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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 05 Dec 00 Volume 17 : Issue 192
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#558/04-Dec-00
(Q) Unix volumes mounted on X?
[*] SweetMail 2.0
Connecting Olympus D-490Z to G4 Cube
Connecting Olympus D-490Z to G4 Cube
G4 freezes: maybe it's Adaptec 2906 SCSI card?
Mac Appearance "themes"
PowerPC Enabler 9.0.4
TV Remote Controls a Macintosh! Explanation?
TV Remote Controls a Macintosh! Explanation?
TV Remote Controls a Macintosh! Explanation?
video help
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:00:00 -0800
From: TidBITS Editors
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] TidBITS#558/04-Dec-00
TidBITS#558/04-Dec-00
Mac OS X is coming soon, and there's much more to it than the Aqua
interface. This week Chris Pepper looks at Mac OS X's Unix
foundation. And if a digital camera is on your gift list, Arthur
Bleich offers advice about essential accouterments like printers,
batteries, and memory cards. In the news, Nisus Software releases
Nisus Writer 6.0.1 (including 68K support and the TidBITS
AutoCorrect Dictionary), and we ask you to vote in our poll on how
TidBITS should cover product announcements.
Topics:
MailBITS/04-Dec-00
Digital Camera Accouterments
Unix Coming to a Mac Near You, Part 1
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-558.etx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:01:53 -0500
From: "Michael G. Schabert"
To: "[email protected]"
Subject: (Q) Unix volumes mounted on X?
>Dear Digest readers,
>I have MacOS X beta, and for some reason I can't mount a remote FTP
>server on my filing system as though it was another drive.
>Shouldn't that be possible? I'd like to be able to not rely on
>command line FTP, and simply rely on the Finder in MacOS X to
>transfer my website files. Sure there is Netfinder, but it doesn't
>yet offer the freedom of staying within the Finder to transfer the
>files. And of course there iDisk, which I use sometimes. My
>primary webserver has no Appleshare support, and it is a Linux 4.0.36
>web server (and yes I know there are newer versions out there, but
>the webmaster finds them less secure).
FTP is not meant to be used for this purpose. That is why Macs have
AppleShare, Windows machines have SMB, and Unix machines have NFS
(Network File System). If you have the appropriate permissions on the
FTP server, you can have it "export" the ftp and web areas for you to
mount.
Hope this helps,
Mike
--
Michael G. Schabert, Mac Guy
Miranda Graphic Systems, publishers of Graphic Power
http://www.graphicpower.com
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Date: 5 Dec 2000
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.0
SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides
most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has
multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view,
filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions.
System Requirements:
* System 7.5 or later. (including MacOSX public beta)
* 4MB of Memory.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-20.hqx; 1965 K]
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 20:57:48 -0800
From: Paul Brians
To: [email protected], l ,
Subject: Connecting Olympus D-490Z to G4 Cube
I just got my new Olympus D-490 Zoom camera and was looking forward
to using it with my G4 Cube, when I discovered that it has no
FireWire or USB port! It comes with only a serial cable and Mac
adapter. The manual implies that the only computer cable connection
is via this RS-232 PC serial cable and Mac conversion connector. I
put a lot of research into choosing this camera, but just dumbly
assumed it would have FireWire output. Bummer!
The manual says "For an iMac or other computer equipped with only USB
port, use a SmartMedia reader/writer software program." I gather that
this means I need a new piece of _hardware_--a SmartMedia
reader/writer. All my G4 USB ports are full, so if I want to use a
USB SmartMedia reader/writer (about $40) I'll also have to buy a USB
hub ($20-$35).
I'd rather have the speed of FireWire, but it looks like it might
cost me. The Microtech FireWire CameraMate lists for $129! The
Synchrotec PCM-CR-FW1ES is not much cheaper: $121.
I'm not a professional photographer-just a snapshooter. I would gain
some extra USB ports if I bought a hub--and I'll need another one
anyway if I buy a CD-writer as I plan. So would the USB option give
me not-too-irritating upload speeds? Or does anyone have any other
suggestions?
