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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 12 Mar 96 Volume 14 : Issue 60
Today's Topics:
[*] Barrack Installer
[*] CD Clubs Super Pack
[*] David's Backgammon game
[*] DinosoType font
[*] Eartraining 2.2
[*] Firefly Frenzy
[*] InterSLIP Remote 1.2.1
[*] Mac-IBM-compare Version 2.0.8
[*] MacAsst Tips 3/96
[*] MacZine #8-an incredible e-zine !
[*] Marathon-Phile Juggler 1.7.1
[*] Marconi v2.01
[*] METER v1.1b
[*] MIP Feb/March 1996 (ITA)
[*] Motor Bike
[*] SerialKey 1.02
[*] Star Trek-TOS stack 3.0 (binhexed)
[*] Star Trek-VOY stack 3.0 (binhexed)
[*] Stefan's CD Menu Touchup
[*] Stefan's Finder Menus 1.1
[*] Stereo "Windchime Beep,"
[*] Sword Deam II demo
[*] The BeerStack update
[*] Tiles and Tribulation
[*] WordToTheWise.hqx
[*] Zap'T'Balls v6.0
(no subject)
[A] HP deskjet printer drivers
[Q] Modem Throughput
[Q] serial ports dead?
Any Programs for Creating Sheet Music?
A RAM question & GhostScript
Auto-Reply
CHRP
Displaying Web Images
Eudora ack (A?)
Eudora ack (Q) (2 msgs)
External Speaker Problem
Graphic Converter
Microsoft Graph 3.0 refuses to work
Need These Extensions?
Netscape saving text/images to view together, Help
No reply yet - where is System 7.5.3?
old old infomacs (A)
Playing AVI Movies
Powered by Apple
Recommended Servers in Seattle
Reliable used Macs
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:39 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Barrack Installer
Meticulously crafted by Greg Lovette, Barrack is a game that is hard to
pigeonhole. It exhibits a precarious balance between action and strategy;
thinking and reflex. The feeling you get from playing Barrack is an
eccentric harmony between the automatic, mind-numbing pleasure of Tetris
and the kind of action found in Maelstrom. The result is that you'll be
left with sweat on your brow.
Barrack's goal is deceptively simple; there are a number of balls on the
play field that are bouncing like a neurotic on a sugar rush. Your job is
to use your shooter to isolate them. Sounds easy, right?
It isn't. First of all, if a ball breaks your shooter's particle beam
before it tears through the play field, your shooter overloads and
explodes in a cascade of fire and scrap metal.
The second problem is that these aren't any ordinary balls. They have
more personalities than Sybil, and none of them are particularly
friendly. We'll leave the particulars up to your imagination for now, but
suffice it to say that these aren't the kind of balls you get from bubble
gum machines.
Oh, did we forget to mention the land shark? Bosco is a rare breed of
shark capable of rearranging his molecular structure at will. This
enables him to travel at quite a clip through otherwise solid substances.
If you don't pay attention while he closes in on your shooter, you may
end up being fish-bait. He's tenacious, voracious, and about every other
-acious you can think of, all rolled into one lean, mean,
shooter-munchin' machine.
Barrack features stunning artwork, intense action, vibrant 8-channel
stereo sound effects, and the addictiveness that comes standard in an
Ambrosia game.
Price: $15.00
Requires: 256 Color Screen, 13" or Greater; 040 or PowerPC recommended
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/barrack-100.hqx; 3993K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:47 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] CD Clubs Super Pack
Jason Hirschhorn's Super CD Clubs Filemaker Pro 3 PACK.
This was made for Filemaker Pro 3 for Macintosh but Windows
can convert it.
Package includes:
1. BMG/CH Account Info Template
-it keeps track of all purchases
-discs purchased in total and on each account,
-avg price paid per disc on all accounts and total.
2. Columbia House catalog of nearly 10,000 releases (sorted by First Name)
3. BMG Catalog of nearly 5,000 releases (Sorted By Last Name)
4. CDHQ Catalog of over 5,000 releases (Sorted by First Name)
5. CD CLUB FAQ
Written by Bradley Von Haden, this is the most extensive explanation of
how the clubs work and how to get the most for you money! READ THIS!
Stop by the CD CLUB WEB SERVER http://www.inch.com/~jasonh/cdclubs
ENJOY! This is freeware...but i would appreciate comments.
P L E A S E S E N D F E E D B A C K to Jason Hirschhorn.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mischief Software 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/data/cd-clubs-super-pack-fm.hqx; 3704K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:38 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] David's Backgammon game
David's Backgammon is a full featured backgammon game for the Macintosh. It
requires System 7 and can use both the Speech Manager and Macintalk. It
supports both color and B&W monitors. This version does not allow all games
to be finished.
