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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 01 Feb 01 Volume 18 : Issue 21
Today's Topics:
[A] Old Eudora?
(Q) Getting Wall Street to Auto Sleep
[*] 6Mots
[*] ][2Mac 2.1
[*] Mac-Site-list, Version 4.6.5
[A] 9.0.4 file sharing perpetually starting, never starts
[A] Icon Problems
[A]: Location Manager won't open "Modem" & "Remote Access"
[Q] freezing from sleep under OS 9.1 [more]
[Q] Mac G4 with Sun monitor?
Icon Problems
Internet Explorer
Some help!!
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:37:42 -0800
From: Maurice Mike McNeil
To: Ken Laskey , [email protected]
Subject: [A] Old Eudora?
At 4:54 PM -0500 1/29/01, Ken Laskey wrote:
>Following my other postings about my Powerbook freezing when it tries
>to wake from sleep (problem starting with update to OS 9.1), I tried
>the typical housecleaning of rebuilding the desktop and zapping
>(using Techtools) the PRAM. Now Eudora (version 4.3.1) identifies
>itself in the Application menu as Old Eudora. What happened and do I
>care?
I assume that you used techtool to rebuild the desktop. When Eudora
does updates, it leaves an old copy around and creates a new
executable. If you delete the old eudora, that should solve that
problem. If you continue to have problems, it sounds like a
scrambled directory structure of some kind. I would recommend
DiskWarrior and Norton Utilities.
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:43:01 -0800
From: Maurice Mike McNeil
To: Michael Koren ,
Subject: (Q) Getting Wall Street to Auto Sleep
>weeks after having the system installed and after having a crash at some
>point often refuses to automatically go to sleep. And when that is true, if
Sounds to me like you have corrupted a system file during the
original crash. I was having freezes coming out of sleep with a
Bronze Keyboard, OS 9.0.4, and RAM Doubler. I was advised to get rid
of RAM Doubler. I did, added more memory, and have not had any
problems since then. I always like RAM Doubler, but my machine is
running better without it [of course 32OM of RAM helps
]I would try a clean install of 9.1. (not even sure if that is an option)
If that is not an option you might try the following sequence:
Download TechTool from http://www.micromat.com/. Rebuild the desktop.
If that doesn't work you need to consider DiskWarrior and Norton
Utilities. I particularly like DiskWarrior and tend to run my cleanup
in the following sequence:
DiskWarrior
Norton Utilities Disk Doctor
TechTool
DiskWarrior rebuilds & optimizes the directory structure from
scratch. Norton fixes the files. Techtool rebuilds the desktop from
scratch. From scratch is important because rebuilding a corrupt
desktop [e.g. holding down command option on boot] just gets you
another corrupt desktop.
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Date: 1 Feb 2001
From: Serge Louvet
To:
Subject: [*] 6Mots
A very simple game, available in french and english : search for a word
of 6 to 9 letters with a limited number of tries and under some
adjustable time pressure.
Non registered version is limited to words of 6 letters, but you can use
it for your whole life.
contact : [email protected]
home page : http://users.win.be/W0079163/
Configuration
CPU : PowerMac only
Memory : the program requires 4Mbytes
OS : Tested on MacOs8.6
Registration via Kagi
Software is shareware / no limitation in time for the non registered
version
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/six-mots.hqx; 1013 K]
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Date: 1 Feb 2001
From: [email protected] (Nadia & Adam van Gaalen PA2AGA)
To:
Subject: [*] ][2Mac 2.1
][2Mac is a set of 3 applications, 1 for the Mac and 2 for the Apple-][,
that allow you to backup and restore Apple-][ floppies to/from a Mac.
The floppy-image is stored on the Mac in a format that is recognized by
IIe, the Apple //e emulator for the Mac, written by Victor and Vincent Tan
One of the users of ][2Mac even reported, that he has successfully
transferred DOS 3.3-, ProDOS- as well as Pascal-formatted disks from
his Apple //e to his Mac, and that he is using the diskimages now
on his Mac, in the IIgs emulator called 'Bernie ][ the Rescue'
(see: http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/).
Also... ][2Mac enables you to use a Macintosh to send out and receive
Apple-][-disks to and from your friends over the internet...
New in this version:
-][2Mac should now be able to use a KeySpan Serial-adapter (serial to USB
converter). Configure ][2Mac to 'Use The Mac's Printerport' from the
Special-menu, configure the KeySpan software to do the same by opening
the Control Panel Keyspan USA28 Assistant1 and then:
-Click on the Advanced Settings1 button
-Make sure the Emulate Printer Port1 option is active
-Connect the Apple-][ to port 1 of the KeySpan Serial Adapter
-Apple-c is now Apple-IIc in the Special menu.
-Fix for not being able to find the Preferences-file in a Mac that runs
both Mac OS 9.X and MacOS X.
-Fix for a bug that sometimes made the progressbar invisible (registered
versions only).
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/two-2-mac-21b.hqx; 203 K]
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Date: 1 Feb 2001
From: Bruce Grubb
To:
Subject: [*] Mac-Site-list, Version 4.6.5
This is the latest edition (Feb 1, 2001) of the Mac-site-list and should
replace version 4.6.5 of the Mac-Site-list.
The Mac-Site-list lists over 120 mac anonymous ftp sites (some with notes),
over 100 Mac web pages, and contains some instructions on how to use anonymous
ftp and find files as well a format chart showing which programs decompress
and decode which files. Also there is a section on how to use certain files.
This archive contains both the text and html versions of
the Mac-Site-list.
