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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 12 Mar 96 Volume 14 : Issue 61
Today's Topics:
[*] Aaron's BeBox
[*] Clut Fade 1.3.1 Example Code
[*] CookWare II
[*] Cyclone II 1.0.1; shoot-em-up arcade game
[*] Cyclone II 1.0.1 Update
[*] Danimals Textures
[*] Desktop AppleScript
[*] DropZone 3.1Jp2
[*] EPStoPICT 1.1
[*] fixit
[*] GameRate, Issue 4
[*] Grades 2.2 gradebook
[*] GrafEq 2.03 for the Power Macintosh
[*] HAND! - Issue #6
[*] MacLights 1.0a1
[*] MailSniffer 1.1.3
[*] MailSniffer F 1.1.3
[*] Mailto Helper for BulkRate 1.0b1
[*] New release of yorick for Info-Mac
[*] NotifyMail 3.0.2 Demo - Instant email notification
[*] OxyMac
[*] PageMill Guide PGS 1.0.1
[*] PageSpinner 1.0.2
[*] PowerMoviePlayer 1.0.1
[*] RandomNumberLib
[*] Remember.2.5.2
[*] RemoteMouse&Keys 1.0
[*] ScrapIt Pro 5.12 (fat)
[*] Sokoban 2.1, a game/puzzle
[*] Starry Night 1.0.3a Update
[*] Starry Night 1.0.3a Updater (PPC)
[*] Star Trek-DS9 stack 3.0 (binhexed)
[*] Star Trek-TNG stack 3.0
[*] Stefan's Trash Replacement
[*] TextToHTML 1.3.2
[*] The Familiar Spirit, FirstClass Settings 6.0.1
[*] The Ultimate Warrior 2.1
[*] TidBITS#318/11-Mar-96
[*] Ultima III Editor 1.0d5
[*] Waste of Time 1.0
[*] WWW Sites
[*] Zodiac QuickTime movie
[Q] a couple of problems
[Q] LC 630 DOS compatible and Supertel modem software?
[Q] locking files on a sever
[Q] Performa won't boot - another battery problem; worse???
A TCP/IP puzzle (I think)....
HELP!- Need a folder locking utility.
Multiprotocol online testing
Need Font Help!
Photoshop and RAM
PowerWave and the Clobbered BTrees
REQ: Panasonic Image Scanner FX -RS307 Software
se/30 needs HD
where to order System Update 2.0 ?
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:49:33 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Aaron's BeBox
Aaron's BeBox is another package from Under the Sun designed to turn your
Mac's interface into something resembling that of the BeBox. Installing and
using Aaron's BeBox won't give you a BeBox, of course, but it will enhance
your virtual landscape and give you a "teaser" of what the BeBox does look
like.
How this is achieved is by modifying your copy of "Aaron", the "Coplandizing"
extension written by Greg Landweber and Ed Voas.
When Aaron's BeBox is installed:
1. You'll get spiffy soft-blue folders, compared to the BeBox's beige-yellow
folders.
2. You'll also have disables the spinning Zoom rects Aaron gives you.
3. The WindowShade widget is displayed a bit more correctly.
4. Finally, it does away with embossed title bars.
Aaron's BeBox is a package that contains:
1. A patching application that modifies your copy of Aaron.
2. A ResEdit file with all the fun resources in it. This is included for
folks interested in seeing what the modifications will be before they
actually install Aaron's BeBox. Also, in case something goes wrong with the
patching application, you can use ResEdit to manually install the changes.
3. A Read Me with complete instructions how to use the patching application
as well as the ResEdit file.
Aaron's BeBox is "request-ware". If you have a spare copy of the Inside
Macintosh CD-ROM and you'd like to help a beginning programmer, please let me
know! You can reach me at the address found within this archive (or you can
email me). If you decide to give Aaron's BeBox to a friend or upload it to a
BBS, then please include this Read Me with it. If you are authoring a book
or CD-ROM and would like to include Aaron's BeBox on it, please contact me
and we can work something out. Thanks!
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/aarons-be-box.hqx; 72K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:43 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Clut Fade 1.3.1 Example Code
Clut Fade 1.3.1 Example Code
This is a demo of screen fading operations which can be used to make your
games more professional looking. Not only does the clut_fade library let
you fade to and from black, but it also provides routines to fade to and
>From a specific color or a specific clut. It also provides some control
over which monitors are faded. Demo application, library, and source
code are included.
fade_to_black function written by Jonas Englund, modified by Mark Womack
for multiple monitors.
fade_to_clut function written by Macneil Shonle.
Pascal version written by Christian Franz.
Clut Fade 1.0 was posted by Ken Long (AOL: KenLong, Internet:
[email protected]).
Release notes for earlier versions are also included in this file.
Disclaimer
This software is considered Public Domain. You are free to use it in any
manner you wish. You are free to upload it to your favorite online
service, but you must post it with the accompanying readme and
description files. If you use or appreciate it, please let us know!! We
all love to get email. See the addresses below.
This software is offered 'as is'. The authors are not responsible for any
damages caused by bugs or defects that might be lurking. But if it blows
up your monitor, please let us know. If you find any bugs, problems,
enhancements, please contact us.
What's New?
The only change for this version is the Pascal version written by
Christian Franz. This isn't a C library with pascal headers. This is
the REAL thing. A complete port of the C code into Pascal. So, you
Pascal users should be very happy and thank Christian for doing a great
job! His email address is listed in the ReadMe.
Because of the versions in different languages, the files have been
seperated into two folders. One folder for C and another for Pascal.
Other than that, the C source is the same as version 1.3.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/clut-fade-131-c.hqx; 161K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:55:55 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] CookWare II
This must be a good cookbook to compete with all the rest. Very easy to use
interactive cookbook. Allows you to quickly enter recipes without having to
fill-out extentsive fields. Includes 280 hand-picked wonderful recipes,
more available. Excellent search capablities. Great graphics. Req. Mac, 256
colors and FileMaker pro.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/cook-ware-ii-fm.hqx; 411K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:12:04 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Cyclone II 1.0.1; shoot-em-up arcade game
Shareware: $14.95
High Risk Ventures, Inc., creators of PegLeg (recently inducted into
Macworld Magazine's Hall of Fame as the Best Shoot-em-up for 1995), is
proud to announce the latest addition to their Digitally Remastered
Classics (tm) series. Cyclone II is the long-awaited sequel to the first
game in this popular series.