David
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/davids-backgammon.hqx; 325K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:45 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] DinosoType font
DINOSOTYPE - MAC POSTSCRIPT TYPE 1 FONT
In place of dull usual characters, get these very live DINOSAURS. They now
pop up under all the keys of the keyboard. Looks great at all point sizes,
even 200 or 400. Better outlines, and more dinosaurs. A real best-seller,
tens of thousands downloads on on-line services ! Version 2, replace all
previous versions. Shareware $5. Upon registration, you can receive more fun
fonts (Hieroglyphs, Mr Potato, Alphabetizer, etc.), or many more fonts,
including dozen of other original fonts, or foreign (Czech, Japanese Kanas,
Turkish, Polish, Russian, Roumanian, Slovak, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew,etc.).
Abundant documentation enclosed, and extensive Q&A troubleshooting
information.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/dinoso-type-ps.hqx; 322K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/dinoso-type-tt.hqx; 287K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:41 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Eartraining 2.2
This program is an eartraining program for the Apple Macintosh.
It helps you to practice intervals, chords, scales and perfect pitch.
You can use either the Mac itself or MIDI* for sound output.
A statistics shows you which answers were right and which weren't.
For more information please read "About Eartraining" and just check out the
program yourself. I hope you'll enjoy it!
*You need OMS 2.0 or higher (from Opcode, e.g. at http://www.opcode.com) to
use MIDI.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/ear-training-22.hqx; 357K]
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/ear-training-22-de.hqx; 359K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:33 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Firefly Frenzy
Firefly Frenzy is program for anyone who likes fast action combined with
brilliant animation. You get to live the life of a firefly, zipping
through midnight forests, twilight skies, evening meadows and more. Each
level (42 in all) is different. Some levels feature cloud mazes while
others pit you against sumo wrestling lightning bugs. There are pee wee
rounds and stampedes to contend with as well as the occasional crazed
jumping fly. The game is non-violent in content and it's great fun for
both children and adults. Firefly Frenzy is part of an effort to bring
quality, fun games to the public in the form of ShareWare.
Shareware fee:$15
Greg Katsoulis ([email protected])
HERE software
127 Upham Street
Melrose MA 02176
[Archived as /info-mac/game/firefly-frenzy.hqx; 2672K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:55 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] InterSLIP Remote 1.2.1
About InterSLIP Remote (excerpt from the documentation)
With InterSLIP Remote you can control InterSLIP. You still need InterSLIP;
InterSLIP Remote is just an addition.
InterSLIP Remote has four main features which InterSLIP Control and
InterSLIP Setup does not have: with InterSLIP Remote you can measure the
time you are connected to the Internet, it can redial (this feature can be
turned on or off) if the modem of your provider is busy, it keeps a
detailed log of all your connects/disconnects and connection times, and
last but nor least it is scriptable.
Version Overview
1.2.1
- hopefully fixed the Preferences-dialog-bug in the 68k-version
- corrected Readme-file
Matthias
........................................................................
Matthias & Manfred Wuttke E-Mail: [email protected]
Hilterweg 14 [email protected]
D-33803 Steinhagen Phone: +49 (0) (5204) 8502
Germany
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
URL: http://www.kagi.com/authors/matthias/
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/inter-slip-remote-121.hqx; 133K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:23 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac-IBM-compare Version 2.0.8
This is version 2.0.8 of this report & should replace the previous
version of mac-ibm-compare.hqx.
The Mac-IBM-compare sheet compares the Mac and IBM machines CPUs,
hardware {monitor support and expansion}, operating systems {includes
number crunching}, networking & printing; it covers not only present
hardware/software statistics and features but also future possibilities.
Despite its condensed and generalized format it still provides some thought-
provoking reading on the relative merits, problems, and deficiencies of Macs
and IBM PCs. It also contains some FAQ answers about both machines and
the PowerPC line.
A more detailed PC OS sheet is planned by [email protected] for the
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware FAQ and is maintained by him.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-ibm-compare-208-html.hqx; 35K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:20 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAsst Tips 3/96
This is the latest issue of the hot new newsletter "MacAssistant Tips and
Tutorial".
This month the newsletter is dedicated to making that first internet
connection. What software is needed and the other items that you need to
know before connecting for the first time.
The MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter only has tips and tutorials
plus an occasional puzzle. I do not do reviews in this newsletter. While
reviews are useful, I feel that a newsletter that actually tells you how
to use your your Mac more effectively is much more useful to the novice
and intermediate users. It includes many tips about using your Mac and
even a puzzle when you need to take a break. The tutorials are
accompanied by graphics that help to understand the article. This is a
shareware product that has even more information and tips for those that
register. This is a short, fascinating download well worth the time.
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!
