Info-Mac Digest V18 #45
Posted: March 18th, 2001, 2:30 pm
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Info-Mac Digest Sun, 18 Mar 01 Volume 18 : Issue 45
Today's Topics:
(A) java_30 file
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?OS9.1=20+=20Word=204=20=3D=20strangeness?=
[*] 8-ball emulator submission
[*] [*] Gantt Chart 2.0 for FmPro
[*] arracho Multi Prefs
[*] arracho Multi Prefs
[*] Chocoletters 1.7 A puzzle Game
[*] Chocoletters 1.7 French Version
[*] CrystalDiffract 3.0.5 - free scientific software
[*] DaemonCron-Lite-103.sit
[*] Daydreamer 1.0.3
[*] English Nouns 1.1.1 - foreign language learning
[*] Equate! 2.0.1 - a mathematical card game.
[*] HALemulator 1.0 (HAL.sit) correction
[*] hockey2.hqx
[*] HTML-Optimizer 4.2
[*] HTML-OptimizerPlus 2.2
[*] Re: /info-mac/art/zine/ATPM-703-print.pdf.sit.hqx
[*] Re: DoubletScan330.hqx
[A] OS X setup questions
[Q] OS X setup questions
File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
MP3 Cataloger wanted
Zip-250-USB problem - solved
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 20:00:38 -0500
From: monte
To: [email protected]
Subject: (A) java_30 file
The file you are referring to is part of Netscape Navigator, 3.x in
this case. If you have a copy of the installer you can just do a
fresh install of Netscape. Navigator 3 can also be found on the MacOS
8.0 install cd also.
Monte
>Hi
>I seem to have dumped java from my powermac 7200/75 Java_30 file Any
>ideas how or where I get it back?
>Tom Murphy??
>
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:59:39 +1100
From: "Geoffrey Heard"
To: "Don Mackie" , [email protected]
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?OS9.1=20+=20Word=204=20=3D=20strangeness?=
On March 18 2001, Don Mackie wrote:
>Thanks for the advice. I use actually use Appleworks for most things but
>really like the way Word handles tables. Appleworks makes harder work of
>them. There are a few things I do that need tables, Word did them for me,
>I felt no need to upgrade until now.
And tables is not one of NisusWriter's strong points, oddly enough.
Here's something I haven't tried, but which came to me highly recommended: JollyGoodTables.
I can't give you a contact, because although I downloaded it, nothing I can find it in or in the documentation actually gives the URL for it! Try a Google search and I am sure you will find it in a flash.
Cheers
Geoff
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] 8-ball emulator submission
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"Content-Language: en
This Mac application puts a pool table on your screen and lets you shoot the
balls down the pockets.
Unlike other pool table applications, you can set the table and balls to any
size you wish. There are hundreds of settings available for speed and
friction. The Aim Assist feature shows you which direction and how far the
cue ball will go when you shoot. Shot Status information is provided, like
a referee, to show whose turn it is, whether they've made a legal shot,
whether a player has won the game, etc., according to rules for either 8Ball
or
9Ball.
To see what sets 8-Ball Emulator apart from the rest, try minimum ball size
and friction settings.
Full documentation is available thru the 'Save Help Text' button in the Help
dialog.
Version X.1:
‚Çó Fixes a MacOS 8.1 crash.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/8ball-emulator.hqx; 261 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Allan Hunter
To:
Subject: [*] [*] Gantt Chart 2.0 for FmPro
This is an upgrade to Gantt Chart for FmPro which I posted in 1988.
Here is a FileMaker Pro solution to the challenge of charting, as
bars graphed over time, a series of dated events, across a page
beginning at the left side with the earliest beginning date and
ending with the latest ending date of any of the bars. This is a
Gantt chart.
There are other Gantt charting solutions but the flexibility and
ubiquity of FileMaker Pro makes it useful to be able to do Gantt
charts directly in FileMaker.
NEW in version 2.0
* Now handles up to 4 distinct event intervals for each record. So
if you want to graph U.S. Presidents' terms of office, you can
display Grover Cleveland's two noncontiguous terms on a single line
with a break in between. Or you could graph the leadership of Apple
Computer without having to have two records for Steve Jobs.
* Now comes with a convenient second file, "Gantt Source", in which
data can be entered, imported, or set via script from your other
FileMaker files. Each line in Gantt Source is a record consisting of
a name, Start Date, and End Date. Other fields are available for
optional use to describe data further. A script in Gantt Source
places the data in Gantt Chart, creating a second, third, and/or
fourth interval as it comes across records in Gantt Source that have
the same name as an existing record in Gantt Chart. Gantt Source is
completely unprotected, so you can define new fields, relationships,
scripts, and layouts, and incorporate it into your existing
solutions. Gantt Chart has the field definitions and relationships
protected, but scripts and layouts can still be edited. A pair of
two-way relationships between the two files links them by item Name
and by a "universal pivot" that lets you set global field values.
* I am requesting a shareware fee of $15 now, although the product is
in no way disabled pending my receiving of it, and it doesn't expire
or display any reminder messages.
