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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 16:03:28 PST
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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 20 Mar 96 Volume 14 : Issue 67

Today's Topics:

[*] "Kill The Cookie"
[*] ComboBox 1.1.1
[*] ComboBox 1.1.1 Source
[*] Drop Attribute 3.0.0
[*] Flies After Dark
[*] Formula 1 1.1.9
[*] Formula 1Lite
[*] GameCheater Demo Submission
[*] HangmanPlus-v4.0.sit.hqx
[*] Heritage 3.0.1
[*] HORIZON
[*] HTML Markup 2.0 - the ultimate text to HTML experience
[*] HTML Viewer 1.2.1
[*] Jon's Commands 1.5.1
[*] Mac*Chat#106 (2 msgs)
[*] Mac-FTP-list-html Version 4.0.8
[*] MacISAR
[*] Manual Maker 2.0
[*] PrintUseMonitor 3.2
[*] Shakespeare Stack - Timon of Athens
[*] SingleNumber 1.1.6
[*] Smart Dubbing, Inline streaming GIF Web video
[*] SndSampler 2.7
6100s, DOS cards, and 7.5.3
7.5.2 Update Comments
[A] Deleting files by single keypress and Finder not showing full
filenames
[A] Where to find info about MS ClipArt Gallery problems
[C] First impressions on 7.5.3
[Q] How fast is a Performa 6300?
[Q] Netscape -> Resource fork errors?
[SUMMARY] Performa won't boot - another battery problem; worse???
ARA question
At Ease with System 7.5.3 (Update 2.0)
base64 encoding: how decode?
CH Flightstick Pro and Marathon #1
Clobbered BTress ANSWER
Database of Info-Mac messages
Deleting files by single keypress
Deleting files by single keypress and Finder not showing full
filenames
DO NOT BUY MEGAHERTZ PC MODEM FOR MAC!!
EasyView and Carpe.Diem (Q)
Eudora's JH Icon (was: Eudora ack)
Face Folder Icon, how?.....
GV-faxsoftware v2.5.3 & M$ Word 5.1a (2 msgs)
info-mac wais database off the air for up to a month
Looking for a utility
MO Drive for PB5300 - Myth!
Phantom file
Power Computing
Problem With Zip Drive and Nikon Scanner
Speed Access 1.1.2 still crashes the system
Stufft Browser ?
Sys 7.5.3 (One more C)
System 7.5.3 & SAM (A)
System 7.5.3 (C) (4 msgs)
System 7.5.3 where to get it
System 7.5.3 won't work with my LCIII
What's the Skinny on SoftWin 3/95?
what is a listserv for the ietf...
Win '95 on DOS compatibility card (2 msgs)

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:36:44 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] "Kill The Cookie"

Greetings,

This simple little applet deletes the "MagicCookie" file from the
Preferences folder. As you know, this file is suspect in that it may allow
for security breaches into a users computer, especially if you are using
Java. Both Netscape and Internet Explorer uses the "MagicCookie" file to
store sensitive information which WWW sites and hackers can access. The
reason I created this applet was because these browser programs will
continually recreate this file periodically if a WWW site calls for it to
do so; therefore, this little applet gets around the tedium of manually
deleteing this file over and over.

Thanks,
Doug Unruh

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/kill-the-cookie.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:36:24 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] ComboBox 1.1.1

This package contains Pensacola Christian College's freeware
ComboBox v1.1.1 external area for 4th Dimension.

OVERVIEW

The idea behind ComboBox is to provide an easy way for users to choose
an item from a list. 4th Dimension provides Choice Lists for this
purpose, but the current implementation has several problems.

ComboBox addresses these user-related problems while providing a
programming interface that allows the area to adapt to practically any
look and feel the designer wishes.

NEW WITH THIS RELEASE

Kept ComboBox areas from "swallowing" the escape key. This change
was necessary to allow the Customizer settings to work properly when
the escape key is assigned to the "Cancel Layout" function.

Fixed a crashing bug revealed with Charlie Rieman's "Less-Obnoxious Bus
Error" control panel.

