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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 1 Oct 96 Volume 14 : Issue 226
Today's Topics:
[*] Petit Bonheur TT
[*] Select/DidjitIcons
[*] SuperKeno 1.9
[*] Tex-Edit Drop Box
[*] V-Mix Audio Mixing Automation
[*] Virtual Drummer 2.0.1
[*] Warper 2.6
[*] wolf-the-end?-20
[*] World Wide Web Weaver version 2 release
[*] WPMac News 9/96
(Q) Source for recommendations of shareware Mac games?
[A] HD Optimizers...
[Q] Need help with a RAM problem.
[R] 7.5.5 update Problems
[R] Libel
Adding a second monitor to my Q650
Apple Mini-dock and Duo
AppleTalk card
Buses (Q)
Comparison of HTMLWord translation tools for MacOS
CyberJason?
Defragmentation
EPS files from M$ Word
HD Optimizers...
help
Info-Mac Digest V14 #222
ISDN Caller ID
Italian Macformat edition is born!
Looking for driver software--Image II
Mac zip disk (Storage size discrepancies)
Mount Windows NT 200MB SyQuest on Mac?
Netscape 2.02 Woes
New York Postscript font needed (R)
Oscar the Grouch still available....
persisting "connect to shared disk..."
persisting "connect to shared disk..." [Q,C,S]
PowerBook StartUp Disk
Problem with TDK 2814 Modem and PB5300c (Q)
reverse nslookup
Source for recommendations of shareware Mac games? (A)
Superdrive working again
) !!Syllabus Options
System 7.5.3 and Personal Laserwriter SC
System 7.5.5 and Desktop Patterns
System 7.5.5 conflict with Control Strip Menu 2.3.2
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:19:38 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jacques Bertrand)
Subject: [*] Petit Bonheur TT
Here is my latest font: Petit Bonheur TrueType. It is free and it includes
all characters and diacritics for most western languages. Laser version is
also provided for all 4 styles.
Please read the ReadMe file.
Jacques Bertrand
Enjoy !
Jacques Bertrand - Dep. de Psychologie
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
email: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/petit-bonheur.hqx; 403K]
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:14:55 -0500
From: (Jason Rainbows)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Select/DidjitIcons
SelectFolderIcons/DidjitIcons
Requires: Not much... System 7, 256 colors, Moxie (just a little).
You're gonna LOVE this excellent collection of beautifully hand-crafted 3-D
Folder and Disk icons.
Those of you who are already familiar with SelectColorIcons won't need ME
to convince them that this is a worthwhile download.
If you haven't yet seen the SelectColorIcons series, you're in for a rare
treat! Although, I must warn you, you may never want to go back to normal
desktop icons again!
Anyways, this is a collection of, hmmm... ...about 25 icons. Mostly Disk
and Folder types.
Included in this set are 10 icons from a new series, tentively called
SelectDidjits - a Folder and Disk Icon collection featuring little
humanoids (Didjits) incorporated into the designs.
They are whimsical, and some are even downright goofy, but most can be used
even in a business environment to impress clients or brighten somebody's
day. You say you've done 13 revisions on that last document and it STILL
has to go through the committees approval? I've got just the Folder for you
to send it to them in (Revisions).
These icons are presented to you pasted onto empty folders. For those who
have never customized their desktop icons, simple instructions are included
at the end of the ReadMe file. It's as easy as copy and paste!
I hope this latest collection will help you get that promotion, boost your
image in your friends eyes, get an A in class or just bring a smile to your
face. Either way, have a good time and try not to hurt anybody with them,
okay.
Thanks
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/select-didjit-icons.hqx; 59K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:57 -0700
From: [email protected] (Trottier)
Subject: [*] SuperKeno 1.9
SuperKeno is a full-featured, easy to use Keno program for the Macintosh.
Keno is a very addictive lottery game that's played in most of the casinos
all around the world.
This program offers very good graphics plus a great user interface, two
difficulty levels, a full-featured 'Insert Coin' command and excellent
sound. It even features a coupon printing command and a Multi-Keno command.
Have fun!
*** IMPORTANT BUG FIX: THIS VERSION FIXES A BUG IN V.1.5, WHICH MADE THE
GAME CRASH WHEN RUNNING UNDER MORE THAN 256 COLORS. THE GAME SHOULD NOW RUN
CORRECTLY UNDER ANY SCREEN DEPTH. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE TROUBLE THIS BUG
MIGHT HAVE CAUSED YOU. ***
Alexandre Trottier
EasySoft Creations
[Archived as /info-mac/game/super-keno-19.hqx; 281K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:47 -0700
From: [email protected] (Robert E Boeckman)
Subject: [*] Tex-Edit Drop Box
Tex-Edit Drop Box
I use Tex-Edit for almost everything. So I wrote a little script to change
text files to Tex-Edit. Just drop any number of text files on the icon and
it changes them to Tex-Edit!
If you like it drop me e-mail at [email protected]
Contact a non-silicon based life form at...........
Amateur radio address [email protected] or [email protected]
Internet address [email protected]
Contact a silicon based life form at...........
Macintosh mailbot [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-drop-box.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:56 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bob Damiano)
Subject: [*] V-Mix Audio Mixing Automation
V-Mix is a professional mixing automation app for macintosh designed to
work with any "off the shelf" MIDI hardware. Many powerful features:
Fader READ, WRITE, ISOLATE modes. 16 fader / 16 mute groups. Fader
groups are "true proportional". Event List editor. Math functions (add
X dB to a channel). All levels displayed and edited in dB - not MIDI
controller numbers.
For more info, or the very latest version:
http://www.hancock.net/~neosync
Thank you.
