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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 09 Aug 97 Volume 15 : Issue 166
Today's Topics:
[*] CalendarNote.fp3 for FileMaker Pro 3.0
[*] ChordCompanion
[*] DOCMaker v4.8
[*] Edit JFIF Comment 1.0.4
[*] Engineering Assistant v1.6
[*] Ephemerid 1.1.1 (Update)
[*] Graphite 1.0.3 68k
[*] Graphite 1.0.3 PPC (replaces 1.0.2)
[*] infomac2html.hqx
[*] INFOMaker v2.8.5 Database Translator
[*] Installer VISE 4.6.1
[*] Installer VISE Lite 3.6
[*] InstantInit 1.1 - disk formatting utility
[*] KG's_OS8_Desktop_Pics1.sit
[*] KG's_OS8_Desktop_Pics2.sit
[*] MakeItGrow 2.0
[*] New Macintosh Game: Prometheus from Quarter Note Software
[*] Rambling Rodney
[*] Respond! 1.0a1 - preemptive multitasking
[*] Swap 'em Over 1.5
[*] Switch-It 1.4.3 (Update)
[*] talltail tim
[*] Updater VISE 1.4
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:46 -0700
From: nchamnon@ratree.psu.ac.th
Subject: [*] CalendarNote.fp3 for FileMaker Pro 3.0
CalendarNote is a FileMaker Pro (3.X) database for desktop calendar and
daily note collections. This file can be distributed by puting on
CD-ROM or other medias. If you have any question about this file, please
mail to me at "nchamnon@ratree.psu.ac.th".
Chamnong.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/calendar-note.hqx; 63K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:38 -0700
From: f_massey@login.net
Subject: [*] ChordCompanion
ChordCompanion v2.0
ChordCompanion is a chord utility that is powerful yet simple to use.
ChordCompanion lets the user design chord on a virtual guitar neck. It can
analyse chord and suggest names for them or it can display chord formation
from chord names. All this is done using a musical theory engine, not a
database of known chords. Therefore, there are no limitations on chord
formations that can be processed or suggested.
ChordCompanion runs on 68k or PPC Macintoshes (two separate programs - keep
the one you need - saves space on your hard disk). Requires system 7.0 or
higher.
Thank!
Francois Massey
f_massey@kagi.com
Francois Massey
f_massey@login.net
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/chord-companion-20.hqx; 1108K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:27 -0700
From: greenmtn@Traveller.com
Subject: [*] DOCMaker v4.8
DOCMaker gives you the Macintosh user powerful tools for creating
self-contained and self executing multi-media documents containing
graphics, information, and links to other software and information. By
incorporating QuickTime Video, sound, AppleEvents, "Hot Picture Buttons"
and more, documents that you create can become an exciting multi-media
experience for your readers. No other software is needed by the reader
to open, print, and fully experience your documents. The "viewer engine"
is embedded into the documents to make distribution and use a simple and
easy process. Depending on the optional capabilities you save with your
documents, the actual size of the documents can be very small.
Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett Packard, IOmega, Adobe,
Apple Computer, and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based
documentation with their products. Flexibility and ease of use make
DOCMaker the better choice for multi-media document distribution.
DOCMaker is much easier and economical to use for the author of
documents, and infinitely less complicated for the end user of the
documents than the alternatives.
Award winning publications such as MacSense and Inside Mac Games are
produced Monthly using DOCMaker and distributed electronically and on CD
Rom. Many users have found DOCMaker very helpful at their workplaces where
networks are utilized because the documents are self executing and can be
read by anyone connected to the network without requiring expensive
software and without sacrificing server disk space.
DOCMaker gives you the ability to use multiple fonts, styles, and color.
You may name frequently used text formats and use them whenever needed.
QuickTime movies and sound may be attached to "Hot Pictures" which act
like buttons within the document. Other picture actions include the
ability to send AppleEvents so that you can attach World Wide Web home
pages to document pictures. When these pictures are clicked on, the
users web browser may be invoked to go to a specific page on the
Internet! Speed and ease of use has not been compromised and we hope
that DOCMaker will become a familiar and frequently used part of your
Macintosh software library.