_________________________________________________________________________
Steve Mack MacAssistant Consulting
MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial
Subscribe to the MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter
_________________________________________________________________________
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mass/mac-assistant-tips-96-03.hqx; 213K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:26 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacZine #8-an incredible e-zine !
Hello,
here is issue number eight of MacZine, the first italian e-zine dedicated
to the shareware world of Macintosh.
In every issue you will find reviews and articles about the best shareware
and freeware programs for Macintosh.
In this issue you will find the reviews of:
Easy Incredible Magic
Short Circuit
Clouds
Jade
Symbionts
StuffIt Lite
Best Fit
MacZine is freeware and is produced with DocMaker so you will need no other
program to read it.
Download, read and ENJOY!
Ciao!
Aaron Ghirardelli
MacZine Coordinator
[Archived as /info-mac/per/macz/maczine-008-it.hqx; 742K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:38 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Marathon-Phile Juggler 1.7.1
This is the latest version of my program, Marathon-Phile Juggler it fixes a
bug that caused sets not to display properly.
What is it?
Marathon-Phile Juggler is a program designed to manage your Marathon files.
I wrote it because I was not satisfied with any of the current file
managers. One unique feature is that you have the ability to save your sets
as double-clickable icons. Another is a feature that tells Marathon where
to look for its resources-no longer will you have make copies of your files
for each patch or combination of patches you want to apply.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/marathon-phile-juggler-171.hqx; 144K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:50 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Marconi v2.01
Marconi is a simple and very easy to use off-line reader for internet
newsgroups. With Marconi you can download your news and read it and reply
off-line. You can also download only the subject.
What's New? New reply button, fixed bug on follow-up, arrow key now
availlable for navigation
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/marconi-201.hqx; 682K]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/marconi-201-ppc.hqx; 914K]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/marconi-201-hc.hqx; 129K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:10 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] METER v1.1b
METER is an all-in-one control panel providing everything you need to track
(and bill for) work time on a single Mac, or across an AppleTalk network.
* Record work/front/processor time in applications, documents, tasks
* Manage network-wide projects and time-billing
* Share metered software costs among users/groups/projects
* Export or print formatted reports and invoices
NEW TO v1.1:
* bug fixes and cosmetic improvements
* network capability
* definable "groups" of Macs, projects, software
* auto-switch projects when certain apps or docs opened
All functions instantly available from system menubar, in any application.
Printable, on-line user's manual. Can be removed from memory or reactivated
anytime.
Network functions are FAST! Very cool calendar-based browsing system.
Number-crunching, report-building, long-term data archiving, project
privileges, users and groups, etc. Easy to get started: little or no staff
training!
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/meter-11b-cdev.hqx; 248K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:24 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MIP Feb/March 1996 (ITA)
MacInPlay is a free e-zine in Italian and in English about Macintosh video
games.
This e-zine is directed by Roberto Cattaneo with the help of Marco
Silvestri, Attilio Tarabusi, Carlo Volpi, Alberto Porcu and Augusto
Pirovano.
MIP is out every month and it's on Info-Mac mirrors. The English version
will be out one week after the Italian version.
In February/March issue we talk about:
- Interview: Bill Dugan, MacPlay
- System Update 2.0
- Havoc
- International Tennis Open
- Comanche Mac
- Tips&Tricks
If you want to send comments and letters, please use [email protected]
Game Over!
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mip/mac-in-play-96-03-it.hqx; 953K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:36 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Motor Bike
Attached is a wonderful little game which is very old. It is incredible
small and I think is easily worth the download time. The goal? Use your
mouse as the throttle and your button as the shifter and speed up your bike
enough to clear a line of cars. Runs perfectly smooth on any mac. Totally
free. It is not mine, but I love the program, so I thought I would upload
it.
Kurt Ramsauer [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/motor-bike.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:28 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] SerialKey 1.02
SerialKey 1.02
This package allows the use of PC/Macintosh keyboards with the newton. To use
this program yo need a serial cable to connect the newton to your computer
and a standard communication program. You need to configure the communication
program with the following setings:
9600 bauds, 8 bits data, 1 stop bit.
To use the keyboard: tap on the SerialKey icon in the extras drawer, tap on
any entry area and star typing, also you can drag the program window to any
location, the program remember the location for the next time that you use
it.
Guillermo Zaballa
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/serial-key-102.hqx; 18K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:55 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Star Trek-TOS stack 3.0 (binhexed)
This Hypercard stack is designed to simulate a Federation-standard computer
screen while displaying information on all the episodes of the original
Star Trek series (TOS), the Animated series, and the original cast movies
(Star Trek I to VI). It allows you to scan the episodes and read the
detailed plot descriptions, check out the writers, directors, and guests,
and store information on your video tape collection (if you have one).
Try the Star Trek: TNG, DS9, and VOY version 3.0 stacks as well.