Bob Damiano
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/v-mix-191.hqx; 398K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 23:27:06 -0700
From: (Jon Nichols)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Virtual Drummer 2.0.1
Virtual Drummer is a drum machine for Macintosh. By utilizing the built-in
features of Quicktime, Virtual Drummer allows you to edit and play drum
patterns and songs through the built-in speaker on your Mac. It's been
designed for non-musicians, and requires no knowledge of music theory.
Features Include:
Quicktime Export
Customizable Drum Sets
Drag and Drop Interface
Drumlets palettes for often used patterns and fills.
System Requirements:
MacOS 7.5
Quicktime 2.5
For more info, go to the Virtual Drummer web page:
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/virtual-drummer-201.hqx; 312K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:54 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Warper 2.6
AUTHOR: Yorick
NEEDS: System 7.0 or higher
EQUIPMENT: Any Mac, Pref. Color
TYPE: Shareware Appl; $25
Keywords: CUSTOM GRAPHIC DESKTOP PATTERN MENUBAR APPLE MENU ICONS TRASH CAN
BEEP
The Warper allows you to customize the visual aspects of your Macintosh
Finder according to your tastes in six different ways: desktop pattern
(tile), menubar pattern, apple menu icon, trash can, warning beep, and folder
icons. From underwater "Atlantis" to jungle scene - complete with monkey
beep, tree background, and Little Shop's "Audrey" trash can - the highly
detailed color and grayscale tiles and icons will make your Mac come alive!
The Warper application (396K) installs these changes via an 18K extension
(remaining download file is artwork). You can choose between 20 complete
preconfigurations, or create your own using the extensive bank of independent
graphic resources. You can use the Warper on all Macintosh models, from 16
gray levels up to millions of colors running on System 7.0 or later.
The coolest thing about the Warper is the extensive artwork. Based in
Paris, France and Woodside, California, artist Yorick spent many months
perfecting futuristic "Borg" ship, metal, stone, wood, and psychedelic
desktop transformations along with sound effects and tons of cool folder
icons. We put this "demo" version together to allow you to get to know the
Warper. This version has 1/4 of the graphic resources of the "full" version
(there are 562 different elements in the full version!) Enjoy!
We do give permission for inclusion on future archive CD-ROM's.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/warper-26-demo.hqx; 812K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:59 -0700
From: [email protected] (zed)
Subject: [*] wolf-the-end?-20
Thats maaaaany levels for wolfenstein 2th encounter. When you have only
the first encounter, change the file type to WolfEdit and install it.
Have fun!
Freeware
(c) Moritz Grund
G-ware Inc. 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/wolf-the-end-20.hqx; 210K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:50 -0700
From: [email protected] (Miracle Software Inc.)
Subject: [*] World Wide Web Weaver version 2 release
Attached is a near fully functional demo of the professional web editor,
World Wide Web Weaver version 2.
The ONLY features not available in this fully functional demo is the
interactive spell checker and the demo is not PowerMac native (the shipping
version is native on 68k and PowerMacs, and includes the spell checker).
What's new in version 2?
*PowerMac Native (of course also native for non-PowerMacs)
*MUCH faster (on both PowerMacs and non-PowerMacs)
*SpellChecker
*Automatic Updating Of Preview (giving a TRUE WYSIWYG view WHILE you type)
*Tables
*Forms
*Frames
*Page colors and backgrounds
*Re-Editable Tags (you can re-edit those tags created with any editor)
*Larger files capability
*Limited Site Management
*Multi-File Search
*Updateable Date and Time Stamps
*Improved Toolbar/Palettes
*Customizable Colors
*Printed documentation
*Export to DOS/Windows or Unix text file formats option
*Font Editor
- Allowing you to colorize and better size text
*Support for previewing easily with multiple web browsers
*Removal of tags option
*Conversion of text and styled text to HTML
- Allowing you to type in a true WYSIWYG manor and have W4 convert the
colored, styled, and sized text (including line breaks and paragraph
breaks) to HTML for you.
and MUCH MUCH more!!!
To find out more information about World Wide Web Weaver or the slimmer
shareware version, HTML Web Weaver Lite 3.0.1 go to the web site:
http://www.MiracleInc.com
Miracle Software Inc. - [email protected]
Authors of HTML Web Weaver/World Wide Web Weaver for Macintosh
http://www.miracleinc.com/
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/www-weaver-20.hqx; 1353K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 13:46:52 -0700
From: [email protected] (WPMAC News)
Subject: [*] WPMac News 9/96
This is the September issue of the WordPerfect Mac News. Requires the
Envoy reader, available on the archives.
An HTML version of the News is available at:
http://www.corel.com/wpmacnews/issues/current
[Archived as /info-mac/per/wp/wp-mac-news-96-08-en.hqx; 203K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:00:30 -0600
From: Rick VanDerveer
Subject: (Q) Source for recommendations of shareware Mac games?
>I don't play computer games myself, but I am often in the position of
>trying to recommend shareware and freeware games for folks who do. Is there
>an online source, perhaps a Web page, which lists the "best" games or
>reviews them? I am not interested in information on wholly commercial
>games, just downloadable ones.
>
I'm not sure if this falls within your criteria, but net gaming (whether
it's via modem, LAN, or internet) is growing more and more popular. I
support Networkable Mac Games, which is unique in that it focuses strictly
on net gaming on the Mac. My pages have how-to's, help, list of games of
all sorts (including freeware and shareware), and more.
Please keep it in mind when people ask for recommendations:
Networkable Mac Games
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/netgames/
-Rick
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 10:12:40 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jeffry Burns)
Subject: [A] HD Optimizers...
> Does anyone know of a good program, shareware or not (but shareware would
> be good!), to defragment one's hard drive?