--
Paul Brians, Department of English
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians
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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 08:13:57 -0800
From: Paul Brians
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: Connecting Olympus D-490Z to G4 Cube
Amazingly I found that Olympus has a limited-time offer now of a free
Microteech ZiO USB Reader/Writer with proof of purchase of an Olympus
D-490Z camera. See .
It's true that the Cube is awkward to hot-swap cables out of, but I
don't see any reason why I can't just pull the USB cable out of my
Zip drive (which I use only when transferring data to my hard disk)
and plug it into the card reader without touching the Cube. Am I
right?
--
Paul Brians, Department of English
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:20:05 -0500
From: Vincent Cayenne
To: The Info-Mac Network
Subject: G4 freezes: maybe it's Adaptec 2906 SCSI card?
At 7:31 AM -0800 12/1/00, you (Tracey Adams) wrote:
>Paolo,
>I had exactly the same problem with my PowerMac B/W G-3 when I upgraded my
>Adaptec 2906 SCSI card last year. I ran Conflict Catcher and it told me it
>was SCSIProbe v5.xx. I downgraded to SCSIProbe v5.0 and all of my problems
>went away. I have since installed and tried all of the upgrades and had
>similar problems. I'm just sticking with straight version 5.0 for now.
>I hope this helps you.
Now that's almost another topic in and of itself! If it helps,
SCSIProbe doesn't need to be run as part of the startup stuff at all.
In other words, it can exist perfectly well outside of the System
Folder. I think you just lose the CMD-Space mounting shortcut. Mine
sits in my Utilities folder for use as necessary. And I only use it
to troubleshoot or mount a recalcitrant volume. One more oddity -
I've possessed a v5.2 for at least two years (says Robert Polic
copyright 1998 in the info) then Adaptec suddenly released a v5.2
last year. When I emailed to ask about it, they got very vague and
unhelpful. I use the "old" one usually, just out of habit. I'd like
to hear more about its usage/quirks actually...
And I'd like to find one utility that is similarly simple and
straightforward but will see all my device interfaces - SCSI,
Firewire, IDE, USB, etc.
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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:16:49 -0800
From: "Chris McVay/Karen McVay"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Mac Appearance "themes"
Is there a site anywhere that I can get more Mac Appearance "themes"? I have
OS9.4 and the themes are ok but I was hoping there might be more out there.
Thanks!
Chris/Karen McVay
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:58:58 -0500
From: Helen Hauer
To: InfoMac
Subject: PowerPC Enabler 9.0.4
Can someone tell me what the PowerPC Enabler 9.0.4 does? I have an iMac
graphite DVDSE (350MHz) at home with this in the system folder (OS 9.0.4)
and an iMac DV (400 MHz) at work without it. The one at work is not very
stable and after starting in the morning and starting Internet Explorer, it
reloads all of its files, every time, while at home this doesn't happen.
Should I install this file in the system folder at work? It is not on my OS
9.0.4 cd at work, but it is at home. Could something else be causing this
problem with Internet Explorer?
Thank you for the help.
Helen Hauer
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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 08:11:53 +0000
From: Steve Smith
To: [email protected]
Subject: TV Remote Controls a Macintosh! Explanation?
Hi Andrew
This is quite normal as your Mac has an infra-red receiver built-in. It is
because these machines can be fitted with an optional TV card. In fact,
your Mac should have come with a remote control (ask the person you
exchanged it with for it). I have a Performa 630, (which is a pre-powermac
version of your machine), with a TV card and remote control. It is possible
to power the system on and off with the remote, as well as the usual
things, such as change channels etc. I too have a TV remote which will
operate the computer, so it isn't unusual. This isn't a problem for me
because the TV is in a different room, so they don't normally clash.
If you find this is a problem then stick a piece of black electrical tape
over the little dark red IR receiver port on the front of your Mac and that
should stop it receiving the signals from the TV remote.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Steve Smith
>........