NOTES from the original version (edited where appropriate for version 2.0):
The interface for the Gantt Chart file is simple: each bar (item) is
a record; create a new record, enter start date, end date (optional:
second start date and end date; third start date and end date; fourth
start date and end date), go to next entry, and when completed run
the Set Overall Duration script (visible in the Script menu) that
will calculate the earliest start date and latest end date in order
********** ABSTRACT CROPPED **********
[Archived as /info-mac/data/gantt-chart-fmpro-20.hqx; 155 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From:
To:
Subject: [*] arracho Multi Prefs
my program Carracho Multi Prefs 1.3 Classic and Carbon versions to your
archive. The file names are
"CarrachoMultiPrefsCarb.sit"
"CarrachoMultiPrefsClas.sit"
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/carracho-multi-prefs.hqx; 673 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From:
To:
Subject: [*] arracho Multi Prefs
my program Carracho Multi Prefs 1.3 Classic and Carbon versions to your
archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/carracho-multi-prefs-x.hqx; 797 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] Chocoletters 1.7 A puzzle Game
Chocoletters is a puzzle game. You have to find how the computer mixed
up 36 letters and figures in a 6 by 6 grid. To succeed you may ask for
paths leading from one letter to another. With several paths you can
deduce the positions of the letters. The score depends on the number of
paths and the time spent to finish.
You can see examples at:
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
Chocoletters should run on all of the 68020 System 7 + Quicktime
Macintoshes and later with a 640x480 color screen or more. Chocoletters
can play your own music files:
You need Quicktime 3.0 to hear good sounds in Midi files.
You need Quicktime 4.0 to play mp3 files.
What's new in version 1.7 ?
- You can ask for a path by clicking on an already played tile in the grid
- Handy buttons for the more used functions
- Some other minor changes
Chocoletters is a $10 US shareware. Payments handled by Kagi.
Pierre Durand
14 rue de Montenegro
71200 Le Creusot
France
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/chocoletters-17.hqx; 787 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] Chocoletters 1.7 French Version
Chocoletters is a puzzle game. You have to find how the computer mixed
up 36 letters and figures in a 6 by 6 grid. To succeed you may ask for
paths leading from one letter to another. With several paths you can
deduce the positions of the letters. The score depends on the number of
paths and the time spent to finish.
You can see examples in English or in French at:
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
Chocoletters should run on all of the 68020 System 7 + Quicktime
Macintoshes and later with a 640x480 color screen or more. Chocoletters
can play your own music files:
You need Quicktime 3.0 to hear good sounds in Midi files.
You need Quicktime 4.0 to play mp3 files.
What's new in version 1.7 ?
- You can ask for a path by clicking on an already played tile in the grid
- Handy buttons for the more used functions
- Some other minor changes
Chocoletters is a $10 US shareware. Payments handled by Kagi.
ChocolettersVF 1.7 is the French version.
Pierre Durand
14 rue de Montenegro
71200 Le Creusot
France
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/chocoletters-17-fr.hqx; 786 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: David Palmer
To:
Subject: [*] CrystalDiffract 3.0.5 - free scientific software
Title: CrystalDiffract 3.0.5 (powder diffraction software)
Filename: crystal-diffract-305.hqx
For folder: math-sci
Keywords: science, crystallography, chemistry, geology, physics, diffraction
Requires: PowerPC processor, 12MB RAM, System 7.0 or later
Description:-
CrystalDiffract is a program to simulate x-ray or neutron powder
diffraction patterns - and to analyse and measure the results.
CrystalDiffract acts as your desktop diffractometer, providing
control over many experimental parameters - and is ideal for learning
about diffraction, as well as for experienced researchers needing to
understand their experimental data.
CrystalDiffract is provided here in the free "Limited Edition" version.
Providing that you include the version number in the archive
filename, you are very welcome to include this file on your
commercially-available CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/crystal-diffract-305.hqx; 1386 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: "David C. Oshel"
To:
Subject: [*] DaemonCron-Lite-103.sit
This small daemon plays sounds, posts messages to the screen, and will
launch applications (including AppleScript applets) on any schedule you set.
Possible uses include screaming clocks, counted quarter-hour chimes (e.g.,
three backward bongs at :15 after, one backward bong at :45 after), nagging
yourself (via AppleScripts), launching Netscape at 3 A.M. to drive your cat
nuts, whining soulfully when someone else is using your computer, turning
your house lights on or off (requires wiring and additional stuff not
provided), doing things at startup or shutdown, listening to your ex's dead
dog bark every now and then, and so forth. Hey, it's daemonic! Use your
imagination!
DaemonCron is freeware.
Requires PowerPC (68K support discontinued.) Requires System 7.5.5 or
better, and OS 9.1 is recommended. Requires ResEdit or Resorcerer for
configuration, and you should be comfortable with no-holds-barred system
spelling bees when you configure launchfile names.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/daemoncron-lite-103.hqx; 26 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Quandir Software
To:
Subject: [*] Daydreamer 1.0.3
Daydreamer will display a picture pointed to by a URL and update it as often as you like. You can do this with several pictures. You can also have Daydreamer make time lapse movies of the URL picture, adding a new frame to a movie each time the picture is refreshed. Daydreamer is Applescriptable, so even more can be done with it. With sample scripts provided with the distribution, you can view slide shows of picture folders on your computer, or even make those slide shows into QuickTime movies.
Version 1.0.2 has improved HTTP error handling and better status reporting and is more responsive during downloads due to more complete multi-threading.
Daydreamer is shareware.
Daydreamer requires PowerPC and QuickTime 4 or later.
Released 1/27/2001
For more information, go to .
Author's email: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/daydreamer-103.hqx; 375 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Jacek Iwanski
To:
Subject: [*] English Nouns 1.1.1 - foreign language learning
English Nouns 1.1.1 is a plug-in module for the language-learning programs
'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup'. It is for students learning English as a
foreign language and it can also be useful to native English speakers.
This free module helps you to study and practise the different ways of
forming the plural of English nouns. It contains 1500 English nouns, for
example city/cities, box/boxes, leaf/leaves, and many less-common types.
