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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 22 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 100
Today's Topics:
[A] A simple lock on my Macintosh
[A] Repair of old Macs
[Q] Any explanations for this Word wierdness?
Archives?
A simple lock on my Macintosh?
CD to System 7 Sound File??
ConfigPPP Problem
Copying files with RamDoubler enabled
Disk trouble/System Update.
Help with chat
Netscape and RamDoubler
Networking Mac, Win, Linux?
Not enought space
Of Mice and Men (R)
Problem with HP Deskjet
Query on IBM (pardon me) Displaywriter files
RE-Disappearing Cursor?
Recording sounds
Reporting of System Contents
The Charting Coach
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:03:27 -0400
From: Ethan Benatan
Subject: [A] A simple lock on my Macintosh
"PH" == Peter Hertzmann wrote:
PH> Does anyone know of a simple program I can use to add a start-up
PH> password to my Mac? I'm only trying to keep out the curious--not
PH> the serious hacker. When I'm out of my office, others in the
PH> company sneak in to use my computer (I've got the only Mac in a
PH> network of 30 PCs.) It's OK if the lock can be easily
PH> circumvented. It would be best if it was just a short program
PH> that went into the start-up folder and asked for a password. If
PH> the right one was not given, the computer would shut down.
Try PowerLock, available in the archives; shareware, and seems like
exactly what you want.
Ethan
_____________
Ethan Benatan [email protected] http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:01:45 -0400
From: Ethan Benatan
Subject: [A] Repair of old Macs
[email protected] (Greg Lyzenga) wrote:
GL> I have an ancient Mac Plus which has served me very nicely as a
GL> data acquisition machine. It has been running 24 hours a day
GL> recording seismograph data for the past 6 years. Recently its
GL> analog board appears to have gone belly up, and I'd like to
GL> repair it. A couple of years ago I had the addresses of some
GL> companies that did inexpensive repair/replacement on parts of old
GL> outdated Macs. However, in the interim I seem to have lost the
GL> information.
There are a couple of places that specialize in providing these sorts
of parts. I've been very happy dealing with SoftSolutions, in Eugene
Oregon. You can reach them at (503) 461-1136 voice, or 2005 (fax).
Folks in the US can dial (800) 264-2530. They sell parts and will
also do repairs and board swaps.
Ethan
_____________
Ethan Benatan [email protected] http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan
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Date: 22 Apr 1996 07:19:54 GMT
From: [email protected] (Philip Clarke)
Subject: [Q] Any explanations for this Word wierdness?
Fergus's problem may be very serious.
I had a similar problem, but with another application
(no not microsloth), and it turned out that the desktop
B-TREE was corrupt (misaligned) and would write files
over an occupied space. For Fergus, I think at the
moment it is only corrupting the next/previous file (in a contiguous
sense on the harddisk) but if something is not fixed real soon - eg
reformatting the disk, he may lose a lot more data
by it being overwritten by accident... :-O
I may be wrong, but when something like this happened to me
I was VERY concerned. The application that I suspect corrupted
the b-tree in the first place was netscape 1.0, but I dont know for sure.
Goodluck and I hope I'm wrong and its something trivial
Philip
In digest [email protected]
writes:
>My system is a Q700 20/1G S7.5.3. I have had several recent examples
>of the following odd behaviour in Word 5.1a: Upon closing Document A
>and opening Document B I find that the last few words that I typed in
>Document A have replaced text at a random location in Document B
>even though it was closed when the typing was done. If I close
>Document B without saving and then reopen it the original text is
>restored.
>My machine has been plagued by major problems for six months now and
>everything has been replaced (with little positive effect ) except the
>SIMMS - and it's their turn next week. Perhaps the odd Word
>behaviour described above holds a clue as to what is going wrong?
>Fergus Lalor
--
Dr. Philip Clarke, Soil Science, Waite Solid-State NMR Facility
University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia, 5064
Ans/Fax 61(0)8 303 7399, Ph 303 7385 [email protected]
URL http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/~pclarke
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 22:13:48 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Archives?
I surrender my dignity and ask for help in what has to be a very simple
process: to wit, how do I get to and download a file such as the one shown
below? I have gone to the utexas archive and others but I do not find this
particular address anywhere. Take me by the hand and lead me, Great One.
Bill Ingraham
/info-mac/nwt/util/phone-memo.hqx
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:26:02 -0400
From: Randy Alan Yeip
Subject: A simple lock on my Macintosh?
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 20:52:33 -0800
> From: [email protected] (Peter Hertzmann)
> Subject: A simple lock on my Macintosh?
>
> Does anyone know of a simple program I can use to add a start-up password
> to my Mac? I'm only trying to keep out the curious--not the serious hacker.
> When I'm out of my office, others in the company sneak in to use my
> computer (I've got the only Mac in a network of 30 PCs.) It's OK if the
> lock can be easily circumvented. It would be best if it was just a short
> program that went into the start-up folder and asked for a password. If the
> right one was not given, the computer would shut down.
>
I found one that I'm trying out to decide if I want to pay the shareware
fee. It's called Powerlock, and it does exactly what you said. It asks for
a password when it starts up, and if the password is incorrect it shuts
down. I believe I got it from the Info-Mac archives. Do a search for it, I
think it's exactly what you want.