Norton Utilities comes with Speed Disk, which defragments and optimizes disks.
You can run it to check your disk first and then choose to defrag and
optimize.
It provides a colorful display of the contents of your drive so you can see how
it has fragmented. There's also an advanced mode feature that enables you to
find out how many fragments particular files have broken into.
Alsoft had a similar product. I think it was called DiskExpress. This was
rated by the Mac rags as the best disk optimizer, but I haven't noticed it
around
lately.
Either would work fine. As the name suggests, Norton Utilities includes a
suite
of useful utilities: tools for testing your mac, for recovering
deleted files, for recovering files after a crash, "CopyDoubler" (a faster
method
for copying or duplicating files), and various other tidbits. NU has become
"standard equipment" for a lot of Mac users. I find it essential.
Jeff Burns
Ithaca, NY
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 18:50:28 -0600
From: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Need help with a RAM problem.
Recently I just bought a 256k cache card and a 16MB DIMM for my Power Mac
7500/100 from Memory Merchant. Now, the installation of the 256k cache card
went flawlessly but I had a problem with the card. It's about 3/4 of a
centimeter higher than my other DIMMs. I know this wont impair its working
but the internal chasis won't go down all the way in the front (the latch
is to high to go in). It works fine and in about this mac and it displays
32MB but could the pressure on the dimm hurt it? I dont have anything on
top of the cpu, so there is no other weight.
Cheers,
Rob
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 13:01:02 -0500
From: Mark Ingram
Subject: [R] 7.5.5 update Problems
On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Stephen Thompson wrote:
> I updated three Macintosh LC580's at my school with the 7.5.5 update.
> Everything worked fine until I got to the third computer. The last
> computer seemed to update normally but now it freezes every time I try
> to eject a CD.
Here's another cautionary tale:
I attempt to run the 7.5.5 Update on a relatively fresh Performa 5400/120
(factory-installed 7.5.3 Rev. 2). At the point of "Closing files...,"
there is a *long* pause, but the fingers on the little hand keep flipping
me off.
So, I leave the computer for half an hour, and return to find it frozen
where it was left in the install process. No problem, I'll just re-start
and try it again - except that now the computer will not boot from
whatever System remnants are left on the HD.
No problem, I'll just boot from the System CD, and *then* run the Update
- except that the internal (IDE) drive won't mount.
No problem, I'll just run the copy of Disk First Aid that Apple so
thoughtfully provided with the Update. Great! "'Performa 5400 HD'
appears to be OK." Except, the drive *still* won't mount.
No problem, I'll just use Drive Setup to mount the drive - except that
the Mount function churns for a little while, and then *doesn't* mount
anything, offering only the option to Initialize the drive (the Update
Driver option is grayed out).
No problem, I'll just run the latest and greatest version of Norton Disk
Doctor, which proceeds to examine the drive's file and directory
structures, with no problems found - *except* that at the very end the
program is unable to mount the drive. The Norton warning message
suggests either a re-start, a re-install of the disk's driver using the
original formatting program, and oh yes, "you might try re-initializing
the drive," it helpfully adds.
No problem, I'll just have Silverlining install one of *its* drivers, and
then instruct it to mount the errant drive - except that version 5.6.3
wants no part of an IDE drive.
Now I suspect that there *might* indeed be a problem. Five or six
repeats of the above steps still result in an unmountable drive.
Finally, I attempt to use Norton Unerase - which happily finds all 3,000
files and folders on the disk and shows them to be 100% recoverable - to
copy everything to an external hard drive that I have by now attached to
the computer (during one of the two dozen or more re-starts) ... except
that in doing so there is a long string of "Disk Errors" reported by
Norton (it doesn't say whether these are in reading from the IDE drive,
or *writing* to the external SCSI drive, but it appears to be the latter).
When all of these Error warnings have been dismissed, there appears on
the external drive a Recovered Items folder - except that when an attempt
is made to open it, the watch icon runs furiously for a few minutes, and
then the computer crashes. After the Desktop files on the external drive
have been deleted, a re-mount and Desktop re-build are begun.
An hour into this process, with absolutely *furious* (external) disk
activity going on, but with the progress bar having moved only about
two-thirds of the way to the right, I turn off the lights and go home.
As this is written, I have no idea of whether Disk Setup will actually
deign to re-initialize this drive, but if not, the whole thing is still
under warranty.
So is my backup of the drive, fortunately! My advice, then: Consider
doing a *complete* hard drive backup before attempting to install this
"benign" little beast that is the System 7.5.5 Update.
In the meantime, can anyone suggest how to recover gracefully from
this mess?
Best regards,
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 13:01:06 -0500
From: Mark Ingram
Subject: [R] Libel
On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, [email protected] (Christopher Li) wrote:
> ...the spelling error in question was "do" over "does" - one
> that would not be picked up by an average spell-checker. Also, it was a
> major point in the discussion when it had little to do with whether the
> software in question had actually caused the problem or not. In fact, it
> was part of a personal attack on the author, which is why I objected to it.
Very well stated, Christopher, as was the rest of your article.
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 21:15:01 -0600
From: Robert Zimmerman
Subject: Adding a second monitor to my Q650
>I want to add a second monitor to my Quadra 650.
>
>I currently have a 20 inch Greyscale monitor. I want
>to add a small color monitor. (I have a spare
>Apple 14in Color Plus Display sitting around).
>My understanding is that all I need is a video
>card and I should be able to plug in my second monitor.
>
>Radius was very helpful and wanted to sell me an
>8 bit NuBus card for $599 US!!!!!!!
>
>Can anyone give me info on what I need to do to
>add a second monitor, and possibly a supplier
>of video cards that isn't interesting in
>emptying my bank account.
