Re: [WinMac] where might I find "SCSI Share"?

Tom Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:57:19 -0500

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  RE: [WinMac] cross-platform and MS Word
          by "John Nurick" <jnurick@lrconsulting.co.uk>
  where might I find "SCSI Share"?
          by "Rosemary J. Hagen" <rjw@eos.net>
  Virus alert
          by "stuart" <stuartm@atlantis.es>
  Re: [WinMac] Virus alert
          by "Christopher Schobert" <cschobert@fcb.com>
  Re: [WinMac] NT Problems
          by "Curtis Wilcox" <cwcx@mail.rochester.edu>
  Re: [WinMac] where might I find "SCSI Share"?
          by "Tom Roth" <tomroth@wfubmc.edu>

Subject: RE: [WinMac] cross-platform and MS Word
From: John Nurick <jnurick@lrconsulting.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:51:30 -0500
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Lee wrote:

[...]

> Also, if I recall, Word does a thing called "fast save" which, if i
> understand correctly, simply keeps adding revision layers to
> the original
> text file, but doesn't actually create a whole, fresh, new
> text document
> when you save.

Fast-saved documents are indeed more likely to crash the converter. Best
thing is to train the users to turn off fast save and leave it off (this
isn't hte only problem it causes); failing that, always to do a Save As
before taking the document to another machine.

> Again, just brainstorming, but perhaps being on a floppy
> exacerbates those
> two problems. Did you try saving the files to Hard Drive and opening?

I can't speak for Macs, but it is *never* a good idea to use Word for
Windows with documents on floppies. Always save to the HD and drag the
document to the floppy, and drag from the floppy to a HD folder again
before opening the document on the other machine.

> Also, were the floppies PC formated in the home PC or on the Macs?
> Sometimes head alignments are out of whack.
>
> Perhaps turning off "fast save," patching the "out of memory problem"
> (wish I could point you to a specific site,) and double-checking the
> floppies. (They're not good for infinite writing and
> rewriting you know)
> might help.

Agreed. If you have any doubts about a floppy, chuck it out - or if that
seems extravagant, reformat it a couple of times, and only keep it if it
never shows a bad sector.

HTH

Subject: where might I find "SCSI Share"?
From: "Rosemary J. Hagen" <rjw@eos.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:51:37 -0500
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Dear Dan,

You named a program I haven't heard of before. Could you tell me
where to find it, who makes it, etc.? It would certainly help us, (as
long as it isn't too expensive).

Thanks,

Rosemary

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Rosemary J. Hagen
rjw@eos.net
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In the beginning.....
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Subject: Virus alert
From: "stuart" <stuartm@atlantis.es>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:52:26 -0500
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another one to be on the alert for

>FYI, In case you receive an e-mail titled "How to Give a Cat a
>Colonic" DO NOT open it. It will erase everything on your hard
>drive. Forward this
>message to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus
>and not many people know about it. This information was announced
>yesterday morning by IBM; please share it with everyone in your
>address book so that the spreading of the virus may be stopped. This
>is very dangerous virus and there is no remedy for it at this time.
>Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your on-line
>friends ASAP.

Subject: Re: [WinMac] Virus alert
From: "Christopher Schobert" <cschobert@fcb.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:57:12 -0500
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Just so you know, this virus is a hoax. Please check this page:

http://www.kumite.com/myths/home.htm

Chris

stuart wrote:

> another one to be on the alert for
>
> >FYI, In case you receive an e-mail titled "How to Give a Cat a
> >Colonic" DO NOT open it. It will erase everything on your hard
> >drive. Forward this
> >message to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus
> >and not many people know about it. This information was announced
> >yesterday morning by IBM; please share it with everyone in your
> >address book so that the spreading of the virus may be stopped. This
> >is very dangerous virus and there is no remedy for it at this time.
> >Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your on-line
> >friends ASAP.

Subject: Re: [WinMac] NT Problems
From: Curtis Wilcox <cwcx@mail.rochester.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:57:14 -0500
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At 11:45 PM 09/15/1999 -0500, Mark Ballard wrote:
>I have Windows NT 4.0 service pack 5 in a mixed Mac and PC environment. It
>mostly acts as a DHCP server. I also have services for Macintosh set up with
>a few Macintosh volumes on the NT machine. These are used as common storage
>for the Macs. The problem I am having is that when I move a large file from
>a Mac to the NT machine, NT crashes. IT works fine going from the NT machine
>to the Macs or with a PC either way. I thought maybe it was something to do
>with that machine. So I took another PC that I wasn't using, reformatted the
>hard drive and did a clean install of NT. I set up Macintosh services and
>had the same problem.

What version of the MacOS are you running? How large a file is it?
You could try updating Appleshare to see if that improves things.

-- Curtis Wilcox cwcx@ats.rochester.edu Desktop Systems Consultant 716/274-1160 Eastman School of Music Pager: x12-3290

Subject: Re: [WinMac] where might I find "SCSI Share"? From: Tom Roth <tomroth@wfubmc.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:57:19 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"

"Rosemary J. Hagen" wrote: > > Dear Dan, > > You named a program I haven't heard of before. Could you tell me > where to find it, who makes it, etc.? It would certainly help us, (as > long as it isn't too expensive).

It's made by Stalker Software at of course...

http://www.stalker.com/

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