Randy Alan Yeip
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 17:27:21 +1000
From: [email protected] (Gary Minato)
Subject: CD to System 7 Sound File??
Howdy Digesters
I want to put a soundfile on my homepage and have found software (CD to
AIFF) which enables me to transfer to the hardrive but am unable to open
the AIFF file because none of the software I have is able to edit a 9MB
file.
Is there some way to record only a portion of a song or some software which
will allow me to open and edit this 9MB file?
Thanks for your help
Cya
Gary Minato
* Gary's Place; http://netspace.net.au/~thisis/index
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:17:32 -0700
From: [email protected] (Alan and Michelle Akins)
Subject: ConfigPPP Problem
>I'm stumped...
>
>System: Power Mac 8500 w/ 32MB RAM and System 7.5
>
>When connecting to my local ISP using MacTCP, the ConfigPPP Control
>Panel interface never switches from "OPEN" to "HARD CLOSE;" therefore,
>I am unable to "HARD CLOSE" or "SOFT CLOSE" my connection.
>
>However, when performing the exact same procedure with identical
>versions of the software on a IIci / 5 MB / Sys 7 only, the Control
>Panel interface works as advertised.
>
>I'm new to my Power Mac, so am I missing something?
I and many others would always recommend that you use the latest versions
of software available. Right now, the latest, non-beta released version of
PPP is FreePPP 1.0.5. It has worked bug-free for me for many a month. I
only used the PPP control panel which had the Hard/Soft Close buttons for a
day before I made the switch to FreePPP.
In addition, I have just made the switch to FreePPP 2.5b4, which has had
only one minor, although frustrating, problem which took 10 minutes to
figure out. (Seems PPP sends something "bad" to the modem unless the
checkbox for turning on the modem speaker is checked. Otherwise, the modem
does not initialize.)
>Will Sys 7.5 Update 2.0 (7.5.3) correct this apparent incompatibility?
That is always possible. Not probable, but possible.
/Alan\
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 20:26:35 -0500
From: [email protected] (Kham S.)
Subject: Copying files with RamDoubler enabled
Hi,
I know there are problems with Ramdoubler and System 7.5.3 but has anyone
had the following problem?
- copying files from one drive to another results in a freeze.
If not then it might just be a corrupted system. Thanks in advance.
P.S. I have the latest version.
>------------->
[email protected] {Kham S.}
http://www.gatewest.net/~kham
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Date: 23 Apr 1996 10:33:29 +1100
From: "Ben Warner"
Subject: Disk trouble/System Update.
Hi all,
I have recently updated all the Macs in the office to 7.5.3.
There is one machine, however, that does not want to be updated. The =
message I get is along the lines of 'The system software could not be =
installed on this disk, select another disk'.
I've repaired the disk with Disk First Aid and updated the driver with =
Hard Disk Setup but it still doesn't want to be updated.
Anyone else run into this one?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ben Warner.
Access Systems.
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 13:19:50 +0000
From: Jack Campin
Subject: Help with chat
fabrizio frattini wrote:
> I need some helping figuring out how to set up a chat connection with
> someone in the US (I'm in Italy) and I hope someone reading this will
> write to me with some advice. We're putting together a cyberlink between
> two towns, one in the US and the other in Italy, and I would like to be
> able to chat with the US organizers in advance of the actual event.
> Since I read English slowly I find multi-channel IRC connections really
> confusing. Is there some way I could chat one on one with my US counterpart?
There are two alternatives I can think of. One is Peter Lewis's Talk, which
interworks (in theory) with anything using the Unix talk protocol; this is an
old program, has lots of bugs, and can be unusable with some other systems
(in my experience, it almost never works with Solaris, though older versions
of SunOS are OK).
The other approach is to use Nathan Neuberger's Chat. This is a daemon you
run on your own Mac, and which you or others connect to by telnet. It gives
a line-at-a-time interaction, like IRC, instead of the character-at-a-time
interaction of Talk, and allows multiway connections. I prefer Talk's style,
myself, but I'd prefer it even better if I could get it to work more often...
Both of these programs are available on the info-mac archives, in the comm/tcp
directory. You might want to attack Chat with ResEdit to get rid of some of
its stupid defaults; it assumes you want to use it to run some teeny-hacker
BBS and play idiot roleplay games, hence the list of channel names it comes
with and the facility for *rolling dice*, god forbid. You can use it for real
communication without breaking out in acne, though.
[email protected] - Jack Campin, 2 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 10:26:51 -0500
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Netscape and RamDoubler
>Perhaps someone can comment on a possible system/extension conflict that
>can prevent Netscape from working with RamDoubler on a PowerMac 8100AV.
>With RamDoubler 1.6.1 active, I find that Netscape loads in OK but just
>sits there and refuses to respond further. The problem persists with
>Netscape upgraded from v1.1 to v2.0.1. With RamDoubler removed, all is OK.
>
>The fact that other 8100 users have mentioned using Netscape with
>RamDoubler suggests that the problem may be a conflict elsewhere. I use
>MacTCP v2.0.6 and have all the usual extensions and desktop goodies - too
>many to list here. Over time I have found it necessary to disable
>QuicKeys, TypeReunion, and all Now utilities except NowMenus and
>SuperBoomerang, to achieve a stable system. But the problem with Netscape
>with RamDoubler persists.
