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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 23 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 101
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#325/22-Apr-96
(Q) Producing WAV and AU files
[A] Any explanations for this Word wierdness?
[A] Archives?
[A] CD to System 7 Sound File??
[A] Dissappearing cursor
[A] Reporting of System Contents
A: Not enought space
A CLASSIC problem
Apple IIe translator
APS is Tops!
ARCHIVES
Charting Coach promo
ConfigPPP Problem
Cross Platform Disk-spanning Compression?
Czech characters, how to create?
DeskJet print quality (R)
HP 850c and Ethernet
Info-Mac Digest V14 #100 (3 msgs)
Installing PowerPoint
Laserwriter Bridge zaps HP deskwriters
Mac as internet sever
Netscape crash reproducible
NewsWatcher Question.
Not enough space
Not enought space (2 msgs)
Now SuperBoomerang
Quadra-700 (sys 7.5.3, 7.5.1) destroys floppies
Re->Copying files with RamD
Reporting of System Contents (2 msgs)
sound for Mac IIx
Suggestions
SuperATM
The Charting Coach (3 msgs)
The Charting Coach...
Video/Electronics Mailing List
Which software install on a pb-100? (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 23:26:53 -0700
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#325/22-Apr-96
TidBITS#325/22-Apr-96
Lots of hot news in this issue: Apple announces new Macs, Adobe
announces PageMill 2.0, Specular announces 3D Web Workshop,
Connectix ships the Color QuickCam, and you can download betas
of Eudora Pro 3.0 and Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word 6.
This issue also brings you information on a few compatibility
problems with the System 7.5.3 update and a follow-up to Adam's
recent article about Internet chain mail.
Topics:
MailBITS/22-Apr-96
Connectix Ships Color QuickCam
Updating for the 7.5.3 Update
As The Web Turns
Breaking the Chain
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-325.etx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:06:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy Colson
Subject: (Q) Producing WAV and AU files
Howdy folks,
I've spent 2 weeks of my brain power trying to find a util that I can
use to save sound bytes out as SND's, WAV's and AU files.
So far, not much luck.
I need something for either a Mac OR a PC to do this..but the files
right now are system 7 sound files.
Thanks in advance,
Timothy
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:59:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: [A] Any explanations for this Word wierdness?
>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
First off, you need to run Norton Disk Doctor, MacTools Pro, and Disk First
Aid repeatedly until they report no problems found, on your internal and
any external drives you occasionally use. Don't delay doing this, or your
damage may become so severe you won't be able to repair it. In that case,
your only option will be to reformat.
I've never had so many b-tree errors in my life! Every external 128- and
230-meg optical (about 20) had 'em, and the utilities fixed, and fixed, and
fixed, but they kept coming back, and back, and back.
I have finally cured such problems by doing a clean install of System 7.5,
followed by a clean install of the update to 7.5.3, with extensions turned
off. Since then, even Netscape 1.1N hasn't caused any problems.
Hope this helps. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:46:57 +1000
From: [email protected] (Tim Tuck)
Subject: [A] Archives?
[email protected] (Bill Ingraham) wrote...
> 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
This is how the directories are arranged under ANY Infomac mirror site. ie
if I use my local mirror, "archie.au" I will find a directory called
"/micros/mac".
Within the mac dir is both "info-mac" and "umich" dirs.
Now following the path above, if we concantenate the whole path, we get:
archie.au/micros/mac/info-mac/nwt/util/phone-memo.hqx
and to turn it into a proper URL we wrap it up like so:
If you have IceTee installed you could option click on this URL and have it
download.
As long as you know the address of a mirror site you can work out where
things live. If you visit some of the Hyper archives ( such as mine
with your web browser, the digests have been turned into HTML and the URLS
have been automatically turned into hotlinks for the most common mirrors.
Vist my site at URL and you can
search back issues too!
Hope this helps
cheers
Tim
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 15:31:01 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: [A] CD to System 7 Sound File??
>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?
Disc-to-Disk. It's commercial software. Ask your dealer. It can save any
portion of any song to your HD at any of several sample rates in any of a
number of common sound file formats including both 'snd ' (Mac system
sound format) and AIFF. NB Beware copyright infringement! I would imagine
that putting a sound on the Web constituted public performance and was
therefore illegal without permission of the copyright holder.