Cyclone started with the classic video game Star Castle, and updated it for
the 90's, adding new weapons, shields, bonus points and challenge levels, as
well as state-of-the-art color graphics and sound. In Cyclone, an evil
enemy base sits in the middle of the screen, surrounded by three rotating
shield rings. The rings are segmented, and the individual segments can be
destroyed, allowing weapons to pass through to or from the enemy base when
holes in the three rings line up. The base also protects itself with a
never-ending supply of you-seeking guided mines. Your task is to use your
trusty FireHawk 6000 spaceship to blast through the enemy's defenses and
blow the base to smithereens.
Cyclone has received excellent reviews (four out of five mousesticks from
Inside Mac Games) and has gained widespread popularity. Cyclone II adds a
bunch of cool new stuff to the original. More powerups to aid your noble
quest for destruction. A new bonus level to challenge your skills and
savvy. Three difficulty levels (Boring, Fun and Frustrating) to make your
life easier or more exciting. Full color background starfield pictures to
soothe the senses. Four channels of digital sound. Power Macintosh native
code. And a volume control that goes to eleven, giving you that extra edge
when you need it most.
Cyclone II requires a Macintosh system capable of displaying 256 colors.
It runs well on any 68K Mac, from the original Mac II to the latest Performa,
and is accelerated for Power Macintosh. Cyclone II is a commercial-quality
product, offered as $14.95 shareware.
Enjoy!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/cyclone-ii-101.hqx; 1680K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:11:54 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Cyclone II 1.0.1 Update
These files will update Cyclone II 1.0 to version 1.0.1. If you do not
already have Cyclone II, you need to download the complete Cyclone II 1.0.1
package.
The following is a list of the changes in Cyclone II 1.0.1:
- Worked around an incompatibility with After Dark 3.0. Screen savers
should no longer activate while Cyclone II is running.
- Added a startup sound.
- Made some minor changes to the registration text.
Enjoy!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/cyclone-ii-101-updt.hqx; 309K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:30:05 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Danimals Textures
This file contains 100 original desktop textures that I made using Adobe
Photoshop and/or Specular Texturescape. It should be used with the
Texture Installer application. These colorful textures are great for
using as desktop backgrounds or even as web page background textures.
These are totally free, but if you want to send me a little email note
telling me what you think of them, that'd be great!
Dan Siemens
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/danimals-textures.hqx; 2198K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:35:58 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Desktop AppleScript
Desktop is a small AppleScript which enhances the Mac user interface.
Desktop makes it possible to bring the desktop layer to the front by
choosing "Desktop" from the process menu. Desktop should work on any
Mac which can run the AppleScript system software.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-as.hqx; 8K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:11 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] DropZone 3.1Jp2
MuON ( Macintosh Users' Group On Network ) Japanization team
as part of "Shareware Project"
P R E S E N T S
DropZone 3.1Jp2 original by J.S.Greenfield and Singular Systems
* Localized for Japanese Macintosh community with permission from
the author of the original
* Requires Japanese system (either KanjiTalk or Japanese Language Kit)
* Provided "as is" with no warranty whatsoever
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/drop-zone-31-jp-2.hqx; 205K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:35:59 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] EPStoPICT 1.1
EPStoPICT is a Macintosh application from Art Age Software, the makers of the
award-winning application epsConverter. EPStoPICT can read any portable EPS
or PostScript file and convert it into a Macintosh PICT file, suitable for
editing with a Macintosh drawing application, or for viewing with any
application that supports standard PICT files.
EPStoPICT parses the actual PostScript code in the EPS file and translates it
into PICT data. Although this process takes longer than simply extracting a
PICT preview from the EPS file, there are several advantages to this
approach:
(1) Some EPS files do not have a PICT preview.
(2) Often the PICT preview is not an accurate representation of the EPS
file's true contents. It may be poorly rendered, or black and white only, for
example.
(3) When present, PICT previews are usually stored as low-resolution bitmaps.
This essentially prevents them from being scaled or edited.
EPStoPICT produces a vector PICT representation of the PostScript data, which
allows for better scaling (zooming in and out), and even a limited degree of
editing with several popular drawing applications.
EPStoPICT requires a Macintosh computer with a 68020 or later processor
(including PowerPC) running System 7.0 or later. EPStoPICT supports Balloon
Help and drag and drop operation from the Finder. Once registered, EPStoPICT
is accelerated for Power Macintosh computers.
To install EPStoPICT, simply double-click the EPStoPICT Installer icon, and
follow the on-screen instructions.
Pricing and registration details can be found in the package.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/eps-to-pict-11.hqx; 965K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:49:38 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] fixit
Fixit is an MPW tool that translates easily readable infix
mathematical expressions into difficult to read and edit fixed
point math function calling sequences that are suitable for
use as expressions in C programs.
It also serves as a fixed point expression evaluator.
Full C, yacc, and lex source code included. Also, C source code
for the following fixed point routines can be found herein:
FixSqrt, FixExp, FixSquare, FixCos, FixSin, FixTan
These libraries are for free.
Copyright (C) 1996 by John Montbriand. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/fixit.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:50 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] GameRate, Issue 4
GameRate, Issue 4.
It is a high-quality Mac shareware e-zine, and is
rather cheap. It is packed with sound effects and pictures, scaled to save
space. And of course, we also have plenty of game reviews, otherwise it
would be pointless, right?
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/game-rate-004.hqx; 2034K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:40:45 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Grades 2.2 gradebook
EXCITING NEW FEATURE: NEW HTML FORMAT REPORTS FOR PUBLISHING GRADES IN THE
WEB!
What does it do?
Grades is a powerful gradebook program for University/College and High
School professors to keep track of students grades, exams, assignments and
grade reporting.
"Grades" supports weighted averages and letter grading. It will report on
an individual student or exam and will manage grading for different
classrooms.
This new version:
- Incorporates a powerful Bell Curve calculator, to rank students according
to their final grades.
