Info-Mac Digest V14 #68
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 21 Mar 96 Volume 14 : Issue 68
Today's Topics:
28.8k modems for 540c
6100s, DOS cards, and 7.5.3
[A] base64 encoding: how decode?
[A] How fast is a Performa 6300?
[Q] Hacking Easy Open
Coincidence?
Connecting a PPC 6100 to Win Lantastic 6.0 network
Deleting Files and Finder Names
DO NOT BUY MEGAHERTZ PC MODEM FOR MAC!!
GV-faxsoftware v2.5.3 & M$ Word 5.1a
How to Stop Netscape's BLINK
HP background printing
HTML code
info-mac wais database off the air for up to a month
Installing Office 4.2.1
Mathematica - macPPP Conflict?
MO Drive for PB5300 - Not a Myth!
Multiple monitors on Performas
National suffixes
OpenTransport 1.1 & ISDN--Annoying AppleTalk Alerts
Replacing a damaged "Oregon Trail" floppy
Stufft Browser ? (2 msgs)
Sys 7.5.3 (One more C)
System 7.5.3 Startup Disk Quirks
TrueType font embedding in Acrobat
Win '95 on DOS compatibility card
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:05:26 -0800
From: [email protected] (Simon Avery)
Subject: 28.8k modems for 540c
I've got a friend with a powerbook 540c who wants to get a 28.8k
internal modem. He's been told that they're not available. Does anyone
know any differently? What about modem PCMICA cards? Thanks!
Simon Avery [email protected] http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~avery
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 20:37:29 -0500
From: R Shapiro
Subject: 6100s, DOS cards, and 7.5.3
>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.
It's been known for months that version 5.1.2 of the cd-rom software
conflicts withe DOS compatibility software; it's even in Apple's own Tech
Info Library (TIL) notes. It's also come up dozens of times on the
comp.sys.mac.* groups. The only thing that's new is that this version of
cd-rom software is loaded with 7.5.3's Easy Install, which was probably a
bad idea for Macs with a DOS card (warnings about this were also posted
to the Net, btw).
DOS card users should definitely take a close look at the relevant
articles in the TIL; if you search for "DOS Compatibility" you should get
most of them:
rs/[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 04:17:17 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [A] 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.
The message is encoded in MIME. If your email package doesn't handle
MIME attachments transparently (it should) download the messages as text
to your Mac and use Chris Newman's Macintosh port of Mpack 1.5
to decode them.
Hope this helps, Florin
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:28:04 +0100
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: [A] How fast is a Performa 6300?
How fast is fast ? A 6300 is slower than a 7500 but it performs reasonably
*if* you can upgrade to native mode software *and* you use Speed Doubler.
What I have found disappointing is that the previous line of Performas (the
630, for example) were just as fast or faster using 68xxx based software,
for me the 6200 and 6300 aren't real improvements but at least you can
boast that you have a Power PC on your desktop. Big deal.
As for Soft Windows, it works, but for me it is r-e-a-l s-l-o-w. The
Windows benchmark software I ran rated it as a 6MHz 80486 (interesting as
Intel never made a 386 chip that slow, but that's technological progress
for you). Maybe I haven't set up my machine in an optimal fashion. However,
the Compaq 486 that I also use (80486SX at 33 MHz) flies by comparison.
If the price for a replacement motherboard for a Quadra 650 had been lower,
I would have repaired my old machine and would not have bought a Performa.
As it is, for the price I would have paid for the repair, I have gained a
CD-ROM and roughly equivalent performance so I'm not unhappy.
Hey Apple, when do we get the Pentium Pro killer for $2000 ????
Dr. John Williams
INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre de Recherches de Tours, 37380
Nouzilly, France
Tel (33) 47 42 78 47 Fax/telecopie (33) 47 42 77 78
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:16:46 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [Q] Hacking Easy Open
I've never been a fan of Macintosh Easy Open (cumbersome and awkward, IMHO); I
prefered instead to hack the fmap id=17010 resource in Finder. But I've had to
use it lately, and I find it crankier than ever. For instance, when I
double-click a stuffed archive it gives me a choice of StuffIt Expander and
Microsoft Word ! I've deleted the prefs, rebuild desktop, but nothing works.
Could anyone give me a few tips on how to hack Easy Open to produce better
results?
TIA, Florin
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 18:57:19 EST
From: Josephine Colmenares
Subject: Coincidence?
On five different occasions (from 2 different Macs and one Gateway PC)
I ran Netscape. I had the browser access www.microsoft.com. Whenever I
tried to access *any* option on the pagee, Netscape crashed. I found this
rather amusing because at the lower left-hand corner of the Microsoft
Home Page, there's a little blurb: "Having trouble with your browser.
Download Microsofts's free browser." In addition, I couldn't help
thinking of the NYT article a while back in which it was alleged that
the installation of Windows 95 sabotaged existing network software.
Hmmm. Perhaps this is a new attempt at sabotage.
Josephine Colmenares
Columbia University
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:54:54 GMT
From: [email protected] (Jan Pallas)
Subject: Connecting a PPC 6100 to Win Lantastic 6.0 network
I don't know if it isappropriate to post this question here but
please, no flames, just let me know where to post the question.
We recently acquired a PPC 6100, much to my delight. It has a
LaserMaster Unity 1000 printer connected to it. We would like to be
able to have our Win Lantastic PC's be able to use the printer. Does
anyone know how to connect the PPC to the Lantastic network?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, if not could someone point me
in the right direction for my inquiry. Please respond to me via e-mail
at .
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:30:17 +0900
From: [email protected] (Eric Hamilton)
Subject: Deleting Files and Finder Names
Here are a few ideas:
>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...)
Install Finder Secrets Enabler. It will give you command-delete deleting
functions, plus a few other things.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/finder-extension-enabler-11.hqx; 18K]
>
>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?
Two choices: Either view your files in small icon view or icon view, then
you will see all the names clearly. If this is not an option (i.e. you want
size info as well, etc.) then try a shareware extension that allows you to
modify the view parameters.
Good luck, Eric
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 07:15:05 -0500
From: Richard Clemens
Subject: DO NOT BUY MEGAHERTZ PC MODEM FOR MAC!!
