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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 12 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 187
Today's Topics:
[*] (Serial) Epson Stylus Color printer driver 2.52A
[*] AboutBoxScroll XCMD
[*] ChangeDelimiter XFCN
[*] Disk 1 of Epson Stylus Color printer (AT) Driver 2.52A
[*] Disk 2 of Epson Stylus Color printer (AT) Driver 2.52A
[*] DragThing 1.6.2, an Internet-aware application dock
[*] FootNotes 1.3 - Web-Aware MultiMedia Electronic Publishing
10Meg system software on a SE30
[Q] Looking for side-scrolling game maker
[Q] My System Needs More RAM!
A: Multiple Eudora users
Bad System CD?
DeltaGraph 3.5
Dollars and Sense 5.0 -> Quicken ?
FTP Server Software?
FWB HDT 2.0 Upgrade?
Guitar Programs
HD20 (attaches to floppy port) formatting??
Help, please,w/Mac purchase
HP DeskWriter cartridge ink REFILLS
Info-Mac Digest V14 #185 (2 msgs)
Infoalley Mail List
Internal Modem for Power Mac 5400
Internet & Radius Rocket
MacTCP savvy telnet?
More (was: Newbie questions)
My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! ! (2 msgs)
My thoughts on GX printing....
Netscape & Acrobat Reader
Netscape news reader
OpenDoc & Cyberdog....
Problems with Eudora attachments
Problems with Eudora attachments (fwd)
Question
QuickDraw GX - what it is (A)
Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 Magic Menu (Q)
welcome datacomp
What brand of camera is the screendump "click" based on?
Windows WordPerfect 6.x to Microsoft Word 6.0
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:25 -0500
From: (Jie Yuan)[email protected]
Subject: [*] (Serial) Epson Stylus Color printer driver 2.52A
This file is posted to ftp.epson.com on 7/30/96 (named MACSC2 in
MacBinaryII format). It contains only the serial driver. The AT (AppleTalk)
and Ethernet drivers are in a separate package which I will also post to
info-mac. The AT package also contains this serial driver, plus ColorSync.
CompactPro compressed, and binhexed, about 1.0 MB.
To use this package, extract all the files into a fresh floppy disk named
"Driver Disk", and install from the floppy disk. I really hate the "Epson
way" of installation ...
Cheers!
Jie
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/epson-color-stylus-252a.hqx; 969K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:28 -0500
From: (John Sudderth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] AboutBoxScroll XCMD
An "About" box that displays a scrolling field. AboutBoxScroll is part of
the Core Collection v2.2.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/about-box-scroll-xcmd.hqx; 18K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:29 -0500
From: (John Sudderth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ChangeDelimiter XFCN
An XFCN that will change the delimiter of a given list. ChangeDelimiter is
part of the Core Collection v2.2.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/change-delimiter-xfcn.hqx; 6K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:23 -0500
From: (Jie Yuan)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Disk 1 of Epson Stylus Color printer (AT) Driver 2.52A
This is Disk 1 of the new Epson Stylus Color printer driver 2.52A. It
contains the serial and the AT drivers, plus Apple ColorSync. It seems that
this driver is ColorSync aware...
To use it, extract all the files into a fresh floppy disk named "Disk 1".
Make sure you also have the Disk 2 of this package, which is posted
separately. Install from floppy disks only. I really hate the "Epson way"
of installation ...
I have tested the AT driver and it worked well on my 6100.
This is the file MACSCP_1 on the ftp.epson.com archive, posted 7/30/96.
Cheers!
Jie
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/epson-clr-stylus-252a-at-1.hqx; 1620K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:24 -0500
From: (Jie Yuan)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Disk 2 of Epson Stylus Color printer (AT) Driver 2.52A
This is Disk 2 of the new Epson Stylus Color printer driver 2.52A. It
contains the serial and the AT drivers, plus Apple ColorSync. It seems that
this driver is ColorSync aware...
To use it, extract all the files into a fresh floppy disk named "Disk 2".
Make sure you also have the Disk 1 of this package, which is posted
separately. Install from floppy disks only. I really hate the "Epson way"
of installation ...
I have tested the AT driver and it worked well on my 6100.
This is the file MACSCP_2 (in MacBinaryII format) on the ftp.epson.com
archive, posted 7/30/96.
Cheers!
Jie
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/epson-clr-stylus-252a-at-2.hqx; 1319K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:26 -0500
From: (James Thomson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] DragThing 1.6.2, an Internet-aware application dock
DragThing is an application dock designed to tidy up the icons littering
your desktop. Simply drag an application from the Finder onto an empty
square in a dock and then drag documents onto it as normal. In addition,
the docks can contain files, folders, disks and servers and there is also a
option to display the currently running processes in a special dock.
