Sep 92 Mousehole
Volume Number: 8
Issue Number: 5
Column Tag: Mousehole
By Larry Nedry, MacTutor Regular Contributing Author
From: Nick
To: ** ALL **
Re: New user here - high speed (2 replies)
38400 - have you guys ever seen it work? Last night I sent a textfile to Anchorage
Alaska via AT&T. The file went through at 76% of 38400b - that’s 2190 CPS (about).
Amazing!
Are there any Mac BBS’s besides Crumal’s Dimension and Digikron Systems???
Also I am wondering if there are any Mac MIDI people around. B seeing U
From: Mrteague
To: Nick
Re: New user here - high speed
There are dozens of Mac BBS’s in the local area. I suggest you call one of the two places
you have mentioned, and download the latest (408) Mac BBS list from their file section
- it is regularly updated and will get you started.
From: Ganesha
To: ** ALL **
Re: INIT 1984 VIRUS
Symantec is working on new def files and hopes to have it out soon. In the mean time a
new virus is out. And is destructive, I’ve had a 2% loss of data. I gave Symantec the file
and they confirmed the virus, under resource id INIT 1984. They also gave me this
INIT 1984
ANY 0
= 4324
HEX A9AB554FA9AF3E1F2EFE5AA9AA554F
OFFSET 4150 START
for a user def patch.
From: Derek
To: ** ALL **
Re: Interpol (1 reply)
I am looking for any good products that help in troubleshooting AppleTalk networks. I
remember I used to have “Interpol” several years ago, but now I am looking at all
available products.
What I want is a program I can run on a Mac. It will tell all Macs on that Network,
including some information like what System software version they are running, what
print driver, and other information. It must work with Macs that are on either
FastPaths or other devices.
Also any comments on how they operate would be helpful too. Thanx!
From: Mike
To: Derek
Re: Interpol
Greetings! Have you looked at the “Gracelan Network Manager”? We just started to
use their “Asset Manager” at work. I have not played with it, but I have used their
“MacProfiler”. It shows you all the INITs, System Version, all applications, etc. They
are commercial software. I don’t know if that’s a constraint for you or not. I don’t know
if that helps but good luck in your quest.
From: Cxer
To: ** ALL **
Re: FCC Hoax
Tidbits #124 had a nice article on the FCC hoax that is going around. It concerns a
proposed Federal Commun-ications Commission (FCC) surcharge on modem users. It is
absolutely false! If you wish to verify for yourself that this surcharge proposal is
indeed a hoax, call the number below:
Federal Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, Enforcement Division,
Informal Complaints and Public Inquiries Branch, Suite 6202, Washington, D.C.
20554, 202/632-7553
From: Wildthing
To: ** ALL **
Re: Macros in System 7? (2 replies)
According to Apple, QuicKeys and QuicKeys 2 are incompatible with System 7. My first
thought was, “Well, maybe MacroMaker’s been updated so as to be more compatible and
reliable under System 7 than it was under System 6.” I went, all optimistic, looking
for MacroMaker in the index of the System 7 Reference...no mention. I looked it up in
the list of compatible stuff that comes with System 7...it says it’s incompatible and
unnecessary. Ok, if MacroMaker’s unnecessary, System 7 must offer some similar,
probably vastly superior macro-making utility, right? Uh...evidently not, unless
Apple’s documentation people have made an accidental and conspicuous omission.
MacroMaker is listed in the copyright/ trademark notices in the front of the System 7
Reference, and then, as far as I can see from a complete scan of the table of contents,
never again. So, to the point (finally!) of this bulletin: does anybody know how to write
macros in System 7? What software to use? Under System 6 I had a mess o’ macros that
served me well, e specially when using THINK C (these were thanks to good old QuicKeys
2). Now I’m utterly without, my F-keys fidgeting restlessly atop my Extended Keyboard
and whispering among themselves of nocturnal escape. Your knowledgeable (or at least
amusing) response will be appreciated. Thanks, all.
