Info-Mac Digest V14 #45
Posted: February 19th, 1996, 6:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 19 Feb 96 Volume 14 : Issue 45
Today's Topics:
[*] AppleScript for Anarchie
[*] BeHierarchic-302.sit.hqx
[*] Exercise Log 1.24a
[*] Marathon Magazine February '96!
[*] MPW Technicolor 0.9.5; color keywords in MPW
[*] Submitting Scraps, diary & scrapbook!
[*] XTimer 1.9
(A) AOL mail to Mac with enclosures
(no subject)
(Q) PM 7500 and LAT Tool - Please Help
3D Architect program?
[A] shareware email server
[A] WriteNow Special Offer and Cheap WP Software
[Q] AudioVision/GeoPort/MegaPhone
[Q] Old computer cartoon
[Q] Thrustmaster FCS/Marathon 2 Problem
Alsoft Apology
AppleCare-Worth the Price? (2 msgs)
Boot from Zip/external drive?
Boot from Zip/external drive? (R)
Buy PB5300 or wait for Epic?
Comma separator in Dutch system
ICONs
Info-Mac Digest V14 #43
Installing Netscape 2.0/Memory Problems
Internet Config & URL Command-Clicking
Japanese Software (2 msgs)
Netscape vs. Inline GIFs
New Extension Conflict
Omnipage plugin for Nikon Scantouch?
Open Transport error
PopChar
Postscript Files
Power Computing Corporation Sucks
Slow Word startup on PB
Small BBS Software
Spanish spell checkers: A summary
Type 1 error
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:23 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tom Malone)
Subject: [*] AppleScript for Anarchie
This is an applescript which uses Jon's Commands. It will keep trying a
busy site untill it gets in. You must have Jon's commands installed for it
to work.
Thanks.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/anarchie-busy-buster-10.hqx; 53K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:20 -0800
From: OCTAVE
Subject: [*] BeHierarchic-302.sit.hqx
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/be-hierarchic-302.hqx; 94K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:27 -0800
From: Maurits Vanderveen
Subject: [*] Exercise Log 1.24a
Presenting EXERCISE LOG for the Macintosh (Hypercard).
Current version: 1.24a (15 February 1996).
By Maurits van der Veen.
General description follows feature/bug fix list.
This log is shareware! Shareware fee is $8.
General description
===================
Exercise Log is a Hypercard-based activities log that lets you store
information about each workout you do in an unlimited number of sports.
It offers an attractive and useful middle ground between paper-based logs
(in which you have to do all the tallying, etc. yourself) and spread-sheet
models (which tend to be too rigid for free-form information entry).
The log boasts many other features. A detailed (and printable) Help section
explains all options and features.
The log requires Hypercard 2.0 or above, and will run best in 2.1 or above
It uses the Courier, Geneva, Times and Palatino fonts,
and has been tested on most common setups.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/exercise-log-124a-hc.hqx; 217K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:18 -0800
From: [email protected] (Ben Chess)
Subject: [*] Marathon Magazine February '96!
It's finally here! February '96 issue of Marathon Magazine!
Check out [email protected]'s "Trojan", totally cool new shapes
for Marathon 1.
Enhance Marathon 1 shapes even further with "Gatling Gun," exchanging the
regular old Assault rifle shapes/sounds with a Gatling Gun.
Or challenge your friend to a game of Marathon 2 in "Stick Around" a new
Network map pack by Shaun Shakib!
Plus NetLink/ARA player listings, update on Bungie's M2 editor, the
Marathon Software Catalog, and more!!
[Archived as /info-mac/per/maramag-96-02.hqx; 1103K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:21 -0800
From: [email protected] (Chris Thomas)
Subject: [*] MPW Technicolor 0.9.5; color keywords in MPW
MPW Technicolor is an easily-installed patch to MPW which
provides simple PowerMac-and-68k-native syntax coloring.
New in version 0.9.5:
* New and updated keyword sets: Perl, PPCAsm, SOM IDL,
and Java.
* Stability. Shouldn't cause crashes.
* Speed. Should be significantly faster than previous
releases.
This will probably be the last significant release of MPW
Technicolor in hack form.
MPW Technicolour 0.9 features:
* CodeWarrior-style keyword colorizing
* configurable, resource-based keyword sets
* Out-of-the-box support for:
- C
- C++
- Pascal
- Fortran
- Rez
- Inform
- Java
- Perl
- SOM IDL
- PPCAsm
I'm at [email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mpw-technicolor-095.hqx; 53K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:25 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Submitting Scraps, diary & scrapbook!
Scraps, the Wonder Diary and Scrapbook!
Version 1.0
Shareware fee requested = $19.95 (comparable products on market cost
$64.95 on up)
Greetings,
I am submitting this software as shareware to you. I own or have licenses
to distribute this software legally. It is compressed in Compact Pro.
What is Scraps?
Below is the press release we are issuing to MacUser, MacWorld, MacHome
Journal, and other magazines (as well as regular media magazines). While
it is rather long, it does give you an detailed explanation of our
product. Thanks very much!
----------
Imagine the year is 2099, and little Johnny is pestering his mom to look
at the family scrapbook and diary on the computer again. Moments later,
to Johnny's delight, Great-great Grandma and Grandpa spring to life in
video clips, audio messages, and photographs! It's all possible with
"Scraps, the Wonder Diary!" The newly released program lets a family or
individual create multimedia scrapbooks and diaries complete with color
or black & white photographs, audio such as voice messages and music,
text narration, even video clips, and store them all on CD-ROM to
be reminisced over decades later. Viewers using "Scraps" will see
'pages' filled with fond memories or family records of special events,
just like traditional scrapbooks and diaries -- minus the must and
mildew. A full range of features also comes with the inexpensive program,
including powerful searching capabilities which lets viewers quickly
search for any name or word entered; automatic sorting by date, spell
checking so Aunt Ezmeralda's name is always spelled right; automatic
save as you type; automatic start-up so you're reminded to write
something every day; and of course, password protection to keep
prying eyes out. And for those of you with embarrassing family members,
you can even hit a few keys and delete them forever from your diary!
----------------
RJ Best Software
P.O. Box 12128
Honolulu, Hawaii 96828
[Archived as /info-mac/app/scraps-10.hqx; 1467K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:14 -0800
From: Eric Long
Subject: [*] XTimer 1.9
NOW: Auto-tracking available to all users! 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! Powerful & versatile. New: Detailed session logging!
Greatly expanded Auto-Launcher features. Requires System 7.
Shareware $15 by Eric Long
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/x-timer-19.hqx; 267K]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:59:33 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: (A) AOL mail to Mac with enclosures
>Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 21:20:51 -0600
>From: [email protected] (Mike Conwell)
>Subject: (Q) AOL mail to Mac with enclosures
>
>I recently got some email from a friend who is on AOL. The send me an
>attachment that was encloded in some format, I think Base64??? Anyway, I
>use an ISP and Eu-dork-a 1.5.4. The message saved as 14 parts. I know I
>need to put these parts back together, and then decode them....I just don't
>know how.
>
>Any ideas?
If you highlight all 14 parts within Eudora and chose "Save As..." they will
be saved to your disk as a single file. Within the message there sound be
some line which mentions what format it's saved in, .hqx or .uu are the most
likely. StuffIt Expander may be able to decode the resulting file. If not,
try the programs "uuUndo" or "Base64".
>I also know that this sound is a PC WAV sound file. Is there a utility to
>convert a WAV to a Mac based sound and vice-versa??
SoundApp will play and convert .wav files to Mac sound files, snd resources,
and a couple other options, AIFF, I think.
Available from Info-Mac in /gst/snd/sound-app-151.hqx
Extra
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 03:56:42 0700
From: Sean Knighton
Subject: (no subject)
I don't know if I'm asking the right person, but do you know
where I could obtain a program that requires a person to type
in a password to run a certain program? Or something similar
to that? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Sean Knighton
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 08:04:19 +0000
From: [email protected] (Jens Eickhoff)
Subject: (Q) PM 7500 and LAT Tool - Please Help
Hello Netters,
we have a problem here with the 7500 of a collegue, trying to set up a
terminal connection from the Mac to a Vax using LAT and the LAT Tool/LAT
Prep. We tried Mac Terminal and Versaterm and both show the same behaviour
that when opening the connection the Mac freezes.
