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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 31 Oct 00 Volume 17 : Issue 171
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#553/30-Oct-00
(Q) LDAP conversion utility for Now Up-To-Date
[*] LineSort 4.8
[*] Lotto Chances 1.2.1
[*] Lucidity Font
[*] MazeBall 1.5
[*] New Tricks 1.1.5 68K
[*] New Tricks 1.1.5 PPC
[*] Nigiri-zushi (Japan) 1.2 - Culture Interchange Square
[*] People 2.0 - Personal Information Manager
[*] Preternatural Font
[*] RightWord 1.0 (68K)
[*] RightWord 1.0 (PPC)
[*] Virtual Composer v 2.6.6
Architectural Drawing Program
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:00:00 -0800
From: TidBITS Editors
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] TidBITS#553/30-Oct-00
TidBITS#553/30-Oct-00
Want to make a diagram? Most graphics applications will let you
down, but not ConceptDraw, reviewed this issue, thanks to its
diagram-specific feature set. We also look at Aladdin's StuffIt
Deluxe 6.0, and cover smaller updates to Eudora 5.0.1, SETI@home
3.0, Action Files 1.5.4, and Action Menus 1.0.2. In the news,
Quark founder Tim Gill exits the company, Napster releases a Mac
client, and Priceline.com bags the concept of bidding on
groceries.
Topics:
MailBITS/30-Oct-00
Major Update to StuffIt Deluxe 6.0 and Expander 6.0
Make the Connection with ConceptDraw
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-553.etx; 31K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:32:43 -0500
From: "[email protected]"
To: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) LDAP conversion utility for Now Up-To-Date
Dear Digest readers,
Seeing as how MacOS X will have its own Addressbook program, and that
my Now Up-To Date 3.6.5 files corrupt in MacOS X beta, I was
wondering if there was a way to take Now's documents and convert them
to the LDAP format MacOS X's Addressbook is able to import from.
Also, is the latest NOW compatible with MacOS X beta, and if the
current version of Now is able to import older Now Up-To Date and
export to LDAP? Also any idea if it is going to be carbonized, or
if there is a similar utility for X that has both a To-Do Calendar
and an Addressbook linked together?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Craig Maynard
To:
Subject: [*] LineSort 4.8
LineSort 4.8 is an extension or plug-in that adds functionality to BBEdit
6.0, the Macintosh text editor from Bare Bones Software. LineSort is
capable of sorting large amounts of text with exceptional speed. The
basic unit of sorting is a line, a string of text terminated by an
end-of-line character.
LineSort is shareware. Basic features are always available in
unregistered copies. Advanced features require registration.
Requirements
- Power Macintosh (any model)
- BBEdit 3.5.2 or later
Basic Features
- convenient floating window
- operates on either selected region of text or entire document
- sorts in place or into new document window
- optionally ignores case
- international text comparison
- orders lines in forward or reverse sequence
- retains, merges, or removes duplicate lines
- supports the undo command
Advanced Features
- recognizes and sorts user-defined grep patterns
- OSA scripting interface
For more information, please visit our website:
www.uccs.edu/~cmaynard/linesort
[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbe/linesort-482.hqx; 143 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] Lotto Chances 1.2.1
Lotto Chances 1.2.1
What it is: Tool that calculates all lotto chances
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: freeware
Computer: Any Macintosh
Required: MacOS 7.5 or later and HyperCard Player
Abstract: Lotto Chances displays within one second all lotto chances.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/lotto-chances-121.hqx; 15 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Dan Bailey
To:
Subject: [*] Lucidity Font
This is a new font family from Fontosaurus Text
(http://www.fontosaurus.com), which includes two faces (Normal and
Slasher). Think of it as bad techno meets The Price is Right. The archive
file includes both TrueType and Postscript Type 1 fonts.
