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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 30 Jan 96 Volume 14 : Issue 27
Today's Topics:
[*] Alchemist
[*] Buffalo: A Sliding-Tile-Puzzle Game
[*] Mangia v1.2 Demo
[*] Orniwell 2.1.0
[*] PaginationPal Demo
[*] Photoshop clut converter
[*] Play It Cool 1.0
[*] Vampire Chess
[*] Virtual Drummer 1.0b1
(Q) QuickCam conflict with AppleTalk
[A]: How to format an IDE drive in a Performa 6200
[A]: How to Launch Word 5 instead of 6?
[A] File size management corrupt on PPC 8100
[A] System hogging RAM after upgrade
[Q]: How to format an IDE drive in a Performa 6200
[Q] How to RECEIVE faxes by internet as if email
[Q] re: 6100 VRAM?
[Q] Simple Slideshow Applications?
Damn Ramn?
Diff/Comp utility
help
HP Printing Problems (et al)
IDE drive formatting
IIsi speakers
I need help with files ending with .crh
Info-Mac Digest V14 #24
MacRecorder
Newton as Franklin Planner
Patching MacTCP (2 msgs)
PB520 serial prob
PB5300cs and Plaintalk [A]
PB5xx display hinge (was: PB502 Printer/Modem Port problem)
PowerMac Nubus adapter
problems with printing
Pump My Ram!
Responses to Sys 7.5.1 Text Translator Question
Web Browser for the Classic
Zip drive & At Ease
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:32:42 -0600
From: Werner
Subject: [*] Alchemist
Alchemist is a science program for the demonstration of the inner
workings of atoms. Alchemist demonstrates the filling of shells and
subshells using a graphic interface. Excellent for the difficult to
visualize shell filling. Great chemistry and physics teacher's aid.
Tom Werner
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/alchemist.hqx; 263K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:33:20 -0600
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Buffalo: A Sliding-Tile-Puzzle Game
=A91996 Thornley Jobe
Buffalo is a sliding-tile game that uses some of the elements from the
classic "Fifteen" puzzle. Veteran Mac users will feel at home with Buffalo,
because Apple based the original "Puzzle" DA on the "Fifteen" puzzle.
Rather than ordering 15 letter or number tiles, as in the "Fifteen" puzzle,
in Buffalo you must arrange 24 multi-colored tiles so that only identically
colored edges are adjacent. There are many possible solutions and each one
is extremely difficult to find. To make the game more interesting, you have
a limited number of moves in which to solve the puzzle.
There is a reward for the adroit and persistent: Those who are victorious
in the Buffalo Challenge receive "Championship Buffalo" which includes a
set of tiles based on a different geometry - essentially a whole new game.
With either set of tiles, a multitude of starting setups and solutions make
each game of Buffalo a new endeavor. Buffalo will provide you hours and
hours of diversion.
Complete and detailed instructions are provided in the Help menu.
Buffalo is freeware. It requires 256 colors and System 7 or better.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/buffalo-10.hqx; 304K]
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:43:11 -0600
From: [email protected] (John Huebner)
Subject: [*] Mangia v1.2 Demo
Mangia is a very flexible, intellegent recipie management shareware program.
It will write grocery lists or select meals based on what you have in your
cupboards or what ingrediants you want that night (eg: vegitarian). It also
understands ingrediants with multiple names such as: "Unsalted
Butter"/"Sweet Butter".
This is a demo copy that will be fully functional for 45 days before
insisting that you order.
I am not the author, but I was shocked to find it missing from this archive.
The author is Steve Upstill of Upstill software.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/mangia-12-demo.hqx; 1429K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:02:35 -0600
From: Roberto Panetta
Subject: [*] Orniwell 2.1.0
Orniwell 2.1.0 is a text viewer that allow to look at big text file
in a unusual fashionably new way.
Orniwell is powerfull but very easy to use on your Macintosh.
To search for a string simply type it in the alwais on-line field in the bottom
of the window, Orniwell will show how many string were found and best of
all will show all them in vivid color and underlined!
You can navigate through the text using the keyboard or the mouse!
You can change the key string and indicizing again in a flash!
And more...
Open how many files you like, Orniwell doesn't use its RAM partition, it uses
only the needed RAM from the total RAM memory!
2 new commands in this version :
- launch the editor via internal Apple Event sent to the Finder.
- update already opened doc, shared with other program that are allowed to
modify the doc while you are browsing it with Orniwell.
Inclusion in CD ROM is allowed.
It's faster than you can think also in the 68k version!
Native (and faster) PPC version is available too!