>I have been the miserable owner of a 28.8 Megahertz CruiseCard since a
>few months ago. ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD ONE BUY THIS MODEM! I have had
>great difficulty faxing with it, and NO SUPPORT at all has been
>forthcoming from Megahertz.
Sorry! I too bought such a modem, had a problem, contacted tech support
by email, got a very prompt response, and a new modem to replace the
defective hardware. Everything is fine, I like the modem and would buy
Megahertz again!
--
Richard Clemens, Academic Computing West Virginia Wesleyan College
[email protected] Buckhannon, WV 26201 (304)473-8480
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:52:15 -0400
From: [email protected] (Mustafa Ziyalan)
Subject: GV-faxsoftware v2.5.3 & M$ Word 5.1a
>I found a problem with M$ Word and GV fax-software (v2.5.3) that I wasnt
>able to solve with the GV-techsupport team. The fax-shortcut doesn't work.
>Holding down the option-key when selecting the Print-command from the
>file-menu should change the name 'Print...' in 'Fax...' thereby preventing
>to open the chooser. However, this doesn't work.
My setup with MS Word 5.1a and GV fax software is working fine.
First check whether the fax shortcut is working in other textediting/
wordprocessing software. If it is, trash the word preferences file and
retry. If it isn't, you can check whether you accidentally suspended a fax,
reinstall your GV software, turn background printing off and retry.
I hope this helps...
Mustafa Ziyalan
[email protected]
http://maxwell.njit.edu/merhaba/dir/mziyalan/
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 19:36:28 -0500
From: [email protected] (Wayne C. Morris)
Subject: How to Stop Netscape's BLINK
After encountering that much-despised BLINK tag on one web page too many, I=
finally spent a little effort to permanently disable it in my copy of=
Netscape. Here's how to do it, using ResEdit:
Save an original unmodified copy of Netscape somewhere, in case of emergency=
.
Use ResEdit to edit a copy of Netscape.
Open the DATA resource, ID=3D0.
Search for the ascii strings "blink" and "BLINK", and change them to=
something else that is unlikely to occur as an HTML tag; I changed them to=
"blunk" and "BLUNK". (Different versions of Netscape may have it in upper=
and/or lowercase, and may have one or more occurances.)
Save the changes and quit.
Now when you use the modified version of Netscape, it won't recognize the=
tags and will simply ignore them.
I also found that I could disable Java the same way. (I haven't yet tried=
getting the new version which supposedly has a "disable Java" option.) =
However, I can't be entirely sure that my mods will completely disable=
_all_ Java scripts -- maybe there are other important Java-related tags or=
strings that I don't know about. In any case, what I did was to change all=
occurances of the following strings in the DATA ID=3D0 resource:
"JavaScript" to "LavaScript"
"SCRIPT" to "SCRYPT"
"onload" to "anload"
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:22 -0500 (EST)
From: "Waters, C. Tony"
Subject: HP background printing
Christophe Thevignot wrote..
>> I have been told that HP Background printing is not very stable.
and Erlend Braaten wrote...
>>I've got a problem with my HP850C...I waited for 5-10 minutes
>>and still nothing happend.
My new 850C on a 6100/60AV with 8M (+ Ram Doubler) seems to cause more hangs
than I was getting before. Background printing can also be extremely slow
(especially with color of course) so much so that I wasn't sure it was doing
anything.
Except for simple jobs I now always print in the foreground...something to
try. Also
I wonder if maybe more RAM would make this thing work better.
Print quality is mostly consistently good although not 100% of the time.
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:30:29 +0900
From: [email protected] (Eric Hamilton)
Subject: HTML code
>I have not been able to get my web page to add a image map could somebody
>please post the exact html I need to have a clickable image map read on
>Netscape 2.0? Also does anybody know of an HTML writer that works with
>frames?
If you have already made your map, then you need to ask your ISP. The cgi
you need should be on their server. I don't know about using someone else's
cgi.
If you are making your map, then use WebMap, available on Info-Mac.
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:48:54 +1100
From: [email protected] (Tim Tuck)
Subject: info-mac wais database off the air for up to a month
Hi all,
I noted Harry's database going down so I thought I had better bring you up
to date on my database and associated URL's
To access the main search page use the URL of:
The archives at this location are listed below:
The EvangeList
Infomac Digests
The Tidbits E-zine
The Mac*Chat E-zine
Apple Internet Providers Digests
WEBstar 'talk' & 'dev' lists
Apple Internet Announce
Apple Directions Express
Firewalls Digests
Bug Traq Digests
WAIS client - access instructions
If you wish to use a WAIS client to access this service, the sources are as
follows:
Source ID Source Description
macway The EvangeList archives
infomac Infomac Digests
tidbits The TidBITS Ezine
machttp Machttp aka WEBstar 'talk' & 'dev' lists
macchat The Mac*Chat Ezine
apple-net-providers Apple Internet Providers List digest
aia Apple Internet Announce
appledir Apple Directions Express
firewalls Firewalls Mailing list digests
bugtraq Old Bugtraq digests - not up to date
The server is wais.sensei.com.au and use the standard WAIS port of 210.
The URL's mentioned in Harry's post still work, they just bring you in on a
different level of the server.
regards
Tim
[email protected]
http://wais.sensei.com.au/
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:40:05 +0100
From: [email protected] (Keijiro Ikebe) (by way of
[email protected] (Andre' C. van der Ham))
Subject: Installing Office 4.2.1
Help!! My mac freezes everytime I try to install Microsoft Office 4.2.1.
It freezes even when I disable all the extensions (except for the ones for
my CD-ROM drive). Can anyone help me?
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 07:19:51 +0100
From: [email protected] (Fabiano Petrone)
Subject: Mathematica - macPPP Conflict?
In my Macintosh LC630 I've MATHEMATICA 2.0 (kernel + front-end, separated
BUT IN THE SAME MACHINE) and MACPPP 2.2.0. The problem is the following:
1. when I launch mathematica double-clicking on the front-end, this
operation launch also MacPPP: so if the modem is off, MATHEMATICA can't be
opened.
2.Ok, I can quit MACPPP as soon as it's launched by the MATHEMATICA front
end: but after doing that I've seen that MACPPP is launched a second time
by the MATHEMATICA kernel!
So, if I want to work with Mathematica, I must stop MACPPP two-times-two,
and it's annoying!
