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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 20 Jun 97 Volume 15 : Issue 122
Today's Topics:
[*] English for Beginners - foreign language learning
[*] List Files 2.6J FAT (Japanese version)
[*] synk-230.hqx
[*] Verbs & Nouns 1.6.2 - foreign language learning
(A) Application to log keystrokes?
(A) Conversion software for Excel from PC to Mac?
(A) Win95 Long file names and the Mac
[*] Control Strip Toggle 1.3
Directly connecting ethernet
Eudora Pro 3.1 filtering
Help! Monitor and hard disk trouble...
MS IE blues
New Netscape problem
Performa 6400/Express Modem Woes
Why can't I find info-mac back issues?
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:08:57 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] English for Beginners - foreign language learning
The document called 'English for Beginners (1)' contains a few interactive
computer lessons of English. To use it you need to have the 'Language
Toolkit Reader' program version 1.2 or higher which is available from
Info-Mac mirror sites (see for instance:
).
The file demonstrates the use of the 'Language Toolkit Writer' authoring
program (which is also available from Info-Mac mirror sites). The lessons
are written for native speakers of Polish but you can extremely easily
adapt this material for native speakers of other languages (French,
Italian, German, Japanese etc.). You can also modify and extend this set of
lessons. Use 'Language Toolkit Writer' to make all the changes you need.
Jacek Iwanski
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/english-for-beginners-1-10.hqx; 1731K]
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:09:00 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] List Files 2.6J FAT (Japanese version)
List Files 2.6J is the Japanese version of Alessandro Levi Montalcini's
original.
* List Files is a handy utility that creates a text catalog
of anything you drop on it. You can format the text in many
ways and set up file filters to look for specific files.
You may create different worksets that can be recalled either
from a menu or by holding down some keys when you drop
things on List Files' icon, so you can switch between
cataloging your floppies and searching for big text files
in a flash. List Files can save your catalogs automatically to
different destination folders, so you don't have to save
them manually for every disk or cartridge you want to list.
It can also search entire folders very quickly to find a
specific file inside one of your catalogs, and calculate
checksums and CRC32 values for all of your files. FAT
binary.
WEB MANAGERS NOTE: List Files makes it easy to build lists
of file pointers for use in HTML documents. You can set up a
fully working HTML directory by simply dropping a folder on
List Files' icon.
This is $10 shareware. Have fun and support Alex.
The Japanese versions of Alessandro's programs are available at:
http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~alm/alm_files.html
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini/localized/
Haruka Ishi [email protected] June 14, 1997
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/list-files-26-jp.hqx; 231K]
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:09:02 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] synk-230.hqx
Synk 2.3.0
Synk is a backup/synchronization program that can resolve aliases and
archive old files. It runs on all Macintoshes except Mac Plus, Classic and
PowerBook 100.
You can backup a folder full of aliases, making it simple to modify your
backup or synchronization strategy by dropping file or folder aliases into
the defined folder.
It is just as easy to distribute synchronized files throughout a
PowerBook's hard drive by synchronizing two folders containing aliases.
Any number of file types, creators and file endings may be skipped.
Obsolete files and folders can be archived into a folder.
Other features include:
-----------------------
- complete log of actions (now unlimited in length)
- obsolete files can be deleted, trashed or archived
- collisions are conveniently placed in a folder on the Desktop
Synk 2 is $10 US shareware. Upgrades from previous version of Synk are free
to registered users.
-Randall Voth
--[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/synk-230.hqx; 488K]
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:08:59 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Verbs & Nouns 1.6.2 - foreign language learning
Here is the new (1.6.2), improved version of the "Verbs&Nouns"
application.
"Verbs&Nouns" is an application that helps you to learn the inflection
patterns of verbs and nouns in a foreign language. It can be used as a
dictionary as well.
The program lets you create a database of words. You can easily
construct the inflection rules for words that are regular. You can
include other information about each word, such as a translation,
grammar characteristics, comments, etc. The program automatically
generates exercises to allow you to practise inflection or translation.
You can identify many groups of words to use them in exercises or for
browsing. The application supports sound for browsing or exercises.
There are some inflection dictionaries for this program available
already. There are:
Italian Verbs [/info-mac/edu/lang/italian-nouns-11.hqx],
Italian Nouns [/info-mac/edu/lang/italian-verbs-127.hqx],
Polish Nouns [/info-mac/edu/lang/polish-nouns-12.hqx],
Russian Verbs and Nouns, Swiss-German Verbs and Nouns,
Modern Greek Verbs [/info-mac/data/modern-greek-verbs-10.hqx].
I've also adapted a huge public domain English-to-English
dictionary to use with this program
.