- The interface has been improved. Data entry is faster.
- Grades is now PowerPC native (Fat: runs on 680x0 and PowerPC)
Some of the features:
- Multi classroom / Data files
- Student Sections (for large class)
- Percentage and letter grading
- Students reports
- Class, Exams and Student averages
- Weighted averages
- Detailed class program
- Best and lowest grade student (at all times)
- Reports with Student ID number only (for bulletin board placing)
- HTML format for WEB publishing
- GPA Support
- Missed Exams report
- Load and export of data
- Curve Calculator
- Assignment grading (from A+ to F)
- Exam grading (0 to 100%), exams can be graded on any base points,
Grades automatically calculates the correct weighted average.
- Extra Credit Exams or Assignments
Requirements:
- Hard Disk
- 2Meg of RAM available
- 68020 or better / PowerPC
- 640 x 480 monitor (Color or monochrome)
Shareware US$25.00
*** To download a smaller 680x0 (1 MB) version of Grades point your browser
to: http://www.sfu.ca/~okrauth/Grades.hqx
[Archived as /info-mac/data/grades-22.hqx; 1768K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:12:17 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] GrafEq 2.03 for the Power Macintosh
A demonstration copy of GrafEq 2.03 for the Power Macintosh.
It is a flexible, precise, and accurate implicit relation
grapher; very useful in teaching high-school math.
>From Pedagoguery Software
([email protected])
(http://www.cafe.net/peda/)
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/graf-eq-203-demo-ppc.hqx; 516K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:01 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] HAND! - Issue #6
HAND! (Have A Nice Day!) is a monthly publication of clean jokes and quotes.
Laughing all the way.....
Mike Romaniuk
"lupus est homo homini" -Platus
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/hand-006-pdf.hqx; 133K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:43:16 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacLights 1.0a1
MacLights v1.0a1
AUTHOR: John Stephen
EQUIPMENT: Macintosh Plus or newer
NEEDS: Extended keyboard
SYSTEM7: Compatible
TYPE: Freeware Control Panel
MacLights is a utility which lets you program the lights on your extended
keyboard. You can program these lights to show read/write activity on your
floppy and hard drives.
Not all options are implemented in this version. Specifically, Modem Port,
Printer Port, AppleTalk, and ADB (keyboard & mouse) activity are not fully
implemented yet.
Comments and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged! Send them to JJStephen.
This software is free.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/maclights-10a1.hqx; 18K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:55:59 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MailSniffer 1.1.3
MailSniffer is a minimal POP client that interacts with any POP3 server to
count the messages in a user's mailbox. MailSniffer will optionally list
the subjects and senders of either new or all messages. MailSniffer can
also optionally perform several actions, such as run a script, when the
mailbox contains more than a user specified number of messages. MailSniffer
can be configured to sniff automatically at a user specified interval.
MailSniffer is fully asynchronous and supports multiple simul
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/mail-sniffer-113.hqx; 141K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:55:57 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MailSniffer F 1.1.3
MailSniffer F is the French translation of MailSniffer. It was done by Guy
Brand. From the French documentation:
MailSniffer est un client POP minimal qui interagit avec tout serveur POP3
pour obtenir le nombre et la taille totale des messages pr$B;T(Bents dans
la bo
$BGU(Bes aux lettres [NDT : BAL] d'un utilisateur. MailSniffer peut
optionnellem
ent $B;U(Bablir la liste des sujets et des exp$B;E(Biteurs des
messages. MailSniffer
dispose aussi d'une option permettant d'ex$B;D(Buter un
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/mail-sniffer-113-fr.hqx; 148K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:29:58 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Mailto Helper for BulkRate 1.0b1
WWW mailto & ftp Helper for Bulkrate 1.0b1
Written by Andreas Heissenberger * [email protected]
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/2790/
Copyright (C)1996, Dipl.Ing. Oswald Heissenberger OEG
This program is distributed as FreeWare but I, Andreas Heissenberger,
retain owernship, and rights of ownership in this software. Distribute and
copy freely so long as no one other than the author will derive a
commercial benefit from distributing this software.
***You MUST distribute this software with this read me.***
BR mailto ftp is a Helper application for Netscape or Internet Config 1.2
which allows users with no POP-mail access to use Bulkrate instead.
Whenever you click on an URL which contains a mail address the helper will
open bulkrate and creates a new mail form with the address from the URL in
the "To" field.
You need Applescript 1.1 and the following OSAX:
choose file [Apple], File Commands [Apple], scriptable Finder [Apple]
and the ICScriptor 1.0b1 Written by Leonard Rosenthol to control Internet
Config 1.2
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/bulk-rate-mailto-ftp-10b1.hqx; 1107K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:40:43 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] New release of yorick for Info-Mac
Introduction to Yorick 1.2
-------------------------
Yorick is a tool for analyzing numerical data that is available under
unix as well as on the Macintosh. It has an interpreter that uses
a C-like language and can operate on entire arrays without
any need for do loops over the array indices. Yorick has a file I/O
package with the ability to conveniently read text files with
columns of numbers. The file I/O package reads a wide variety of binary
and text files and can easily be trained to read more, if the formatting
rules for the file are known. Yorick has a 2D graphics package that
includes polylines, contour plots, cell arrays, and filled mesh
plots. The NEW 3D graphics package provides surface plots, slicing
planes, and iso-surfaces.
Gist is a program that displays frames in binary CGM files written by
yorick and other applications (e.g. ATC GKS, IDL). gist is
particularly useful for making PICT files from a CGM file written by
a Unix version of yorick.
There is a mailing list with announcements about yorick, as well as questions
and answers to questions about using yorick. You can subscribe to the
Yorick mailing list by sending the message
subscribe yorick
(in the *body* of the message, *not* the Subject: header) to
[email protected]
If you have some question, comment, or Yorick source code you think
might be valuable to other Yorick users, you may post it to all the
subscribers by sending it to
[email protected]
(Questions you don't want to ask publically - and all installation
problems - should still go to [email protected], or to [email protected]
if they are Mac specific.)