New in 1.6 is the ability to store and organise URLs in docks and many
other enhancements.
It requires at least System 7.5 (or 7.1 with Drag & Drop, AppleScript and
the Scriptable Finder) and a Macintosh with a minimum of a 68020 or PowerPC
601 processor. Storing URLs in docks requires Internet Config 1.1 or later.
The application is distributed as a fat binary with both regular 68K and
native PowerPC versions included.
DragThing is now shipped as an 'Installer VISE Lite' installer, which
allows you to install Fat, PPC only and 68K only versions of DragThing, as
well as eDOC or PDF versions of the documentation. Please only distribute
the whole installer itself, rather than the installed folder, to make sure
people don't end up with half a DragThing!
What's new in DragThing 1.6.2?
* Added option to draw window contents to match the MacOS 8 default
appearance.
* Added option to use translucent dragging of icons under System 7.5.3
or later.
* Added view by name only option in the View menu.
* Added 'Open Location' window for opening an entered URL with the
appropriate helper application.
* Now accept 'Get URL' events and open the URL with the appropriate helper
application (and it's scriptable too).
* Now detect if Aaron is installed and automatically change appearance
options to match.
* Worked round a bug in the 7.5 colour picker that was causing DragThing
to crash with Balloon Help on.
* Fixed a few cosmetic bugs that were really bothering me.
* Fixed a few mistakes in the balloon help and documentation.
* Some other minor user interface changes.
* Recompiled with Metrowerks C/C++ 1.5.
* A beta version of DragThing 1.6.1 was accidently uploaded to AOL by one
of my beta testers. There were a number of problems with it and it is hard
to distinguish from the release version, so I have bumped the version
number up by one for the final release to avoid complications.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/drag-thing-162.hqx; 817K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:27 -0500
From: (Hugh Senior)[email protected]
Subject: [*] FootNotes 1.3 - Web-Aware MultiMedia Electronic Publishing
A trial version of the www aware electronic publishing authoring program
"FootNotes DocViewer" for your Public Access Archive is attached. Please
delete all other copies of "FootNotes" from your server.
FootNotes DocViewer 1.3
Web-Aware MultiMedia Electronic publishing
REQUIREMENTS...
System 7 and 68020 (minimum) processor
Internet access (optional):
- TC/IP connection, and Marionet v1.1 (Trial version included) PowerPC
version available
DESCRIPTION...
The entry-level MultiMedia Electronic Publishing application "FootNotes
DocViewer" is now upgraded to support embedded direct links to the World
Wide Web including password verification.
Suitable for internet-extensible publishing, course-ware, EP books,
reference material, documentation, projects, or as a multiple document
coordinating engine with educational, personal, professional or corporate
application.
Single User, Commercial, and Non-Commercial licences available.
FEATURES...
- Internet capability for ftp
- Web-Page access (including password verification)
- Icon access to multimedia files on any mounted volume including jpeg
- Built-in html interpreter
- Multiple Password Privileges
- Display size from 9" to A4 including PowerBook landscape
- Backdrop option
- Dynamic Page History
- Combined authoring /browsing environment
- Shared resource and default file access
- Recorded Voice, Synthesised Speech and Memo messages
- Multiple simultaneous book access
- Custom BookMarks
- Custom Index
- Text import /export
- Multiple styled text including font, size, style, justification and colour
- Text flow control
- Find, Find Again, Find Selected, Find & Replace
- File import preview (including interactive movie preview)
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/footnotes-tv-13.hqx; 756K]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 09:40:54 -0400
From: [email protected] (Mack Horton)
Subject: 10Meg system software on a SE30
I just put 4, 4meg memory chips in a friends SE 30. Now, the System Software is
using 10-12 megs of it! Any ideas?
Thanks
Mack [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:27:10 -0400
From: [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
Subject: [Q] Looking for side-scrolling game maker
Is there a program that lets you make side-scrolling games likes super
mario? I remember hearing something about this and wondered if it was true.
Send info via e-mail or post here. TIA.
Andrew Murray
P.S. Thanks to all who sent me info on the PPP timer, i found what i wanted!
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:43:31 -0400
From: [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
Subject: [Q] My System Needs More RAM!
For some reason, my system isn't taking enough ram and i keep getting
errors like "an unexpected error occured because there is no enough memory"
but i have lots of ram, it's just not taking enough. the bar in the about
this mac is right to the end. is there some way i can give it more ram
manually?? TIA
Andrew Murray
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:27:48 -0400
From: Tom Kennedy
Subject: A: Multiple Eudora users
The Eudora docs suggest that you duplicate the Eudora Settings file into
separate Eudora folders for each individual. Then each user can
customize the settings according to their needs including signature
files. The Eudora program needs to remain a folder separate from each
user's folder too.
