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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 5 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 133
Today's Topics:
[!] Digest 121 and 128 gone!
(A) AVI movies
3rd party video out for PB 5300c
[Q] Modem US->UK
[Q]Ram test utility
A: How to automatically reboot a machine when it c
Allocation of RAM
A mind of its own
avi-to-qt convertor
Can't get OT to work
Disinfectant & copy protection
Espy Sans TT
Fax PRO and Date & Time cp
Kids stuff in French?
Microtek E3 vs Umax Vista 6 S6E
NETSCAPE BOOKMARKS DON'T DRAG
playing AVI movies
Recordable CD's
State of Info-Mac- Digest V14 #131
Suggestions
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 21:22:36 -0500
From: Gordon Watts -- Brown University
Subject: [!] Digest 121 and 128 gone!
Hi,
It would seem that digest 121 and 128 never went out! I'm sorry. 128 may
have to do with training Mike (I should have caught it). I have no idea why
121 didn't get out, however.
Cheers,
Gordon.
P.S. Demitri just wrote us moderators. He listed his priorities in life in
his email:
1. Archive all waiting files
2. The rest of my life
So, I execpt tomorrow we will start seeing some stuff. He said he would start
bright and early Thursday morning.
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 08:43:55 -0400
From: Peter Bell
Subject: (A) AVI movies
For viewing AVI's, I've found that the MicroSloth InterNet Abhorrer works
quite robustly. I prefer not to use it for anything else at all, since it
uses system memory allocation as its temporary memory space, rather than
its own memory space. but it will view most AVIs you come across, so you
can find and save them with Netscape or what have you, and then use the
Open File command in MSIE to watch them.
Also, there are a few AVI->QT utilities on the archive, and a set of
Windows video codecs that have been ported to the Mac comes with one of
those file sets. These AVI-> QT applications work, but not invariably.
I've found MSIE to have a ~90% success rate, and the AVI->QT applications
to have a 40-50% success rate.
-Peter
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:12:39 -0500
From: Paul Kleeberg
Subject: 3rd party video out for PB 5300c
Is anyone aware of companies that produce video cards or replacement video
cards for PowerBook 5300c's? A review or article about these would be
great. I just came across an add for Focus enhancements (1-800-538-4888)
PDA slot cards but the guy on the phone was not able to answer my technical
questions.
Paul Kleeberg
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:49:36 -0400
From: [email protected] (Valiquette, Philippe Luc)
Subject: [Q] Modem US->UK
Hi everyone,
Does anybody have any experience to share with a modem that was bought in
America and then used in Europe? I was told I should have no problem with
my SupraFaxModem 288, but although I already have the phone jack adaptor
required for UK phone plugs, I'm still afraid the fax software/hardware,
the caller ID feature and misc. PPP configurations will go buzzerk.
BTW I already took care of the power related inconvenients, and bought a
step up/down transformer.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Philippe L. Valiquette
Univ. Laval; Dep. Langues et linguistique
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:27:17 +0200
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22H=E5kon_Alstadheim=22?=
Subject: [Q]Ram test utility
I=B4m about to install some third-party ram into my performa 6200, and I=B4d
like to be able to test that it=B4s working. (It=B4s returnable within 10
days.)
A search in the hyperarchive on "ram" and "memory" got me nowhere. Anybody
got a suggestion ? I=B4ve heard that running photoshop will tell you in no
time flat wheter your ram is ok, but I don=B4t have that; and anyway any typ=
e
11 error looks like any other. Just a system error from an application
program would not really tell me anything, would it ?
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Rosetta for the mime impaired:
=AB is >, equal sign is =3D,
plain equal sign at end of line
is line continuation,
=E5 is å
---------------------*-*-*-----------------------------
H=E5kon Alstadheim
Prof. Dahlsgt. 48
N-0260 Oslo Tlf: 22 44 87 99
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:36:09 +0200
From: Quartiers Nord
Subject: A: How to automatically reboot a machine when it c
> >I am responcable for keeping a IIcx running a mail gateway up 24/7,
> >but it likes to crash every 2 days or so. Is there any software or
> >hardware solution that will reboot the machine when it goes south?