The problem is very delicate as it took quite some effort to get a Mac for
him (our chiefs are very PeeCee-phile) and now we have problems in setting
this pretsky machine up. On non 7500s the combination runs perfect, both
with Mac Terminal and Versaterm.
Please help
Jens
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 14:40:25 EST
From: William Thompson
Subject: 3D Architect program?
Can anyone recommend a program for the Mac for home and landscape design?
I seem to recall an "Expert" series for the Mac a few years ago, but have
not seen anything recently.
Regards,
Bill Thompson
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:51:33 -0600
From: John Adams
Subject: [A] shareware email server
Henry W Park wrote:
>hi there i am wondering does anybody know of a shareware
>email server that can be run on a Macintosh..
How about freeware?
Take a look at AIMS (Apple Internet Mail
Server), formerly known as MailShare. This product is owned (but
not supported) by Apple Computer, Inc.
You can download a copy of AIMS at:
http://www.solutions.apple.com/AIMS/default.html
There is also a pointer to some online documentation as well as a
press release on Apple's purchase of MailShare.
-- John Adams Amarillo ISD --
-- [email protected] Programmer/Analyst --
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 20:04:28 -0800
From: Romulo Romero
Subject: [A] WriteNow Special Offer and Cheap WP Software
Dear Keg:
I use WriteNow 4.0. It is my word processor of choice, better, faster,
smaller
and cheaper than MS Word or ClarisWorks (which I also have). I think
the quoted
price of $129 is excessive, I see it advertized all the time for about
$49.00 in
the Mac catalogs. However, the $29.00 price seems like a very good
deal.
Romulo Romero
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 14:02:08 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: [Q] AudioVision/GeoPort/MegaPhone
I have a problem getting my MegaPhone speakerphone software working with
my AudioVision 14 display after upgrading the ~AudioVision 1.0.2
extension to AppleVision 1.0.2. Please advise!
I have an Apple AudioVision 14" display attached to the high-density
monitor port on the motherboard of my Power Mac 8100/80AV 24/1G. (I also
have an Apple Multiple Scan 17 display attached to the standard monitor
port on the AV card). I have an Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter attached to
the modem port. I run Express Modem 2.3.2 and MegaPhone 1.0.2 software,
which make the GeoPort and AudioVision work together to give me a
hands-free speakerphone.
Until yesterday I had an extension called ~AudioVision (version 1.0.2)
installed. _If_ it loaded correctly at startup time -- it sometimes did
not -- it added a divider and an "AudioVision options" menu item to the
popup menu in the Sound control panel (version 3.2 if memory serves).
Selecting this menu item displayed a pane with various options concerning
the behaviour of the display's built-in mike and speakers. Using these
options and with the "Sound In" options set to source: CD drive and
playthrough: on, MegaPhone would intelligently interrupt my audio CDs
whenever it was in speakerphone mode, switch the speaker's input source
to the phone line so I could hear my caller, and switch the "Sound In"
source to the display's built-in mike so I could be heard at the other
end of the phone line. At the end of the call, MegaPhone would correctly
reset everything and the CD would resume playing over the speakers. Such
coolness and so little hassle to set up -- only on the Mac!
Because of the problem with ~AudioVision often not loading correctly, I
looked around online and found AppleVision (as distinct from
AudioVision), also at rev 1.0.2. This was documented as being the latest
software for the AudioVision 14 display, optimised in some fashion for
System 7.5 and later. (I'm running 7.5.1). The same docs said that the
~AudioVision extension was not supported on my model and system. I
installed AppleVision 1.0.2, foolishly not backing up the ~AudioVision
extension -- I was so sure that I would never want to go back to it.
Well, of course there's a problem.
The old ~AudioVision extension was deleted by the AppleVision installer.
The extra items no longer appear in the Sound control panel. Instead,
there's now a control panel called AppleVision Setup. This correctly
identifies the display and offers a completely new, different and
apparently diminished set of configuration options for the AudioVision
14. And MegaPhone no longer switches the mike on automatically in
speakerphone mode! It does switch the speaker source to the phone line,
so I can hear the person on the other end of the line, but they can't
hear me! I have to manually open the Sound control panel and switch the
"Sound In" source to the display's built-in mike, make/answer the call,
then manually switch everything back -- completely impractical,
especially for answering calls. Help!
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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:17:53 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: [Q] Old computer cartoon
[email protected] (F. Neumann)
>Some time ago I saw a cartoon explaining computer technology by comparing it
>to a toilet (a not inappropriate comparison, I'm sure you'll agree!). But I
>didn't see who was the author or where it was published.
I've seen this available as a t-shirt and also as a wall poster. I can't
recall if I saw it in the Wireless catalog (public radio), or maybe one of
those Harriet-Carter-or-whatever catalogs, or from the Things You Never
Knew Existed catalog. I don't recall the author or publisher.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 13:35:26 EST
From: CPT Michael McDuffie
Subject: [Q] Thrustmaster FCS/Marathon 2 Problem
Does any have any experience using the Thrustmaster FCS joystick w/
Marathon 1 or 2? I purchased a Thrustmaster/Marathon 2 bundle from
MacWarehouse, but have been unable to get any help from MacWarehouse,
Thrustmaster or even Bungie in solving the problem. The Thrustmaster
works great w/ programs like Dark Forces and Rebel Assault II that have
direct joystick support. Programming keyboard commands for the
Thrustmaster is alot harder than for the Gravis Moustick II and Gamepad
controllers (The Thrustmaster defines multiple zones as well as
forewards and backwards movement in each movement axis). And mouse
control on Marathon 1/2 seems to be for view only.
Thanks in advance,
Mike McDuffie
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 19:12:26 -0600
From: Paddy Atherton
Subject: Alsoft Apology
A while back, while praising Alsoft's MasterJuggler, I called the rest
of Alsoft's utility package "useless or worse."
I had tried DiskExpress, Alsoft's disk optimizer, and wound up with a
damaged hard drive. So I swore off the whole darn package.
I just found out (from Rick Ford's invaluable page) that it wasn't
DiskExpress's fault at all--the problem was caused by RAM Doubler 1.6.
And RD 1.6.1 cured the conflict.
Somy apologies to all Alsoft fans.
Paddy Atherton
Frostbite Falls, MN
"Everybody's Ignorant, just of Different Things." Will Rogers
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:45:40 -0800
From: [email protected] (Paul Mullen)
Subject: AppleCare-Worth the Price?
The MacNut cracked:
> I have recieved in the mail an offer to sign up for the AppleCare
>Extended Warranty for my Performa 630. I would like to know if anyone else
>on this list has had experience with AppleCare and if it's worth the price
>(about $200 for my computer and printer). Do you consider an extended
>warranty worth it, especially for a home user?
An extended warranty? For an Apple Macintosh? You may have trouble
_years_ down the line, but I think it'd be a cold day in hell when your Mac
gives you real hardware problems early enough in its long life to still be
covered by some warranty. Now if you were talking about a Packard Hell...
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:48:19 -0500
From: [email protected] (Wayne C. Morris)
Subject: AppleCare-Worth the Price?
> I have recieved in the mail an offer to sign up for the AppleCare
>Extended Warranty for my Performa 630. I would like to know if anyone else
>on this list has had experience with AppleCare and if it's worth the price
>(about $200 for my computer and printer). Do you consider an extended
>warranty worth it, especially for a home user?
In my opinion, extended warranties are not worth the cost.
I've never bothered to buy extended warranties for the various Apple=
computers that I've owned. In over 12 years I've experienced only two=
Apple equipment failures. The first was an SE that died less than a week=
after purchase -- obviously still under warranty and fixed for free. The=
second was a 13" RGB monitor, out of warranty, but the problem turned out=
to be caused by a known defect and was repaired for free.