From: Tomt
To: Wildthing
Re: Macros in System 7? (1 reply)
I’m almost sure that the latest version of QuicKeys is System 7 compatible. In fact
they make a point of being able to send apple events via QuicKeys. I’d check with CE
software about System 7 capability. A System 7 compatible version of Tempo II is
supposedly coming out in the not too distant future as well.
From: Wildthing
To: Tomt
Re: Macros in System 7? (2 replies)
Thanks for your feedback on QuicKeys 2...I’ll look into it. I still wonder where the
Apple people got off saying macro programs were unnecessary in System 7.
From: Tomt
To: Wildthing
Re: Macros in System 7?
I think Apple was saying that macro utilities were unnecessary in System 7 back when
they thought that the Apple scripting language was going to be released with System
7.0. A fully working IAC scripting language would tend to reduce the need for a macro
program. The difficulty of getting a macro program to work with System 7 is seen by
the trouble that they’ve been having getting a System 7 version of Tempo II out the
door, although I guess it might be out by now.
From: Mrteague
To: Wildthing
Re: Macros in System 7? (1 reply)
There seems to be some confusion here on the topic of Macros for System 7.0, so let
me clear it up:
MacroMaker was not supported by Apple for System 7.0, because it would have
required too much modification for it to work correctly (and perhaps Apple had a better
idea of what was coming down the pike for AppleEvents) - it was listed in the
trademarks/copyrights notice, simply for the reason Apple owns the copyright and
trademark for MacroMaker (as it does for hundreds of other products that may no
longer be in production). Apple sold the complete rights for MacroMaker to a
third-party (I think it was GO Technology, but I might be wrong) - I understand the
third-party has revised the product and is offering it in a different way (although I
haven’t seen it available anywhere yet).
The current version of QuicKeys is 2.1, and is most definitely System 7.0.x
compatible, and as other have pointed out, has support for AppleEvents, etc.
Any AppleEvent-aware application can be driven by products like HyperCard 2.1,
Control-Tower, and Frontier. Frontier can do a lot more than that, such as doing
anything the Finder can do, and most of the operating System calls, all within a
programming environment (a scripting language).
If you need further information on any of these products, let me know. Hope this helps.
From: Wildthing
To: Mrteague
Re: Macros in System 7? (1 reply)
Thanks for your response to my macros query. I think I’ll be looking into QuicKeys
2.1.
From: Mrteague
To: Wildthing
Re: Macros in System 7? (1 reply)
Actually I must correct one thing - the current version of QuicKeys is 2.1.1 (fixes a
few bugs related to use of VM etc).
From: Jmoreno
To: ** ALL **
Re: How To Detect MultiFinder
Hello, I recently read a note from Apple giving info on how to detect MultiFinder under
System 6.x. Does anybody happen to know what it is, and where I can find it? Thanx.
From: Mrteague
To: Jmoreno
Re: How To Detect MultiFinder
Two answers - the TechNote from Apple was #299, and was quickly withdrawn after
being released to developers, as it contained information that was not guaranteed to be
supported by Apple, and they decided it was better to protect developers from
themselves - although the TechNote itself may be found with a bit of searching, other
information that may be more useful was revealed in a magazine put out by the now
TechAlliance, a couple of years ago. The author of the article, Rich Guerra did a great
detective job, and he is on this BBS.
The other answer - it is easy to detect that MultiFinder is running by looking at a low
memory global, called TwitcherA5, which is at location $0B7C. If the value is -1
($FFFFFFFF), then MultiFinder is not running. Hope this helps.
From: Jmoreno
To: Mrteague
Re: How To Detect MultiFinder
Thanx, I found it. I was really more interested to find out if I was the front process at
the moment or not. Keeping track of how many times. I’ve received a suspend/resume
event is a little weird. Do you know what was the (if any) specific reason for dumping
it? I spent a couple of hours going through every CD I’ve received looking for it, I
wish they had at least left the name in TechNotes stack. So... thanx again I thought I was
either loosing my memory or my mind (don’t know which would bother me the most).
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