[Archived as /info-mac/text/orniwell-21-ppc.hqx; 295K]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/orniwell-21.hqx; 282K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:32:34 -0600
From: [email protected] (DeForest N. Shotwell)
Subject: [*] PaginationPal Demo
deMacInnovations
creators of PaginationPal 1.0
An organization and template tool for QuarkXPress
[email protected]
Visit our Web page at:
http://www.accessone.com/~dnshotwell
[Archived as /info-mac/text/qark/pagination-pal-demo.hqx; 985K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:33:10 -0600
From: [email protected] (Mark Elliott)
Subject: [*] Photoshop clut converter
Hi,
Ever needed to convert a photoshop clut (color table) file into a clut
resource ? Here is a small application to do just that. It prompts for a
file to open, then prompts for a filename to save the new clut as. It saves
it's files as resedit documents. Simple as that. Source code is included.
Authors: Reevan McKay (clut conversion routine) and Mark Elliott (minimal
user interface).
There are a few planned improvements. Please do not distribute modified
versions of either the program or the source code. If you make a useful
modification, please send it to me, and I will incorporate it into the
distribution.
thanks
Mark Elliott ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/clut-converter.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:33:01 -0600
From: [email protected] (Trevor Clarke)
Subject: [*] Play It Cool 1.0
Hi there,
I have enclosed my new QuickTime movie player and editor called "Play it
Cool" (version 1.0). I have spent a lot of time creating it, and would
like you to upload it to umich, sumex, etc.
Thankyou,
Russell Clarke
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/play-it-cool.hqx; 195K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:59:56 -0600
From: James Burton
Subject: [*] Vampire Chess
>From the folks who brought you Stardust, here is VAMPIRE CHESS. Or
at least the demo of it.
Vampire Chess is a Macintosh game, made to work with any model that
supports 256 colors or more on a screen of at least 640x480 pixels.
System 7.0 or better also recommended. It is similar to a normal
game of chess, except that I improved the rules and made the pieces
look like vampires. It's cool!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/vampire-chess-demo.hqx; 382K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:32:50 -0600
From: Jon Nichols
Subject: [*] Virtual Drummer 1.0b1
Virtual Drummer is a drum machine that utilizes Quicktime and the
Quicktime Musical Instruments file to play sounds on the Macintosh. It
has a simple, intuitive interface, and has a relatively small footprint.
For more information, visit the Creative Logic web page at
http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3jln2/CreativeLogic.html
Note: This is beta software. Although it is relatively stable, it has not
been fully tested and shoud be used with caution.
Requirements:
System 7.0 or greater
Quicktime 2.0 or greater
Quicktime Musical Instruments
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/virtual-drummer-10b1.hqx; 139K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 10:56:15 +0000
From: "Mark Allen"
Subject: (Q) QuickCam conflict with AppleTalk
I've installed the Connectix QuickCam electronic camera on my PowerMac 7500
(running System 7.5.2). In the AppleTalk control panel, I have set AppleTalk
to use the ethernet port. To the printer serial port I've connected the
QuickCam (a telephonic application is connected to the modem port). I
checked the QuickCam settings and confirmed it knows that it's connected to
the printer port. However, QuickCam doesn't seem to work when AppleTalk is
on (despite the fact that it's using the ethernet port). The indication of
this problem is that, when I invoke QuickPict, I get the error message "The
QuickCam video component could not be opened. Please make sure the QuickCam
port you have selected isn't in use by other software." When I turn off
AppleTalk, the QuickCam works and shows an image on my screen.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? Am I doing something wrong? All the
Connectix tech support could suggest was turn off AppleTalk. However, the
manual does not specify that AppleTalk should be off. It doesn't seem
logical that there should be a conflict between the QuickCam and AppleTalk
directed through the ethernet port. Is this a bug in the QuickCam software?
All help will be appreciated.
Mark Allen
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:24:57 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [A]: How to format an IDE drive in a Performa 6200
> A client of mine has a Performa 6200 with an IDE drive with severe
> file system corruption. I am going to attempt to fix it with Norton
> Utilities, but as a last resort I may need to reformat the drive. What
> utility can I use to do this?
I know of two which support IDE drives:
(1) Apple's Drive Setup 1.0.3
(2) APS PowerTools 4
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 14:39:33 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A]: How to Launch Word 5 instead of 6?
>Most faculty at our Univ. have a Mac on their desk and
>they came with MS Office, which, of course, includes
>Word 6. A lot of us still prefer to use Word 5.1,
>however. Yet, most of us aren't quite prepared to
>trash Word 6, either. Ideally, what I am look for,
>for myself and some of my colleagues, is a way to have
>both Word 6 and Word 5.1 on the hard disk but have
>Word 5.1 be the one that launches, if we double-click
>on a Word document (no matter which version it was
>created in. And, yes, we do have the goodie
>that allows 5.1 to read Word 6 files). What I have
>done on my own machine is to compress Word 6, but
>that was fairly time-consuming and it takes Word
>6 totally out of commission. Is there some quicker,
>easier way to ensure that double-click on a
>Word 5.1 or 6 file will launch only Word 5.1?
