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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 8 Jan 96 Volume 14 : Issue 7
Today's Topics:
[*] CommuniGate FaxSender 1.8
[*] CopyPaste2.5.4
[*] Publication of AllDay 4.4
[*] simple "eyes" application. whateverware.
[*] XTimer-18
[A] Drag & drop printer utility?
[A] Mac SE & Netscape
[Q] "Clean rebuild" of desktop?
[Q] Can I get RAM Doubler
[Q] Insert CD-Rom from Keyboard?
[Q] Internet Email Server for Mac?
[Q] MacTools Pro 4.0 problem
[Q]Personal Press
_StripAddress freezes and bombs--why?
Apple Menu Option/CD-ROM related bug (2 msgs)
appletalk client for Win95
Audio CD problems
CHK error
DD Verify/Repair (Q)
Downloading Corrupted updates from Apple
Drag & drop printer utility? (2 msgs)
Drag & Drop printer utility? (R)
drivers
Educational Software
Info-Mac Digest V14 #4 Mac SE and Netscape?
Looking for Mac Specifications
MacAdministrator
mounting second internal HD
Netscape & SE (A)
performa 6200cd internet
PPP or SLIP
RHS Menu Utilities
Running Windows on Power Mac 7200
talking through a firewall [A]
Viewing .gif images on 9" screen
viewing a web page not from a server
What color monitors for Mac IIci?
Win95 networking on a PowerMac DOS Compatible
Windows for Workgroups and PB520c
Word 6.0 and HP Deskwriter 6.0 Crash [Q]
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 20:46:24 -0600
From: [email protected] (Technical Support, Stalker Software, Inc.)
Subject: [*] CommuniGate FaxSender 1.8
FaxSender is a print (Chooser) driver to use with the CommuniGate System. It
employs the same Address Books panel as the CommuniGator application, and it
can be used with any application that supports printing. When "FaxSender" is
selected in the Chooser, using the Print command in any application results
in "printing" of the open document on a remote fax machine.
In order to avoid switching between your regular printer driver and
FaxSender, you can have the "FaxSwitcher" extension installed. After you
installed FaxSwitcher, select the FaxSender in the Chooser, and you'll see
the Option button which allows you to set the special-keys combination. You
can set a combination, select your regular printer driver again, and close
the Chooser.
Now, if you press the selected key combination when choosing Page Setup or
Print from an application File menu, the FaxSender driver replaces your
regular printer driver and allows you to fax from an application without
going through the Chooser.
There are two versions of the print driver: a non-networkable (FaxSender) and
a networkable one (FaxSender Network). If you plan to send faxes from the
same computer that runs the CommuniGate Server, you should install the
FaxSender driver on that computer. Install the FaxSender Network on all other
computers on your network.
To install this print driver, drag the the FaxSender/FaxSender Network and
the FaxSwitcher icons and drop them on the System Folder icon. Finder will
route them to the Extensions folder.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/communigate-fax-sender-18.hqx; 78K]
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 22:32:45 -0600
From: julian miller
Subject: [*] CopyPaste2.5.4
Excellent! CopyPaste is a must have piece of shareware for all editors,
writers and anyone that uses the clipboard. CopyPaste gives your Mac 10
clipboards, clipboard processing, application switching, tag and drop and
many other features. Its a simple to use utility thats always there. You
find yourself using it all the time and wondering why apple didn't
include it. ***** Best Shareware Utility of Jan 96 MacWorld *****
One of the early wonders of the Mac was its revolutionary ability to do
copy and paste across various applications. Unlike other areas in the
Mac's system and software that have changed and progressed over the
years, copy and paste has not evolved. How many times have you found
yourself going back and forth copying in one application and pasting in a
different application, wishing to yourself that you could copy 5-10 items
at a time, then go to another application and paste each of these items.
Now you can.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/copy-paste-254.hqx; 149K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 16:09:19 -0600
From: Ulrich Hilger
Subject: [*] Publication of AllDay 4.4
Hi everybody!
DA-style yearly calendar in english/german language. NOW WITH POPUP MENU
EXTENDED TO ALL DAYS AND WITH BASIC SCRIPTING ABILITIES. Other features:
User events, horizontal/vertical orientation, sunday/monday as starting
day, displays up to 30 public holidays, computes years exceeding the mac
clock chip range. Marks sundays, holidays, user events and todays date
in
configurable colors.
FREEWARE.