Mark Wall
(205) 883-0373
greenmtn@hsv.tis.net
http://www.hsv.tis.net/~greenmtn/
[Archived as /info-mac/text/doc-maker-48.hqx; 458K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:29 -0700
From: Francois.Pottier@inria.fr
Subject: [*] Edit JFIF Comment 1.0.4
Edit JFIF Comment lets you view and modify the textual comments
included in JFIF files (more commonly known as JPEG files). Doing so
doesn't modify the compressed image data, which means that the tool is
quick and lossless. Besides, it is scriptable, so it can be used to
modify many files at once.
Version 1.0.4 no longer limits the comment's length to 255 characters
(the new limit is 32K).
Edit JFIF Comment is freeware. I am the author.
--
Francois Pottier
Francois.Pottier@inria.fr
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~fpottier/
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/edit-jfif-comment-104.hqx; 121K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:39 -0700
From: greenmtn@Traveller.COM
Subject: [*] Engineering Assistant v1.6
Subject: Engineering Assistant v1.6
Author: Green Mountain Software
Equipment: Mac Plus - PowerPC
Needs: System 7 or greater
Engineering Assistant, is an invaluable scientific and engineering
utility that provides three powerful utilities for users of the MacOS.
With Engineering Assistant, you will never need to grab for your
calculator to make quick conversions or even pull out your manuals to
find a material property, constant or formula. Engineering Assistant
provides an easy and convenient method for storing and retrieving all
this important information for you. All three utilities feature simple,
yet powerful editing capabilities so that you can add, delete, or modify
its contents. With Engineering Assistant you can have an unlimited
number of conversions, frequently used constants, and formulas easily
accessible. If after 30 days you feel you can use the software, please
send in the registration fee.
If you find that you use Engineering Assistant, please take the time to
send in the shareware fee for each copy that you need. If you really
look at the public domain and shareware products available for the
MacOS, you'll see a tremendous wealth of interesting, fun, enlightening
and useful packages. Those packages would not be there if it weren't
for the inquisitive and hard-working, independent 'hackers' among us who
just can't see why a computer has to be difficult, or expensive, to be
good. You may review Engineering Assistant for a period of 30 days, at
which time you should pay the registration fee for continued use, or
stop using the software. Please honor the shareware policy, and thanks
for your support!
Mark Wall
Green Mountain Software
9404 Valley Lane
Huntsville, Alabama 35803-1326 USA
(205) 883-0373
greenmtn@hsv.tis.net
http://www.hsv.tis.net/~greenmtn/
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/engast-16.hqx; 344K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:54 -0700
From: mmariani@babel.net
Subject: [*] Ephemerid 1.1.1 (Update)
Ephemerid 1.1.1 - Freeware
This control panel allows you to display the current date and time as a
block calendar and ananalog clock in a pop-up window. WorldScript-aware
(Japanese, Chinese, ...). Requires MacOS System 7.0 or later.
"What's New in Version 1.1.1"
- Fixes Color Picker problem in MacOS 8.
- Cosmetic changes in the text windows, the control panel's dialog, and the
start-up icon.
- File name doesn't include the version number any more.
Copyright 1996-97 Michel MARIANI
Mikaeru Software: http://www.asi.fr/~mmariani/soft/soft.html
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/ephemerid-111.hqx; 136K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:32 -0700
From: twall@tiac.net
Subject: [*] Graphite 1.0.3 68k
Update of Graphite Photoshop filter plugin.
This plugin allows freehand graphite and texture rubbing on the selected
image area. Particularly useful with a graphics tablet.
see http://www.tiac.net/users/twall/graphite.shtml for more info
twall@kagi.com
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/graphite-68k-103.hqx; 1033K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:30 -0700
From: twall@tiac.net
Subject: [*] Graphite 1.0.3 PPC (replaces 1.0.2)
Update of Graphite Photoshop filter plugin. Replaces version 1.0.2
This plugin allows freehand graphite and texture rubbing on the selected
image area. Particularly useful with a graphics tablet.
see http://www.tiac.net/users/twall/graphite.shtml for more info
twall@kagi.com
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/graphite-103.hqx; 1038K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:28 -0700
From: yichena@ifi.uio.no
Subject: [*] infomac2html.hqx
NAME: infomac2html - creates framed html files for easy viewing abstracts
files at the info-mac site.
