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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 11 Aug 01 Volume 18 : Issue 108
Today's Topics:
[*] NetFinder 2.3r1J - Japanese Version
[*] Peach 1.0
[*] Sherlock Nobanners - Mac OS 9.1-Z (International English)
[*] Slide Freebie 2.0 - Freeware Slideshow Viewer
[*] SwitchBack 3.4
[*] SwitchRes 2.5.2J - Japanese Version
[*] Weather 2.2 - A utility for role-playing games
Help! PowerMac 7200 Needs New Stuff!
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] NetFinder 2.3r1J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the NetFinder package.
NetFinder v2.3 makes browsing on the Internet another step easier. The
award winning NetFinder 1.x which was developed during the MacOS 7.x
days, made users feel right at home by having an interface just like the
Finder.
Version 2.3 not only has an updated interface to reflect the MacOS 8.x
theme, it also adds support for HTTP, improved Firewall / Proxy support,
secure storage of passwords using Apple's Keychain Manager, support for
SSL FTP, ICI Script, previewing of Movies, MP3's and even Shockwave
files, improved integration with BBEdit, Carbonized for native execution
under OSX, mouse wheel support under OSX and much much more... See
"Features" section.
Why not just download a copy of NetFinder for FREE and try it out for yourself.
You have nothing to lose.
MacWorld - Aug 2000 Review - 4 1/5 mice.
MacUser - 1997 Best Shareware - Best Internet Face-Lift.
Tucows - 5 cow rating.
MacDownload - 5 mice.
MacWelt (German MacWorld) - 5 mice.
FileDudes - 5 dude rating & Dude Approved!
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/netfinder-23r1-jp.hqx; 5747 K]
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: "Pandaa"
To:
Subject: [*] Peach 1.0
Peach helps you create sinc impulse responses and common types of windows.
Peach probably is not very useful if you have no idea what a sinc function
or an impulse response is and is intended as a help for anyone studying or
preparing FIR filters. In Peach , you create sinc impulse responses by
starting with a low pass or high pass sinc kernel and then manipulating it
in various common ways like spectral inversal , spectral reversal and
convolution. Peach can also apply Bartlett, Blackman, Hamming, Hanning,
Kaiser, Lanczos, minimum 4-term, Nuttall, Parzen, Truncated Gaussian, and
Welch windows and graphs the time domain , step response and magnitude and
phase of the impulse response.
System requirements:
-MacOS 8.5 or later
-Any version of QuickTime
-8Mb of free RAM
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/peach-10.hqx; 359 K]
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: Andrew Watters
To:
Subject: [*] Sherlock Nobanners - Mac OS 9.1-Z (International English)
This is a simple ResCompare patch that removes all banners from Sherlock
version 3.0.2, included with OS 9.1-Z (International English). The
patch will only work with Sherlock 3.0.2. To remove banners from
earlier versions, download the other editions of Nobanners.
Most banner programs simply alter the search plugins in your system
folder; this one modifies three resources in the Sherlock application
itself, displaying only gray space instead of an obtrusive banner. If
you would rather make the modifications yourself, you can use Metrowerks
Constructor.
Use this program at your own risk. I am not responsible for the
consequences. This program is free and may be distributed on all media
for non-profit use only. For-profit users should contact the author.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/sherlock-nobanners-91z.hqx; 20 K]
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: Robert Covington
To:
Subject: [*] Slide Freebie 2.0 - Freeware Slideshow Viewer
Likes: PPC Macintosh, System 7.5 or higher, Quicktime 3.0, and 6-12MB RAM.
Slide Freebie is a freeware slide show viewer and more from Artly There.
Slide Freebie will show up to 2500 images in 300 nested folders.
Features:
Drag And Drop of Source Folder
Reverse
Auto Advance
Loop
Image Effects
File Conversion
File Renaming
File Trashing
Neat Graphics
Ease Of Use
Cheap
Slide Freebie will also demo 61 Compositor filter variations.
Compositor is Artly There's Image To Art Creator and Editor
New with Slide Freebie v2.0
Updated Freebie Help Menu item for controls map
Tool zoom option for enlargement of smaller images to screen size
New Folder Chooser
File Trashing
Immediate update of changed display choices
Shows more files
Better error handling and alerts
Slide Freebie
http://www.artlythere.com/slidefreebie.shtml
Compositor
http://www.artlythere.com/compositor.shtml
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/slide-freebie-20.hqx; 233 K]
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: David Davies-Payne
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack 3.4
SwitchBack 3.4 by Glendower Software Ltd, a popular
file synchronization and backup utility. This version has been carbonized
for MacOS X.