>
> Check in the archives for KeepItUp! This does exactly what it says.
>
> If you need more features than this, I suggest you take a look at Timbuktu
> >From Farallon -they have a time-limited demo...
I am a long time Timbuktu user, but can't see how it can help restarting a
machine that crashed. Would you please explain ?
Remmy
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 96 13:02:10 -0000
From: Larry MacDonald
Subject: Allocation of RAM
I now have 40mb of RAM and am unsure on how to allocate the memory
control panel options.
I have a PMac 6100/84. Using Speed Doubler, but not RAM Doubler.
How much should I have in the cashe? I was told by Apple that I should
have at least 1mb of Virtual memory turned on for filemapping, etc.
What about RAM disks for Word or other programs to make them faster?
Thanks!
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:14:51 -0300
From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
Subject: A mind of its own
Hi,
I have a Powerbook 180 at home, which I use to access my Internet provider.
I use ConfigPPP to connect. The funny thing is that my Powerbook sometimes
decides that it is high time it got on the net. All by itself. With PPP
down and the Control Panel not even open, with all my communications
programs nowhere to be seen, something will launch ConfigPPP and attempt to
execute my login script. Somtimes the machine is only "on" and only the
Finder is active. I leave it for a few hours and when I come back it is
trying to connect. Anybody has an idea what's going on?
Alain
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 09:11:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Sander Stern
Subject: avi-to-qt convertor
Date sent: 5-JUN-1996 09:12:25
Mark Allen asked:
>
Is there anyway to run avi movies on a Mac? For example, a Ford car demo
movie that one can download is in avi format
qt convertors.
-sander
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 96 23:56:12 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Can't get OT to work
>To all the gurus out there, I am having a problem getting OT 1.1 to work
>and Apple has no clue as to why. The problem is that I can't get AppleTalk
>to be active when I restart under OT. Here's the details: I have a 7100/80,
>System 7.5.3.
>When I open the AppleTalk control panel and look under Options, AppleTalk
>active is selected. The info box shows OT 1.1, AppleTalk 1.1, AppleTalk
>driver 60.1.
>Moving to the TCP/IP control panel shows TCP/IP active, Connect via MacPPP,
>Using BootP server...
Stop right there. I'll bet you're using FreePPP 1.0.5, right? It
erroneously set TCP/IP to BootP, as it did on my 6100. Change the popup
to "Using PPP Server" and, barring other problems, it should work.
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 08:08:47 -0500
From: [email protected] (John Norstad)
Subject: Disinfectant & copy protection
Bruce R. Troen wrote:
> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 11:36:48 -0400
> From: "Bruce R. Troen, M.D."
> Subject: Disinfectant & copy protection
>
> In Info-Mac Digest V14 #131, John Haagen wonders if Disinfectant prevented
> him from copying his files.
No, Disinfectant does not interfere with copying files in any way.
> I am no expert on Disinfectant, but I do not believe that it alters the
> protection bit on files.
No, Disinfectant does not alter protection bits on files. For that matter,
Disinfectant does not modify any files on your system in any way!
--
John Norstad
[This guy is/was the author of Disinfectant -- so he knows! -Gordon]
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 22:05:16 -0700
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Espy Sans TT
I, too, am looking for a TrueType or PS version of Espy Sans, and I heard
rumors someone was making one, but I don't believe it's out yet. I hope I'm
wrong, though.
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 13:05:18 -0500
From: Dwight Lemke
Subject: Fax PRO and Date & Time cp
Hi!
I have an interesting problem (or is it a feature?) wherein each time I fax
something off with Delrina's Fax PRO 1.5.3 it changes my time display in my
menubar to include a leading zero. While this is not affecting system
performance, it is annoying.