I saw a solution to this problem (I think) on info-mac many
months ago and have used it very successfully since on my
own mac.
The problem is that both versions of MS Word have the same
type and creator since Word 6 is only suppose to be an
upgrade. Yeah, right Microsoft
. I don't know howthe Mac OS determines which to launch in these situations,
but the best solution is to change one of them. This can
be done through programs such as File T&C or even UULITE.
Microsoft Word 5.1a appl/mswd
Microsoft Word 6 appl/mswd
Both are type appl -- meaning they are applications.
Their creator is mswd, meaning that when a file is double
clicked on it looks for an application that has the
same creator as it. In this case mswd. I'm not a
programmer so I may have a little bit of the order
mixed up, but basically this is how it works. Obviously
all applications are suppose to have unique creators. That
way when you double click you only launch the application
that you want. The type is also linked to how documents
get their icons.
The solution is to change the creator type of Word 6 to
something else that no other program uses. I chose
arbitrarily chose biff and have not found another
application that uses it.
Word 5 appl/mswd
word 6 appl/biff
Now when you double click on your document it will
always launch word 5. You may also have to rebuild
your desktop to get the changes noticed. I don't know
why.
To use word 6 simply open files from w/in it. The
other neat thing is that when you save files from Word 6
the creator is saved correctly for the file as /mswd.
If you use the word 6 to 5 converter for word 5.1 and
you double click on a word 6 document, it will automatically
open in word 5.1 and the conversion is done automatically.
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 21:16:47 +0100
From: Bo Bjulen
Subject: [A] File size management corrupt on PPC 8100
At 14.18 96-01-25, Gerhard wrote:
>We have received a new Power Macintosh 8100/100 a few weeks ago.
>
>Creating a new file with simple text (F1-1.1.1) and saving it without any text
>inside on the internal (1G) hard disk reveals in the get info dialog: Size 17
>K,
>332 bytes. Putting 1 character inside reveals Size 33 K, 333 bytes. 2
>characters:
>Size 33 K, 333 bytes. Copying the same (empty) file onto a HD flobby disk
>inside
>the internal drive reveals:
>1 K, 332 bytes. This seems ok. There is an apparent problem with the file size
>management on the internal hard disk..
It's not a problem, it's a feature... -:)
The larger the volume is, the larger the minimum file size. On
floppy disks each file will use 512 bytes or multiples of 512
bytes. Finder info shows only full kilobytes and therefore reports
1K.
The 512 bytes size is valid for volumes up to 32M, then it becomes
1K. On a 320M volume it's 5K, on a 960M volume 15K and so on.
The reason is that a Macintosh volume can store up to 65,535 files
and the smallest block size is 512 bytes. 65,535 * 512 bytes =
33,553,920 bytes = 32M.
If you partition the drive into smaller volumes this size (file
allocation size) will become smaller.
Bo Gerhard Bjulen
Compuserve: 100721,1450
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:38:53 -0800
From: [email protected] (Maurice "Mike" McNeil)
Subject: [A] System hogging RAM after upgrade
>i recently upgraded my iisi from 5 to 17 megs of RAM. the system file has
>now decided that it gets to gobble up over 10 megs of this!
Devin,
You need to enable 32bit memory...Control Panels -> Memory, enable 32 bit
memory, reboot and enjoy.
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [Q]: How to format an IDE drive in a Performa 6200
[email protected] (Michael Valentiner) writes:
> A client of mine has a Performa 6200 with an IDE drive with severe
> file system corruption. I am going to attempt to fix it with Norton
> Utilities, but as a last resort I may need to reformat the drive.
> What utility can I use to do this?
>
> All of the Apple HD tools I can find (including the Disk First Aid
> that comes on the Performa CD) tell me the disk has problems that it
> can't fix. All the SCSI tools I have can't see the drive (of course).
You need to use a program called "Drive Setup". A copy of Drive Setup
is found on the CD-ROM that came with the 6200.
Unfortunately, however, the Drive Setup on the Performa 6200 CD-ROM
doesn't work. You need to get Drive Setup 1.0.2 or later (current
version is 1.0.3) in order to format internal IDE drives such as the
ones on the 6200 series. This can be found on the Apple Software
Updates archives.
(Look at
to find the Apple Software Updates.)
