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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 21 Nov 00 Volume 17 : Issue 183
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#556/20-Nov-00
(A) Ethertalk-for Nick Pappas
(Q) Microtek V6usl setup
[*] Palm Synch-n-Quit 2.0
[*] QIF Categories 1.4 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based on Description
[Q] 56K PCI modems?
[Q] 56K PCI modems?
[Q] Router recommendation
help: iMac black screen at startup
Outlook Express & HTML
Printing from Netscape 4.73 to Epson 740 printer
Re(R): [Q] Router recommendation
router for cable modem
Web page builders
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:00:00 -0800
From: TidBITS Editors
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] TidBITS#556/20-Nov-00
TidBITS#556/20-Nov-00
The Internet is great for watching the U.S. election fuss, but how
does it fare at 3 AM when trying to lull a newborn to sleep? Tonya
Engst returns to TidBITS with an article about not only finding
parenting information on the Net, but also using it as a broader
resource for raising children. Also, we note the releases of
Netscape 6 and Palm OS 3.5, look at the demise of several Internet
grocers, and welcome Blue World Communications as a TidBITS
sponsor!
Topics:
MailBITS/20-Nov-00
Parenting with a Net
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-556.etx; 31K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 05:07:55 -0500
From: "Chas."
To: [email protected]
Subject: (A) Ethertalk-for Nick Pappas
I did a little research. It appears that the IIcx came with EtherTalk
not AppleTalk. Apparently you have to open the Network Control Panel
and choose EtherTalk there.
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Chas.
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:42:55 -0500
From: "[email protected]"
To: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) Microtek V6usl setup
Dear Digest readers,
Thank you all for your Final cut and LDAP replies. Now a new
question. A friend of mine just get a Microtek V6usl, the USB &
SCSI scanner with slide adapter. When we mounted it to her Radius
8100 (PowerMac 8100/110 clone), strange things began happening.
1. The green light in the front would go out after a period of use,
and all of a sudden a call to the scanner would make the computer
freeze. As far as I can tell, the green light means the scanner is
on. But there seems to be no on switch on the scanner itself, and I
can only turn it on by plugging it in. Obviously I don't want the
scanner to turn off its power in the middle of a session, since it is
best to leave SCSI devices on while your computer is on. Is there a
switch somewhere on this scanner to leave it on?
2. I attempted connecting it to an APS 1 GB hard drive through the
second SCSI port, and giving the scanner an ID of 5, and the hard
drive an ID of 6 on their SCSI interfaces. But lo and behold, even
after turning on termination on the hard drive (while the computer
was still off, and everything else was off), and then starting up the
Mac, my SCSI Probe detected the scanner on SCSI bus 1, and the hard
drive on bus zero. The question I have here, is there any way to
convince the scanner it is on bus zero on a Radius 8100 so that it
loads on the SCSI chain in such a way it would be terminated by the
hard drive? I even tried vice versa, making the scanner ID 6 and
the hard drive ID 5, and that didn't work at all (even though active
termination was off on the hard drive, and the second SCSI port on
the scanner was empty). It appears that the Powerdomain software
supplied with the scanner doesn't work with Nubus Macs. Is there an
active termination software for Nubus Macs? How do I get both the
hard drive and the scanner on at the same time?
3. I found out the hard way I can't connect the slide scanner until
after the computer is turned on. But strange as it may seem, when I
plugged in the slide scanner to the port on the flatbed, my scanning
software didn't recognize it. Even when I went to scan a type of
Film Positive. I tried the calibration software and it froze. How
do I launch the Scanmaker software without having it do an autoscan,
and give myself the chance to setup the software first to use the
film positive process, and properly get the slide scanner to work?
We have here a Radius 8100/110 with 80MB of RAM, and MacOS 8.6.
And yes I have RTFM, obviously not deep enough. Since it is the
friends scanner I can't work with the documentation in front of me
all the time.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: 21 Nov 2000
From: "Joseph C. Slater"
To:
Subject: [*] Palm Synch-n-Quit 2.0
This script runs the Palm Serial Port Monitor (SPM), then quits it after
a the Conduit Manager quits so you don't have to remember to quit it and
get the nasty crash on wake problem. If you follow the instructions, you
can then just hit an F-key, hit synch on your Palm, and not worry about
remembering to quit or having to go to a menu to select a script that
quits it. This script is set for a 15 second delay, meaning you have 15
seconds once you have the SPM running to get the Palm in position and
tell it to synch.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/palm-synch-n-quit-20.hqx; 36 K]
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Date: 21 Nov 2000
From: John Woodward
To:
Subject: [*] QIF Categories 1.4 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based on Description
QIF Categories converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or
credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the
description of each transaction. It is
useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit
card web sites before importing them into Quicken. To convert a QIF
file, just drop it onto QIF Categories.