Fixed a bug that caused some of a layout's text fields to display
improperly in the design environment

Compiled with better optimizations, reducing the size of the FAT
version by about 1K.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/combo-box-111.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:35:17 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] ComboBox 1.1.1 Source

This archive contains the source code to version 1.1.1 of Pensacola
Christian College's ComboBox External Area for 4th Dimension.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/combo-box-111-c.hqx; 187K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:35:02 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Drop Attribute 3.0.0

Awesome type/creator/attribute changer. Lets you change type's &
creator's, modify attributes, map filename extensions to Mac file type's
& creator's, and even create custom self-running Attributelets for your
common operations! Fully multi-threaded so it runs great in the
background and never hogs the CPU. $10 Shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/drop-attribute-30.hqx; 201K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:42 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Flies After Dark

[Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/flies-30.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:37:35 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Formula 1 1.1.9

Formula 1 is a communication module that improves the performance of
point or BBS programs. F1 can be used as a replacement of TabbyNet and
Call modules for Tabby and Copernicus, but it can be used with
CounterPoint, MacWoof, Alice, Pizza and Aeolus too.

This Demo is fully functional but has these limits:
- The application will expire after November '96
- F1 will make only one call for each events
- A session cannot be longer than 10 to 15 minutes (random value)

Steve Ebener
Greyland - 541/744-0568 - [email protected]
Macintosh Consulting, Diagnostics, & Repair

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/formula1-119-demo.hqx; 522K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:01 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Formula 1Lite

Formula 1Lite is a communication module that improves the performance of
fidonet point. F1 can be used as a replacement for the Call module of
Copernicus, but it can be used with CounterPoint, MacWoof, Alice and
Pizza too.

This Demo is fully functional but has these limits:
- It will stop working after 30 days from the first installation
- The application in any case will expire after November '96
- F1 will make only one call during a event
- A session cannot be longer than 2 to 15 minutes (random value)

Steve Ebener
Greyland - 541/744-0568 - [email protected]
Macintosh Consulting, Diagnostics, & Repair

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/formula1-119r4-lite-demo.hqx; 573K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:57 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] GameCheater Demo Submission

Stacy Pennington
http://www.beale.com

[Archived as /info-mac/game/game-cheater-20-demo.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:34:46 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] HangmanPlus-v4.0.sit.hqx

Here's my latest update to Hangman Plus. Yes, you have my permission (and
my thanks) to include it on your Info-Mac Archives CDROM.

HangMan Plus v4.0! Another exciting version of that classic game. Fun for all
ages. Loads of categories, tons of words. Enter your own words or use
vocabulary lists. Digitized sounds. Colorful and non-violent. Please give it
a try. Thanks! Site License available. (Free CDROM with registration!)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/hang-man-plus-30.hqx; 228K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:23 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Heritage 3.0.1

Heritage is a Macintosh shareware program for genealogy. Features of
the program include

* Data entry and retrieval of individuals and families
* Free form biographical information for individuals

Tom Grandine

[Archived as /info-mac/app/heritage-301.hqx; 695K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:36 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] HORIZON

Hello,

Find enclosed Horizon Demo, a BBC Micro emulator for the Mac. It's is
the sister emulator to Rainbow which is already on your infomac site.
I would appreciate it greatly if you could include this in your archives.

Sincerely,

Chris Lam.
http://www.aston.ac.uk/~lamcw/emulators.html

[Archived as /info-mac/app/horizon-10-demo.hqx; 213K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:27 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] HTML Markup 2.0 - the ultimate text to HTML experience

HTML Markup 2.0
The Complete Text-to-HTML Experience
by Scott J. Kleper

HTML Markup 2.0 is an "HTML processor". Unlike editors, it converts
existing files into web pages. Unlike converters, it allows you to
customize how the files look. This version has a TON of new features.
Some of my favorites are:

-The program is no longer linear and modeless. Instead of using Drag and
Drop, you can also
now run the program like a regular application.
-You can store multiple preferences in "sets" and select them from a menu
-You can select document colors (background, text, link, alink, and
vlink) from color wheels,
which is way cool.
-There are many more conversion options, like converting different styles
of lines,
converting file names into titles, and much more.
-Supports Macintosh Drag and Drop.
-More efficient - convert hundreds of files in seconds!
-Online balloon help and thorough documentation with tutorials.
-Swell new professionally-designed 3d-ish interface

If you have existing documents that you want to put on the web, HTML
Markup is the simplest and best way to do it. The program is PowerMac
native and also runs on 68k Macs. It's small, memory efficient, and very
very useful. If you register the program for US$20, you get even more
features like up to ten sets, inclusion of headers and footers, and more.

The latest version of HTML Markup is always available from:


Visit the HTML Markup homepage at:


Send your comments and suggestions to:


[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-markup-20.hqx; 547K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:32 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] HTML Viewer 1.2.1

HTML Viewer is a simple hypertext viewer, or "browser", meant to be
used by people who do not have access to a full-featured browser like
Mosaic or Netscape. It is also handy for authoring HTML documents, as
it does not have the overhead that the more capable browsers have.

New in version 1.2 is support for Forms and their corresponding CGIs.
This makes HTML Viewer a great tool for testing your CGIs without
having to set up a separate HTTP server. HTML Viewer will run
uncompiled and compiled AppleScripts as well as runnable AppleScript
applets. Also new are support for sounds files, and use of Internet
Config for handling network-based URLs.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-viewer-121.hqx; 309K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:36:00 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Jon's Commands 1.5.1

This is a very minor update which simply fixes the "finder selection"
command. I changed compilers from the MPW c compiler to the new MPW sc
compiler. Apparently it changed the object layout in memory which caused
my hacks to cease working. So, I yanked the osax resource from 1.4 and
placed it in 1.5.1. I won't be upgrading this command any more, but at
least it will work.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/jons-commands-151.hqx; 272K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:45 -0800
From: Tony Lindsey
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#106

Mac*Chat#105/07-Mar-96

Highlights Of This Issue
-----------------------
I announce the new Mac*Chat mirror site for Mac fans in
Australia, readers tell us about their favorite computer games that
don't involve killing things, we wind-up the discussion of
making color-t-shirts for your Mac, Frank Nagy defends DLT
tape-drives for backing-up a network, we hear
from several folks who have good information about the SCSI
cables connecting your Mac to your external drives and scanners,
we learn about System 7.5.3 from Apple and several Faithful
Readers, and we get several great ideas about printing big,
professional jobs on a network.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-105-etx.txt; 30K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:48 -0800
From: Tony Lindsey
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#106

Mac*Chat#106/08-Mar-96

Highlights Of This Issue
-----------------------
I uregently post the news about System 7.5.3 in this "bonus"
issue (since it got dropped somehow from yesterday's issue), we
hear where to download tax forms from the U.S. IRS, we hear about
some very interesting Mac-centric Web sites (and one extra just
for the heck of it), and Powerbook-owners get even more goodies.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-106-etx.txt; 28K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:36:54 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac-FTP-list-html Version 4.0.8

This is the latest {Mar 1,1996} version of the Mosaic/Newscape page for
accessing Bruce Grubb's list of ftp sites. It should replace the
previous version of mac-ftp-list-html.hqx.

This is the updated {Mar 1,1996} HTML version to Mike Gleason and Bruce
Grubb's Mac FTP list. It lists over 200 mac anonymous ftp sites (some
with notes), over 50 Mac web pages, and contains some instructions on how
to use anonymous ftp and find files as well a format chart showing which
programs decompress and decode which files. It requires HTML Browser such
as Lynx, Mosaic or NetScape and StuffIt Expander or equivalent
{unsitins.exe} to decompress.

Please note that this is actually four crosslinked files:
mac-ftp-list.html, ftp-list.html, www-section.html, and site-notes.html.