Thank you very much and best regards,
Ulrich Hilger
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/all-day-44-da-ppc.hqx; 65K]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/all-day-44-da.hqx; 64K]
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 22:32:55 -0600
From: [email protected] (Marcelo A. Paredes C.)
Subject: [*] simple "eyes" application. whateverware.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/mac-eyes.hqx; 12K]
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 16:09:23 -0600
From: Eric Long
Subject: [*] XTimer-18
Automatic MacPPP tracking, CompuServe tracking, America Online
tracking, eWorld tracking, Automatic Rate management, Automatic
Log management. This is the online time & expense management
utility you ought to have! Registration enables auto-tracking.
Even w/o it, XTimer is a powerful and versatile program. Try it!
Requires System 7. Shareware $15 by Eric Long
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/x-timer-18.hqx; 221K]
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 13:03:07 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi
Subject: [A] Drag & drop printer utility?
Pete Resnick (no mojo, Pete?):
>On 1/3/96 at 4:45 PM, Michael Cook wrote:
>>I'm looking for some kind of application that will allow me to
>>drag a document (Clarisworks most likely) to it and have the
>>document printed. This would allow me to print without having to
>>start Clarisworks, open the documents, and print each one
>>separately.
>
>Maybe I'm really confused about what you are asking, but why don't you
>select them all in the Finder and choose "Print" from the File menu? That
>should print all of them in one fell swoop.
Or install LaserWriter 8.3. Drag, drop, print.
tom coradeschi [email protected]
http://k-whiner.pica.army.mil/tom/tom.html
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 13:05:13 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi
Subject: [A] Mac SE & Netscape
John Steele:
>I don`t know if it's true for SE's, but I couldn't run a net browser
>because the ROMs on my old Classic wouldn't read the web. I would bet
>this is true for the SE as well. Sorry , dude (this is why I traded up!)
I believe MacWeb will work on your SE or Classic.
tom coradeschi [email protected]
http://k-whiner.pica.army.mil/tom/tom.html
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 96 12:15:11 PST
From: Chuck Spalding
Subject: [Q] "Clean rebuild" of desktop?
There have been some recent references to doing a "clean rebuild" of the
desktop, which involves deleting the old desktop data files. I think my
machine needs that, but I'm afraid to try it without knowing what the
consequences will be. For example, would I lose all the position, style,
and arrangement information for my folder windows?
I'll happily post a summary of responses sent directly to me.
TIA, Chuck
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 08:35:28 -0800
From: [email protected] (Maurice "Mike" McNeil)
Subject: [Q] Can I get RAM Doubler
Duane,
Your problem is a little more complex...the updater will not update the
version of Ram Doubler included with MS Office on disk...it will update the
installed version....but you can't install.
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 17:03:00 -0600
From: [email protected] (Tommy Trussell)
Subject: [Q] Insert CD-Rom from Keyboard?
>Specifically, I want to be able to insert a CD rom (into apple internal
>drive) without having to bend my finger around/under the disc-holder. While
>I'm at it, (dreaming) can I eject the _empty_ CD holder with the keyboard
>in order to insert a disc? (Or can I fudge it all together using Qkeys or
>Applescript?)
I could have SWORN you could open and close the drive with the AppleCD
Audio Player, but mine sure doesn't do that now. (No audio CD in the
drive.) I can't find any other software that does, either.
I guess I'm lucky, because my drive tray closes itself when you gently push
it. (I don't have to snake my finger around to find the button.) I have
the normal CD 300i that came with the 6100/66's early last year.
I've seen other people complain about this problem. Did Apple have a batch
of bad CD drives, or did they cheap out on some models?
--Tommy Trussell
--
TW Technical Services -- 129 Oaklawn Dr., Conway, AR 72032-6701
[email protected] http://www.cei.net/~twt/ (501) 336-0889 voice
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 20:16:20 -0600 (CST)
From: Cud
Subject: [Q] Internet Email Server for Mac?
let's say i have a dedicated ppp line for my mac which is up all the time
and my domain name is registered with InterNIC. are there any mail servers
available (shareware preferable) which would allow internet email to be
sent right to my mac, as opposed to programs like eudora which require you
to log onto some other server?
thanks!
devin
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 12:18:20 -0600 (CST)
From: "Tom Duke 214-575-4686 TDUK [email protected]"
Subject: [Q] MacTools Pro 4.0 problem
Folks,
(I hope I've sent this to the proper email address.)