You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for
files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on
downloaded QIF files.
QIF Categories converts each transaction in the QIF file dropped on
it by: 1) Deleting any existing category; 2) Adding a category
associated with the transaction's description, or getting the
category from the user if none is associated; 3) removing the plus
sign from transaction amounts (because not all versions of Quicken
allow plus signs); 4) optionally adding an indication that the
transaction has cleared; 5) optionally extracting a check number from
the description (unless the transaction already has a check number);
6) optionally changing the description and category to values
associated with the combination of the original description and the
amount; and 7) transferring all other parts of each transaction to
the output file. You can convert the input file in place or choose a
different output filename.
System requirements:
* System 7 through 8.6; not tested with MacOS 9
* Macintosh with at least 4 MB of RAM
For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or
visit the QIF Categories Web page:
http://jplw.homepage.com/QIFCategories1.4.html
Thanks,
John Woodward
http://jplw.homepage.com/sw.html
[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-categories-14.hqx; 384 K]
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:30:01 -0600
From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]"
To: Brian Wessels , [email protected]
Subject: [Q] 56K PCI modems?
At 1:59 PM -0800 11/15/00, Brian Wessels wrote:
>I'm looking for an internal PCI modem for my 9500, and getting
>frustrated. Zoom
>and Diamond Multimedia both have PCI models, but only support Windows. Has
>anyone successfully used these "unsupported?"
Not likely.
Every PCI modem I've ever seen has been a Winmodem. These things are
like the old Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapters, in that they rely on the
CPU to perform a great deal of the work that would ordinarily be done
by the modem itself. Generally, this is a Bad Idea. Modems are cheap
and very good at what they do. There's no compelling reason to tie up
your computer's CPU doing something that a single chip can do much
faster and better inside the modem.
To get a Winmodem to work with a Mac, a guy would basically have to
implement the equivalent of Apple's Telecom software.
In all likelihood, the Winmodem manufacturers aren't going to reveal
any technical details to this guy, so he's going to have to
reverse-engineer the workings of each PCI modem he decides to
support. Maybe he'll do an adequate job at this. Then he's going to
have to test, debug, optimize, etc.
Such an undertaking would be non-trivial, and I can't imagine it
would be worth anyone's time [no matter how geeky that someone] to do
it in order to save $40 or $50 on a modem.
Let's say, though, for sake of discussion, that someone *has* built
this software, and he's built it for the particular Winmodem you want
to buy. He's probably not giving it away. Let's say that he's
charging $30 for it, which seems like a reasonable price. Going by
Outpost's pricing, you can buy a PCI 56K modem for around $40. Add
the $30 for the supporting software and you've now spent $70 on a
non-standard modem which probably doesn't perform as well as an
external modem, which can't be used with a clean OS install, which is
supported only by this one guy who reverse-engineered support for
this particular revision of this particular PCI modem card, and which
may well be broken by any OS update or third-party extension
conflict. Oh, and you've given up a PCI slot for this privilege.
Where's the win in that?
For $10 more [again from Outpost] you can buy an external Supra 56K
modem that supports FAX and voicemail and doesn't impact the
performance of your system and doesn't require any special software
to work.
If you've got a USB card in your powertower, you can get an external
USB Global Village modem, also with FAX and so forth, for $43. For
the $70 you're likely to spend on the PCI FrankenModem, you could buy
both the PCI USB card and the USB modem and have something much more
valuable in that PCI slot.
Just my two cents.
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Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:19:26 -0700
From: "BILLMAN,JEFF (HP-USA,ex1)"
To: "'Brian Wessels'" , [email protected]
Subject: [Q] 56K PCI modems?
Brian,
If the modems you are looking at are labeled Winmodems you are S.O.L. (slap
outta luck) These modems require software running in an Intel based PC that
provide the functionality of the hardware chips in an external modem or a
Mac approved modem. that I have seen noone makes Winmodem replacement
drivers for Macs. This is not all bad since all of the Winmodems I have
used are lousy on performance.
Cheers,
Jeff Billman
Hewlett-Packard Product Competency Center
Database Management and Languages Team
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Wessels [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 16:59
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] 56K PCI modems?
I'm looking for an internal PCI modem for my 9500, and getting frustrated.
Zoom
and Diamond Multimedia both have PCI models, but only support Windows. Has
anyone successfully used these "unsupported?" (My 28K modem was a Zoom...)
Is
there anyone who will sell such a thing for a Mac? Thanks in advance for
your
help.