__
Ben Cox [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 22:21:27 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: [Q] How to RECEIVE faxes by internet as if email
On Wed, 24 Jan 1996 23:32:46 -0800, [email protected] (Jerry Irvine)
wrote:
> I would love to see a fax receiving service develop which would allow
> dial-in or more practically "[email protected]_of_universe.way".
>
> It would use modem time but have no phone charges except the lines
> themselves and the faxes could either be distributed by keyword (which
> would have to be scanned) or by a unique phone number ala voicemail for
> each receiver.
Hmmmm...have you looked at CommuniGate, demo versions of which are
available on info-mac/com? You can send a message across the net and have
it go out on a remote CommuniGate fax server.
More interestingly, you can send the same message to multiple addressees
via multiple delivery paths: local e-mail, internet e-mail, fax, UUCP
e-mail, and digital text pager.
If you know the internet address of a CommuniGate server with FaxGate
running, you can send a message as a fax to a local (or long-distance or
international) phone number care of the server (depending on privileges
allowed by the server).
You can also print any standard document to a remote fax machine; however,
as far as I can tell, you cannot e-mail a fax after it has been converted
to fax-image format, except perhaps by saving it and sending as a graphic
file attached to the e-mail. This would probably require the recipient to
have compatible software to print the image.
You might check out the CommuniGate documents on Info-Mac, or write
[email protected]. (I have no connection with them except as a satisfied
customer.)
Hope this helps. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:00:53 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [Q] re: 6100 VRAM?
Having fought a problem with ClarisWorks 4.x for several months now, the
following exchange has prompted me to see if the Info-Mac community has a
solution:
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:52:22 -0600 (CST)
> From: Lanny Chambers
> Subject: 6100 VRAM?
>> I have a PowerMac 6100/66 that I would like to upgrade to 2 MB
>> video RAM to display > 256 colors at 832x624.
[...]
> The 6100 has no VRAM to upgrade: it "steals" system RAM for video.
Lanny,
We have six 6100/60's that *will not* run any version of ClarisWorks 4
under System 7.5.1 (it *will* run under 7.1.2).
Claris has never seen this problem before, but has been very helpful in
trying to trouble-shoot it, and at one point asked, more or less (I don't
have the exact wording available to me at the moment), "Do you have those
6100's that used the old RAM cache card?"
Well, I had no idea, but when I opened the case, this particular
(8mb-only) machine had a suspicious-looking single card, in one of two
identical slots, directly behind the hard drive. Aha, I thought! A RAM
cache card.
However, with the card removed, the (standard) monitor did not illuminate,
and the computer would not boot. So, I assumed that this was a video RAM
card, and that there was a second curretnly-empty slot for adding more.
So, just what is this mystery card, and do you have any idea why CW 4.x is
so stubbornly refusing to run under System 7.5.1? (We've tried all the
standard and not-so-standard stuff. When the computer is booted from the
stock Apple 7.5.1 startup CD - which loads virtually *no* extensions or
CP's - CW 4 crashes. When boot-up is from the 7.1.2 CD, CW 4 runs like a
champ. The older 2.x version has always run fine.)
TIA,
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:52:17 -0600
From: [email protected] (Tim Onosko)
Subject: [Q] Simple Slideshow Applications?
I'm looking for a program (shareware, freeware, commercial) that lets you
creates simple, free-standing slide shows from PICTs or, perhaps, other
graphics files. I would like them to operate without a reader or other
support software, kind of like self-extracting slide shows at 640 by 480.
(I'd like it if you can go back and forth in the stack of slides, too. I
think I've seen something like this, but can't remember where.
Anyone know about anything like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Tim Onosko
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 20:24:55 PST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Damn Ramn?
Problems with a 4meg ram card>
Have you ever heard the dreaded minor-chord chimes tinkle just after
you've heard the breathy major chord at startup?
When that happens my LC475 locks up, the monitor screen stays black and
as I found out, this scenario indicates - Ugh - a HARDWARE problem. The
only times it has happened followed the installation (with utmost care,
well grounded wrist strap etc) of a 4meg ram card, which, incidentally
I bought from a fellow reader of this digest. I hasten to add the card
is perfect and the seller provided most clear installation
instructions.
Peculiarly this card, as any additional LC475 ram cards must, sits at a
45deg angle to the bus and although it is held by 2 small clips
there is room for slight movement. I noticed this by repositioning the
card several times and finding that it worked better sometimes than others.
But why?
After several frustrating episodes of minor chimes, I took a good look
at how the cover of the 475 fits on the body. The computer box,
sometimes aptly called a pizza box, is less than 2in deep so everything
has a minumum of headroom.
I noticed that there is a lug about 1 & 1/2inches from the back of the
cover projecting down from the cover which looked as tho it could just
press on a corner of the card. Suspicions deepened by having clean
starts with cover off but a lockup with cover on even tho it was put
back with such tenderness my sweetheart would love.