--
Tom Kennedy -- [email protected]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 18:36:38 -0400
From: [email protected] (Greg Passler Heidi LaFleche)
Subject: Bad System CD?
Dear Mac Wizards,
I ran disk first aid today. When I went to "verify" I checked my Mac
startup CD for the hell of it and after it checked "disk volume" I got the
message "unable to read from disk." Is this bad news? I went ahead and ran
disk first aid from the same system software CD and it seemed to work OK
(reporting no problems with my hard drive). Any clues? I'm still fairly new
to the Mac OS.
Thanks,
Heidi
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:43:46 -0400
From: [email protected] (Tom Vilberg)
Subject: DeltaGraph 3.5
I run a small Mac lab at a public university. We have 10 Mac LC III
computers, each with a license for DeltaGraph, version 3.5.
About a month ago I was told we could expand the lab by 10 machines, but as
we expand we will have to increase our license for DeltaGraph.
Unfortunately DeltaPoint won't sell us licenses for version 3.5 --- it is
no longer available commercially and has been replaced by version 4.0.
We teach undergraduate classes to use the software for data presentation,
so it would be a pain to have two versions coexisting in the same lab at
the same time.
The cost of purchasing 10 copies of version 4.0 and upgrading our 10 copies
of 3.5 to 4.0 is prohibitive (about $1300). Besides, we really don't need
the newest, fastest, and "bestest." I'd be happy with licenses of version
3.5 on all of our machines.
Sooooooo, I was wondering if any Mac users that have upgraded their
DeltaGraph to version 4.0 would like to donate their copies of DeltaGraph
3.5 to a good cause. I expect I could arrange an official acknowledgement
>From the university for tax purposes.
To be entirely honest, I've read the licensing agreement and can't
determine if old versions can be recycled in this manner or not. If not,
then please forgive my ignorance. If so, then let me know if you can help
us out.
Thanks.
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:14:55 -0400
From: Tom Kennedy
Subject: Dollars and Sense 5.0 -> Quicken ?
There's a file called D&StoQIF2.sit that includes source code and a
workable program. It may still be in the infoMac archives.
--
Tom Kennedy -- [email protected]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 96 18:36:10 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: FTP Server Software?
Are there any good freeware or shareware ftp server programs for the Mac
and/or PowerMac? I tried using NCSA Telnet 2.7b4, but it seems to have some
problems. WWW server software for the Mac would also be good, since it can
also be used for file transfers.
Phil Calvert
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 17:56:43 -0700
From: [email protected] (Randall K Petersen)
Subject: FWB HDT 2.0 Upgrade?
Greetings.
I'm considering upgrading the drivers on my hard drives from FWB Hard Disk
Toolkit 1.7.5c to 2.0, as I can order the upgrade at a very reasonable
price through the end of August. I'm running 7.5.3 on a PowerWave 604/132.
Has anyone experienced any problems safely installing the new HDT 2.0
driver without reformatting? I'd like to have the new optimized drivers,
but I'm not willing to accept a significant risk of data loss to do so.
Yes, everything is routinely backed up to tape, but even so, restoring 4+
GB of data would be a colossal pain.
Also, has anyone noticed any speed/stability improvements with the HDT 2.0
driver? (How about the new CDROM Toolkit 2.0 driver?)
TIA,
Randall K Petersen, MD _(:)->
[email protected] [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 96 14:03:50 -0500
From: "Jason P. Torrey"
Subject: Guitar Programs
Are there any good guitar learning, etc. type of programs anywhere?
Shareware, commericial...it doesn't matter. Would like to teach myself
how... I saw a CD-ROM for the (gasp) Windows side of the house on how to
learn playing the guitar, but not a Mac version.
Thanks to al lof you that replied to the More Serial Ports question. I
am currently investigating...
TIA!
Jason [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 18:44:36 +0000
From: Michael Sipes
Subject: HD20 (attaches to floppy port) formatting??
I pulled a booboo, I trashed the finder on an old HD 20, the kind that
plugs into the floppy port of a Mac+. Now, I can't get the blasted
thing to mount so I can retrieve some data files. Does anyone know
what software originally came with the HD20 for mounting or
reformating. The internal floppy is bad on my Plus so I am booting
>From a SCSI drive but the OS system doesn't seem recognize remount the
HD20. I would really appreciate an email with to old utility software
for this drive. I checked info.apple and couldn't find any old
software though I did find a tech noted that referenced a
program called HD20 Test, version 1.1.