The font is "giftware" -- I'm giving the gift of freely downloadable,
kick-butt fonts. All I ask is that in return, you visit my webpage and
donate $2 to my PayPal account. There's usually an ongoing contest on the
page, which you can enter by making a donation.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/lucidity.hqx; 122 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Patrice & Jennifer Mallette
To:
Subject: [*] MazeBall 1.5
Remember that wooden labyrinth game with two handles on the sides, where
you had to reach the exit without falling into the holes? That was one of
my favorite toys, and it inspired me during the creation of this game. I
took the liberty to add more excitement and variety, in order to make this
wood toy an entertaining computer game.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: PowerPC¬ (100Mhz recommended), Screen size of 640x480
pixels or larger, 256 colors, 4000k RAM (8000k recommended), Approximately
9 MB of free disk space.
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/maze-ball-15.hqx; 7686 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Karl Becker
To:
Subject: [*] New Tricks 1.1.5 68K
Teach that old Mac New Tricks! New Tricks 1.1.5 is a multi-platform,
extensible word processor. It contains the following features:
* support for Add-ons, which are very similar to web browser
plug-ins. Ships with the following Add-ons:
- Stats, for document information
- SortThat!, an easy way to sort through parts or all of
your document
- Font-o-Matic, a utility to preview all installed fonts
at multiple sizes, as well as "Bulk Formatting," which applies font
faces and styles to user-defined instances throughout their document
- SpellChecker, a user-customizable spell checker
* native HTML file format - also can save as ASCII text
* customizable user interface - Apple-flavored colors, or
pick your own!
System requirements:
- Mac OS 7.1 or higher
- 3MB of hard disk space
- 4MB RAM
official web site: http://www.karlbecker.com/newtricks/
[Archived as /info-mac/text/new-tricks-115-68k.hqx; 1372 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Karl Becker
To:
Subject: [*] New Tricks 1.1.5 PPC
Teach that old Mac New Tricks! New Tricks 1.1.5 is a multi-platform,
extensible word processor. It contains the following features:
* support for Add-ons, which are very similar to web browser
plug-ins. Ships with the following Add-ons:
- Stats, for document information
- SortThat!, an easy way to sort through parts or all of
your document
- Font-o-Matic, a utility to preview all installed fonts
at multiple sizes, as well as "Bulk Formatting," which applies font
faces and styles to user-defined instances throughout their document
- SpellChecker, a user-customizable spell checker
* native HTML file format - also can save as ASCII text
* customizable user interface - Apple-flavored colors, or
pick your own!
System requirements:
- Mac OS 7.1 or higher
- 3MB of hard disk space
- 4MB RAM
official web site: http://www.karlbecker.com/newtricks/
[Archived as /info-mac/text/new-tricks-115-ppc.hqx; 1447 K]
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Date: 30 Oct 2000
From: Fuminori Takeda
To:
Subject: [*] Nigiri-zushi (Japan) 1.2 - Culture Interchange Square
Welcome to CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square and thank you for your interest
in nigiri-zushi in Japan.
Version 1.2 adds traditional ayu-zushi.
This program will introduce you nigiri-zushi, a popular Japanese dish.
More than 45 nigiri-zushi in my homeland are introduced with their
ingredients by using color images and illustrations. I ported the content to a
Hypercard stack.
Incidentally, if you're making culture introductory/interchange programs
to post on the InfoMac archives, would you name your program's subject line
with a title that conforms to the "title (your country, province, or state) -
CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square" rule?
For more details, please read the "CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square ?" document.
This program may be copied and distributed as long as it isn't altered and
is distributed at no charge, but it may not be included in any commercial
package. I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you,
Fuminori Takeda
mailto: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/nigiri-zushi-12.hqx; 4184 K]
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Date: 30 Oct 2000
From: Brewster Software
To:
Subject: [*] People 2.0 - Personal Information Manager
Organize your addresses, calendar & messages with People.
People is the popular and powerful, full-featured personal information
manager (PIM) for Macintosh that makes organizing client, personal and
calendar information easy. It's an integrated address book, calendar and more.
This friendly organizer offers lots of room for details, has loads of
intuitively placed contact management features and delivers total
Internet integration (e-mail, Web links, etc.). It's no wonder
beginners rave about People's simplicity and experts love its depth of features.
Some advanced features include: receive and send email within contact
cards (with attachments); e-mail merge; easily build email address lists
from received emails; fax from contact cards (with attachments); mail
merge using print, fax or email; link other application's documents to
contact cards, create street maps and driving directions for contacts
and upload contact information to Palm devices.
Get started today! Try the fully-functioning version free for 30 days!
Purchase a registration number when you're ready and convinced this
popular "PIM" is for you.
