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Info-Mac Digest Sun, 09 May 99 Volume 16 : Issue 299
Today's Topics:
[Q] Accelerating HyperCard?
[Q] How do I expand the Launcher?
[Q] startup scheduler
Access Code?
External IDE provisions?
Fwd: Re: Info-Mac post update & phone call
Fwd: unexpected mac OS behaviour
Laserjet 5M & iMac
MacNut Seeks Help!
need system 6 disks.....
Out of Memory
Overbars
Simple Security
Sudden demise of floppy disk drive
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Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 07:40:48 +0000
From: Marlon Deason
Subject: [Q] Accelerating HyperCard?
My office has several databases which run on HyperCard. Recently We
upgraded our Macintosh to a PowerPC from the '040 Macintosh which used
to run HyperCard. I am not seeing the blazing fast speed incease I was
hoping for.
I am presuming that HyperCard is still 100% 68k native code (just my
guess based on how Apple has been neglecting HyperCard for the last few
years). I have seen significant increases in disk access speed, opening
windows launching (most) programs and am generally happy with the lot.
What are some things I can do to speed up my HyperCard?
Marlon Deason
[email protected]
http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 10:30:02 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: [Q] How do I expand the Launcher?
At 6:45 PM -0400 4/27/99, D. Scott Beach wrote:
>I the meantime I'd love to know how to hack it to make it show more than 40
>items and more than 8 category buttons. All wisdom (or whizz-dumb) gladly
>accepted.
To the best of my knowledge, the only way to accomplish this is to
replace the Launcher with DragThing [my recommendation] or DragStrip.
I've dug around inside the Launcher quite a bit and can't recall ever
seeing any easily modifiable constants for number of items or number
of categories.
chazl
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Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 22:20:12 -0700
From: "D & E Rogers"
Subject: [Q] startup scheduler
I am looking for a utility that can start up my Performa 6360. The Energy
Saver control panel works just fine, but I would like to be able to specify
different/multiple times for different days. There is an FTP application
called Midnight Download that can start up the machine, so I know it's not
impossible. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
David Rogers
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 19:44:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lawrence Rugolo
Subject: Access Code?
I'm almost certain this question was asked and answered before, when it had
no relevance for me. My apologies if this is the case.
A Power Mac 9600 which I have had in my private office for some three years
will have to be moved to another office used by other people. I need to
limit access to this computer to just myself and one other user. Is there
some software, with a code, that would prevent others who don't have that
code to turn on and use that computer?
TIA -- Larry
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VOICE MAIL: 573/449-5504 FAX: 573/884=6807
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 08:01:52 -0400
From: Steve Seiden
Subject: External IDE provisions?
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This entry Deal-Mac tweaked my curiousity:
Bottom Line offers an external case for IDE storage to USB interface
(colored in Bondi-blue) for $79.99. It's the first product of its kind
we've seen. Essentially, put any IDE hard drive into the case and plug the
case into an available USB port. (10:41a)
I have a need for the same type IDE chassis for a SCSI connection to a
Performa 6360. I have a 1.2 MB gathering dust, and have talked to APS
about it in the past without favorable result. Do you know of any such IDE
to SCSI provision?
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This entry Deal-Mac tweaked my curiousity:
right,right,left,leftBottom Line
offers an 0000,0000,FFFFexternal case for IDE
storage to USB interface (colored in Bondi-blue) for
$79.99. It's the first product of its kind we've seen.
Essentially, put any IDE hard drive into the case and plug the case
into an available USB port. (10:41a)
I have a need for the same
type IDE chassis for a SCSI connection to a Performa 6360. I have a
1.2 MB gathering dust, and have talked to APS about it in the past
without favorable result. Do you know of any such IDE to SCSI
provision?
