Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 16:01:05 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #14
To: info-mac-list
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest"
--Info-Mac-Digest
Info-Mac Digest Mon, 15 Jan 96 Volume 14 : Issue 14
Today's Topics:
[*] CD Menu 1.3.2
[*] Control Strip Menu 2.3.1
[*] Decor 3.0
[*] DiskTracker 1.0.1
[*] Exercise Log 1.24
[*] GolfMeister 1.3
[*] INTERNET PRESS update - version 1.6
[*] MacBiznes: Economics Instructional Program
[*] MacDoom Review #4
[*] MapConvert 1.0 for HTML
[*] Memory Measure 1.3
[*] My Schedule's Keeper 2.0
[*] PPPThang
[*] SenseNet 3.1 FC Settings
[*] sunPATH
[*] The Untrue Zoo
(no subject) (2 msgs)
28.8 Modem Questions
5200 + Synchronize + MacOs
[A] Background off in Netscape >1.0N on B&W Mac?
[A] Using Syquest on a PC Network
[Q]: System Updates
[Q] Small scanning program
A !TYC
ABC Flowchart Files on Mac
beta testers wanted
BINHEX for DOS
CGI, HTML and Netscape questions
Creating Web Pages
DeskWriter 540 !!!HELP PLEASE!!!
directory info into FTP
Driver Support for Canon BJ-200?
Eudora and AIX 3.2.5
Eudora Probs with 5300c, 7.5.2 update & RAM Doubler
Info-Mac Digest V14 #13 (2 msgs)
ISDN Info (2 msgs)
More ISDN Info/Clarifications
Problems with IM digest?
pulldown menus
Question re Linking Macs
Retrospect 3.0 freezes (2 msgs)
SE/30 and external monitor?
The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of:
Bill Lipa, Gordon Watts, Liam Breck, Igor Livshits, Adam C. Engst
The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around
the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try:
Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/.
Administrative queries & info:
Articles for digest publication:
Files for inclusion:
To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and
segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to
and upload it to:
As with emailed submissions, non-text files must be binhexed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
--Info-Mac-Digest
Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------"
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V14 #14"
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:22:37 -0600
From: [email protected] (Henrik Eliasson)
Subject: [*] CD Menu 1.3.2
Here's version 1.3.2 of CD Menu. This version fixes a bug that caused the
Marathon 2 Demo (among others) to crash if CD Menu was loaded.
CD Menu is a control panel which provides an easy-to-use interface for
controlling audio CD's through a menu next to the Help and Application
menus. It has hotkeys which allows stopping, starting, fast playing forward
and backward, pausing and ejecting of a CD by pressing a user-configurable
key combination. It can also start to play an audio CD as soon as it is
inserted.
Enjoy!
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cd-menu-132.hqx; 56K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:21:03 -0600
From: Victor Tan
Subject: [*] Control Strip Menu 2.3.1
Hello everyone,
this is version 2.3.1 of Control Strip Menu. Please replace all previous
versions in the archive with this version.
Control Strip Menu is a control strip module that puts a hierarchical
menu of your favorite files and folders on your control strip. This lets
you access files, folders and applications with just a click or drag! You
can drag items to copy, move, or make aliases to them. Control Strip Menu
works the way you want it to because it can be customised in a multitude
of ways.
REQUIREMENTS:
This module works on desktop Macs, portable Macs, and PowerMacs. System
7.0 or later is required. Macintosh Drag and Drop (which is built into
System 7.5 or later) is highly recommended.
ABOUT THIS VERSION:
This is a minor new version. It has these bug fixes and improvements
since the last version, v2.3:
* fixed a bug stopping you from clicking icons after you change
the Items Folder
* now processes clicks even if the icon display needs updating
(it's first updated, and the click then processed)
* improved (again) so that it displays big menus properly
(instead of showing "A")
* opening any disk alias (including network disks) was broken
in 2.3. Fixed
* simultaneous release of English, German and Italian versions
Please see the included Read Me files for all the details.
Control Strip Menu is shareware.
Enjoy,
Vincent.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-strip-menu-231.hqx; 328K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-strip-menu-231-it.hqx; 334K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:21:13 -0600
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] Decor 3.0
This is version 3.0 of Decor, my shareware extension to display
background pictures.
Here are the main changes since 2.7:
- New, more compact, interface.
- New smart installer.
- New documentation.
- Option to wait until the user is idle before changing the picture.
- Option to not report minor errors, or to log them to a file.
- And more.
Requires System 7, a 68020 or PowerPC processor, and 32 bit QuickDraw.
$10 Shareware.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/decor-30.hqx; 621K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/decor-30-fr.hqx; 607K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:22:57 -0600
From: [email protected] (Mark Pirri)
Subject: [*] DiskTracker 1.0.1
DiskTracker is an extremely powerful and flexible disk cataloging and
management system. It combines a huge feature set with a really easy to
use Mac-like interface. With DiskTracker, you can quickly and easily
create a catalog of every file on every one of your floppy disks, hard
drives, CD-ROMs, optical drives, servers, or whatever. Naturally,
DiskTracker can read into StuffIt and Compact Pro archives and
self-expanding applications.
After scanning your disks, you can then search the catalog at unbelievable
speeds with the powerful searching facility (including multi-parameter and
duplicate file searching). You can easily create professional looking disk
labels with the built in disk labeling facility and label template
designer.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-tracker-101.hqx; 756K]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-tracker-101-updt.hqx; 297K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:23:08 -0600
From: Maurits Vanderveen
Subject: [*] Exercise Log 1.24
[Archived as /info-mac/data/exercise-log-124-hc.hqx; 220K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:23:26 -0600
From: [email protected] (Dave Smith)
Subject: [*] GolfMeister 1.3
GolfMeister is a program used to record and analyze golf scores. It keeps
statistics on such things as greens in regulation, drives in fairway,
eagles, birdies etc.