>
>Saeed Khan
>[email protected]
Try CRA Systems. Some time ago I bought a Radius PrecisionColor video card
>From them for around $300. They advertise in MacWeek, MacUser, and
MacWorld, and now show video cards for $200. I realize this isn't free,
but it's a darn sight cheaper than $600.
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 08:46:38 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Apple Mini-dock and Duo
Hello everyone!
I have a Duo230 which I've recently upgraded to the 2300 PowerPC. Now that
my Duo's much more useful because of it's increased capabilities, I'm in
need of Apple's discontinued Mini-dock.
I guess what I'm basically asking is whether anyone's interested is selling
one or knows where I might find one (new or used). I've seen Newer
Technology's UltraDock but, apparently, it doesn't have SCSI.
Any ideas or help are much appreciated,
Michael Surtees
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 16:14:35 -0700
From: [email protected] ()
Subject: AppleTalk card
I am in need of an AppleTalk Card for PC.
Don't flame me, but I'm forced to use a PC in my work, so I have a PC at
home (in addition to 3 Macs). I would like to have them all networked at
home, since I have them all connected to an HP (LocalTalk) printer. I would
also like to share files back and forth.
The AT card must be either 16-bit ISA bus (or possibly PCI bus), and must
come with AppleTalk software drivers for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95.
Does anyone make such an animal?
Appreciate your replies.
Craig Stinson
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:50:12 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Buses (Q)
Dear Digest Reader,
A little informal survey.
If you are a person running a Mac with a:
68030
68040 (non-LC variety)
PowerPC 604
processor, have you ever experienced a Type 1 or Bus Error?
These processors are known to have datapaths or Buses equal to the internal
processor number of bits. I was wondering if having such a processor
precludes Bus Errors or not. You see I've never had one of those
processors, and have intermittently encountered these errors.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
-------
Check out my web page at http://www.bayserve.net/~abrody
Suggestions appreciated.
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 19:09:54 +0100 (MET)
From: Jacob Palme
Subject: Comparison of HTMLWord translation tools for MacOS
I have made a comparison of translation tools between HTML and
Microsoft Word for MacOS. My translation can be found at URL:
http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/reports/HT ... ation.html.
Here is a short summary of the results:
Software tested under MacOS: Rtf-to-html version 3.0.1,
Microsoft Internet Assistant converters version 2.0, MacLinkPlus
version 8.1.
For conversion from Word to HTML, Microsoft Internet Assistant
was more automatic and more manipulative, but Rtf-to-html was
better at handling table of content and footnotes and if you
prefer a less manipulative conversion tool.
For conversion from HTML to Word Microsoft Internet Assistant
was better if you want to produce a HTML document and
alternately handle it in Word and HTML formats, while DataViz
MacLinkPlus was better if you want to make a one-time conversion
of an arbitrary HTML document into a Word document.
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:23:08 -0500
From: [email protected] (morethanone kalar)
Subject: CyberJason?
Some programs that crawl from the moat are so miscreant that they
deserve a colorful and hideous fate. The Trash is aged, demure, and far
too tender for this ... spawn. Now that QT is fairly widespread, prithee
someone? fashion a fate more ... suited ... to such incubi and succubi.
Call it, oh... CyberJason? Jabberwhacker? After a brief Karloff
send-off, imagine Alien-ish sounds evoking an agonizing, heart-thumping
terror, then juicy sounds of shredding. Or imagine something like the
morphing scene in Terminator II, where the liquid metal creature
plummets into the melted iron and a shrieking and frothing oblivion.
Imagine you know what I'm babbling about.
-- Tony
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 08:25:23 -0400
From: Jeff Frankel
Subject: Defragmentation
On September 27, John Yo wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good program, shareware or not (but shareware would
> be good!), to defragment one's hard drive?
I've had very good and consistent success with with optimizer module of
MacTools Pro from Symantec.
--
Jeff Frankel
Windsor, Maine USA
"Where the woodpecker pecks
and the porcupine plays"
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 13:00:31 -0500
From: Mark Ingram
Subject: EPS files from M$ Word
Thanks much to Bo Parker, Mike Dustan, Arthur Snoke and Chaz Larson for
helping to resolve my problem of being able to "print" but one page at a
time, when using the LaserWriter 8.x driver to produce a saved EPS file.
This behavior actually turns out to be a "feature" of EPS:
On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Chaz Larson wrote:
> "To be considered a conforming EPSF version 3.0 file, a file
> must follow the rules set forth in this appendix, be a single
> page document that fully conforms to the DSC version 3.0...etc."
>
> "single" is italicized for emphasis in the original.
>
> So, EPSF is by design intended to contain single pages.
Although I had *thought* that straight .ps ("PostScript Job") files
exhibited this behavior as well, a double-check revealed that the
LaserWriter 8.x driver will indeed include All (or a specified range) of
pages within a saved *PostScript* file. BTW, in reply to a question
asked by one respondent, the Adobe Acrobat Distiller (2.1) seems just as
happy with EPS files as it does with plain old PostScript job files, but
it *is* capable of making multiple-page documents from the latter:
> You describe producing a stack of EPS files from a Word document which you
> presumably plan to feed into Acrobat Distiller to make a PDF file.
>
> This likely won't work. Distiller is designed to handle the same data
> stream as would go to a Postscript printer and will hiccup on the EPS
> wrapper code.
Actually, Distiller seems to handle EPS files just fine.
> Print using the Adobe PDFwriter driver instead of Laserwriter. This
> generates a PDF file in one step.
By and large I have had very *poor* results with this method, particularly
for complex graphics. A straight Word document might turn out OK most of
the time, but I've just gotten into the habit of always using Distiller,
with all fonts inclued (a lot of what I do is from Freehand or
Illustrator).