Other details: PB 5300cs, System 7.5 (update 2), 16MB RAM (32
w/RamDoubler), Megahertz CruiseCard 28.8 PC Fax modem, no really unusual
inits.
Thanks for your help!
-Dwight
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:43:38 -0300
From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
Subject: Kids stuff in French?
Hi,
Now that my 5-year old has mastered Superpaint and a few games, (and the
art of renaming everything on my hard drive!), I'd like to get him to play
some of the more educational games. Unfortunately, our /young archives seem
very short on material in French or anything not English, for that matter.
Anybody can help me with this problem?
Thanks,
Alain
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:01:26 +0100
From: [email protected] (Hanns Kohler-Kruner)
Subject: Microtek E3 vs Umax Vista 6 S6E
Hi,
I am thinking of buying a lowcost scanner for some messing about at home. I
am torn between a Mikrotek E3 or a Umax Vista 6E SOHO. Pricewise they are
about equal (around 400US), both do 300x600 dpi optical. They come bundled
with some basic software.
Has anyone got any experience with these machine, something good or bad to
say about either of them ?
Thanks
Hanns [email protected] (prefered) [email protected]
[I just purchased an E3 scanner. I am very happy with it, but don't like the
interface. The only way to access the scanner is through a Photoshop plug-in
that you can use without Photoshop if you wish. After every scan, the plug-
in must reload. Despite this, several colleagues and friends recommended the
Mikrotek line highly.--Mike]
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Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 22:15:42 -0700
From: david murray
Subject: NETSCAPE BOOKMARKS DON'T DRAG
I am running Netscape 2.0 on my Mac II SI with system 7.01. I was
told that I need system 7.5 to be able to drag and drop added
bookmarks. I do not want to upgrade just yet. Is there a utility
that will allow me to use the drag and drop functionality of Netscape
2.0.
Thank you,
David Murray
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:23:01 -0400
From: [email protected] (Allen Clark)
Subject: playing AVI movies
>Is there anyway to run avi movies on a Mac? For example, a Ford car demo
>movie that one can download is in avi format. I understand Sparkle can't
>handle this format. Thanks for whatever info anyone can provide.
If you visit Intel's Web site (www.intel.com), the sub-page that concerns
Indeo has a link for downloading a Mac extension that runs AVI movies.
Works fine. There are also QT-AVI convertors available, but why bother
when you can play the movie directly?
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 09:56:57 -0500
From: Anne Harwell Toal
Subject: Recordable CD's
Looking for recommendations on recordable CD's. Anyone have any hates or
loves in this area?
Thanks,
-aht
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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 19:51:29 -0500
From: KrishnaMohan & Bhuvaneswari
Subject: State of Info-Mac- Digest V14 #131
Gregor Rothfuss wrote:
> Or: why not collect an upload fee from shareware authors? My colleague
> for example would be happy to contribute financially if on the other hand
> the Info-Mac archive was upgraded.
Gordon wrote:
> Interesting idea, however, I would really like to remain free if we can.
> I don't look at info-mac as a money making venture -- it is more something we
> can do for the Mac;
I fully agree with the sentiments expressed on this subject,
especially the above. As per the shareware tradition, the shareware
authors may be given the option of paying the * shareware upload fee
* (this fee may be the same fee collected for individual sharewares,
ie., if the shareware cost is 20$ then the upload fee may be the
same). This should not be conditional to upload but if implemented,
they are morally obligated to pay the fees to Infomac. On the other
hand, freeware authors should get free uploads. This, I think should
work out to every one's benefit -especially to Infomac organization -
and to the entire Mac community. - KrishnaMohan.
