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Q:
Can you recommend MIDI (Musical Instrument
Digital Interface) software?
A:
Not
personally,
but MacUser
magazine
had
a comparative
article
in
their December
issue.
~
Q: What is MultiMac, and how can I get it?
A:
The
second part
is
easy -
you
can't get
it.
MultiMac
is
an
application that
is
supposed
to
make the
Mac
"multi-
tasking", allowing it
to
run
more
than
one program at
the
same
time
(as
opposed
to
Switcher,
which
runs
only
one
program at a
time,
while keeping
the
others
in
limbo).
Presumably,
you
could see different programs
in
different
windows,
all
doing
their
work.
MultiMac
was
(is
7)
being developed
by
a company
called Aubrac Systems. Around the
end
of November, a
version
of
MultiMac started making
the
rounds (illegally)
on
the
BBS
circuit.
Many
who
tried it got what
they
deserved.
In
my
opinion,
the
idea
is
fatally flawed,
and
you'll
not see MultiMac
as
a viable product. Considering
all
the
work
Andy
Hertzfield put into Switcher, I don't see
how
someone, not
as
familiar
with
the
Mac's
workings
as
Andy
is,
can leapfrog beyond Switcher
so
easily.
Andy
splits
the
Mac's memory
up
into disjoint pieces
so
that
each application won't step
on
the
others.
He
says
that
MultiMac, however,
tries
to
share
the
one "Application
Heap"
between
all
the
applications, which causes
problems
in
memory
sizing
and
out-of-memory situations.
Lots
of
programs,
and
combinations of programs, have
apparantly
failed
to
work
right,
to
date,
under
MultiMac.
However,
one
can,
in
principle, build
on
all
the
.~
knowledge gained while writing Switcher. I think that
Apple could enhance Switcher
to
fulml
the
goals
of
MultiMac.
Q: Can you get shared hard disk storage for the
AppleTalk network?
A:
Yes,
check out MacServe
and
XUServe
from
Infosphere.
Also,
Corvus'
Mac
Omninet
is
now
completed,
mixing
Macs, Pes,
I/s,
many
kinds of printers (including
the
LaserWriter),
and
other
things
on
one
network.
Q:
Help! I've written a program
in
MS
Basic, but
the last llne never prints on the printer.
A:
A
line
won't print
on
the
ImageWriter
until
you
are
done
sending it to
the
printer.
"Done"
means
that
you
linefeed
or formfeed
to
advance
to
the
next line.
Assuming
that
you
did
an
Open#1
to
the
printer,
you
can either print
an
extra, blank
line
with Print#l, or better,
do
a
Close#1
when
you
are
done
with
your
print
routine.
Q:
Is
it
sare to keep secret information, such as
passwords, on my floppy disk?
A:
No!
Not only
then
do
you
have
to
guard
the
physical
security of
the
disk.
even
after
you
trash
the
file,
but
you
risk hitting a
bug
in
the
current
ROM.
Certain files
(those
with
resource
forks)
incorporate a bit of whatever
was
previously recorded
on
their space
on
the
disk
when
'-"
you
first create
them.
If
you
copy
such
a
file
to
another
disk, or send
it
via
modem,
that little extra bit of junk
tags
along
for
the
ride. There
is
a
very
unlikely possibil-
ity
of
you
being
unlucky
if
the
recipient
looks
at
the
file
with
a disk editor, such
as
FEdit.
(As
an
example
look
at
the
flies
that came
on
the
MacTerminal disk.
You
will
see
portions
of
Mike
Boich's terminal sessions
on
his
V
AX.)
(By
the
way,
I reported
this
to
Apple
a
while
back.)
If
you
do like
to
record private matters
on
your
disk,
be
sure
to
choose "Erase
Disk"
from
the
Finder
when
you
are
done
with
it.
Do not just
trash
the
flies.
Addendum:
In
the
November
Issue,
p.
63,
I
discussed
the
problem
of light printing
when
putting
MacPaint
pictures
into MacWrite documents. I'm told that a workaround
is
to
use
MacDraw instead
of
MacPaint.
You
might try
to
route
your MacPaint picture through MacDraw first,
to
see
what
happens.
Also,
try
the
new
Imagewriter Driver
(2.0).
Quickies:
If
your
game
program
displays
maps
you'd
like
to
keep,
try
to
print
them
out
with
Caps
Lock-Cmd-
Shift-4 ... There are
many
known
bugs
in
Finder
5.0;
do
not
use
it unless
you
have
to
with a HO-20 ...
The
current
FontlDA Mover
is
version 2.5
...
The
current version of
MacDraw
is
1.9;
your dealer can
copy
an
upgrade disk
onto
your
old,
original diskette ... LaserPrep II,
from
your
Apple
Dealer, allows LaserWriters
to
better handle
manual
sheet
feeding.
®
OVERVUE 2.0:
A
Problem
and
Solution
by
James
J.
Derhaag
This
is
a report of a
problem
.lIlli!
a
solution
on
OverVUE
2.0.
I
have
a
vintage
128K
Mac.
Among
its
tasks
is
keeping
mailing
lists,
and
printing
labels
when
needed.
We
have
used Habadex--much too slow.
We
have
used
Main
Street Filer and
have
had problems
with
it.
After seeing
the
remarkable
demo
by
ProVUE, I felt it would
be
the
answer
to
our mailing list problems. I
ran
a test list of
58
records
on
OverVUE. I could get
only
about one-half of
them
printed
as
mailing labels.
As
a list, I could get about
33
to
print
correctly. Then
in
both
cases, I
would
get a
line
or
two
of
garbage,
and
printing
would
stop.
In
desperation, I called Steve Hunt
to
see if
he
had
any
ideas--or if
he
knew of someone
who
might
have
an
answer.
His
reaction
was
that it
was
a printer problem.
We
tried a
few
"fIXes"
including substituting a
new
system folder
for
the
one
on
my
work
copy
of
OverVue.
No
luck.
When
all
else failed, I reverted
to
the
manual.
Lo
and
behold,
in
Appendix
A,
Printer Interfacing, of
the
OverVUE
Manual, I
read:
"If
your
Imagewriter
is
printing
garbage
characters
instead
of
your
report,
here
are
two
possible
solu-
tions
... A number
of
early Imagewriters
were
shipped
with
switch 3
on
SW2
in
the closed position ...
flip
it
forward
so
that it
is
facing
you
in
the
open position." A diagram
on
page
302
shows
correct positions of
each
switch
on
SWI
and
SW2.
On
my
Imagewriter, switch 5
on
SWI
was
"open"
and
switch 3
on
SW2
was
"closed". According
to
ProVUE,
both
should
be
in
opposite positions. I changed
them,
and
the
program
and
printer
worked
perfectly.
Quickly, I called Steve
and
passed
on
the
good
word.
He
asked
if
I'd
write
a little
squib
for
use
in
the
WAP
Journal.
®
Washington
Apple
Pi
February
1986
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