Thanks
Mike Sipes, N7HLZ
Show Low, AZ
[email protected]
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Date: 11 Aug 1996 12:30:57 GMT
From: Chuck Silverman
Subject: Help, please,w/Mac purchase
Hello, everyone!
I am ready to purchase a Mac computer, and would appreciate
assistance in my decision-making process.
My immediate needs are for the following:
> high-end graphic design production using:
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress
> computer-generated fine art production using
Adobe Photoshop and probably Painter
> database management with Filemaker Pro
> multimedia web authoring capabilities
I have about $4500 to spend. Here is what I think I need; along with
what I need to know.
> 28.8 modem
> lots of RAM; ?What is the minimum I should settle for?
? Do I need VRAM? If so, how much?
? level 2 cache: how much do I need?
> "industry standard" external storage...
? Is the Zip going to become std. over Syquest anytime soon?
--
Chuck Silverman
[email protected]
"Siempre en Clave"
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:00:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cyrus Roton
Subject: HP DeskWriter cartridge ink REFILLS
[email protected] (Paul Thompson) wrote:
>I've been using Graphics Utilities ink refills for HP Deskwriter cartridge
>#51626A for years very satisfactorily.
>
>For some reason these are no longer available in this little paradise
>on the West Coast (well we do have a wonderful summer...) so I was
> wondering if any of you know a good eliable cheap source in USDA
>or Canada where we can recharge our draining printer boxes?
Try MEI Micro Center 1-800-634-3478. They sell that refill and much more
at very reasonable prices. Ask for a catalog.
Cyrus Roton [email protected]
Ridgecrest Apple User Group
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 09:33:10 -0400
From: [email protected] (Scott Besman)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #185
Dear List,
I just read one of the most percipient essays on the relationship of human
to PC. What follows was originally posted in the mac.advocacy newsgroup (It
is fairly long, but worth it):
>In article ,
>[email protected] (Chris Johnson) wrote:
>
> The other day, I suddenly realized something about Microsoft's
>popularity that to my mind is an important point: MS monopoly is a
>reassuring concept to some.
> You won't necessarily hear people saying so outright, but the idea of a
>benevolent monopoly taps directly into Alvin Toffler's notions of 'future
>shock' and 'neophobia'. What Microsoft offers is not innovation! They
>offer _safety_ from innovation, and a promise that if you commit to them
>they will be there, in perpetuity, and a promise that everybody else is
>also using Microsoft, meaning that you won't be 'stranded on the fringe of
>technology'.
> In this light, even the foundation of DOS in Win95 is a reassuring
>thing. The usefulness of a thing isn't at issue here- it is the
>implication that a computer system is solidly linked to history, solidly
>established in the present, and will remain predictable and supported in
>recognizable form in future. This is why the greatest insult from a
>MS-follower is '*fill in blank* is dead!' (or dying, or not long for this
>world). To one who has bought into this Microsoft promise, the very idea
>of moving to a new computing paradigm is terrifying and unacceptable.
>Everything must remain the same- incremental improvements are preferable
>to quantum leaps. If quantum leaps are being practiced by another
>developer/platform, such as the cross-platform OpenDoc or the
>platform-independent Java, they are dismissed out of hand as trivial.
>Attempts by Microsoft to co-opt such technologies and water them down into
>mere ActiveX parts or whatever are welcomed by the faithful- it is
>reassuring because the threateningly new technology is reduced to an
>unthreatening, safe, weaker form.
> This is a real issue, and reading MS hype about new unique MS stuff is
>_not_ going to tell you about this underlying subtext. People constantly
>attack MS for stealing everything not nailed down too firmly... consider
>that this total lack of innovation is subconsciously reassuring to many
>people. The subtext is 'Okay, so this is solid, proven stuff. Since it is
>Microsoft, that makes it even solider and more proven, and it can now be
>depended on to be around forever.'
> The irony is that Microsoft is not capable or interested in building
>programming concepts that will be stable. Microsoft is more likely than
>any other software company to introduce 'novelties' that force upgrades of
>software and eliminate the perceived benefits of 'stability'. Their motive
>is never the dispassionate one of advancing the technology- after all,
>they are not accustomed to innovating, they buy other companies and
>integrate them. ('Integrate' is another key buzzword, as it implies smooth
>functioning within the existing framework, rather than a quantum leap into
>uncharted territory.)
> Indeed, the most common reaction of MS supporters to a undeniable
>innovation, a true quantum leap, is outright denial and claims that 'this
>can be done with DOS' or some such claim. The innovation is reduced to a
>weaker functionality that can be accomplished with MS solutions, and any
>implications of deeper functionality are firmly ignored.