The strange thing is that I've not such trouble if I make a network
connection before using mathematica: i.e. if I check my mail with eudora
and then I PUT THE MODEM OFF and I QUIT MACPPP, I can start mathematica
without any of the problems mentioned above!!
Great Thanks to Everybody will help me in resolution of this problem
Fabiano
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:30:47 +0900
From: [email protected] (Eric Hamilton)
Subject: MO Drive for PB5300 - Not a Myth!
>I am trying to get hold of an internal MO drive for my PB5300. In the Apple
>promotion for the PB they claim that they are available. I called several
>dealers and they couldn't help me, I call Apple and they know nothing about
>them, I call Fujitsu, and they say they will not be available for 6 months,
>and I call Sony, and they haven't heard of them. Are they available in the
>UK??? I will be in San Francisco in a couple of weeks, if anyone knows of a
>dealer where I can get hold of one please let me know.
I'm sorry that you can't get them in the UK, but they are not a myth. Here
in Japan they are available and I could have bought one at MacWorld last
month. Fujitsu had one, along with one other company (if memory serves me
right). They were listed on Apple's recommended hardware list they had at
the show.
FWIW, they also had a PC Card ISDN TA called LinkBoy. Cool!
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:45:02 -0800
From: [email protected] (Paul Mullen)
Subject: Multiple monitors on Performas
I'm a computer salesman at a large electronics retailer and am
interested in showing off the Macs we have as best I can. Do the Performa
series Macs have any multiple-monitor capabilities? (We carry the Perf.
6300, 6200, and 6116.) I have seen the way the Macs can create an extended
desktop (_way_ cool!) and would like to be able to show customers this. We
do have several monitors connected to one PC laptop, all showing the same
image, of course. (BTW, we also carry the PowerBook 5300cs.)
Thanks for any help!
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:27:00 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: National suffixes
I am intrigued by all the out-of-USA messages on Info-mac. Is there a file
anywhere of all those puzzling suffixes which attach to such messages?
Reply via email.
Bill Ingraham
Florida,us
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 01:54:11 -0800
From: [email protected] (Doug Bell)
Subject: OpenTransport 1.1 & ISDN--Annoying AppleTalk Alerts
(Sorry if this doesn't seem appropriate for this newsgroup.)
This will be of interest to anyone using ISDN and OpenTransport 1.1 who is
getting the following two alerts from AppleTalk:
"Access to your AppleTalk network has been interrupted. When the network
becomes available again, a message on your screen will notify you."
"Your AppleTalk network is now available."
This is a new "feature" of OpenTransport. Here is what Apple has to say
on this issue:
-----------------------
"The messages which you are getting are typical when access to an internet
becomes available/lost. Given that the remote site has implemented an internet
router, it's the loss/connection to the router that is causing the messages
that you're seeing. The same messages would occur if you were to use the
latest release of the "classic" AppleTalk, on a system which could support it.
This is considered a feature of both Open Transport AppleTalk and of Classic
AppleTalk. I can well understand why this would be an irritant for you,
unfortunately, I'm not aware of a way to disable this feature other than
leaving the connection active. I will propose a suggestion to the
AppleTalk team for them to implement a mechanism by which these alerts can
be turned off.
... [communications deleted] ...
Regarding this matter, I would really like to provide you with a simple answer,
but that's not within my powers at this point. I can well understand that the
use of ISDN is only going to increase and that for me, you are the first to
raise this important issue. [...names deleted to protect the guilty...]
I can understand that this is an Apple issue, however, until your EMail, I've
never seen this alert as having been a problem. Open Transport 1.1 has been
available for active development use since September. For all of the
developers whom I've supported, you are the first to raise this issue.
The alert which is affecting you was purposely implemented to warn users of
changes to their network status. This occurs whenever the Router Table
Maintenance Protocol (RTMP) stub listener times out. This is a standard part
of the AppleTalk protocol. We have received user complaints that there should
be a warning mechanism to alert users to changes in network status, and so this
feature, which is affecting you, was implemented."
-----------------------
Apple is apparently trying to determine if this bothers enough people to
warrant a fix before the next release of OpenTransport, and if so, how
long they can put it off.
I get more than a dozen alerts an hour, and it's really making it hard to
use my machine. I have a PCI Mac 7500, so I have no choice but to use
OpenTransport. If this problem is affecting you, I'm sure Richard Ford,
the Product Manager for Open Transport, would love to hear from you. He
can be reached at [email protected].
Also, please send me a message if you are affected by this. I am
compiling a list of people who are experiencing this problem. If you send
me your email address, I will notify you as soon as there is a fix for
this.
Doug Bell
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:05:53 -0600
From: [email protected] (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Replacing a damaged "Oregon Trail" floppy
I have a client that needs to repair a damaged disk which is part of the
software package "The Oregon Trail". If anyone has the program and could
send me a disk image of floppy #1 only I would appreciate it very much (as
would a certain 8-year-old).
The disk info from the label is
Disk 1 HMC 206--Macintosh--Version 1.1--MECC
Clark R. Wilkins * President, J.D.I. Solutions, Inc.
713-974-2434 (f) 713-974-5248
Providing computer solutions for small businesses since last Tuesday...
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 22:51:06 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Stufft Browser ?
>I use Stuffit to archive all my software. I find it handy and I've neve had
>any problems with it. Now I am looking for aa utility or extension that
>will allow me to get into the archives quicker. I don't want to unstuff
>everything or open StuffIt every time I just want to have a quick peak.
You want to look at Greg's Browser. Aside from its other fine qualities
as a general file manager, when the StuffIt Engine is installed (it comes
with DropStuff) you can not only peek inside of StuffIt archives, but
extract one or more files by simply dragging them out to another
location. It helps me to reduce clutter by stashing all of my disabled
extensions, e.g., in one .sit archive, and dragging one out if I
occasionally need it.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected])
Creative Services, St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
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Date: 21 Mar 96 05:37:59 GMT
From: [email protected] (David K Dean)
Subject: Stufft Browser ?
In digest [email protected]
writes:
>I use Stuffit to archive all my software. I find it handy and I've neve had
>any problems with it. Now I am looking for a utility or extension that
>will allow me to get into the archives quicker. I don't want to unstuff
>everything or open StuffIt every time I just want to have a quick peak.