You didn't mention your System version, but RD 1.6.1 does not run well
under 7.5.1. If that's what you have, use RD 1.5.2 instead. 1.6.1 works
fine for me under 7.5.3, though, and causes no problem with Netscape or
Type Reunion.
However, I long ago gave up on Now Utilities--the Now Toolbox itself
conflicted with at least half of my modest extension set (only 50!), even
with none of the actual Now utilitiy modules loaded. Now's unreliability
seems to get worse with every System release. Almost every useful Now
function can be obtained with Type Reunion and an array of free/shareware
extensions that are rock-solid.
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:32:17 -0500
From: [email protected] (Charlie Summers)
Subject: Networking Mac, Win, Linux?
Folks;
Have what I thought was a simple problem...teach _me_ to think!
I have a test bed platform consisting of a UNIX (Linux) box, Mac PCI PM
7500, and Windows95 machine. I want to network them, using the Unix box as
a file server, using all freely-distributed software. (The hardware is not
a problem; 10BaseT w/hub is available and active.)
I thought about using NFS, but there is no freely-distributable NFS
client for the Mac. I thought about using CAP, but there is no
freely-distributable AppleTalk stack for the Win95 box.
Does _anyone_ know of a file-sharing protocol that can be used under
Unix as a file server for both the Mac and Win machines? The goal of this
exercise is to set up a mini-network using TCP/IP as the underlying layer,
allowing for EMAIL (relatively simple) and file serving (here, I'm stuck);
all using non-commercial (shareware ok, if at a reasonable cost) software
for both the server and client ends. This system will _not_ be connected to
the Internet, rather a simple LAN exercise.
Please respond via EMAIL; I will consolidate the replies and post a
summary, if there is interest.
Charlie Summers
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:08:07 -0400
From: Norman Friedman
Subject: Not enought space
When trying to print anything in "Print Shop", I get the following message,
"There is not enough space on the disk for this printing operation to be
completed." Down in the left corner of this message is -1
I have the application on my extra external 85 MB disk on which I have 23 MB
used.
Any information that will help, and I thank everyone in advance.
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 10:59:08 CST
From: Pat Ullmann
Subject: Of Mice and Men (R)
>Hi from a Newbie to the net; I hope this isn't old hat.
> I always preferred the old, heavy mouse that came with the original
>Mac. Recently my light one on our LC has been responding poorly. As an
>experiment I tried replacing the light rubber ball with a steel ball
>bearing of the same size. It works perfectly and gives me back the old feel
>of the original mouse.
> Being more of a mechanic than a hacker I hope this may be of value
>to some of you who put in so much effort into providing shareware and
>freeware.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * John and/or Judy Watkins, *
> * [email protected] *
> * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thanks for the tip! I too always preferred the old mice, and I think
I'll try out your idea. (Also maybe a steel ball won't pick up as much
crud and get scungy and sticky quite as fast as a rubber one.)
Welcome to the list!
Pat
Pat Ullmann ([email protected])
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:42:24 +0000
From: [email protected] (tom hawkins)
Subject: Problem with HP Deskjet
[email protected] (Jack S. Yee) wrote:
>I hava a deskjet printer (the $200 one) and lately its print quality has
>been very bad. Streaky and blurry. There's plenty of ink and if I try to
>"Prime" it it doesn't help.
I've found that Deskjet/Deskwriter cartridges can be cleaned simply by
wiping the nozzles very gently with a damp tissue. I use deionised water
but I expect tap water would do.
Tom Hawkins Dept. of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London SW7 2AY, UK
[email protected] Phone +44 (0)171 589 5111 ext 55194 Fax +44 (0)171 594 5207
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 1:02:35 EDT
From: "Sid B. Bernstein" (AED|COURTESY)
Subject: Query on IBM (pardon me) Displaywriter files
Hi,
I'm sorry to ask about IBM products ion a Mac net, but I could not get
to an IBM list. A friend has a slew of DisplayWriter 4 disks that he would
like to be able to use. Is there a PC or Mac program that can translate these
files to a modern readable state on the Mac or pc? Freeware or shareware
would be desirable but he would be willing to spring for a commercial program.
Please answer directly as I am usually late in reading the digest.
Thanx,
Sid
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:45:10 +0800 (U)
From: DrBlood
Subject: RE-Disappearing Cursor?
4/22/96
12:11 PM
RE:Disappearing Cursor?
Dieder wrote in Info-Mac #14 Issue 93:
>>I've just had an odd experience with my 7500/100. (7.5.3).
>>Suddenly the mouse cursor just disappeared! I could move the mouse, and
>>juding by the clicking and different applications activating, the mouse was
>>still working, but the mouse pointer had just outright vanished!
>>Eventually, by virtually mousing (how else to describe mousing with out any
>>arrow or dot to follow?) to the application menu and selecting an
>>application, the mouse pointer returned.
>>Any ideas?
>>bizarre...
>>Dieder and the disappearing mouse-pointers.