If these repairs hadn't been free, I'd still have paid a lot less for the=
repairs than I could have spent on extended warranties for all the Apple=
hardware I've owned. This also applies to all the VCRs, TV, stereos, etc.=
I've owned -- the cost of extended warranties would've been a lot more than=
I've ever spent on repairs.
There's a very good reason for this: Manufacturers don't want to lose=
money. If they calculate that for every 100 customers they'll have to make=
$10,000 worth of repairs during the extended warranty period, then they'll=
make damned sure that they collect _at least_ $10,000 altogether, or $100=
apiece, from those 100 customers for the extended warranties. A few of=
those customers may end up needing $1000 worth of repairs; most of them=
won't need any repairs at all.
Of course there is always the remote chance that your hardware may crash=
bigtime after the basic warranty expires, and may require a lot of $$$ to=
repair. You have to decide for yourself: How hard would a huge unexpected=
repair bill hurt you? Is it worthwhile to pay $200 a year for repairs you=
might never need, to protect your wallet from the remote possibility that=
you might need a lot more than $200 worth of repairs?
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:50:05 -0500
From: [email protected] (Wayne C. Morris)
Subject: Boot from Zip/external drive?
>Is there a way to boot from a Zip disk containing the System *without*
>first choosing it as the startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel and
>REbooting? I seem to remember hearing of a startup key combination which
>forces the Mac to boot from an external hard drive. I would think that the
>same key combination would work for a Zip disk. Does anyone know what this
>key combination is (if there is such a thing)?
Command-Option-Shift-Delete. It will skip the internal hard drive and try the
external hard drives, starting with the highest SCSI ID number.
I just tried it myself; it skipped the internal drive and booted from my ZIP
disk just fine. Just turn on/restart your Mac, insert the ZIP disk, and hold
those four keys down until you see the smiling Mac icon.
I found the info in the Macintosh Reference manual that came with System 7;
there are a few pages about the scanning order it follows when looking for a
startup disk.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 16:11:58 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mel E. Martinez)
Subject: Boot from Zip/external drive? (R)
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:07:46 -0500 [email protected] (The Opera Ghost) wrote:
>
>Is there a way to boot from a Zip disk containing the System *without*
>first choosing it as the startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel and
>REbooting? I seem to remember hearing of a startup key combination which
>forces the Mac to boot from an external hard drive. I would think that the
>same key combination would work for a Zip disk. Does anyone know what this
>key combination is (if there is such a thing)?
By default, the mac will look to scsi ID 7 (the internal drive) for a
startup volume. If that drive is not suitable, it then looks to ID 6, then
ID 5 and so on, with scsi ID 0 having the lowest priority.
To make the mac skip looking at ID 7 and go right to the highest priority
external drive hold the mouse button down during startup. Make sure the
SCSI ID of the ZIP drive ( or whatever startup device you want to use) is
set to a higher number (6 is sure thing) than any other bootable device on
the chain.
Cheers,
Dr. Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 08:59:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: "John B. Thoo"
Subject: Buy PB5300 or wait for Epic?
Greetings!
I was just about to buy a PB5300c or 5300ce when I read about the
upcoming Epic earlier this week. I'm now at a loss: should I buy a 5300
or wait at least six months for the Epic to arrive?
Please respond to me at [email protected].
Thanks so much.
--John.
http://math.ucdavis.edu/~jb2
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:20:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Comma separator in Dutch system
Dear net,
the problem I have is that when I use a Dutch system, the separator in Excel
and Filemaker is a semi-colon, I would like it to be a comma, like in a US
system. I think this can be achieved using ResEdit, but I don't know whether
such a drastic tool is necessary and if so in which resource to look for this
information. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards, Daniel van Kraalingen
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 23:38:52 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey S. Kline)
Subject: ICONs
I have been having trouble with some ICONs. I used Resedit to make an
icon, Whwn I paste it into the get info box of a file (HC stack) the ICON
looks different. It seems like some of the image is missing. My monitor
runs at thousands of color and I created each of the icon resources to
optimize the look based on the available colors. Also, When the file with
the new, incomplete icon, is on the desktop it appears transparent to the
background.
THe masks for the font are complete (the complete masking square is black).
I have tweaked, it played with the colors, everything. I made sure that I
was using the system colors (apple's). I am stumped.
I even rebuilt the desktop files.
Are there any documents available that will explain how to make ICONs, I
would really like to avoid having to buy something like Inside Mac.
Thanks,
Jeff
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 13:49:24 +0000
From: Lawrence Rugolo
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #43
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:07:46 -0500, Christopher Ursich wrote:
=Is there a way to boot from a Zip disk containing the System *without*
=first choosing it as the startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel and
=REbooting? I seem to remember hearing of a startup key combination which
=forces the Mac to boot from an external hard drive. I would think that the
=same key combination would work for a Zip disk. Does anyone know what this
=key combination is (if there is such a thing)?
=
=Thanks for your help,
=
=Christopher Ursich
=[email protected]
Christopher,
You almost have to be a contortionist or have three hands to do this, but you
press the combination of Command-Option-Shift-Delete keys while turning the
computer on. This skips over the internal drive to the next drive found with
a system folder on it.
Larry Rugolo
http://www.missouri.edu/~artxe
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 22:00:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Diane Cameron
Subject: Installing Netscape 2.0/Memory Problems
I have a Mac PowerBook 160 with 40 megs of hard disk space and 8 megs of
RAM. I am having real problems installing Netscape 2.0. I've erased
lots of software and wordprocessing files and I still get a message that
I need another 4000K or so of hard disk space to install it. I'm wondering
whether my computer is just too small (or antiquated!) for the program, or
maybe
I need more recent system software (I have system 7.0). Does anyone have
any suggestions? Also, I've never really understood the "memory
thing"--RAM, hard disk space, virtual memory, how to increase memory, etc.
and would appreciate suggestions as to where I could find information about
this on the 'Net.
Thanks for the help!
Diane Cameron
Montreal, Canada
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Date: 16 Feb 96 11:57:28 EST
From: [email protected] (Eric M. Kidd)
Subject: Internet Config & URL Command-Clicking
[email protected] (Mike Blackwell) wrote:
> I, too, would _love_ to be able to Command-click
> these partial /info-mac URLs and download the programs/files directly.
Internet Config 1.2 internally supports only "true" URLs. The version of
ICeTEe that shipped with it added support for e-mail addresses.
Any support for /info-mac/ forms comes from a given digest-reader.
> As for the ICeTEe problem, your/our best bet is to e-mail ICeTEe's
> author(s) directly.
That's not going to help. =)
If you use NewsWatcher, which works independently of ICeTEe, get
NetSnagger by Ron Morehead . It uses Drag & Drop,
which *does* work with NewsWatcher.
If you use ICeTEe, or any recent CWASTE-based application, mail me at
. I'm about to release a free IC override
component which beefs up IC's URL parsing significantly. Indicate whether
you wish to be beta-tester, bundle the component with your application, or
simply wish to be notified when it's released.
If your favorite application does not support ICeTEe or IC at all, it can
be added in about 15 minutes of coding and testing time. Ask the author to
download the IC developer's kit. =)
Cheers,
Eric (co-author of the IC override component architecture)
http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~emk/
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Date: 18 Feb 1996 08:50:27 GMT
From: [email protected] (Sam Okamoto)
Subject: Japanese Software
To whoever can reply to my problem. I use EGword 5:00 for word processing. I
have English version of Claris, Illustrator, Freehand and Pagemaker. Is
anyway I can use Japanese software and paste to English layout program? What
I am doing is to make small Japanese brochure using Pagemaker but it doesn't
work. Also how can i send Japanese letter through internet? I need help!!
"Please respond directly to me"
Sam Okamoto
------------------------------
Date: 17 Feb 1996 17:45:58 GMT
From: [email protected] (Sam Okamoto)
Subject: Japanese software
To whoever can reply to my problem. I use EGword 5:00 for word processing. I
have English version of Claris, Illustrator, Freehand and Pagemaker. Is
anyway I can use Japanese software and paste to English layout program? What
I am doing is to make small Japanese brochure using Pagemaker but it doesn't
work. Also how can i send Japanese letter through internet? I need help!!