I've read the Info-Mac digest for years and have received answers to
many questions I never had to ask, because someone else asked before
I needed to. Finally, I have a question I haven't seen before.
I use MacTools Pro 4.0 for backups and maintenance on my a Quadra 660AV
running System 7.1. I have used the software for a year without ever
trying the FastCopy tool. This weekend I thought I'd try it.
When I try to launch FastCopy, I get an error window that displays
error code -51 with a sentence indicating it can't find a file.
Another sentence indicates to look for the file in another location.
The name of the missing file is not displayed.
I tried a few things (listed below) in a (mis-guided?) effort to
fix the problem with no success. I still get the same error window.
1. I rebuilt the desktop using the option-Clover keys at startup.
2. I used the MacTools Pro Installer to remove and custom install FastCopy.
3. I rebuilt the desktop using MacTools Pro.
4. I used the MacTools Pro Installer to remove and custom install all
parts of MacTools Pro that I use. I don't use Disklight or Trashback.
If anyone has suggestions, please reply to:
[email protected]
I will summarize and reply to the digest.
Thanks,
Tom Duke
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 09:11:17 -0800
From: [email protected] (Benjamin k Grossman)
Subject: [Q]Personal Press
I'm trying to recover some files created with Silicon Beach's Personal
Press software.
However, when I load the application on my Centris 660av it refuses to run
with an error 5 (Checksum).
Aldus bought Silcon Beach. Then Adobe bought Aldus....and now all I can get
on the phone is good-old-unreachable-tech-support-hell and
phone-tree-press-a-button-hell and
let-me-give-you-the-wrong-number-to-call-next-hell and so on...
Does anyone know:
1. Is there a currently functional version of Personal Press (I have v1.0).?
2. Does Personal Press run under System 7?
3. Is there another application that can read Personal Press files
(Type:SCPD Creater:SCPG or vice versa)?
Please reply directly to me; I will summarize results if anyone is interested.
Benjamin k Grossman
Network Administrator/Lake Washington School District/Kirkland WA USA
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 21:32:53 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: _StripAddress freezes and bombs--why?
My PowerBook Duo 230 been experiencing an inordinate number of freezes and
bombs lately which MacsBug indicates occur at _StripAddress. Can anyone
offer any suggestions?
System 7.5.1, 12 megs, RamDoubled to 32 megs, plenty of INITs.
I can't determine any particular application; sometimes MacsBugs says it's
Finder, and other times it's various other applications. I don't know if
it's a system, application, or hardware problem. It occurs both DuoDocked
and SCSI MicroDocked.
It also occurs (less frequently) on my SE/30 with 7.1.5 and a minimum of
extensions.
Norton 3.1.2, MacTools Pro 4, and Disk First Aid all say the disk is fine,
though sometimes the bombs cause disk structure problems which the
utilities can repair. Another run of all 3 utilities then comes up clean,
and a day or so later, the problem recurs.
Any help you can offer will be very much appreciated. I'll be glad to
summarize to the list, if you'll reply direct to me.
Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 19:21:15 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Apple Menu Option/CD-ROM related bug
Joe quoted:
>When
chosen from the menu, instead of launching the files Finder opens the System
folder....
If I am correct(?) this problem can be fixed by
reinstalling the Mac Easy Open control panel.
Romulo Romero
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 10:19:33 +1100
From: [email protected] (Bill Stanford)
Subject: Apple Menu Option/CD-ROM related bug
In Info-Mac Digest 14, 4, [email protected] (F. Neumann)
wrote:
>I think I may have stumbled upon a subtle bug in system 7.5.1. I'm not
>sure if it's hardware- or software-related.
>
>Setup: LC475/OS 7.5.1/Apple 600e CD-ROM drive/CD-ROM Setup 5.1.2/
> Apple Menu Options 1.0.2/Submenus ON
>
>Occurrence: The bug occurs only when the Mac is started with an audio or
>data CD-ROM in the drive (but not a System CD-ROM).
>
>Description: The Apple Menu Items folder contains aliases of folders on
>disks other than the startup disk. Normally files in those folders appear
>as submenus on the Apple menu, and can be launched from it. However, when
>the Mac is started with an audio or data disk in the CD-ROM drive, this
>no longer works. When chosen from the menu, instead of launching the
>files Finder opens the System folder. This happens exclusively to files
>on disks other than the startup disk. Opening AMO and toggling the
>Submenus On option solves the problem.