Brian Wessels
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:25:17 -0700
From: "BILLMAN,JEFF (HP-USA,ex1)"
To: "'Warren Wiley'" , [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Router recommendation
Howdy,
Linksys and Netgear make router/firewalls with built in hubs and or
switches. I was looking at getting a four port Linksys 10/100
router/firewall combination for around $150. There were rebates from
Linksys but they may have expired. Check some of the deal web sites for the
best prices.
Jeff Billman
Hewlett-Packard Product Competency Center
Database Management and Languages Team
-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Wiley [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 19:47
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Router recommendation
I need to connect a Mac system & a Windows system to a cable modem, and
would prefer to use a router rather than a hub.
Would appreciate product recommendations & any advice re potential
problems.
W. Wiley
Powell River
On BC's Sunshine Coast
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:25:25 -0800
From: Bill Rausch
To: [email protected]
Subject: help: iMac black screen at startup
My sister asks:
>We have an iMac that stays at a black screen when
>starting up. Does that mean we need a new battery?
I had to answer "I don't know - I don't know anyone who's had that happen on an iMac". I did suggest she reset PRAM but haven't heard back from her.
Any other suggestions?
Bill
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:24:41 -0800
From: "Chris McVay/Karen McVay"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Outlook Express & HTML
I've looked everywhere and cannot figure out how to make Outlook Express
display HTML email. Can someone help me with that?
Chris/Karen McVay
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:53:17 -0500
From: "A.W. Neef"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing from Netscape 4.73 to Epson 740 printer
Printing from Netscape 4.73 to Epson 740 printer
When I print a web page, I first PREVIEW the page. It shows
as a postage stamp sized replica of the page, and prints the
same.
So ... rather than printing at that time, I PREVIEW a second
time. That SECOND preview displays full size, and prints
just fine ...
EXCEPT that Netscape very frequently (but not always) crashes
before the printing begins!!
Hardware/Software: iMac-DV-SE (OS 9.0.4)
Should I look for a conflict?
(with ConflictCatcher, a lengthy process)
Or might there be some other more obvious solution?
Maybe update to Netscape 4.74?
Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:02:25 -0500
From: Scott Horton
To: "Warren Wiley"
Subject: Re(R): [Q] Router recommendation
>I need to connect a Mac system & a Windows system to a cable modem, and
>would prefer to use a router rather than a hub.
>Would appreciate product recommendations & any advice re potential
>problems.
>
>W. Wiley
>Powell River
>
>On BC's Sunshine Coast
I highly recommend the XRouter Pro (model MIH 130). (
http://www.macsense.com) For me it has worked exactly as advertised
and they periodically update the firmware which adds features. I paid
$169 and it includes a 4 port 10/100T hub (switch really, full
duplex) that autonegotiates the speed. One port can be configured as
an uplink (crossover) to connect to any existing hubs. It has built
in NAT security so it is a great firewall as well.
If your ISP provides dynamic IP numbers to your cable modem, the
default configuration will work just fine right out of the box. It
also supports static IP, PPPoE and just about any other. For the Mac,
just go to the TCP/IP control panel and set it to ethernet and DHCP,
under options make Open Transport active all the time (not load only
when needed).
I have 4 macs on this unit, and uplink to an old 10T hub that has the
oldest Mac and an ethernet printer on it and it has been flawless.
The firmware (accessible by any web browser) allows one to open ports
to your LAN for game hosting, web, mail, and ftp serving; streaming
video, etc.; Timbuktu, or any other ports that you might want open.
I have nothing to do with the company, but I do like this product
very much and highly recommend it.
(BTW - it supports Mac, Windows, Unix)
Good luck,
Scott
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:24:07 -0500
From: Phil McIntosh
To: [email protected]
Subject: router for cable modem
I use an old P75 machine I picked up for less than $100, running
Linux. You will need 2 NICs which support Linux and just follow the
instructions in the ipchains HOW-TO for ip masquerading and firewall setup.
>I need to connect a Mac system & a Windows system to a cable modem, and
>would prefer to use a router rather than a hub.
Phil McIntosh
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:16:26 -0500
From: Patty and Art Werschulz
To: [email protected]
Subject: Web page builders
Hi.
I am getting psyched up to do a serious redesign of a website, and I
think I'm ready to move from typing in html codes with Alpha to using
a web page builder.
So far, I have looked at evaluation versions of Adobe GoLive and
SoftPress Systems' Freeway, going through the tutorials provided with
each. Before plunking down any money, I'd like to know about peoples'
experiences with these products. I'd especially like to hear from
people who have used both of these, to help me make a decision.
BTW, I'm certainly willing to look at other products, so if anybody has
suggestions other Mac web page builders that they're either wildly crazy
about *or* that they hate with a passion, please let me know.
Thanks.
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207 Stoughton Avenue Cranford NJ 07016 (908) 272-1146
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