Please send newly discovered macintosh sites (with IP numbers and
directories to check if possible), bug fixes, and comments to:
[email protected] or [email protected]

Changes: Format chart updated; Conflict between text and html format
corrected; associate.com updated;

Added sites: ftp.cs.vu.nl; ftp.netbsd.org; puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us;
ftp.unipd.it; http://www.carrier.co.at/res/mac/;
http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.html; http://www.tidbits.com/;

Defunct sites: wuarchive.wustl.edu (temporally); ftp.colorado.edu;

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-408-html.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:39 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacISAR

This is a French stack created with Hypercard 2.0 which is a relationnal
data base in anesthesia.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-isar-fr.hqx; 557K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:24 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Manual Maker 2.0

Manual Maker is a simple application that converts a collection of
SimpleText files into a low-overhead standalone document called a Manual
Reader. Besides displaying styled text and embedded pictures, a Manual
Reader provides chapter and section menus and a Find command. Manual Maker
is free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use, and Manual Reader
documents may also be distributed under those conditions. If you want to
distribute a Manual Reader document with a commercial or shareware product,
or if you just feel generous, please pay a $20 license fee. System 7 is
required for use of these programs.

Version 1.1 introduced a zoom box and fixed some minor display bugs.
Version 2.0 added a Print menu command, which uses AppleScript to tell
SimpleText to print a chapter.

-- James W. Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/text/manual-maker-11.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:41 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] PrintUseMonitor 3.2

PrintUseMonitor monitors the pages printed on Quickdraw printers, including
all the StyleWriter series and LaserWriter 300 printer, and displays
a warning dialog when the print cartridge is about to run out.

PrintUseMonitor displays a progress bar indicating the Print Cartridge
wear and has many other features too.

If you refill ink cartridges then this application is useful for
determining when to do this, or if you always replace your ink cartridge,
this application can help you to determine when to order a new cartridge.

This version adds support for the Japanese language and the Color SW2200
printer. To use Japanese requires KanjiTalk. This program requires
System 7 to run.

Please include this on CD collections if you wish.

Best Regards,
Steve Smith

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/print-use-monitor-32.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:38:18 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Shakespeare Stack - Timon of Athens

Appended below is another in the Shakespeare Stack series of Macintosh
Hypercard 2.x presentations of the works of William Shakespeare ---
the play "Timon of Athens" --- free software under the GNU GPL --- a
binhex'd compact'd self-extracting archive. (Only three more to go!
"Measure for Measure" next, followed by "All's Well that Ends Well"
and then "Hamlet"....)

For anonymous ftp see "ftp.alumni.caltech.edu" under /pub/zimm, where
the entire Shakesperare Stack archive holdings are available, along
with other programs; or via URL
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~zimm

Best, ^z (Mark Zimmermann --- still seeking coins of 1852!)

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/timon-of-athens-hc.hqx; 110K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:34:18 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] SingleNumber 1.1.6

Single Number is a puzzle game for one player, specifically, one
who is familiar with puzzle books or with the games found in the
puzzle pages of weekly magazines.
In this program, mac shows puzzles which the player solves.


Numbers (1-9) are given in several cells in the 9x9 matrix. Decide
the rest according to the following restrictions: "Each number (1-9)
should appear only once in the 9 cells of each vertical line, horizontal
line, and 3x3 matrix surrounded by the thicker boundary."


-Can preview puzzles both in "file open" and "book go to" dialogs.
-In addition to the "full" version, I prepared a "light" version for
those old macs like SE.

Thank you in advance.
Yoshimitsu Kanai

[Archived as /info-mac/game/single-number-116.hqx; 276K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:36:48 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Smart Dubbing, Inline streaming GIF Web video

The program attached, Smart Dubbing, is a demo of a utility
to convert QuickTime movies to Animated GIF format.
As such, it is a Web utility.

Animated GIF enables Web Browsers like Netscape 2.0 to
present animating of moving pictures in Web pages without
plug-ins.

The demo is fully functional. The only thing different
>From the personalized version is that a message "Produced
by a demo" is displayed in the GIF.

The about text:

Smart Dubbing=81 is a software utility which enables small videoclips to
be played on a web page as they download. Smart Dubbing uses existing
animated GIF-technology to show inline movies.