Jacek Iwanski.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-162.hqx; 954K]
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:36:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: (A) Application to log keystrokes?
In a message dated 6/17/97 Howard M. Fried wrote:
>Anyone know of an application, preferably an init, that can keep track of
>every keystroke and write the information, periodically, to a file?
SpellCatcher from Casady & Greene does this if you turn on its Ghostwriter
function.
Jim K.
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:36:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: (A) Conversion software for Excel from PC to Mac?
In a message dated 6/17/97, W.C. Sehlmeyer wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone on this list is aware of a
>method to convert files created in Excel for Windows to Excel for
>Mac. I was given a disk with data that I cannot access.
If you have the same (or later) version of Excel for Mac as was used under
Windows to create the file, you can just open it on the Mac without
conversion. If you can't open the files on the Mac, chances are that the
Windows Excel was a later version. Since Excel can save files in the formats
used by its earlier versions, perhaps you can get the originator of the data
to resave the data in the format matching your version of Excel.
By the way, you can't just double click on an Excel file from a PC and expect
Mac Excel to open it, even if it is the right version. You have to launch
Excel and then select Open... from the file menu. In the Open... dialog box,
select "All Files" from the pull down menu, navigate to the folder containing
the Excel file from Windows and select it.
Jim K.
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:37:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: (A) Win95 Long file names and the Mac
On June 17, 1997, Joe Gard wrote:
> I am looking for an extension that will allow me to access the long
file
names
> of Windows 95 on my Mac. I am an engineer involved with taking
> data
u sing a PC, copying the files onto a Zip drive, and taking them
> to my Mac
for analysis. The problem is, that when we use longer file
> names on the
PC, they get converted to a DOS style file name (8.3) by
> the Mac because
the computer thinks that the files must comply to that
> file name
convention. I've looked on the net for something, but haven't
> had any
success yet.
If you had a shared Mac/PC file server, you could just copy the file to the
server from the PC and then retrieve it with the Mac and the long file name
would be intact. Since you are using sneaker net for your file transfers, I
assume that is not an option for you.
If both computers are on the net, an FTP file transfer would do the job. The
problem is, you need FTP server software on one end and FTP client software
on the other. I believe shareware solutions exist, but I have not used any of
the shareware FTP servers.
If you really need to use sneaker net, use pkzip or a functional equivalent
on the PC to compress your file(s) into a .zip archive file. You will need
the Win95 version of pkzip to preserve the long file names in the .zip
archive. When you get the file to the Mac, unzip it and you're home free. The
shareware version of StuffItExpander, StuffIt Deluxe (commercial program),
and the shareware ZipIt program are all capable of unzipping .zip files from
a PC. I have all three, but tend to use ZipIt for this job. ZipIt is only
$15, and you can also zip files on the Mac for sneaker net transfers back to
the PC should the need arise. I can testify from personal experience that
this method works in both directions and does indeed preserve long file
names.
Jim K.
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:46:21 -0700
From: Chris Schram
Subject: [*] Control Strip Toggle 1.3
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, [email protected] wrote:
>Here is Control Strip Toggle, a program I wrote to fix a nagging annoyance
>I had with Apple's Control Strip program. I love the program, but it
>always seems to be in the way when ever I needed to use the bottom bit of
>the screen for something (and since I use a PowerBook, I need all the
>screen real estate I can get!) Anyway, in this package is a
>mini-application (which you can put in your Apple Menu Items folder) which
>will toggle the Strip on and off, and a few FKEYs which will do the same
>thing with a keypress or two.
I'm sure I must be missing something so please pardon my ignorance, but
what's wrong with the toggling mechanism built right into Control Strip?
Chris Schram -- [email protected] -- http://www.coos.or.us/~schram
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:54:43 -0500
From: Rick VanDerveer
Subject: Directly connecting ethernet
>My neighbor has a PC with an ethernet card. I have a Mac with an ethernent
>card. Is it possible for us to directly connect to each other over
>ethernet cable so as to play games? I believe that a modification has to
>be made to the cable since no hub is present. Does anyone have any details
>on how to do that? We have acess to any tools we may need. We also are
>unsure on how to setup the network. An IPX seems the only one that most
>games offer that would utilize an ethernet card. How does a person set up
>a personal one. on the PC side and the Mac??? Any hel would be
>appreciated.
Actually, it's interesting you asked, I just happen to maintain an entire
site that deals multiplayer gaming for the Mac. You'll also find that I
extensively cover "how to" networking as well as configuring IPX for both
the Mac and PC. And naturally I maintain a comprehensive list of
crossplatform networkable games...
Stop by 'Networkable Mac Games' at http://www.ambrosiasw.com/netgames/
-Rick
'Networkable Mac Games' - Your source for multiplayer gaming on the Mac.
