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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 5 Sep 96 Volume 14 : Issue 204
Today's Topics:
[*] BigSecret 4.0
[*] Eudora Cent/East Europe 1.1
[*] Eudora Cyrillic 1.1
[*] Eudora Greek
[*] II2Mac 0.9.3
[*] Mac QB Office Pool 2.5S
[*] McTWILIGHT 2.0.9 r5
[*] MegaWindow XFCN v3.1
[*] Netscape 3.0 Baltic-Cyrillic patch
[*] NetStripper v3.1F
[*] Pro Predictor 2.8S
[*] QuickChar
(A) Font in menubar
7200/75 Ethernet printing problem (please help!)
[A] Re: Plaintalk on a 5300c
[Q] Changing font on Claris FilemakerPro User
[Q] FTP between 2 remote machines
Adding HD to Duo Dock +
Apple TV Video System do PAL?
Can a modem be shared? [Q]
drag and drop into apple menu
HP DW660c printing envelopes?
Image Maps (summary)
LW 8.4
MacMedic Software Version List Site
Multiple accounts.Open Transport
Now Startup Manager 7.0
Scripting commands to running apps...
Smart Scrolls
SuperBoomerang and System 7.5.3
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:37 -0500
From: (a mouse in the castle)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BigSecret 4.0
Copyright 1987,1994,1995,1996 (c) by John R. Montbriand. All Rights Reserved.
Version 4.0 replaces versions 3.x, 2.x, and 1.x
A utility allowing you to make invisible those files or folders you do not
wish others to see.
About BigSecret...
BigSecret is a program providing file security facilities for files you
store on your computer. The following facilities are provided:
- commands for making files or folders visible or invisible,
- facilities for ensuring invisible files remain invisible in
other applications,
- facilities for recording information about the usage of
certain files that you specify,
- password facilities for protecting access to the program,
The program will work with any variant of System 7.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/big-secret-40.hqx; 155K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:41 -0500
From: (Andreas Prilop)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Eudora Cent/East Europe 1.1
These Eudora Tables enable you to send and read e-mail containing special
letters from the Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorbian, and Turkish
languages.
They can be used with any version of Eudora.
Supported character sets are:
MacCE (Central European), MacRomanian, MacTurkish; ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-9,
ISO-8859-13 (Unix); Code Pages 1250, 1254, 1257 (MS Windows); Code Pages
775, 852, 857 (MS-DOS and OS/2).
Bitmap fonts and keyboard layouts are included.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/eudora-central-e-europe-11.hqx; 107K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:44 -0500
From: (Andreas Prilop)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Eudora Cyrillic 1.1
These Eudora Tables enable you to send and read e-mail containing Cyrillic
letters from the Belarussian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and
Ukrainian languages.
They can be used with any version of Eudora.
Supported character sets are:
MacCyrillic, MacUkrainian;
ISO-IR-111 (commonly known as KOI-8 or KOI8), ISO-8859-5 (Unix); Code Page
1251 (MS Windows);
Code Pages 855, 866 (MS-DOS and OS/2).
Bitmap fonts and keyboard layouts are included.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/eudora-cyrillic-11.hqx; 101K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:45 -0500
From: (Andreas Prilop)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Eudora Greek
These Eudora Tables enable you to send and read e-mail in Greek. They can
be used with any version of Eudora.
Supported character sets are:
MacGreek, ISO-8859-7 = ELOT 928 (Unix), Code Page 1253 (MS Windows), Code
Pages 737, 869 (MS-DOS and OS/2).
Bitmap fonts and a keyboard layout are included.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/eudora-greek.hqx; 50K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:38 -0500
From: (Adam van Gaalen PA2AGA)[email protected]
Subject: [*] II2Mac 0.9.3
Here is version 0.9.3 of ][2Mac.
][2Mac is a set of 2 applications, 1 for the Mac and 1 for the Apple-][,
which allows you to backup Apple-][ floppies to a Mac in a format that is
recognized by IIe, the Apple //e emulator for the Mac, written by Victor
and Vincent Tan (/info-mac/app/IIe-301.hqx).