You choose the kind of noun that you want to practise, type the singular
and plural forms, and the program marks your answer.
The language is British-English (American-English variants are noted). You
can change or delete existing entries, add new words, and construct groups
of nouns that you want to practise. Translations in Italian are included,
and Italian users can use it to practise translation. You can also do
exercises based on sound, but at present you have to record the sound for
yourself.
To use this module, you need to have the application program 'Verbs &
Nouns' version 1.6.7 or later, available from Info-Mac archives.
For more information, visit .
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/english-nouns-111.hqx; 322 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Angela Brett
To:
Subject: [*] Equate! 2.0.1 - a mathematical card game.
Equate! is a one-player mathematical card game - you have to make
equations by dragging arithmetic operators between the cards you're
dealt. Try to make the longest equation you can to get the most
points. If you can't make an equation, you'll have to deal more
cards, whose values will be added to the current ones. Once you've
created an equation, you can remove it and the spaces will be filled
with cards from the deck. There are options for how many cards will
be dealt at a time, and you can play a timed or untimed game. Each
combination of options has its own high score list.
This version fixes a bug and adds the capability of importing
highscore lists from other versions.
The Equate! homepage is at http://acronyms.co.nz/software/equate.html
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/equate-201.hqx; 762 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: games
To:
Subject: [*] HALemulator 1.0 (HAL.sit) correction
Homepage: www.galatoire.com/software
eMail: [email protected]
Description: The HALemulator gives your startup process a whole new sound and vision. It handles your startupitems and comes with startupscreen-randomizer-feature.
System requirements: OS 8.1 PPC
May be inclued in CD ROMS.
Location proposal: User interface
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/hal-emulator-135.hqx; 4626 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Sean Stewart
To:
Subject: [*] hockey2.hqx
Play this 2 on 2 hockey game for the Macintosh. Choose from 2 teams,
blue or red(1 or 2 players). Controls are w,a,s, and d for the blue
team, and the arrow keys for the red team. Shoot and pass are space and
command for the blue team, and control and option for the red team. You
can also set the skill of the players. Skill levels go from 1 to 5, 1
being the worst and 5 being the best.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/hockey-2.hqx; 378 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer 4.2
HTML-Optimizer 4.2
What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages incl. images.
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: Shareware US$10
Computer: PowerPC or iMac
Mac OS: 7.5.3 or later
Abstract:
HTML-Optimizer is the ideal tool for managing your web site. It checks your
web pages for broken links and dangling tags and optimizes both text and
graphic files.
The program offers 5 functions plus a number of useful options that make
working with HTML-Optimizer very easy. Especially the new 'duplimize'
feature comes in handy for uploading an optimized web folder. The program
has a built-in Manual and Balloon Help is supported too.
The five basic functions of HTML-Optimizer are:
1. Optimizing HTML code by removing unnecessary characters and tags, which
results in faster loading of your pages in your client's browser. Embedded
script code, e.g. JavaScript, is not ruined. Graphic file resources, which
are of no use on the web, are removed, saving 10 to 80 % of space.
2. Checking the so called tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to
appear together with their end tags. Further, IMG tags are checked for
Width, Height and Alt attributes. Missing attributes are added with values
which are automatically detected.
3. Checking the validity of the internal hyperlinks, 8 levels deep.
4. Marking dangling tags and missing attributes to find and fix them
quickly.
5. Converting special characters to the &....; notation.
In version 4.2 cgi code written as comment lines will not be removed from
web pages whose file extension start with ".s", for example index.shtm.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-42.hqx; 1205 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] HTML-OptimizerPlus 2.2
HTML-OptimizerPlus 2.2
What it is: Tool to check and optimize up to 16 web sites.
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: Shareware US$15
Computer: PowerPC or iMac
Mac OS: 7.5.3 or later (for remote access Mac OS 8.6 or later is required)
Abstract:
HTML-OptimizerPlus is the ideal tool for managing one or more (max. 16) web
sites, to make sure that all web pages and graphic files are optimized,
without broken links or dangling tags.
The program offers 5 functions and supports drag & drop via its Helper
application HTML-Dropper. Further it offers various upload and download
capabilities plus other useful options that make working with
HTML-OptimizerPlus very easy. Especially the new 'duplimize' feature comes
in handy for uploading an optimized web folder. The program has a built-in
Manual and Balloon Help is supported too.
The five basic functions of HTML-OptimizerPlus are:
1. Optimizing HTML code by removing unnecessary characters and tags, which
results in faster loading of your pages in your client's browser. Embedded
script code, e.g. JavaScript, is not ruined. Graphic file resources, which
are of no use on the web, are removed, saving 10 to 80 % of space.
2. Checking the so called tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to
appear together with their end tags. Further, IMG tags are checked for
Width, Height and Alt attributes. Missing attributes are added with values
which are automatically detected.
3. Checking the validity of the internal hyperlinks, 8 levels deep.
4. Marking dangling tags and missing attributes to find and fix them
quickly.
5. Converting special characters to the &....; notation.
Version 2.2 has a new upload progress display for uploading a main
directory. Further, cgi code written as comment lines will not be removed
from web pages whose file extension start with ".s", for example index.shtm.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-plus-22.hqx; 1622 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: "A. Lee Bennett, Jr."
To:
Subject: [*] Re: /info-mac/art/zine/ATPM-703-print.pdf.sit.hqx
This is the print-optimized PDF edition of the March 2001 issue of ATPM.