Florin, on a very similar system --LC475/OS 7.5.1/Apple 600e CD-ROM
drive/CD-ROM Setup 5.1.2/Apple Menu Options 1.0.2 trashed after install and
replaced with Now Menus 5.01a (I've had 'bad luck' with 5.02)--I _don't_
have this happen.
Which suggests, as I'd imagine you're already suspecting, that the
perpetrator will be Apple Menu Options 1.0.2, in some constellation with
CD-ROM Setup (+ other extensions in the picture). In other words, this is
software, not hardware...
To confirm this, I've seen similar behaviour from munged copies of Now
Menus over the years I've used it. But replacing Now Menus & Now Toolbox
usually fixed things; which I gather isn't the case in your experiments
with Apple Menu Options + CD Setup.
HTH
--Bill
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 13:37:50 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: appletalk client for Win95
Hi there
Can anyone tell me how I can link a Windows 95 machine to a Mac Network
(running localtalk) so that FMP can be run off of a Mac Server and seen by
the windows 95 machine running FMP 3.0?
Thank you very much!
Dave
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 13:21:30 -0600
From: "Jason P. Torrey"
Subject: Audio CD problems
>I just happened to read in an Apple tech document today something about how
>Audio CDs are treated by the Apple CD Player. You can only play Audio CDs
>from the CD unit that is lowest in SCSI ID #. Since your internal is
>probably at ID 3, you'd have to set the external CD player to ID #1 or 2 (0
>being your internal HD). Then you should be able to play Audio and ROM
>from the external and CD-ROMs only in the internal CD.
Ok, I changed the SCSI ID of my external AppleCD 300e to 1 and the
internal AppleCD 600i is set at 3. Note that the internal devices are on
Bus 0 and the external devices are on Bus 1 as the PowerMac 8500 has two
SCSI busses. Even with this setting, the Apple CD Player still only
looks at the internal drive.
Without knowing any additional information about the hardware or
software, this automatic selection of the internal CD player is pretty
stupid. If you play CDs on your machine, why use the faster drive? It
just doesn't make sense...
Jason Torrey
e-mail: [email protected]
web: http://www.qni.com/~jtorrey
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:04:18 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: CHK error
Hi Mark,
Thanks very much for your response to my question (below) about a CHK error.
I'm not much of a techie, so I had never heard of range-checking before (&
that's no wonder--"*wink*wink*"). An earlier post suggested trashing the
Finder's prefs, but that didn't work for me. The dialog box for the CHK error
says it's a system error, so I guess I'll have to do a clean reinstall as you
suggested--although I don't consider it "relatively low labor."
Whenreinstalling the system in the past, I've saved the Prefs folder because it's
such a nuisance resetting *everything* to just the way I like it. Is that a
mistake in these circumstances? Well, maybe I can at least avoid going
through the control panel/extension routine looking for corrupt files or
conflicts. BTW, Norton Disk Doctor doesn't show any problems.
With much appreciation for your help & advice,
Toby Moore
>>>>Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:13:26 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mark Nutter)
Subject: CHK error
>Phil Erb, Jr. wrote:
>
>>Just recently I started having a problem with my LCIII. Every time I shut
>>it down or attempt to restart it it will proceed normally, then will come
>>up with a bomb saying "error: 'finder' CHK error
>
>Toby Moore wrote:
>
>>What is a CHK error? I can't find it on any error list I have. When
attemping to open a Word 5.1a document (Word 5.1a is installed on my HD), I
repeatedly get a screen that says "CHK error" & has a restart button... All
this is happening on my Mac IIci with system 7.5, 8 MB Ram, & Ram Doubler.
>
>I had this error a while ago on a 7500 and could solve it by
>trashing Finder preferences. "CHK error" might mean a checksum
>error, but I'm not sure about that.>>A CHK error normally means that a program was compiled with range-checking
turned on, and the range check failed (e.g. the program created an array of10
items and then tried to do something with the 11th (non-existent) item). I
say "normally means," because shipping software is usually compiled with
range-checking off, for better performance (supposedly the software engineers
made sure the program never *makes* out-of-range addressing errors, and so
the range-checking is not needed--*wink*wink*). That's why a CHK error is
not usually seen.
If you do see a CHK error, the most likely cause is corrupted software, but
watch out: if the dialog box says it's Finder that had the error, it very
often will be some control panel or extension that is the real culprit. If
you have the Install Me CD for System 7, you may want to begin by
re-installing System 7, since that's relatively low labor, but if it's a
control panel/extension, you probably will want to take the time to go
through Conflict Catcher (or the equivalent utility in Now Utilities) and
check for conflicts and/or corrupted extensions.