"Please respond directly to me"
Sam Okamoto
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 13:10:46 -0600
From: Paddy Atherton
Subject: Netscape vs. Inline GIFs
I've got Netscape 2.0.
I want to attach GIF files to my mail and have them appear inline (i.e.,
at the end of the message).
The images arrive with a strip of black across the bottom. Opening them
in PShop gives a (-039) "Unexpected End of File" error.
I've tried MPack and JPEGView as Helpers, and switched from "MIME" to
"Enable 8-bit" (and all combinations thereof).
(I've also looked through the five Net books I've got, and checked
Netscape's online help.)
Help? TIA!
Paddy Atherton
Frostbite Falls, MN
"Everybody's Ignorant, just of Different Things." Will Rogers
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 11:41:34 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Eric William Burger)
Subject: New Extension Conflict
It gets worse:
I've a PowerMac 7200/90 with vanilla System 7.5.2. When I installed
'Office 4.2x Update for Power Mac', Excel 5 got rather upset! Virtually
all my dates came up as ####'s, as if the field width was too small.
Removing the Update restored proper operation.
I guess I'll have to live with the occasional Type 11 bomb...
Any ideas?
________________________________________________________________________
Forwarded message from Eric Schweitzer:
I tracked the problem down to a conflict between the extension "Office 4.2x
Update for Power Mac" and the new system software. (Don't ask how long this
took!) It seems that the new system software corrects the same problem that
Office Update does and they conflict. Everything seems to work fine if Office
Update is disabled.
My suspicion is that when System Update 2.0 is released (soon, I hope), it will
have the correction and the Office Update extension will not only not be
necessary, but will cause problems. Anyone know if this will be true?
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:48:12 +0200 (EET)
From: [email protected] (Kauko Saarinen)
Subject: Omnipage plugin for Nikon Scantouch?
Fellow netpeople!
Is there available plugin module for Omnipoge 5.0 program? Omnipage set
itself does not contain any driver for Nikon Scantouch scanner.
-Kauko
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 23:20:55 -0500
From: [email protected] (Stephen C. Camidge)
Subject: Open Transport error
I installed the Open Transport 1.1 and found a big problem.
The settings for the new Control Panel seem OK, and I can dial, but I
cannot access anything (DNS errors).
If I revert to MacTCP after deleting the Open Transport files, I find that
MacTCP becomes invisible and the type changes to ????, then it will not
function. If I delete, and move in a backup copy and reboot, it too
becomes invisible. The short term fix is to make it visible and reset the
type. I can then reboot and get to the internet.
Then when I reboot, it becomes invisible again.
I have read that there are problems with Open Transport, that certain
types of programs will not work with it. Is there currently a way to get
it to work properly?
Looks like I will have to experiment with the OT settings in the interim.
I am using a 6100 operating under 7.5.1. and FreePPP 1.0.5.
Stephen C. Camidge
[email protected]
RR #1, Desboro, Ontario N0H 1K0 Canada (519) 363-3912
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:17:57 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: PopChar
Since no one else has mentioned this, I'll bring it up. I was having
problems with PopChar quite a while ago, and via e-mail the author told me
that one thing PopChar 2.7.1 is _not_ compatible with is GX fonts (Hoefler
Text, Skia, etc.). PopChar simply locks up on those. I don't know about
System 7.5/Power Macs/whatever, but I do know about GX fonts. PopChar would
work fine with everything I threw at it but that.
By that time, though, I had selected Hoefler Text as my company font, and I
had to get rid of PopChar. I miss it terribly. I've tried Key Caps,
Character Chooser, and also the TypeTamer demo (which comes very close to
PopChar's functionality, and adds several other features), but nothing
compares to PopChar for simplicity and ease of use.
Gunther promised a commercial version which would address this problem, but
I haven't heard back from him, and I don't know if that commercial version
ever came about. A Lycos search revealed no news of it. Any advice out
there?
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:25:54 +0000
From: [email protected] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: Postscript Files
[email protected] (Claude Zeller) wrote:
>How do I read and print a Postscipt file? I downloaded ViewPS but there is
>no help file on how to use the software. I opened my file with ViewPS and I
>got something with shades of grey around some of the letters, very
>difficult to read on screen or printed.
Get "DropPS" (free, from Adobe) or the "Apple LaserWriter Utility"
(comes with all Apple printers) or an equivalent of any other printer
supplier and - from within the application select "Download PS file".
After a few seconds your printer should spit out the result.
Best wishes, Christian.
[email protected] -- http://www.access.ch/mus/members/cbuser/cbuser.html
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 96 17:22:32 CST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Power Computing Corporation Sucks
Hi,
I made the mistake of ordering a PowerWave CPU and a Sony monitor directly
>From the Power Computing Corporation in Austin, TX. The CPU arrived two
weeks after I placed the order, but the monitor somehow got left off the
shipping list (even tho they charged my credit card for the whole thing).
I have now waited for 18 days for the monitor to arrive, having talked to
a dozen people at PPC during this time, including the guy who took my order
initially, people from sales and customer service, and the secretary to the
president who assured me that she would see to it that the monitor be sent
at highest priority. That was five days ago.
Has anyone else had similar problems with these Texas folks? Does anyone
have any suggestions as to how I might get them to send me the monitor?
Thanks for listening.
Larry Rugolo
[email protected]
http://www.missouri.edu/~artxe
------------------------------
Date: 18 Feb 1996 03:38:49 GMT
From: [email protected] (Shih-Tung Ngiam)
Subject: Slow Word startup on PB
When I first got my Duo 280, I noticed that Word would open very slowly,
i.e., the splash screen appears after lanuching the application, then it
would just sit there for minutes before the document window opens. I
re-installed Word, but that didn't help, so I basically forgot about it
until my wife started to complain about it.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem is? ClarisWorks opens
very fast, and even Microsoft Excel opens as fast as on a desktop Mac.
WordPerfect 3.5 has the same problem of slow startup, too.
When the Duo is plugged in, it is nominally a 33 MHz 68040 machine, so
why is it so slow on opening Word Processors?
I'm running System 7.5.1 with just the usual extensions.
Shih Tung
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 20:06:26 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Small BBS Software
Hi-
In order to give people who don't have FTP access their own web
site I thought they could call a BBS and then upload their pages to
a certain file library. Since this is all that the BBS would be used
for, I only need a small program that would allow certain people to
upload to certain file areas. If you can suggest a program that is
cheap and does this please send E-Mail to [email protected] with
your comments. Thanks for your help!
-Rob C.
[email protected]
http://www.nworks.com/Rob/index.htm
P.S. I'm setting up my own FTP, WWW, and Gopher server.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:50:38 -0300
From: [email protected] (Fernando Triveri)
Subject: Spanish spell checkers: A summary
Thank you very much to Antonio Fernandez Martinez, Rick Zaccone, James F.
Palmer, Marc Elmlund, Javier Llavador and the rest of the people who sent
their comments about spanish spell checkers.
As almost all the posts suggested, the best choice for spell checking is
Excalibur 2.2, a freeware program available at
ftp://sol.eg.bucknell.edu/pub/mac/.
Although it's intended for use with LaTex documents, Excalibur is able to
spell check standard text documents. Also, it can check the clipboard
(great for e-mail messages!). Excalibur supports a wide range of languages
and has the ability to use custom dictionaries. It's fat binary and has
full balloon help support.
Excalibur is an invaluable spell checking tool. Despite being freeware,
it's a lot better than most commercial programs.
Enjoy it!
Fernando Triveri
[email protected]
Cordoba - Argentina
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:17:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Type 1 error
[email protected] (Stefano Pizzetti) wrote:
>I got a message that in english should sound something like this: "The
>application (unknown name) has unexpectedly quit because a type 1 error
>occurred".
Perhaps this has been solved before (I'm catching up on the Digests), but I
had one of these errors (several, actually, and mainly type 2 and 3 errors)
that bugged the heck out of me for days. I reinstalled things, zapped
things, trashed things, etc. etc. etc., all to no avail. What it turned out
to be was a defective Chooser and/or StyleWriter driver. I deleted them
completely, replaced them with new versions, and the problem went away.
Hope this helps.