This is the latest (1.3) version. It has several new features (more stats)
and some bug fixes. Check th Read Me file for details.
It is shareware ($20 Cdn, $15US).
Thanks.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/golf-meister-13.hqx; 220K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:24:31 -0600
From: [email protected] (Kevin Savetz)
Subject: [*] INTERNET PRESS update - version 1.6
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-press-16.txt; 19K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:21:36 -0600
From:
Subject: [*] MacBiznes: Economics Instructional Program
MacBiznes is the computer software part of an instructional package
developed for use in an introductory, college-level economics course. The
computer program was designed to be used with a student workbook; it is
unlikely to be useful by itself. The included readme and sample exercise
contain enough to evaluate the program and explain how one obtains the
complete documentation.
The program was originally developed in the early 1980s, and Apple II and
DOS versions were sold commercially for about ten years. The Mac version is
new, but is now the only version available.
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-biznes.hqx; 100K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:24:47 -0600
From: [email protected] (Dave & Jacqui Kramer)
Subject: [*] MacDoom Review #4
MacDoom Review is a free unofficial e-zine for fans of Doom and Doom II on
the Macintosh.
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/mac-doom-review-004.hqx; 1334K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:20:46 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jeff Barnum)
Subject: [*] MapConvert 1.0 for HTML
When they announced the specs for Netscape 2.0, my heart lept for joy.
Imagine: having a clickable image map within your document without having
to reference it to a server! Being able to see the URL as you pass your
mouse over the clickable area! Quicker response times from notoriuosly
slow servers!
And then, it hit me: How are we supposed to create these map files?
WebMap doesn't support them?
Amidst growing panic and despair, I wrote MapConvert, a simple AppleScript
applet which converts NCSA imagemap files to Client Side Image Map HTML
tags.
MapConvert is karmaware, which means that upon repeated use you must do at
least one nice deed a day.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/map-convert-10-as.hqx; 39K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:21:58 -0600
From: Haakon Stoedle
Subject: [*] Memory Measure 1.3
Memory Measure is a stack that will test your memory using 11 tests. These
tests
will test your ability to associate, remembering numbers, letters, locations,
short poems, and much more. When the testing is done, a rating between 0 and
100
will be given to you, where 100 is best and 0 is worst.
This version adds a test and fixes a bug.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/memory-measure-13-hc.hqx; 62K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:23:49 -0600
From: Danny Stoll
Subject: [*] My Schedule's Keeper 2.0
Due to significant user response, My Schedule's Keeper 2.0 is now
released with enhanced features and improvements. My Schedule's
Keeper is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) capable of keeping
track of one's daily schedule, notes, to do list, and important
reminders. Version 2.0 allows for a user defined address book and
e-mail application to be launched from the MSK Controls Palette.
Users may also set their own reminder sounds or record their own.
Version 2.0 also improves the handling of reminders by allowing the
user to view and delete all set reminders. The To Do list has been
improved allowing for automatic carryover of undeleted items. A
Preferences window has been added allowing the user to customize the
application. Download this program today and discover why My
Schedule's Keeper has become a popular and inexpensive alternative
to commercial products. This is shareware, $10.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/my-schedules-keeper-20.hqx; 912K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:24:16 -0600
From: Nick King
Subject: [*] PPPThang
An application to toggle the state of MacPPP, my first attempt at programming.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/ppp-thang.hqx; 499K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:24:39 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jonathan Au)
Subject: [*] SenseNet 3.1 FC Settings
Please download for your own use. You may give a copy to a friend, but please
don't post it to other systems without first obtaining our promotional message
[E-mail an administrator]. The new settings file will greatly enhance your
online experiance with SenseNet! Please download it and enjoy! NOTE: You
should increase FirstClass' memory to at least 2MB. due to the large amount of
graphics.
Thank you for your assistance on this matter.
Jonathan Au
SenseNet. System Administrator
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/sense-net-31-fc.hqx; 1467K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:20:55 -0600
From: David Parrish
Subject: [*] sunPATH
sunPATH is Sun Tracking Software for Film, Video and Photo Professionals.
The sunPATH software for the Macintosh, tracks the position of the sun for
any day, anywhere on earth.
EXTENSIVE LOCATION DATABASE - more than 39,000 locations worldwide (Time
Zone, Standard Time Info, Magnetic Declination and Coordinates)
DETAILED PRINTED REPORTS - fast to reference charts and an easy to
visualize plot of the sun=BCs path during the day. No need to take your
expensive computer on location.
sunPATH Copyright 1991-95, David Parrish
All Rights Reserved
=46or More Information:
WIDE SCREEN SOFTWARE
Internet: [email protected] or AOL: wSsoftware
(818) 764-3639
DEMO VERSION - The demo version of sunPATH has a limited number of
locations in the database. The demo will only calculate the sun=BCs positio=
n
for the first three days of the month.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/sun-path-demo.hqx; 332K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:22:16 -0600
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] The Untrue Zoo
The enclosed hypermedia freeware, "The Untrue Zoo," was created with the
nifty new freeware hypermedia construction kit, "MediaLink." Kindly place
this file in the education folder of Info Mac.