Steve Langer
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/yorick-121-nofpu.hqx; 1162K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/yorick-121-gist.hqx; 451K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/yorick-121-gist-ppc.hqx; 450K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/yorick-121-fpu.hqx; 1132K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/yorick-121-doc.hqx; 339K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:34:13 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] NotifyMail 3.0.2 Demo - Instant email notification
NotifyMail is an application that listens for a finger connection. When it
receives the connection (for the appropriate user), it will notify you of
new email. This can be done by using any combination of the following:
- telling QUALCOMM's Eudora, Claris's Emailer, Intercon's TCP/Connect, or
NCD's Z-Mail to check your mail
- displaying a dialog box
- playing a sound
- displaying a floating mailbox window
- running any file, including AppleScript scripts
System Requiremets:
-System 7.0.0 or higher
-MacTCP 1.1 or higher OR Open Transport 1.0.7 or higher
-Eudora 1.4 or higher, Claris Emailer 1.0 or higher, TCP/Connect 2.0, or
StarNine's PT/Internet Gateway(email package is optional)
-full (shell) account on a UNIX or VMS machine running a POP server
- or -
-a POP account on a Macintosh running MailShare or the Apple Internet Mail
Server.
This archive contains a full working, 21 day demo. Purchasing information
is included in the archive.
--
NotifyMail Software
Check out NotifyMail Software's web site:
Macintosh and Windows Versions:
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/notify-mail-302.hqx; 297K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:30:07 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] OxyMac
This is a french stack created with Hypercard 2.2. It serves to
bibliography for articles and book. This example contains all article from
OxyMac a french anesthesia magazine.
Thanks for your attention
[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/bibliotheque-oxymac-fr-hc.hqx; 193K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:03 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] PageMill Guide PGS 1.0.1
PageMill Guide PGS - an interactive learning system
for Adobe PageMill
If you think about using Adobe PageMill to design web
pages or if you already use it, then this shareware
learning application is for you. PageMill Guide PGS will
teach you step-by-step, using Apple Guide's built in active
assistance features. Double-click this StuffIt Installer
and get the details in HTML format.
Requirements:
Adobe PageMill 1.0
(demo available at www.info.apple.com
and www.adobe.com)
AppleGuide 1.2 or newer
System 7.5 or newer
or System 7.1 with 7.0/7.1 Apple Guide Enabler
For some features: AppleScript and Quicktime
PageMill Guide PGS is shareware.
Author: Andreas Feuz c/o Personal Guide Systems
[http://www.sqe.ch/sqe]
Disinfectant found this archive virus-free.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/pagemill-guide-pgs-101.hqx; 830K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:05 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] PageSpinner 1.0.2
PageSpinner is a non-WYSIWYG HTML Editor for Macintosh. It supports both
HTML 2.0, parts of HTML 3.0 plus several Netscape extensions and is useful
for both the beginner and the more advanced web writer.
The editor gives you quick access to often used formatting and also
supports interactive help with AppleGuide and a HTML Assistant to help you
create your own HTML pages.
PageSpinner also includes support for the latest Web technologies such as:
Embedded Objects, JavaScript, Autoload of HTML files, Form File Upload...
More information can be found at PageSpinners Homepage:
PageSpinner by Jerry Aman, Optima System
Current version: 1.0 March 4, 1996.
PageSpinner is Shareware, 25 US$.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/page-spinner-102.hqx; 864K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:59:31 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] PowerMoviePlayer 1.0.1
Are you getting tired of watching Quick Time movies using not-so-feature-rich
Simple Movie Player? Power Movie Player offers a totally new way of
organizing movie clips. You can drag and drop movie files from finder to
manage movie files. You can store up to 100 movies at once and manipulate
them easily. You can save them (yes, this feature is not disabled in
unregistered version) in a index file and open movies in the index file all
at once. If you have large amount of movie files and clips, Power Movie
Player is particularly helpful when watching them.
Download and try Power Movie Player now and you will find you will never
return to Simple Movie Player ever again.
Version 1.0.1 fixes some problems, such as the crashy about dialog.
Mark Yang
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/power-movie-player-101.hqx; 578K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:45 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] RandomNumberLib
UltraLibU -- A pseudo-random-number library for Macintosh platforms
This library is a new C/Assembly implementation of the Ultra PRNG developed
by Marsaglia, et al. (see leading reference in source). It is designed
primarily for Macintosh platforms and replaces an earlier (non-PPC)
library, by this author, that is currently available in a number of public
archives.
UltraLibU contains one low-level assembly routine, in a
conditional-compilation block, for MC68020 (and higher) or PowerPC
processors. (Note: Pure C source for this routine is already available in
the usual Internet archives.) The assembly syntax is that of Metrowerks'
CodeWarrior but adaptation to other compilers should be trivial.
The library contains 14 functions returning random numbers in various
formats, from Booleans to Gaussians, as well as ancillary functions to
initialize the PRNG and to save/restore its context (to reproduce a
sequence exactly).
This PRNG is HIGHLY RANDOM, even at the bit level, VERY FAST and has an
extremely long period (> 10^356).
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/lib/random-number-lib.hqx; 19K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:30:12 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Remember.2.5.2
V2.5.2 fixes a few bugs and changes the way completed events are listed.
Full details are included.
A personal reminder package for Macintosh(tm) computers. Reminds you
about important events in your life when you start up your Mac and while
you work. Features flexible specification for repeating events, extensive
control over appearance and low memory requirements. Includes a
comprehensive User Guide and sample event (occasion) files.
This is the COMPLETE package, not a limited demo version.
"Remember?" is SHAREWARE. Send $20 (US) if you decide to keep it after a
two week trial period (add $5 more for a disk with the current version.)
There is no charge for use of this version if you have paid for a
previous version. See the User guide for details.
Dave Warker ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/app/remember-252.hqx; 226K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:47 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] RemoteMouse&Keys 1.0
Attached is a new version of RemoteMouse&Keys. This is a control panel
that allows one to use a keyboard and mouse over a network. I am calling
this the official 1.0 release, as it appears solid and has a cohesive set
of features now.
Besides some bug fixes, this adds these features:
- ability to use passwords on a connect;
- ability to shut the control panel and retain the connection;
- ability to shut down the computer (with the keyboard) with a connection
present and, upon reboot, have the connection automatically re-establish
itself (if no password was used, as this does not store passwords);
Have fun!