David Landis
Oak Mountain Software
[email protected]
http://www.universe.digex.net/~oakmtsw/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/star-trek-tos-guide-30-hc.hqx; 1226K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:58 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Star Trek-VOY stack 3.0 (binhexed)
This HyperCard stack is designed to simulate a Federation-standard computer
screen while displaying information on all the episodes of Star
Trek-Voyager (VOY) for season 1 and some of season 2. It allows you to scan
the episodes and read the detailed plot descriptions, check out the
writers, directors, and guests, and store information on your video tape
collection (if you have one).
Try the Star Trek: TOS, TNG, and DS9 version 3.0 stacks as well.
David Landis
Oak Mountain Software
[email protected]
http://www.universe.digex.net/~oakmtsw/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/star-trek-voy-guide-30-hc.hqx; 1109K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:30 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Stefan's CD Menu Touchup
Stefan's CD Menu Touchup will do one thing: when installed, it changes CD
Menu's buttons. I sure liked having instant access to my audio CDs but I
wasn't too impressd with the original buttons. So I made new ones. The new
buttons are clean, 3D-style buttons. Also, the volume icon is in color,
instead of a solid black.
You'll need a copy of CD Menu and ResEdit. I've used these buttons on CD
Menu v1.3.2. It might work on other versions, but I have no knowledge of
that.
Since you'll be using ResEdit to "manually" install the buttons, you can see
if you like them or not before you "permanently" install them.
Complete instructions how to install the buttons are found inside the
archive, and if they are followed, nothing can stop you from having spiffy
new buttons.
Freeware; have fun.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/stehans-cd-menu-touchup.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:27 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Stefan's Finder Menus 1.1
This release adds support for users of Aladdin's Magic Menu.
When Stefan's Finder Menus are installed, you'll have a new set of commands
enabled in your Finder. One is a Quit command (Command + Q), and another is
having access to the handy Finder Shortcuts feature that System 7.5's Apple
Guide disables.
The most exciting feature you'll have is a Reveal Original command (Command +
R) that opens an alias's original item's folder, and selects the original
(you can do the same task by selecting an alias and invoking the Get Info
command, and then clicking "Reveal Original", but having a menu command is
faster!).
You'll also have keyboard commands for common tasks, such as Emptying the
Trash (Command + T), Ejecting and Unmounting disks (Command + J and Command +
U, respectively), showing the Clipboard (Command + B), and Clearing selected
text and icons, which is Command + K.
If you use StuffIt Deluxe, you'll see that:
Expand is changed to Command + E and Preferences is Command + ;
xand if you use Aladdin Desktop Tools, you'll see that:
Gather Items is now Command + G
Stefan's Finder Menus is $5 shareware. If you don't have $5 to send me (if
you really don't have $5, like if you're a student), you can send me
something like a postacard or a disk with something you've worked on. You
can reach me at the addresses below.
If you decide to give Stefan's Finder Menus to a friend or upload it to a
BBS, then please include this Read Me with it. If you are authoring a book
or CD-ROM and would like to include Stefan's Finder Menus on it, please let
me know in advance and we can work something out. My email address is:
America Online: Stefan A3
Internet email: [email protected]
Thanks!
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/stefans-finder-menus.hqx; 13K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:30:02 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Stereo "Windchime Beep,"
The "Windchime Beep" is a very mystical alternative sound for use as a
system alert beep. It is very unique in that it has the distant peaceful
echo of a whindchime, but is somewhat ominous in tone, as it begins with
a quick, hollow wooden hit that echoes out various chimes and tones from
speaker to speaker.
The Windchime Beep is available in both 16-bit, 44kHz and 8-bit, 22kHz
stereo samples and can be downloaded here or at the Clixsounds WWW site
at http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/ , along with many other unique sound
files.
Clixsounds can be reached at:
Internet: [email protected]
America Online: CLIXSOUNDS
eWorld: CLIXSOUNDS
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/windchime-8-bit.hqx; 276K]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/windchime-16-bit.hqx; 995K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:43 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Sword Deam II demo
This is the latest release of our Sword Dream II 3D Demo.
I think Alex (our graphics programmer) really did a great job. Please note
that the graphics are not final, yet. You'll notice that walking characters
have a black box around them and roofs don't fit well with walls. All of
this will be fixed by our main designer, Eugenio, in the next days - but it
isn't a code problem.
The final Sword Dream II release is still projected for year end.
The demo can (and should) be redistributed. Feel free to do so.
We didn't test this extensively on PowerPC. If you find problems, don't
hesitate to tell me ([email protected]).
Akko
Correspondents writing me as
[email protected]
should switch to
[email protected]
as the former will be discontinued
sometime soon.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/sword-dream-ii-3d-demo.hqx; 445K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:30:00 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] The BeerStack update
Hello, I have made some (not un-important) changes to The BeerStack. People
have had errors with fonts that they didn't have for instance.