> Many Microsoft supporters are openly proud of MS's ruthlessness. They
>find the notion of a vast, powerful company whose side they are on
>reassuring. It does not occur to them that Microsoft is not precisely on
>_their_ side- they see it as being on Microsoft's side, as supporting the
>reduction of the computer industry to non-threatening, simple terms.
> The emphasis on 'the largest software base' can be seen as clinging to
>a structure that will not change or be rendered useless- in spite of
>Microsoft's attempts to render this previous software useless so new
>software can be sold. In this light, the reality that most of that
>software base is 3.1 or DOS takes on new meaning, becomes a powerful
>anchor to depend on.
> With all this in mind, ways to attack Microsoft become obvious.
> Claims of new innovation, even quantum leap innovation such as OpenDoc
>and Java, take on lesser importance. The new concepts are automatically
>rejected, or diminished to comprehensible form.
> The key is implying a more solid foundation than Microsoft can offer,
>and this is entirely possible. Microsoft never stops making its products
>obsolete, and this is a betrayal of their hidden promise... many other
>computer solutions are able to remain familiar and useful throughout long
>lifespans. One telling example is the Macintosh user interface, which has
>kept the same core functionality for ten years. Another example is Unix,
>which draws on a vast legacy and is worked inextricably into the framework
>of the Internet.
> The key point to emphasize is that Microsoft is a trap, easily replaced
>by operating systems and applications that can be trusted to hold their
>value. Microsoft cannot be trusted to hold its value, because in order to
>keep growing they have to keep forcing people off of their familiar,
>existing software and onto the latest Microsoft solution. If they cannot
>do this by persuasion they will do it by force, creating new and
>incompatible solutions, and claiming that failing to upgrade will leave
>users crippled and impotent...
> Which directly attacks the neophobia of Microsoft supporters, leaving
>them vulnerable, feeling betrayed, and frustrated. They did not turn to
>'Microsoft for all things' to be left behind: they wished to make a simple
>decision and be taken care of for the forseeable future. Every MS upgrade
>is a point of weakness, particularly if there is incompatibility with
>previous systems. As Microsoft leans harder on its supporters and exerts
>more force to move them, it becomes more vulnerable to a titanic backlash.
> The antidote, the siren song that will convert Microsoft supporters, is
>not innovation but safety, stability over time.
> Depicting, say, OpenDoc as a quantum leap changing the entire nature of
>computing, is likely to miss the point entirely. Depicting OpenDoc as a
>system in which you can simply upgrade a part when necessary and leave the
>rest of the system known and familiar _is_ a compelling argument.
> Depicting, say, the Macintosh interface as an environment undergoing
>radical and revolutionary change and becoming unrecognisable, is
>dangerous. Depicting the Macintosh interface as an enviroment with
>landmarks that are set in stone and not changed haphazardly _is_ a
>compelling argument.
> Depicting, say, Java as a revolutionary concept that will change the
>way we use computers forever is dangerous. Depicting it as a foundation in
>which you can bring familiar applications to unfamiliar platforms and be
>able to use them immediately _is_ a compelling argument.
> Failing to understand this is marketing suicide.
>
> Jinx_tigr
> (aka Chris Johnson)
> If anyone is interested, this text is hereby public domain and can be
>copied, put up on the WWW, printed, or whatever, with my blessing.
I was playing with Cyberdog/OpenDoc yesterday and I was suddenly feeling
very INSECURE...New technologies leveraging many, many new ways of doing
business with my computer... I began to FEEL that our MacOS is about to
EXPLODE into various new paths, both cosmetically and operationally... I
began to FEEL resistance to change... A sorry state of affairs for a
bleeding edge user, but very HUMAN nonetheless... It is time to re-THINK
about this aspect of ourselves. Perhaps Apple is beginning to
re-understand this what with it's new found desire to incrementally
implement even the most major (formerly Copland) OS enhancements... By
contrast Microsoft's greedy and destructive approach will be, eventually,
clear to all ...
VTY,
Scott Besman
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1968 17:01:09 +0200
From: "Josef H. ALTENBUCHNER"
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #185
Hello there !
been reading about Word Internet Assistent ......
is this piece of software available for free ? if so, where can I download
it from?
thanks for any hints in advance ! Joe
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 96 10:48:10 EST
From: [email protected] (Tony Johnson)
Subject: Infoalley Mail List
I have been trying without success for several months to subscribe to the
Infoalley mailing list. I always get a reply saying my message could not be
delivered because of a "connection timed out" problem. I have had no problem
subscribing to other apple mailing lists. What is the magic trick? Has anyone
else had this problem?