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/remote-mouse-and-keys-10.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:56:02 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] ScrapIt Pro 5.12 (fat)
Try the utility that made MacUser's list of the top 30 shareware programs
of 1995! Anything you can copy to the clipboard can be pasted and stored
in a ScrapIt Pro file. Features full support of Apple's latest technology;
Drag & Drop, QuickDraw 3D, Speech, and more!
ScrapIt Pro, is the editable, searchable multimedia scrapbook... and a
mini-word processor to boot! Need a place to store, sort, display and
search all of your text notes, sounds, GIF files, JPEG files, QuickDraw 3D
files? Look no further, ScrapIt Pro is the utility you've been looking
for!
From any file, import items from Now Scrapbook(tm) files and can
import/export TIFF files. >>
Here's a list of some of the features in version 5.1:
* PowerMac & 680x0 native code!
* Searchable comments for each item
* QuickDraw 3D file support
* Supports ArchiCAD
* Search & Replace
* Scrap File merge
* Import from Now Scrapbook(tm) files
* Much better importing capabilities (can now select multiple pictures,
sounds or TEXT resources from any file)
* Import/Export GIF, TIFF, JPEG & EPSF files
* View GIF, JPEG or QuickDraw 3D items!
* Sort by date, name or type
* Edit names right in the list
* Gallery mode
* and more!
ScrapIt Pro will open any Scrapbook file (from Apple), SmartScrap, ScrapIt
Pro, ScrapIt ][ or MultiScrap file.
Min. System...: 6.0.5 on up
Min. Hardware.: Mac 512ke
Shareware.....: $20
Author........: John V. Holder
email address.: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/app/scrap-it-pro-512.hqx; 578K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:49:36 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Sokoban 2.1, a game/puzzle
Sokoban is a strategy game of pushing treasure chests through a maze.
The chests are so heavy that they can only be pushed, not pulled, and
you can only push one at a time. Thinking ahead (or liberal use of
"undo") is required for the harder levels.
Version 2.1 adds
- over 200 more levels
- the ability to choose your own keys to control the game
Other features are
- Color or monochrome graphics
- Able to undo 10,000 moves
- Can run in only 128K of memory
- Can make your own levels
- Both mouse and keyboard control
- A friendly author who sometimes gives hints
Sokoban 2.1 is freeware and runs on any Mac with System 7 or higher.
It may be included on the info-mac CDROM.
Scott Lindhurst [email protected] http://math.wisc.edu/~lindhurs
[Archived as /info-mac/game/sokoban-21.hqx; 88K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:09 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Starry Night 1.0.3a Update
starry-night-103a-updt.hqx is an updater that updates earlier
versions of Starry Night (1.0.1 and 1.0.2) to Starry Night
1.0.3. (Power Macintosh owners should use the file
starry-night-103a-updt-ppc.hqx to update Starry Night).
Starry Night is a sky simulator that allows you to experience
the intricate and beautiful clockwork of the heavens. You can
see the stars and planets as they appear from your own backyard,
>From a country on the other side of the world or from the Moon.
You can watch as the Sun sets from the surface of Mars. You can
glide through Saturn's rings as it lumbers by in its slow
methodical orbit. Witness a total eclipse of the Sun as seen
>From the Moon. The only limit is your curiosity.
Version 1.0.3 includes Comet Hyakutake and Comet Hale-Bopp and
lets you add your own orbiting objects to Starry Night's database.
It also fixes a number of bugs and adds a couple of other new
features.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/starry-night-103a-updt.hqx; 858K]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:55:52 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Starry Night 1.0.3a Updater (PPC)
starry-night-103a-updt-ppc.hqx is an updater that updates earlier
versions of the Power Macintosh native Starry Night (1.0.1 and
1.0.2) to Starry Night 1.0.3. (Non-Power Macintosh owners should
use the file starry-night-103a-updt.hqx to update Starry Night).
Starry Night is a sky simulator that allows you to experience
the intricate and beautiful clockwork of the heavens. You can
see the stars and planets as they appear from your own backyard,
>From a country on the other side of the world or from the Moon.
You can watch as the Sun sets from the surface of Mars. You can
glide through Saturn's rings as it lumbers by in its slow
methodical orbit. Witness a total eclipse of the Sun as seen
>From the Moon. The only limit is your curiosity.
Version 1.0.3 includes Comet Hyakutake and Comet Hale-Bopp and
lets you add your own orbiting objects to Starry Night's database.
It also fixes a number of bugs and adds a couple of other new
features.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/starry-night-103a-updt-ppc.hqx; 840K]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:52 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Star Trek-DS9 stack 3.0 (binhexed)
This HyperCard stack is designed to simulate a Federation-standard computer
screen while displaying information on all the episodes of Star Trek-Deep
Space Nine (DS9) for seasons 1 to 3 and some of season 4. It allows you to
scan the episodes and read the detailed plot descriptions, check out the
writers, directors, and guests, and store information on your video tape
collection (if you have one).
Try the Star Trek: TOS, TNG, and VOY version 3.0 stacks as well.
David Landis
Oak Mountain Software
[email protected]
http://www.universe.digex.net/~oakmtsw/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/star-trek-ds9-guide-30-hc.hqx; 1762K]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:30:09 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Star Trek-TNG stack 3.0
This HyperCard stack is designed to simulate a Federation-standard computer
screen while displaying information on all the episodes of Star Trek-The
Next Generation (TNG) and the movie "Star Trek:Generations". It allows you
to scan the episodes and read the detailed plot descriptions, check out the
writers, directors, and guests, and store information on your video tape
collection (if you have one).
Try the Star Trek: TOS, DS9, and VOY version 3.0 stacks as well.
David Landis
Oak Mountain Software
[email protected]
http://www.universe.digex.net/~oakmtsw/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/star-trek-tng-guide-30-hc.hqx; 1768K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:49:35 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Stefan's Trash Replacement
Stefan's Trash Replacement is yet another do-it-yourself, ResEdit-hacking,
system-customizing package. What it is meant for is to replace the boring
Trash can with a Recycling Bin. Complete instructions are included in the
package on how to install:
1. A NeXT Recycler-style Recycling Bin replacement for the aging Trash can.
2. Replace all the "Empty Trash" and "Are you sure you want to permanently
delete these items?" messages (along with ALL the other messages asociated
with the Trash) with "Recycle the Trash" and "Are you sure you want to
Recycle the Trash?"