Most important: this technique doesn't need special server software,
cgi-scripts, Hot Java, Macromedia plug-ins, helper applications and all
the stuff which makes it so complicated to put movement on a web page.
The software actually takes a QuickTime movie and compresses it into a
single GIF-file that can be recognised by Netscape 2.0.

Smart Dubbing's Home Page:



Smart Dubbing requires System 7 and QuickTime 2.0.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/smart-dubbing.hqx; 139K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:51 -0800
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] SndSampler 2.7

SndSampler is a professional-quality sound recording and editing
application for the Mac. Its features are too many to list here in their
entirety, but following are a few to whet your appetite: 8 and 16-bit
sound, mono and stereo, sample rates up to 65 kHz, echo, two types of
reverb, chorus, flange, pitch bend, resampling, aiff support, can open
QuickTime movie soundtracks, can read audio directly off a CD, can import
.wav files, can extract 'snd ' resources from any file, can save 'snd '
resources to any file, direct-to-disk recording, can fix corrupted 'snd '
resources, and many more. Download today! Shareware fee of $12 registers
you for all versions 2.x.

****************

SndSampler may be included on the info-mac CD.

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/snd-sampler-27.hqx; 364K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:04:30 -0600 (CST)
From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-"
Subject: 6100s, DOS cards, and 7.5.3

Folks,

Here it is, straight from Apple. If you use the DOS card on a PowerMac
6100 and have just installed 7.5.3, you'll discover your Windows (sic) CD
ROM disks are unaccessible.

I fought this problem for nearly a day in our lab. I called Apple four
times, and after about mid-afternoon, I found an Apple phone techie who
knew how to navigate and do some research for me. After several minutes
on hold, he returned and told me to trash the NEW 7.5.3 version of the CD
ROM driver (whatever version number that is) and replace it with the
previous version, 5.0.4.

He stayed on the phone with me until I restored 5.0.4 and appeared just
as happy as I was that the Windows (sic) disks were now recognizable.
Apparently, this is a new discovery.

I'm disturbed that something like this was not discovered during testing,
but at least the DOS card and 7.5.3 are working.

--Larry

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:18:56 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: 7.5.2 Update Comments

> The 7.5.2 update can install a new copy of MacTCP 2.0.6 on some systems.
> It did this on my Performa 635. Please save all of your ip settings
> before running this package.

Let's clear up a bit the confusion produced by the diseased mind at
Apple who chose the current version numbering scheme:

System 7.5 = System 7.5

System 7.5.1 = System 7.5 + System Update 1.0

System 7.5.2 = System 7.5.2

System 7.5.3 = System 7.5 (or 7.5.1 or 7.5.2) + System Update 2.0

1. System 7.5.2 is essentially System 7.5.1 re-engineered to support PCI
Macs. There is no upgrade path from 7.5 or 7.5.1 to 7.5.2; non-PCI Macs
(excepting some PowerBooks) cannot use 7.5.2; PCI Macs cannot boot off
7.5 or 7.5.1.

2. System Update 2.0 is known at Apple also as System Update 5.0 (the
first three are the updates for system 7.1).

> I was one of the lucky individuals who downloaded the update files From
> Netscape's ftp server. All of those files arrived with strange or
> missing Type and Creator information.

That's because they had not been stored on the Netscape site in
MacBinary, I think.

--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:48:42 +0500
From: [email protected] (Douglas N. West)
Subject: [A] Deleting files by single keypress and Finder not showing full
filenames

>Though I am not a Mac addict (I feel perfectly at ease with "IBM compatibles"
>and DOS/Windows), I certainly appreciate MacOS' GUI, but I have a couple of
>questions about the Finder:
>
>1) Wouldn't it be much easier to be able to DELETE any file by simply pressing
> a key? (eg ). Does anybody know of an extension, init, patch, add-on,
> that can achieve this? (of course, leaving me the chance of backstepping in
> case I press accidentally...)

This is an UNimplemented feature of System 7.5.3. There is an extension
called "Finder Extension Enabler" that should be in the 'gui' directory
that will allow you to enable this feature.