--------------------------------
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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 19 Feb 96 Volume 14 : Issue 45
Today's Topics:
[*] AppleScript for Anarchie
[*] BeHierarchic-302.sit.hqx
[*] Exercise Log 1.24a
[*] Marathon Magazine February '96!
[*] MPW Technicolor 0.9.5; color keywords in MPW
[*] Submitting Scraps, diary & scrapbook!
[*] XTimer 1.9
(A) AOL mail to Mac with enclosures
(no subject)
(Q) PM 7500 and LAT Tool - Please Help
3D Architect program?
[A] shareware email server
[A] WriteNow Special Offer and Cheap WP Software
[Q] AudioVision/GeoPort/MegaPhone
[Q] Old computer cartoon
[Q] Thrustmaster FCS/Marathon 2 Problem
Alsoft Apology
AppleCare-Worth the Price? (2 msgs)
Boot from Zip/external drive?
Boot from Zip/external drive? (R)
Buy PB5300 or wait for Epic?
Comma separator in Dutch system
ICONs
Info-Mac Digest V14 #43
Installing Netscape 2.0/Memory Problems
Internet Config & URL Command-Clicking
Japanese Software (2 msgs)
Netscape vs. Inline GIFs
New Extension Conflict
Omnipage plugin for Nikon Scantouch?
Open Transport error
PopChar
Postscript Files
Power Computing Corporation Sucks
Slow Word startup on PB
Small BBS Software
Spanish spell checkers: A summary
Type 1 error
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:23 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tom Malone)
Subject: [*] AppleScript for Anarchie
This is an applescript which uses Jon's Commands. It will keep trying a
busy site untill it gets in. You must have Jon's commands installed for it
to work.
Thanks.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/anarchie-busy-buster-10.hqx; 53K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:20 -0800
From: OCTAVE
Subject: [*] BeHierarchic-302.sit.hqx
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/be-hierarchic-302.hqx; 94K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:27 -0800
From: Maurits Vanderveen
Subject: [*] Exercise Log 1.24a
Presenting EXERCISE LOG for the Macintosh (Hypercard).
Current version: 1.24a (15 February 1996).
By Maurits van der Veen.
General description follows feature/bug fix list.
This log is shareware! Shareware fee is $8.
General description
===================
Exercise Log is a Hypercard-based activities log that lets you store
information about each workout you do in an unlimited number of sports.
It offers an attractive and useful middle ground between paper-based logs
(in which you have to do all the tallying, etc. yourself) and spread-sheet
models (which tend to be too rigid for free-form information entry).
The log boasts many other features. A detailed (and printable) Help section
explains all options and features.
The log requires Hypercard 2.0 or above, and will run best in 2.1 or above
It uses the Courier, Geneva, Times and Palatino fonts,
and has been tested on most common setups.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/exercise-log-124a-hc.hqx; 217K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:18 -0800
From: [email protected] (Ben Chess)
Subject: [*] Marathon Magazine February '96!
It's finally here! February '96 issue of Marathon Magazine!
Check out [email protected]'s "Trojan", totally cool new shapes
for Marathon 1.
Enhance Marathon 1 shapes even further with "Gatling Gun," exchanging the
regular old Assault rifle shapes/sounds with a Gatling Gun.
Or challenge your friend to a game of Marathon 2 in "Stick Around" a new
Network map pack by Shaun Shakib!
Plus NetLink/ARA player listings, update on Bungie's M2 editor, the
Marathon Software Catalog, and more!!
[Archived as /info-mac/per/maramag-96-02.hqx; 1103K]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:21 -0800
From: [email protected] (Chris Thomas)
Subject: [*] MPW Technicolor 0.9.5; color keywords in MPW
MPW Technicolor is an easily-installed patch to MPW which
provides simple PowerMac-and-68k-native syntax coloring.
New in version 0.9.5:
* New and updated keyword sets: Perl, PPCAsm, SOM IDL,
and Java.
* Stability. Shouldn't cause crashes.
* Speed. Should be significantly faster than previous
releases.
This will probably be the last significant release of MPW
Technicolor in hack form.
MPW Technicolour 0.9 features:
* CodeWarrior-style keyword colorizing
* configurable, resource-based keyword sets
* Out-of-the-box support for:
- C
- C++
- Pascal
- Fortran
- Rez
- Inform
- Java
- Perl
- SOM IDL
- PPCAsm
I'm at [email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mpw-technicolor-095.hqx; 53K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:25 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Submitting Scraps, diary & scrapbook!
Scraps, the Wonder Diary and Scrapbook!
Version 1.0
Shareware fee requested = $19.95 (comparable products on market cost
$64.95 on up)
Greetings,
I am submitting this software as shareware to you. I own or have licenses
to distribute this software legally. It is compressed in Compact Pro.
What is Scraps?
Below is the press release we are issuing to MacUser, MacWorld, MacHome
Journal, and other magazines (as well as regular media magazines). While
it is rather long, it does give you an detailed explanation of our
product. Thanks very much!
----------
Imagine the year is 2099, and little Johnny is pestering his mom to look
at the family scrapbook and diary on the computer again. Moments later,
to Johnny's delight, Great-great Grandma and Grandpa spring to life in
video clips, audio messages, and photographs! It's all possible with
"Scraps, the Wonder Diary!" The newly released program lets a family or
individual create multimedia scrapbooks and diaries complete with color
or black & white photographs, audio such as voice messages and music,
text narration, even video clips, and store them all on CD-ROM to
be reminisced over decades later. Viewers using "Scraps" will see
'pages' filled with fond memories or family records of special events,
just like traditional scrapbooks and diaries -- minus the must and
mildew. A full range of features also comes with the inexpensive program,
including powerful searching capabilities which lets viewers quickly
search for any name or word entered; automatic sorting by date, spell
checking so Aunt Ezmeralda's name is always spelled right; automatic
save as you type; automatic start-up so you're reminded to write
something every day; and of course, password protection to keep
prying eyes out. And for those of you with embarrassing family members,
you can even hit a few keys and delete them forever from your diary!
----------------
RJ Best Software
P.O. Box 12128
Honolulu, Hawaii 96828
[Archived as /info-mac/app/scraps-10.hqx; 1467K]
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 03:23:14 -0800
From: Eric Long
Subject: [*] XTimer 1.9
NOW: Auto-tracking available to all users! 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! Powerful & versatile. New: Detailed session logging!
Greatly expanded Auto-Launcher features. Requires System 7.
Shareware $15 by Eric Long
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/conn/x-timer-19.hqx; 267K]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:59:33 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: (A) AOL mail to Mac with enclosures
>Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 21:20:51 -0600
>From: [email protected] (Mike Conwell)
>Subject: (Q) AOL mail to Mac with enclosures
>
>I recently got some email from a friend who is on AOL. The send me an
>attachment that was encloded in some format, I think Base64??? Anyway, I
>use an ISP and Eu-dork-a 1.5.4. The message saved as 14 parts. I know I
>need to put these parts back together, and then decode them....I just don't
>know how.
>
>Any ideas?
If you highlight all 14 parts within Eudora and chose "Save As..." they will
be saved to your disk as a single file. Within the message there sound be
some line which mentions what format it's saved in, .hqx or .uu are the most
likely. StuffIt Expander may be able to decode the resulting file. If not,
try the programs "uuUndo" or "Base64".
>I also know that this sound is a PC WAV sound file. Is there a utility to
>convert a WAV to a Mac based sound and vice-versa??
SoundApp will play and convert .wav files to Mac sound files, snd resources,
and a couple other options, AIFF, I think.
Available from Info-Mac in /gst/snd/sound-app-151.hqx
Extra
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 03:56:42 0700
From: Sean Knighton
Subject: (no subject)
I don't know if I'm asking the right person, but do you know
where I could obtain a program that requires a person to type
in a password to run a certain program? Or something similar
to that? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Sean Knighton
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 08:04:19 +0000
From: [email protected] (Jens Eickhoff)
Subject: (Q) PM 7500 and LAT Tool - Please Help
Hello Netters,
we have a problem here with the 7500 of a collegue, trying to set up a
terminal connection from the Mac to a Vax using LAT and the LAT Tool/LAT
Prep. We tried Mac Terminal and Versaterm and both show the same behaviour
that when opening the connection the Mac freezes.