About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM) is a free monthly e-zine about the
*personal* computing experience. If you prefer a screen-optimized PDF or an
offline Webzine format, visit to download current and
past issues in your preferred format.
The contents of ATPM 7.03 are as follows:
Columns
Apple Cider: Growin' Up
Beyond the Barline: Lava Lamp ... New iMac
About This Particular Web Site
Reviews
FinRing
Inspiration 6.0b
Mail Beacon 1.3.1
TurboTax Deluxe
VOODOO Personal 2.0
Extras
Desktop Pictures: St. Lucia
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/atpm-703-print-pdf.hqx; 865 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Giuseppe Giunto
To:
Subject: [*] Re: DoubletScan330.hqx
What's new version 3.3.0
Added a window named "Change Attribute" that allows, simply clicking on the item, to change the name, label, type, creator, date modified, date created, locked, visibility and comments.
Improved the "Move to another location" engine, now you can stop the execution by hold down command and period.
Mac OS 9.1 full compatible.
Localizations available at: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html
Japanese
French
Download page: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html
Direct links:
http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/progr ... can330.sit
http://www2.pinkpig.com/giunto/DoubletScan330.sit
ftp://ftp.hyperbolicsoftware.com/DoubletScan330.sit
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/doublet-scan-330.hqx; 1588 K]
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 20:00:38 -0500
From: monte
To: [email protected]
Subject: [A] OS X setup questions
Wagner,
it's really a matter of personal taste, and free space on your drive,
as to how much space you would like to use. MacOS X itself needs
about a Gig. For the combined OS 9.1 and OS X partition, and any
programs you would want on there, I would tend to use a larger
partition. 3 Gigs seems reasonable right now, assuming you do not do
a lot of work with scanned images, digital audio, or digital video.
The amount in your first plan for scratch space seems rather large. I
would say plan for growth. As we move forward there will be more and
more applications that will run natively in OS X.
Monte
>Hi folks,
in anticipation of the release of MacOS X 1.0, I have some questions
regarding setup. I'm planning to create several partitions in my 20
GB disk along the lines of:
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:32:29 -0500
From: Allan Hunter
To: Wagner Truppel
Subject: [Q] OS X setup questions
At 10:41 AM -0800 3/16/01, Wagner Truppel wrote:
>Is that understanding correct, or can
>I have my OS X and OS 9 applications stored in any other volume?
Your OS 9 apps do NOT need to be in the same partition or hard drive
as X. I have the Public Beta installed on a partition called
"Secondary" and I have about 7 other partitions with classic MacOS
apps installed on them, and two contain copies of OS9 that can be run
in the Classic environment. (one has its extensions pared-down
explicity for OSX Classic-env use, the other is my everyday 9). Any
MacOS 9 compatible app can be run within X's classic environment
regardless if where it is located (e.g., Zip drive, on your
neighbor's computer viewed over the network, etc), and for the most
part any copy of an appropriate version of MacOS 9 can be selected
and used for the Classic environment.
--
Allan Hunter
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 16:40:09 -0800
From: Kee Nethery
To: ngpappas , [email protected]
Subject: File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
>
>I am getting a new G3 Powerbook. What product or method do people use these
>days to synchronize files between a desktop Mac and a powerbook?
The operating system came with a control panel named "File Synchronization". I use that to sync to an external firewire hard drive. Does what I need and it is provided by Apple in the OS.
Kee
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 16:34:34 -0800
From: Doug Hardie
To: [email protected]
Subject: File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
>I used to have a Powerbook 160. I used a utility program to keep its files
>synchronized with my Desktop Mac. Can't remember the name of the product.
>
>I am getting a new G3 Powerbook. What product or method do people use these
>days to synchronize files between a desktop Mac and a powerbook?
>
>Does Retrospect have a feature that allow you to do this sort of thing? Is
>there a feature built into the Mac OS that supports it?
>
>Nick Pappas
I use Synchronize! by Qdea. I use a fairly old version, but it works
well. I seem to recall it was quite cheap.
--
-- Doug
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:32:09 -0600
From: T Koyn
To: [email protected]
Subject: MP3 Cataloger wanted
I know someone who is looking for a good utility to scan their computer for
MP3 files and make a catalog, including filename, bit rate, channels,
ID3 tag info, etc that could be exported as a text file for use with a
database. It does not matter whether the utility includes other functions
such as playback or not, and it is preferred to be freeware/shareware over
commercial, but if you know of a commercial one, please suggest it anyway.
MPRage 3.1 comes close, but does not list bit rates and channels for files
when there is no ID3 tag info. The utility must list the basic fields of
bit rate, CBR/VBR, channels, mpeg algorithm name (mpeg 1/2 and Layer), and
duration even if there are no ID3 tags. The ID3 tags should be listed in
separate columns and blank if not present. Some nice to have fields would
be original bit, copyright bit, and high frequency mode bits but these are
not required in an acceptable solution.
The utility needs to be able to export the information to a text file.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:30:14 -0500
From: "A.W. Neef"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Zip-250-USB problem - solved
Problem with Zip-250-USB on iMac-DV-SE
Drive not working. Totally dead.
Cannot open Zip Tools (report: "no drive connected")
Read Zip-250 Troubleshooting. No help.
I Re-installed Zip-250 software. No help.
I read "Zip Power Bricks" file dtd November 7, 2000 from unknown Info-Mac
user. He explained his study of Iomega power-bricks
Then I un-plugged power brick, and re-plugged it. Now working OK.
I would guess that a Shut-Down, then full Power-Off, followed by Power-On
and Startup would have worked also. (?)
-- Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA
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Today's Topics:
(A) java_30 file
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?OS9.1=20+=20Word=204=20=3D=20strangeness?=
[*] 8-ball emulator submission
[*] [*] Gantt Chart 2.0 for FmPro
[*] arracho Multi Prefs
[*] arracho Multi Prefs
[*] Chocoletters 1.7 A puzzle Game
[*] Chocoletters 1.7 French Version
[*] CrystalDiffract 3.0.5 - free scientific software
[*] DaemonCron-Lite-103.sit
[*] Daydreamer 1.0.3
[*] English Nouns 1.1.1 - foreign language learning
[*] Equate! 2.0.1 - a mathematical card game.
[*] HALemulator 1.0 (HAL.sit) correction
[*] hockey2.hqx
[*] HTML-Optimizer 4.2
[*] HTML-OptimizerPlus 2.2
[*] Re: /info-mac/art/zine/ATPM-703-print.pdf.sit.hqx
[*] Re: DoubletScan330.hqx
[A] OS X setup questions
[Q] OS X setup questions
File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
MP3 Cataloger wanted
Zip-250-USB problem - solved
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 20:00:38 -0500
From: monte
To: [email protected]
Subject: (A) java_30 file
The file you are referring to is part of Netscape Navigator, 3.x in
this case. If you have a copy of the installer you can just do a
fresh install of Netscape. Navigator 3 can also be found on the MacOS
8.0 install cd also.
Monte
>Hi
>I seem to have dumped java from my powermac 7200/75 Java_30 file Any
>ideas how or where I get it back?
>Tom Murphy??
>
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:59:39 +1100
From: "Geoffrey Heard"
To: "Don Mackie" , [email protected]
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?OS9.1=20+=20Word=204=20=3D=20strangeness?=
On March 18 2001, Don Mackie wrote:
>Thanks for the advice. I use actually use Appleworks for most things but
>really like the way Word handles tables. Appleworks makes harder work of
>them. There are a few things I do that need tables, Word did them for me,
>I felt no need to upgrade until now.
And tables is not one of NisusWriter's strong points, oddly enough.
Here's something I haven't tried, but which came to me highly recommended: JollyGoodTables.
I can't give you a contact, because although I downloaded it, nothing I can find it in or in the documentation actually gives the URL for it! Try a Google search and I am sure you will find it in a flash.
Cheers
Geoff
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] 8-ball emulator submission
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"Content-Language: en
This Mac application puts a pool table on your screen and lets you shoot the
balls down the pockets.
Unlike other pool table applications, you can set the table and balls to any
size you wish. There are hundreds of settings available for speed and
friction. The Aim Assist feature shows you which direction and how far the
cue ball will go when you shoot. Shot Status information is provided, like
a referee, to show whose turn it is, whether they've made a legal shot,
whether a player has won the game, etc., according to rules for either 8Ball
or
9Ball.
To see what sets 8-Ball Emulator apart from the rest, try minimum ball size
and friction settings.
Full documentation is available thru the 'Save Help Text' button in the Help
dialog.
Version X.1:
‚Çó Fixes a MacOS 8.1 crash.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/8ball-emulator.hqx; 261 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Allan Hunter
To:
Subject: [*] [*] Gantt Chart 2.0 for FmPro
This is an upgrade to Gantt Chart for FmPro which I posted in 1988.
Here is a FileMaker Pro solution to the challenge of charting, as
bars graphed over time, a series of dated events, across a page
beginning at the left side with the earliest beginning date and
ending with the latest ending date of any of the bars. This is a
Gantt chart.
There are other Gantt charting solutions but the flexibility and
ubiquity of FileMaker Pro makes it useful to be able to do Gantt
charts directly in FileMaker.
NEW in version 2.0
* Now handles up to 4 distinct event intervals for each record. So
if you want to graph U.S. Presidents' terms of office, you can
display Grover Cleveland's two noncontiguous terms on a single line
with a break in between. Or you could graph the leadership of Apple
Computer without having to have two records for Steve Jobs.
* Now comes with a convenient second file, "Gantt Source", in which
data can be entered, imported, or set via script from your other
FileMaker files. Each line in Gantt Source is a record consisting of
a name, Start Date, and End Date. Other fields are available for
optional use to describe data further. A script in Gantt Source
places the data in Gantt Chart, creating a second, third, and/or
fourth interval as it comes across records in Gantt Source that have
the same name as an existing record in Gantt Chart. Gantt Source is
completely unprotected, so you can define new fields, relationships,
scripts, and layouts, and incorporate it into your existing
solutions. Gantt Chart has the field definitions and relationships
protected, but scripts and layouts can still be edited. A pair of
two-way relationships between the two files links them by item Name
and by a "universal pivot" that lets you set global field values.
* I am requesting a shareware fee of $15 now, although the product is
in no way disabled pending my receiving of it, and it doesn't expire
or display any reminder messages.