>2) I HATE not being able to see the complete name of files unless I press
> -I. Since files can have names up to 32 characters (or 31?), why
> isn't the finder showing me the *whole* name? I firmly WANT that! Again,
> anybody out there has anything at hand to force the Finder into showing
> file names in full?

This is an implemented feature of System 7.5.3. When you can finally get
the upgrade, enjoy seeing your full filenames.

Doug
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:39:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Andrew and/or Myrna Heil
Subject: [A] Where to find info about MS ClipArt Gallery problems

In IMD v14 #65, Lyman Green ([email protected]) asked about MS
ClipArt Gallery objects showing up as blank boxes inside PowerPoint
presentations. He may find the answer in Microsoft's Knowlege Base; they
list several bugs, fixes, and patches available on this specific topic.
He should point his browser to:

http://www.microsoft.com/kb

...then choose PowerPoint as the product, and enter the search terms
"macintosh clipart gallery".

Hope this helps,
Andrew

P.S. If Apple's server seems inaccessible during business hours, try
getting up at 3 or 4 AM and downloading System Update 7.5.2. Hey folks,
at least they're making it available for free!

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:19:53 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [C] First impressions on 7.5.3

> - translucent dragging doesn't seem to work; when I drag an icon, I
> still get only its outline.

According to the read me files, translucent dragging works only on PowerMacs.

--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:25:02 -0500
From: [email protected] (Marty Lindower)
Subject: [Q] How fast is a Performa 6300?

Hi everyone-

I haven't seen it included in any benchmark tests, and I'd like to=
recommend a Performa 6300 to a friend. How fast is a 6300 compared with,=
say, a PM 7500/100 or a PM 7200/90? Will it run SoftWindoze at an=
'acceptable' speed? (I consider SW2.0 on my PM7500 to be acceptable, for co=
mparison)

Would anyone out there recommend a different machine for a roughly=
equivalent price? My friend is a tech-bozo, has never even sat down in=
front of a Mac, and has no software (so the bundled sw, CD's and modem's=
important). Mainly he wants it for general home use; not likely to need=
much in the way of expansion slots. Should we just wait for a speed-bumped=
PM 7200/120?

TIA,
Marty Lindower
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:50:41 -0500
From: [email protected] (Marty Lindower)
Subject: [Q] Netscape -> Resource fork errors?

Hi everyone-

Every time I run Netscape (this happened with v1.1 and still occurs with 2.0)
on
my PowerBook 160 10/320, Norton Utilities later finds this error:

Scan Catalog
An error was found in a file record in the catalog b-tree.
The resource fork for the file, "Netscape Preferences", has an incorrect
physical length. (node 1044, record 2) (5,6,16)
Node #1044, Record Offset 2
The leaf file record was fixed.

The error gets fixed and stays that way until the next time I run Netscape. I
get no other disk errors at all.

Does anyone know what causes this, and is there a cure?

TIA,
Marty Lindower
[email protected]
http://www.pcnet.com/~martyl/

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:23:48 CST
From: Michael Cook
Subject: [SUMMARY] Performa won't boot - another battery problem; worse???

Thanks to the following for replying to my question about my Performa
and a possible dead battery:

"Beth C. Gladen"
"John D. Zahari"
"Ray Swartz"
"Scott L. Horton"
"Ying Wang\\"
Bill Campbell
[email protected]
Jon Page
Michael Blasco
[email protected] (Ong Cheow Seng)
[email protected] (F. Neumann)
[email protected] (John S. Reynolds)

The core of my original question:

> 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.

Many folks suggested getting a new battery, since there seems to be a
rash of Performas and similar models having dead batteries at this
point in their life.

There isn't a large Mac dealer here, so I ordered a battery from a
local radio supply dealer. The day before I went in, someone else had
ordered the very same battery!

Anyway, after a few days I got the battery, installed it, and turned
on the Mac. I heard the same clicking of the hard-drive, then
silence, and I thought the worst, but then the startup screen popped
up on the monitor, and things were great. The battery was only about
$9 (U.S.).