This version includes:
- Support for 6551 ACIA
- Support for Super Serial Card
- Support for both 300 and 9600 bps because:
- the Apple Communications Interface communicates at 300 bps by default
- the Apple-][c communicates at 300 bps by default
- Support for the Apple Communications Interface Card
- Disk-transfers are now being sumchecked
Although Apple-][ interfaces with a 6551 acia are now supported I must
admit that it has not gone through extensive testing yet, simply because I
myself don't own such a card. Owners of such cards are kindly requested to
give ][2Mac a try and let me know if problems occur.
I am doing my best to implement support for the Apple ][c soon... Just
looking for someone that can inform me about which port acts as the
modemport, what chip does the serial-conversion and which addresses do I
use to access that serial-chip....
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/ii-2-mac-093.hqx; 49K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:46 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac QB Office Pool 2.5S
The Mac QB Office Pool Manager is a shareware pro and college office pool
manager that can be used with any sport. If you have ever tried to organize
an office pool, you know how much work it can be. Now, with The Mac QB, it
doesn't have to be work--it can actually be fun. It will run your office
pool, much like a quarterback runs a football game. All you do is stand on
the sidelines and say "Do this." and it does it-without complaining or
questioning your call!
The Mac QB Office Pool is a complete program that will do everything for
you from the beginning of the season to the end. It does not merely do a
part of the pool and leave the rest to you, nor does it require an
additional program such as Excel to do its work for it.
All you have to do each week is enter the players' picks through a simple
and quick point and click routine. Then, Mac QB takes over and lets you
enjoy the games! As the games are completed, you enter the scores in
another easy and quick routine. As you do, Mac QB will tell you if there's
a winner yet, who can still win, and who has been eliminated.
Mac QB prints a weekly players Entry Form, a pre-game Master spread sheet
with all the players picks, and a post game Master spread sheet, showing
how each player did, who won, the payoff, etc.. It also tracks the player
standings and player account records. Even provides for a manager's fee, if
you like.
With the various options, you can set Mac QB to fit the unique
characteristics of your pool, whether it is a weekly winners pool, parlay
pool where the pool can roll over, or confidence pool where the players
assign confidence points to each pick. Picks can be outright winners or
winners against the spread and can include a tiebreaker.
It includes options to have 1st, 2nd, and/or 3rd place winners and the
amounts to be paid to each. It also provides for season winners if desired,
with the option to divide the season into as many as 4 season periods plus
an overall season winner. And it permits you to switch to another pool type
or change the pool settings any time during the season.
Managers who have used Mac QB have given it rave reviews and said that it
has saved them literally hours of work with a minimum of effort. But, see
for yourself. Try it out. You can use it for 5 weeks before sending in the
shareware fee.
Mac QB Office Pool 2.5 is a major upgrade which has incorporated requests
from various managers. The folder includes a manual, sample pools, and a
starter file with the complete 96 NFL schedule.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-qb-office-pool-25s.hqx; 437K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:40 -0500
From: (Andrew Lee)[email protected]
Subject: [*] McTWILIGHT 2.0.9 r5
McTWILIGHT 2.0.9 r5
(c)1996 Andrew LEE
TwiLIGHT is a text-based virtual world on the Internet. It is an open
gathering place for anyone and everyone. McTWILIGHT brings TwiLIGHT and
other worlds into your reach seamlessly from a Macintosh computer.
The doors are open... Enter... Experience...
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
System 7 or higher
Internet connection
MacTCP or Open Transport, OR
SLIP/PPP connection
2 Mb of Free Memory
1 Mb of Free disk space
13 inch Monitor or larger
Macintosh (preferably 68030 or better), Power Macintosh
or MacOS-compatible computer
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mc-twilight.hqx; 569K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:39 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MegaWindow XFCN v3.1
Note: If you're a registered owner of 3.0, you can upgrade instantly and
for free. Instructions are in the SimpleText file.
This is the latest upgrade to the popular MegaWindow external for
HyperCard. It requires System 7 and HC 2.1 or higher. (Some features of the
two stacks require v2.2, but if you don't have it, it'll still run.) The
MegaWindow XFCN lets you create and manage powerful external windows with
only HyperTalk scripts. It's kind of like WindowScript, yes, but some say
it's better, and it's definitely a lot cheaper.
New featuresth includeth, but art not limiteth to:
* A revamped Workshop stack, with an index, zoom controls, a color picker,
and more.
* Each object can have a script to execute when it's clicked.
* Multi-column Lists, and scroll bars to match.
* Buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, popups, and text fields all disable.