>Now I've heard something about an INIT called StuffIt Browser, but hav
>ebeen unable to find it in the usual places. Can someone help, send it to
>me, or suggest an alternative ?
The only place that I've heard about a Stuffit Browser is in ads
for Stuffit Deluxe 4.0. It's supposed to have True Finder Integration
(TIF) where you can just double click on Stuffit archives and the they
will "open" like folders so you can see what's inside them. So far the
only place I've seen Stuffit Deluxe 4.0advertised is in MacMall (Volume
60s) and MacWAREHOUSE (Volume 53). I just sent Aladdin a note asking if
this is indeed coming out soon. I've seen it advertised in one of the
mail order catalogs before only to find out it was a mistake.
I'll let you know what I hear back from Aladdin. BTW, the
upgrade from Stuffit Deluze 3.5 is supposed to be $39.95.
Dave
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:02:08 -0600
From: Pete Resnick
Subject: Sys 7.5.3 (One more C)
On 3/19/96 at 3:56 PM, Allan M. Bloom wrote:
>It has been a heckuva day.
I'm sorry to hear about your personal problems.
>And I also got a grin
>out of the guy who asked if I had bothered to read the README files that
>accompanied the update. As one of my masters said, "Al isn't any smarter
>than the rest of us. He just reads the manuals."
Obviously they don't know you very well. As Gordon noted, clearly you
didn't RTFM, which is why you screwed up your network installation.
>No, 7.5.3(U) isn't a system. It's the kitchen sink. And it is not for
>anyone on a budget.
No, as they said, it's for those people who want a bootable system on any
machine, and no, most people won't need it. Yes, it's got all the fixin's,
but noone asked you to install it. It is a god-send for some folks.
>Again, thanks to those super loyalists who didn't approve of my negative
>comments of the other day. I needed those chuckles today.
You may discover from past comments that "super loyalist" is not exactly an
apt title for me. I have no objection to negative comments. I only object
to persons spreading false information in public forums such as this.
Please make sure your facts are accurate *before* you send your comments to
so many people.
And, please, wait for a happier less stressful day to try out new software.
I sincerely hope things at home work themselves out.
pr
--
Pete Resnick
QUALCOMM Incorporated
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:12:24 -0500
From: [email protected] (nils dahl)
Subject: System 7.5.3 Startup Disk Quirks
Folks,
After I upgraded my Performa 635 to System 7.5.3 (via the system
7.5 Upgrade 2 package), the startup disk control panel began to behave just
a bit unusually.
I have an external SCSI drive that is partitioned into 6 volumes.
The product is a LaCie Tsunami 1080 megabyte model with Silverlining 5.6.3
as the installed driver. Under System 7.5, I could copy a System folder to
any volume on that external drive, set the startup disk control panel to
the volume containing the copied System, restart, and everything worked
just fine. Opening the startup disk control panel, I would find that only
the boot volume was highlighted as the startup volume.
Under system 7.5.3, this procedure still works, but after a
restart, I open the startup disk control panel and find that ALL of the
volumes on the external drive are highlighted as startup disks. It would
seem that System 7.5.3's startup disk panel considers an entire physical
device as the boot device instead of localizing the startup to one specific
volume on that device - for non-Apple devices only.
When I upgraded to System 7.5.3, I also used the new Drive Setup
program (version 1.0.4) that comes with System 7.5 update 2 to reformat and
partition the internal IDE hard drive and to set up two volumes on it. The
new IDE driver was added at this time also. Startup Disk control panel
consistently highlights the specific volume (of the two exiting volumes) on
the internal hard drive as the boot drive. The system can be restarted
without problems, even though the startup disk control panel shows all 6
volumes of the external hard drive selected as the startup disk.
This could be a minor bug in the Silverlining 5.6.3 driver or in
the interaction between System 7.5.3 and Silverlining 5.6.3. It might also
be a minor bug in the new Startup Disk control panel - which bears a
version number of 7.5.2 and is identified as coming from System 7.5 update
2.
I have saved the PRAM information files that Techtool 1.0.9
creates, one for each startup disk choice. The PRAM contents differ
considerably, depending on the chosen startup volume, but I have no clue
about just what the contents mean.
Has anyone else seen this particular situation? Is it causing any
problems with anyone's system?
For everyone's information, moving up to System 7.5.3 has cured
many problems on a friend's 6100 PPC system. He reports that Deck 2.5, a
special digital audio recording and production package, now boots and runs
without problems.
Thanks for all the help in the past. I hope that my situation is a
random one, caused by some obscure installation irregularity and not a
widespread occurance.
Please try the new Color control panel. Having text highlighted by
a background color change is a real pleasure. Watching a flash of color as
one 'clicks' a toolbar button of Netscape Navigator is a nice touch also.
The window color outline feature is 'interesting' but nowhere near as much
of an improvement.
Now if it is possible to have the Infomac digest emailed direct,
please add the method of subscribing to the digest instruction section. I
lost an email (and lots of other things) telling how to do this. The
information file for the digest is dated 1990 and only mentions
distribution to bbs services.
Many thanks.
Nils Dahl, Hartford, Connecticut
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:45:52 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: TrueType font embedding in Acrobat
Does anyone have any experience of embedding TrueType fonts (*as* TrueType)
in Acrobat files using PDF Writer (version 2.0, part of the 2.1 release of
Acrobat Pro)?
I am creating an online book and am finding that I can't embed the standard
text font, Monotype Plantin ESQ ("Enhanced Screen Quality"). All the other
Plantin fonts - Bold Italic, Expert, whatever - embed correctly, but not
the basic text font. I'm getting the same problem with the freeware Zed
math symbol font. It happens in FrameMaker, Word 5.1 and Nisus, so I don't
think it's the application's fault.
Thanks in advance for any info or advice,
Graeme Forbes
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 20:42:09 -0500
From: R Shapiro
Subject: Win '95 on DOS compatibility card
>I have a similar question about running NT on my DOS card, so I would like
>to hear from anyone who has done this successfully.