Stefan's Trash Replacement is fun, safe, and green. Try it today!
Stefan's Trash Replacement is "request-ware". If you have a spare copy of
the Inside Macintosh CD-ROM and you'd like to help a beginning programmer,
please let me know! You can reach me at the addresses found in this archive.
If you are authoring a book or CD-ROM and would like to include Stefan's
Trash Replacement on it, please contact me and we can work something out.
Thanks!
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/stefans-trash-replacement.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:07 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] TextToHTML 1.3.2
TextToHTML 1.3.2b
(C) 1995,1996 Kris Coppieters. All rights reserved
Internet address: [email protected]
Home page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kristiaan
If you are updating an older version: the update history is appended at the end
of the Readme.
This software is freeware. Please do not distribute it without this Readme
file.
You may customize this software for your own purposes using the accompanying
Setup TextToHTML application, but please don't redistribute customized
versions:
only unmodified versions may be distributed.
This software is distributed 'as is': no warranties are made, either expressed
or implied.
The standard TextToHTML adds my name and e-mail address at the end of converted
each page; you may reconfigure TextToHTML not to do this. However, if you do
this, I ask you to include my e-mail address, my name and a mention of
TextToHTML in at least one prominent location at the top level of the converted
structure, or at the top level of your Web structure.
TextToHTML requires system 7 or higher and > 1MB of free memory.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
TextToHTML quickly converts text or RTF files dropped onto its icon into HTML
format. With TextToHTML you can set up a basic WWW structure in 15 minutes,
starting from scratch. When converting multiple text, RTF or HTML files at
once,
it also creates an HTML index file with links to those files, complete with
graphical bullets if necessary. It can also automatically include images when
they are present.
(RTF = Rich Text Format, used by several word processors; HTML = Hyper Text
Markup Language, used for formatting documents on the WWW = World Wide Web).
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/text-to-html-132.hqx; 1584K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 02:28:48 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] The Familiar Spirit, FirstClass Settings 6.0.1
The Familiar Spirit, FirstClass Settings 6.0.1
To use this file, you will need FirstClass Client 2.7.2 or higher. FirstClass
is to an ordinary BBS what Mac is to DOS.
This BBS accepts modem logins at (201) 837-5914, and TCP logins at
199.173.32.230, Port 3000. Standard Telnet access is available via
tfs.necronomi.com.
A familiar spirit runs errands for a witch, and has been depicted in modern
times most frequently as a black cat. TFS BBS will run your online errands and
help you weave electronic magic.
Although the imagery ranges from the archaic to the arcane, TFS is a vast
general interest discussion BBS. Over 200 public discussion forums (none
available anywhere else), augmented by hundreds of newsgroups and file areas,
help it stand out as a rich and lively environment which never grows stale. We
pride ourselves in our dynamic community of artists, theologians,
entrepreneurs, writers, mystics, lawyers, historians, freethinkers, homemakers,
and friends, which has grown since TFS' opening in June 1993. Access is free,
and payment is both optional and affordable.
Also try the TFS home page at .
-CHL
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/tfs-settings-601-fc.hqx; 2094K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:55:53 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] The Ultimate Warrior 2.1
This game is a text-based Shareware RPG, made with HyperCard. It is a
one of a kind game, and it probably will only appeal to hard core RPG
fans. The game is controlled mostly by clicking the mouse, so be
prepared to use it a lot. Try it out if you are into these types of
games!
System Requirements: For best results, use a Mac with an 040
processor, 33 mhz and 8 megs of RAM. The game will run slower without
enough Ram, the game itself uses needs about 3 megs of Ram to run
smoothly. You will need about 4 megs of free hard disk space once
you expand the software, it is 2 megs stuffed. Older computer systems
may cause other problems.
Thanks,
Erick Ritchie
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/ultimate-warrior-21.hqx; 2070K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 23:33:04 -0800
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#318/11-Mar-96
TidBITS#318/11-Mar-96
The big news this week is Apple's release of System 7.5.3, with
better performance, the final version of Open Transport 1.1, and
a host of new features. Also this week, Apple announces the end
of eWorld, Adobe withdraws PageMill 1.0.1, and Macromedia
finalizes Shockwave for Director. Finally, Adam follows up on
his article on personal Web publishing, and we finally release
the details on TidBITS translations - now five languages and
counting!
Topics:
MailBITS/11-Mar-96
Requiem for a Featherweight
Personal Web Publishing Redux
Apple Releases System 7.5.3
Reviews/11-Mar-96
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-318.etx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:14 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Ultima III Editor 1.0d5
Version History
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Version 1.0d5 February 1996 (later): Development Release:
* Multiple MapWindow Support. You can open as many Map Windows as you have
RAM for.
* Window Menu options, including picking individual windows and entire
scenarios from the Menu.
* Balloon Help for Finder Icon.
* When editing a monster, the map information is updated when changes are
"OKed".
* You can also drag monsters around on the map with the arrow tool (neat!).
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Ultima III Editor is a scenario editor for Ultima III '95 (by Leon
McNeill). Use it to edit scenario information within Ultima III, or make
your own scenario files to share with your friends.
For more info, read the full Read Me! file.
I am the author. the Ultima III Editor is $10 shareware.
This software may appear on Info-Mac archive CDs.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/ultima-iii-editor-10d5.hqx; 434K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:36:12 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Waste of Time 1.0
This is the abstract for Waste of Time 1.0. This is a puzzle game for
Color Macs (any processor). It may be included in CD-ROMS. Questions should
be addressed to [email protected]
Waste of Time is a puzzle/board game in which the object is to clear levels
by pushing balls into a target. This may sound easy but it can be quite
difficult.
Requires: Color Macintosh, 5 megs RAM (virtual memory is fine).
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/waste-of-time-10.hqx; 499K]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:49:39 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] WWW Sites
WWW is shareware. The cost is $5.00.