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 00:59:27 -0800
From: "David L. Ellis"
Subject: Internal Modem for Power Mac 5400
>>>>
I'm looking for an internal modem for my new Power Mac 5400. Does anyone
know of a specific manufacturer who makes an internal 28.8 for the Power
Mac 5400?
I've already checked with Global Village and they do not produce such a
modem. Any information from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Please
e-mail me if you have any information.
Subject: Internet & Radius Rocket
I'm stumped! Trying to get onto the net with a MacII equipped with a
Radius Rocket 25mHz card.
I have a cryptic e-mail frowarded by Radius Tech support which refers to
"Rocket TCP 1.02", but I cannot contact anyone @ Radius via e-mail to
locate this utility/extension/control panel.
Has anyone ever gotten a Rocket-equipped Mac onto the Net? If so, what
O/S System version, TCP & PPP did you use? And where can I get this
stuff?
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 00:59:46 -0500
From: Derek Jacobs
Subject: MacTCP savvy telnet?
For some time now I have been looking for a replacement for NCSA Telnet.
I am looking for something with better ANSI color support. Is such a
program avalible?
Thank you,
Derek Jacobs
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 13:40:25 +0000
From: Peter McDermott
Subject: More (was: Newbie questions)
In article
(Info-Mac Digest V14 #185), you write:
>>MORE was the single
>>outliner available for the Mac and many's the time I've lamented its
>>demise. A curse upon Symantec! But you should check out Inspiration
>>(can't remember the company - do an AltaVista search). Also, Aldus'
>>Persuasion had a pretty good outliner. The problem may be that the Mac
>>market tied outliners to presentation early in the game so tht when MS
>>PowerPoint & Aldus' Persuasion ate MORE out of market share it was
>>because they won the desktop presentation battle. Symantec should dust
>>off the code and return with a sophisticated outliner someday.
>>
>>
>>BTW, IMHO MORE was a killer app, presentation and all!
Personally, I like WebArranger as well. It's a great outliner/diary/
database/bookmark organizer and more besides. Excellent value, as well,
for the work that appears to have gone into it. There were time-limited
demo's available from CE Software's web site.
(I have no relationship with CE Software or WebArranger, other than
as someone who was very impressed by the demo.)
>I've seen the rumour that Dave Winer is thinking of taking More back from
>Symantec (Go! Dave!) and doing something with it again. Wish he would, it
>is indeed a wonderful thing, killer app then and now.
What's more (no pun intended *grin*), it provides the basis of Dave's
wonderful web-site arranger, 'ClayBasket', which I think is actually
freeware. It's a monstrously complex tool, but phenomenally powerful
I think.
>Let's all email Dave, he's at:
>http://www.hotwired.com/staff/userland/
So is ClayBasket and Aretha. Check them out...
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:16:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cyrus Roton
Subject: My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
From: Bill Stanford
>
>>From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
>>
>>> From: Pascal BRENNER >
>>>
>>> When I boot my mac SE, nothing happen, except an icon with a small
>>> floppy icon with "X" or "?" inside.
>>> The hard disk seems to be allright.
>>> The hard disk light flashs.
>>> Is there anybody who can help me ??
>>> Just send me a EMail at :
>>
>>Hmmmm...you might have a bad memory chip. Often bad memory will give you
>>the "chimes of death," but on my SE/30 I had the problems you have, and no
>>chimes.
>>
>>I don't know of a way to test it except at a Mac repair shop. Good luck.
>For a Mac HD system disk to boot, two conditions have to be met: the driver
>on the disk has to be in working order, and the "Boot Blocks" of the disk
>have to be OK.
>
>Without going into the gory details, the driver is the code that allows the
>disk to handshake with the Mac (it's copied in RAM at startup); and the
>boot blocks tell the Mac about there being a system on the disk - you can
>see the type of stuff in here by running a disk editor like Norton's and
>examining the boot blocks...
>------------- snip ------------
>
An even more likely problem, it seems to me, is that the system is not
bootable for some reason. Maybe it got corrupted. If it were a memory or
hardware problem, you should get a "sad mac" icom and some error code.
Boot from a bootable floppy and see if the hadr disk can be opened. Then
take a look at the system folder. It should look like a normal folder,
but with a small image of a mac monitor in the center of it. Otherwise,
it is not a bootable system.
Cyrus Roton [email protected]
Ridgecrest Apple User Group
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:35:46 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
From: Cyrus Roton
>From: Bill Stanford
>>
>>>From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
>>>
>>>> From: Pascal BRENNER >
>>>>
>>>> When I boot my mac SE, nothing happen, except an icon with a small
>>>> floppy icon with "X" or "?" inside.