Mark Nutter
[email protected]
Subject: DD Verify/Repair (Q)
What with getting Leslye a gigabyte HD, AutoDoubler seemed superfluous,
in addition to being a suspect in several of her system problems, so I
trashed it and am expanding her DD'd files.
I ran across a deader that Disk Doubler won't expand. My old SuperDoubler
manual (That was when it was by FifthGen, after it was by Salient, before
it was by Symantec) says to try DD Verify/Repair -- which doesn't exist
in the latest distribution.
That utility was in an earlier version of Super/Disk Doubler, but my
normal pack rattishness has failed me. I can't find an early version.
Any of y'all have a copy of DD Verify/Repair you could send me? Who
knows? It might help.
Thanks much.
Al
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 21:21:50 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey S. Kline)
Subject: Downloading Corrupted updates from Apple
I wrote a few days ago this note to IM
>I have been attempting to download system 7.5 updates from one of apple's
>sites >for last several weeks. I have used every site available. I have
>a direct >SLIP connection and I have used Fetch 3.0, Anarchie 1.6,
>Netscape 2.0.3b. Each >time I get the 4 disck images downloadd , Stuffit
>has difficulty de-binhexing >the files. it reports an error int he Data
>Fork right as it is finishing the >files. I have downloaded each of the
>files probably 25 times, and each have >had problems. ANy suggestions?
>Other files from other sites, and plain text >files from those apple sites
>work fine with no errors.
I tried using another de-hqxer programs, and it still did not work. I got
an error that the CRCs int he file did not match. I am not certain what
this means, any suggestions?
Jeff Kline
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 12:25:11 -0600
From: [email protected] (Paddy Atherton)
Subject: Drag & drop printer utility?
Michael Cook asks:
>
Michael, you've already got it--the Finder!
Select the document(s) you want to print.
Pull the File menu to Page Setup and set it up.
Now just Print (Command-P or via menu).
ClarisWorks will open, give you *one* Print dialog, and get to work.
Note: All your docs have to have the exact same Page Setup for this to work.
Paddy Atherton
Frostbite Falls, MN, USA
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:02:42 -0400
From: [email protected] (Mustafa Ziyalan)
Subject: Drag & drop printer utility?
On 1/3/96 at 4:45 PM, Michael Cook wrote:
>I'm looking for some kind of application that will allow me to
>drag a document (Clarisworks most likely) to it and have the
>document printed.
There is an application called "Dektop Printers" which creates a custumized
mini application representative of your chooser extensions. You can drag'n
drop docs on it to be printed or faxed. It should be available from main
sites.
Mustafa Ziyalan
[email protected]
http://maxwell.njit.edu/merhaba/dir/mziyalan/
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Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 13:20:38 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mel E. Martinez)
Subject: Drag & Drop printer utility? (R)
At Thu, 4 Jan 1996 22:44:57, [email protected] (Christian F. Buser) wrote:
>
>Michael Cook wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for some kind of application that will allow me to
>>drag a document (Clarisworks most likely) to it and have the
>>document printed. This would allow me to print without having to
>>start Clarisworks, open the documents, and print each one
>>separately.
>
>Two possibilities:
>
>1) Select all the documents in the Finder (this makes it necessary
>that they reside all in the same folder). Then chose "Print..." in
>the Finder (not "Print window..."). This starts the related appli-
>cation, prints the selected number of copies and quits the application
>again.
>
Minor correction: You _can_ select multiple items in the Finder even
if they are in separate folders. The key is to open up a window for a
parent folder that includes all the folders you want to select files from.
Switch to a list view. Open subfolders with the arrows on the left margin
until all the files you want to select are visible (even if you have to
scroll - that's ok). Select all the files you want to print by holding the
shift key as you click on them. You can then print by selecting Print from
the File menu.
>2) Install QuickDraw GX which includes Desktop printing capabilities.
>Can't comment how it works, because I don't have it installed.
>
If you want to be able to drag them all to an icon and print, you have
several options other than QuickDraw GX.
For a long time there have been a couple of share/free ware utils with
names like 'DeskTop Print' that you could drop on to initiate printing, but
I can't remember their exact names.