Perhaps Internet surfers more experienced than I can remember all of those
weird addresses. I can't. I also got tired of keeping track of all the little
scraps of paper where I had them written down. So, WWW Sites was born.
WWW Sites is a small HyperCard stack which holds the World Wide Web addresses
you want to keep. It allows for saving, sorting, printing and one click
copying of the URL's (UnRememberable Locations). There is also room for
notes. I keep it running in the corner of my screen so I can jump to it when
I want one of the addresses stored there. It can also create an HTML file
with all of your URL's ready for clicking. (Bill Booz scripted this. Thanks,
Bill.)
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/www-sites-hc.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:56:00 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Zodiac QuickTime movie
Archivists,
Please distribute attatched zodiac.sit (669741 bytes), a quicktime movie
made on an astronomy package showing the true (as opposed to what the
astrologers say) position of the sun in the zodiacal constellations
throughout 1996.
Thanks,
Dan Shariat
[Archived as /info-mac/art/mov/zodiac-qt.hqx; 646K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:06:33 GMT
From: [email protected] (Tristan Bailey)
Subject: [Q] a couple of problems
Hi,
I have several questions/problems to do with the Mac system on Virtual=
Memory and crashes.
1. Can anyone fix a problem with my new PM7200/75 or confirm that it can=
not be fixed. I could only aford to get 8meg of ram when I bought it (now=
saving for more) and thought virtual memory would run at a reasonable=
speed.=20
I have 16megs of Virtual Memory running at the moment and for some=
applications i.e. Illustrator and to some extent Photoshop it runs so=
slowly it is hard to uses them. Menu's coming up and tool, item changes=
result in several seconds work. Is this just because it is non-native code=
and Virtual Memory or can I fix it.
I would like to ask how does Virtual Memory work and how best should I=
config. my memory control panel for my computer.
2. My 7200 keeps hanging if I work to fast. If I run a program by double=
clicking on a file sometimes it hangs. If I click on a window to bring it=
to front before an app has properly quit or started it hangs. No reason=
just a freeze, is this it just getting confused?
3. Finally on a 7200/17Apple ms monitor do I need 7200 Graphics=
Acceleration and Sound Manager extentions in sys7.5.2?
Thanks in advance.
Tristan Bailey
BA Visual Communications
Surrey Institute of Art and Design, England
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:43:08 +0100
From: [email protected] (Michael)
Subject: [Q] LC 630 DOS compatible and Supertel modem software?
Hi,
Is the LC 630 DOS compatible also compatible with Supertel
telecommunication software?
Any experiences? I heard it is not compatible, theoretically it should be
Thanks!
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:07:12 GMT
From: [email protected] (Tristan Bailey)
Subject: [Q] locking files on a sever
Hi,
I have tried to help my dad with a couple of problems but run out of ideas.
Does anyone know if you can config. a Mac server used by an office of
Architects
so that:
- when they open a file it will only save where it it was opened from.
- they can not move job files by acident i.e. drop them into the wrong folder.
- they have to o.k. re-naming files
They keep lossing files due to accedental mouse clicks and key presses when
things are left on the keyboard.
One idea I had was is possible to lock or put a warning on all files so that
when moving or saving files they have to o.k. an are you sure dialogue box.
I have tried locking files at sys. level but that does not allow you to save
the
file while working on it.
I also thought of MacPrefect but I think that will only lock folders and I do
not have a copy to look at.
Any help would be good.
Thanks in advance.
Tristan Bailey
BA Visual Communications
Surrey Institute of Art and Design
England
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:27:53 CST
From: Michael Cook
Subject: [Q] Performa won't boot - another battery problem; worse???
I have a Performa 475 running System 7.1P3. On Saturday, everything
seemed fine, and the Performa was working. It had been working great
until then. On Sunday, it wouldn't boot.
When the Performa is turned on, the chimes sound out clearly, and the
hard-drive starts clicking as usual. However, it stops a few seconds
later. There is no happy, sad, or any other Mac face on the screen.
Just a blank screen. I also couldn't boot with a floppy.
I've recently read about dead Performa batteries causing various
troubles. Could this be one of them? If so, what kind of battery
does it need, and where are good places to try to find a replacement?
Our Performa is 2.25+ years old.
If it isn't the battery, where should I start?
Thanks for suggestions,
Michael Cook
[email protected]
These are not the opinions of my employer.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:30:19 PST
From: Scott McLagan
Subject: A TCP/IP puzzle (I think)....
I've got a puzzler for all the TCP/IPers out there. We've got
a very ordinary ethernet with AppleTalk, IPX and TCP/IP services.
TCP/IP is the only protocol routed on/off the LAN via an ISDN
connection. I have a LC630 which I hope to use as a mail/FTP
server with MailShare and NetPresenz.
Details:
- POP and FTP clients on our LAN can successfully log onto MailShare
and/or NetPresenz. All handshaking, password stuff, navigation of
directories, etc. all work properly. However, when a file transfer
begins either with POP getting a message or FTP getting a file, the
transfer freezes after about 128 bytes of data. This happens with
both Mac and PC clients on the same LAN as the server.
- POP and FTP clients from remote LANs aren't affected.
- The System software on the LC630 is squeaky clean (formatted hard disk,
fresh install of 7.5, network software 1.5.1, and MacTCP 2.0.6.) Gateway
address, subnet mask, manual address all OK.
- File transfers with AppleShare work fine.
Any thoughts? Much thanks.
Scott McLagan ([email protected])
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:47:33 +0930
From: [email protected] (Monib Mahdavi)
Subject: HELP!- Need a folder locking utility.
Hello all,
I'm hoping someone can help me out with a little challenge. I work within a
studio in which I share a 7500/100 with 6 other designers. All work we do
is left on the machine in our own folders. This raises a big problem in
regards to the security our files, since anyone can open up my folder and
go for a browse through the projects/files that I'm working on, even alter
and trash files at their own perusal. This would inturn cause *big*
problems around the studio. I don't mean to be paranoid, and I'm not
stating that the other designers would do such a thing however I want to
protect myself as it's highly competitive and "you never know".