>Later that day, at home, my parents were preparing for bed, and my dad
>turned on his TV, a Sony Vega-KV32FS12, and the _COMPUTER_ turned on as
>well! To make things even eerier, the volume control on the remote worked
>the volume on the computer (the 6360), and the other buttons made a "Click"
>sound emanate from the computer's speakers (I guess it was more of a
>"Clack").
>
>
>Any ideas on what to do about this?
>..........
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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:16:35 -0500
From: "Michael G. Schabert"
To: Andrew Merenbach
Subject: TV Remote Controls a Macintosh! Explanation?
>Yes, the subject is true. Here's the story...
>
>I'm a computer consultant, and have had about eight years (I'm 14 years old
>right now, and I had my first experience with a Mac at age 6) and have never
>seen the like of what I am experiencing: I have a client who had an old
>PowerMac 6360 machine, which wasn't working too well; it was incredibly
>slow; I upgraded the OS to 8.0 (I would have done 8.1 had I a CD for it, but
>I didn't, and I couldn't get an external SCSI drive to work with the
>machine, either). I, on the other hand, living in a computer-illiterate
>family that owns several Macs, had on hand a PowerMac 6116CD, which, despite
>being older, was quicker (since the HD was SCSI and not IDE--the
>CD-ROM-to-hard-disk transfer speed on the 6360 was REALLY slow) and was
>easily upgradable (I had plenty of extra RAM for it). Anyway, we traded.
>
>Later that day, at home, my parents were preparing for bed, and my dad
>turned on his TV, a Sony Vega-KV32FS12, and the _COMPUTER_ turned on as
>well! To make things even eerier, the volume control on the remote worked
>the volume on the computer (the 6360), and the other buttons made a "Click"
>sound emanate from the computer's speakers (I guess it was more of a
>"Clack").
Easy explanation
That Mac was designed to be able to be a TV...there were TV Tuner
cards that you could get for them, & there is an Infra-red port on
the front. 630 series and 6300 series models had this ability, if
memory serves.
>Any ideas on what to do about this?
>
>Also, any ideas on how to get a SCSI drive to work? (I'm going to run
>TechTool Pro 3 on the 6360 pretty soon, so maybe that'll highlight any SCSI
>problems, but maybe someone knows of some conflict...)
Termination or SCSI ID conflicts...possibly a bad cable?
Hope this helps,
Mike
--
Michael G. Schabert, Mac Guy
Miranda Graphic Systems, publishers of Graphic Power
http://www.graphicpower.com
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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:35:48 -0600
From: Chaz Larson
To: Andrew Merenbach ,
Subject: TV Remote Controls a Macintosh! Explanation?
At 9:19 PM -0800 12/1/00, Andrew Merenbach wrote:
>Later that day, at home, my parents were preparing for bed, and my dad
>turned on his TV, a Sony Vega-KV32FS12, and the _COMPUTER_ turned on as
>well! To make things even eerier, the volume control on the remote worked
>the volume on the computer (the 6360), and the other buttons made a "Click"
>sound emanate from the computer's speakers (I guess it was more of a
>"Clack").
>
>Any ideas on what to do about this?
Yep. Put a piece of tape over the IR receiver on the Mac, or buy a
different brand of TV that doesn't share the Sony remote codes. Or
maybe point the Mac a different direction.
Several Macs of that vintage included IR remote receivers for use
with the Apple TV System. You'd put a TV card in the Mac, and you
could then use it as a TV, remote control and all. The remote uses
the same codes as Sony product, as you've seen.
Lacking the TV card, the IR functionality is still there. You can't
change channels, but you can turn it on and off and change the
volume, a you've found. Inapplicable commands cause the error beep.
This isn't a bug or the result of anything being "wrong". It's a feature.
chazl
--
If you begin to feel overload, consider your Earth ... what it feels ...
- Hive, Ultrasonic Sound
Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz
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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 08:25:54 -0400
From: jake
To: [email protected]
Subject: video help
I'm using a G3 / os 8.6.
adobe premire 4.0
and a jvc dvm 50 dvc.
I can not load video into the computer using the firewire connection.
thanks
jake
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