If you have Quickeys, you can make a QK Icon for a printer Choosy shortcut
for each printer you have access to. Clicking on this icon will make that
printer the default. Dropping files on the icon will print to that
printer.
The above two methods work for all Mac printing back to at least System 7.0.
Alternatively, you can simply install the Laserwriter 8.3 or StyleWriter
1200 drivers (download from support.apple.com) which includes Drag & Drop
desktop printing.
Cheers,
Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[email protected]
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Date: 06 Jan 1996 13:39:35 GMT
From: [email protected] (John Haywood)
Subject: drivers
In a message dated Wed, 3 Jan 1996,[email protected] (Christian F. Buser),
replied:
>>Brendan Faddick wrote:
>>may be you can help me find a program that allows you to change hard
>>drive Drivers going from FWB to aplle HD SC setup
CFB>The only way I know: backup, re-format with HD SC Setup and copy back
your
CFB>files. However, some versions of HD SC setup are only working with Apple
CFB>labeled drives (they check some of the ROM code). It may or may not work.
Using HDT Hammer's software, and provided that you didn't erase Apple's
drivers when you 'took over' the drive with Hammer's drivers, it is very easy
to switch back to Apple's drivers.
Start up HDT Primer, double-click on the Hard drive in question. You should
see both drivers in front of you. Highlight the one you want, then, from the
Drive menu, choose 'Select'. The driver should now have a check mark in front
of it. Voila!
(I'd still back up the data from all the hard disk beforehand, and remember
that only the new versions of Drive Setup are capable of multiple Mac
partitions)
BTW-*all* versions of Apple's HDSC Setup work _only_ with Apple-labelled
drives. The only exception to this is if you have applied a patch to the HDSC
Setup.
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 02:25:04 +0100
From: [email protected] (Joop Laan)
Subject: Educational Software
[email protected] (Carl Williams) wrote:
>
>Is it necessary to have a color monitor to surf the web with Netscape or
>Mosaic? I have a Mac SE at home, and I would like to be able to let my wife
>surf the web when she wants to.
Hi,
I'm working with a Mac SE/30 + Netscape 1.12 and till now I hadn't any
trouble surfing !!
I have to admitt that sometimes sites use a colored background, then the
text above it is hard to read.
Best wishes, Bart.
[email protected]
Surfer
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 04:54:43 0800
From: Tom Clifton
Subject: Looking for Mac Specifications
I know that that this must be in a FAQ somewhere, but I have
searched for over 30 min. to no avail. I am looking for a
database, website, or whatever that lists the specifications
of all the Macs ever produced.
TIA,
Tom
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 10:41:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: Justin
Subject: MacAdministrator
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for some expert advice. Does anyone out there use
MacAdministrator for their networks -- especially an academic network?
What are it's strong points and weak points (in your opinions). I've
been testing it on some of our machines and have been quite impressed,
but I want to make certain this is a good investment before I recommend
it to the University.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Justin Marthaler
Concordia University Wisconsin
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 05:04:17 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: mounting second internal HD
I bought my 7100 without internal CD-ROM and since it has the internal SCSI
connector and drive bay sitting there unused, I'd like to mount a second
internal HD in that space.
To do so, I need two brackets, apparently: the [ -shaped bracket that goes
around the bottom of hard drives beneath the circuit board; and whatever
braces and cages and whatnot would situate it snugly against the top left
hand * corner of the hole where the internal CD-ROM would have been. (*
orientation as you're facing the Mac, that is).
Any idea where I can get such hardware, and for that matter what it is
called?
-Allan Hunter
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 17:06:38 GMT
From: [email protected] (John Seboldt)
Subject: Netscape & SE (A)
[email protected] writes:
>Dear Digest Readers,
>Some people have previously posted about Netscape & the SE.
>For those who don't already know:
>The 68000 processor machines - SE, Plus, Classic I, Powerbook 100, Mac
>Portable are all INCAPABLE of running Netscape.
>Remember, unless your Mac has grayscale (if black & white monitor or
>Powerbook is used), you will not be able to clearly depict any of the
>images stored on the Net for viewing by MacWeb or Netscape. Most of the
>images require 256 grayscale.
I am experimenting with MacWeb on my SE before getting "connected", and
with a little extra work, you can use GIFWatcher, a nice little DA that
works fine on monochrome Macs, to view your graphics. Yes, the built-in
GIF viewer *does not work* on the SE, sad to say. With a little careful
memory management, you can also launch GIFConverter from the "retrieve and
view" popup if set up properly. This will work because you can run MacWeb
in about 1000K, despite the 2000K recommendation in the "Get Info" box.