I don't know how to upload the new version (1.1) myself (if at all
possible) so I have attached the file. I hope this wasn't a mistake. If so,
sorry!
Robert Bush Computer: Macintosh
Eskilstuna,SWEDEN E-mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/beer-11-hc.hqx; 145K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:36 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Tiles and Tribulation
[Archived as /info-mac/game/tiles-and-tribulations.hqx; 1835K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:18 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] WordToTheWise.hqx
Word to the Wise is another in the fine line of screen savers from Lex
Friedman. The shareware ($7) uses random words and phrases you define and
splatters them on the screen in random fonts, sizes, and colors. Uses
around 200k of RAM - much less than After Dark, and much cheaper, too.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/word-to-the-wise.hqx; 86K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:41 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Zap'T'Balls v6.0
SThe latest version of the Smash-Hit Pang Clone Zap'T'Balls.
Requires a Mac with a 256-colour monitor.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/zap-t-balls-60.hqx; 3623K]
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 96 21:56:39 0000
From: Susan Tumi
Subject: (no subject)
I am requesting either information on or the actual program to get into
the IRC channels on Pipeline. I'm looking for mIRC. It seems to me that
it is largely an IBM based service and I can't find any files for a Mac.
Any info or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 96 16:00:24 CST
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] HP deskjet printer drivers
As for the 68000 printing via AppleTalk, you could try to use the early
DeskWriter drivers...I don't know if they'll work or not. Also, there is a file
in the HyperArchive called Chuck's Printer Driver, that might work.
As for long print times with your 24 MB PPC, the problem is indeed the HP
driver. Here's a way around it. Duplicate a copy of Teach/SimpleText, and set
its memory partition to some huge amount. Say 16 MB. Just before printing,
start
up this copy of Simple Text. Now print (with a greatly reduced memory
space)...it should work better. Bascially, you want less than 1 MB of RAM free
when you print. Also, turn off background printing.
FWIW, I have a DeskWriter 310...the black and white printing is pretty good,
but
the color printing is terrible (I've tried every driver)...my ImageWriter
produces better color.
However, this same DeskWriter 310 on an Apple IIGS, using drivers supplied by
Vitesse, prints beautiful color.
It's all in the driver.
Steve
http://members.aol.com/newblossom/
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 96 13:30:30 -0500
From: "Jason P. Torrey"
Subject: [Q] Modem Throughput
Say, is there some snazzy utility that calculates and shows what the
modem throughput is? If it makes any difference, I have a GV Platinum.
I know some apps have their own calculations, but when you have a bunch
of apps doing a lot of information gathering, the total throughput is
spread among all of these programs...
TIA,
Jason
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 14:26:27 +0000
From: [email protected] (Vincent Knobil)
Subject: [Q] serial ports dead?
I gave my dad my old 14.4 SupraFaxModem when I upgraded it and he
unsuccessfully tried to connect it to his SE/30 (also formerly mine). I
told him a little prematurely not to worry, but when he vistied with his
Mac, I also failed.
No comm program can see the modem, on either port (on my Mac, a Centris
650, it works fine). I tried everything (at least i think): tried different
serial cables that I know are OK, booted with extensions off, made sure
nothing was hogging the different ports I was trying, reset the PRAM,
booted from a external disk with a clean system, etc, etc, all to no avail.
So I declared his serial ports dead...however...
...and this is where i'm stumped, my dad claims he *can* print (thru the
printer port) to his old ImageWriter II. So I had him connect the modem to
the printer port, configure everything properly yet his comm software still
can't see the modem.
Assuming my dad is not hallucinating, what could be going on? Did I
overlook anything obvious or not so obvious? Could it be the SE/30 doesn't
know what to do with a Hardware Handshake cable? Any help would be much
appreciated.
Merci d'avance,
Vincent.
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 11:41:47 -1000
From: [email protected] (Ed Cesar)
Subject: Any Programs for Creating Sheet Music?
Any Programs for Creating Sheet Music?
>From time to time, I have noted messages on the Net about freeware and
shareware for music but until now, have had no use for them; however,
recently, my wife and I began taking piano lessons. I would like to know
if there is a program that will enable me to create blank sheets of music,
view them on my monitor, and then add and play musical notes. We would
like to copy music from our lesson book and then somehow connect an
inexpensive keyboard to our Mac so we can practice playing. I understand
this is possible; however, commercial programs, which also do much more,
are expensive. At this point we are only interested in trying something
simple to see if we want to do someting more extensive.
If there is a more appropriate net to ask this question, one that is
devoted to music for beginners, please send me its email address.