Best regards,
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:22:33 +0200
From: Oliver Hammrich
Subject: HD Optimizers...
At 15:18 Uhr -0800 on 27.09.1996, JonYo wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good program, shareware or not (but shareware would
> be good!), to defragment one's hard drive? I have a PowerMac 7500/100 with
> a 1 gigabyte drive, and with about 9 months of ownership in which time
> countless netscape cache files have come and gone, as well as countless
> graphic and sound files, I'm thinking that my HD needs a little help. The
> last time I even SAW a program to do this was on my friend's old 386
> running DOS at least 6 years ago. Does something like this exist for the
> Mac? I've looked a lot, and I haven't seen anything. Thanks...
>
>
> - JonYo ([email protected])
I highly recommend using a commercial tool. Optimizing a disk is a somewhat
dangerous task, as if something is going wrong, you can loose some (or even
all)
of your data. So before doing a defragmentation, you should do a backup or
at least an analysis and repair of the disk's data structures. Tools like
Central Point's MacTools Pro or Symantec's Norton Utilities do all of these
jobs very well. I'm using both of them, and they are nearly identical. So
it's your choice.
Happy Macing,
Oliver.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 11:34:48 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: help
>I have
>7.5 on my Power Mac, but that takes too much memory for her LC.
You can run 7.5 on an LC; just choose "Custom Install" from the 7.5
installer window's popup menu, then check only "Minimal System for this
Macintosh". If you know which extension the USWest software is looking
for (probably MacTCP, maybe AppleScript) then check those items as well.
BTW, the FAQ for this list recommends that you not use "help" or
"problem" or suchlike as a subject line. More descriptive subjects get
more responses.
-- Phil Hudson -- [email protected] -- http://wwww.wp.com/hudson23/ --
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:06:33 +0100
From: Reinder Verlinde
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #222
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 21:11:43 +0100
>From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
>Subject: [Q] budget creation of PDF files?
>
>I have a question about creating PDF files. As far as I know PDF files can
>only be created using commercial software from Adobe (Acrobat)? Does anyone
>of the Info-Mac readers know if there are other ways of making PDF files
>that can be read by the Adobe Acrobat Reader? Freeware, shareware, plug-ins
>or any sort of "home made" technique?
>
>TIA,
>Thomas
The real 'home made' technique: 'simply' type them in SimpleText. For larger
ones, you could use a Text editor, such as BBEdit. The original PDF file
format is Ascii. However, even a trivial PDF file is not easy to create
using this method. If you want to give it a try, get the file 'PFDSPEC.PDF'
>From Adobe's Web site. (note: doing this by hand is possible, but not
recommended at all. I haven't written more than a 'Hello, world!' example
this way. It should not be too difficult to create 100% Ascii PDF files
>From a program, though.
Much easier: Install QuickDraw GX, and get the latest beta of 'Tumbler'.
Tumbler is a utility to convert QuickDraw GX Portable Digital Documents into
PDF. It is not perfect, but it may do what you need to do.
tumbler can be found at ftp://ftp.ixmedia.com//GX_FTP/utilities/Tumbler06d5.sit
Reinder Verlinde
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:00:52 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: ISDN Caller ID
I have a Motorola BitSURFR Pro ISDN Terminal Adapter connected to my
PowerMac 6100/60AV and I'm looking for software that will display the
Caller ID data. I've tried both PhoneWatcher and Mac Caller ID and
apparently neither of these support the BitSURFR.
Either a shareware or commercial solution would be fine. Email any
suggestions to: [email protected]
Thanks in advance.
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list by sending an email to .
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 16:12:12 +0100
From: [email protected] (Il mio computer)
Subject: Italian Macformat edition is born!
Dear sirs,
Hi all!
While maybe this announcement doesn't interest so much English-speaking
people, indeed it actually means more than something for the Italian Mac
community.
Now the English monthly magazine Macformat has got an Italian edition -
proudly made by us for the publisher Il Mio Castello.
There is everything you find into the original Macformat and much more -
namely the best and latest italian news and, whenever possible, localized
demos and programs inside the CD-ROM included in every issue.
We accept any kind of freeware, shareware and demos for the CD-ROM; even
music, images, movies, MIDIs, icons - everything.
To contact the staff of Macformat Italia please mail to [email protected].
You'll definitely have a human (not cold and automated) answer.
Best regards,
Lux
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:33:43 +0200
From: Tobias Kuipers
Subject: Looking for driver software--Image II
[email protected] writes:
>I need driver software for Image Writer II printer.
You could use a search engine... I did, and look what it got me
Any ImageWriter driver you could want,
cheers,
Tobias
------ End of Forwarded Message
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:12:27 +0200
From: Maarten M Hazewinkel
Subject: Mac zip disk (Storage size discrepancies)
>Iomega promises 100Mb per disk. But mac formatted zip disks are at an
>average of 95Mb only, are we short changed? Curious about the answer if
>anyone has it. Thank you
Ok, this issue comes up in various places now and then, related to almost
any kind of storage media. The following discussion is relevant to most
storage media, including zips, hard drives, etc.
There are several issues that affect the difference between the advertised
disk size, and the actual disk size as it is seen by the user.
The first and most important reason is that there are two different
definitions for "kilo" and "mega" used. As you are aware, a kilo-something
is a thousand times something. A kilogram is 1000 grams. And similarly
"mega" means a million; a thousand times a thousand.
The storage industry (in this particular case Iomega) uses these definitions
for indicating and advertising the capacity of their disks.
But in the computer, slightly different definitions are used, and a kilobyte
is equivalent to 1024 bytes, and a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes, and 1,048,576
bytes. There is almost a 5% difference between the two megabytes used.