What i really need to find is a utility that will allow me to lock my
folder when I leave the machine. By "lock" I mean to dissallow access to
the folder until a password is typed in, or something similar. I can't
really use the encryption option in stuffit since my folder is often around
the 250meg mark, and trying to compress it at the end of each session is
just pointless. Is there some other type of prog that can allow me to
protect the folder? A system extension or control panel that performs this
function would'nt be sufficient as dissabling either would give access to
the folder again. I have a feeling that there must be something out there,
it's just a matter of tracking the little baby down. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Monib Mahdavi
Monib Mahdavi
.............................
M o n i b D e s i g n
[email protected]
http://www.adam.com.au/~monib/
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:15:49 -0700
From: [email protected] (Bruce Carter)
Subject: Multiprotocol online testing
Greetings all,
I'm involved in a project that will result in material being delivered
online via the web or in a stand-alone mode. While the content part looks
to be fairly straightforward, leveraging the testing system to support both
delivery modes looks like it is going to be interesting. I don't have full
specifications written yet, but in the short and sweet the system needs to
be able, from a central test/question bank to:
1) Generate stand-alone questions/tests in HyperCard/SuperCard that can be
shipped out on disk or delivered on a LAN.
2) Act as a CGI program to generate questions/tests for web delivery
(preferably generating HTML code on the fly).
3) Receive responses from either format, score the test, keep item analysis
data, and provide student feedback.
Of course, I'll need to develop easy to use user interfaces for
manipulating the test bank and data, but the main structure is the most
important thing at the moment.
I know there are some real hard spots in this, especially with things like
presenting questions and receiving responses over the web with any kind of
control, but I've seen some pretty interesting things done on some of the
"shopping" sites with keeping track of choices you've made. I also know
this is not something I'm going to write over a weekend, I have comitted to
a fairly long-term investment in development of this system.
I'd appreciate any references to web sites, research articles, or any other
resources that could be applied to this project, especially the web based
testing side of things (I've done a good deal of work on stand-alone/LAN
based test delivery some of which I think I can apply to this). Thanks in
advance for any help.
--
Bruce Carter, Instructional Software Designer (208)385-1851@voice
Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 (208)385-1856@fax
http://mentor.idbsu.edu/BruceCarter/home.html [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 07:41:17 -0800
From: [email protected] (Christine A. Fraser)
Subject: Need Font Help!
Hi All,
Recently I have discovered a corrupted font on my Mac, it is MT Extra. For
the life of me I cannot remember which app this belongs to. I would greatly
appreciate any help anyone can give. Also, just what is it that corrupts
these guys anyhow?
Many thanks in advance,
Christine A. Fraser
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 14:58:13 -0500
From: [email protected] (Philo D.)
Subject: Photoshop and RAM
I have a Powermac 7100 with 16 megabytes physical RAM and RAM Doubler.
Photoshop runs OK on it, at least for editing small pictures.
RAM Doubler recognizes Photoshop, and knows to leave it alone. But the
doubled RAM is useful to have other apps for switching.
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:49:47 -0800
From: [email protected] (Slider)
Subject: PowerWave and the Clobbered BTrees
No, not a punk group, but a plea for help:
I bought a PowerWave 604/132 about a month ago (yes, I seriously like it,
my only criticism so far is that the CD-ROM tray seems flimsey in
comparison to the Apple 600i) and the hard drive catalog is constantly
being corrupted, with incorrect numbers of files and other assorted errors.
So far Disk Doctor has been able to repair all the errors and I have not
lost any data in the crashes, which occur every 90 minutes or so.
I am not using RAMdoubler nor SpeedDoubler. I thought it might be Netscape
2.0, but I get clobbered BTrees even if I don't use Netscape.
I am rather suspicious of the FWB disk drivers and I also wonder whether
the fact that I am using MacTCP might have something to do with it. (I
couldn't figure out how to get online with Open Transport, so I added TCP
to the system file and pretended for online purposes that I still had 7.5.1
instead of 7.5.2)
I am running 32 megs of RAM, a 1 gig internal and an APS external 500 meg
hard drive, the latter with active termination and no unusual applications.
Disappointingly, Power Computing has not answered my email inquiries and I
have not been able to get through to their tech line as I never seem to
have more than 20 minutes to wait on hold.
I would certainly appreciate any suggestions as I am getting tired of
spending such a large percentage of my time with Disk Doctor.
Thanks, greatly, in advance...
Slider
---Mind how you go.
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:13:52 +0100
From: Rik Hoevers
Subject: REQ: Panasonic Image Scanner FX -RS307 Software
Help! I have a Panasonic grayscale scanner without driver, the
people at Panasonic seem to have lost this driver also
.Can anybody out there help me, the model is FX-RS307 with an
external SCSI-interface. Contact me at [email protected].
Thanks
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:39:13 -0500
From: [email protected] (Carolyn M. Barry)
Subject: se/30 needs HD
Hello all,
A couple of months ago, a number of you gentle folks helped me diagnose
"stiction" on the se/30 at work. They have finally agreed to buy a new HD,
and have asked me to order and install it for them.
Are there any HD's that I either should or should *not* buy? Does an se/30
require a "lesser" or special type of HD so that I don't fry anything
inside? What do I need to know or ask before making the purchase? I told
them that about $200US would buy enough for what we need. I will probably
make the purchase from one of the larger catalog companies.
I've installed hardware upgrades inside my P400, so I'm comfortable with
that. I know the basics, and that I need an anti-static strap and a case
cracker. I would really appreciate any other advise or tips that anyone can
share.
Please e-mail me directly, and I'll summarize for the group.
Thanks in advance,
Carolyn M Barry
RedFish Consultants ([email protected])
http://members.aol.com/carolynmb/index.html
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:52:44 -0600
From: [email protected] (Kham S.)
Subject: where to order System Update 2.0 ?
Does anyone know where i can order system update 2.0 online or by phone
besides Apple? Preferably in Canada? As far as i can tell, the apple ftp
servers will be tied up for a few days and i'd rather have a disc instead
anyways.
Better yet, magazines like macworld or macuser should include a cdrom disc
with system update 2.0 with a future issue.
thanks for any help.
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[email protected] {Kham S.}
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