The problem is very delicate as it took quite some effort to get a Mac for
him (our chiefs are very PeeCee-phile) and now we have problems in setting
this pretsky machine up. On non 7500s the combination runs perfect, both
with Mac Terminal and Versaterm.
Please help
Jens
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 14:40:25 EST
From: William Thompson
Subject: 3D Architect program?
Can anyone recommend a program for the Mac for home and landscape design?
I seem to recall an "Expert" series for the Mac a few years ago, but have
not seen anything recently.
Regards,
Bill Thompson
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:51:33 -0600
From: John Adams
Subject: [A] shareware email server
Henry W Park wrote:
>hi there i am wondering does anybody know of a shareware
>email server that can be run on a Macintosh..
How about freeware?
Take a look at AIMS (Apple Internet MailServer), formerly known as MailShare. This product is owned (but
not supported) by Apple Computer, Inc.
You can download a copy of AIMS at:
http://www.solutions.apple.com/AIMS/default.html
There is also a pointer to some online documentation as well as a
press release on Apple's purchase of MailShare.
-- John Adams Amarillo ISD --
-- [email protected] Programmer/Analyst --
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 20:04:28 -0800
From: Romulo Romero
Subject: [A] WriteNow Special Offer and Cheap WP Software
Dear Keg:
I use WriteNow 4.0. It is my word processor of choice, better, faster,
smaller
and cheaper than MS Word or ClarisWorks (which I also have). I think
the quoted
price of $129 is excessive, I see it advertized all the time for about
$49.00 in
the Mac catalogs. However, the $29.00 price seems like a very good
deal.
Romulo Romero
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 14:02:08 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: [Q] AudioVision/GeoPort/MegaPhone
I have a problem getting my MegaPhone speakerphone software working with
my AudioVision 14 display after upgrading the ~AudioVision 1.0.2
extension to AppleVision 1.0.2. Please advise!
I have an Apple AudioVision 14" display attached to the high-density
monitor port on the motherboard of my Power Mac 8100/80AV 24/1G. (I also
have an Apple Multiple Scan 17 display attached to the standard monitor
port on the AV card). I have an Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter attached to
the modem port. I run Express Modem 2.3.2 and MegaPhone 1.0.2 software,
which make the GeoPort and AudioVision work together to give me a
hands-free speakerphone.
Until yesterday I had an extension called ~AudioVision (version 1.0.2)
installed. _If_ it loaded correctly at startup time -- it sometimes did
not -- it added a divider and an "AudioVision options" menu item to the
popup menu in the Sound control panel (version 3.2 if memory serves).
Selecting this menu item displayed a pane with various options concerning
the behaviour of the display's built-in mike and speakers. Using these
options and with the "Sound In" options set to source: CD drive and
playthrough: on, MegaPhone would intelligently interrupt my audio CDs
whenever it was in speakerphone mode, switch the speaker's input source
to the phone line so I could hear my caller, and switch the "Sound In"
source to the display's built-in mike so I could be heard at the other
end of the phone line. At the end of the call, MegaPhone would correctly
reset everything and the CD would resume playing over the speakers. Such
coolness and so little hassle to set up -- only on the Mac!
Because of the problem with ~AudioVision often not loading correctly, I
looked around online and found AppleVision (as distinct from
AudioVision), also at rev 1.0.2. This was documented as being the latest
software for the AudioVision 14 display, optimised in some fashion for
System 7.5 and later. (I'm running 7.5.1). The same docs said that the
~AudioVision extension was not supported on my model and system. I
installed AppleVision 1.0.2, foolishly not backing up the ~AudioVision
extension -- I was so sure that I would never want to go back to it.
Well, of course there's a problem.
The old ~AudioVision extension was deleted by the AppleVision installer.
The extra items no longer appear in the Sound control panel. Instead,
there's now a control panel called AppleVision Setup. This correctly
identifies the display and offers a completely new, different and
apparently diminished set of configuration options for the AudioVision
14. And MegaPhone no longer switches the mike on automatically in
speakerphone mode! It does switch the speaker source to the phone line,
so I can hear the person on the other end of the line, but they can't
hear me! I have to manually open the Sound control panel and switch the
"Sound In" source to the display's built-in mike, make/answer the call,
then manually switch everything back -- completely impractical,
especially for answering calls. Help!
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:17:53 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: [Q] Old computer cartoon
[email protected] (F. Neumann)
>Some time ago I saw a cartoon explaining computer technology by comparing it
>to a toilet (a not inappropriate comparison, I'm sure you'll agree!). But I
>didn't see who was the author or where it was published.
I've seen this available as a t-shirt and also as a wall poster. I can't
recall if I saw it in the Wireless catalog (public radio), or maybe one of
those Harriet-Carter-or-whatever catalogs, or from the Things You Never
Knew Existed catalog. I don't recall the author or publisher.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 13:35:26 EST
From: CPT Michael McDuffie
Subject: [Q] Thrustmaster FCS/Marathon 2 Problem
Does any have any experience using the Thrustmaster FCS joystick w/
Marathon 1 or 2? I purchased a Thrustmaster/Marathon 2 bundle from
MacWarehouse, but have been unable to get any help from MacWarehouse,
Thrustmaster or even Bungie in solving the problem. The Thrustmaster
works great w/ programs like Dark Forces and Rebel Assault II that have
direct joystick support. Programming keyboard commands for the
Thrustmaster is alot harder than for the Gravis Moustick II and Gamepad
controllers (The Thrustmaster defines multiple zones as well as
forewards and backwards movement in each movement axis). And mouse
control on Marathon 1/2 seems to be for view only.
Thanks in advance,
Mike McDuffie
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 19:12:26 -0600
From: Paddy Atherton
Subject: Alsoft Apology
A while back, while praising Alsoft's MasterJuggler, I called the rest
of Alsoft's utility package "useless or worse."
I had tried DiskExpress, Alsoft's disk optimizer, and wound up with a
damaged hard drive. So I swore off the whole darn package.
I just found out (from Rick Ford's invaluable page) that it wasn't
DiskExpress's fault at all--the problem was caused by RAM Doubler 1.6.
And RD 1.6.1 cured the conflict.
Somy apologies to all Alsoft fans.
Paddy Atherton
Frostbite Falls, MN
"Everybody's Ignorant, just of Different Things." Will Rogers
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:45:40 -0800
From: [email protected] (Paul Mullen)
Subject: AppleCare-Worth the Price?
The MacNut cracked:
> I have recieved in the mail an offer to sign up for the AppleCare
>Extended Warranty for my Performa 630. I would like to know if anyone else
>on this list has had experience with AppleCare and if it's worth the price
>(about $200 for my computer and printer). Do you consider an extended
>warranty worth it, especially for a home user?
An extended warranty? For an Apple Macintosh? You may have trouble
_years_ down the line, but I think it'd be a cold day in hell when your Mac
gives you real hardware problems early enough in its long life to still be
covered by some warranty. Now if you were talking about a Packard Hell...
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:48:19 -0500
From: [email protected] (Wayne C. Morris)
Subject: AppleCare-Worth the Price?
> I have recieved in the mail an offer to sign up for the AppleCare
>Extended Warranty for my Performa 630. I would like to know if anyone else
>on this list has had experience with AppleCare and if it's worth the price
>(about $200 for my computer and printer). Do you consider an extended
>warranty worth it, especially for a home user?
In my opinion, extended warranties are not worth the cost.
I've never bothered to buy extended warranties for the various Apple=
computers that I've owned. In over 12 years I've experienced only two=
Apple equipment failures. The first was an SE that died less than a week=
after purchase -- obviously still under warranty and fixed for free. The=
second was a 13" RGB monitor, out of warranty, but the problem turned out=
to be caused by a known defect and was repaired for free.
If these repairs hadn't been free, I'd still have paid a lot less for the=
repairs than I could have spent on extended warranties for all the Apple=
hardware I've owned. This also applies to all the VCRs, TV, stereos, etc.=
I've owned -- the cost of extended warranties would've been a lot more than=
I've ever spent on repairs.