In other words, it is not quite accurate to say the images *require* 256
grays. It's amazing how good the monochrome dithering works in these two
viewers.
>If thinking about getting a PPP connection, and you have less grays on your
>Mac, you might want to instead get just the Telnet software (NCSA-Telnet
>2.5) and use LYNX on your access provider. LYNX is a much faster
[snip]
>[email protected]
There are advantages to LYNX, but it is clumsier sometimes to download and
view the graphics, especially if the page is not written with text only
browsers in mind. Sometimes a graphic just shows up as "[IMAGE]", without
an alternate link to download it. In MacWeb, any link or image has a
pop-up menu for easy downloading. In Lynx, you might have to a) view
source, b) decipher the HTML, c) go to this URL -- assuming half of it
isn't off the screen on the right side
.Amazing what the little SE can do with a little ingenuity...
John Seboldt
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 12:56:26 +0000
From: daniel pinard
Subject: performa 6200cd internet
i have a problem with my macintosh 6200 cd modem teleport gold 11v.
the communication with internet dont have stability and i cannot
stay connected more than 15 minutes.
if some body have the same problem, please contact me.
thank you
i,m sorry for my english
waiting for help
daniel pinard
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Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 13:10:55 -0400
From: C & E Behme
Subject: PPP or SLIP
Hi!
My provider offers me the option of going either PPP or MacSLIP,
which I had before. (I am now using PPP)
While I don't notice any difference in the on-line performance, I do
find the PPP software somewhat ambiguous.
Any version of PPP (free or other) I have used todate (using 2.2.0a
now) has a problem in that the configure PPP window does not always
indicate clearly, whether a connection has in fact been made, i.e.
the "open" button remains active. When I close the window and
re-open, all is fine. This ambiguity extends into disconnects.
I downloaded PPPop, which offers a more positive (red or green
arrow) indication, and that works better.
Also, at times, the reconnect doesn't work, since I get a 'waiting
for time-out ok' dialogue, which I don't quite understand.
With SLIP I never had such problems, and since I have the option, I
wonder if you people have some comments on relative benefits of
these two connect options.
Thanks,
Eckhard Behme
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 11:39:43 +0000
From: Roland Whitehead
Subject: RHS Menu Utilities
I need to add an extra menu on the RHS of the Mac menu bar (ie just before
the Ballon Help menu) similar to the one used by Microsoft Office etc.
Does anyone know of any utility (shareware, commercial etc) that would let
me put menu items in a folder (with ocons?) and have them appear as a
customised heirarchical menu?
Roland Whitehead
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 23:45:02 -0600
From: [email protected] (Rod Decker)
Subject: Running Windows on Power Mac 7200
I have a need to run Windows (3.1 at least, maybe Win95) on a Mac 7200. A
network of DOS machines will also prob. be involved. Any recommendations?
Has anyone had experience with OrangeMicro's new PCI boards? What about
Reply's DOS on Mac? Does Apple have anything currently available or in the
works for the PCI Macs in this regard (like the DOS compatible PowerMacs in
the 6x00 series)?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Rod
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 09:29:35 +0100
From: [email protected] (Massimo Mauro)
Subject: talking through a firewall [A]
I wish to summarize on this issue, to thank info-mac folks who helped me.
Problem: how to use various (mostly shareware) Macintosh programs when you
have a proxy-based firewall (TIS Gauntlet in my case) between you and the
Internet, knowing however that Netscape does already work (even in its
1.12N version), because it understands and supports proxy services.
Solution:
For FTP, skip Netscape and definitely forget Fetch (even in its 3.0
incarnation, which claims to support proxy, but doesn't, not in my case at
least) and use Anarchie (>= 1.60) who claims *and* correctly supports proxy
services. It is far superior to Netscape for FTP (higher sustained
throughput, no freezes and better reporting and feedback). Bookmark
management in Anarchie is unfortunately rather primitive, but no more
primitive than the one of Netscape (and notice that SIVC queries won't work
through a firewall, as the author correctly states).
For news (NewsWatcher or its variants, like eg YA NewsWatcher), you either
set up an NNTP server on the firewall or else you configure a specific NNTP
server outside the firewall in the tables used to allow *plug-gw* to let
you talk to it.
For mail (using Eudora Light), I'm still trying it out, but it appears
(untested, as yet) that besides the setting up of a POP3 server on the
firewall there should be also other alternatives.