Cheers,
- Phil Shapiro
Washington DC
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/untrue-zoo.hqx; 555K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 21:08:26 +0000
From: daniel naden
Subject: (no subject)
Where can I locate Internet Memory 1.5? Thanks, and have a great day!
dan naden
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 17:39:53 0000
From: Michael Berrigan Clark
Subject: (no subject)
I am looking for software for a MAC (Centris 650) that works like Demo
II or Powerpoint software for Windows. I will be teaching a class using
a MAC instead of Windows and I need to capture screens for Internet
instruction.
Thanks for your help.
Michael B. Clark
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:13:42 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: 28.8 Modem Questions
After following the ongoing Info-Mac discussions on 28.8kbps modems, I
sent the following two messages to Supra Tech Support. They have not yet
replied, and in the meantime perhaps some Info-Mac reader can shed light
on these issues.
------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
My wife and I are just about to take the plunge on a 28.8kbps v.34 modem,
and are seriously considering the top-of-the-line Supra. However, we are
also impressed that the competing US Robotics model is flash-ROM
upgradable to 33kbps and above.
As industry standards are set for the higher speeds and protocols, can -
and more importantly, *will* - the Supra be upgradable via the same types
of publicly-posted ROM loads?
Also, what is the version number of your latest flash ROM update?
Assuming we decide on the Supra, if our out-of-the box modem is already
(slightly) behind the times, we would like to obtain the appropriate file
from your ftp site, and re-program the ROMs.
Likewise, what is the version number of the latest AppleTalk Remote
Access (ARA) driver for this modem? If it is not included with the
package, we would like to obtain this as well.
Best regards,
Mark E. Ingram
-------------
Subject: Re: 28.8 Modem Questions
We are having the opportunity to test a brand-new-out-of-the-box Supra
FAXmodem 288, and even though we have tried both the Supra ARA CCL 1.0/2.0
(version 7.4) that came with the modem, and a version 7.4.3 that we
downloaded from your ftp site, we have *problems*:
The modem refuses to connect to an ARA server having a Supra 14.4 LC, and
to another one having a Boca 14.4 (Rockwell chip set). In both cases,
there are some tones exchanged between the modems, but ultimately the 288
ends up issuing a final continuous tone that persists until the script
times out.
Yet, both my own Supra FAXmodem 14.4 and a Hayes Accura will connect just
fine to *both* of these ARA servers! What exactly is going on here?
Note: All the diagnostics from the whole series of ATi commands return good
values.
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 23:22:40 +0100
From: [email protected] (Kay Johansson)
Subject: 5200 + Synchronize + MacOs
Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a kind of "FAQ" about the 5200.
I would also like to have some suggestion about a good
synchronization program, cause I've totally lost control over
my transfers from home to office and vice versa. And finally,
I know there's a Maillist discussing MacOs, but I can't find it.
If someone could help me with these questions I'll be very glad.
Kay Johansson
Audio Visual Impact
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 12:37:01 +1030
From: [email protected] (John Latimer)
Subject: [A] Background off in Netscape >1.0N on B&W Mac?
I received 3 helpful replies from [email protected], [email protected]
and [email protected]. Particular thanks to [email protected]
for this solution which works perfectly with Netscape 1.12 (current release
version). I feel slightly foolish for not having figured it out for myself
}:-)
You can disable the background colors that come in pages, simply by
going into the Options Preferences Colors in Netscape 1.1 or in Netscape
2.0b5, Options:Preferences:General:Colors. In either case, you use your
own custom color being white or black for your B & W monitor. Remember,
when you select on the colorbox in the preferences, that the way you choose
white is to set the brightness all the way up, and black to set the
brightness all the way down in the color wheel. That is controlled by the
brightness scrollbar.
Of course you will want the background to contrast with the text, and you
can use whatever mode you like best. Custom colors override background
colors of other pages only if you say "Always use mine" with the radio
button.
Dr John Latimer [email protected]
Research Fellow, Dept of Obs & Gynae, Uni of Adelaide
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 08:59:56 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [A] Using Syquest on a PC Network
> I want to use my Syquest 200 MB drive on an IBM compatible
> PC network running Novell net 4.1 and Windows NT 3.51. I will
> use the Syquest cross platform between my MAC and the PC with
> a PC formatted cartridge. I can't use Syquest technologies
> SCSI.EXE suite of programs and drivers because I can not modify
> any .bat, .ini or config.sys files.
> What I'm looking for is a utility
> thatwould let the Syquest drive be recognized as a "guest" with
> a temporary drive assignment that would execute from an
> application. Does anyone have experience in these areas or can
> anyone make a recommendation?
> Thanks!
> Michael Lemke
> [email protected]
Michael,
Posting to the following list may not solve your problem, but it
definitely helped me with some Mac/LANtastic problems that related to
networking in a manner (seemingly) analagous to yours:
"[The] Net-Troubleshooting [mailing list is] ... an Online Discussion
Group to Help You Debug Network Problems and Products....
"This list is hosted and moderated by The AG Group, Inc.. It is intended
to be a forum where network managers and administrators, regardless of
experience can: [etc.]"
You must be subscribed to the list in order to post: [email protected]
In the body of an e-mail message: SUBSCRIBE Net-Troubleshooting
This list *seems* to be Mac-centric.
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:12:50 -0800
From: [email protected] (L. M. Nelson)
Subject: [Q]: System Updates
I have recently seen a number of shareware programs that require system
7.1.1 or higher. Is there an update to this version available anywhere to
us system 7.1 users? Or do we need to go to 7.5 and fork out the extra
cash? I personally wouldn't mind the cost so much as the trouble of
customizing a brand new system (I am very happy with 7.1!!)
Any Ideas?
