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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 06 Sep 00 Volume 17 : Issue 141
Today's Topics:
9600MP ->G3/G4 MP?
[A] How can I reload the Apple disk driver software
Eudora is a Bust -Redux-
Hard drive advice
Looking for Processor Data
Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (C)
pps extensions
Print Preview Utility ?
Print Shop Substitute
Supraexpress 33.6/288.á
Zip disks
Zip disks
Zip disks
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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:30:36 -0400
From: "John Hachey"
To: [email protected]
Subject: 9600MP ->G3/G4 MP?
Hello,
Would it be possible to convert a PowerMac 9600 MP into
a G3 or G4 MP with the help of a few Zif carriers or
some other alternative like that?
Thanks, John
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 03:05:57 -0700
From: "Dan O'Donnell"
To: Len Whyte
Subject: [A] How can I reload the Apple disk driver software
At 8:09 PM +1100 9/1/00, Len Whyte wrote:
>
>Does anyone know another way of booting the machine without
>referencing the hard drive, and of then brute force updating the hard
>disk driver?
Can you boot from the start up CD and then "Update Driver"?
>Hoo boy, how much easier it is with a SCSI disk than an IDE unit!
Off the record, I agree...
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 05:35:48 -0400
From: [email protected] (Chazzz)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Eudora is a Bust -Redux-
I appreciate the response to my post. You were kind enough not to bash me -too hard-.
I realize this is personal opinion, and that's what I expressed.
For what it's worth, I've been on the hunt for the Penultimate email client (oxymoron, I know).
I've used MailSmith/PowerMail/OE/Netscape/IM&N/Eudora and now SweetMail.
None of the clients crashed my Mac, save Eudora. I can't therefore, believe it's my machine.
I've started using SweetMail. This little program is very powerful, customizable, exceedingly
fast and easy to use. It DOESN'T crash my Mac. It is in beta and has a few things I'd like to
see included in the final version. The author is busy working on it and is open to ideas.
It costs $18. Take a look at this one. I have no interest in this other than I truly believe
I've found the Holy Grail!
--
Charles Cusumano
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:24:01 -0400
From: Jude Giampaolo
To: Ezra Nathan , Info-Mac digest
Subject: Hard drive advice
I'm pretty sure the PowerCenters are SCSI only machines and as such will
not work with ATA drives without additional hardware.
At 7:22 PM +0100 9/3/00, Ezra Nathan wrote:
>I am looking to add a larger capacity hard drive to my PowerComputing
>PowerCenter 150 and I have found one being offered for a very good price. It
>is a
> BARRACUDA ATA 10.2GB ATA 3.5LP 8.6MS 7200RPM
>Does anyone know if this will go in my machine and, if so, what its
>performance will be like? Will it be dead easy to put in?
>
>Thanks,
>> Ezra
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Jude Giampaolo
http://prozac.eeap.cwru.edu/jude/ "Corn Nog?"
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:03:25 -0400
From: "Steele, John"
To: "'[email protected]'"
Subject: Looking for Processor Data
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Folks,
Does anyone have URL pointers or programs to recommend that describe the
differences or advancements in processors? I'm hard-pressed to describe the
difference between PPC, G3 and G4.
Thank you,
John Steele
Technical Services Manager
Towson University
Towson MD 21252
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Folks,
Does anyone have URL
pointers or programs to recommend that describe the differences or advancements
in processors? I'm hard-pressed to describe the difference between PPC, G3
and G4.
Thank
you,
John
Steele
Technical Services
Manager
Towson
University
Towson MD
21252
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 03:15:23 -0700
From: "Dan O'Donnell"
To: Christian F Buser
Subject: Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (C)
At 10:23 PM +0200 9/1/00, Christian F Buser wrote:
>"[email protected]" wrote:
>
>>While browsing my backups I ran across two programs I never realized
>>I had before. Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server.
>>...
>>Is Microsoft Personal Web Server a true web server one can run on a
>>Mac? I've never really been able to use the MacOS 9.0 Personal Web
>>Server either. Is there a way with either personal web server to
>>setup one's domain name. Or do I need to pay for Webstar or a
>>similar package if I wanted to do this on a Mac?
