Jaques Law Bits 9511 (© Kevin Jaques 1995)

New Net things to try:
	comp.sys.mac.groups								 	usenet subject on Mac User¹s Groups like us
	www.pathfinder.com/time/.			Time Magazine
	http://nytimesfax.com/							web version New York Times eight page fax digest
	http://Wall-Street-News.com/forecasts	info on finding market forecast newsletter in UseNet
	www.tc.cornell.edu											³Mother of All Humor² archives
	www.yahoo.com
	http://att.net/dir800										seaches for toll-free numbers
	http://www.hyperion.com/usx	³Used Software Exchange²
	http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/mac/archive/welcome.html	³Mac Software Catalog²
	www.directory.net												Look up computer vendors web sites
	www.class.com/MacTech/URLs.html		list from MacTech magazine of internet locations, esp re MacOS
	www.freepress.com/myee/ultimate_mac.html	HUGE mac site
	www.cs.brandeis.edu/~xray/mac.html	³Everything Macintosh Home Page²
	http://rever.nmsu.edu/elharo/faq/vendor.html		Mac Vendors directory
	www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/mac/programming/tools.html		What it says.
	www.neosoft.com/internet/paml/		list of list servers (or 
																																		ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/mailing-lists)

Searching on the net:
	www.infoseek.com
	www.cs.colostate.edu/~dreiling/smartform.html
			³SavvySearch (queries multiple search engine but returns a homogenous list
	www.albany.net/~wcross/all1srch.html
			³All In One Search Page² - another master search link to many major Web Engines
	www.intbc.com/sleuth/
			³Internet Sleuth² - another master search link, esp for web databases
	http://home.mcom.com/home/internet-search.html
			³Internet Search Page² - access to InfoSeek, Lycos, and WebCrawler (Netscape¹s default)

New Lists to try:
	listserv@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu - subscribe macscrpt (re Applescripting)
	inforama@wired.com - subscribe hot flash
	listproc@educom.edu - subscribe edupage [your name]

Apple Sites
	www.apple.com.ca												Apple
	www.info.apple.com/dev/					Apple Developers (see the third party site to register your own stuff)
	www.austin.apple.com/macos		the MacOS web site
	www.info.apple.com/opendoc		site re OpenDoc, including Developer Depot & Developer Showcase
	www.apple.com/documents/otherappleservers.html	lists of web, gopher, and ftp sites
	www.info.apple.com/dev/evangelism/powertalk/powertalk.html	site re PowerTalk
	www.guideworks.com									site re AppleGuide, esp for scripters
	

I bought Ethernet but was disappointed to find that our Apple LaserWriters couldn¹t speak it. Further, Macs without card slots (like PowerBooks) must use a SCSI device (expensive and slow) to use the Ethernet. Initially, I ordered a $500 router which connects to both the Internet and the LocalTalk cables and translates between them. This is the fastest and most reliable answer. However, System 7.5 comes with LaserWriter Bridge, which, when installed on one computer connected to both networks, serves the same purpose. Unfortunately, it disables computer to computer use of LocalTalk. For $80, Apple sold me LocalTalk Bridge. It is just like the router, but is software installed on a computer hooked to both networks. Everybody on either network can see all the other computers and devices and use them. It can even be turned on and off without restarting (though sometimes you must restart a printer to force it to give a proper address). I think this should be part of the standard system.

Ordering files is done mostly for organization or esthetics, but it is important to load system extensions in the right order. The former can be achieved with ¹view by label¹, but the latter always uses alphabetical order. Using punctuation in front of the name works, but looks funny. Using a carriage return works and looks fine. Copy the CR from a text editor and paste it in front of the name. The name will appear blank, but when you hit enter, it will be ok.

Speaking of loading order, I discovered after weeks of operation, that ConfigPPP must load before MacTCP, and that TCPackDemo must load before the Now Utilities.

RunShare is an extension which supposedly speeds network file transfers by 5 to 7 times.

If you just can¹t stand MicroSoft one moment longer, NisusWriter 4.1 offers non­contiguous selection, unlimited undos, auto­indexing, searching in un­opened documents, foreign language capability (20), speech (5 languages, a macro language, and HTML tools. (www.nisus-soft.com/~nisus).

Sorry, that¹s all the time I have.

This Jaques Law Bits was delivered by:


			Kevin Jaques, B.A. LL.B.
										of the
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