My experience exactly! I am using a PM 7100/66. This problem never occurred
prior to upgrading to 7.5.3 from 7.5.1. It has happened to me from the Finder
and also from within an application (CellQuest, a flow cytometer interface).
Launching a new app (by braille..I learned that the chooser is pretty easy to
find "in the dark") brings the cursor back. I have reduced the system to a
bare minimum of Apple-only extensions but the problem is so infrequent it is
hard to tell if it is fixed or not. It occurs maybe once per hour or two of
use. I can not yet tell if it is related to a particular operation. I upgraded
a Powerbook 520c to 7.5.3 from 7.5 (7.5.1 was unstable on my 520c) at the same
time and have not seen this problem on that computer. Both upgrades were from
clean new installs of 7.5.
Any ideas?
Jerry Spangrude
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:15:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: [email protected] (J. Favreau)
Subject: Recording sounds
> Bonjour!
>=20
> J'ai un Mac Performa 580. Je suis a la recherche d'un logiciel qui me
> permettrait d'enregistrer des sons. Est-ce que ca existe? Si oui, commen=
t
> s'appelle-t-il? J'ai SoundApple et SoundMachine et je ne peux qu'=E9cout=
er
> des sons.
>=20
> Merci beaucoup de vos suggestions!
>=20
> Jocelyne Favreau
> [email protected]
Hello,
I have a Mac Performa 580 and I'm looking for software that would allow=20
me to record sounds. Does this software exist and if so what is it's name.
I have SoundApple and SoundMachine and both only allows me to hear sounds.
Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
Jocelyne Favreau
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:36:50 -0500
From: [email protected] (Michael Conwell)
Subject: Reporting of System Contents
I have run across numerous situations where I send an email to a company
for technical support. The reply is usually, something like "Send us a
list of all Extensions that are active, and the order they are loaded". So
far, I haven't figured out a way to convienently list these items. I
looked at Apple System Profiler, but there isn't a way to export the
information...that I can see.
I also would like this solutions to list control panels.
Output would be either a list that I can copy, or import into my mailer.
Any ideas??
Michael Conwell
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 16:15:29 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: The Charting Coach
>Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 23:55:35 -0700
>From: (Family of the Americas)[email protected]
>Subject: [*] The Charting Coach
>
>Introducing an alternative to contraceptives: The Charting Coach. Did you
>know that a woman is only fertile about 100 hours during her menstrual
>cycle? You can now confidently identify these hours using the 100% natural
>Ovulation Method. This scientifically proven method of avoiding or
>achieving pregnancy eliminates all health risks associated with
>contraceptives, and it is 99% effective. Millions of couples in over 100
>countries already use this safe and inexpensive method. The Ovulation
>Method is based on a woman's natural fertility. It is not the rhythm method
>or the temperature method. Women with long or irregular cycles, breast
>feeding mothers, and even those going through pre-menopause or
>discontinuing artificial methods of family planning such as the Pill, IUD,
>condom, Norplant, or DepoProvera may use the Ovulation Method safely and
>effectively.
>
>Why continue putting your health at risk when there's an inexpensive, safe,
>natural, and effective alternative?
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/app/charting-coach-15.hqx; 890K]
Oh yeah?
Let's see their "scientific proof" that this "method" is "99% effective".
I have no doubt that it will turn out that they have tried to make facts
fit what they already believe. Proof, however, is a little more rigorous
than that (and there's no difference between "scientific" proof and any
other kind of proof -- that's just a carefully-chosen "trigger" word to
lend them spurious credibility). Proof might consist of a study,
conducted by objective, rational and unprejudiced people, of a
statistically valid number of women using this "method" compared to a
control group using the known-to-be-effective methods named -- how many
unwanted pregnancies in each group? Let's see your figures! (Don't hold
your breath, folks). These people are selling an ideology, not a family
planning method. To put it plainly: they are liars, and the truth is not
in them. "99%", forsooth! Get out of here.
So-called "natural" birth-control methods are a perfectly valid choice
for a woman, either on their own or in conjunction with some other
method(s), but only if she is fully aware of the true effectiveness
statistics for these methods, which are pretty abysmal. I believe it is
grossly irresponsible to deliberately mislead people on this subject, and
I believe that is what "Family of the Americas" is doing. They know that
nobody in their right mind will adopt their method as a serious measure
if they get the facts, so they lie. Why? What's their motive? Not to help
women plan their families, that's for sure.
List moderator: The post quoted above is dishonest both in intent and in
execution. Do you not have a responsibility to censor such posts on the
list? Just because these people are politically powerful at the moment in
the US doesn't mean you have to help them spread deceit! And don't let
them pull any of that "Gott mit uns" stuff on you; if they think God
wants them to lie then I guess we all know who it is they really worship,
huh?
-- Phil Hudson -- --
-- -- --
[Yeah, I didn't like this one either, but that really dosen't matter, does it?
Perhaps this shouldn't have gone in the app directory, but there is nothing
illegal about it, so we post it. You are more than welcome to write and post
an app that describes more sure methods of birth control. Email the author
and (politely!!) convince them that their program has a "bug" and get them
to withdraw it. Sorry, mate.
And, as I'm sure some of the veterans
of this will atest (sp?), we've gone pretty far the other direction too.