* You can use the Mac OS control styles if you want, instead of the MW ones.
* You can get and set the styles in a TextEdit field from a script. You can
also emboss their frames, scroll them by script, change their justification
and alter the word wrap.
* Various aethetic enhancements.
And there's even more in the stacks. If you've never tried MegaWindow,
here's your chance. It's only ... sit down ... $20 for new users. I can't
keep those prices down much longer, people!
Once you've purchased it, you can distribute as much freeware as you want.
Shareware and commercial software must still be licensed through me at
[email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/mega-window-31-xfcn.hqx; 229K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:41 -0500
From: (Andreas Prilop)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Netscape 3.0 Baltic-Cyrillic patch
This patch is intended for use with Netscape Navigator 3.0. It is freeware.
It adds Baltic and true Cyrillic capabilities to Netscape Navigator 3.0.
You will be able to read web pages in Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, and
Ukrainian - using only native Macintosh fonts *without* installing
non-Macintosh ("KOI8") fonts.
The Cyrillic menu in the original Netscape Navigator 3.0 is a fake. You are
required to use non-Macintosh KOI8 fonts in order to view Russian and
Ukrainian pages.
Those who prefer to work with Netscape Navigator 2.0x should use
info-mac/comm/inet/web/ntscp/netscape-baltic-cyrillic-12.hqx.
Arnis Gross
Andreas Prilop
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/ntscp/netscape-30-baltic-cyrillic.hqx;
125K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:33 -0500
From: (Adam Lloyd)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NetStripper v3.1F
NetStripper is a small utility that converts Macintosh text files to DOS
text files, DOS and Unix text files to Macintosh text files and can strip
single carriage returns from a text file while changing all double carriage
returns to singles that are *not* deleted. The program operates with a
simple drag-and-drop interface (ie: just drop the files that need to be
processed on to its icon), using modifier keys held down while the program
starts to choose which translation mode is required. It is also possible to
drop folders containing other folders and text files on to NetStripper. All
text files in all folders within the folder that is dropped will be
translated.
NetStripper v3.1F is a FAT binary. It runs on any Apple Macintosh computer
or Power Macintosh computer running anything from System 7.0 upwards. It
works on PCI Macs and on all Mac clones. It will run on anything from a
68000 to a PowerPC 604, in black and white or colour.
NetStripper is shareware and priced at US$10. Payment is handled by Kagi.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/net-stripper-31.hqx; 141K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:36 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Pro Predictor 2.8S
Pro Predictor predicts the outcome of each week's NFL games: it tells you
who is going to win each game, by how many points, and the approximate
score. Over the last eight years, it has had an accuracy rate of 65-75
percent in predicting the weekly winners. It can also project ahead and
tell you who is most likely to make the play-offs and who'll win the Super
Bowl!
But, perhaps its best feature is its record keeping. With Pro Predictor,
you have an encylopedia of NFL facts right at your finger tips. It keeps a
myriad of statistics for each team, each division, each conference, and the
entire league.
It will give you the regular season standings for any given week, which
show not only the won-lost records but how each team is doing at home as
opposed to on the road, its record for the last three (or more) weeks and
if it is on a winning or losing streak. It will do the same for the
play-off standings, which include each team's record in its division, its
conference, and the other stats needed to determine which teams make the
play-offs.
It also has statistics that compare the teams in the league not only for
the current season but past seasons as well. These include such things as
difficulty of schedule, best won-lost records at home, on the road, and
totals, most points scored, least points allowed, each team's Super Bowl
record, etc..
All you have to do is enter the scores each week. However, you do have the
option of entering yardage stats if you want to see how teams compare
offensively and defensively. You may also alter a team's power ratings when
there is a injury to a key player.
File contains Pro Predictor 2.8S, a manual, and data files for the years
1991 to 1996.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/pro-predictor-28s.hqx; 328K]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:28:35 -0500
From: (Alastair Matthews)[email protected]
Subject: [*] QuickChar
"Excellent".."No crashes or conflicts".."very useful" (from my beta testers)
QuickChar is a control panel which allows the user to easily access foreign
or unusual characters by clicking the mouse- without moving to a screen
corner or the menubar.