If it's Apple's card, you can't run NT with the currently available set
of drivers. Likewise OS/2 and Linux. No way to do it; don't waste your
time trying. I don't know about the Reply cards.
rs/[email protected]
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 21 Mar 96 Volume 14 : Issue 68
Today's Topics:
28.8k modems for 540c
6100s, DOS cards, and 7.5.3
[A] base64 encoding: how decode?
[A] How fast is a Performa 6300?
[Q] Hacking Easy Open
Coincidence?
Connecting a PPC 6100 to Win Lantastic 6.0 network
Deleting Files and Finder Names
DO NOT BUY MEGAHERTZ PC MODEM FOR MAC!!
GV-faxsoftware v2.5.3 & M$ Word 5.1a
How to Stop Netscape's BLINK
HP background printing
HTML code
info-mac wais database off the air for up to a month
Installing Office 4.2.1
Mathematica - macPPP Conflict?
MO Drive for PB5300 - Not a Myth!
Multiple monitors on Performas
National suffixes
OpenTransport 1.1 & ISDN--Annoying AppleTalk Alerts
Replacing a damaged "Oregon Trail" floppy
Stufft Browser ? (2 msgs)
Sys 7.5.3 (One more C)
System 7.5.3 Startup Disk Quirks
TrueType font embedding in Acrobat
Win '95 on DOS compatibility card
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:05:26 -0800
From: [email protected] (Simon Avery)
Subject: 28.8k modems for 540c
I've got a friend with a powerbook 540c who wants to get a 28.8k
internal modem. He's been told that they're not available. Does anyone
know any differently? What about modem PCMICA cards? Thanks!
Simon Avery [email protected] http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~avery
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 20:37:29 -0500
From: R Shapiro
Subject: 6100s, DOS cards, and 7.5.3
>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.
It's been known for months that version 5.1.2 of the cd-rom software
conflicts withe DOS compatibility software; it's even in Apple's own Tech
Info Library (TIL) notes. It's also come up dozens of times on the
comp.sys.mac.* groups. The only thing that's new is that this version of
cd-rom software is loaded with 7.5.3's Easy Install, which was probably a
bad idea for Macs with a DOS card (warnings about this were also posted
to the Net, btw).
DOS card users should definitely take a close look at the relevant
articles in the TIL; if you search for "DOS Compatibility" you should get
most of them:
rs/[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 04:17:17 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [A] 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.
The message is encoded in MIME. If your email package doesn't handle
MIME attachments transparently (it should) download the messages as text
to your Mac and use Chris Newman's Macintosh port of Mpack 1.5
to decode them.
Hope this helps, Florin
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:28:04 +0100
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: [A] How fast is a Performa 6300?
How fast is fast ? A 6300 is slower than a 7500 but it performs reasonably
*if* you can upgrade to native mode software *and* you use Speed Doubler.
What I have found disappointing is that the previous line of Performas (the
630, for example) were just as fast or faster using 68xxx based software,
for me the 6200 and 6300 aren't real improvements but at least you can
boast that you have a Power PC on your desktop. Big deal.
As for Soft Windows, it works, but for me it is r-e-a-l s-l-o-w. The
Windows benchmark software I ran rated it as a 6MHz 80486 (interesting as
Intel never made a 386 chip that slow, but that's technological progress
for you). Maybe I haven't set up my machine in an optimal fashion. However,
the Compaq 486 that I also use (80486SX at 33 MHz) flies by comparison.
If the price for a replacement motherboard for a Quadra 650 had been lower,
I would have repaired my old machine and would not have bought a Performa.
As it is, for the price I would have paid for the repair, I have gained a
CD-ROM and roughly equivalent performance so I'm not unhappy.
Hey Apple, when do we get the Pentium Pro killer for $2000 ????
Dr. John Williams
INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre de Recherches de Tours, 37380
Nouzilly, France
Tel (33) 47 42 78 47 Fax/telecopie (33) 47 42 77 78
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:16:46 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [Q] Hacking Easy Open
I've never been a fan of Macintosh Easy Open (cumbersome and awkward, IMHO); I
prefered instead to hack the fmap id=17010 resource in Finder. But I've had to
use it lately, and I find it crankier than ever. For instance, when I
double-click a stuffed archive it gives me a choice of StuffIt Expander and
Microsoft Word ! I've deleted the prefs, rebuild desktop, but nothing works.
Could anyone give me a few tips on how to hack Easy Open to produce better
results?
TIA, Florin
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 18:57:19 EST
From: Josephine Colmenares
Subject: Coincidence?
On five different occasions (from 2 different Macs and one Gateway PC)
I ran Netscape. I had the browser access www.microsoft.com. Whenever I
tried to access *any* option on the pagee, Netscape crashed. I found this
rather amusing because at the lower left-hand corner of the Microsoft
Home Page, there's a little blurb: "Having trouble with your browser.
Download Microsofts's free browser." In addition, I couldn't help
thinking of the NYT article a while back in which it was alleged that
the installation of Windows 95 sabotaged existing network software.
Hmmm. Perhaps this is a new attempt at sabotage.
Josephine Colmenares
Columbia University
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:54:54 GMT
From: [email protected] (Jan Pallas)
Subject: Connecting a PPC 6100 to Win Lantastic 6.0 network
I don't know if it isappropriate to post this question here but
please, no flames, just let me know where to post the question.
We recently acquired a PPC 6100, much to my delight. It has a
LaserMaster Unity 1000 printer connected to it. We would like to be
able to have our Win Lantastic PC's be able to use the printer. Does
anyone know how to connect the PPC to the Lantastic network?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, if not could someone point me
in the right direction for my inquiry. Please respond to me via e-mail
at .
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:30:17 +0900
From: [email protected] (Eric Hamilton)
Subject: Deleting Files and Finder Names
Here are a few ideas:
>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...)
Install Finder Secrets Enabler. It will give you command-delete deleting
functions, plus a few other things.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/finder-extension-enabler-11.hqx; 18K]
>
>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?
Two choices: Either view your files in small icon view or icon view, then
you will see all the names clearly. If this is not an option (i.e. you want
size info as well, etc.) then try a shareware extension that allows you to
modify the view parameters.
Good luck, Eric
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 07:15:05 -0500
From: Richard Clemens
Subject: DO NOT BUY MEGAHERTZ PC MODEM FOR MAC!!