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 08:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Robert E Reeves III"
Subject: Eudora Pro 3.1 filtering
Does anyone know why when I try to filter mail from my Inbox to a
particular mailbox, Eudora leaves the original in the Inbox (leaving me
with 2 copies of each letter).
The filter does say transfer and not copy. (I tried both ways to see if
perhaps the 2 were switched) Thanks for your help!
===============
Robert E Reeves
Dept Neurobiology, Physiology & Behaviour
University of California, Davis 916.752.9700
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:29:56 -0700
From: Darrell Greenwood
Subject: Help! Monitor and hard disk trouble...
[email protected] wrote;
> Hi! fellow Mac users,
>
> I unplugged my computer and then stored it in a corner for two days, then
> Imoved it from one room to another. Now, since I reinstalled it in it's new
> location, the whole image in the monitor seems to "ondulate" or... "jump"
> (from top to bottom, not sideways)! The colors are OK and all my programs
> work fine but the picture won't stop moving. The trouble varies in
> intensity from *almost* standing still to beating like a flag in the wind!
I have seen this symptom as a result of magnetic fields near the
monitor. In one case the monitor was near a large power switch, in the
other case near a small florescent light with its ballast.
Cheers,
Darrell
--
Darrell Greenwood, Vancouver, BC [email protected]
My web homepage... http://mindlink.net/darrell_greenwood/
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:05:55 +0000
From: [email protected]
Subject: MS IE blues
>As a stand alone user (ie not having to use intranets or maintain
>standards
) I'm impressed with IE3.0.I'm having trouble finding it.
What is the ftp address for downloading the best 68K version of Internet Explorer 3 (perhaps 3.0.1)?
Cheers,
Daniel.
PowerBook Duo 250, 4/200, OS7.1
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:30:16 -0700
From: Jon Froines
Subject: New Netscape problem
I just upgraded to Netscape 3.01 from 3.0...why? I don't know, 3.0 was
working fine for me. Now, for the life of me, I can't figure out what's
going on with it's helper app settings. The only problem is with file
types that should go to Stuffit Expander, like your normal hqx, sit & bin
files and such. For each helper app setting for those, the icon for
Stuffit Expander is a generic one, and grayed out, which is bad bad bad. I
go in, re-browse to make sure it really knows where the app is, but it
stays grayed out. I try making a new helper app setting from scratch with
the proper suffix and MIME type (I just manually copy what's in the other
one) and it STILL stays grayed out. If I actually download a file, it does
get pointed to stuffit expander, but then netscape says that stuffit had a
problem, do you want to save it or delete it. I let Netscape save the
unexpanded file, go to the finder and double click it. It opens
automatically with stuffit expander just fine. So, I can't see it being a
problem with stuffit, especially since I haven't changed it. I tried
deleting my netscape preferences entirely, which was a big pain, but it's
didn't help at all. Am I missing something here? Anybody know what's
going on with Netscape in my case?
- JonYo (mailto:[email protected])
(http://www.hooked.net/~jonyo/index.html)
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 11:39:04 -0500
From: joe
Subject: Performa 6400/Express Modem Woes
Hello all,
A friend of mine recently purchased a Performa 6400/180 with an internal
Express Modem (geoport). When using the internet, she has been plagued
with nonstop crashes and hangs. Usually, the system grinds to a
screeching halt a few minutes after opening Netscape.
I'm usuually quite good at solving problems like this, but this one has
me banging my head against the wall. I've literally spent hours trying to
fix this. Interestingly enough, everything works well when I de-install
the Express Modem software and use an external modem instead. This leads
me to the preliminary hypothesis that the Express Modem may be a
silicon-encrusted piece of crap.
System software is 7.6.1, using the latest versions of OT and OT-PPP.
Has anyone been able to get their 6400 with Express Modem to maintain an
internet connection reliably and acceptably? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance for any help or advice you might be able to offer,
-Joe
____________________
Joe Warmbrodt
Net Explorer, Inc. - Online Development and Consulting
voice: 713-521-3102 Fax: 713-520-6133
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 15:28:57 BST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Why can't I find info-mac back issues?
I've been trying to solve this one for several weeks now. I can't find any
of the recent info-mac digest back issues in the info-mac archive (under
periodicals). Am I just being plain blind, or are they really not there?
I've sent a couple of messages to the moderators (one a week ago and the
other a fortnight ago), but no luck so far. I even sent a message to the
digest about it, but it didn't appear. Let's see if this one does... In case
it is not obvious, it is issues 87 onwards that I can't find.
Sorry if I'm being dense. If there has already been an announcement about
this, I apologise, but it must have been in one of the issues I missed.
(Catch 22...)
Thanks.
Ian Goldby
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