-- Phil Hudson -- --
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 03:55:05 -0700
From: [email protected] (Roderick M. Staalman)
Subject: [A] Dissappearing cursor
in Ifo-mac #14 issue 93 there was a question of disappearing cursors.
I beleive the problem lies in the LaserWriter 8 driver.
Well, That's my experience.
I now use the (older) HP LaserJet driver, which also makes use of the
ppd-files, So there is no compatibility problem.
--
--
You salt the chips, | Roderick M. Staalman
I'll sort out the amadillo! | [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 15:31:05 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: [A] 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??
These packages do exactly what you want, plus advise you on
system-configuration changes you could make with advantage.
1. Conflict Catcher from Cassady & Greene. Can also automate conflict
isolation and resolution.
2. Help! from Teknosys. Very informative, beautiful reports.
3. Both of the above (what I use).
-- Phil Hudson -- --
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 22:31:35 -0500
From: [email protected] (Thomas Scott)
Subject: A: Not enought space
On Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:08:07, Norman Friedman sez:
>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]
Yes, but how much space do you have on your INTERNAL drive? If you have
background printing turned on in your Chooser, PrintMonitor saves the Spool
file to the System Folder on your startup drive. If you're cramped for
space on your internal drive this is the message you get.
HTH.
Cheers!
Tom
Thomas Scott, World Wide Web/Instructional Computing Consultant
College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
http://www.human.cornell.edu
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:13:24 AST
From: [email protected]
Subject: A CLASSIC problem
Hello everyone.
I have recently purchased a second-hand MAC CLASSIC. I would like to know
where I can find information on whats available in terms of software and
hardware. I live in Bermuda and I have access to the Internet.
I would appreciate any helpful responses.
Thank you.
Ian Mills
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:44:00 -0400
From: [email protected] (Raphael N. Levi)
Subject: Apple IIe translator
This is my first attemt to contact IM and I hope I'm using the correct
address.
I have a bothersome question, for which - I am sure - a simple answer
exists. But first the background:
I am an Apple IIgs refugee and now have an LC475 Mac with an Apple IIe
board installed and a ProDos partition on my HD. On this partition I have,
among other things, a database containing something over a thousand records
of approximately 15 - 20 fields each. The file was created by DBMaster Pro
and I can easily translate it to DIF format, and actually did so. Here
comes the obvious question:
How can I port this to my FileMaker Pro V. 3 program? If I simply put it
into the Macintosh partition, FMP evidently doesn't recognize it - it
doesn't show up on the file open dialog screen. BTW, in the File Info
screen it shows as "IIe document".
I have contacted Claris tech support, who was quite knowledgable (IMHO) but
said that this was Apple's problem - and gave me the Apple SOS number. When
I called them, I finally got to to a live person, who then connected me to
another, who, he said, was better versed in the IIe world. She, predictably
told me that this was Claris' problem! I'm not sure she was right (she
didn't know what a DIF file is - and didn't recognize the word "tuples").
Isn't there some easy way to change the file-type? Or wouldn't that help?
If there is really no other way, is there some commercial service that will
do it for me, at a reasonable price?
If any kind soul can come up with an answer, please send it to my email
address:
[email protected]
Thanks in advance for all answers - even condolences. (I dont relish the
thought of re-keying the entire file). Sigh ..........
Have a nice day,
Raphael N. Levi
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 23:31:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (Ted Goranson)
Subject: APS is Tops!
Friends--
I just have to commend a star performance. I have bought $35-50K of
Mac-related stuff a year for a few years now, all over the phone. I've had
some good experiences and not-so good with various folks. But I have never
experienced any who can touch APS for their service.
I've just been through another experience with them. the details of which
are unimportant. I was astonished at what they did for me; it brings back
all the best feelings of the Mac community just dealing with them.
So, amid various notices of bad apples, I thought I'd give them kudos, and
a public recommendation.
Ted Goranson, [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:40:26 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: ARCHIVES
My heartfelt thanks to the following nice people who so promptly and so
fully instructed me in the art of getting Info-Mac files:
Tim Tuck
Ray Kallman
Jim Williams (who also attached the Phone Memo file I wanted)
Michael Knight (who also appended the full mirror site list)
Regards to all,
Bill Ingraham
Note to Info-Mac: Might there be others who would like to learn how to
handle this task? Maybe a tutorial in the heading?