>I have been the miserable owner of a 28.8 Megahertz CruiseCard since a
>few months ago. ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD ONE BUY THIS MODEM! I have had
>great difficulty faxing with it, and NO SUPPORT at all has been
>forthcoming from Megahertz.
Sorry! I too bought such a modem, had a problem, contacted tech support
by email, got a very prompt response, and a new modem to replace the
defective hardware. Everything is fine, I like the modem and would buy
Megahertz again!
--
Richard Clemens, Academic Computing West Virginia Wesleyan College
[email protected] Buckhannon, WV 26201 (304)473-8480
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:52:15 -0400
From: [email protected] (Mustafa Ziyalan)
Subject: GV-faxsoftware v2.5.3 & M$ Word 5.1a
>I found a problem with M$ Word and GV fax-software (v2.5.3) that I wasnt
>able to solve with the GV-techsupport team. The fax-shortcut doesn't work.
>Holding down the option-key when selecting the Print-command from the
>file-menu should change the name 'Print...' in 'Fax...' thereby preventing
>to open the chooser. However, this doesn't work.
My setup with MS Word 5.1a and GV fax software is working fine.
First check whether the fax shortcut is working in other textediting/
wordprocessing software. If it is, trash the word preferences file and
retry. If it isn't, you can check whether you accidentally suspended a fax,
reinstall your GV software, turn background printing off and retry.
I hope this helps...
Mustafa Ziyalan
[email protected]
http://maxwell.njit.edu/merhaba/dir/mziyalan/
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 19:36:28 -0500
From: [email protected] (Wayne C. Morris)
Subject: How to Stop Netscape's BLINK
After encountering that much-despised BLINK tag on one web page too many, I=
finally spent a little effort to permanently disable it in my copy of=
Netscape. Here's how to do it, using ResEdit:
Save an original unmodified copy of Netscape somewhere, in case of emergency=
.
Use ResEdit to edit a copy of Netscape.
Open the DATA resource, ID=3D0.
Search for the ascii strings "blink" and "BLINK", and change them to=
something else that is unlikely to occur as an HTML tag; I changed them to=
"blunk" and "BLUNK". (Different versions of Netscape may have it in upper=
and/or lowercase, and may have one or more occurances.)
Save the changes and quit.
Now when you use the modified version of Netscape, it won't recognize the=
tags and will simply ignore them.
I also found that I could disable Java the same way. (I haven't yet tried=
getting the new version which supposedly has a "disable Java" option.) =
However, I can't be entirely sure that my mods will completely disable=
_all_ Java scripts -- maybe there are other important Java-related tags or=
strings that I don't know about. In any case, what I did was to change all=
occurances of the following strings in the DATA ID=3D0 resource:
"JavaScript" to "LavaScript"
"SCRIPT" to "SCRYPT"
"onload" to "anload"
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:22 -0500 (EST)
From: "Waters, C. Tony"
Subject: HP background printing
Christophe Thevignot wrote..
>> I have been told that HP Background printing is not very stable.
and Erlend Braaten wrote...
>>I've got a problem with my HP850C...I waited for 5-10 minutes
>>and still nothing happend.
My new 850C on a 6100/60AV with 8M (+ Ram Doubler) seems to cause more hangs
than I was getting before. Background printing can also be extremely slow
(especially with color of course) so much so that I wasn't sure it was doing
anything.
Except for simple jobs I now always print in the foreground...something to
try. Also
I wonder if maybe more RAM would make this thing work better.
Print quality is mostly consistently good although not 100% of the time.
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:30:29 +0900
From: [email protected] (Eric Hamilton)
Subject: HTML code
>I have not been able to get my web page to add a image map could somebody
>please post the exact html I need to have a clickable image map read on
>Netscape 2.0? Also does anybody know of an HTML writer that works with
>frames?
If you have already made your map, then you need to ask your ISP. The cgi
you need should be on their server. I don't know about using someone else's
cgi.
If you are making your map, then use WebMap, available on Info-Mac.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:48:54 +1100
From: [email protected] (Tim Tuck)
Subject: info-mac wais database off the air for up to a month
Hi all,
I noted Harry's database going down so I thought I had better bring you up
to date on my database and associated URL's
To access the main search page use the URL of:
The archives at this location are listed below:
The EvangeList
Infomac Digests
The Tidbits E-zine
The Mac*Chat E-zine
Apple Internet Providers Digests
WEBstar 'talk' & 'dev' lists
Apple Internet Announce
Apple Directions Express
Firewalls Digests
Bug Traq Digests
WAIS client - access instructions
If you wish to use a WAIS client to access this service, the sources are as
follows:
Source ID Source Description
macway The EvangeList archives
infomac Infomac Digests
tidbits The TidBITS Ezine
machttp Machttp aka WEBstar 'talk' & 'dev' lists
macchat The Mac*Chat Ezine
apple-net-providers Apple Internet Providers List digest
aia Apple Internet Announce
appledir Apple Directions Express
firewalls Firewalls Mailing list digests
bugtraq Old Bugtraq digests - not up to date
The server is wais.sensei.com.au and use the standard WAIS port of 210.
The URL's mentioned in Harry's post still work, they just bring you in on a
different level of the server.
regards
Tim
[email protected]
http://wais.sensei.com.au/
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:40:05 +0100
From: [email protected] (Keijiro Ikebe) (by way of
[email protected] (Andre' C. van der Ham))
Subject: Installing Office 4.2.1
Help!! My mac freezes everytime I try to install Microsoft Office 4.2.1.
It freezes even when I disable all the extensions (except for the ones for
my CD-ROM drive). Can anyone help me?
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 07:19:51 +0100
From: [email protected] (Fabiano Petrone)
Subject: Mathematica - macPPP Conflict?
In my Macintosh LC630 I've MATHEMATICA 2.0 (kernel + front-end, separated
BUT IN THE SAME MACHINE) and MACPPP 2.2.0. The problem is the following:
1. when I launch mathematica double-clicking on the front-end, this
operation launch also MacPPP: so if the modem is off, MATHEMATICA can't be
opened.
2.Ok, I can quit MACPPP as soon as it's launched by the MATHEMATICA front
end: but after doing that I've seen that MACPPP is launched a second time
by the MATHEMATICA kernel!
So, if I want to work with Mathematica, I must stop MACPPP two-times-two,
and it's annoying!
