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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 11 Apr 01 Volume 18 : Issue 59
Today's Topics:
(Q) Using MacOS X and DSL
[*] Power20 2.0 - Commodore VIC-20 emulator
[*] Power64 3.0 - Commodore C64 emulator
[*] QIF Convert 1.5 - Adding Categories to QIF Files
[*] QIF Web Extract 1.4 - Extracts Investment Transactions
[*] SweetMail 2.08f15
Does ANYONE have Aqua Blooper Piper?
iMac adapter
Networking Mac w/ PC
OS X--What's root password
saving favorites
Self-Mounting Images
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:18:50 -0400
From: Alan Stein
To: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) Using MacOS X and DSL
I currently connect via DSL through SNET. Under MacOS 9, the
connection requires an application called Enternet 300. My question
is whether anyone knows whether that application will continue to
work under MacOS X and, if it won't, whether it will still be
possible to use the DSL connection under MacOS X and, if so, how?
--
Alan Stein [email protected]
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Date: 10 Apr 2001
From: Roland Lieger
To:
Subject: [*] Power20 2.0 - Commodore VIC-20 emulator
Power20 2.0 - Commodore VIC-20 Emulator
Enjoy your favorite Commodore VIC-20 games on your Power Macintosh!
Visit the Power20 homepage at:
http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~rlieger/P ... index.html
Power20 2.0 emulates all parts of a VIC-20 at highest precision for optimal
compatiblity:
Power20 emulates all important features of a real VIC-20 such as:
- MOS 6502 CPU Emulation (incl. Illegal Opcodes)
- VIC (Video/SoundIC) Emulation (Scanline-Based, incl. all Video Modes,
Full Sound Emulation)
- VIA Emulation (incl. Timers, Interrupts)
- Optional Original VIC-20 Keyboard or Macintosh Keyboard Layout
- Joystick (both via real ADB Joysticks and Keyboard mapping),
Paddles and Lightpen emulated
- ROM Cartridge files
- CPU Level 1541 Floppy Disk Emulation. Can handle most fast-loaders
and special floppy tricks.
- ROM Level 1541 Disk Drive emulated (*.D64, *.X64 and ZipCode files
supported) for fast and easy disk access.
- Direct Access to Macintosh File System (both *.C64 and *.P00 files supported)
- Tape Drive (Datasette) emulated (*.T64 and Lynx files)
- TapeDisk: *.T64 and Lynx files can also be used on disk drives
- Power20 can write GZ compressed tape and disk files, saving space on the
Mac HD.
- Printer Emulation (Text only)
For maximal ease of use, Power20 features:
- Dialogs and Dokumentation in English and German
- Drag & Drop mounting of Disks.
- Drag & Drop copying of files between drives.
- View the Directory of a Disk or Tape Drive. Load and run games with
a simple double-click. No more typing BASIC commands.
- Transparent access to ZIP and GZ compressed disk and tape images
- View the Directory of a Disk or Tape Drive. Load and run games
with a simple double-click. No more typing BASIC commands.
- Built in Monitor/Debugger for an inside view of VIC-20 code.
- Cut & Paste makes it easy to 'type' long listings into the VIC-20.
- Optional hidden menubar for maximal VIC-20 feeling
- Run several VIC-20's at once
- Balloon Help for all menus and dialogs
- Navigation Services for easy file selection
[Archived as /info-mac/app/power-20-20.hqx; 966 K]
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Date: 10 Apr 2001
From: Roland Lieger
To:
Subject: [*] Power64 3.0 - Commodore C64 emulator
Power64 3.0 - Commodore C64 Emulator
Enjoy your favorite Commodore C64 games on your Power Macintosh!