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:58:05 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Charting Coach promo
>>[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"
This appears to be just a flame from some unhappy right-to-lifer. One is
tempted to comment "Methinks he doth protest too much." All that heat must
have a fire under it somewhere.
Bill Ingraham
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:59:46 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: ConfigPPP Problem
> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 13:00:05 -0400
> From: Internet Maine
> Subject: ConfigPPP Problem
[...snip...]
> 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.
[...snip...]
The problem you notice is probably merely cosmetic; the ConfigPPP control
panel does not properly redraw the Open and Close buttons. To test this,
momentarily cover the control panel with another Finder window, then move
the other window. See if the buttons don't redraw correctly then.
In any case, you should update both the PPP extension and the ConfigPPP
control panel to FreePPP 2.5, with or without system updates.
Hope this helps. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
------------------------------
Date: 23 Apr 1996 19:05:33 +0200
From: [email protected] (Tobias Kuipers)
Subject: Cross Platform Disk-spanning Compression?
I know of a very cheap hardware solution, and a software solution
aswell:
1. Get a so-called null-modem cable (modem cable with 2 wires switched
so that you can plug it in two computers without needing a modem
inbetween), available at most electronics stores. Best way to go is
usually buy a regular Mac-to-Modem cable (DIN-9 to RS-232) and a
Null-modem PC-to-PC cable (RS-232 to RS-232) because null-modem cables
with a Mac plug are not that readily available.
Right, plug one end in a Mac serial port, other in PC serial port. Start
ZTerm on Mac and Telix on PC (Or any other Terminal emulation app that
supports ZModem) and send files just like you would over a modem. This
is not fast, but it's cheap
2. Get a copy of SunTar for the Mac (on sumex), a GNU tar implementation
for the Mac, and a similar tar application for your PC (ask local PC
guru for reference). Tar stands for Tape ARchive, and is an ancient
archiving program (originally for UNIX, but maybe even older?). It can
do multi-disk archives in a transparent way (might require a "-M" switch
on a DOS box
.On the DOS box archive the file to the floppies (refer to tar manual how
to do this) and use SunTar to retrieve them on the Mac. You could use a
seperate compression program to limit the number of disks.
Ad 1 and 2: I find that gnuzip gives the best crossplatform performance
for compressing files. You could use this for the cable filetransfer
aswell. StuffitExpander can expand gnuzip files (extension .gz), or you
can get MacGzip. Get a gzip or gnuzip implementation for the PC aswell.
As you can see I am not that much of an expert with DOS filenames, but
anyone that is familiar with archives of DOS software should be able to
supply you with the real names.
Hope this is useful,
cheers,
Tobias
--
URL : http://adam.fwi.uva.nl/~kuipers/
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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1996 17:11:33 +100
From: "Willem van der Wal"
Subject: Czech characters, how to create?
Hello Mac-users,
>From a Performa (system 7.x) user from the Czech Republic I got a
question regarding Czech characters.
Does any of you know how to create these Czech symbols: c,d,r,s,t
with a hacek (upside down Circumflex) and a u with a ring?
Willem van der Wal,
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
Wassenaar, The Netherlands
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 08:53:53 CST
From: Pat Ullmann
Subject: DeskJet print quality (R)
>>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 didn't see the original post (this piece was snipped out of another
reply), so if this was already addressed I apologize.
I used to own a DeskWriter (Mac version of the DeskJet), and the print
quality just gave me fits. I liked the machine itself very much, it was
fast and reliable, but they just couldn't seem to produce cartridges for
it that would give consistent printing results. I'd buy one cart and it
would give me nice crisp clear text, the next one would bleed and blur
all over the page. I traded the printer in three (3) times, thinking it
was at fault (this was also HP's recommendation). I tried, I think, every
type of paper ever made. I talked to service techs. Finally realized that
the problem wasn't the printer or the paper but the carts, and there was
nothing I could do to resolve it.
I mention this to point out that it's possible your problem isn't clogged
jets. The "streaky" part of your description sounds like dirty jets, but
the "blurry" part sounds more like the sort of problems I encountered.
Caveat: my DeskWriter experience was a couple years back, and they may
have totally eliminated their cartridge problems now.
Good luck,
Pat
Pat Ullmann ([email protected])
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:54:04 +0000
From: [email protected] (Nigel Smith)
Subject: HP 850c and Ethernet
Dear Info-Maccers,
I'm sure that I recently saw an article in The Info. Alley or similar
about using an HP 850c (local talk) on a Mac on an Ethernet network,
possibly by using LaserWriter Bridge and a hack to make the 850c pretend
it was a LaserWriter. I took little notice, not needing such advice at the
time, but now...