There's a very good reason for this: Manufacturers don't want to lose=
money. If they calculate that for every 100 customers they'll have to make=
$10,000 worth of repairs during the extended warranty period, then they'll=
make damned sure that they collect _at least_ $10,000 altogether, or $100=
apiece, from those 100 customers for the extended warranties. A few of=
those customers may end up needing $1000 worth of repairs; most of them=
won't need any repairs at all.
Of course there is always the remote chance that your hardware may crash=
bigtime after the basic warranty expires, and may require a lot of $$$ to=
repair. You have to decide for yourself: How hard would a huge unexpected=
repair bill hurt you? Is it worthwhile to pay $200 a year for repairs you=
might never need, to protect your wallet from the remote possibility that=
you might need a lot more than $200 worth of repairs?
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:50:05 -0500
From: [email protected] (Wayne C. Morris)
Subject: Boot from Zip/external drive?
>Is there a way to boot from a Zip disk containing the System *without*
>first choosing it as the startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel and
>REbooting? I seem to remember hearing of a startup key combination which
>forces the Mac to boot from an external hard drive. I would think that the
>same key combination would work for a Zip disk. Does anyone know what this
>key combination is (if there is such a thing)?
Command-Option-Shift-Delete. It will skip the internal hard drive and try the
external hard drives, starting with the highest SCSI ID number.
I just tried it myself; it skipped the internal drive and booted from my ZIP
disk just fine. Just turn on/restart your Mac, insert the ZIP disk, and hold
those four keys down until you see the smiling Mac icon.
I found the info in the Macintosh Reference manual that came with System 7;
there are a few pages about the scanning order it follows when looking for a
startup disk.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 16:11:58 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mel E. Martinez)
Subject: Boot from Zip/external drive? (R)
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:07:46 -0500 [email protected] (The Opera Ghost) wrote:
>
>Is there a way to boot from a Zip disk containing the System *without*
>first choosing it as the startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel and
>REbooting? I seem to remember hearing of a startup key combination which
>forces the Mac to boot from an external hard drive. I would think that the
>same key combination would work for a Zip disk. Does anyone know what this
>key combination is (if there is such a thing)?
By default, the mac will look to scsi ID 7 (the internal drive) for a
startup volume. If that drive is not suitable, it then looks to ID 6, then
ID 5 and so on, with scsi ID 0 having the lowest priority.
To make the mac skip looking at ID 7 and go right to the highest priority
external drive hold the mouse button down during startup. Make sure the
SCSI ID of the ZIP drive ( or whatever startup device you want to use) is
set to a higher number (6 is sure thing) than any other bootable device on
the chain.
Cheers,
Dr. Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 08:59:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: "John B. Thoo"
Subject: Buy PB5300 or wait for Epic?
Greetings!
I was just about to buy a PB5300c or 5300ce when I read about the
upcoming Epic earlier this week. I'm now at a loss: should I buy a 5300
or wait at least six months for the Epic to arrive?
Please respond to me at [email protected].
Thanks so much.
--John.
http://math.ucdavis.edu/~jb2
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:20:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Comma separator in Dutch system
Dear net,
the problem I have is that when I use a Dutch system, the separator in Excel
and Filemaker is a semi-colon, I would like it to be a comma, like in a US
system. I think this can be achieved using ResEdit, but I don't know whether
such a drastic tool is necessary and if so in which resource to look for this
information. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards, Daniel van Kraalingen
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 23:38:52 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey S. Kline)
Subject: ICONs
I have been having trouble with some ICONs. I used Resedit to make an
icon, Whwn I paste it into the get info box of a file (HC stack) the ICON
looks different. It seems like some of the image is missing. My monitor
runs at thousands of color and I created each of the icon resources to
optimize the look based on the available colors. Also, When the file with
the new, incomplete icon, is on the desktop it appears transparent to the
background.
THe masks for the font are complete (the complete masking square is black).
I have tweaked, it played with the colors, everything. I made sure that I
was using the system colors (apple's). I am stumped.
I even rebuilt the desktop files.
Are there any documents available that will explain how to make ICONs, I
would really like to avoid having to buy something like Inside Mac.
Thanks,
Jeff
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 13:49:24 +0000
From: Lawrence Rugolo
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #43
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:07:46 -0500, Christopher Ursich wrote:
=Is there a way to boot from a Zip disk containing the System *without*
=first choosing it as the startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel and
=REbooting? I seem to remember hearing of a startup key combination which
=forces the Mac to boot from an external hard drive. I would think that the
=same key combination would work for a Zip disk. Does anyone know what this
=key combination is (if there is such a thing)?
=
=Thanks for your help,
=
=Christopher Ursich
=[email protected]
Christopher,
You almost have to be a contortionist or have three hands to do this, but you
press the combination of Command-Option-Shift-Delete keys while turning the
computer on. This skips over the internal drive to the next drive found with
a system folder on it.
Larry Rugolo
http://www.missouri.edu/~artxe
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 22:00:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Diane Cameron
Subject: Installing Netscape 2.0/Memory Problems
I have a Mac PowerBook 160 with 40 megs of hard disk space and 8 megs of
RAM. I am having real problems installing Netscape 2.0. I've erased
lots of software and wordprocessing files and I still get a message that
I need another 4000K or so of hard disk space to install it. I'm wondering
whether my computer is just too small (or antiquated!) for the program, or
maybe
I need more recent system software (I have system 7.0). Does anyone have
any suggestions? Also, I've never really understood the "memory
thing"--RAM, hard disk space, virtual memory, how to increase memory, etc.
and would appreciate suggestions as to where I could find information about
this on the 'Net.
Thanks for the help!
Diane Cameron
Montreal, Canada
------------------------------
Date: 16 Feb 96 11:57:28 EST
From: [email protected] (Eric M. Kidd)
Subject: Internet Config & URL Command-Clicking
[email protected] (Mike Blackwell) wrote:
> I, too, would _love_ to be able to Command-click
> these partial /info-mac URLs and download the programs/files directly.
Internet Config 1.2 internally supports only "true" URLs. The version of
ICeTEe that shipped with it added support for e-mail addresses.
Any support for /info-mac/ forms comes from a given digest-reader.
> As for the ICeTEe problem, your/our best bet is to e-mail ICeTEe's
> author(s) directly.
That's not going to help. =)
If you use NewsWatcher, which works independently of ICeTEe, get
NetSnagger by Ron Morehead . It uses Drag & Drop,
which *does* work with NewsWatcher.
If you use ICeTEe, or any recent CWASTE-based application, mail me at
. I'm about to release a free IC override
component which beefs up IC's URL parsing significantly. Indicate whether
you wish to be beta-tester, bundle the component with your application, or
simply wish to be notified when it's released.
If your favorite application does not support ICeTEe or IC at all, it can
be added in about 15 minutes of coding and testing time. Ask the author to
download the IC developer's kit. =)
Cheers,
Eric (co-author of the IC override component architecture)
http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~emk/
------------------------------
Date: 18 Feb 1996 08:50:27 GMT
From: [email protected] (Sam Okamoto)
Subject: Japanese Software
To whoever can reply to my problem. I use EGword 5:00 for word processing. I
have English version of Claris, Illustrator, Freehand and Pagemaker. Is
anyway I can use Japanese software and paste to English layout program? What
I am doing is to make small Japanese brochure using Pagemaker but it doesn't
work. Also how can i send Japanese letter through internet? I need help!!
"Please respond directly to me"
Sam Okamoto
------------------------------
Date: 17 Feb 1996 17:45:58 GMT
From: [email protected] (Sam Okamoto)
Subject: Japanese software
To whoever can reply to my problem. I use EGword 5:00 for word processing. I
have English version of Claris, Illustrator, Freehand and Pagemaker. Is
anyway I can use Japanese software and paste to English layout program? What
I am doing is to make small Japanese brochure using Pagemaker but it doesn't
work. Also how can i send Japanese letter through internet? I need help!!