SYNOPSIS:
infomac2html [input] [ftp_site] [info_mac_mirror_dir]
DESCRIPTION:
it simply reads the abstracts file, e.g. 00gui-abstracts.txt, and
outputs three html files, namely index.html (the top page), idx.html
(the index page) and cont.html (the content.html) for viewing by
Netscape 2.0 and up.
EXAMPLE:
infomac2html 00rec-abstracts.txt ftp.sunet.se pub/mac/info-mac
NOTES:
it is a quick job, the bad news is that the abstracts file should be
kept with the original name
the good news is it's freeware, please send me an e-mail if you like it.
yichena@ifi.uio.no charlie_an@hotmail.com
August 5 1997
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/infomac-2-html.hqx; 25K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:47 -0700
From: greenmtn@Traveller.COM
Subject: [*] INFOMaker v2.8.5 Database Translator
Subject: APP: INFOMaker v2.8.5
Author: Green Mountain Software
Equipment: Mac Plus - PowerPC
Needs: System 7 or greater
KEYWORDS: GMS, ENGINEERING, CONVERSION, DATABASE, TRANSLATE, GREEN,
INFOMAKER
INFOMaker is an easy to use utility application which will format data to
be used in the MacOS. The data to be formatted can be from other
computer systems (PCs, mainframes, etc.) or from other MacOS
applications. The program has been used extensively to convert database
information from VAX, UNIVAC, IBM, and CRAY mainframe computers and a
multitude of different micro computers. The ability of INFOMaker to
handle a wide variety of input file formats including multi-line records
makes it a versatile tool to users who manage information on the MacOS.
INFOMaker will place all fields of a record in order on one line,
separate them with tabs, strip control characters, strip leading and/or
trailing spaces, insert information for missing data, remove any unwanted
data, and set the file CREATOR so that the data can be loaded directly
into an application.
It is shareware, and please send in the fee if you continue to use it.
Brief document included in self- extracting archive with order form.
Mark Wall
Green Mountain Software
9404 Valley Lane
Huntsville, Alabama 35803-1326 USA
(205) 883-0373
greenmtn@hsv.tis.net
http://www.hsv.tis.net/~greenmtn/
[Archived as /info-mac/data/infomaker-285-sw.hqx; 306K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:41 -0700
From: hari@mindvision.com
Subject: [*] Installer VISE 4.6.1
Installer VISE helps users create installation programs for the
distribution of software. It is simple enough to for novice developers,
but powerful enough that companies such: as Adobe, Microsoft, and
Metrowerks use it to deliver their products.
Installer VISE is also available for the Windows platform. This demo is
fully functional.
Visit http://www.mindvision.com for more info.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/installer-vise-461.hqx; 3874K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:43 -0700
From: hari@mindvision.com
Subject: [*] Installer VISE Lite 3.6
Abstract:
Installer VISE Lite creates installation programs by simple drag and drop.
Also checkout Installer VISE and Installer VISE for Windows.
This demo is fully functional.
Visit http://www.mindvision.com for more info.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/installer-vise-lite-36.hqx; 1353K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:40 -0700
From: wolftech@wto.com
Subject: [*] InstantInit 1.1 - disk formatting utility
InstantInit is a very small application designed to initialize disks in
the shortest possible time, which ranged from 1 to 3 seconds in tests
that we conducted. Your actual performance time may vary, but it'll be
fast! No more waiting forever to initialize your disks -- InstantInit
offers virtually "instant" initialization!
InstantInit requires a Macintosh Plus or later with a FDHD or SuperDrive
and System Software 7.0 or later. InstantInit is a fat binary
application, which means that it will run normally on a 68k Macintosh,
as well as accelerated native on a Power Macintosh!
The latest version of InstantInit (1.1) includes the capability to
change the default name of an initialized disk.
Wolf Technologies Inc.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/instant-init-11.hqx; 88K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:51 -0700
From: bean@info-mac.org (Mike Bean)
Subject: [*] KG's_OS8_Desktop_Pics1.sit
Sent: 8/5/97 5:32 PM
Received: 8/5/97 6:18 PM
To: macgifts@SMI.Stanford.EDU
Enclosure: KG's_OS8_Desktop_Pics1.sit
Desktop Pictures for use with OS8 or wallpaper utilities.