The strange thing is that I've not such trouble if I make a network
connection before using mathematica: i.e. if I check my mail with eudora
and then I PUT THE MODEM OFF and I QUIT MACPPP, I can start mathematica
without any of the problems mentioned above!!
Great Thanks to Everybody will help me in resolution of this problem
Fabiano
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:30:47 +0900
From: [email protected] (Eric Hamilton)
Subject: MO Drive for PB5300 - Not a Myth!
>I am trying to get hold of an internal MO drive for my PB5300. In the Apple
>promotion for the PB they claim that they are available. I called several
>dealers and they couldn't help me, I call Apple and they know nothing about
>them, I call Fujitsu, and they say they will not be available for 6 months,
>and I call Sony, and they haven't heard of them. Are they available in the
>UK??? I will be in San Francisco in a couple of weeks, if anyone knows of a
>dealer where I can get hold of one please let me know.
I'm sorry that you can't get them in the UK, but they are not a myth. Here
in Japan they are available and I could have bought one at MacWorld last
month. Fujitsu had one, along with one other company (if memory serves me
right). They were listed on Apple's recommended hardware list they had at
the show.
FWIW, they also had a PC Card ISDN TA called LinkBoy. Cool!
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:45:02 -0800
From: [email protected] (Paul Mullen)
Subject: Multiple monitors on Performas
I'm a computer salesman at a large electronics retailer and am
interested in showing off the Macs we have as best I can. Do the Performa
series Macs have any multiple-monitor capabilities? (We carry the Perf.
6300, 6200, and 6116.) I have seen the way the Macs can create an extended
desktop (_way_ cool!) and would like to be able to show customers this. We
do have several monitors connected to one PC laptop, all showing the same
image, of course. (BTW, we also carry the PowerBook 5300cs.)
Thanks for any help!
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:27:00 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: National suffixes
I am intrigued by all the out-of-USA messages on Info-mac. Is there a file
anywhere of all those puzzling suffixes which attach to such messages?
Reply via email.
Bill Ingraham
Florida,us
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 01:54:11 -0800
From: [email protected] (Doug Bell)
Subject: OpenTransport 1.1 & ISDN--Annoying AppleTalk Alerts
(Sorry if this doesn't seem appropriate for this newsgroup.)
This will be of interest to anyone using ISDN and OpenTransport 1.1 who is
getting the following two alerts from AppleTalk:
"Access to your AppleTalk network has been interrupted. When the network
becomes available again, a message on your screen will notify you."
"Your AppleTalk network is now available."
This is a new "feature" of OpenTransport. Here is what Apple has to say
on this issue:
-----------------------
"The messages which you are getting are typical when access to an internet
becomes available/lost. Given that the remote site has implemented an internet
router, it's the loss/connection to the router that is causing the messages
that you're seeing. The same messages would occur if you were to use the
latest release of the "classic" AppleTalk, on a system which could support it.
This is considered a feature of both Open Transport AppleTalk and of Classic
AppleTalk. I can well understand why this would be an irritant for you,
unfortunately, I'm not aware of a way to disable this feature other than
leaving the connection active. I will propose a suggestion to the
AppleTalk team for them to implement a mechanism by which these alerts can
be turned off.
... [communications deleted] ...
Regarding this matter, I would really like to provide you with a simple answer,
but that's not within my powers at this point. I can well understand that the
use of ISDN is only going to increase and that for me, you are the first to
raise this important issue. [...names deleted to protect the guilty...]
I can understand that this is an Apple issue, however, until your EMail, I've
never seen this alert as having been a problem. Open Transport 1.1 has been
available for active development use since September. For all of the
developers whom I've supported, you are the first to raise this issue.
The alert which is affecting you was purposely implemented to warn users of
changes to their network status. This occurs whenever the Router Table
Maintenance Protocol (RTMP) stub listener times out. This is a standard part
of the AppleTalk protocol. We have received user complaints that there should
be a warning mechanism to alert users to changes in network status, and so this
feature, which is affecting you, was implemented."
-----------------------
Apple is apparently trying to determine if this bothers enough people to
warrant a fix before the next release of OpenTransport, and if so, how
long they can put it off.
I get more than a dozen alerts an hour, and it's really making it hard to
use my machine. I have a PCI Mac 7500, so I have no choice but to use
OpenTransport. If this problem is affecting you, I'm sure Richard Ford,
the Product Manager for Open Transport, would love to hear from you. He
can be reached at [email protected].
Also, please send me a message if you are affected by this. I am
compiling a list of people who are experiencing this problem. If you send
me your email address, I will notify you as soon as there is a fix for
this.
Doug Bell
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:05:53 -0600
From: [email protected] (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Replacing a damaged "Oregon Trail" floppy
I have a client that needs to repair a damaged disk which is part of the
software package "The Oregon Trail". If anyone has the program and could
send me a disk image of floppy #1 only I would appreciate it very much (as
would a certain 8-year-old).
The disk info from the label is
Disk 1 HMC 206--Macintosh--Version 1.1--MECC
Clark R. Wilkins * President, J.D.I. Solutions, Inc.
713-974-2434 (f) 713-974-5248
Providing computer solutions for small businesses since last Tuesday...
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 22:51:06 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Stufft Browser ?
>I use Stuffit to archive all my software. I find it handy and I've neve had
>any problems with it. Now I am looking for aa utility or extension that
>will allow me to get into the archives quicker. I don't want to unstuff
>everything or open StuffIt every time I just want to have a quick peak.
You want to look at Greg's Browser. Aside from its other fine qualities
as a general file manager, when the StuffIt Engine is installed (it comes
with DropStuff) you can not only peek inside of StuffIt archives, but
extract one or more files by simply dragging them out to another
location. It helps me to reduce clutter by stashing all of my disabled
extensions, e.g., in one .sit archive, and dragging one out if I
occasionally need it.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected])
Creative Services, St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
------------------------------
Date: 21 Mar 96 05:37:59 GMT
From: [email protected] (David K Dean)
Subject: Stufft Browser ?
In digest [email protected]
writes:
>I use Stuffit to archive all my software. I find it handy and I've neve had
>any problems with it. Now I am looking for a utility or extension that
>will allow me to get into the archives quicker. I don't want to unstuff
>everything or open StuffIt every time I just want to have a quick peak.