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 09:14:21 -0700
From: Daly Jessup
Subject: Fwd: Re: Info-Mac post update & phone call
Dear All,
A couple of months ago I wrote asking for help with getting my Palm
Pilot III to hot synch with my daughter's iMac using IrDA. I had been told
by 3Com tech support that it could not be done, and the documentation
appeared to say that it could not be done, as well.
However, with the encouragement of a couple of people on the list,
I kept trying. I reinstalled the MacPack software and did a fresh reset of
the Palm Pilot (I hadn't done it correctly the first time) and then setting
IrDA on both the iMac and the Palm Pilot, I did succeed in getting them to
connect and hot synch. The first time I did it, I wanted the Palm Pilot to
popuate the address data base on the desktop application, but it didn't
fill in any records at all. So I copied over my actual address book from my
own computer to the iMac, and then made a schedule change in the calendar
on the Palm Pilot, and did another hot synch. Then it did hot synch, and
updated the calendar on the desktop.
I said quite convincingly to the list that I had been told and I
had read that hot synch using IrDA could not work. I am writing now to
correct that statement, because I have learned that it can be done. It is
important to do the soft reset on the Palm unit, and at least in my case,
the desktop application needed to contain data before doing the hot synch.
After that, it worked like a dream.
(And thanks for BJ for reminding me to let you all know that it
worked.)
Daly
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 08:27:28 -0700
From: Daly Jessup
Subject: Fwd: unexpected mac OS behaviour
Laurent wrote:
>I have the most unusual and unexpected Mac OS behavior ever in almost 10
>years of using Mac. Please help.
>
>I had a problem with the Performa 5500/225 hard disk and replaced it with
>IBM 6GB. Supplier (harddisk) formatted it and I could not used it.
>
>Short of performing a low-level formatting, I have tried practically (as I
>know it) and it failed.
>
>Problem faced: all icons and filenames overlapped; filenames do not appear
>below icons; drag-& drop files do not work; etc. etc. or practically all
>things taken for granted do not work.
I would strongly suggest a low-level format using Drive Setup 1.7.2 if
possible. It shouldn't take all that long, and I would think that would be
the end of your problem.
Daly
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Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 20:23:04 +0100
From: Graeme Babbs
Subject: Laserjet 5M & iMac
I have a Laserjet 5 M which I want to direct connect to an iMac using 10 base-t cable to the Jet
Direct port on the back of the LaserJet. The LJ used to be on a network connected to IBM
compatibles.
Can anyone tell me if this is possible and if it is, can I have an idiot's step by step guide to
doing it please? I downloaded driver 8.6 from the HP site and installed it, but the printer does not
appear in Chooser. I feel I am missing something simple, but I can't figure out what.
Thanks for your help.
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Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 14:25:54 +0300
From: "Muzamil Akram"
Subject: MacNut Seeks Help!
Dear Mac Users,
MacNut (http://www.mac-nut.com), a monthly ezine, is seeking volunteers in
the following order:
- 3 News Writers for writing their own news stories happening in the world
of Macs
- 2 Hardware Reviewers for doing monthly reviews of hardware
(at the moment we will not be providing hardware)
- 2 Software Reviewers for writing monthly reviews of latest software
(once again we at the moment will not be providing software)
- 1 HTML Designer (Able to design pretty good with use of cgis (own written)
and much more like able to transfer the ezine of PDF format to HTML files.
- 2 Graphic designers to do some art work for the ezine including doing
covers alternate months.
In all we are looking for responsible devoted people who will be able to
volunteer without any hesitation.
As MacNut is expanding it also seeks sponsorship from companies doing
business in the Mac industry. We at MacNut have real cheap prices starting
from only $100 monthly to advertise both on the web and in the pdf format
of the ezine. Those who wish to sponsor or advertise please email to
[email protected]
MacNut is willing to accept Press Releases from any company and feature them
in the ezine's PRPaper (the column dedicated to press releases). Anyone
interested may send email to [email protected]
That's not all but April's Issue of MacNut has a great article on What's
Inside MacOS 8.6? written by Darren Edwards of 1984 Online. He too is part
of the MacNut team.