Thanks to all netizens who emailed me with various recommendations and
especially to Jussi Torhonen.
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 18:27:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Viewing .gif images on 9" screen
Try GraphicConverter, available at InfoMac.
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 18:27:52 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: viewing a web page not from a server
[email protected] (Peter Geiger) wrote:
>A friend of mine has a question- he would like to preview his web page on
>his machine before he puts it on a server which is commonly shared by other
>people. Can this be done?
You should be able to open the web page from your hard drive using the same
web browser you'd use to see it on the 'net. That's how I proofed my own
web pages. I created them in Word 5, saved as text only, then opened the
file in Netscape. Since I used the same folder hierarchy for image etc.
files in both places, all the internal links worked. When I'd need to make
a change, I'd go back to Word, make the change, then go back to Netscape
and choose Reload. Presto: instant update. I suppose I could use the web
browser in Word 6, but I have better ways to spend my weekends than dealing
with Word 6.
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 00:35:26 GMT
From: [email protected] (Bill Park)
Subject: What color monitors for Mac IIci?
I want a real cheap 640x480 color display to drive from my
old Mac IIci's built-in video (640x480 at some oddball scan
frequency that SVGA monitors can't sync to).
Has anyone used Apple's discontinued "Color Plus 14-inch
Display" successfully with a Mac IIci?
Several years ago, I successfully used some kind of little
Sony Trinitron monitor with my IIci. What is its model
name or number and where can I get one today?
Thanks,
Bill Park
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 16:43:51 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bruce Carter)
Subject: Win95 networking on a PowerMac DOS Compatible
Greetings all,
Does anyone know the EXACT steps to take to make WIndows 95 networking work
on a 6100 with Apple's 486 card? I've followed the instructions in Apple's
Tech Info Library, and they work great for Novell servers, but they don't
work at all for Win95 peer to peer.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!
--
Bruce Carter, Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725 [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:54:21 -0800
From: [email protected] (Stephen Grady)
Subject: Windows for Workgroups and PB520c
I'm sure this appears in an FAQ somewhere, but I failed to find it in the
Info-Mac archives (probably couldn't see it due to failing eyesight
Ifsomeone could point my eyes in the right direction, or answer directly, I
would be greatly appreciative.
At work I deal with 3 PC's on a 10baseT network using Windows for
Workgroups for the networking software. I would like (soon--need) to plug
in and at least transfer files over the network, rather than using a
combination of sneaker-net and diskette-net.
The simplist way to do this, I have been told, is to set up using TCP, and
FTP files between machines. I have thus started to read about TCP and
addressing. My problem is that I have less reading time than I need to set
up things. We are adding a number of new applications onto the PC's, which
I will be required to monitor the files using my PB (no money for another
PC workstation!) The file transfer process is beginning to become more
urgent.
I have FTP applications for my PB. I have MacTCP. On the Windows side, I
have an FTP application from my internet provider. I have something called
TCPMan, which has a TCP setup window. What else do I need? How do I use
what I have?
I have tried setting up IP numbers on both machines, and setting MacTCP to
use the Ethernet verus PPP. This doesn't work. Perhaps I have missed
something?
Thank you for any help or suggestions. Cost is an issue, as I work for a
local YMCA, a not-for-profit organization (budgets are always tight). Email
or Digest answers--your choice as I read every night.
Stephen Grady
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: 06 Jan 1996 13:39:46 GMT
From: [email protected] (John Haywood)
Subject: Word 6.0 and HP Deskwriter 6.0 Crash [Q]
On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, [email protected], wrote:
> The Plot: A grad student tries to print out a paper in
> color on his Deskwriter 560C with the 6.0 drivers.
>
> The Antagonist: A PowerMac 7100 with 16 megs of ram that
> after months of faithful service now does not like the idea
> of printing color documents, and hangs at the "Scrolling
> to Disk" prompt.
>
> Any Help would be greatly appreciated. The printer prints
> out plain text
> files just fine. It just crashes when you try to print out
> a color document.
> If you check greyscale only, the printer continues to crash.
Try the following, singly or in combo:
Turn off background printing
Upgrade to HP's DeskWriter 6.03 drivers
Increase the memory allocation in the Finder to a fairly high ammount (more
than 1.5 meg)
Update your OpenTransport to at least 1.08
Finally:
Try drawing magic symbols on the floor and whirling around in Dervish-like
formation
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