>Now I've heard something about an INIT called StuffIt Browser, but hav
>ebeen unable to find it in the usual places. Can someone help, send it to
>me, or suggest an alternative ?
The only place that I've heard about a Stuffit Browser is in ads
for Stuffit Deluxe 4.0. It's supposed to have True Finder Integration
(TIF) where you can just double click on Stuffit archives and the they
will "open" like folders so you can see what's inside them. So far the
only place I've seen Stuffit Deluxe 4.0advertised is in MacMall (Volume
60s) and MacWAREHOUSE (Volume 53). I just sent Aladdin a note asking if
this is indeed coming out soon. I've seen it advertised in one of the
mail order catalogs before only to find out it was a mistake.
I'll let you know what I hear back from Aladdin. BTW, the
upgrade from Stuffit Deluze 3.5 is supposed to be $39.95.
Dave
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:02:08 -0600
From: Pete Resnick
Subject: Sys 7.5.3 (One more C)
On 3/19/96 at 3:56 PM, Allan M. Bloom wrote:
>It has been a heckuva day.
I'm sorry to hear about your personal problems.
>And I also got a grin
>out of the guy who asked if I had bothered to read the README files that
>accompanied the update. As one of my masters said, "Al isn't any smarter
>than the rest of us. He just reads the manuals."
Obviously they don't know you very well. As Gordon noted, clearly you
didn't RTFM, which is why you screwed up your network installation.
>No, 7.5.3(U) isn't a system. It's the kitchen sink. And it is not for
>anyone on a budget.
No, as they said, it's for those people who want a bootable system on any
machine, and no, most people won't need it. Yes, it's got all the fixin's,
but noone asked you to install it. It is a god-send for some folks.
>Again, thanks to those super loyalists who didn't approve of my negative
>comments of the other day. I needed those chuckles today.
You may discover from past comments that "super loyalist" is not exactly an
apt title for me. I have no objection to negative comments. I only object
to persons spreading false information in public forums such as this.
Please make sure your facts are accurate *before* you send your comments to
so many people.
And, please, wait for a happier less stressful day to try out new software.
I sincerely hope things at home work themselves out.
pr
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Pete Resnick
QUALCOMM Incorporated
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:12:24 -0500
From: [email protected] (nils dahl)
Subject: System 7.5.3 Startup Disk Quirks
Folks,
After I upgraded my Performa 635 to System 7.5.3 (via the system
7.5 Upgrade 2 package), the startup disk control panel began to behave just
a bit unusually.
I have an external SCSI drive that is partitioned into 6 volumes.
The product is a LaCie Tsunami 1080 megabyte model with Silverlining 5.6.3
as the installed driver. Under System 7.5, I could copy a System folder to
any volume on that external drive, set the startup disk control panel to
the volume containing the copied System, restart, and everything worked
just fine. Opening the startup disk control panel, I would find that only
the boot volume was highlighted as the startup volume.
Under system 7.5.3, this procedure still works, but after a
restart, I open the startup disk control panel and find that ALL of the
volumes on the external drive are highlighted as startup disks. It would
seem that System 7.5.3's startup disk panel considers an entire physical
device as the boot device instead of localizing the startup to one specific
volume on that device - for non-Apple devices only.
When I upgraded to System 7.5.3, I also used the new Drive Setup
program (version 1.0.4) that comes with System 7.5 update 2 to reformat and
partition the internal IDE hard drive and to set up two volumes on it. The
new IDE driver was added at this time also. Startup Disk control panel
consistently highlights the specific volume (of the two exiting volumes) on
the internal hard drive as the boot drive. The system can be restarted
without problems, even though the startup disk control panel shows all 6
volumes of the external hard drive selected as the startup disk.
This could be a minor bug in the Silverlining 5.6.3 driver or in
the interaction between System 7.5.3 and Silverlining 5.6.3. It might also
be a minor bug in the new Startup Disk control panel - which bears a
version number of 7.5.2 and is identified as coming from System 7.5 update
2.
I have saved the PRAM information files that Techtool 1.0.9
creates, one for each startup disk choice. The PRAM contents differ
considerably, depending on the chosen startup volume, but I have no clue
about just what the contents mean.
Has anyone else seen this particular situation? Is it causing any
problems with anyone's system?
For everyone's information, moving up to System 7.5.3 has cured
many problems on a friend's 6100 PPC system. He reports that Deck 2.5, a
special digital audio recording and production package, now boots and runs
without problems.
Thanks for all the help in the past. I hope that my situation is a
random one, caused by some obscure installation irregularity and not a
widespread occurance.
Please try the new Color control panel. Having text highlighted by
a background color change is a real pleasure. Watching a flash of color as
one 'clicks' a toolbar button of Netscape Navigator is a nice touch also.
The window color outline feature is 'interesting' but nowhere near as much
of an improvement.
Now if it is possible to have the Infomac digest emailed direct,
please add the method of subscribing to the digest instruction section. I
lost an email (and lots of other things) telling how to do this. The
information file for the digest is dated 1990 and only mentions
distribution to bbs services.
Many thanks.
Nils Dahl, Hartford, Connecticut
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:45:52 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: TrueType font embedding in Acrobat
Does anyone have any experience of embedding TrueType fonts (*as* TrueType)
in Acrobat files using PDF Writer (version 2.0, part of the 2.1 release of
Acrobat Pro)?
I am creating an online book and am finding that I can't embed the standard
text font, Monotype Plantin ESQ ("Enhanced Screen Quality"). All the other
Plantin fonts - Bold Italic, Expert, whatever - embed correctly, but not
the basic text font. I'm getting the same problem with the freeware Zed
math symbol font. It happens in FrameMaker, Word 5.1 and Nisus, so I don't
think it's the application's fault.
Thanks in advance for any info or advice,
Graeme Forbes
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 20:42:09 -0500
From: R Shapiro
Subject: Win '95 on DOS compatibility card
>I have a similar question about running NT on my DOS card, so I would like
>to hear from anyone who has done this successfully.
If it's Apple's card, you can't run NT with the currently available set
of drivers. Likewise OS/2 and Linux. No way to do it; don't waste your
time trying. I don't know about the Reply cards.
rs/[email protected]
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