-Gordon]
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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 22 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 100
Today's Topics:
[A] A simple lock on my Macintosh
[A] Repair of old Macs
[Q] Any explanations for this Word wierdness?
Archives?
A simple lock on my Macintosh?
CD to System 7 Sound File??
ConfigPPP Problem
Copying files with RamDoubler enabled
Disk trouble/System Update.
Help with chat
Netscape and RamDoubler
Networking Mac, Win, Linux?
Not enought space
Of Mice and Men (R)
Problem with HP Deskjet
Query on IBM (pardon me) Displaywriter files
RE-Disappearing Cursor?
Recording sounds
Reporting of System Contents
The Charting Coach
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:03:27 -0400
From: Ethan Benatan
Subject: [A] A simple lock on my Macintosh
"PH" == Peter Hertzmann wrote:
PH> Does anyone know of a simple program I can use to add a start-up
PH> password to my Mac? I'm only trying to keep out the curious--not
PH> the serious hacker. When I'm out of my office, others in the
PH> company sneak in to use my computer (I've got the only Mac in a
PH> network of 30 PCs.) It's OK if the lock can be easily
PH> circumvented. It would be best if it was just a short program
PH> that went into the start-up folder and asked for a password. If
PH> the right one was not given, the computer would shut down.
Try PowerLock, available in the archives; shareware, and seems like
exactly what you want.
Ethan
_____________
Ethan Benatan [email protected] http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:01:45 -0400
From: Ethan Benatan
Subject: [A] Repair of old Macs
[email protected] (Greg Lyzenga) wrote:
GL> I have an ancient Mac Plus which has served me very nicely as a
GL> data acquisition machine. It has been running 24 hours a day
GL> recording seismograph data for the past 6 years. Recently its
GL> analog board appears to have gone belly up, and I'd like to
GL> repair it. A couple of years ago I had the addresses of some
GL> companies that did inexpensive repair/replacement on parts of old
GL> outdated Macs. However, in the interim I seem to have lost the
GL> information.
There are a couple of places that specialize in providing these sorts
of parts. I've been very happy dealing with SoftSolutions, in Eugene
Oregon. You can reach them at (503) 461-1136 voice, or 2005 (fax).
Folks in the US can dial (800) 264-2530. They sell parts and will
also do repairs and board swaps.
Ethan
_____________
Ethan Benatan [email protected] http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan
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Date: 22 Apr 1996 07:19:54 GMT
From: [email protected] (Philip Clarke)
Subject: [Q] Any explanations for this Word wierdness?
Fergus's problem may be very serious.
I had a similar problem, but with another application
(no not microsloth), and it turned out that the desktop
B-TREE was corrupt (misaligned) and would write files
over an occupied space. For Fergus, I think at the
moment it is only corrupting the next/previous file (in a contiguous
sense on the harddisk) but if something is not fixed real soon - eg
reformatting the disk, he may lose a lot more data
by it being overwritten by accident... :-O
I may be wrong, but when something like this happened to me
I was VERY concerned. The application that I suspect corrupted
the b-tree in the first place was netscape 1.0, but I dont know for sure.
Goodluck and I hope I'm wrong and its something trivial
Philip
In digest [email protected]
writes:
>My system is a Q700 20/1G S7.5.3. I have had several recent examples
>of the following odd behaviour in Word 5.1a: Upon closing Document A
>and opening Document B I find that the last few words that I typed in
>Document A have replaced text at a random location in Document B
>even though it was closed when the typing was done. If I close
>Document B without saving and then reopen it the original text is
>restored.
>My machine has been plagued by major problems for six months now and
>everything has been replaced (with little positive effect ) except the
>SIMMS - and it's their turn next week. Perhaps the odd Word
>behaviour described above holds a clue as to what is going wrong?
>Fergus Lalor
--
Dr. Philip Clarke, Soil Science, Waite Solid-State NMR Facility
University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia, 5064
Ans/Fax 61(0)8 303 7399, Ph 303 7385 [email protected]
URL http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/~pclarke
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 22:13:48 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Archives?
I surrender my dignity and ask for help in what has to be a very simple
process: to wit, how do I get to and download a file such as the one shown
below? I have gone to the utexas archive and others but I do not find this
particular address anywhere. Take me by the hand and lead me, Great One.
Bill Ingraham
/info-mac/nwt/util/phone-memo.hqx
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:26:02 -0400
From: Randy Alan Yeip
Subject: A simple lock on my Macintosh?
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 20:52:33 -0800
> From: [email protected] (Peter Hertzmann)
> Subject: A simple lock on my Macintosh?
>
> Does anyone know of a simple program I can use to add a start-up password
> to my Mac? I'm only trying to keep out the curious--not the serious hacker.
> When I'm out of my office, others in the company sneak in to use my
> computer (I've got the only Mac in a network of 30 PCs.) It's OK if the
> lock can be easily circumvented. It would be best if it was just a short
> program that went into the start-up folder and asked for a password. If the
> right one was not given, the computer would shut down.
>
I found one that I'm trying out to decide if I want to pay the shareware
fee. It's called Powerlock, and it does exactly what you said. It asks for
a password when it starts up, and if the password is incorrect it shuts
down. I believe I got it from the Info-Mac archives. Do a search for it, I
think it's exactly what you want.