So, with some initial misgivings ("Omigawd this is my Komputer!") I
carefully snipped off the protusion enough to clear the card, using
heavy plier-cutters & taking care not to damage the lid. Results: so
far no minor chimes.
I am curious whether any reader has encountered similiar problems and
if so how they solved them.
BTW: this is offered as purely anecdotal info and NOT a recommendation
to follow. As in all things, use your own common sense.
Paul
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:08:01 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tim Castle)
Subject: Diff/Comp utility
Does anyone know of a decent diff/comp utility for the Mac? We need to do
some comparisons on some files for an OCR reliability assessment.
Thanks in advance,
-T.C.
Tim Castle [email protected]
End-User Computing, GTE Gov't Systems, Mountain View, CA
Did I state an opinion? Well, it's mine, not my company's!
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 02:48:13 -0400
From: Jason Kotova
Subject: help
I have a Mac Performa 6214, running System 7.5 and am
attempting to add Wave formatted sounds to my Web page, MacHTTP 2.2.
However, I am having trouble.
Whenever someone tries to download a
Wave file they get an
error saying the file they requested could not be found. However,
when doing an "Open File" from my own computer the same sounds
download perfectly. It seems that my Wave sounds don't want to
transfer over the Web. Can you please help me. If not can you at
least point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Jason Kotova
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:08:22 -0700
From: [email protected] (John S. Reynolds)
Subject: HP Printing Problems (et al)
This seems to be an ongoing problem. I have a note at work written
by Connectix corporation explaining that some of HP's printer drivers are
to blame - seems that every time HP's background printing is used, the
driver literally grabs all available memory, thus slowing things to a halt,
or stopping them all together.
Here are a few things you can do that I have found may help quite a
bit for this problem:
Make sure that you have the absolute latest printer drivers from HP. If you
are in question of this, go to:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/html/deskwrit.html
and download the latest version for your particular printer.
First, restart with extensions off (hold down the shift key when you
restart, and keep it held down until you see "Welcome to
Macintosh/Extensions off".
1) If Ram doubler is used, do not turn on Virtual memory in #2.
2) In your memory control panel (This is located in the "Control Panels"
folder in the "System Folder"), set disk cache = 256K per every 8mb of ram
you have installed. Set Virtual Memory on - it should be twice the amount
of physical ram you have, and ram disk OFF. If you have it, 32 bit
addressing should be on.
3) Go to your extensions folder. (located in the System Folder). Open it.
Find the "HP Print monitor" - do NOT double-click on it. GIVE the HP Print
Monitor around 1000K minimum size, and 1500K preferred size. This is done
by selecting the "HP Print Monitor", and then going under the "File" menu
and selecting "Get Info". Use the "tab" key on the keyboard to go between
fields, and do the above. Then, close the window.
4) Get rid of any desktop printers you have on your desktop by putting
them in the trash - empty the trash afterwards.
5) Bring up the "Chooser" under the "Apple" menu, upper left hand side.
Select your print driver, and then make sure that background printing is
"ON" and Appletalk is "INACTIVE". Close the Chooser.
6) Go back to the Control panels folder, and double-click on "Extensions
Manager". in there, uncheckmark any other printer extension that you do not
have, (such as ImageWriter, LaserWriter 8, etc). Close the Extensions
Manager. Make sure to leave your two printer drivers active! (DUH).
7) Close all windows and restart normally.
8) Upon restarting, close the launcher and any other windows that come up.
Go up under the file menu and select "Print Desktop" and give it a try....
should work very well.
Below is a little blurb from Connectix's web site.... thought you might be
interested in this as well:
Q: I am using a Hewlett Packard Deskjet/Deskwriter Printer and with RAM
Doubler installed, printing takes a lot longer.
A: Contact Hewlett Packard and request Version 6.0 (or greater) of their
printer driver. This fixes some problems with extended memory such as
Apple's built-in virtual memory or our RAM Doubler. Click here to go to
Hewlett Packard's ftp site.
John Reynolds
http://tux.music.asu.edu/~john/index.html
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:44:31 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: IDE drive formatting
>Performa 6200 with an IDE drive with severe
>file system corruption. I am going to attempt to fix it with Norton
>Utilities, but as a last resort I may need to reformat the drive.
>What utility can I use to do this?
>
>All of the Apple HD tools I can find (including the Disk First Aid
>that comes on the Performa CD) tell me the disk has problems that it
>can't fix. All the SCSI tools I have can't see the drive (of course).
Disk First Aid is NOT a formatter. There is a formatter utility, whose
name I forget, on the Performa CD.
Apple's latest formatter utility, for both IDE and SCSI, is Apple Drive
Setup 1.0.3.
