Thanks to all who responded to my appeal for information. Please place this upload in the reports subdirectory. It contains comments on three genealogy programs for the Mac: MacRoots, Personal Ancestor File, and Reunion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Rathe, MD rrathe@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu --CUT HERE -- Report on…

Thanks to everyone who contributed their information on System7 special goodies: to Murph Seawall (of course!), George Wittenberg, Jonathan Helton, Dan Goldman, John Morgan, Nathan Gasser, Jill Williams. Hope I haven't fogotten anyone. Forgive me for taking so long to report on them - a lot of things can come up at th…

The InfoStack is a HyperCard stack used as a troubleshooting aid by InfoComm's technicians. Much of the contents of the stack is of general interest to anyone in a PostScript publishing environment. There are a few details specific to Linotype, Agfa, Iris, Tektronix, and QMS printers. There is help on both Macintosh an…

Shocked to find that GURU (Newer Technologies' GUide to Ram Upgrades) hasn't been updated in the archive since version 1.2, I just downloaded and am now submitting the current version, 2.6. GURU is the de facto standard source for Macintosh RAM upgrade information and is freeware. For more details, visit http://www.new…

I send a new FreeWare (an AppleGuide) very useful. Drop on System folder "HappyMac Guide" and restart ! The Help Menu come with a new item (all technical informations about all Macintosh) Kinds Regards.

Hey ya! The abbrev "HCIPMSSIMSWR" mean: "How Can I Place My System Screens In My System With Resedit" ... Cool title or isn't it? :) HAVE FUN! PS: Beware! Thats the useless guide ever created!!

This file should be included in the Hypercard directory. It is a sample of how to write a Memory game under Hypercard 2.1 Hubert -- --- - "int (*f[])()" What is that ? I / Hubert FIGUIERE don't understand ? / b2515@dpx20.iut-orsay.fr - Why do you think, they call that/ (until the end of March 94) cod…

This is a SimpleText file which documents how to connect RCA-plug devices to pre-PlainTalk Macintoshes' sound-in port (in order to input sound from a CD player or other source). It is very detailed, and it contains diagrams which you can use to create your own adapter. This is necessary for all but the most recent Macs…

This is the Summer 94 issue of High Risk Ventures' electronic catalog. It contains press releases, reviews, box shots and screen shots, and an electronic order form. High Risk Ventures is a developer and publisher of games for the Mac. Mike. ____________________________________________________________________________…

This is the FAQ for the original Macintosh DOS Compatibility Card. This is minor update to the old version 1.02. There are only minor changes. This file should replace the older houdini_faq_102.hqx in info/hdwr - Anton

As students and collectors of the Mac Community File Archive we became interested in determining the size and compostion of the Mac Archive. We analysed all the major online archives and most of the CD collections that have been released during 1996. Our analysis with graphs of the age size and composition of most of …

If you're interested in how computers work or maybe just want to learn about specific parts of personal computers, you can find it in this document. It was written to enable anyone who knows a little about computers to be able to read it, yet still to greatly appeal to those whom are trying to learn more. This document…

How to Pick Up Women is an INSTRUCTIONAL GRAPHIC ADVENTURE that has taken years to write. Thanks to the help of some of the most beautiful female bartenders in three cities, and lots of trial and error, this program GUARANTEES you will soon be one of those guys that makes other guys wonder "How in the world does he do …

Below is a document which shows the correct pin connections necessary to construct a cable to connect HP48 calculators to Macs. It is much cheaper to make your own than to pay the $30+ that they go for retail. Once you have the wire you can download software to the HP48 with any kermit program. There is much software f…

Over the past few weeks I have received numerous requests for information regarding human factors experiments which were conducted in order to develop the Macintosh computer. This was in response to the question I had posted several weeks before. I am sending all of the e-mail I received related to this issue. I did f…

I haven't seen this appear in imdigest, yet, and thought some folks might find it interesting. [Gordon---I have two more related press releases. Should I submit them, too, or not? Please let me know 'fore I delete them. Thanks. --T.] J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis -- Forwarded message -- Date:…

The following is a binhexed version of a hypercard stack containing the Hypercard FAQ version 1.1, released in the last 2 weeks by Peter Fleck, the "Keeper of the FAQ". The stack will run on Hypercard 2.x, is pretty basic in its operation, but easy to use. Having the FAQ in stack format is not only appropriate, but all…

Here's the FAQ sheet I compiled on the 25MHz upgrade for the IIsi. A couple of people requested that I send it to you for archiving in your reports section. -Matt Friedman eepmatt@casbah.acns.nwu.edu - FAQ: Upgrading your Mac IIsi from 20MHz to 25MHz Version 1.3 Compiled by Matt Friedman eepmatt@casbah.acns.nwu.edu …