The characters are displayed in a customisable popup menu.
thanks for your help,
Alastair Matthews
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4727
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/quick-char.hqx; 38K]
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:19:05 +0900
From: [email protected] (Christopher Li)
Subject: (A) Font in menubar
> Does anyone out there know how to change the font in the menubar?
>
> The background to my question is that some special characters doesn't
> show up correctly in the menubar in my performa 5200. However, in my
> powerMac 7200/90 there's no problem. I have problems with e.g a and ~
> (that is, a with a acute accent and the tilda). In my performa 5200,
> these characters show up as a square, and this happens both in
> applications as well as in the finder.
Try CustomMenus - using CustomMenus you can set the font and font size for
all of your menus. It also allows you to tear-off menus, pop-up the
menu-bar from anywhere on the screen, create you own customized menus, and
more! The English version is available on Info-mac mirrors, or you can get
the Japanese version from:
Best,
Chris
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:51:45 -0800
From: "S. Brewster"
Subject: 7200/75 Ethernet printing problem (please help!)
Hi fellow Mac'ers,
Recently a problem has cropped up with my family's 7200/75. We have tried,
succesfully for a few days or so, to network our computers and file-share
and print between them all to a LaserWriter IINT [remember those? ahh the
good old days]. The LaserWriter IINT still works quite well. EXCEPT for
output from the 7200.
One day, the filesharing stopped working. The next day, printing.
Completely. Like the 7200 was the only machine on its own network. We are
suspecting a hardware issue but are not sure what it could be.
Here is our lineup:
7200/75 --> 7100/80 --> IIvx (yes really) --> LaserWriter IINT
They are all interconnected with Farralon Ethernet "PowerWave" boxes
(little diamond shaped things, I think they're called PowerWave). We have
tried various permutations of System software on the 7200 (7.5.1, 7.5.2,
and the infamous 7.5.3 SysUp 2.0 rev 2) We are using the LaserWriter 8.0
and/or LaserWriter 8 driver on all machines. Is there a newer machine that
will fix the problems we are having or no? Seems the 7100 will print, the
IIvx will print most of the time (keep in mind the 7100 is in the middle of
the chain) but the 7200 will not even recognize that there is a LaserWriter
on the network at all.
We have tried zapping PRAM, swapping cables/boxes, reinstalling system
software (2x!) and even tried printing with a different program than
Microsoft Word. None of the aforementioned routes have gotten us anywhere
("There is a printing problem, the selected printer could not be found")
Is this a 7200 thing or an Ethernet thing or what? =I We're stumped here.
Oh incidentally I have given up on 800-SOS-APPL. Their staff recommended
with a straight face that I reformat my hard drive. Like that would do
anything.
Anyone seen or heard about this problem and potential fixes?
Thanks in advance, looking forward to advice/replies..
--Scott
Scott Brewster -*- audio consultant -*- [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 22:19:19 -0500
From: [email protected] (John I. Quebedeaux, Jr)
Subject: [A] Re: Plaintalk on a 5300c
> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 23:43:02 -0500
> From: [email protected] (Pilfered Publishing TM)
> Subject: Plaintalk on a 5300c?
>
> Does anyone have any experience running the Plaintalk speech software on a
> Powerbook 5300c?
>
> It is my friends and I was helping set it up this weekend and we couldn't
> get it to work correctly.
>
> Powerbook 5300c running 7.5.3 R2 currently with 8 MB of RAM (which might be
> the problem).
>
> Just looking for input.
>
> Jeff Sass [email protected]
> Computer Science Graduate Student Washington University in St. Louis
Jeff,
I've tried it. See for
details for Powerbook 5300's.
I have 24mb of RAM on my 5300c, MacOS 7.5.3 Rev 2. I am waiting to get my
PB back from the Apple Repair Program... seems I had most of the quality
problems they reported and when the screen started to split I finally gave
in and called them... so meanwhile my wife's LC III w/8mb RAM, 900mb HD
[total], GV TP Mercury [19.2kb] and 16"[60lb do not set on top of Mac]
monitor will just have to do... and it does it well!. You all don't know
the joy of a Mac like this unless you've had to try to transfer
applications from one Windoze machine to another... which I did from my PB
5300 to her LC [we're both running 7.5.3 rev 2 and OT 1.1] and I'm a
consultant & instructor for both platforms.. actually three if you count
IBM's OS/2.