The 8 enclosed pictures were rendered in Photoshop with Kai's Power
Tools, and a few other nifty texture rendering gadgets. The images are
640x480, 16 bit, PICT files.
Requirements:
-Any MacOS Computer running OS 8 with the Desktop Pictures control panel
installed.
-Or any MacOS computer running System 7.x.x wiith the following
share/freeware installed:
=95 Decor (available on Info-Mac)
=95 DeskPicture (available on Info-Mac)
=95 or any other Desktop Wallpaper utility
Usage:
You may use these images freely in a non-commercial fashion. You may
also distribute them freely as long as they are NOT altered in ANY way,
and are not being used for commercial purposes. The copyright will
ALWAYS remain mine, unless of course you'd like to purchase the
image(s).
These images are freeware or as I like to call them "visitware". If you
use them and would like to keep them I ask that you visit my website at
least once at: http://www.edwpub.com/kindground/
They may be included on the Info-Mac CD-Rom as well.
If you feel so inclined, you can email me at:
mailto:sbrown2@iw.edwpub.com
Scott Brown
Kind Ground Design Services
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/kgs-os-8-desktop-pics-1.hqx; 2108K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:52 -0700
From: sbrown2@iw.edwpub.com
Subject: [*] KG's_OS8_Desktop_Pics2.sit
Desktop Pictures for use with OS8 or wallpaper utilities.
The 8 enclosed pictures were rendered in Photoshop with Kai's Power
Tools, and a few other nifty texture rendering gadgets. The images are
640x480, 16 bit, PICT files.
Requirements:
-Any MacOS Computer running OS 8 with the Desktop Pictures control panel
installed.
-Or any MacOS computer running System 7.x.x wiith the following
share/freeware installed:
=95 Decor (available on Info-Mac)
=95 DeskPicture (available on Info-Mac)
=95 or any other Desktop Wallpaper utility
Usage:
You may use these images freely in a non-commercial fashion. You may
also distribute them freely as long as they are NOT altered in ANY way,
and are not being used for commercial purposes. The copyright will
ALWAYS remain mine, unless of course you'd like to purchase the
image(s).
These images are freeware or as I like to call them "visitware". If you
use them and would like to keep them I ask that you visit my website at
least once at: http://www.edwpub.com/kindground/
They may be included on the Info-Mac CD-Rom as well.
If you feel so inclined, you can email me at:
mailto:sbrown2@iw.edwpub.com
Scott Brown
Kind Ground Design Services
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/kgs-os-8-desktop-pics-2.hqx; 2723K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:53 -0700
From: spicerj@island.islandnet.com
Subject: [*] MakeItGrow 2.0
MakeItGrow 2.0 is a garden layout package for your Macintosh. It will allow
you to lay out a garden up to 200' x 200', using 96 of the most common
types of vegetables, herbs, and fruits, 52 common flowers, and 44 water
lillies, rushes, and grasses. Each icon is drawn in the correct scale for
the spacing required for the plant. The program also supports line drawing
in eight colors, for garden boundaries, etc, plus a wide selection of fill
patterns and the ability to draw circles, rectangles, and rounded
rectangles, as well as text entry (with support for font, size, and style
selection), in either the vertical or horizontal mode.
The grid is fixed at 6" per square, or 15 cm, allowing for a 200'x200', or
about a 65x65 meter plot.
John Spicer
Dragon Electronics
6946 West Coast Rd
Sooke, BC V0S 1N0
(250) 642-4354
[Archived as /info-mac/app/make-it-grow-20-demo.hqx; 2116K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:37 -0700
From: jhs@CS.Princeton.EDU
Subject: [*] New Macintosh Game: Prometheus from Quarter Note Software
Prometheus is a challenging arcade game for the Mac. It requires
swiftness, strategy, and a little luck to capture territory on the
playfield, as a sweeping firestix holds you at bay. With over 30
levels of increasingly challenging gameplay, Prometheus will keep
you enthralled for hours. Prometheus includes both a single-player
and a two-player game. Prometheus requires: System 7.0, a 68030
or better Mac, a 640 x 480/256 color monitor, Sound Manager 3.0,
4.5 MB RAM, 2.5 MB HD space. Prometheus is shareware and costs $15.
Attached below is the stuffed and binhexed file.