Well, I think that's pretty much it.
THANK YOU.
Sincerely,
Muzamil Akram
Editor/Publisher -- MacNut
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 10:25:51 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: need system 6 disks.....
At 3:43 AM +0000 4/28/99, [email protected] wrote:
>if you know where i can find system 6 disks for macintosh please drop me an
>e-mail....
Right here:
chazl
Why do I have to move with a crowd of kids that hardly notice I'm around?
I have to work myself to death just to fit in. - The Who, Cut My Ha=
ir
Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~ch=
az
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 13:39:55 -0500
From: "Paul Kleeberg, M.D."
Subject: Out of Memory
I have a PowerBook 2400c that has 80 MB of physical memory boosted to
160 with virtual. Sometimes when I try to load another application,
I get out of memory messages with the finder when there is lots of
memory left. Sometimes I can not even open the "About this
Macintosh" in the Finder. The system occupies about 22 MB and the
bar suggests that there is no free memory space in the system memory
partition. What is my problem and how can I fix it? Searching
Apple Tech Info Library gives me no clues.
Other details MacOS 8.5.1, 6 GB hard drive, Vpower Copper 320 G3
processor, QuicKeys used to load the apps in the finder.
Paul Kleeberg
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 21:11:13 -0400
From: The Christiana Gunn Family
Subject: Overbars
Thank you for the many responses. Some ideas:
kern the letters
get a linguistics font
master Equation Editor (hooray! it works! and I thought I understood it well!)
master LaTeX
create a font
get Expressionist from Maple
Thank you all again.
Ernest F. Gunn 3d
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:57:03 -0400
From: "Ira Flatow"
Subject: Simple Security
Is there a simple control panel to require a password to access the Mac at
startup, in system 8.x?
Thanks.
Ira
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Ira Flatow [email protected]
Host/Executive Producer - "Science Friday"
News Director- "Science and Technology News Network"
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Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 17:23:47 +0100
From: Derek Hayes
Subject: Sudden demise of floppy disk drive
I have just given my Centris 610 to my eldest Grandson. It has served
me well over many years. Almost as soon as he started to use it the
floppy disk drive refused to read any floppy 700 or 1400. It showed
alerts saying that the disk is not recognised as a Macintosh disk, do
you want to eject or initialise, etc. If the Reject button is clicked it
does not reject and I have to restart. If I reject the disk using the
classic paper clip then no restart is necessary.
It seems to be a faulty disk drive. I swopped the floppy disk drive
from my G266 into the Centris and everything worked fine, no problem
using floppies on the Centris.
My investigation so far is as follows:
I removed the outer metal case from the "faulty" drive and reconnected
it to the Centris.
I assume that when a disk is inserted the disk should begin to rotate,
but when I inserted a disk nothing happened, the magnetic disk inside
the floppy casing did not move. I did not see any movement, or hear
anything, even with a stethoscope, and I had marked the disk motor
bottom & the casing and the marks were still in the same relative
position as when I inserted the disk. The drive sensed that a disk had
been inserted since it displayed the alert about the disk being
unrecognisable, but apparently did not start to spin the disk.
Could anyone point me towards any source of information about the floppy
drive (mechanical & electrical) and any help in suggesting the likely
causes for a "no start" that I might be able to tackle.
The disk drive is a Sony with "805-0961-A" on the outer metal case, and
a label on the bottom of the disk motor SONY 2MB Model MP-F75W-12G and
a barcode *SD2421QX0672*.
I appreciate the drive is a sophisticated bit of gear, but the fault may
be simple, "it does not start to spin", and not some infernally
complicated software or mechanical problem that affects the
reading/writing process.
I know I could buy a new disk drive, but I am retired and 75 years old
and I need a challenge.
Any practical suggestions out there?
Derek Hayes
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