Report on poll of users who have upgraded their IIsi clock oscillators for higher speed. Suggest placement in reports folder. -- This poll was conducted to help users decide whether or not to alter their IIsi clock oscillator. I have attempted to gather as many case histories as possible to find some estimate o…

Greetings all- After offering some (apparently mistaken) advice on how to clean up the speaker contacts on the IIsi, I received the following note from Mike Strange. It seems that he knows what he is talking about! He gave me permission to publish it here. Ethan Benatan ethan+@pitt.edu http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan Mik…

Many thanks to everyone who answered my query on how to improve the performance of a Mac IIsi. My original query is as follows: >>A friend of mine has a Mac IIsi with which she does desktop publishing and >>graphic design. She has an Apple 13" color monitor, and the slowness >>of the Mac in refreshing the screen is ge…

Thanks for all the responses to my query about indexing in Word. The question was "How do you get Word to index every occurence of a given term without having to hand code each occurence with the "Insert index entry" command?" I got a variety of answers. The most economically sound solution was "Use Nisus." After all…

After several *really* late nights and a lot of Dr. Pepper, I was finally able to complete the latest Info-Mac CD (this is volume #9). Submissions to the Info-Mac archive have increased enough that we need to release a 2-CD set every three to four months. This is fantastic, and we thank all the Macintosh authors for th…

This announcement is from: Dan Frakes InformINIT: MacUser Shareware of the Year Award, 5-Mice Award, MacWorld Online Pick. InformINIT's web site is a MacWorld Best Mac Web Site. If you've ever wondered what all of those control panels, extensions, and other System-related files in your System Folder are for, InformI…

InsiderUpdates 2.5 Nothing ruins the stability and performance of your Macintosh more than old software. With just two button clicks, InsiderUpdates automatically brings all your Macintosh System Software, Control Panels, Extensions, Applications, and Utilities up-to-the-minute and works forever to keep them that way.…

Installing a Second Internal Hard Drive and LEDs in a PowerMac 7100 == This document describes how I installed a second internal hard drive and LEDs for both internal drives in a PowerMacintosh 7100 without an internal CD-ROM drive. It is applicable to the following Macintosh models which use the same "3-…

Note to moderators: At the risk of repeating this submission, I'm sending you this report for the second time. (The notorious mailer daemon returned my first submission.) My apologies if this is, indeed, reaching you for the second time. --John. = Several digests ago, I posted the following query: >Does anyone…

Internet-MacHTML Eds v. 1.1: This is a DocMaker format stand-alone document, which contains information about Internet free Macintosh HTML Editors. Revised and updated version. May be included on Info-mac CD-ROM. Antreas P. Hatzipolakis xpolakis@compulink.gr xpolakis@hol.gr

MOVED OVER PR NEWSWIRE AT 8:17 AM, EDT MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993. Contact: Emilio Robles Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 862-5671 or Toni Giusti Cunningham Communication, Inc. (408) 982-0400 Apple Gains Wide-Spread ISV Commitment for AppleScript

JokeMaster is a massive database (over 100,000 words) of clean but hilariously funny jokes and stories. JokeMaster is: * Easy to use. Finds the jokes you need in a user-friendly way. * A big time-saver. Enables you to quickly find just the joke you need. * Perfect for public speakers, pastors, youth workers, writers…

An in-depth discussion of K - 5 educational software. The programs are categorized by subjext and are rated. REQUIRES a wordprocessor or some type - the file is too large to be opened by TeachText. Freeware. Part of the June 1993 Home & School Mac collection. StuffIt 3.0 archive. [Archived as /info-mac/info/k-5-ed-so…

ec.photo,rec.video,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.s ys.mac,comp.sys.mac.digest Path: mfolivo From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John) Subject: Definitive Photo CD (specs, file formats, etc) Message-Id: Keywords: Magazine_article Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 10…

I asked what is the best application to view and edit large text-files _without huge amounts of memory_ and with the option to automatically wrap lines longer than the screen _without adding LF/CR_ (auto-wrap)? Search and replace would be nice too. **TeachText** and **TexEdit** have auto-wrap but they can open only

Here is a configuration chart for the various LaserWriter Models. It lists ROM, RAM, Processor/Speed, Page description, PPM, ports, cassette capacity, and min engine life. The information in this document came from a chart supplied by Apple Computer Inc. to our local users group. Comes in very handy. The .HQX file is…