>>>> The hard disk seems to be allright.
[snip]
>>Without going into the gory details, the driver is the code that allows the
>>disk to handshake with the Mac (it's copied in RAM at startup); and the
>>boot blocks tell the Mac about there being a system on the disk - you can
>>see the type of stuff in here by running a disk editor like Norton's and
>>examining the boot blocks...
>>------------- snip ------------
>An even more likely problem, it seems to me, is that the system is not
>bootable for some reason. Maybe it got corrupted. If it were a memory or
>hardware problem, you should get a "sad mac" icom and some error code.
>Boot from a bootable floppy and see if the hadr disk can be opened. Then
>take a look at the system folder. It should look like a normal folder,
>but with a small image of a mac monitor in the center of it. Otherwise,
>it is not a bootable system.
>
>Cyrus Roton [email protected]
>Ridgecrest Apple User Group
Cyrus, there's a really good "chapter and verse" on this one, that being
the Apple Tech Note 134 by Bo3b Johnson. It was even published, in an
edited form, in MacUser once long long ago when we were all young...
Bo3b's note details the startup procedure of the Mac, and notes what is
happening step by step; and therefore what is failing at any given point if
we crash during the boot process.
Generally, if the System folder is unblessed (no special icon) you'll get
the initial smiley Mac, showing the Mac's found workable boot blocks on the
HD. But the machine in question which Pascal was working on wasn't getting
to that point, hence my arguing it was probably the driver zapped at
least...
Mind you, that doesn't mean the System is OK, and Pascal may well find,
when he's updated the driver, that the Mac still won't boot, and that the
System corrupt...
He'll probably let us know what happens.
(Good luck with this Pascal!!)
--Bill || [email protected] || [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:39:28 -0800
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: My thoughts on GX printing....
In reply as to whether or not to install Apple's GX printing software:
If I were, you I would not install any kind of GX printing. I tried it
once, and it really did a number on my Chooser (I had to completely
reinstall it plus it corrupted a number of my installed printer drivers for
different printers). I just don't need desktop printing that badly. Oh,
did I also mention that it balooned my System Folder to a huge size as well
(with everything it has to install)?
Honestly, I just don't see any need for using this. I keep an alias of my
Chooser on my desktop, so the "trip" to the Chooser to change a printer is
very short. Right now I have Imagewriter I & II, an HP deskjet (non
color), and the Apple Color StyleWriter 2500, plus MCC Fax Print all
installed in my Chooser. I intend to leave it that way!!
--bj
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 14:02:09 +0000
From: Lawrence Rugolo
Subject: Netscape & Acrobat Reader
Here's a problem that I don't think has been addressed
before on this list. Twice now, when I clicked on a PDF
version of a file while in Netscape 2.0.2, Acrobat Reader
begins to launch, but before the file appears on the
desktop, I get a type 11 bomb and have to click the
Restart button. My platform is a PowerWave 604/132. (There
is also a problem with trying to print a PDF document on my
Personal Laserwriter NT -- I get a "stack underflow" error.)
Is the problem with Acrobat Reader, Netscape, or my CPU?
I'd appreciate any help from you Mac gurus out there!
Larry Rugolo
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:45:26 +0400
From: "David A. Raines, J.D."
Subject: Netscape news reader
I am using Netscape 3.0b6. Every time I use it to read the news, I have
to select "add newsgroup" from the file menu and manually type in
"comp.sys.mac.digest" in order to get a listing of info-mac. This is
annoying. Is it possible to make this newsgroup appear by default
whenever I open the news reader in Netscape?
Your help will be appreciated!
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:25:19 -0800
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: OpenDoc & Cyberdog....
Hi: I've installed both the new OpenDoc & Cyberdog apps from the MacAddict
CD that has come with the new magazine. I installed both with all
extensions off.
I find that I cannot use Cyberdog at all without it freezing; so far, I
can't even get to the configuration menus to tell it the specific
information about my Internet account. The main Cyberdog window never
finishes drawing its icons, (the window where it shows the dog at the
mailbox, retrieving the newspaper, etc.) and at that point I have a system
freeze. I have 16 megs RAM, PowerPC CPU, Ram Doubler turned on, and all
the other requirements it needs.
I have also tried running Cyberdog with all my extensions off in case there
was some sort of software conflict, but then I could not open the main
Cyberdog window at all. It just dumped me into OpenDoc.
Any ideas or suggestions out there??