SwitchBack makes it easy and safe to synchronize two disks, so that both
contain your most recently updated documents. Simply choose two folders to
compare, and SwitchBack does the rest, quickly and painlessly.
SwitchBack has been widely used since 1992.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switch-back-34.hqx; 294 K]
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchRes 2.5.2J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchRes package.
Rated 5 Cows (highest rating) at Tucows!
What's new in this version:
* SwitchRes no longer displays the "1x1" resolution in the list
* Solved a bug with MacPortrait driven monitors
SwitchRes is a little utility that will allow you to switch the
resolution of all your monitors . You can access to all the resolutions
of all your displays in a simple, customizable menu. SwitchRes
incorporates features from the Monitor Resolution, Monitor BitDepth, and
Video Mirroring Control Strip Modules bundled with your system. You can
use its menu in the Menu Bar, use its provided Control Strip Module, or
click on the Finder Desktop with its Contextual Menu Plugin.
SwitchRes has an extensive list of features:
* You can show and use all available resolutions of your video card,
not just those limited by your monitor. For example, 20 video modes are
available on my PowerMac 7300 internal video board. Enjoy your Apple 15"
monitor in 1024 x 768, or 640 x 480 in 120Hz !
* SwitchRes is totally configurable. You can define which resolutions
are really accessible, and which will require a confirmation.
* You can also create display sets which will allow you to change the
resolution and the depth of all your monitors with just one mouse click,
or just one key. With this new version, you can add scripts to display
sets. That gives SwitchRes the ability to launch a script with just one
key, or when an application is launched...
* You can assign a specific set to an application , so that every time
you use this application, your Mac will automatically switch to your
predefined resolutions. You will find this extremely useful for most
games.
* You can save the position of the icons and the windows on your
desktop, independently from one resolution to the other, unlike the
Finder. The configuration is restored at startup.
* You can script SwitchRes for resolutions and color depth changes.
SwitchRes is even recordable: When SwitchRes is running, every
resolution change is automatically recorded in the script editor
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/switch-res-252-jp.hqx; 672 K]
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Date: 10 Aug 2001
From: "Malcolm Bowers"
To:
Subject: [*] Weather 2.2 - A utility for role-playing games
Weather is a weather-generating system for any role-playing game. It is useful for
fantasy and SF authors, too. It lets you quickly add realistic weather and other
background information to your game or story. You can easily create custom calendars
and weather patterns to suit multiple campaign worlds. Weather 2.2 is an update from
Weather 2.1: it adds the ability to print cards, new keyboard shortcuts, improvements
to calculations and display, and updated contact details.
Weather is a HyperCard stack that can be used on any Macintosh computer with HyperCard
or the HyperCard Player, version 2.1+. At least a 68040 Mac and PowerBook-sized screen
are recommended. Full help is included in the stack.
Weather 2.2 is freeware, and may be freely distributed unaltered, with accompanying
files, on CD-ROMs or anything else.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/weather-22.hqx; 234 K]
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:48:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Heidi LaFleche
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Help! PowerMac 7200 Needs New Stuff!
Dear Mac Experts,
My husband just brought my old PowerMac 7200 (OS
7.6.1) down from the attic to use with his music
composition software. We have another new PC (sorry)
so we hoped to revive the PowerMac as a second
computer. To our horror, we can't find a mouse or
printer that works with our ports and plugs as the
connectors have apparently changed (as if we moved to
a foreign country!). Any recommendations as to where
we could buy some used peripherals for this PowerMac?
Catalogs, websites, stores? (We're in Boston.) We're
looking to replace the mouse and the HP DeskWriter 520
printer, for starters. Man, this machine sure got old
in 5 years. Hope we can still use it. I know it has a
lot of life left in it, I was using for work until
just a few mos. ago. BTW we don't need it for
Internet, just to run the music notation software.
Thanks,
Heidi and Greg
P.S.: Please reply to us via email if possible as I
don't subscribe to the digest. THANKS!!!
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Freelance Writer
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