In any case, I'm really not sure 8mb can run the System AND the Speech
Recognition at the same time. Occasionally when I'm running all my *normal*
applications speech recognition will stop listening because I've used up
all available RAM with the 6 or 7 applications I am running. When I get my
PB back I can tell you in more detail what it takes.
I really do like it. It seems to perform well on the 5300c. I have to
remember to speak normally when addressing the computer. I like the CB
method... hold down a key when I want it to listen. I am just becoming
aquainted with AppleScript - which is where the Speech seems to be
integrated with. You can build anything you want with AppleScript (provided
the apps you have are capable) and use Speech Recognition to tell them (or
the finder) what to do. Powerful! I'm thinking of all the things I do now
manually and turning them into scripts that I can then give verbal commands
too. Simply checking my e-mail(s), copy & paste, etc... and such are
examples. That would free up my hands to do more original chores... such as
typing this!
Regards,
John Q.
John I. Quebedeaux, Jr.
e-mail: [email protected] - www: http://www.intersurf.com/~johnq
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 96 09:46:24 -0400
From: Romulo Romero
Subject: [Q] Changing font on Claris FilemakerPro User
Greetings all.
I have to run a presentation on a Claris FilemakerPro User
Database from my Powerbook, and someone suggested I change the
font used globally from Helvetica (default) To something like
Chicago, which is ugly but looks good from the back of the
auditorium.
Is it possible to do that?
Many thanks.
Romulo Romero
[email protected]
[email protected] (on weekends)
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 23:19:13 -0700
From: [email protected] (Doug Brouwer, Santa Cruz)
Subject: [Q] FTP between 2 remote machines
Is it possible to FTP from an FTP server and, in this case, have the file =
placed directly on the space I have available to me at my ISP? If so, =
could someone enlighten me as to the procedure? Thanks very much.
Doug=
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 96 18:21:10 -0600
From: Bob Patin
Subject: Adding HD to Duo Dock +
I just bought an Apple Duo Dock +, and have a 350 MB hard drive that I
would like to install into it.
Is this a hard thing to do? I've installed HD's into Macs for years, but
not into the Duo Dock. Unfortunately, the manual doesn't tell how to do
it. I realize that I void my warranty by putting it in myself...
Thanks,
Bob Patin
[email protected]
Web Page: http://www.nashville.net/~bskate
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 08:01:25 +0200
From: "McCloskey, Patrick"
Subject: Apple TV Video System do PAL?
If I buy a Mac with the Apple TV Video System in the US, will I be able
to take it to Europe and watch TV there? Europe uses the PAL standard,
we use the NTSC standard. Apple tells me yes, but I haven't seen this
in writing anywhere. Can anyone verify Apple's claim for me?
Thanks
Patrick McCloskey
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Date: 4 Sep 96 20:17:59 -0400
From: "Patrick T. Pruyne"
Subject: Can a modem be shared? [Q]
Greetings,
I'm helping my 3 yr old's school rig its new Mac installation (...by
contrast my preschool offered 2 jars of dried-up paint, delicious
white paste and erasers to clap for a thrill).
Is it possible for OpenTransport/Netwared/Etherneted Macs to share a
single modem (USRobotics Sportster)?
Mondo obligatos,
Pat
[email protected]
I'm helping my 3 yr old's school rig its new Mac installation (...by
contrast my preschool offered 2 jars of dried-up paint, delicious
white paste and erasers to clap for a thrill).
Is it possible for OpenTransport/Netwared/Etherneted Macs to share a
single modem (USRobotics Sportster)?
Mondo obligatos,
Pat
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 19:35:33 -0500
From: Dan Bongert
Subject: drag and drop into apple menu
> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 21:04:23 -0500
> From: [email protected] (Tristan Meisters)
> Subject: drag and drop into apple menu
>
> Hello All ! I was wondering if anyone on here knew of a piece of shareware
> or freeware which worked like now menus and allowed me to drap files into
> folders in the Apple menu . I would use Now menus but it uses too much ram
> for my little machine , does anyone have any suggestions . Thanks in
> advance .
>
> cheers Tristan
>
> Tristan Meisters
> [email protected]
Glidel, by someone-who's-name-I-forget, is a very nice piece of (free?)ware
that is in the archives in either gui or cfg.
Dan Bongert [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:52:15 -0800
From: "S. Brewster"
Subject: HP DW660c printing envelopes?