Many thanks,
[email protected] (Ed Cesar)
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 22:54:15 -0500
From: [email protected] (Don't Panic!)
Subject: A RAM question & GhostScript
Dear Digest readers,
A while back I asked for help finding a postscript interpreter that would
act as a Web browser helper.
Many people recommended Mac GS View. I say thank you. Well, I finally had
a chance to download it tonight, and all went well until I tested
it...winmaps.ps caused my Mac to crash with a type 11 error!
Now as you may recall I had trouble with Open Transport and Type 11 errors.
Here is where my RAM question comes in. According MacGuru it doesn't
matter what RAM configuration is in your machine as long as it is DIMMs for
PCI based Mac if it is a PCI based Mac. As it is now configured, I have
one
8MB DIMM, and one 16MB DIMM. Do DIMMs have to be installed in pairs
(i.e. 2-16MB DIMMs or 2-8MB DIMMS) or not? I thought I read it didn't
matter, but I'd like to know the true experience of other people who have
similar configurations with a PowerMac 7200. Non-upgraded 7200s have
actually a single 8MB DIMM, and it is not saudered onto the motherboard
like memory was during the LC days. My original type 11 errors started
when I only had the one 8MB module.
I am beginning to have a growing suspicion that Apple's OS has yet to
really be made 100% fullproof for non-paired memory modules. If someone
else is having trouble with Type 11 errors, and has been able to upgrade to
pair their existing DIMM with an equal memory DIMM, do the errors go away?
Even if you added an 8MB DIMM, to bring the Mac to 16MB total, do the
errors go away?
Also, does the 32MB total eliminate the 24MB total Type 11 errors?
Type 11 error is the old Miscelaneous Hardware Exception Error. Memory
certainly is hardware, and it has consistently happened when running high
memory demanding applications. As an interesting side note, the errors
were more frequent with Virtual Memory and OpenTransport 1.0.8 with
FreePPP. Maybe the real cause of the incompatibility of FreePPP and
Virtual Memory is the lack of pairing of memory modules. I'd like to test
this theory out.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 22:23:42 -0500
From: [email protected] (Peter J. Paul)
Subject: Auto-Reply
I often see a post in Info-Mac and wish to respond. There are several copy
and paste operations needed to get some text (properly formatted) from Easy
View to Eudora. Is there an extension available for Easy View that might
allow me to respond to a query in one step.
TIA
>
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:22:32 -0500
From: [email protected] (Corey Clamp)
Subject: CHRP
Hi, I would really like to know what CHRP systems are, what they will
do and when they will be available. I heard about these new systems, but I
haven't heard any real explainations of them. Thanks!
By the way, thanks to all of the people who helped me with the decision of
a new Macintosh. I think I'll go with a PowerCurve 601/120 Hot Pick, but go
with 16 Megs of RAM (Look for the PowerComputing ad on the back of every
MacUser)
Corey Clamp
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:21:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Corey Clamp)
Subject: Displaying Web Images
Hi again! My web page at http://users.aol.com/coreyc1863/CNHome.html
won't display the Image Map at the bottom of the page (check it out) I've
used every browser from Netscape to Netshark to Internet Explorer to AOL's
(Whew!!), but still the image won't display, Netscape gives it a Image
question mark (and Siskel and Ebert give it two thumbs down). I used
NaviPress 1.1 and created an ImageMap and did everything right, but that
image just won't load. You can download my Pages and Images at
ftp://users.aol.com/coreyc1863, but please, please, please don't upload
Anything! My limit in 5 megs and I just don't want anything uploaded, it is
for my personal use only. If you have any suggestions, e-mail me, you can
edit the HTML and send it to me. Thanks!!
Corey Clamp
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:50:34 +1100
From: [email protected] (Bill Stanford)
Subject: Eudora ack (A?)
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #59 "Allan M. Bloom" writes
>This is my week for Eudora questions.
>
>When I use the Rice VM Mailer (a command line thingie, but what can one
>expect from a mere mainfame) I can request acknowledgement that a missive
>has been read via the "ack" option.
>
>I just spent maybe five whole minutes looking over Eudora Light (1.5.3)
>menus in a vain attempt to find an equivalent to "ack."
>
>Granted, my eyes aren't what they were. I didn't find a way to "ack" a
>note. Ah c'mon. There must be a way. Could y'all help?
Al, I think lack of this feature in Eu Lite is one of those "negative
inducers" toward Eudora Pro, along with the lack of filtering we all
lament. Though some smart person here has probably discovered how to tweek
a way round it...
I don't have the Eudora Light manual on disk any more (too big), but I got
out 1.5.4 of Lite and looked, comparing it to Pro 2.1.3 which I'm using
now...
In the Lite "Icon Bar" there are two popup menus, one for priority and one
for the encoding of attachments. In the Pro "Icon Bar" there are three,
the third being for Signatures since in Pro, with its alternative
signature, a toggling icon won't do for this any more.