Visit the Power64 homepage at:
http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~rlieger/P ... index.html
Power64 3.0 emulates all parts of a C64 at highest precision for optimal
compatiblity:
.) Full MOS 6510 CPU Emulation (incl. Illegal Opcodes)
.) VIC (VideoIC) Emulation (nearly Cycle-Exact, or Scanline-based, incl.
all Video Modes, Sprites, Soft-Scrolling, Raster Interrupts, Sprite
Collision, Open Top/Bottom/Left/Right Borders)
.) Antialiased Video to resemble the blur of a TV-screen
.) SID (SoundID) Emulation (incl. Waveforms, Envelopes (ADSR),
Ring-Modulation, Synchronisation, Filters, Resonance, Samples)
.) CIA Emulation (incl. Timers, Interrupts, Time of Day, Alarm)
.) Optional Original C64 Keyboard Layout or Macintosh Keyboard Layout
.) Joysticks (both via real USB/ADB Joysticks and Keyboard mapping),
Paddles and Lightpen emulated
.) C1541 Disk Drive emulated (*.D64, *.X64 and ZipCoded files supported -
Mount GZ, ZIP or LHA compressed files without manual decompression)
.) Direct Access to Macintosh File System (both *.C64 and *.P00 files
(also GZ, ZIP or LHA compressed) supported)
.) Tape Drive (Datasette) emulated (*.T64 and Lynx files)
.) Power64 can write GZ compressed tape and disk files, saving lots of
space on the Mac HD.
.) Printer Emulation (Text only)
For maximal ease of use, Power64 features:
.) Dialogs and Dokumentation in English, German, French and Spanish.
.) Drag & Drop mounting of Disks.
.) Drag & Drop copying of files between drives.
.) View the Directory of a Disk or Tape Drive. Load and run games with
a simple double-click. No more typing BASIC commands.
.) Built in Monitor/Debugger for an inside view of C64 code.
.) Cut & Paste or Drag & Drop makes it easy to 'type' long listings
into the C64.
.) Special Optimisations for GEOS 2.0. (faster disk access, custom
printer driver, etc.)
.) Optional hidden menubar for maximal C64 feeling
.) Power64 can show the current keyboard layout in window. This makes it
easy to find graphic characters on the Mac keyboard.
.) Run several C64's at once
.) Balloon Help for all menus and dialogs
[Archived as /info-mac/app/power-64-30.hqx; 1478 K]
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Date: 10 Apr 2001
From: John Woodward
To:
Subject: [*] QIF Convert 1.5 - Adding Categories to QIF Files
QIF Convert 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 Convert converts each transaction in the QIF file by: 1) Deleting
any existing category, and adding a category associated with the
transaction's description; 2) Removing the plus sign from transaction
amounts (because not all versions of Quicken allow plus signs); 3)
Optionally adding an indication that the transaction has cleared; 4)
Optionally extracting a check number from the description (unless the
transaction already has a check number) and using it as the check
number that Quicken will recognize; 5) Optionally changing the
description and category to values associated with the combination of
the original description and the amount; and 6) Optionally allowing
you to confirm the transaction, where the description and/or category
can be changed, or the transaction can be deleted. You have the
option of store transactions from one ore multiple accounts in the
same output file.
System requirements:
* System 7.5.3 through 9.1
For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or
visit the QIF Convert Web page:
http://homepage.mac.com/jplw/QIFConvert.html
[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-convert-15.hqx; 240 K]
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Date: 10 Apr 2001
From: John Woodward
To:
Subject: [*] QIF Web Extract 1.4 - Extracts Investment Transactions
One important feature that continues to be missing from Quicken for
the Macintosh is the ability to import investment transactions from
brokerage firms. QIF Web Extract addresses this problem by extracting
transactions from brokerage website transaction history pages and
converting them into Quicken Interchange Format (QIF). The resulting
QIF file can then be imported into Quicken. To use QIF Web Extract,
you display your transaction history in your web browser. You then
select the entire web page (or the frame of the page with
transactions), and copy it into the clipboard. Then run
QIF Web Extract, which extracts the transactions you specify from the
clipboard.
To be able to accomplish this extraction, QIF Web Extract needs to
know what securities and accounts you have defined in your Quicken
file, and it needs to know how your website presents its transaction
information. You need to export your securities and accounts from
Quicken, and QIF Web Extract needs to learn about your website.