Hi all... I had read a while back that someone ingeniously figured out how
to print envelopes on a DW660c. At the time, I didn't have a 660c, but
now that I've got one, and have tons o' envelopes I'd like to print, does
anyone have that article or know off the top of their head how to do it? I
looked at HP's site, no particular help. My main problem with the way it
is printing now is a HUGE left margin (I like to write my return address
rather close to the edge of the page,
Subject: Image Maps (summary)
Well, it seems that the answer to my question is as follows:
You have to first create a server-side image map with whatever program
you want to use. Then's there's an Applescript called Webmap to Cient
Map Converter that will generate an HTML file that you paste into the
document you want the C-S image map to be in. It's not too complicated
even if you only know a little bit about HTML. If anyone wants to see
the final results, you can check out my home page. The toolbar on the
left is a C-S image map.
http://users.penn.com/~jhecker/index.html
If you would like some more detail instructions on how to create one,
don't hesitate to email me. I'd be more than happy to help. And thanks
to all the info-mac readers that responded to my post for all their
help.
Jason Hecker
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 07:54:26 PDT
From: "Stephen W. Smoliar"
Subject: LW 8.4
At 1:58 PM -0500 8/29/96, Graeme Forbes wrote:
>
>Does anyone *prefer* the new print dialog to the old one?
I used to add a patch (available on the info-mac archives) that would add a
window for n-up layout to the print dialog. I cannot figure out what
possessed Apple to implement this idea on their own in such a pessimal
manner. Meanwhile, it also appears that they have opened the door to
Microsoft incompatibility again. Excel has its own Page Setup dialog, and
I have discovered that, under 8.4, I can no longer tell Excel to switch
between portrait and landscape page layouts. Has anyone else encountered
this problem? Does anyone have a good work-around (like connect to a
different printer, make the changes there, save the file with those
changes, and go back to 8.4 ... yuck)?
> If not, Apple
>should be told.
>
If they were told, would they pay attention? Apple seems a lot less
sensitive to user input than they used to be. So how do we direct input to
Apple in a manner which is likely to have some productive impact?
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 13:35:05 +0000
From: Kurtis Christensen
Subject: MacMedic Software Version List Site
This site is dedicated to tracking the current versions of popular Mac
software and posting links to their updates or information if available.
There is also a table listing the 15 most recent updates found on the
web. The Master Table now lists over 170 programs and continues to grow.
Additions can be made at the readers request.
http://members.aol.com/macmedics/version.html
MacMedic
Kurtis Christensen
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 09:51:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (mark evans)
Subject: Multiple accounts.Open Transport
Collective wisdom:
I am helping a client with 'net support. He is running Open Transport and
*believes* he can configure his Internet connection for more than one
account (on more than one server). Unfortunately I have not had any
experience (yet) using O.T. (still hanging on to that vintage LC II and pre
sys-7.5). Is this true and if so, can anyone shed some light on the
process of doing it. I know that FreePPP has that multiple PPP account
feature, but it seems there is only one MacTCP setting.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
mark Evans
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 02:23:48 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Now Startup Manager 7.0
As always, results may vary. I've been using Now Startup Manager 7.0 with
no problems, other than a minor glitch when I restarted after the
installation. I got a message that there was insufficient memory to load
all my extensions, topped off by a bus error.
Restarting and holding the space bar down allowed me to select a
different set of extensions. (NSM was trying to load every last
extension, but not RamDoubler, not a swell idea with only 8 MB of RAM.)
Since then, everything has been fine.
Nick Beaver
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 96 06:41:25 EDT
From: [email protected] (Gary Mason)
Subject: Scripting commands to running apps...
While connected to work, I would like to automatically send a periodic
command to the system to which I am connected via Zterm. An emulation
of manual input at the keyboard, it would check mail status, and
hopefully alert me with an alarm if I could get it to react to what was
returned in response to the command.
Anything like this been done? Doable? AppleScript?
6115CD running 7.5.3
Thanks...Gary
** Gary Mason - Interleaf, Inc., Waltham, MA USA 617/768-1553 **
** [email protected] www.interleaf.com FAX 617/290-4966 **
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Date: 4 Sep 1996 23:25:05 -0400
From: "Daitaro Hagihara"
Subject: Smart Scrolls
Call it a virus.