L. Mills Nelson
Vancouver, BC Can
e: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:34:13 +0000
From: [email protected] (Doug Brouwer)
Subject: [Q] Small scanning program
*This message was sent using a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) SMTPGate*
I use a UMAX Vista S-6 scanner. One of the things I use it rather frequently
for
is scanning documents for faxing. What I'm looking for is a rather small
application which will scan with an Apple compatible scanner and from which I
can "print" for faxing. Right now I have to use Photoshop which seems like
extreme overkill, not to mention the huge ram commitment. Any leads would be
greatly appreciated
Thanks, Doug
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 09:30:26 +0100
From: [email protected] (Joern Wennerstroem)
Subject: A !TYC
Hello netters,
A little while ago I sent a query to InfoMac about an extension called
!TYC. I havent read the latest digest intensively but a search for the
phrase !TYC on those did'nt produce anything. I checked a URL I got from
TidBits about a server in Australia:
http://wais.sensei.com.au/archives/infomac/
This server stores all InfoMac Digest in a searchable form. I did a search
and found the following info about !TYC
(...)
>System Update 3.0, Thread Manager 2.0.1, and AppleSearch 1.0.1 patch. You can
>find them in the >following places:
>/mac/sys.soft/7.system.updates/system-update-3-0-800.hqx
>/mac/sys.soft/7.system.updates/system-update-3-0-1400-2.hqx
>/mac/sys.soft/7.system.updates/system-update-3-0-1400-1.hqx
>/mac/sys.soft/7.system.updates/system-update-3-0-read-me.hqx
>/mac/sys.soft/netcomm/applesearch-1-0-1-patch.hqx/mac/sys.soft/thread-manager-2
>-0-1.hqx
>Following is information on System Update 3.0.
(...)
>- Updates the PowerPC Enabler to version 1.0.1 for use with the Power
>Macintosh 6100, 7100, and >8100. This new version fixes a problem with some
>large monitors connected to the AV video card, >improves Energy Star
>compatibility for certain monitors connected to the built-in video port,
>>updates the Communications Toolbox, fixes an occasional memory manager
>problem, improves the >serial port performance, improves the video quality of
>the High Performance Video card in certain >situations, and preserves the "
>Playthrough" and " CD Audio In" settings in the Sound Control panel >across
>reboots. The PowerPC Enabler also supersedes the files " !TYC" and " !PowerAV
>Update" >(and the Installer will delete them).
------------------------
I still don't know exactly what !TYC does for a living, short of it having
something to do with video/monitors/communications toolbox/memory/serial
port/audio!?! A Conflict Catcher check doesn't give much info either - file
type: INIT, creator: ???? An Apple person should know.
On the Australian server was a URL to a server in Canada:
http://cs.uregina.ca/comp/mac/search-infomac.shtml
I tried both machines and found the search time slightly longer on the
machine 'down under' but it produced three hits on the search for !TYC
whereas the canadian produced only one. As far as I could make out from a
hasty test, the search engine on the aussie is WAIS-based, on the canadian
it is basically a Gopher-like search engine.
Anyway - KUDOS to the people who run those machines and keep the info
available to the rest of the community.
Joern Wennerstroem
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 07:57:16 PST
From: "Eric Schweitzer"
Subject: ABC Flowchart Files on Mac
Due to some really foolish management decisions, I have nearly 50 files on a
company server in ABC Flowchart (for Windows) format. There are several of us
Mac users who need to access them.
I cannot locate a translator for ABC Flowchart files in MacLink, etc. Anyone
have any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
------------------------------
Date: 15 Jan 1996 16:02:41 -0500
From: [email protected] (Dreuters)
Subject: beta testers wanted
If you are interested in beta testing Macintosh software for Arcada
Software, please respond via internet email to [email protected] or fax to
(805) 544-9209 Attention Mac QA.
Thanks.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 16:05:00 GMT
From: [email protected] (Curt Guldenschuh)
Subject: BINHEX for DOS
From: [email protected]
Sirs...I'm attempting to obtain some info in reference to BINHEX for DOS
platform. Are the BINHEX algorithms publicly available? Is there some
way I can obtain the latest version of BINHEX for DOS? Any info you
choose/are able to supply is appreciated.
Curt Guldenschuh
CEGUL Software
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:34:47 -0500
From: [email protected] (William McAuliff)
Subject: CGI, HTML and Netscape questions
Shari,
The particular (method=post action=="mailto:etc..) that you described in
your info-mac posting is one way to get back form results without having a
cgi program process the form results. In my forms and form action, I
utilize a simple cgi program that formats the information (tears off all
the % signs and other gibberish) before e-mailing the info to me. The
reason you see it saying sent from Mozilla is that the Netscape browser is
the program/app that is sending the form info to you. There isn't anything
wromg or unethical about what is taking place.
To give an example, if you were to just type:
blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%b
lah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%blah%bl
ah%blah%
then that is what the browser will return using a simple _mailto:_ action
without requiring any cgi-bin access or privledges. If, on the other hand,
you said to a friend," Please give the form info, but I want you to clean
up the appearance so I can make better sense of it," then you have done
what in essence a cgi program, like formmail.pl, does.
You would get:
name=blah
date=blah
e-mail=blah
product=blah
quantity=500
or whatever you specify the values of the fields to be.
The only thing is that you need to have access to the program, either on
your own web server (if you are lucky to have one), or through your ISP.
The latter is the case with me. I must get a copy of formmail.pl, or some
other cgi program that does what I want, configure it to the location of my
web directory, and then I can process my own forms.
There are some publicly available cgi programs, as well as sites that don't
mind other people accessing their server to process forms; I can't seem to
locate the names of those sites at this moment- perhaps some other
info-mac'r can help or you can do a search on Yahoo for public sites and
cgi.