For the practical case here, this means that when you take the 100 megabytes
on a zip disk, and then use the computer definition of megabyte on the
100,000,000 bytes available, you get about 95.37 computer-megabytes.
A second reason is that a certain amount of space has to be sacrificed in
the formatting of the disk. Think of it as the lines in your agenda, which
tell you where to write, and where to go when you want to read about a
certain day. Only in this case, the colour of the lines is the same as the
colour of your ink. This also takes some space, though I can't be exact
about the amounts.
The last reason I'll mention is that at the start of the disk, there are
a few information blocks that contain information critical to the
operation of the drive. The driver is stored there, as are things like
the partition map.
These items usually take up a few hundred kilobytes.
One can hardly blame the storage industry for adhering to the official
definitions for their measurements. First it's an official standard, and
secondly, it makes their numbers look better.
This does make for some confusion among users, who can see a 6% difference
beteen the advertised megabytes, and the actual ones, and this can go to
8% for gigabytes, and over 10% once you start counting terrabytes.
I hope I have managed to enlighten some people.
Maarten Hazewinkel
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 12:03:24 -0400
From: [email protected] (Chuck Reti)
Subject: Mount Windows NT 200MB SyQuest on Mac?
Our heretofore all-Mac facility recently had to purchase
a task-specific hardware/software package running on Windows NT platform.
The equipment is video image processing/graphics and is
able to save image files in various formats, including TIFF.
There is a 200MB SyQuest drive onboard; we also have
200MB SyQuest drives on our Macs. We would like to use our
Mac-based software to open up and exchange TIFF's on the NT SyQuests.
No can do. The Macs (Quadra 950's thru 9500's) do not recognize or
mount the NT SyQuests. Tried using FWB HDT to create a tiny Mac partition,
Mac sees and mounts the Mac partition only, ignoring the NT FAT partition.
Have also set PC Exchange to scan and install driver for the drive's
SCSI address.
PC Exchange doesn't seem to be helping us here. Any suggestions
on how to do this or should we just get the darn Ethernet cards
or use lots of floppies (which seem to work just fine)?
--
Chuck Reti Detroit,MI
[email protected]
http://www.grfn.org/~chuckr
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:28:45 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gordon Moynes)
Subject: Netscape 2.02 Woes
The Problem: 9 times out of 10 when I try to download an .hqx file,
particularly trying to retrieve Netscape 3 as soon as I activate the link a
window comes up saying: "Warning - unrecognized encoding mac-binhex40". If
I gamble and continue it gets about 80 - 90% of the download, decodes the
partial file and leaves me with a useless icon.
I have re-built the desktop, zapped the PRam, totally re-installed Netscape
& Stuffit Expander (4.01) including all related preference files I could
think of. I double-checked my settings which seem correct.
I run a Performa 5200 w. 24megs and assorted extensions. If necessary I can
be more specific but by my way of thinking this isn't acting like an
extension conflict.
Has anyone run across this anomaly? If so, please help...
TIA, Gord
"The human mind is like an umbrella;
it functions better when open."
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 22:48:06 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry, Real People)
Subject: New York Postscript font needed (R)
On Sun, Sep 29, 1996, 5:29:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi, saw your note on Info-Mac re converting fonts.
>
> Copyrighted works are copyrighted no matter whether they have the
> (c) symbol or a copyright notice. The law changed a few years
> back so that a work automatically gets copyright protection the
> moment it's reduced to a tangible form (i.e., e.g., written).[...snip...]
That set me to thinking. I couldn't imagine Apple NOT putting in a copyright
notice, so I thought I should look at the font again, and found (buried
somewhere in the middle of it) the following copyright notice:
New YorkRegularApple Computer New York RegularNew York1.0NewYork 1990-91 Apple
Computer Inc. 1990-91 Type Solutions Inc. 1990-91 The Font Bureau
Inc.StandardStandardTesto normaleNormaalNormalComnAlmindeligNormalVanlig
tekstW 1990-91 Apple Computer Inc. 1990-91 Type Solutions Inc.
1990-91 The Font Bureau Inc.Copyright 1990-91 Apple Computer Inc. Copyright
1990-91 Type Solutions Inc. Copyright 1990-91 The Font Bureau
Inc.NormaaliCopyright 1990-91 Apple Computer Inc. Copyright 1990-91 Type
Solutions Inc. Copyright 1990-91 The Font Bureau Inc.
So, I stand corrected. New York is a TrueType font which is a copyrighted
portion of System 7. MHT adds:
> Plus your System 7 license prevents you from making a derivative
> work (e.g., font conversion) from any System 7 product.
So, in that case, you can't legitimately use a font utility like FontMonger to
convert it to Type 1 (unless you obtain Apple and Font Bureau's written
permission first).
Cheers!
--
Gib
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:43:38 -0700
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: Oscar the Grouch still available....
Hi: I saw that someone here recently posted a request for the Oscar the
Grouch singing trash can replacement. Although this neat system extension
may be indeed tied up in litigation, a trip to your local computer
bookstore's section may net you a copy of it. The book is "Macworld's New
Complete Mac Handbook, 4th Edition" by Jim Heid. This is actually a 1995
book and doesn't cover the newest Mac system updates or hardware, but a CD
ROM in the rear cover of the book will give you access to Oscar. It's in
the BMUG's Sound Utilities folder. Disclaimer: I was not out looking for
this trash can extension; I was merely buying a large Mac book to read
while my car was being repaired!
--bj
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:11:33 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: persisting "connect to shared disk..."
[email protected] (E C Hoenkamp, NICI.home) wrote:
>Alas, none of your solutions worked: -
>remove AppleShare Prep - remove AppleTalk Preference - remove alias in
>Startup Folder - go to the chooser, and uncheck the options that appear in
>the connect box for the shared disk.