And so where Lite has its "JH" icon to toggle the signature on/off (why
does Steve Dorner use the initials "JH" to stand for signature? does anyone
know? his SO for instance?;-) Eudora Pro has at the right end of its icon
bar an "RR" icon, meaning something like "Receipt Requested"--I don't have
my Pro manual by me either at present, my own SO is sleeping near it;-)
--and this is the missing "ack" function...
Negative inducers are irritating aren't they! But then, the GREPish
filtering of Pro, not to mention the presence of Spellswell (I don't!) do
make Pro a worthwhile buy!
[usual disclaimers and here...]
--Bill Stanford||[email protected]--
"Men build scales, but the Gods blow in the lighter pan"--(Wolfe)
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 13:29:09 -0400
From: [email protected] (Dwight Lemke)
Subject: Eudora ack (Q)
>When I use the Rice VM Mailer (a command line thingie, but what can one
>expect from a mere mainfame) I can request acknowledgement that a missive
>has been read via the "ack" option.
Al-
Sheesh, for a minute there I thought you were dropping your aitches! *wink*
Anyways, I haven't tried this, so don't hold me responsible, but when I had
a VAX account, I included the ack in the e-mail address: in%"[email protected]
receipt" or some such nonsense...give it a try and tell ME if it works...
Later!
-Dwight
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 12:46:11 -0800
From: "Adam C. Engst"
Subject: Eudora ack (Q)
>Granted, my eyes aren't what they were. I didn't find a way to "ack" a
>note. Ah c'mon. There must be a way. Could y'all help?
Nope, there isn't. Acknowledgements don't really work over the Internet and
are considered a waste of bandwidth, not to mention an invasion of privacy.
Besides, all they say is that the message was received, not read or
understood.
cheers ... -Adam
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 19:55:20 -0500 (EST)
From: "Scott G. Lewis"
Subject: External Speaker Problem
Can anybody help with a strange problem? I purchased a Performa 6115CD
PowerMac in May of 1995 (my first Mac, after 10 years of being a PC
(l)user), and just last week for the first time decided to plug external
speakers in.
I was doing some work, and wanted to listen to a CD (the stereo is in a
diff. room), so I brought in my fiance's powered external speakers that
came bundled with her "computer" (it's wintel). System Sounds play fine,
but anything from the CD had a strange echo or chorous effect to them,
very noticeable.
I was playing a CD recorded live, so naturally I tried a different CD to
see if I was just very confused -- same problem.
Same problem with headphones, so it's not the speakers themselves.
Has anyone ran into this, and is there a way to fix it?
>
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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 21:23:08 -0500
From: JohnLai
Subject: Graphic Converter
I am trying to locate a copy of Graphic Converter for Mac. The address provide
by author Laura
Lemay is out of date. Please suggest alternative sites.
Thanks.
JJ
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 13:34:08 -0300
From: [email protected] (Patricio Mason)
Subject: Microsoft Graph 3.0 refuses to work
Microsoft Graph 3.0, the graph & chart utility that comes with Word 5.1, is
suddenly refusing to cooperate. Whenever I click the Graph button on Word's
ribbon, I get the following reply: "Microsoft Graph is not available or is
busy. Quit and return from Graph if it is already running." Although I
never used it much, this had not happened before.
I have Microsoft Graph and Help in my Word Commands folder, as well as
aliases in the Microsoft folder inside Extensions. This is in a Quadra
660AV running at 32Mhz, System 7.5.1. Microsoft Graph runs perfectly well
in my other Mac, an accelerated Color Classic with a nearly identical
configuration.
I have ruled out an extension conflict -running with all extensions off
still produces no results. I have reinstalled the software a couple of
times -still no dice.
Any leads appreciated. Please cc or reply directly.
Thanks in advance!
Patricio Mason
[email protected]
Santiago, Chile
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:50:43 +1100
From: [email protected] (Bill Stanford)
Subject: Need These Extensions?
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #59, [email protected] wrote:
> Looking around my hard drive, I found these extensions... anyone know
>if they are useful, i.e., if I need them?
>
>CityBol
>CityMed
>FuturConExtBol
>MinioMM$DGH$EHA$BA$
>MinioMM$DGH$EHA$BI$
>MinioMM$EFF$EFA$BB$
>MinioMM$FBA$EHA$BA$
>MinioMM$FJA$EHA$BI$
>MinioMMIt$DGH$EHA$BA$
>MyriaMM$GAA$DAA$
>MyriaMM$HAA$DAA$
>MyriaMM$IBA$ECF$
>MyriaMM$IDA$HAA$
>SyntaUltBla
Rob, some of these at least are PostScript fonts. FuturConExtBol is a
Futura bold face, for instance. If you're using TrueType, and not the
Adobe Font Manager for PostScript, you can trash or otherwise dispose of
them.