I often have fixed problems with Symantec Mac Tools which Disk First Aid
cannot fix.
Be sure to turn off At Ease before doing anything with any of these
programs, or you really will need to reformat the drive.
Bob Stern
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:03:33 -0800
From: Bill Rausch
Subject: IIsi speakers
You can fix the problem permanently with a soldering iron. Just solder
little jumper wires (two are necessary) from the motherboard to the speaker
contacts. It takes about 15 minutes total. The only drawback is that you
will no longer be able to remove your motherboard without desoldering the
connections, but then how often do you need to?
Bill
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Bill Rausch, SW Engr, Unix and Macintosh user and programmer
Numerical Applications, Inc. 509-943-0861(w)
825 Goethals Ave., Suite A 509-375-5147(h)
Richland, WA 99352
[email protected] or [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:20:24 -0600
From: "Calhoun, Ronnie"
Subject: I need help with files ending with .crh
I have downloaded a couple of files that end with .crh
What can I use to view the files.
Thanks,
Ronnie
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:11:23 +0000
From: [email protected] (Jim Hummer)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #24
>
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 13:53:13 +0100
>From: [email protected] (David Steiner)
>Subject: Solutions for dead video in Performa 475
>
>Hello, all.
>
>The video chip in a Performa 475 that we have has bit the dust. The local
>Mac shops tell us the only way to deal with it is to replace the mother
>board at a cost (depending on who you ask) of somewhere between
>1000-2000 DM ($700-1400 US). Since this is not all that much more than
>a new low-end PPC, the owner has decided to go for it. As a result, we
>have a fully functional machine with a permanent screen saver
>(which makes working with it a bit difficult
.>
>I, being the ecologically-minded tightwad that I am, really hate the
>thought of simply chucking the thing in the scrap bin (there is little
>in it that we can use with our other machines with the exception of the
>fan and HD).
>
>Someone suggested that we could perhaps buy a 3-party graphics board and
>run it with that. Since I have no experience with add-on graphics boards
>for Macs, I am turning to the collective wisdom:
>
>- Is there a moderately priced graphics board for the 475 out there that
> anyone can recommend?
>
>- Will this even work? I have the sinking feeling that one needs to be able
> to see the Monitors CP to set the default screen...is that right?
>
>- Finally, does anyone have any other ideas for a cheap fix to this problem?
>
>TIA,
>-David-
>
I work at a local Mac dealer in the Twin Cities and we have had a lot of
that processor come in with the same problem. We have found that replacing
the battery has fixed the video problem in most machines. It seems the 475
in the only machine to have the problem. I think it is a problem with the
PRAM and the battery holds the settings, it just happens that 475 batteries
are dying hence the video problems. Beats buying a logic board.
Jim
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 21:09:04 GMT
From: [email protected] (Henri Vincke)
Subject: MacRecorder
I bought last year "Learn to speak English" from Hyperglot and now I have a
new mac and try to use the microphone but have no MacRecorder? Is it
possible to e-mail me that program and what's the price?
Thancks!
Henri Vincke
11 chemin des Tombelles
B-1490 Court-St-Etienne
Belgium
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:25:29 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mark J. Miller)
Subject: Newton as Franklin Planner
I'm wondering if it would be possible to use a Newton like a Franklin
Planner?
Has anyone tried this? If so, what software did you use?
Thanks in advance. Mark
[email protected]------------------------------
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:24:25 -0500
From: [email protected] (Chris Kim)
Subject: Patching MacTCP
>>1) I am trying to patch the MacTCP 2.0.4 I got with the second edition of
>>the Internet Starter Kit to a 2.0.6 version but I get an
>>error message (unrecoverable error while verifying DRVR 22 (".ipp") This
>>resource needs to be patched, but its attributes aren't what was
>>expected).
>This is a real problem. I had MacTCP 2.0.4 and could **not** upgrade it.
>Whatever I did -trashing every related file, etc.- did not help the patcher
>to see the copy on my HD as a virgin copy of MacTCP. I ultimately copied
>the MacTCP 2.0.6 from another machine. Good Luck!
>
>Mustafa Ziyalan
>
Have you tried trashing ALL files ("MacTCP DNR", MacTCP Prep" and "MacTCP"
itself), or did you not trash the MacTCP control panel?
The MacTCP updater requires a "virgin" copy of MacTCP. This means a copy of
the control panel which has just been installed from the original diskette
and has not been used.
Try trashing the 3 files I mentioned above, and then re-install MacTCP from
your Internet Starter Kit diskette. Then try the patch. It should work.