Randy Alan Yeip
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 17:27:21 +1000
From: [email protected] (Gary Minato)
Subject: CD to System 7 Sound File??
Howdy Digesters
I want to put a soundfile on my homepage and have found software (CD to
AIFF) which enables me to transfer to the hardrive but am unable to open
the AIFF file because none of the software I have is able to edit a 9MB
file.
Is there some way to record only a portion of a song or some software which
will allow me to open and edit this 9MB file?
Thanks for your help
Cya
Gary Minato
* Gary's Place; http://netspace.net.au/~thisis/index
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:17:32 -0700
From: [email protected] (Alan and Michelle Akins)
Subject: ConfigPPP Problem
>I'm stumped...
>
>System: Power Mac 8500 w/ 32MB RAM and System 7.5
>
>When connecting to my local ISP using MacTCP, the ConfigPPP Control
>Panel interface never switches from "OPEN" to "HARD CLOSE;" therefore,
>I am unable to "HARD CLOSE" or "SOFT CLOSE" my connection.
>
>However, when performing the exact same procedure with identical
>versions of the software on a IIci / 5 MB / Sys 7 only, the Control
>Panel interface works as advertised.
>
>I'm new to my Power Mac, so am I missing something?
I and many others would always recommend that you use the latest versions
of software available. Right now, the latest, non-beta released version of
PPP is FreePPP 1.0.5. It has worked bug-free for me for many a month. I
only used the PPP control panel which had the Hard/Soft Close buttons for a
day before I made the switch to FreePPP.
In addition, I have just made the switch to FreePPP 2.5b4, which has had
only one minor, although frustrating, problem which took 10 minutes to
figure out. (Seems PPP sends something "bad" to the modem unless the
checkbox for turning on the modem speaker is checked. Otherwise, the modem
does not initialize.)
>Will Sys 7.5 Update 2.0 (7.5.3) correct this apparent incompatibility?
That is always possible. Not probable, but possible.
/Alan\
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 20:26:35 -0500
From: [email protected] (Kham S.)
Subject: Copying files with RamDoubler enabled
Hi,
I know there are problems with Ramdoubler and System 7.5.3 but has anyone
had the following problem?
- copying files from one drive to another results in a freeze.
If not then it might just be a corrupted system. Thanks in advance.
P.S. I have the latest version.
>------------->
[email protected] {Kham S.}
http://www.gatewest.net/~kham
------------------------------
Date: 23 Apr 1996 10:33:29 +1100
From: "Ben Warner"
Subject: Disk trouble/System Update.
Hi all,
I have recently updated all the Macs in the office to 7.5.3.
There is one machine, however, that does not want to be updated. The =
message I get is along the lines of 'The system software could not be =
installed on this disk, select another disk'.
I've repaired the disk with Disk First Aid and updated the driver with =
Hard Disk Setup but it still doesn't want to be updated.
Anyone else run into this one?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ben Warner.
Access Systems.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 13:19:50 +0000
From: Jack Campin
Subject: Help with chat
fabrizio frattini wrote:
> I need some helping figuring out how to set up a chat connection with
> someone in the US (I'm in Italy) and I hope someone reading this will
> write to me with some advice. We're putting together a cyberlink between
> two towns, one in the US and the other in Italy, and I would like to be
> able to chat with the US organizers in advance of the actual event.
> Since I read English slowly I find multi-channel IRC connections really
> confusing. Is there some way I could chat one on one with my US counterpart?
There are two alternatives I can think of. One is Peter Lewis's Talk, which
interworks (in theory) with anything using the Unix talk protocol; this is an
old program, has lots of bugs, and can be unusable with some other systems
(in my experience, it almost never works with Solaris, though older versions
of SunOS are OK).
The other approach is to use Nathan Neuberger's Chat. This is a daemon you
run on your own Mac, and which you or others connect to by telnet. It gives
a line-at-a-time interaction, like IRC, instead of the character-at-a-time
interaction of Talk, and allows multiway connections. I prefer Talk's style,
myself, but I'd prefer it even better if I could get it to work more often...
Both of these programs are available on the info-mac archives, in the comm/tcp
directory. You might want to attack Chat with ResEdit to get rid of some of
its stupid defaults; it assumes you want to use it to run some teeny-hacker
BBS and play idiot roleplay games, hence the list of channel names it comes
with and the facility for *rolling dice*, god forbid. You can use it for real
communication without breaking out in acne, though.
[email protected] - Jack Campin, 2 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 10:26:51 -0500
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Netscape and RamDoubler
>Perhaps someone can comment on a possible system/extension conflict that
>can prevent Netscape from working with RamDoubler on a PowerMac 8100AV.
>With RamDoubler 1.6.1 active, I find that Netscape loads in OK but just
>sits there and refuses to respond further. The problem persists with
>Netscape upgraded from v1.1 to v2.0.1. With RamDoubler removed, all is OK.
>
>The fact that other 8100 users have mentioned using Netscape with
>RamDoubler suggests that the problem may be a conflict elsewhere. I use
>MacTCP v2.0.6 and have all the usual extensions and desktop goodies - too
>many to list here. Over time I have found it necessary to disable
>QuicKeys, TypeReunion, and all Now utilities except NowMenus and
>SuperBoomerang, to achieve a stable system. But the problem with Netscape
>with RamDoubler persists.