You might check out this url for starters-
http://thunder.cc.umr.edu/
it is supposed to be a public cgi server, but I would look into it further.
Two books I will recommend are "Teach yourself Web Publishing with HTML in
a week", by Laura Lemay (she now has a few others on related subjects), and
"HTML and CGI UNLEASHED" by John December and Mark Ginsburg. Both books are
invaluable tools to understanding all aspects of web page construction,
regardless of the platform you are using.
After using BBEdit Lite and its html extensions up until now, I,too, have
started using PageMill (mainly for the futre upgrade to SiteMill) to do my
web pages. I will still have to rely on BBEdit for aspects of authoring
that PageMill doesn't support. I suppose that future versions of PageMill
will allow you to describe the form action with greater variation, but I
think that there are just too many different things a web author might want
a form or pages to do to have an application write a one size fits all cgi
program.
I hope that I wasn't too long winded in answering your questions, and I
hope I have indeed answered them. Feel free to e-mail me if there is
anything else you might want to know. I only get to read info-mac digests
occasionally- they are piled up in my mailbox- so I probably won't see
another question here for awhile after it has been posted.
Good Luck-
Bill McAuliff
From: [email protected] (Tito Poza and Shari Custer-Poza)
Subject: CGI, HTML and Netscape
I hope this isn't an inappropriate question for Info-Mac ..... The results
of these forms are sent to them via e-mail using:
The e-mail message with results they receive is sent from "Mozilla" (and is
a mess, I'll grant you) so I assume it is processed through Netscape
somehow. My question is, is this riding on someone else's coattails? Is it
unethical or a part of Netscape service and an okay thing to do?
This has particularly been on my mind since trying out Pagemill which has
the ability to set up forms for Web pages but not make them do anything. If
Adobe could have programmed a button to add a simple line to mail results
to a specific address, why didn't they? Is it because of the above issue or
something my limited knowledge of HTML doesn't allow me to understand?
Thanks
Shari
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:37:29 +0000
From: [email protected] (Earle Martin)
Subject: Creating Web Pages
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 06:43:19 +0800
>From: [email protected] (Ariel Alampay)
>Subject: Creating Web Pages
>
>Does anyone know any shareware for creating web pages?
My recommendation is HTML Web Weaver by Robert C Best (I think it's on
Info-Mac somewhere).
Earle
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 16:10:18 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Steve Patterson)
Subject: DeskWriter 540 !!!HELP PLEASE!!!
HP's web pages offer no help for me! Can anyone help out - I am stumped.
Hardware - HP DeskWriter 540 (w color option)
- 6100 16/500 (300+megs unused)
- connected via serial cable through printer port
Software - HP printer software v. 6.0
- Sys. 7.5.1
- PowerPoint v.3
Tried so far (in order) - Boosted memory in HP Print Monitor to 500k,
Rebuild Desktop, Zap PRAM, re-install HP software, try with no extensions
loaded, re-format hard drive and re-install everything.
Symptoms - Send 13 page PowerPoint ver.3 doc to printer. Prints 1/3 page,
then get message to "bring printer to front" (HP Print Monitor). CPU then
hangs big-time (must turn off CPU to get control back). Tried again - hung
again.
Here's the wacky part -
Yesterday, I left the CPU in the hung state, went out for 3 hours, came
back to my office, did some paperwork for about an hour, and then, out of
nowhere, the printer came back on and printed all my docs, and the CPU
wasn't hung anymore.
I have NO problems at all with my Personal LW320, connected to the same
machine. I am at my wit's end, folks.
Advice much appreciated
Steve Patterson
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 20:04:45 -0800
From: [email protected] (Danny Skarka)
Subject: directory info into FTP
At the end of each listing is something like this:
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/name_of_file-demo.hqx; 391K]
Has anyone invented a script or other fast way of getting this into Fetch
or another FTP application (other then cut and paste)?
Dan Skarka
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:34:35 -0800
From: [email protected] (Michael Jones)
Subject: Driver Support for Canon BJ-200?
Short and sweet: I recently upgraded from the DOS world to the Mac. I am
attempting to connect my Canon BubbleJet (BJ-200) to the Power Mac -- the
physical connection is easy enough, but software driver support is wanting.
Canon USA's Web site is of little practical use, Canon Europe is OS/2 and
Win 95 oriented, and Canon France was the only site with the abiliity to
ask a question. The owner's manual contains addresses, but no phone
numbers. (I could sell the thing quicker than getting a response, I'm
sure...)
Any options available out there re: contacting Canon and/or downloading a
Mac driver for the BJ-200/BJ series?
Thanx.
Michael Jones, M.A. Program tel: (604) 291-3687
School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada email: [email protected]
V5A 1E6
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:46:07 +0200
From: [email protected] (Pascal Werz)
Subject: Eudora and AIX 3.2.5
This sure is a FAQ, but I looked around, and found nothing.
I would like to use Eudora Light on my AIX 3.2.5 server, but it is a POP2
only server, and Eudora only handles POP3.
Is there a way to trick Eudora? Or to turn my AIX server into a POP3?
Any help is welcome!
TIA.
Pascal Werz, smvi.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 12:26:39 -0600
From: [email protected] (Paul Kleeberg)
Subject: Eudora Probs with 5300c, 7.5.2 update & RAM Doubler
Just upgraded my PB 5300c with the update for system 7.5.2. The update
became available on www.support.apple.com January 8th. It is supposed to
make the 5300 run faster and fix a few problems (for the update see URL:
http://www.support.apple.com/pub/apple_ ... PowerBook/
PB_5300_SW_Update/PB_5300_SW_Update.txt).