------ From: [email protected], Wed, Sep 4, 1996 ------
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 20:57:54 +0100
From: [email protected] (Pierre Mercier)
Subject: Smart Scrolls
I just want to aware you about Smart Scrolls. After trying it only three
days, a warning message appeared at startup asking for paiement. =
Skipping
the message froze the screen. After an emergency start, I had the same
message and frozen screen. I had a lot of trouble and spent a lot of =
time
to restart from an external system and get rid of that thing. I think =
that
are rude manners just to get payments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Francine Levesque et Pierre Mercier
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 12:55:17 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul [not "Brian"] Brians)
Subject: SuperBoomerang and System 7.5.3
For years I enjoyed using SuperBoomerang and always wondered why the Mac
system didn't just incorporate its main features. Then I had to abandon it
because of system conflicts. Now I'm using System 7.5.3 and wondering
whether it's worth upgrading to the current version of SuperBoomerang. I
would appreciate reports on its current stability, and any notable
conflicts.
And no, Default Folder doesn't do everything I want; and besides when I
downloaded the latest version to try it out it told me I had owned it for
30 days and it was time to pay up even though I had acquired it just an
hour before.
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
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Date: 5 Sep 1996 18:07:44 +1000
From: [email protected] (Isaac Balbin)
Subject: SupraFaxModem 288/366 and an LC575 as a fax machine
This modem, and I am sure many others, have the ability to discern
whether a call if voice or fax and answer only when it is a fax.
Is it feasible to have the computer on all the time in this scenario?
Probably one would need to turn the screen off (but you can't do that
with a 575) alternatively you would turn make the screen dim (black).
Would that not draw too much power?
On the other hand, what if you left the machine to go into its
"sleep" mode, where the screen is dimmed and it beeps a few times
until it "warms" up, when you touch the keyboard or click the mouse.
Would the software with the Supra be quick enough to be enabled
in time to answer the incoming fax?
I have heard that powerbooks in their sleep mode aren't fast enough
to spin up the hard drive and process the fax.
Some have said that power macs on the other hand seem to be quick
enough to do this.
What is your experience/advice?
Thanks in advance,
Dr Isaac Balbin, Dept. of Comp. Sci., RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
[email protected] +61 3 9660 2803 http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/~isaac
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Date: 5 Sep 1996 08:30:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Julian Gomez)
Subject: Where is Now Fun?
Does anyone know what happened to Now Fun!? I asked Now Software about
it, but the only information they had was that they sold it to "Nova
Development"; they didn't even have a phone number or address! Too bad,
because a search for Nova Development turns up a Wintel software
company. Does anyone know what happened to the package?
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Date: 4 Sep 1996 22:59:23 -0400
From: "Daitaro Hagihara"
Subject: Why continue to Binhex?
The original question was as the subject says. So why then does Mac =
community still use BinHex, whereas in PC/Unix communities base64-type =
encodings are done away with in ftp transfers? It seems that little bits =
of code tucked into the resource fork of .sit files, however containing =
vital infos, do not constitute the necessity to BinHex the whole thing at =
tremendous costs of CPU and bandwidth. Defending BinHex because of =
e-mail downloads is losing the argument due to MIME standards. Besides, =
RICE listserv just terminated e-mail download service last month. For a =
while, I thought CRC issue was an important factor to resort to BinHex. =
But then, Z and gzip have CRC checks built-in, I realize. Though I don't =
know if .sit supports CRC or not, the modem hardware have gotten quite =
good in recent years that error corrections are done on-the-fly during =
transfers. Since ftp transfers are direct node-to-node transfers, unlike =
e-mails, this hardware error correction alone would be quite enough. No =
need for CRC in ftp. So, I ran out of any rational reason to defend =
BinHex, other than simply being customary.
(This is off-topic. But why do I get =3D sign at the end of every line?)
------ From: [email protected], Wed, Sep 4, 1996 ------
From: "Adam C. Engst"
>Compressed .cpt or .sit files can well be transferred in raw binary as =
they
>usually contain only the data fork. Only if the files contain password =
info
>(in their resource forks) is MacBinary or BinHex necessary. You can even
>strip off the resource fork from .sea files and treat them as .sit.
True, although if you do that you'll have to open the files manually =
and/or
go in with a disk editor to reassign files types and the like. Not within
the capability of most users...
cheers ... -Adam
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