Anybody else remember this? I searched where I can, including the TIA
indexes and Apple's TIL, but came up blank. Any help would be gratefully
received.
Thanks,
Nigel
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 08:42:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jim Antonich
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #100
I just bought a Performa 5200 here in Germany (most closely resembles the
LC 5200 in the U.S.). Trouble is it came with (naturally) a German system
and assorted software. I can live with software, but I'd really like to
get a U.S. system--without paying $75.00 if I can avoid it.
Does anyone know who I can contact to SWAP the German system (7.5.1) for
a U.S. equivalent?
Jim Antonich
University of Maryland
Heidelberg, Germany
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 08:42:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jim Antonich
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #100
I just bought a Performa 5200 here in Germany (most closely resembles the
LC 5200 in the U.S.). Trouble is it came with (naturally) a German system
and assorted software. I can live with software, but I'd really like to
get a U.S. system--without paying $75.00 if I can avoid it.
Does anyone know who I can contact to SWAP the German system (7.5.1) for
a U.S. equivalent?
Jim Antonich
University of Maryland
Heidelberg, Germany
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:25:46 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #100
>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
Now Profile (part of Now Utilities) can do what you ask. A short example
is shown below, copied from a System Profile I just ran.
>This boot, the following Extensions load in this order:
>
>Extension Version 'sysz' Sys Heap Other
>=======================================================================
>Speed Access 1.1.2 288k (NA) (NA)
>($1)Disinfectant 3.6 3.6 20k (NA) (NA)
> Now Toolbox 5.0.1 292k (NA) (NA)
>Now Startup Manager 6.0 64k (NA)-282591200
>Apple CD-ROM 5.1.2 72k 63504 0
>Apple Guide 2.0.2 64k 20640 0
Nick Beaver
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 11:06:53 +0200
From: "Jan van Schoot"
Subject: Installing PowerPoint
Hello,
My name is Wim, this week I tried to install Microsoft Office onto my Performa
5200 with 12 MB onboard.
The installation was completed succesfully. The only message that made me a
little worried was : "you should set your total memory to 20 MB before you try
to run PowerPoint or Excel". So I did.
Excel and Word started without any problem, PowerPoint however didn't and
prompted the message "you don't have enough RAM to run this program, quit other
applications or try to run PowerPoint setup again". I have set up the part of
Powerpoint in Microsoft Office again but PowerPoint prompted the same message.
So I changed the memory setting under "info" but this didn't work either.
Can anybody help me with this problem ?
Wim Bouwens
e-mail: [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 11:55:34 +0000
From: [email protected] (tom hawkins)
Subject: Laserwriter Bridge zaps HP deskwriters
[email protected] ([email protected]) wrote:
> It is a documented fact that installing Apple's LaserWriter bridge
>allows one to share LaserWriters on LocalTalk over an ethernet network via
...
> What is not documented is that HP DeskWriter printers cease to
>function. They just do not show up in the chooser window.
I'm very interested to hear this because a Deskwriter printer in my lab has
stopped appearing on the Localtalk network, although it works fine via a
serial connection. Perhaps someone elsewhere in our zone has just installed
LW Bridge! You're sure it is LaserWriter Bridge that's the culprit? Have
you been in touch with Apple and/or HP about this?
As for how to bridge Localtalk to Ethernet, have you considered a hardware
solution? I've looked into this recently (in order to get off the
departmental LocalTalk network and onto Ethernet, but still allow use of
Localtalk-only printers and Macs). We've been quoted just over 300 pounds
for a device called a Sonic Etherprint TCP/IP which will bridge a Localtalk
network of up to 12 devices to Ethernet, allowing use of all network
services including TCP/IP (we're promised.) There are cheaper versions
without the TCP/IP capability and for only two devices. If you like I can
give you the supplier's details. (we haven't bought one yet as we're still
waiting for ethernet to be installed.)
Hope this helps
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: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 08:16:43 -0400
From: [email protected] (Zoltan Tyeklar)
Subject: Mac as internet sever
Hi!
I wonder if any of you have experience with setting up and/or using a
Mac internet server. Apple's Internet solution includes software only
for running web sites, but I am also interested in other services:
ftp, mail (SMTP, POP), dial-up.