>
>The problem is that I must have connected my Powerbook to a shared disk
>while on the road. At home I am not connected to a network. Opening the
>chooser etc. did not work either. (Nor did rebuilding the desktop).
Unfortunately I currently don't have an AppleTalk network to try this out
on first, so I can only offer some untested ideas.
Is there a "file sharing" folder in your Preferences folder? Try deleting
it or moving it out of the Preferences & System folders.
If that doesn't fix it, can you manage to temporarily network your Mac to
another Mac? If you can, there are a couple of things you could try.
First, if the dialog box gives the name of the server (computer) and disk
to which your Mac is trying to connect, you could try tricking your Mac
into thinking that the server and disk are present on the network. Just
change the "Macintosh Name" and the name of a disk to have the names that
your Mac is looking for. Also make sure the other Mac will allow "guest"
access to everything. The settings ought to be in Sharing Setup and Users
& Groups. Then restart your Mac and see if it is able to mount the shared
disk that it's been trying to find. If it does, go into the Chooser and
tell it to stop connecting to that disk, and your problem should be solved.
Remember to set everything back to normal afterward on both Macs.
If that doesn't work, then maybe you can isolate the file(s) where the
information is being stored that causes your Mac to try to connect to a
shared disk. Set everything up so you can access files on the other Mac.
Then set your clock ahead a couple hours or days, go into the Chooser, and
tell it to attach to a shared disk on the other Mac; remember to tell it to
auto-connect to that disk upon startup. Close the Chooser. Now just look
through the System Folder, Preferences Folder, Extensions Folder, etc.,
using "View by Date". You're looking for anything that got created or
changed on the fake date. (That's why I said to set the clock ahead right
before you connect to a shared disk -- it'll make it easier to spot the
files that got changed.) If you trash the files that got changed, it
should fix your problem. Remember to reset the clock and set everything
else back to normal on both machines.
While you're doing all this, you might want to write down all the settings
before changing them, to make it easier to put them back the way they were.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 15:11:21 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: persisting "connect to shared disk..." [Q,C,S]
>The symptoms again: the message 'connect to shared disk...' appears at
>startup, whatever choices I make there, the message disappears. It comes
>back again, and after pressing 'cancel' or 'ok' it disappears.
>TIA for suggestions not already mentioned above, yrs, Edward.
I believe the trick may be some kind of key-click on the Cancel button --
Option-click or Command-Option-click or something like that. Try a few
out and let us know which one worked (if any). HTH.
-- Phil Hudson -- [email protected] -- http://www.wp.com/hudson23/ --
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 21:44:30 -0400
From: [email protected] (Terry Hart)
Subject: PowerBook StartUp Disk
Dear Eric
I do not know the answer either - but sure would like to. I have a PB5300
which bombed when I upgraded to 7.5.5. Also one of the 7.5.2 flopys (disk
7) which I made from the original disk images (now gone) is defective so
how is one supposed to do a clean install anyway? Even if my 7.5.2 flopy
install set was still OK the computer won't let me update? from 7.5.5 back
to 7.5.2 which is what one has to do now? Nuts! Sometimes I think I would
really like to have my old Mac512 with the HD20 back?
Terry Hart, 12537A Monterey Circle, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 07:29:49 +0100
From: [email protected] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: Problem with TDK 2814 Modem and PB5300c (Q)
I am having problems with modem connections using a TDK 2814 on my PB5300c.
When I connect to the Internet using either SLIP or PPP my connection is
extremely slow. This is most apparent when using Netscape. Whilst I am
downloading a page, the whole computer seems to freeze for several seconds
(clicking on ohter windows or trying to something else does nothing) then
carries on downloading for a few seconds. The same happens when I download
my mail using Eudora. I use a data transfer rate of 57,600 with cts/rts
flow control and an init string is AT&F&D0(zero):T42=4.
I do notice that the card gets very warm during usage and do not know if
this is related. The problem is indicative of a buffer that is waiting to
be filled up?? or alternatively that there is some error checking taking
place? I do not think a noisy telephone system is the problem as I get the
same problem on every line I use (I have tried connecting in the UK, USA,
Japan, Portugal, and Belgium). In addition, I tried the modem on my
telephone at home where I have a desktop Mac with a US Robotics modem and
the problem still occurs (the PowerMac and US Robotics work fine off this
same line).
I initially thought that my PB was the problem, however, I have just had it
fixed under the PowerBook repair program and the problem still exists (I
have System 7.5.3). I have just purchased a Dayna ethernet card and when I
connect this PCMCIA card there is no problem with the connection. when I
connect to the Internet.
I suspect the problem is related to the modem or how I have configured it.
Any ideas?
Tony D'Emanuele
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 17:18:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Prof. F.M. Hoppe"
Subject: reverse nslookup
I've been experiencing slow loading when calling up pages on the web. I
use PM9500 OS (7.5.5) with a Global Village Platinum 28.8, and FreePPP
2.5. I've mentioned this to my ISP who said no one else has been
complaining. Maybe I expect more than the average guy. But, I pointed
out that when I load pages using a virtual domain address (www.foo.com)
instead of the same page via www.isp.com/foo/ for instance, the virtual
address loads slower by a factor of at least two. The ISP then pointed
out that his company uses reverse nslookup. My question is whether
FreePPP and OPen Transport ore somehow not sensitive to this type of ip
address lookup. Any comments from people in the know? Thanks.
Fred M. Hoppe
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 96 18:06:39 -0700
From: Dan & Melissa Becker
Subject: Source for recommendations of shareware Mac games? (A)
>Is there an online source, perhaps a Web page, which lists the "best" games or
>reviews them?