The Update went fine and the machine seems to run faster, Netscape 2.0b5
runs fine as does fetch, and telnet but as soon as I try and startup Eudora
Pro I get the splash screen, the pendulum starts to swing and then the
machine locks - no mouse control or anything. Removing RAM Doubler 1.6.1
(my favorite program with which to have problems) is the only way I have
found yet to get Eudora to run. Thought I should report it in case anyone
else has encountered this. I have notified the folks at Qualcomm but the
problem was news to them.
Paul
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:08:00 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #13
>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:26:19 -0500
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: 2 Macs, i Printer
>I've never before had a Mac without a connected printer, but I do remember,
>in the dim, dark past when I had a dot-matrix printer, doing something or
>other so that I could put Mac II ci files on floppies, & the files would
>print properly on a friend's LaserWriter. I really don't mind sneaker-net or
>floppy-net until I set up the TAN
If you install Desktop Printing on both machines, it is even easier than
it used to be. In the Printing menu of the machine w/o the printer,
select Turn Off Print Queue. Then each time you print, a print file will
be stored in the print queue. At any time, you can double click the
printer icon and drag the print jobs from the print queue window to a
floppy. Then drag them from the floppy to the print queue window in the
2d computer having the printer attached.
Bob Stern
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:07:55 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #13
>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 09:40:40 -0500
>From: patrick mulvey
>Subject: DOS Card/Win95/MacShare?
>
>I installed Windows 95 on my PowerMac 6100/66 DOS Card in order to run
>FileMaker Pro 3.0. Several of my FMP files are larger than can fit on a
>floppy. Under Windows 3.1, a DOS program called MacShare.exe would allow
>you to view a designated folder on your Mac hard drive as a drive in
Windows.
>
>This allowed me to drop the files in that drive and then copy them to
>other media for backup or transfer to my client's site. MacShare does not
>appear to operate under Windows 95, so I seem to have lost this capability.
2 suggestions:
1. Apple's "Ask Apple" help line on EWorld often has excellent advice for
DOS Card problems.
2. I don't have Win 95 myself, but try creating a Drive D: hard drive
container and dragging the files into that. It is trickier than using
Mac Share, because you must be careful to turn off the PC before you
mount Drive D on your Mac desktop. You mount it by just double-clicking
the drive container. You put it away by dragging the mounted drive image
to the trash, similar to a drive image created by ShrinkWrap. I believe
I read somewhere that mounting a drive container on the Mac desktop while
the PC is running can cause file corruption.
Bob Stern
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:12:45 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: ISDN Info
On Sat, 13 Jan 1996 23:51:51 -0600, Monty Lee
wrote:
[...snip...]
> 1. Installing ISDN makes your analog phones unusable. To use an analog phone,
> you have to use a terminal adapter.[...snip...]
Many ISDN solutions, including some of the ones you mention, include the
network terminator type 1 (NT1) and terminal adapter (TA) in the same box,
and allow you to use one or both channels for analog phone equipment such
as phones, answering machines, modems, and fax machines.
Yes, you can use one channel for analog voice while using the other for
64kbps data.
Yes, you can access America Online via TCP/IP at 57.6kbps! (The AOL
mainframes are slow during peak periods, though.)
Yes, you COULD replace your current analog service with ISDN (but since it
isn't powered by the phone company, any power outage will knock out your
phone service, unless your NT1 and TA have backup power).
Yes, in the US, residential ISDN may be a little more expensive than 2
analog phone lines ($64/month from Southern Bell, compared to $25x2=$50),
but it includes most of the "optional" services such as caller ID, call
waiting (up to 64 of 'em, if you can handle 'em--and NO BEEPS!), call
transfer, call forward/busy, call forward/no answer, conference calling,
etc. etc. etc., at no additional charge, so the pricing may be cheaper than
2 similarly equipped conventional lines. In fact, for my business, ISDN is
CHEAPER than 2 plain business lines!
I pay $30/month for unlimited dial-up ISDN access via my internet provider.
> 2. The ISDN can be installed in your home using existing wiring (works
> great as a second line). However, home jacks are all RJ11. ISDN
> connectors are RJ45. Make sure you get an RJ45 jack or cord. So far,
> Radio Shack and other electronic companies I talked to (including those
> at MacWorld) do not have RJ11 to RJ45 adapters. In fact, many of the
> people I talked to at MacWorld think ISDN is a brand name (like IBM).
WRONG! You do NOT need RJ-45 jacks, which are simply fat, 8-wire versions
of the RJ-11. ISDN uses only TWO wires, just like Plain Old Telephone
Service (POTS). My local Radio Shack carries RJ-45 jacks and RJ-45 to
RJ-11 adapters, but I chose to use only RJ-11 plugs, which WILL plug just
fine into an RJ-45 receptacle (the innermost pair of wires in both wiring
systems is the active pair). And they're a LOT cheaper.
You can run your ISDN on the outer pair, and your POTS on the inner pair,
of your existing home wiring, using the standard RJ-11's throughout. Then
you can plug in a 2-line adapter (available from Radio Shack, it allows you
to plug different devices into lines 1 and 2 at the same physical location)
wherever you want to put your NT1/TA. [Note: this is assuming you're not
running LocalTalk over the outer pair of wires in your home or office;
standard LocalTalk connectors are set up to use this same method for using
your existing house or office wiring.]
> 3. After many calls, I find that ISDN equipment for the Macintosh is
> very sparse. Here is what I found:
[...snip...]
Well, you might tune in to the ISDN newsgroup for a broader outlook on
this; it's really not sparse, just a bit more expensive than a 28.8kbps
modem (let's say $350 as opposed to $200).