A further question: In addition to resetting the date/time, I had
other control panel settings to change (32-bit addressing, choosing
printer, etc.). I don't remember all my previous settings. Are there
any in particular to check? Should I use TechTool to save my PRAM
settings for future reference?

Thanks again,

Michael Cook
[email protected]
These are not the opinions of my employer.

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More battery info:

From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)

I'd bet it's the battery. The battery is part no. 742-0011. You can get
it from any Apple authorized service centre (it's about $10), probably
in other places as well.

It appears that many LC475 (= Performa 475 = Quadra 605) were shipped
by Apple with poor quality lithium batteries. Consequently those
batteries, which should last for 4-5 years, are expiring after
less than 2 years. The lithium battery powers the parameter RAM
(PRAM), and its failure on an LC 475 will cause all sorts of strange
symptoms, among which "dead" video, hard disk problems, etc (some of
them were reported on info-mac, see the "Solutions for dead video in
Performa 475" thread in the January 1996 issues). Many dishonest
and/or poorly informed technicians will tell you variously that you
need to replace the video board/chip, that the hard drive is suffering
>From stiction and needs to be replaced, etc.

If you have serious problems with your LC 475, by all means get a
professional opinion. But before spending big bucks, make sure the
problem isn't a failing battery.

You can try zapping the PRAM upon restarting (press the CMD-OPT-P-R
keys during restart); if the problem goes away but comes back upon
subsequent restarts this might indicate there's battery problem, but
it won't work in all circumstances. The best test is to replace the
battery. It's part number 742-0011, it costs about US$10, and you can
purchase it from any authorized Apple service provider. (It looks like
an AA battery used in walkman tape players, but the AA is twice as
long.) To replace it simply open the LC chassis (the lid is held in
place by a screw at the back and by two clips), pop out gently the
old battery from its socket on the motherboard, and pop in the new
one. Make sure to take the usual precautions (ground yourself and the
Mac, and don't touch any parts on the motherboard, particularly any
chips); also make sure you match the polarity.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 11:10:35 EST
From: Peter Shell
Subject: ARA question

I'm having a problem using ARA (Apple Remote Access). I bought the
ARA Client 2.0.1 for Mac from the computer store. I have a PowerMac
7100/66 running System 7.5.1. I have MacTCP version 2.0.6, Network v.
3.0.2, and AppleShare 3.5 all installed. I have a Supra 14.4 fax-modem
with which I'm able to use telnet and Netscape etc.

I'm able to log on using ARA Client and connect. In the Chooser I can
see CMU's Mac zones and can select one and see the different Macs in the
zone. However, when I try to mount one, it says there was a problem
calling an AppleShare routine, there is a problem with an AppleShare
driver - re-install AppleShare. Do I need another driver? I should
mention that I also have NetWare UAM v. 3.00 in my AppleShare folder.

Thanks,

--Pete



([email protected])


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WWW: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pshell

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:00:06 -0600
From: Ken Fox
Subject: At Ease with System 7.5.3 (Update 2.0)

I recently installed the System 7.5 Update 2.0 on a Mac IIcx that had At
Ease 2.0 on it. It now refuses to boot with At Ease installed. I
upgraded to At Ease 3.0 and it still hangs! Is there an incompatibility
with 7.5.3?, and what is the definitive version of At Ease since I see
reference to at least 3 of them.

Regards,
Ken Fox
[email protected]

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 03:50:17 -0500
From: [email protected] (Carol Conti-Entin)
Subject: base64 encoding: how decode?

Recently a new eWorld user has sent me two messages that included some
non-ASCII text encoded using something called base64. BinHex can't make
heads or tails of it, nor have I been able to locate a base64 decoder
using the primitive software-acquiring methods available to me. (I can
obtain software from Info-Mac mirrors and UM via e-mail but don't have
web or ftp access.) I've recently learned that eWorld will be defunct
shortly, and the user who sent me the files knows nothing about decoding.
Can anyone help me obtain the necessary decoder? I reproduce below the
headers of the second decoded message with some [comments]. Thanks much!