Chris Kim
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:28:08 -0500
From: [email protected] (Chris Kim)
Subject: Patching MacTCP
>Subject: Patching MacTCP
>
>>1) I am trying to patch the MacTCP 2.0.4 I got with the second edition of
>>the Internet Starter Kit to a 2.0.6 version but I get an
>>error message (unrecoverable error while verifying DRVR 22 (".ipp") This
>>resource needs to be patched, but its attributes aren't what was
>>expected).
>This is a real problem. I had MacTCP 2.0.4 and could **not** upgrade it.
>Whatever I did -trashing every related file, etc.- did not help the patcher
>to see the copy on my HD as a virgin copy of MacTCP. I ultimately copied
>the MacTCP 2.0.6 from another machine. Good Luck!
>
>Mustafa Ziyalan
Have you tried trashing ALL files ("MacTCP DNR", MacTCP Prep" and "MacTCP"
itself), or did you not trash the MacTCP control panel?
The MacTCP updater requires a "virgin" copy of MacTCP. This means a copy of
the control panel which has just been installed from the original diskette
and has not been used.
Try trashing the 3 files I mentioned above, and then re-install MacTCP from
your Internet Starter Kit diskette. Then try the patch. It should work.
Chris Kim
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:25:29 -0600 (CST)
From: "William M. Porter"
Subject: PB520 serial prob
Andy Dannelly writes:
I have a disturbing problem with my serial port on my PB520. The
other day I downloaded some news, went off-line to read, them tried to
go back on-line and nothing, (messages are "Checking for Modem", and
then "PPP timeout"). I then tried to print to my Stylewriter, still
nothing, (error meaasge, "can't find printer"). The Modem and printer
still work fine with my Performa 631, so I *know* it is the PB520.
I have experienced this problem too occasionally on my old PB520 or my
new PB5300. Three possibilities come to mind, and all of them have to do
with the fact that the 500-series and 5300-series PowerBooks have just
one serial port:
1. You have AppleTalk turned on. Turn it OFF or you won't be able to use
your (external) modem or (serial) printer. (Of course, this doesn't work
if you are printing to a LaserWriter on a network, where you probably
need to have AppleTalk turned on.)
2. You have somehow selected the wrong serial port in the Chooser or your
application's preferences or set-up dialog. Not all applications
recognize that 500- and 5300- series PowerBooks have only one serial port
(properly called the "Printer/Modem Port"). So you get an option to
connect via the Printer or Modem ports, even though you don't have ports
with those names. In my experience, most of these older packages will
work if you select "Modem" port, but I can think of at least one or two
applications that require me to tell them I'm using the "Printer" port.
(The "can't find printer" alert sounds right for this particular
diagnosis.)
3. You have software that is not releasing the port properly. If
everything else is configured right and you still can't print or connect
to your modem, try shutting down the computer, restarting with Extensions
off, shutting down again, and rebooting (with extensions on this time).
This two-shutdown process has been necessary for me a couple times: you
might be able to get things to work with just one shut down, however.
Finally, I suppose I should mention two other things. MacPPP is in my
limited experience rather tricky, and you may just be having problems
with it. (Try trashing it root & branch and reinstalling?) And of course,
it is always worthwhile to make sure that your cable connections are
secure.
Will Porter / Houston, Texas
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:56:31 -0500
From: "Rick Q. Chin"
Subject: PB5300cs and Plaintalk [A]
>Could one of you gurus tell me why I cannot seem to get the voice
>recognition part of Plaintalk 4.1 to run on my PB5300? It has a PowerPC
>processor and a 16-bit mic...those are the main requirements in the Apple
>spec sheet on PlainTalk.
PlainTalk 1.4 and 1.4.1 do not work on the PB 5300 series. The older,
slower PlainTalk 1.3 does work. PlainTalk 1.5 is under development and
will work on the PB 5300 series. You can download a development version.
Although it is supposed to work on the 5300, I wasn't able to make it
work. However, it is an early development version. It can be found at:
ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple.Support. ... s/US/Macin
tosh/System/Speech_Recognition_1.5a1/
The directory is hidden so you must access it directly instead of
navigating through directories.
--Rick Chin
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:48:21 -0500
From: [email protected] (Rob Costain)
Subject: PB5xx display hinge (was: PB502 Printer/Modem Port problem)
Andy Dannelly wrote:
>Also, the right hand bottom of the frame holding the display is separating
>around the hinge area. Anyone seen this before?
Check the current issue of Macworld (February). It's a known problem. The
screws on 5xx series display hinges can come loose. If it becomes too loose
the plastic may break and it's VERY expensive to fix. I suggest you tighten
the hinge screws a.s.a.p. (NOT TOO MUCH, though. Don't strip the threads!).
...Sorry... Don't know anything about your serial port problem.