Here are a few:
Inside Mac Games reviews shareware and commercial games at
http://www.imgmagazine.com/
The Mac Gamer's Ledge is another good site
http://www.macledge.com/
This is a collection of links for Mac Games
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/csmg-faq/resource-guide.html
All of Ambrosia's games are excellent shareware:
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/Games.html
And MacUser's software archives are excellent, especially for the mouse
ratings and reviews of most programs:
http://www.zdnet.com/macuser/software/b ... able6.html
Hope these links help. Happy gaming!
-Dan
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 12:31:37 +0200
From: Stefano Pelli
Subject: Superdrive working again
) !!Dear Info-Netters,
following my recent plea for help I can announce that my
drive is working again!
Though this can of course be of limited interest to you (apart some
simpathethic happiness), I send this message to say that it seems that all
the problems derived from a huge amount of dust in the drive iself. As
already pointed out many times on the list, drives are the place where dust
likes to collect inside our Macs...
Head cleaning (those of the drives, of course, mine is just fine
)proved of course not effective in this case...
Therefore, I made my way inside my Mac CI to check things better and I
found that the drive was full of dust... I carefully removed the dust
and... lo and behold, the drive is working again!
I had to get the drive out of my Mac, and, though from now on it will an
easy job for me, it was not as easy as I would have liked. I had to remove
the power supply (easy...), the internal HD (about easy), unscrew the
plasti holder of FD and HD, remove it form the cabinet, and then get the
drive. Each operation is not that difficult, but finding the right
combination of moves took a while, especially if you are a bit worried of
touching the wrong things...
In this case I would say that (urghh... how to put this...) PC clones are
much easier to deal with. I would have just had ot slide the FD out of the
case, clean it and put it back in place, instead of completely dismantling
my Mac (in the end only the logic board was left in the cabinet...). I hope
newer Macs are more accessible...
Thank you so much for your kind help (which was prompt as usual)!
Stefano Pelli [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:16:11 +0200
From: Frank Ahern (by way of
[email protected] (Andre' C. van der Ham))
Subject: Syllabus Options
I have a programme called Syllabus Options (written by Scientia of
Cambridge) which sorts out student subject choices in option blocks
and allocates them so that choices are met and group size etc. is
within given parameters.
Unfortunately the programme only works with 24 bit addressing and
the company is no longer developing it.
Does anyone know a a similar bit of software that would work on a
powermac?
Yours,
Frank Ahern
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:20:24 -0700
From: [email protected] (Ivor Williams)
Subject: System 7.5.3 and Personal Laserwriter SC
I run a Power-Mac 6100/66 with System 7.5.1 and have a Personal Laserwriter
SC connected to it - a combination that has worked just fine.
When I installed Update 2 I found that the printer wouldn't work with the
majority of my fonts. Lines were superimposed, and the margins were totally
erratic. I asked Apple Canada Tech Sup, and their suggestions didn't
provide a solution.Finally I deinstalled Update 2 (almost a story in
itself), and evereything became normal again.
I asked a local expert to give me a hand reinstalling Update 2, but in
spite of his skill the same thing happened again, and we had to
redeinstall.
I really would like to get this sorted out, as further updates seem to
depend on having 7.5.3 first.
Can anyone give me some help, please?
Ivor Williams.
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 14:59:40 -0700
From: "Michael S. White"
Subject: System 7.5.5 and Desktop Patterns
Hello all,
Has anybody who has installed system 7.5.5 found that they only have black &
white options for for desktop patterns? This is happening on a Quadra. When
I copied the control panel and preferences from 7.5.3r2 from my PB, it still
came up with the B&W patterns even though when on the PB, they are in color.
Is there something that I am not doing?
Thank you
Michael S. White
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 17:58:47 -0400
From: Simon Kidd
Subject: System 7.5.5 conflict with Control Strip Menu 2.3.2
[email protected] wrote:
> I've tracked down the conflict with System 7.5.5 which I reporter earlier
> here. It is caused not by the Control Strip itself, but by the neat
> shareware Control Strip Menu 2.3.2, which lets you use the Control Strip as
> a flexible launcher. Removing it fixes the problem. I guess it needs an
> update.
I dont think this is a universal problem, I have used CSM 2.32 and System
7.55 ever since the update came out with no problems which I can associate
with the module. There is a more recent version of CSM around but the
authors want money for the upgrade and (IMHO) it wasnt worth it.
Simon
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 22:58:10 +0000
From: [email protected] (David Niethamer)
Subject: Thanks for help (2 requests)
Thanks to Peter Kemp, Dave Del Torto, Rick VanDerveer, Mel Halbert, Martin
Forrester, and Peter Lipman for their answers to my two questions regarding
PPP, Netscape, and Eudora.
I got FreePPP 2.5v2, and it works like a dream. Knowing how touchy these
things are, I was pleasantly surprised to have it practically install
itself with just a few simple things to reset in the configuration.
Regarding Eudora's segmenting of the InfoMac Digest, I learned something
new. If one uses the "Save as" command after highlighting the three
segments, they're saved as one text file, ready for EasyView. Wow, this is
easy! Also, for others with my problem (missing last message in EasyView),
there is a patch called EasyView 2.62 patch which solves this problem,
available in the IM archives.
There was also a suggestion about Eudora 3.0, which I'll check out (in my
spare time!). Since I read three lists, some of the 3.0 features may be
useful and time saving.
Thanks too to Gordon, who patiently waited three tries worth for me to
remember to turn off my sig file. In Eudora it's automatic, whereas in Pine
(my old system) I had to use Signature Quote to have a sig at all. Sorry
for the waste of time!
Many thanks again - what a great helpful group.
David Niethamer [email protected]
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