They are as follows:
CityBol
CityMed
FuturConExtBol
SyntaUltBla
If you don't have ~ATM installed, these won't have icons; but check them
with Get Info anyway, before archiving or trashing.
I've checked the other Minio and Myria bits in Caroline & Russ Swindell's
System Zoo, a nice FMPro datafile of extensions (up here in /Info/sw I
think).
Not there.
But I wonder, has this machine been used for a 2-byte word script, like
Korean or Japanese, for instance. To me these other bits and pieces sound
a lot like early TT versions of two 2-byte fonts. They're not Japanese
>From Apple or Adobe, which would be things like SaiMincho or Honmincho.TT,
but this is still my guess...
all the best in your search!
--Bill Stanford||[email protected]--
"Men build scales, but the Gods blow in the lighter pan"--(Wolfe)
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 21:33:27 +0000
From: Chris Titterington
Subject: Netscape saving text/images to view together, Help
Hi
I don't know if it answers the original question, but there is a commercial
application that does quite a nice job of downloading web-pages complete
with links called 'Web-Whacker'. There is a crippled demo of this app
available from http://www.ffg.com.
HTH - Chris. T.
PS - where did digest 55 go?
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 21:57:55 -0500
From: [email protected] (Don't Panic!)
Subject: No reply yet - where is System 7.5.3?
Dear Digest readers,
It appears that the new OpenTransport which many of us PCI PowerMac owners
have been waiting for, will have to wait for System 7.5.3 as well. Has
System 7.5.3 become available yet at any ftp sites as an upgrade, and if
so, where? I still have my PowerMac 7200 using System 7.5.2 (same as came
with the Mac), which supposedly won't support OT 1.1. Does my OS support
the new OT1.1beta16?
Please answer directly to my e-mail address below.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 11:48:34 +0000
From: Paul Sheldon
Subject: old old infomacs (A)
Steve Portugal wrote in im 57 :
> Is there a place with 3 to 4 years archives of info-mac?
There is wais search at australian site :
http://wais.sensei.com.au/
Last I looked there wasn't bursting of the digest to show relevancy ranking
of postings hit in isolation. I had to use my eyes a lot to search.
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 11:18:08 -0600
From: [email protected] (Steve Knouse)
Subject: Playing AVI Movies
How do I play AVI movies?
I downloaded AVI->QuickTime. It goes through the motions of converting the file
but when I try to play it with MoviePlayer 1.1d1 I get a message that the file
is not a movie file. I also tried PetesPlayer 1.1, Popcorn 1.1 and QT VCR 3.6.
Both the avi file and the converted qt movie file are about the same size. The
qt movie file has type/creator of MooV and TVOD.
AVI->QuickTime was downlaoded from an Info-Mac mirror
(gst/mov/avi-to-qt-converter.hqx). It was 24K and dated March 16, 1994. Is
there
something later?
thanks in advance,
steve
--
steve [email protected]
tomball tx (30 miles nw of houston)
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 17:41:04 +0100
From: [email protected] (Roel Vertegaal)
Subject: Powered by Apple
Dear Apple Internet fans.
I believe it is time we let everyone know our web server is powered by
Apple. Here's a URL to a gif file which you can utilize freely as such.
http://reddwarf.wmw.utwente.nl/pub/www/ ... owered.GIF
Roel Vertegaal
Dept. of Ergonomics, University of Twente
P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands
Phone: +31 53 4 89 33 24 Fax: +31 53 4 89 22 55
WWW Home Page: http://reddwarf.wmw.utwente.nl
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 22:49:13 -1000
From: [email protected] (Ed Cesar)
Subject: Recommended Servers in Seattle
Three people responded almost immediately to our request for recommendations
about high quality and affordable servers in the Seattle area. The
consensus was Northwest Nexus/halcyon.
Thanks for your prompt help.
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:39:34 -0800
From: [email protected] (Chris McVay)
Subject: Reliable used Macs
Hi,
Would anyone know of a good, reliable on-line location to browse and
purchase a used Mac? I would be glad to have you respond to me personally
by e-mail at [email protected].
Thanks for any help,
Chris
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 22:59:02 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Resource Error Message
Hi-
After getting a "Resource Not Found" error a few times while trying to
choose a sound for MovieMaker, I decided to see if I could find a
problem with the sound file I was using. Yet, ResEdit gave me the same
error message and wouldn't open anything, neither would a new version of
ResEdit! It can't find the real name of the sound when MovieMaker tries
to open it but on my friend's computer it worked fine. Thanks for your
help!
-Rob C.
[email protected]
http://www.nworks.com/Rob/index.htm
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