NOTES from the original version (edited where appropriate for version 2.0):
The interface for the Gantt Chart file is simple: each bar (item) is
a record; create a new record, enter start date, end date (optional:
second start date and end date; third start date and end date; fourth
start date and end date), go to next entry, and when completed run
the Set Overall Duration script (visible in the Script menu) that
will calculate the earliest start date and latest end date in order
********** ABSTRACT CROPPED **********
[Archived as /info-mac/data/gantt-chart-fmpro-20.hqx; 155 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From:
To:
Subject: [*] arracho Multi Prefs
my program Carracho Multi Prefs 1.3 Classic and Carbon versions to your
archive. The file names are
"CarrachoMultiPrefsCarb.sit"
"CarrachoMultiPrefsClas.sit"
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/carracho-multi-prefs.hqx; 673 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From:
To:
Subject: [*] arracho Multi Prefs
my program Carracho Multi Prefs 1.3 Classic and Carbon versions to your
archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/carracho-multi-prefs-x.hqx; 797 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] Chocoletters 1.7 A puzzle Game
Chocoletters is a puzzle game. You have to find how the computer mixed
up 36 letters and figures in a 6 by 6 grid. To succeed you may ask for
paths leading from one letter to another. With several paths you can
deduce the positions of the letters. The score depends on the number of
paths and the time spent to finish.
You can see examples at:
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
Chocoletters should run on all of the 68020 System 7 + Quicktime
Macintoshes and later with a 640x480 color screen or more. Chocoletters
can play your own music files:
You need Quicktime 3.0 to hear good sounds in Midi files.
You need Quicktime 4.0 to play mp3 files.
What's new in version 1.7 ?
- You can ask for a path by clicking on an already played tile in the grid
- Handy buttons for the more used functions
- Some other minor changes
Chocoletters is a $10 US shareware. Payments handled by Kagi.
Pierre Durand
14 rue de Montenegro
71200 Le Creusot
France
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/chocoletters-17.hqx; 787 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] Chocoletters 1.7 French Version
Chocoletters is a puzzle game. You have to find how the computer mixed
up 36 letters and figures in a 6 by 6 grid. To succeed you may ask for
paths leading from one letter to another. With several paths you can
deduce the positions of the letters. The score depends on the number of
paths and the time spent to finish.
You can see examples in English or in French at:
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
Chocoletters should run on all of the 68020 System 7 + Quicktime
Macintoshes and later with a 640x480 color screen or more. Chocoletters
can play your own music files:
You need Quicktime 3.0 to hear good sounds in Midi files.
You need Quicktime 4.0 to play mp3 files.
What's new in version 1.7 ?
- You can ask for a path by clicking on an already played tile in the grid
- Handy buttons for the more used functions
- Some other minor changes
Chocoletters is a $10 US shareware. Payments handled by Kagi.
ChocolettersVF 1.7 is the French version.
Pierre Durand
14 rue de Montenegro
71200 Le Creusot
France
http://www.pierre07.fr.st
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/chocoletters-17-fr.hqx; 786 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: David Palmer
To:
Subject: [*] CrystalDiffract 3.0.5 - free scientific software
Title: CrystalDiffract 3.0.5 (powder diffraction software)
Filename: crystal-diffract-305.hqx
For folder: math-sci
Keywords: science, crystallography, chemistry, geology, physics, diffraction
Requires: PowerPC processor, 12MB RAM, System 7.0 or later
Description:-
CrystalDiffract is a program to simulate x-ray or neutron powder
diffraction patterns - and to analyse and measure the results.
CrystalDiffract acts as your desktop diffractometer, providing
control over many experimental parameters - and is ideal for learning
about diffraction, as well as for experienced researchers needing to
understand their experimental data.
CrystalDiffract is provided here in the free "Limited Edition" version.
Providing that you include the version number in the archive
filename, you are very welcome to include this file on your
commercially-available CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/crystal-diffract-305.hqx; 1386 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: "David C. Oshel"
To:
Subject: [*] DaemonCron-Lite-103.sit
This small daemon plays sounds, posts messages to the screen, and will
launch applications (including AppleScript applets) on any schedule you set.
Possible uses include screaming clocks, counted quarter-hour chimes (e.g.,
three backward bongs at :15 after, one backward bong at :45 after), nagging
yourself (via AppleScripts), launching Netscape at 3 A.M. to drive your cat
nuts, whining soulfully when someone else is using your computer, turning
your house lights on or off (requires wiring and additional stuff not
provided), doing things at startup or shutdown, listening to your ex's dead
dog bark every now and then, and so forth. Hey, it's daemonic! Use your
imagination!
DaemonCron is freeware.
Requires PowerPC (68K support discontinued.) Requires System 7.5.5 or
better, and OS 9.1 is recommended. Requires ResEdit or Resorcerer for
configuration, and you should be comfortable with no-holds-barred system
spelling bees when you configure launchfile names.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/daemoncron-lite-103.hqx; 26 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Quandir Software
To:
Subject: [*] Daydreamer 1.0.3
Daydreamer will display a picture pointed to by a URL and update it as often as you like. You can do this with several pictures. You can also have Daydreamer make time lapse movies of the URL picture, adding a new frame to a movie each time the picture is refreshed. Daydreamer is Applescriptable, so even more can be done with it. With sample scripts provided with the distribution, you can view slide shows of picture folders on your computer, or even make those slide shows into QuickTime movies.
Version 1.0.2 has improved HTTP error handling and better status reporting and is more responsive during downloads due to more complete multi-threading.
Daydreamer is shareware.
Daydreamer requires PowerPC and QuickTime 4 or later.
Released 1/27/2001
For more information, go to .
Author's email: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/daydreamer-103.hqx; 375 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Jacek Iwanski
To:
Subject: [*] English Nouns 1.1.1 - foreign language learning
English Nouns 1.1.1 is a plug-in module for the language-learning programs
'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup'. It is for students learning English as a
foreign language and it can also be useful to native English speakers.
This free module helps you to study and practise the different ways of
forming the plural of English nouns. It contains 1500 English nouns, for
example city/cities, box/boxes, leaf/leaves, and many less-common types.
You choose the kind of noun that you want to practise, type the singular
and plural forms, and the program marks your answer.
