmer par excelance, it works. )

With a little thought, and true understanding of how stack based, RPN
programming works, it should be possible to rewrite this postscript code so
that the "Odd page footer text" and the "odd page number" need only be inserted
once.

Enjoy,

Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer specialist
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY 13346
AppleLink - U0523
BITNET - PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
tel - 315-824-1000 ext 742

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 14:44
From: "Peter Maurer" <RY06%DKAUNI2...@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re Boot Problems

I 've got a simular problem about a year ago with a Macintosh SE30.
Sometimes, after switshing it on the mashine, there came a bell sound
and a gray screen and nothing more. Switshing it off and on some
times brought the mac to run just normal. The error was not
reproduceble, sometimes the SE30 worked normal for a week or more,
sometimes the error came nearly every time after switshing on.
The solution was to replace the SIMMs (it was under guaratee) As
far as I know, there has been no more problem on that mashine
since then, and the owner for whom I use to work is happy with
the SE30 now.
I'm not quit shure, wether your problems have the same resons,
any way you should check wether they come from the harddisk or
other parts in the harsware or in the System Software. You should
read the Startup-Manager chapter in IM Vol.V, to see what you have
to watsh for.
Good Luck.

Peter Maurer
RY06@DKAUNI2
Computer Center Univ. Karlsruhe, West Germany
Programmers Information Service

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Date: 22 May 90 10:13:00 EST
From: "Charles E. Bouldin" <bou...@sed.ceee.nist.gov>
Subject: Seeking X-windows for the Mac

I am looking for X-windows that runs on the Mac, either shareware/PD or
commercial. I would also like to hear from folks who have *used* X-windows
on the Mac. Running X-windows on the Mac sounds real stupid at first blush, but
I want to wrap a "windowing" shell around applications that I run on a time
shared host, with the Mac as the terminal.

Any out there know about this?

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Date: 20 May 90 18:03:00 -0500
From: 55SRWLGS <55sr...@sacemnet.af.mil>
Subject: SIMTEL20 status, a call for help
Since 1983, SIMTEL20 provided access to network mailboxes for various
users without their own network host. We offer this service to Army,
other DoD services and agencies, and federal agencies, and their
contractors. Until recently, it was possible to provide access to our
actively maintained software collections via FTP and on tape because
we already had that paying customer base to support.

For the past year or so, our paying customer base has dwindled. The
anticipated separate funding for the Ada Software Repository did not
materialize. The local backup funds has finally been exhausted due to
severe cutbacks. Thus, we had to cancel the excellent contractor task
support provided by Rick Conn and Keith Petersen for the maintenance
of our Ada, MSDOS, MISC, CP/M collections and the tape copy service.

This cutback will not affect the independently maintained Unix/C and
Macintosh collections. Access to our collections via conventional
ANONYMOUS FTP and LISTSERV/TRICKLE will also continue.

We always follow up leads on potential new customers. Unfortunately,
none show much promise lately, due to similar severe funding cutbacks
in the respective organizations. We have also been searching for
sources of institutional funding without success.

We understand that many of you consider SIMTEL20 to be a valuable
national and international resource. We planned to greatly expand the
available disk space and improve access to this system through a
proposed connection to NSFNET through WESTNET. We now need your help
in finding unconnected paying mailbox customers and potential
sponsors.

Specifically, we need to provide evidence to our management and
potential sponsors that this service has a real return on investment
and is a valuable resource to the government. Because this is an Army
facility, we need documented proof from those in the Army first. In
particular, we need to know how access to our collections has saved a
tangible amount of money or time to do your job. Be specific, please.
Other DoD services and federal agencies are encouraged to contribute
their proof as well.

If you are a researcher or support researchers on government funded
tasks, can you document savings in cost or time because of your access
here? If you work for a government contractor, check with your
management to see if they would be willing to support similar
documentation.

Please send your statement on your official letterhead and signed by
someone in top management, if possible.

Mail to:

Mr. Elwood Baas
Chief, Operations and Systems Integration Division

Address:

Commander, ISC-White Sands
ASQNC-TWS-S (Bldg. 1408, E. Baas)
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico 88002-5506

Frank J. Wancho
System Administrator
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL

[Ed. Let's see some support for this tremendously useful public service!]

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 11:45:57 EDT
From: Jurgenb%UMass....@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: TCL & big Panoramas

We are working on the implementation of a statistics package and decided to use
the Think Class Library. After some time of hacking around we got a preliminary
version of a program that puts up a spreadsheet-like window running. The window
is implemented as a PANORAMA, and columns of data are PANEs attached to the
PANORAMA. The headers of the columns are PANES again in turn. This impelemen-
tation allows a great deal of flexibility, and is quite elegant in a number of
ways - and was easy to program. HOWEVER... this is fine for our preliminary
version of the program, but in the release version we need the ability to have
many thousands of rows of data, whereas our current design is limited by the
fact that a PANE (PANORAMA) can only be as large as a Quickdraw coordinate
system, i.e. MAXINT pixels high and wide.

There must be many people who have wanted to have documents larger than what
a PANORAMA can display. I would like to know of different ways people have
tackled this issue, and if there are any methods that would allow us to at
least vaguely stick to our current design. Any and all comments, hints, source
code, etc. are greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance...

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Date: Tue, 22 May 90 09:17:59 EDT
From: sie...@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Subject: THINK C questions

1) The macros pi() and inf() are in <sane.h>.

2) When using ANSI-881, be sure that you have "68881" turned on in the
Code Generation section of the Options dialog.

3) To use the coprocessor, turn on "68881", and use ANSI-881, which will
direct math calls to the FPU.

4) Since the 68882 is identical in instruction set to the 68881, no special
support is required. Additionally, the 68030 supports no new relevant opcodes
or addressing modes, and likewise requires no particular support from the
compiler. 68020- and 68881-compiled code will work fine on the 68030 and 68882.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rich Siegel
Staff Software Developer
Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group
Internet: sie...@endor.harvard.edu
UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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