QIF Web Extract has the ability to learn about a wide range of
websites. However, no guarantee can be made that any particular
website can be learned. Since different browsers encode web page
information copied into the clipboard in different ways, the specific
web browser used is a factor in determining whether QIF Web Extract
can learn a particular website. QIF Web Extract has been tested with
and works with both Internet Explorer and Netscape.
System requirements:
* System 7.5.3 through 9.1
For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or
visit the QIF Web Extract Web page:
http://homepage.mac.com/jplw/QIFWebExtract.html
[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-web-extract-14.hqx; 181 K]
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Date: 10 Apr 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.08f15
SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides
most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has
multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view,
filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions.
System Requirements:
* System 7.1 or later. (PPC/68K, including MacOSX)
* 4MB of Memory.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-208f15.hqx; 2089 K]
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:26:09 +0100
From:
To: [email protected]
Subject: Does ANYONE have Aqua Blooper Piper?
I am after a game I once purchased around 8 years ago called:
Aqua blooper Piper.
It was either developed by Casady & Greene or were the main
distributors. I have searched their website, all over the web, ftp,
search engines , hotline, carracho ect.
I cannot believe it's not out there somewhere..
Unfortunately, I no longer have this piece of software but would like
to obtain it for my kids as I recently found an old Mac in the garage
which I would like to give to them.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could e-mail it to me or point me
in the right direction.
Thanks in advance
[email protected]
ICQ: 19605786
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:46:17 -0700
From: Paul Brians
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: iMac adapter
I recently inquired about getting line-level audio into a G4. The
solution I found in the discussion forums on Apple's site is the
Griffin iMac Adapter, a USB interface that costs $35 plus shipping.
--
Paul Brians, Department of English
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:21:15 -0600
From: John Sample
To:
Subject: Networking Mac w/ PC
We have a couple of Macs on an ethernet hub which is connected to a
highspeed ISP. We also have one PC connected to the same hub which my wife
uses for internet access.
Through the hub, the Macs can "see" each other and we can share files. Is
there a way to do this between the Macs & the PC?
Thanks in advance,
Chip Sample
Littleton, Colorado
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:28:46 -0700
From: Bruce Johnson
To: [email protected]
Subject: OS X--What's root password
The root password is the password selected when setting up the initial user on the Mac during the OS X install process.
Contrary to most Unix systems you do not, in fact, _cannot_ call this account 'root';the actual 'root' is not allowed to log in to the GUI screen. The way you access root functions is via su, as you've found.
If you don't remember this password, well, I suspect highly that you are hosed with a cap H. Forgetting or losing root password on a system generally means a re-install. ON Unix systems with user partitions on separate disks, this is a recoverable, though time consuming error. I do not know what re-installing OSX onto a single partition will do to user files.
There are hacker tools to gain root access once an account on the system has been compromised, but I've no clue what rootkits are available, if any, for OSX yet.
> Subject:
>
> OS X--What's root password
> From:
>
> "Marc Baime"
> Date:
>
> Sun, 08 Apr 2001 04:21:07 GMT
> To:
>
> [email protected]
>
>
> When I bring up a terminal in OS X and try to su to root I have had no luck
> guessing the password. What is it? Please email me at [email protected].
> Thanks!
>
> Regards...Marc Baime
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:57:17 +0100
From: Ezra Nathan
To: Info-Mac digest
Subject: saving favorites
Hello>
I'd like to save the favourites in Internet Explorer onto a zip drive lest
something happens to my HD (which happens from time to time). I know that
saving 'Bookmarks html' for Netscape is what to do with that browser; where
is the equivalent of IE to be found and what is it called?
Thanks,
> Ezra Nathan
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:30:01 -0700
From: Andrew Merenbach
To:
Subject: Self-Mounting Images
I have always wanted to make a self-mounting image with a license screen, of
the kind with which Apple distributes software updates and packages. Is
that possible?
--
Andrew Merenbach
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