You didn't mention your System version, but RD 1.6.1 does not run well
under 7.5.1. If that's what you have, use RD 1.5.2 instead. 1.6.1 works
fine for me under 7.5.3, though, and causes no problem with Netscape or
Type Reunion.
However, I long ago gave up on Now Utilities--the Now Toolbox itself
conflicted with at least half of my modest extension set (only 50!), even
with none of the actual Now utilitiy modules loaded. Now's unreliability
seems to get worse with every System release. Almost every useful Now
function can be obtained with Type Reunion and an array of free/shareware
extensions that are rock-solid.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:32:17 -0500
From: [email protected] (Charlie Summers)
Subject: Networking Mac, Win, Linux?
Folks;
Have what I thought was a simple problem...teach _me_ to think!
I have a test bed platform consisting of a UNIX (Linux) box, Mac PCI PM
7500, and Windows95 machine. I want to network them, using the Unix box as
a file server, using all freely-distributed software. (The hardware is not
a problem; 10BaseT w/hub is available and active.)
I thought about using NFS, but there is no freely-distributable NFS
client for the Mac. I thought about using CAP, but there is no
freely-distributable AppleTalk stack for the Win95 box.
Does _anyone_ know of a file-sharing protocol that can be used under
Unix as a file server for both the Mac and Win machines? The goal of this
exercise is to set up a mini-network using TCP/IP as the underlying layer,
allowing for EMAIL (relatively simple) and file serving (here, I'm stuck);
all using non-commercial (shareware ok, if at a reasonable cost) software
for both the server and client ends. This system will _not_ be connected to
the Internet, rather a simple LAN exercise.
Please respond via EMAIL; I will consolidate the replies and post a
summary, if there is interest.
Charlie Summers
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:08:07 -0400
From: Norman Friedman
Subject: Not enought space
When trying to print anything in "Print Shop", I get the following message,
"There is not enough space on the disk for this printing operation to be
completed." Down in the left corner of this message is -1
I have the application on my extra external 85 MB disk on which I have 23 MB
used.
Any information that will help, and I thank everyone in advance.
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 10:59:08 CST
From: Pat Ullmann
Subject: Of Mice and Men (R)
>Hi from a Newbie to the net; I hope this isn't old hat.
> I always preferred the old, heavy mouse that came with the original
>Mac. Recently my light one on our LC has been responding poorly. As an
>experiment I tried replacing the light rubber ball with a steel ball
>bearing of the same size. It works perfectly and gives me back the old feel
>of the original mouse.
> Being more of a mechanic than a hacker I hope this may be of value
>to some of you who put in so much effort into providing shareware and
>freeware.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * John and/or Judy Watkins, *
> * [email protected] *
> * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thanks for the tip! I too always preferred the old mice, and I think
I'll try out your idea. (Also maybe a steel ball won't pick up as much
crud and get scungy and sticky quite as fast as a rubber one.)
Welcome to the list!
Pat
Pat Ullmann ([email protected])
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:42:24 +0000
From: [email protected] (tom hawkins)
Subject: Problem with HP Deskjet
[email protected] (Jack S. Yee) wrote:
>I hava a deskjet printer (the $200 one) and lately its print quality has
>been very bad. Streaky and blurry. There's plenty of ink and if I try to
>"Prime" it it doesn't help.
I've found that Deskjet/Deskwriter cartridges can be cleaned simply by
wiping the nozzles very gently with a damp tissue. I use deionised water
but I expect tap water would do.
Tom Hawkins Dept. of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London SW7 2AY, UK
[email protected] Phone +44 (0)171 589 5111 ext 55194 Fax +44 (0)171 594 5207
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 1:02:35 EDT
From: "Sid B. Bernstein" (AED|COURTESY)
Subject: Query on IBM (pardon me) Displaywriter files
Hi,
I'm sorry to ask about IBM products ion a Mac net, but I could not get
to an IBM list. A friend has a slew of DisplayWriter 4 disks that he would
like to be able to use. Is there a PC or Mac program that can translate these
files to a modern readable state on the Mac or pc? Freeware or shareware
would be desirable but he would be willing to spring for a commercial program.
Please answer directly as I am usually late in reading the digest.
Thanx,
Sid
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:45:10 +0800 (U)
From: DrBlood
Subject: RE-Disappearing Cursor?
4/22/96
12:11 PM
RE:Disappearing Cursor?
Dieder wrote in Info-Mac #14 Issue 93:
>>I've just had an odd experience with my 7500/100. (7.5.3).
>>Suddenly the mouse cursor just disappeared! I could move the mouse, and
>>juding by the clicking and different applications activating, the mouse was
>>still working, but the mouse pointer had just outright vanished!
>>Eventually, by virtually mousing (how else to describe mousing with out any
>>arrow or dot to follow?) to the application menu and selecting an
>>application, the mouse pointer returned.
>>Any ideas?
>>bizarre...
>>Dieder and the disappearing mouse-pointers.