>
>I used PWS once to set up a small "classroom network" for a web
>publishing course. The "server" was my old Powerbook 520c, and the
>clients were some PCs and some Macs of different model/make. For this
>setup, it was no problem to use PWS, but I doubt that using it as a
>"rela life" web server would be a good idea (although probably
>possible).
Not long after the iMac first came out there was a guy in British
Columbia (western Canada) who set up a regular website from an iMac
with PWS. He solicited people to go to the site as he wanted to see
what kind of load it would handle. Not too long after he relayed that
he had a large number of hits and the system never went down. I think
everybody was surprised. Unfortunately I don't remember anything
other than this apocryphal story. However, I did look at the site
myself and checked it with and it looked
fine, and was in fact running from PWS. It wasn't just a simple text
site either - he had assorted jpegs and several QTVR panos of the
tourist sites in the area.
Setting up as a domain shouldn't be too hard.
Of course with OS/X things should become both easier and harder as
it's BSD unix and thus should have everything you need built in.
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:38:22 -0400
From: Beth Trachtenberg
To: "Infomac"
Subject: pps extensions
A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
Beth Trachtenberg
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:50:01 -0700
From: "Jim Wickman"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Print Preview Utility ?
Is there a general purpose Print Preview utility out there someplace?
I have in mind a utility that would allow me to see a reduce image of
each page, to check margins and page breaks.
Some printer drivers include that; my Stylescript, unfortunately, does not.
TIA
--
--
Jim Wickman - - - Pasco WA
You don't stop laughing because you grow old;
you grow old because you stop laughing.
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:26:51 -0400
From: Beth Trachtenberg
To:
Subject: Print Shop Substitute
I also used Print Shop Deluxe for years but, a year ago, found another
program that is even better. It does everything that Print Shop did and
more! It is called Print Explosion by Nova Development Corp
(www.novadevelopment.com). I'm confident your friend will be more than
happy with it.
Beth Trachtenberg
Ruth South McCreery wrote:
I am seeking a Mac version of Print Shop Deluxe. Does anyone know of a
source of outdated, orphaned, or discontinued Mac software?
Broderbund has sold the program to Mattel, which no longer provides a
Mac
version. They did very nicely send my friend the Windows version, but .
. .
Are there other sites that deal in surplus, discontinued, etc. software?
My friend is sufficiently distressed that she is thinking of getting a
Windows machine, just to run that program. A far better solution than
coping with the eccentricities of Windowns, it seems to me, would be to
learn another program that has the same functions.
So, as an alternative, can anyone suggest a program that has card-making
functions similar to those of Print Shop?
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:00:28 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Supraexpress 33.6/288.á
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Thanks to all who offered help re Modem Supraexpress 33.6/288.á
You kept me going in the dark times .á
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:20:43 -0600
From: Trebor Nesnarf
To: Ezra Nathan , Info-Mac digest
Subject: Zip disks
At 12:37 -0600 000903, Ezra Nathan wrote:
>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
>Format? Are there any drawbacks?
>
>Thanks,
>> Ezra
===
Hello Ezra,
Yes and no, I do this all the time since I have never been able to buy a
Mac formatted Zip disk here yet. Formatted capacity is about 94 Mbytes.
Sincerely
Robert Fransen
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:08:27 -0700
From: Dave Thomas
To: [email protected]
Subject: Zip disks
>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
>Format? Are there any drawbacks?
>
>Thanks,
> > Ezra
Yes, it is. And it works very well, and takes only about 10 seconds.
I frequently move graphic files between the two platforms. I usually
take my MAC Zips and format them to PC format, copy my files to the
ZIP, and load them onto the PC. I must do this because the PC is not
bright enough to recognize a MAC Zip, although a MAC has no problem
reading a PC ZIP. I am not aware of any drawbacks to this.
To take this a step further, can anyone give me a good reason why we
even have ZIP's in Macintosh format? Why not just have them in PC
format, and be able to use them on either platform? Kinda like
CD-Roms.
Regards,
Dave
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:51:15 -0400
From: RobD
To: "Infomac To Digest Reply"
Subject: Zip disks
Quoting The Info-Mac Network and possibly previous message on 9/4/00
20:32.
>From: Ezra Nathan
>Subject: Zip disks
>
>
>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
>Format? Are there any drawbacks?
I've done it and the only consequence is that the label says its WinDos
formatted. This may confuse the Wintel users if they try to view it.
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