The language is British-English (American-English variants are noted). You
can change or delete existing entries, add new words, and construct groups
of nouns that you want to practise. Translations in Italian are included,
and Italian users can use it to practise translation. You can also do
exercises based on sound, but at present you have to record the sound for
yourself.
To use this module, you need to have the application program 'Verbs &
Nouns' version 1.6.7 or later, available from Info-Mac archives.
For more information, visit .
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/english-nouns-111.hqx; 322 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Angela Brett
To:
Subject: [*] Equate! 2.0.1 - a mathematical card game.
Equate! is a one-player mathematical card game - you have to make
equations by dragging arithmetic operators between the cards you're
dealt. Try to make the longest equation you can to get the most
points. If you can't make an equation, you'll have to deal more
cards, whose values will be added to the current ones. Once you've
created an equation, you can remove it and the spaces will be filled
with cards from the deck. There are options for how many cards will
be dealt at a time, and you can play a timed or untimed game. Each
combination of options has its own high score list.
This version fixes a bug and adds the capability of importing
highscore lists from other versions.
The Equate! homepage is at http://acronyms.co.nz/software/equate.html
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/equate-201.hqx; 762 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: games
To:
Subject: [*] HALemulator 1.0 (HAL.sit) correction
Homepage: www.galatoire.com/software
eMail: [email protected]
Description: The HALemulator gives your startup process a whole new sound and vision. It handles your startupitems and comes with startupscreen-randomizer-feature.
System requirements: OS 8.1 PPC
May be inclued in CD ROMS.
Location proposal: User interface
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/hal-emulator-135.hqx; 4626 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Sean Stewart
To:
Subject: [*] hockey2.hqx
Play this 2 on 2 hockey game for the Macintosh. Choose from 2 teams,
blue or red(1 or 2 players). Controls are w,a,s, and d for the blue
team, and the arrow keys for the red team. Shoot and pass are space and
command for the blue team, and control and option for the red team. You
can also set the skill of the players. Skill levels go from 1 to 5, 1
being the worst and 5 being the best.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/hockey-2.hqx; 378 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer 4.2
HTML-Optimizer 4.2
What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages incl. images.
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: Shareware US$10
Computer: PowerPC or iMac
Mac OS: 7.5.3 or later
Abstract:
HTML-Optimizer is the ideal tool for managing your web site. It checks your
web pages for broken links and dangling tags and optimizes both text and
graphic files.
The program offers 5 functions plus a number of useful options that make
working with HTML-Optimizer very easy. Especially the new 'duplimize'
feature comes in handy for uploading an optimized web folder. The program
has a built-in Manual and Balloon Help is supported too.
The five basic functions of HTML-Optimizer are:
1. Optimizing HTML code by removing unnecessary characters and tags, which
results in faster loading of your pages in your client's browser. Embedded
script code, e.g. JavaScript, is not ruined. Graphic file resources, which
are of no use on the web, are removed, saving 10 to 80 % of space.
2. Checking the so called tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to
appear together with their end tags. Further, IMG tags are checked for
Width, Height and Alt attributes. Missing attributes are added with values
which are automatically detected.
3. Checking the validity of the internal hyperlinks, 8 levels deep.
4. Marking dangling tags and missing attributes to find and fix them
quickly.
5. Converting special characters to the &....; notation.
In version 4.2 cgi code written as comment lines will not be removed from
web pages whose file extension start with ".s", for example index.shtm.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-42.hqx; 1205 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Ton Brand
To:
Subject: [*] HTML-OptimizerPlus 2.2
HTML-OptimizerPlus 2.2
What it is: Tool to check and optimize up to 16 web sites.
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: Shareware US$15
Computer: PowerPC or iMac
Mac OS: 7.5.3 or later (for remote access Mac OS 8.6 or later is required)
Abstract:
HTML-OptimizerPlus is the ideal tool for managing one or more (max. 16) web
sites, to make sure that all web pages and graphic files are optimized,
without broken links or dangling tags.
The program offers 5 functions and supports drag & drop via its Helper
application HTML-Dropper. Further it offers various upload and download
capabilities plus other useful options that make working with
HTML-OptimizerPlus very easy. Especially the new 'duplimize' feature comes
in handy for uploading an optimized web folder. The program has a built-in
Manual and Balloon Help is supported too.
The five basic functions of HTML-OptimizerPlus are:
1. Optimizing HTML code by removing unnecessary characters and tags, which
results in faster loading of your pages in your client's browser. Embedded
script code, e.g. JavaScript, is not ruined. Graphic file resources, which
are of no use on the web, are removed, saving 10 to 80 % of space.
2. Checking the so called tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to
appear together with their end tags. Further, IMG tags are checked for
Width, Height and Alt attributes. Missing attributes are added with values
which are automatically detected.
3. Checking the validity of the internal hyperlinks, 8 levels deep.
4. Marking dangling tags and missing attributes to find and fix them
quickly.
5. Converting special characters to the &....; notation.
Version 2.2 has a new upload progress display for uploading a main
directory. Further, cgi code written as comment lines will not be removed
from web pages whose file extension start with ".s", for example index.shtm.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-plus-22.hqx; 1622 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: "A. Lee Bennett, Jr."
To:
Subject: [*] Re: /info-mac/art/zine/ATPM-703-print.pdf.sit.hqx
This is the print-optimized PDF edition of the March 2001 issue of ATPM.
About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM) is a free monthly e-zine about the
*personal* computing experience. If you prefer a screen-optimized PDF or an
offline Webzine format, visit to download current and
past issues in your preferred format.