My experience exactly! I am using a PM 7100/66. This problem never occurred
prior to upgrading to 7.5.3 from 7.5.1. It has happened to me from the Finder
and also from within an application (CellQuest, a flow cytometer interface).
Launching a new app (by braille..I learned that the chooser is pretty easy to
find "in the dark") brings the cursor back. I have reduced the system to a
bare minimum of Apple-only extensions but the problem is so infrequent it is
hard to tell if it is fixed or not. It occurs maybe once per hour or two of
use. I can not yet tell if it is related to a particular operation. I upgraded
a Powerbook 520c to 7.5.3 from 7.5 (7.5.1 was unstable on my 520c) at the same
time and have not seen this problem on that computer. Both upgrades were from
clean new installs of 7.5.
Any ideas?
Jerry Spangrude
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:15:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: [email protected] (J. Favreau)
Subject: Recording sounds
> Bonjour!
>=20
> J'ai un Mac Performa 580. Je suis a la recherche d'un logiciel qui me
> permettrait d'enregistrer des sons. Est-ce que ca existe? Si oui, commen=
t
> s'appelle-t-il? J'ai SoundApple et SoundMachine et je ne peux qu'=E9cout=
er
> des sons.
>=20
> Merci beaucoup de vos suggestions!
>=20
> Jocelyne Favreau
> [email protected]
Hello,
I have a Mac Performa 580 and I'm looking for software that would allow=20
me to record sounds. Does this software exist and if so what is it's name.
I have SoundApple and SoundMachine and both only allows me to hear sounds.
Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
Jocelyne Favreau
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:36:50 -0500
From: [email protected] (Michael Conwell)
Subject: Reporting of System Contents
I have run across numerous situations where I send an email to a company
for technical support. The reply is usually, something like "Send us a
list of all Extensions that are active, and the order they are loaded". So
far, I haven't figured out a way to convienently list these items. I
looked at Apple System Profiler, but there isn't a way to export the
information...that I can see.
I also would like this solutions to list control panels.
Output would be either a list that I can copy, or import into my mailer.
Any ideas??
Michael Conwell
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 16:15:29 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: The Charting Coach
>Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 23:55:35 -0700
>From: (Family of the Americas)[email protected]
>Subject: [*] The Charting Coach
>
>Introducing an alternative to contraceptives: The Charting Coach. Did you
>know that a woman is only fertile about 100 hours during her menstrual
>cycle? You can now confidently identify these hours using the 100% natural
>Ovulation Method. This scientifically proven method of avoiding or
>achieving pregnancy eliminates all health risks associated with
>contraceptives, and it is 99% effective. Millions of couples in over 100
>countries already use this safe and inexpensive method. The Ovulation
>Method is based on a woman's natural fertility. It is not the rhythm method
>or the temperature method. Women with long or irregular cycles, breast
>feeding mothers, and even those going through pre-menopause or
>discontinuing artificial methods of family planning such as the Pill, IUD,
>condom, Norplant, or DepoProvera may use the Ovulation Method safely and
>effectively.
>
>Why continue putting your health at risk when there's an inexpensive, safe,
>natural, and effective alternative?
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/app/charting-coach-15.hqx; 890K]
Oh yeah?
Let's see their "scientific proof" that this "method" is "99% effective".
I have no doubt that it will turn out that they have tried to make facts
fit what they already believe. Proof, however, is a little more rigorous
than that (and there's no difference between "scientific" proof and any
other kind of proof -- that's just a carefully-chosen "trigger" word to
lend them spurious credibility). Proof might consist of a study,
conducted by objective, rational and unprejudiced people, of a
statistically valid number of women using this "method" compared to a
control group using the known-to-be-effective methods named -- how many
unwanted pregnancies in each group? Let's see your figures! (Don't hold
your breath, folks). These people are selling an ideology, not a family
planning method. To put it plainly: they are liars, and the truth is not
in them. "99%", forsooth! Get out of here.
So-called "natural" birth-control methods are a perfectly valid choice
for a woman, either on their own or in conjunction with some other
method(s), but only if she is fully aware of the true effectiveness
statistics for these methods, which are pretty abysmal. I believe it is
grossly irresponsible to deliberately mislead people on this subject, and
I believe that is what "Family of the Americas" is doing. They know that
nobody in their right mind will adopt their method as a serious measure
if they get the facts, so they lie. Why? What's their motive? Not to help
women plan their families, that's for sure.
List moderator: The post quoted above is dishonest both in intent and in
execution. Do you not have a responsibility to censor such posts on the
list? Just because these people are politically powerful at the moment in
the US doesn't mean you have to help them spread deceit! And don't let
them pull any of that "Gott mit uns" stuff on you; if they think God
wants them to lie then I guess we all know who it is they really worship,
huh?
-- Phil Hudson -- --
-- -- --
[Yeah, I didn't like this one either, but that really dosen't matter, does it?
Perhaps this shouldn't have gone in the app directory, but there is nothing
illegal about it, so we post it. You are more than welcome to write and post
an app that describes more sure methods of birth control. Email the author
and (politely!!) convince them that their program has a "bug" and get them
to withdraw it. Sorry, mate.
And, as I'm sure some of the veteransof this will atest (sp?), we've gone pretty far the other direction too.
-Gordon]
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