For more information: http://www.brewstersoftware.com
Contact: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/people-231.hqx; 2204 K]
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Date: 30 Oct 2000
From: Dan Bailey
To:
Subject: [*] Preternatural Font
Preternatural is a cool sorta-techno font that I put together long ago. I
had developed a sans serif font, which wasn't all that great, but I was
playing with it in Photoshop one day, got a really cool effect out of it,
and said, "Hey! That's gotta be a font!" And so it is. It rocks. This
archive contains the font in both TrueType and PostScript Type 1 formats.
Preternatural is a production of Fontosaurus Text, and is available there
as a free download, in Macintosh and Windows formats. All my fonts are
donationware -- if you download them and use them/link them, please donate
$2.00 (U.S.) to me. There's usually a contest going on, related to what
I'm trying to save up the money for.
You may include this font on CDs or in online archives, but it MUST include
all the contents of the original archive file, including the readme file
and the web link files. Should you include it on a CD for publication
purposes, I would appreciate a contributor's copy. Please email me at
[email protected] for my snail-mail address.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/preternatural.hqx; 171 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] RightWord 1.0 (68K)
RightWord 1.0 (68K)
What it is: Word game for one player or two players in an internal network
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: Shareware US$10
Computer: 68K Mac
Mac OS: 7.0 or later
Abstract:
RightWord is a word game that resembles a popular game on Dutch television.
There are a PPC and 68K versions; with this you have the 68K version. It's
meant for both adults and children. The fun of playing RightWord is to find
the 5-letter words (in English) of which RightWord presents the first
letter. You can either play alone or against an opponent, on the same
machine or via an internal network. There's also a factor of luck that makes
RightWord even more attractive, which has to do with 'drawing balls' and
achieving the word 'RIGHT' as column, row or diagonal in a colored grid.
Further, there are 'red balls' to change the course of the game.
--
Ton Brand
Ton's Software
http://www.tonbrand.nl
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/right-word-10-68k.hqx; 954 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] RightWord 1.0 (PPC)
RightWord 1.0 (PPC)
What it is: Word game for one player or two players in an internal network
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: Shareware US$10
Computer: PowerPC or iMac
Mac OS: 7.5 or later
Abstract:
RightWord is a word game that resembles a popular game on Dutch television.
There are a PPC and 68K versions; with this you have the PPC version. It's
meant for both adults and children. The fun of playing RightWord is to find
the 5-letter words (in English) of which RightWord presents the first
letter. You can either play alone or against an opponent, on the same
machine or via an internal network. There's also a factor of luck that makes
RightWord even more attractive, which has to do with 'drawing balls' and
achieving the word 'RIGHT' as column, row or diagonal in a colored grid.
Further, there are 'red balls' to change the course of the game.
--
Ton Brand
Ton's Software
http://www.tonbrand.nl
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/right-word-10-ppc.hqx; 1116 K]
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Date: 29 Oct 2000
From: Doctor Morpheus
To:
Subject: [*] Virtual Composer v 2.6.6
Exports into AIFF and MIDI are not allowed if score is empty.
Application now launches even if printer drivers are missing.
Bar recalculations start on edited bar, for faster calculations.
Updated internal URLs to reflect changed directories.
General description:
Virtual Composer is a music editor and executor with emphasis on complex
multivoice/multichannel music. It can be used to enter single or
multiple channels and then executes them through QuickTime Musical
Instruments. It can export in a variety of formats, such as AIFF, MIDI
and Abc. It offers extensive online help and it is easy and intuitive.
Several examples are included, as well as detailed instructions on how
to use some of its advanced features, such as creating stereo AIFF
files, using the "Staccatto" and "Volume" settings and how to use its
internal Virtual Keyboard.
Requires:
Color Macintosh,
at least System 7.x,
4 Megs of RAM minimum,
QuickTime 2.1 or greater
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/virtual-composer-266.hqx; 603 K]
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:52:21 -0800
From: Don & Cory Chesnut and Cathy Jo Cassidy
To: [email protected]
Subject: Architectural Drawing Program
Can anyone suggest a simple, easy-to-use architectural drawing
program? I need something that will automatically figure scales so I
can submit plans for our remodel to the city for building permits.
Shareware would be nice but a commercial program would be acceptable
as long as it wasn't too high end.
Thanks
Don
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