> Motorolla (http://www.mot.com) has the Bitsurfer for the PC. Motorolla
> was at MacWorld, and I talked to the ISDN expert (since no one from
> their ISDN sales has yet returned my calls). The 'expert' didn't have a
> clue about the Macintosh. She claimed that the PC version would work
> directly out to the box on the Mac. She forgot the cable is different,
> but didn't know what type of cable to use (high speed modem cable? or
> just a serial cable?). [...snip...]
This message comes to you via a Motorola BitSurfr "ISDN modem", using
Eudora on my Mac Duo 230, and MacTCP/MacPPP--and I can make a voice phone
call while I'm sending it. I can also use the analog/voice port for my
trusty old 14.4kbps modem, fax machine, answering machine....
Look, I have no connection with Motorola except as a satisfied customer,
but let me assure you, the BitSurfr works better on a Mac than on a PC!
The BitSurfr is sold with PC software, but of course you don't need it, and
other than the shareware/freeware you probably are alreadly using, you
don't need any other software for the Mac. In fact, if you already have a
PPP connection via modem, the changes are negligable (change the phone
number to the ISDN phone number for your provider, simplify the "modem"
init string to ATZ, and set the highest port speed you can set, up to
230,000bps for some AV PowerMacs.).
I connected mine with the same hardware-handshaking cable I use for my
modem. I configured it via a VT-100 terminal emulator (MicroPhone, etc.),
but there's really not much to configure, other than the phone company line
configuration (one time only, and they give it to you in writing). My
"modem" init string is ATZ (factory reset), to which I have chosen to add
E1 so I can see what I type if and when I use the mini-terminal (virtually
never).
Communications software, including MacTCP and MacPPP, just think it's
another modem (kinda fast one, though). Throughput depends on the speed of
the remote host and your provider, but for high-speed connections is
consistently rock solid at 57.6 kbps (higher if you have a PowerMac,
potentially up to 115kbps, or about 4 times the speed of a "high-speed"
28.8kbps modem). And there's no such thing as "noise" on an ISDN line; the
limiting factor is the slowest computer on the link (host or provider).
ISDN dials and connects almost instantly. Typically, I can log on and
start getting my mail within TWO AND A HALF SECONDS of pressing the "Open"
button on Config PPP (remember, ISDN is ALL DIGITAL, so there's no modem
training, handshaking, or negotiation, which adds about 30 seconds to the
log-on procedure). OK, on a slow day (maybe once a week), 3.5 seconds, but
NEVER longer.
> That's it. I hope this helps other potential ISDN users. If there are
> any Bitsurfer Mac users, I'd appreciate your help in suggestions on what
> to do. If anyone knows of a source of ISDN equipment, I'd again
> appreciate your help. Thanks.
Again, I'm in now way beholden to Motorola, but I'm delighted with my ISDN
connection via my BitSurfr. I recommend you get the new Pro; it's worth
the extra money, and allows you to use both channels for a 115kbps
connection, dropping back to 64kbps when you make or receive a voice phone
call, then returning to 115kbps after you hang up.
There are several other solutions, all more expensive, and for home use,
they're overkill (they generally require EtherNet, and some cost up to
$2,000; most are $750-$1500).
ISDN may be an interim step between modems and cable modems or asynchronous
transfer mode (ATM), but it's here now, and boy, is it nice. Hope this
helps. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:42:26 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: ISDN Info
On Sat, 15 Jan 1996 1:12 PM -0600, I wrote:
[...snip...]
> Well, you might tune in to the ISDN newsgroup for a broader outlook on
> this; it's really not sparse, just a bit more expensive than a 28.8kbps
> modem (let's say $350 as opposed to $200).
Sorry I didn't have access to the newsgroup name at the time, but it is
news://comp.dcom.isdn. There's also an EXCELLENT web resource for ISDN
info and links: Dan Kegel keeps his page current and updated at
http://alumni.caltech.edu:80/~dank/isdn/
Hope this helps even more. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:53:02 -0800 (PST)
From: [email protected] (Dan Schwarz)
Subject: More ISDN Info/Clarifications
Monty Lee presented an interesting article yesterday on ISDN equipment.
Although I don't own any ISDN adapters myself, I work closely with
several people who do, so I can provide some clarifications:
Regarding the "Terminal Adapter" (TA) required to use analog phone
equipment over an ISDN line- the Motorola Bitsurfr Pro units include
an analog phone jack, and you can run a standard telephone (or analog
modem!) over that phone jack. I assume that competitors' ISDN equipment
includes similar phone jacks.
The Motorola Bitsurfr and Bitsurfr Pro are not yet available in "Mac
versions" but they are definitely usable on the Macintosh. The only thing
you are missing is the GUI configuration software. The instructions
show you how to use a terminal program (i.e. ZTerm) to configure the
Bitsurfr, and since this is a one-time operation, it's tolerable.
You'll also need a Mac modem cable, but any high speed modem cable
should work.
Once you are up and running, the Bitsurfr looks like a standard modem
to your Macintosh, so you can use programs like FreePPP, MicroPhone Pro,
Zterm, etc. whatever your service provider supports.
-Dan
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 11:36:10 -0500
From: "Rick Q. Chin"
Subject: Problems with IM digest?
>> Surely someone else besides me must receive the Info-Mac Digest
>> (sumex-aim.stanford.edu) by e-mail to Emailer. It doesn't work!
>I receive the digest by Emailer as well, and have had the same problem. I've
either
>added the separators back in by hand, downloaded a fresh copy, or just used
the file
>as is, depending on my mood and available time.
>Interestingly enough, this is the only setext file I get that this happens
to.