The contents of ATPM 7.03 are as follows:
Columns
Apple Cider: Growin' Up
Beyond the Barline: Lava Lamp ... New iMac
About This Particular Web Site
Reviews
FinRing
Inspiration 6.0b
Mail Beacon 1.3.1
TurboTax Deluxe
VOODOO Personal 2.0
Extras
Desktop Pictures: St. Lucia
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/atpm-703-print-pdf.hqx; 865 K]
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Date: 18 Mar 2001
From: Giuseppe Giunto
To:
Subject: [*] Re: DoubletScan330.hqx
What's new version 3.3.0
Added a window named "Change Attribute" that allows, simply clicking on the item, to change the name, label, type, creator, date modified, date created, locked, visibility and comments.
Improved the "Move to another location" engine, now you can stop the execution by hold down command and period.
Mac OS 9.1 full compatible.
Localizations available at: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html
Japanese
French
Download page: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html
Direct links:
http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/progr ... can330.sit
http://www2.pinkpig.com/giunto/DoubletScan330.sit
ftp://ftp.hyperbolicsoftware.com/DoubletScan330.sit
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/doublet-scan-330.hqx; 1588 K]
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 20:00:38 -0500
From: monte
To: [email protected]
Subject: [A] OS X setup questions
Wagner,
it's really a matter of personal taste, and free space on your drive,
as to how much space you would like to use. MacOS X itself needs
about a Gig. For the combined OS 9.1 and OS X partition, and any
programs you would want on there, I would tend to use a larger
partition. 3 Gigs seems reasonable right now, assuming you do not do
a lot of work with scanned images, digital audio, or digital video.
The amount in your first plan for scratch space seems rather large. I
would say plan for growth. As we move forward there will be more and
more applications that will run natively in OS X.
Monte
>Hi folks,
in anticipation of the release of MacOS X 1.0, I have some questions
regarding setup. I'm planning to create several partitions in my 20
GB disk along the lines of:
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:32:29 -0500
From: Allan Hunter
To: Wagner Truppel
Subject: [Q] OS X setup questions
At 10:41 AM -0800 3/16/01, Wagner Truppel wrote:
>Is that understanding correct, or can
>I have my OS X and OS 9 applications stored in any other volume?
Your OS 9 apps do NOT need to be in the same partition or hard drive
as X. I have the Public Beta installed on a partition called
"Secondary" and I have about 7 other partitions with classic MacOS
apps installed on them, and two contain copies of OS9 that can be run
in the Classic environment. (one has its extensions pared-down
explicity for OSX Classic-env use, the other is my everyday 9). Any
MacOS 9 compatible app can be run within X's classic environment
regardless if where it is located (e.g., Zip drive, on your
neighbor's computer viewed over the network, etc), and for the most
part any copy of an appropriate version of MacOS 9 can be selected
and used for the Classic environment.
--
Allan Hunter
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 16:40:09 -0800
From: Kee Nethery
To: ngpappas , [email protected]
Subject: File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
>
>I am getting a new G3 Powerbook. What product or method do people use these
>days to synchronize files between a desktop Mac and a powerbook?
The operating system came with a control panel named "File Synchronization". I use that to sync to an external firewire hard drive. Does what I need and it is provided by Apple in the OS.
Kee
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 16:34:34 -0800
From: Doug Hardie
To: [email protected]
Subject: File Synchronzation for Powerbooks
>I used to have a Powerbook 160. I used a utility program to keep its files
>synchronized with my Desktop Mac. Can't remember the name of the product.
>
>I am getting a new G3 Powerbook. What product or method do people use these
>days to synchronize files between a desktop Mac and a powerbook?
>
>Does Retrospect have a feature that allow you to do this sort of thing? Is
>there a feature built into the Mac OS that supports it?
>
>Nick Pappas
I use Synchronize! by Qdea. I use a fairly old version, but it works
well. I seem to recall it was quite cheap.
--
-- Doug
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:32:09 -0600
From: T Koyn
To: [email protected]
Subject: MP3 Cataloger wanted
I know someone who is looking for a good utility to scan their computer for
MP3 files and make a catalog, including filename, bit rate, channels,
ID3 tag info, etc that could be exported as a text file for use with a
database. It does not matter whether the utility includes other functions
such as playback or not, and it is preferred to be freeware/shareware over
commercial, but if you know of a commercial one, please suggest it anyway.
MPRage 3.1 comes close, but does not list bit rates and channels for files
when there is no ID3 tag info. The utility must list the basic fields of
bit rate, CBR/VBR, channels, mpeg algorithm name (mpeg 1/2 and Layer), and
duration even if there are no ID3 tags. The ID3 tags should be listed in
separate columns and blank if not present. Some nice to have fields would
be original bit, copyright bit, and high frequency mode bits but these are
not required in an acceptable solution.
The utility needs to be able to export the information to a text file.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:30:14 -0500
From: "A.W. Neef"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Zip-250-USB problem - solved
Problem with Zip-250-USB on iMac-DV-SE
Drive not working. Totally dead.
Cannot open Zip Tools (report: "no drive connected")
Read Zip-250 Troubleshooting. No help.
I Re-installed Zip-250 software. No help.
I read "Zip Power Bricks" file dtd November 7, 2000 from unknown Info-Mac
user. He explained his study of Iomega power-bricks
Then I un-plugged power brick, and re-plugged it. Now working OK.
I would guess that a Shut-Down, then full Power-Off, followed by Power-On
and Startup would have worked also. (?)
-- Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA
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