"Please respond directly to me"
Sam Okamoto
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 13:10:46 -0600
From: Paddy Atherton
Subject: Netscape vs. Inline GIFs
I've got Netscape 2.0.
I want to attach GIF files to my mail and have them appear inline (i.e.,
at the end of the message).
The images arrive with a strip of black across the bottom. Opening them
in PShop gives a (-039) "Unexpected End of File" error.
I've tried MPack and JPEGView as Helpers, and switched from "MIME" to
"Enable 8-bit" (and all combinations thereof).
(I've also looked through the five Net books I've got, and checked
Netscape's online help.)
Help? TIA!
Paddy Atherton
Frostbite Falls, MN
"Everybody's Ignorant, just of Different Things." Will Rogers
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 11:41:34 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Eric William Burger)
Subject: New Extension Conflict
It gets worse:
I've a PowerMac 7200/90 with vanilla System 7.5.2. When I installed
'Office 4.2x Update for Power Mac', Excel 5 got rather upset! Virtually
all my dates came up as ####'s, as if the field width was too small.
Removing the Update restored proper operation.
I guess I'll have to live with the occasional Type 11 bomb...
Any ideas?
________________________________________________________________________
Forwarded message from Eric Schweitzer:
I tracked the problem down to a conflict between the extension "Office 4.2x
Update for Power Mac" and the new system software. (Don't ask how long this
took!) It seems that the new system software corrects the same problem that
Office Update does and they conflict. Everything seems to work fine if Office
Update is disabled.
My suspicion is that when System Update 2.0 is released (soon, I hope), it will
have the correction and the Office Update extension will not only not be
necessary, but will cause problems. Anyone know if this will be true?
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:48:12 +0200 (EET)
From: [email protected] (Kauko Saarinen)
Subject: Omnipage plugin for Nikon Scantouch?
Fellow netpeople!
Is there available plugin module for Omnipoge 5.0 program? Omnipage set
itself does not contain any driver for Nikon Scantouch scanner.
-Kauko
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 23:20:55 -0500
From: [email protected] (Stephen C. Camidge)
Subject: Open Transport error
I installed the Open Transport 1.1 and found a big problem.
The settings for the new Control Panel seem OK, and I can dial, but I
cannot access anything (DNS errors).
If I revert to MacTCP after deleting the Open Transport files, I find that
MacTCP becomes invisible and the type changes to ????, then it will not
function. If I delete, and move in a backup copy and reboot, it too
becomes invisible. The short term fix is to make it visible and reset the
type. I can then reboot and get to the internet.
Then when I reboot, it becomes invisible again.
I have read that there are problems with Open Transport, that certain
types of programs will not work with it. Is there currently a way to get
it to work properly?
Looks like I will have to experiment with the OT settings in the interim.
I am using a 6100 operating under 7.5.1. and FreePPP 1.0.5.
Stephen C. Camidge
[email protected]
RR #1, Desboro, Ontario N0H 1K0 Canada (519) 363-3912
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:17:57 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: PopChar
Since no one else has mentioned this, I'll bring it up. I was having
problems with PopChar quite a while ago, and via e-mail the author told me
that one thing PopChar 2.7.1 is _not_ compatible with is GX fonts (Hoefler
Text, Skia, etc.). PopChar simply locks up on those. I don't know about
System 7.5/Power Macs/whatever, but I do know about GX fonts. PopChar would
work fine with everything I threw at it but that.
By that time, though, I had selected Hoefler Text as my company font, and I
had to get rid of PopChar. I miss it terribly. I've tried Key Caps,
Character Chooser, and also the TypeTamer demo (which comes very close to
PopChar's functionality, and adds several other features), but nothing
compares to PopChar for simplicity and ease of use.
Gunther promised a commercial version which would address this problem, but
I haven't heard back from him, and I don't know if that commercial version
ever came about. A Lycos search revealed no news of it. Any advice out
there?
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:25:54 +0000
From: [email protected] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: Postscript Files
[email protected] (Claude Zeller) wrote:
>How do I read and print a Postscipt file? I downloaded ViewPS but there is
>no help file on how to use the software. I opened my file with ViewPS and I
>got something with shades of grey around some of the letters, very
>difficult to read on screen or printed.
Get "DropPS" (free, from Adobe) or the "Apple LaserWriter Utility"
(comes with all Apple printers) or an equivalent of any other printer
supplier and - from within the application select "Download PS file".
After a few seconds your printer should spit out the result.
Best wishes, Christian.
[email protected] -- http://www.access.ch/mus/members/cbuser/cbuser.html
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 96 17:22:32 CST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Power Computing Corporation Sucks
Hi,
I made the mistake of ordering a PowerWave CPU and a Sony monitor directly
>From the Power Computing Corporation in Austin, TX. The CPU arrived two
weeks after I placed the order, but the monitor somehow got left off the
shipping list (even tho they charged my credit card for the whole thing).
I have now waited for 18 days for the monitor to arrive, having talked to
a dozen people at PPC during this time, including the guy who took my order
initially, people from sales and customer service, and the secretary to the
president who assured me that she would see to it that the monitor be sent
at highest priority. That was five days ago.
Has anyone else had similar problems with these Texas folks? Does anyone
have any suggestions as to how I might get them to send me the monitor?
Thanks for listening.
Larry Rugolo
[email protected]
http://www.missouri.edu/~artxe
------------------------------
Date: 18 Feb 1996 03:38:49 GMT
From: [email protected] (Shih-Tung Ngiam)
Subject: Slow Word startup on PB
When I first got my Duo 280, I noticed that Word would open very slowly,
i.e., the splash screen appears after lanuching the application, then it
would just sit there for minutes before the document window opens. I
re-installed Word, but that didn't help, so I basically forgot about it
until my wife started to complain about it.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem is? ClarisWorks opens
very fast, and even Microsoft Excel opens as fast as on a desktop Mac.
WordPerfect 3.5 has the same problem of slow startup, too.
When the Duo is plugged in, it is nominally a 33 MHz 68040 machine, so
why is it so slow on opening Word Processors?
I'm running System 7.5.1 with just the usual extensions.
Shih Tung
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 20:06:26 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Small BBS Software
Hi-
In order to give people who don't have FTP access their own web
site I thought they could call a BBS and then upload their pages to
a certain file library. Since this is all that the BBS would be used
for, I only need a small program that would allow certain people to
upload to certain file areas. If you can suggest a program that is
cheap and does this please send E-Mail to [email protected] with
your comments. Thanks for your help!
-Rob C.
[email protected]
http://www.nworks.com/Rob/index.htm
P.S. I'm setting up my own FTP, WWW, and Gopher server.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:50:38 -0300
From: [email protected] (Fernando Triveri)
Subject: Spanish spell checkers: A summary
Thank you very much to Antonio Fernandez Martinez, Rick Zaccone, James F.
Palmer, Marc Elmlund, Javier Llavador and the rest of the people who sent
their comments about spanish spell checkers.
As almost all the posts suggested, the best choice for spell checking is
Excalibur 2.2, a freeware program available at
ftp://sol.eg.bucknell.edu/pub/mac/.
Although it's intended for use with LaTex documents, Excalibur is able to
spell check standard text documents. Also, it can check the clipboard
(great for e-mail messages!). Excalibur supports a wide range of languages
and has the ability to use custom dictionaries. It's fat binary and has
full balloon help support.
Excalibur is an invaluable spell checking tool. Despite being freeware,
it's a lot better than most commercial programs.
Enjoy it!
Fernando Triveri
[email protected]
Cordoba - Argentina
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:17:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Type 1 error
[email protected] (Stefano Pizzetti) wrote:
>I got a message that in english should sound something like this: "The
>application (unknown name) has unexpectedly quit because a type 1 error
>occurred".
Perhaps this has been solved before (I'm catching up on the Digests), but I
had one of these errors (several, actually, and mainly type 2 and 3 errors)
that bugged the heck out of me for days. I reinstalled things, zapped
things, trashed things, etc. etc. etc., all to no avail. What it turned out
to be was a defective Chooser and/or StyleWriter driver. I deleted them
completely, replaced them with new versions, and the problem went away.
Hope this helps.
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