Rob Costain, M.A. student in Educational Technology, Concordia University
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:57:58 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: PowerMac Nubus adapter
Hi there,
Can anyone tell me of any stores of any kind that still have Apple PowerMac
Nubus adapter cards in stock? Thank you very much.
Dave
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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:17:55 +0100
From: [email protected] (R.C.J. Kwakkenbos)
Subject: problems with printing
Dear sirs,
can you take up this request in the info-mac?
Since a few months i'm using a powerbook 5300C. And in the office I print
to a laserwriter 8, using printmonitor.
When printing, my computer regularly freezes when the printjob is in the
printmonitor.
This is rather frustrating. Does anyone recognizes this problem and able to
help me?
Ruud Kwakkenbos
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 20:55:21 PST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Pump My Ram!
I've just a mystifying and quite wonderful experience: I loaded up
37 megs worth of programs, opened them all, had lots of them running
and had my CDrom playing the audio tracks in the background
nary missing a beat.
All this on an 8 meg LC475 Mac with RamDoubler 161 and PLUS
Pump 161 downloaded from info-mac here. Pump, in the words of
its anonymous programmer, is an "ugly hackling" that allows
you to multiply your logical ram by 2,4,8, & 16 times.
I chose 8x and that gives me the equivalent of 67 megs which I think
should do for a while
No problems so far - altho I do regular backups of my stuff anyway -
after 24hrs of use. Certainly an interesting phenom...
Now what I'd like to know from all you gurus out there in there
is how the hell does this work? I know it's virtual and I guess
it uses some of 74megs of space on the hard disk; but OK tell me
more, because to me it's sheer magic.
Just for the record I took a screen shot of my desktop with zillions
of windows open plus About this Mac with all those programs opened
and still shpwing 32 more megs available.
So my thanks to Mr/Ms Pump whoever and wherever you are. And I look fwd
to hearing all the explanations-please post rather than email.
Cheers from the Coast
Paul
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:03:50 -0500
From: Les Becker
Subject: Responses to Sys 7.5.1 Text Translator Question
I recently posted the following question:
When opening a downloaded text file, a Translator screen
containing a
number of text Editors opens (e.g. SimpleText, HTML, BBEdit,
StuffitExpander, E-World, MPack, Sparkle, TextEdit, and a half
dozen
others).
I highlight and click on one or the other, and normally, my file
opens.
My question is:
Where on my HD are these translators stored, and how do I access
the Translation file to add or delete Editors?
A compilation of the replies I received, follows:
The 'Translator' screen is part of the Apple Easy Open Control Panel.
Every document on the Mac holds two fields which indicate it's type &
creator.
If you try and open a file for which the Creator is unavailable, instead of
the warning "The Application which created that file could not be found"
which
was standard on all earlier System versions, Easy Open takes over and
searches
the Finder Database on mounted volumes for Applications which can open the
file
you selected. (e.g. If the file was of type 'TEXT' and the creator
application was unavailable, Easy Open would gave you a list of every
Application available which can open a file of type 'TEXT'.)
This process is automatic, with Apple Easy Open installed. The only way to
add to this list of translators is to keep more applications on your HD
which will open
these files. So there is no list of translators as such except the File
database on all
of your discs.
The only option which the Easy Open Control Panel has is to delete it's
Preferences file.This is useful as once you've selected an application to
open the file
with, files of this type will always be opened by this application even if
unappropiate,
so in this case you can use the delete preferences option and you will once
again be
prompted for an application when you try and open that type of file.
My thanks to all who took the time to educate me.
Les Becker
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 23:39:14 -0500 (EST)
From: IRKA
Subject: Web Browser for the Classic
Has anyone successfully used or seen reports about a web browser that
works on the Classic? I have tried Mac Web, but most of the text on the
web pages does not appear on the screen! Has anyone had success with
Netscape or Mosaic on the Classic?
I can access the web using Lynx through my Vax account at work, but I
would like to connect directly to the web via the direct ethernet
connection on the Classic I use at work.
I hope someone out there can help me.
TIA
Irene McAuley
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:39:54 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Zip drive & At Ease
I am attempting to solve a problem for a local college. They have recently
purchased a Zip drive to provide a solution for students who have files
larger than can be saved to a floppy to have a way to take their work with
them. The problem is that At Ease is configured to only allow access to
floppies, and the Zip of course is not recognized as such. I would like to
find a way to somehow allow students to save to the Zip without lowering
security in At Ease, something that is basically unacceptable considering
the shape the computers were in before At Ease. My initial idea was to
find a program that would allow students to copy files from the scratch
folder to the Zip hopefully bypassing At Ease. Anyone with any potential
solution please e-mail me at >[email protected]<. Thank you very much.
Dave
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