To ensure that the columns in the Format Chart section line up correctly the
document's text must be in a monospaced font such as Courier 10pt, Monaco 9pt,
or a PC equivalent.
Changes: None;
Added sites/URLs: http://blackbox.50megs.com/; http://linuxppc.org/;
http://www.adventuregamer.com/reviews/index.shtml; http://www.avault.com/;
Defunct sites/URLs: http://www.macgaming.com/;
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-site-list-465.hqx; 79 K]
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:24:35 -0800
From: Maurice Mike McNeil
To: "Gib Henry" ,
Subject: [A] 9.0.4 file sharing perpetually starting, never starts
Gib,
I have seen similar behavior - I would recommend two fixes. #1 update
to 9.1, #2 follow the suggestions from the previous post and remove
via the extensions managers any extensions you do not require or that
do not apply to your machine. 9.1 completely updates OpenTransport
and will probably solve the problem by brute force update
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:35:48 -0800
From: Maurice Mike McNeil
To: Donal Leader ,
Subject: [A] Icon Problems
At 12:41 PM +0000 1/31/01, Donal Leader wrote:
>single folder on my iMac now carries the printer icon. I installed Mac 9.0.4
Download TechTool from http://www.micromat.com/. Rebuild the desktop.
If that doesn't work you need to consider DiskWarrior and Norton
Utilities. I particularly like DiskWarrior and tend to run my cleanup
in the following sequence:
DiskWarrior
Norton Utilities Disk Doctor
TechTool
DiskWarrior rebuilds & optimizes the directory structure from
scratch. Norton fixes the files. Techtool rebuilds the desktop from
scratch. From scratch is important because rebuilding a corrupt
desktop [e.g. holding down command option on boot] just gets you
another corrupt desktop.
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:32:14 -0800
From: Maurice Mike McNeil
To: Vincent Cayenne ,
Subject: [A]: Location Manager won't open "Modem" & "Remote Access"
At 11:28 PM -0500 1/26/01, Vincent Cayenne wrote:
>Any ideas on why this might be? And a fix?
>
>I can, of course, open the Control Panels in question normally, make
>configuration changes, and use the Location Manager "Apply" button
>thereafter. I just would like the streamlined functionality back...
Any chance that the extensions are not "on" in the extensions manager?
There was a conflict reported with OS 9 and Retrospect Remote that
caused difficulty with changing to Remote Access via Location
Manager. You may have a similar conflict. If you have the option of
upgrading to 9.1 it might solve the problem. 9.1 has a new version of
ARA [4.0] and OpenTransport [2.7].
If you have recently installed software that includes extensions,
that is a likely culprit.
I have a similar configuration and love working with 320M of RAM
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:24:29 -0500
From: Ken Laskey
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] freezing from sleep under OS 9.1 [more]
Following up on my previous post, I found that the freeze occurs
(only?) if Appletalk is set to the IR port. I used to have it set to
the serial port for locations where I wasn't using Ethernet but when
I got a Palm, its software started the Serial Port monitor and there
was no way to quit it. So every time I did a Location Manager
switch, I had a delay while it generated the port busy error, and I
changed those locations to IR just to avoid that hassle. (I've since
started using Palm Synch-and-Quit from the Info-Mac archive and no
longer have the busy port problem.) I verified the problem by
choosing a location where Appletalk was set to Ethernet, slept the
computer, woke it up successfully, changed Appletalk to the IR port,
slept the computer again, and then tried to wake it and watched it
freeze when the desktop picture was displayed but before the drive
mounted.\
If this is indeed the problem, I now know how to avoid it, but are
there any guesses why the problem exists at all?
--
Ken Laskey
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:39:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "David L. Elliott"
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Mac G4 with Sun monitor?
Is it possible to use a Sun color monitor (Model GDM-1604B15) with
a Mac G4? Any idea about the cable required?
David L Elliott
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:41:04 -0500
From: Vincent Cayenne
To: The Info-Mac Network
Subject: Icon Problems
At 12:41 PM +0000 1/31/01, you (Donal Leader) wrote:
>Some time ago the IT person here installed a Phaser 850DP on the network.
>The software for the printer was loaded onto my iMac. Since then every
>single folder on my iMac now carries the printer icon.
I don't have a solution for you but... I faced the same scenario when
I tried to install the HP 4000 software on my Powerbook G3 Lombard. I
simply removed the HP desktop printer icon and rebuilt my desktop. I
tried on two separate occasions over two months apart with the same
result. Eventually, I believe I did a generic install, then went to
the setup in the chooser and changed the driver to the correct HP4000
from the PPD folder in System Folder/Extensions. I hope I'm getting
this right as I writing this from memory while on the train
mid-commute.
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:21:50 -0500
From: "Edward W. Ver Hoef"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Internet Explorer
I use Netscape as my normal web browser. However, there is a web site I would
like to visit which can only be viewed using Internet Explorer. I'm embarrassed
to say that I have not been successful in finding a site from which I can
download it. If anyone can point me to one I'd be most appreciative. TIA
Ed Ver Hoef
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:52:07 +0100
From: muki pakesch
To: MGC , [email protected]
Subject: Some help!!
At 12:38 -0500 29.01.2001, MGC wrote:
>Please send me some information about this:
>
>How can i convert a TARGA 1000 movie from Adobe Premiere to Quitime ck format,
>so i can play it everywhere???
you need to recompress it using a codec that can be read everywhere
like animation, photo-jpeg
hth
cheers,
muki
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