[Info-Mac has forever stood as an example of how the internet began:
individuals seeking to exchange knowledge and experience through a common
medium. While others continue to commercialize the net, Info-Mac remains
a not-for-profit effort.--Mike]
[Lets see -- lets guess 5000 files up there now. Lets say 25% of them are
shareware, so that is 1250 files. I think that is very high, btw. I suspect
it is closer to 10%. So, if the average is about 10 bucks, then that is
12,500, a nice chunk of change. Now, we don't get 1250 new shareware every
year, so that will degrade it. I count about 30 out of 271 files in the last
21 days (the rec directory). The average was a bit higher than 10 -- 15. So
that is about 150 a week. if the return rate on shareware fees is 10% (I
think that was the number Peter Lewis told me once), that is 45 15 bucks a
month.
I would like to keep it the way it is, but try to get back to the fast
turn around. Lets see how it goes and work from there.
Hey look -- two of us one one message! -Gordon]
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Date: 5 Jun 1996 18:01:27 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: Suggestions
In Digest V122 #126:
>From: "Stephen F. Kawalko"
>Subject: (Q) How much VRAM?
>On PowerMacs with internal video is there any reason to install more
>VRAM than necessary to support the desired monitor resolution and number
>of colors? For example a monitor resolution of 832 x 624 x 32 requires a
>little less than 2 MB of VRAM. Do I gain anything in video performance
>if I increase the VRAM to 3 or 4 MB?
You do not gain video performance (in terms of speed, etc.) by adding VRAM.
What you do gain is resolution (bigger size and/or bit-depth).
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
*****
In Digest V122 #126:
>From: [email protected] (Greg Tomlinson)
>Subject: Battery
>The clock battery has failed in my Performa 575, or at least I think it
>has. The date and time are lost on power shutdown and some control panel
>setting's are lost. Can anyone tell me where I can order a new one? Thanks
>in advance.
Try Fedco Electronics at 800-542-9761
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
*****
In Digest V122 #126:
>From: "Violette, John"
>Subject: No Desktop Color
>Hi All,
>I have a Performa 400 that has lost it's desktop colors and doesn't know
>where to find them.
>This is what I have done:
>Installed System 7.1 and System update 3.0.
>Rebuilt the desktop.
>Zapped PRAM.
>Replaced battery.
>Rebuilt Desktop and Zapped PRAM again.
>Scanned HD and repaired a problem.
>I still have no colors on my desktop patterns in the control panel.
>There are not even any black or white boxes where colors would normally
>be just below the mini desktop pattern in the control panel.
>I have the monitor set to 256 colors and the highlight control panel set
>to colors as well.
I'm not sure what is going on here, but my first question is are you using
System 7.1 or 7.1.P? The difference being that the "P" means Performa. If you
are using the Performa version, it does not have the same General Control
Panel as the non-Performa version. With the Performa version you can only
install Desktop patterns, not modify them (that would explain why "there are
not even any black or white boxes where colors would normally be"). I suspect
this is what happened: You had System 7.1P (Performa version). The General
Control Panel became corupted. You installed System 7.1 (non-Performa) and it
did not replace General Control Panel (that was corupted). Just a guess. If
this is it, just replace the General Control Panel. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
*****
In Digest V122 #126:
>From: [email protected] (Robert)
>Subject: PC SIMMs In A Mac?
>Can 72 pin 60ns PC memory be used for my PowerMac? It calls for 72 pin
>80ns SIMMs. Or do I need to purchase memory specifically for a Mac?
Yes, it can be used. As long as the speed is at or faster (lower number) than
the minimum it will be OK. PCs use SIMMs that have parity, which Macs don't
use and will simply ignore. Just make sure you don't have a PowerMac that
requires you install SIMMs in pairs (such as the 61xx series).
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 08:59:11 +0100 (CET)
From: "Ed van Zon - FD, Min.LNV"
Subject: TidBITS#331/03-Jun-96
>TidBITS#331/03-Jun-96
>
> ..., and Apple
>announces a contest for the best Mac-built pages on the Web. ...
Well, it's a contest for the best Mac-built _USA_ page on the web.
There couldn't be anything interesting outside the US, could there?
Cheers, Ed.
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