--PART.BOUNDARY.0.19190.hp1.online.apple.com.825548181-ad [other msg. had
Content-ID: different #s]
Content-type: application/applefile;
name="Archive.sit"; [my friend's internal file name]
X-Mac-Creator="53495421"; [the other msg. had a different #]
X-Mac-Type="53495444" [the other msg. had a different #]
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
[several encoded lines here]
--PART.BOUNDARY.0.19190.hp1.online.apple.com.825548181-ad
Content-ID:
Content-type: application/octet-stream;
name="Archive.sit";
X-Mac-Creator="53495421";
X-Mac-Type="53495444"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
[many encoded lines here]

--
Carol Conti-Entin Internet: [email protected] N.E. Ohio, USA

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 07:00:59 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: CH Flightstick Pro and Marathon #1

Can someone please help me with step by step instructions (something that
even I can understand) in configuring the Flightstick pro for the first
Marathon. The CH manual is like reading a different language to me! I
realize that the rest of the world is probably not waiting anxiously for
this info, but it would sure help me. Thanks, John Popowitz

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:54:36 -0800
From: [email protected] (slider)
Subject: Clobbered BTress ANSWER

Thanks to everybody for their encouragement and thoughtful responses. The
gist of the answer to *why does my Powerwave generate such a high rate of
disc corruption errors* appears to be:
The machine came with a Quantum Fireball internal hard drive, which ships
>From Power with its disc write cache enabled. At shutdown, the machine
flushes the MacOS caches and cuts power before the hard drive can flush the
drive disc cache, leaving said drive corrupt, or at least confused.
The interim solution was to disable the disc write cache with FWB Hard Disc
Toolkit. This was not wholly successful, as a speed hit resulted, but the
BTree errors went away.
I also sought help from PowerComputing, but after a couple of weeks of
non-response, their tech told me via email that I was powering up the CPU
with the external drive off, which, with my particular configuration, can't
happen.
Next, Guy Kawasaki wrote that Apple and APS were looking into the problem,
so I called APS. Fortunately, I had purchased an external drive form them a
couple of years ago, and to my surprise, I must have filled out a warranty
card. A nice APS lady says they have updated APS PowerTools with a patch
that gives the ingternal drive time to flush its cache at shutdown, without
requiring that the disc write cache be disabled. She's sending the upgrade
to me and I should get it by the end of the week. (She's in Kansas City and
I'm in California). I will have to reformat to change from FWB to APS
drivers, but to be freee of the dreaded BTree corruption will be worth it.
If it works.
Again, thanks to all who helped.

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:42:03 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mike Alexander)
Subject: Database of Info-Mac messages

For several years I have been maintaining a database of the messages on the
Info-Mac list for people at the University of Michigan. It is more or less
complete back to Volume 3 Issue 50 in October 85 and contains 86234
individual messages occupying over 100 megabytes at the moment. The
machine it is stored on is scheduled to be shut down this summer and I will
no longer have any place to keep it. If anyone is interested in having
this, I would be glad to give it to them. Unfortunately it is in the form
of a Spires database and I doubt if many people will be able to cope with
such a thing. Let me know if you're interested.

Here's a sample message from 10 years ago today, when the MacPlus and
AppleTalk were new and people were just trying to figure out what AppleTalk
was good for. Mr. Teague was right, this string is still in the system
file today and is the owner's name from the Sharing Setup control panel.

Msg-Date: Thur. March 20, 1986 (Record 1371)
From: Calvin Teague
Subject: AppleTalk node name routine

Following Walter Smith's suggestion, I found the AppleTalk node name as a
string resource in the system. It turns out that it belongs to .MPP rather
than to Chooser, so it may be intended for more general use than just
printer status messages. The following routine (written for Megamax C)
returns the node name in a user-supplied text buffer. It works under System
3.1.1 and Finder 5.2. I haven't tried it under earlier versions yet, but
the name should be returned as an empty string if the handle comes back zero.

Calvin Teague

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