--bj
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 10:52:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cyrus Roton
Subject: Problems with Eudora attachments
[email protected] (Wendy Weiner) wrote:
>I get conflicting information, and I hope you can set me straight. I have
>a Mac LC, System 7.0. I'm experiencing problems with Eudora Light and
>Netscape. In Eudora Light, the attachments I send can't be opened, and the
>ones I receive print out as characters. In netscape I can't move the
>bookmarks into folders. When I called Slipnet, they said my System 7.0
>can't handle Internet stuff, and I needed to upgrade to 7.5.3.
My guess is that you are not converting the files to BINHEX format before
attaching them. If the attachments you receive appear to be ascii text,
then probably, they are in BINHEX format, and you need to decode them
before using them. Drop Stuff (Stuffit and its Expander) versions 3 and 4
can handle binhex.
Cyrus Roton [email protected]
Ridgecrest Apple User Group
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:04:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cyrus Roton
Subject: Problems with Eudora attachments (fwd)
[email protected] (Wendy Weiner) wrote:
>I get conflicting information, and I hope you can set me straight. I have
>a Mac LC, System 7.0. I'm experiencing problems with Eudora Light and
>Netscape. In Eudora Light, the attachments I send can't be opened, and the
>ones I receive print out as characters. In netscape I can't move the
>bookmarks into folders. When I called Slipnet, they said my System 7.0
>can't handle Internet stuff, and I needed to upgrade to 7.5.3.
My guess is that you are not converting the files to BINHEX format before
attaching them. If the attachments you receive appear to be ascii text,
then probably, they are in BINHEX format, and you need to decode them
before using them. Drop Stuff (Stuffit and its Expander) versions 3 and 4
can handle binhex.
Cyrus Roton [email protected]
Ridgecrest Apple User Group
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 07:32:37 -0400
From: [email protected] (Kenneth A. Langford)
Subject: Question
I have a Performa 6116. To add more RAM to this computer you have
to install in pairs of two. My question is do the SIMMs have to
be equal pairs (two- 8MB SIMMs) or can you install one-4MB SIMM
and one-8MB SIMM.
Another question, I was thinking about buying a syquest drive.
What is the diferance between a EZ Drive, and a regular Syquest
drive.
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 13:28:15 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: QuickDraw GX - what it is (A)
Dear Digest readers,
Thank you one and all for replies about QuickDraw GX.
I can't go at length about it, but there is a FAQ about it
at
http://www.ixmedia.com/quickgx/quickgx.html
Hope this helps anybody else wanting to know what it is.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 13:31:36 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 Magic Menu (Q)
Dear Digest readers,
Found an intriguing bug in Stuffit Deluxe 4.0.
When True Finder Integration control panel is set to have Magic Menu on,
My PowerMac 7200 crashes with a Type 10 error.
I am using FreePPP 2.5rf, Director Assistence II, Click There it is,
QuickKeys 3.0.1, Stylewriter 2200 v. 2.1.2, and System 7.5.3.
Anybody know how to get the Magic Menu not to crash my Mac?
Sincerely,
[email protected]
http://www.bayserve.net/~abrody
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:58:43 +0000
From: Ray Settle
Subject: welcome datacomp
Does anyone know why I occasionally get the text string inserted into some of my documents. I had a real problem a few
years ago with this and then it stopped. Recently I discoverd the
offending string in another document. I have run disinfectant 3.6 on
both my HD and the floppy with no results. I am stumped.
Ray Settle
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 15:14:19 -0800
From: Mike Blackwell
Subject: What brand of camera is the screendump "click" based on?
When you do a command-shift-3 on recent Macs, there's a camera shutter
sound effect. Was this click sampled from a real camera, and if so, which
one? Also, where in the System file does this resource appear? It doesn't
show up under the default beep sounds. TIA!
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 18:10:40 -0500
From: Paul Kleeberg
Subject: Windows WordPerfect 6.x to Microsoft Word 6.0
Don't you just love to hate Microsoft... I do.
I have started working at a new company and they use WordPerfect 6.0 for
Windows 3.1 for all their work. Microsoft's Word 6.0 for the Mac does not
have a translator for WordPerfect 6.x but it does for 5.x. Interestingly
the copy of Word for Windows 95 does have a translator. A call into
Microsoft puts the blame on WordPerfect (Corel?) for not supplying one. I
then ask why they have a translator in Windows95 and the person on the
phone again put the blame in WordPerfect.
At present, in order to read the WordPerfect 6.0 documents I must fire up
SoftWindows95 and run Word for W95 to translate it. Anyone have a simpler
solution? It is stuff like this that is going to force me to use a wintel
box in the office and I believe that fact is not unknown to Microsoft.
Paul Kleeberg
[email protected]
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