Thanks,
Colleen Wirth
Quarter Note Software
qnote@kagi.com
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/prometheus.hqx; 1744K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:33 -0700
From: weltz@geocities.com
Subject: [*] Rambling Rodney
Rodney, trapped inside a simple freeware application, has little else to do
except ramble about his life. be it by senility, insanity, or intense
bordedom nobody can tell, but one thing is certain: rodney will keep on
talking. except, however, if you have connectix ram doubler installed.
ram doubler will preven the program from loading.
david witzling
[Archived as /info-mac/game/ramblin-rodney.hqx; 89K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:48 -0700
From: wolftech@wto.com
Subject: [*] Respond! 1.0a1 - preemptive multitasking
Respond! is a control panel that brings a limited form of preemptive
multitasking to the Macintosh right now. And it runs on any Mac, 68k or
PowerPC, with System 7.0 or later. No more waiting for Copeland or
Rhapsody. Even in Mac OS 8, if you hold down a menu in the Finder,
processes will not continue in the background. With Respond!, you can be
holding down a menu (particularly useful with Sticky Menus in Mac OS 8),
or clicking in a the zoom or close boxes (or the WindowShade collapse
box in Mac OS 8), or dragging a window or the thumb of a scroll bar, and
processes will continue in the background.
Mac OS 8 attempts to implement live scrolling, but it only works in
Finder windows, and does not allow background processing to continue.
Respond! includes a Live Scrolling option which fully enables Live
Scrolling for applications that don't implement it themselves and also
allows both foreground and background processing to continue when
scrolling with any part of the scroll bar, including the arrows.
Respond! also includes the option to use Live Window drag. When this
option is turned on, the full window, not just the outline, will be
dragged, and both foreground and background processing will continue,
meaning the window itself will be updated as its being dragged around!
For example, you can drag around an mp3 player window and watch as it
continues playing and updating the time counter while moving.
Wolf Technologies, Inc.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/respond-10a1.hqx; 144K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:36 -0700
From: claes@sevensquare.com
Subject: [*] Swap 'em Over 1.5
Swap 'em Over is a math puzzle game. It reminds one about Tetris and Add
Up. Swap 'em Over requires 640x480 pixels with 256 colors, about 1500kb
RAM, and PowerPC processor. Swap 'em Over 1.5 by Sevensquare
Claes Jacobsson, Sevensquare
claes@sevensquare.com
http://www.sevensquare.com/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/swap-em-over-15.hqx; 737K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:49 -0700
From: mmariani@babel.net
Subject: [*] Switch-It 1.4.3 (Update)
Switch-It 1.4.3 - Freeware
This control panel allows you to cycle through running applications by
Command-Tab; Escape key cancels the current switching request while
Command key is still down. Requires MacOS System 7.0 or later.
"What's New in Version 1.4.3"
- Fixes Color Picker problem in MacOS 8.
- Cosmetic changes in the switch window and the control panel's dialog.
- File name doesn't include the version number any more.
Copyright 1996-97 Michel MARIANI
Mikaeru Software: http://www.asi.fr/~mmariani/soft/soft.html
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/switch-it-143.hqx; 88K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:34 -0700
From: weltz@geocities.com
Subject: [*] talltail tim
listen to tim, a young child who happens to be a compulsive liar, as he
tells tall tales about his boyhood misadventures. this application is
freeware. enjoy. ejnoy, that is, unless you have installed on your
computer the connectix rad doubler. rad doubler will prevent the program
from loading.
david witzling
[Archived as /info-mac/game/tall-tail-tim.hqx; 238K]
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:29:44 -0700
From: hari@mindvision.com
Subject: [*] Updater VISE 1.4
Updater VISE creates ONE small updater application that can update MULTIPLE
older versions of your files. Supports 68K, PPC, and FAT binaries.
Compatible with Installer VISE to create a multiple file updater that would
update multiple files at once.
Updater VISE is also available for the Windows platform.
This demo is fully functional.
Visit http://www.mindvision.com for more info.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/updater-vise-14.hqx; 1595K]
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