>The TidBITS newsletter comes through just fine. Hopefully this will get fixed
in the
>next rev.
Well, if what I think is happening is really true, it's quite amazing
that it works for anyone with a MIME mail reader.
It looks to me like the managers of the mail list are using a crazy
boundary for their MIME mail formatting.
Content boundaries should be guaranteed to be unique within a mail
message. They are normally made up of text like "Emailer_81231276". In
other words, an random and unique number. They are normally generated on
the fly.
Take a look at the boundary definition posted by someone in an earlier
message:
>--Info-Mac-Digest
>Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------"
>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V13 #124"
The string of dashes are telling a MIME mail reader to strip any line
containing dashes since the line is to be used to indicate a boundary.
Additionally, the Content-Type and Content-Disposition lines are also
processed and removed by the mailer.
>From the previous messages, it sounds like the dashes are used within the
Setext formatted document.
Bottom line: This sounds like a problem with the mailing list and not
with Emailer.
Will
P.S. I don't visit here often. Please respond to [email protected] for a
quicker response.
[Ok -- here is the deal. The basic problem is that we have to produce a
digest that is both RFC compliant and MIME compliant (I don't recall the
RFC number off the
top of my head right now) as a large fraction of our readers use RFC
programs. The MIME bit was added last year, at the request of
users -- it was tested with Eudora (by the folks working on Eudora). We,
indeed, have had problems with it -- including some listservs that have
changed the "bounary" which has messed up some of our RFC readers.
We now have a new machine donated by AOL that we are setting up(slowly), and
the idea will be to have a number of versions of the digest, both in
content and formatting (MIME, RFC, etc. etc.). That way we can do the
MIME carefully, and correctly. -Gordon]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:00:36 -0700
From: [email protected] (joel southwick)
Subject: pulldown menus
Greetings everyone,
Does any one know if there is a method (cdev,app,init) which will
hold the pull down menus -down- like Windows does, then release with
another click? I seem top remember one from somewhere in some distant
place, (or was it a bad windoze dream). TIA
joel southwick
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 22:41:10 EST
From: John Dinan
Subject: Question re Linking Macs
======================================================================== 55
We just bought a new Performa 5300CD (Sys. 7.5.1) and want to do some
serious file transferring and sharing with our old LCII (Syst. 7.1). Can
anyone tell me the easiest way to link the two machines, or maybe direct
me to a good take-me-by-the-hand set of directions for doing so, including
what I need to buy? As an aside, would it be possible to play a network
game on the two machines, or is the LCII too hopelessly slow (its
sluggishness was the major reason we got the new PowerMac). Thanks for
your help.
John
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:12:08 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: Retrospect 3.0 freezes
On Fri, 12 Jan 1996 18:03:01 -0500, [email protected] (Chris Brannon) wrote:
>
> Whenever I try to backup my hard drives onto an APS HyperTape drive with
> Retrospect 3.0, my machine will freeze at some point during the process
> (anywhere from 5-20 minutes into the backup).
>
> This behavior does *not* happen with extensions disabled. Now, because I
> have so many extensions, and because it takes so long before the problem
> occurs, conflict testing is going to take a *long* time. Neither Dantz nor
> APS know what the conflict is, although they are interested in the
> solution. Before I lose a couple of days in testing, have any of you
> encountered this problem?
Oh, boy. I'm not the only one! Retrospect 3.0 crashes about 80% of the
time when it backs up my SE/30 server, running 7.5.1 with a minimum number
of extensions (since it's a server only). Often it gets as far as saying
the backup completed successfully.
I'm backing up to an APS 230-meg optical, formatted using FWB's HDT 1.6x
(NOT APS's formatter). I never had this problem with Retrospect 2.1 and
the same hardware/software combination.
I believe there's an elusive bug in Retrospect 3. I tried installing
MacsBug and have made one log, but it doesn't appear to pinpoint the
problem. I will attach it to a copy of this message and send it to Dantz
tech support. I've always found them to be more than helpful in the past.
Anyone else having related problems? Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
------------------------------
Date: 15 Jan 1996 15:46:58 -0400
From: "Steve Rothman"
Subject: Retrospect 3.0 freezes
Chris Brannon writes:
> Whenever I try to backup my hard drives onto an APS HyperTape drive
> with Retrospect 3.0, my machine will freeze at some point during
> the process (anywhere from 5-20 minutes into the backup).
>
> This behavior does *not* happen with extensions disabled. Now,
> because I have so many extensions, and because it takes so long
> before the problem occurs, conflict testing is going to take a
> *long* time.
I use a different drive (an HP-DAT 6 tape autoloader) with Retrospect but a
year ago I had similar problems and I know what you mean about conflict
testing being impractical. I just solved the problem by using Conflict Catcher
(any of the other init managers would do) to create a bare minimum system, and
then I would reboot into that set before I left for the night for the nightly
backups. Backups are too important and too time-consuming to worry about
lockups in the middle. And you don't need all those tricky inits while you're
doing the backup, anyway.
On a related topic: does anyone know of a mailing list or usenet group that
discusses Retrospect or Mac-specific backup topics? Retrospect 3.0 has a lot
of intriguing features and I'd like to swap tricks with other users... -SR
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:42:15 -0500
From: [email protected] (Nam-June Joe)
Subject: SE/30 and external monitor?
Are PDS graphics cards available for the SE/30? If so, what's out there, and
what size/bit depth monitors are
supported? Any information will be appreciated. Please send mail to:
[email protected]
--------------------------------
--Info-Mac-Digest--
End of Info-Mac Digest
******************************
Info-Mac
The original online Mac user community. Bringing Mac users together since 1984.