I'd greatly appreciate if you could share your opinion/suggestions.
Zoltan Tyeklar
[email protected]
http://www.metasyn.com
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Date: 24 Apr 1996 11:53:02 +1100
From: "Ben Warner"
Subject: Netscape crash reproducible
Hi listers,
One of our Powerbook 190cs machines in the office is have a peculiar =
problem with Netscape. Not that problems with Netscape are peculiar, but =
the circumstances behind this one are.
There are certain sites that consistently cause Netscape to crash when it =
is loading the page. I have checked these sites out on other computers =
and there seems to be no common attributes for the sites that could cause =
this problem. No other machines in the office have the same problem, =
including other PB 190cs machines. I've tried deleting all preferences, =
re-installing and using different versions of Netscape, all to no avail.
Anyone had a similar experience?
What could be causing it?
Any comments would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ben Warner
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 20:12:11 +0800
From: [email protected] (YIM Chung Kit)
Subject: NewsWatcher Question.
Please tell me what is the different between the original NewsWatcher,
YA-NewsWatcher and VA-NewsWatcher.
I am using YA-NewsWatcher 2.2.0b6. How can I setup YA-NewsWatcher so as to
read Chinese article? I set the screen fonts to Chinese already but still
can't see it. Or is it need a Chinese version?
Thanks.
C.K. YIM - Hong Kong
Quiz : )
What runs about all day and lies under the bed at night?
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 10:13:48 -0400
From: Romulo Romero
Subject: Not enough space
Sounds to me that your start-up disk is getting full (that is where
the Print Monitor Documents folder resides). Try to free up some space
or turn background printing off.
Romulo Romero
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 10:26:13 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: Not enought space
on Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:08:07 -0400, Norman Friedman
uttered the immortal words:
>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.
I would imagine that one of two things is true:
1. You're using LaserWriter 7.x, with background printing turned on.
2. You're using LaserWriter 8.x, with background printing turned on or
off.
In either case, the disk that has insufficient space is your startup disk.
LaserWriter 7.x only spools to the disk if background printing is on, so
you may be able to get around the problem by turning background printing
off.
LaserWriter 8.x spools to the disk before every print job, regardless of
whether background printing is on or off. THere are two ways to get
around the problem if you're using this driver:
a. Clear off a bunch of space on your startup disk.
b. Tell the system to put its spool files on another disk.
Instructions follow.
Changing the location of your LaserWriter 8 spool files:
1. Select the drive where you want the temporary spool file to be
located. Create a new folder and name it "Printing Temp Folder".
2. Make an alias of that folder.
3. Move the alias in to the Extensions folder in the active System Folder.
4. Delete " alias" from the name of the alias in Extensions.
This works well. As a test, I put my temporary folder on a Netware file
server, then printed a 65Mb Photoshop document using LaserWriter 8.2 with
only 63K free on my startup disk.
chazl
04.23.96
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----
Chaz Larson - [email protected]
Everything is dangerous if you're stupid.
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 01:22:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
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.
Perhaps the problem lies with Print Shop (I don't know this
application), but if I were to guess I'd say the problem is with the
printer driver. You didn't mention which printer you're using, but I
suspect it's an inkjet. By default most printer drivers create their
scratch files on the startup disk. Check in the Page Setup...
dialogue if the printer driver will allow you to choose the external
drive as a scratch disk; if not, either free enough space on the
startup disk, or make the external drive the startup disk when
printing large/complex files.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:49:49 -0600
From: "John A. Cooper"
Subject: Now SuperBoomerang
Sorry for posting. Don't have Lanny Chambers' e-mail.
In response to the following...
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 10:26:51 -0500
>From: Lanny Chambers
>Subject: Netscape and RamDoubler
>
>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.
What do you use instead of Now SuperBoomerang? I previously liked Directory
Assistance (w/ Norton 2)
a lot, but that seems to conflict w/ many things now. Have gone to
SuperBoomerang, but that actually
doesn't do all the things that Directory Assistance did. Is there a good
free/shareware to
substitute? Want 7.5.3 compatibility.
Please answer via e-mail if possible. Thanks.
_____________________________________
John Cooper
Dept. of Cell Biology & Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine
Post Office address: Box 8228, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110
Shipping (FedEx) address: Dept. of Cell Biology, 4566 Scott Ave., St. Louis, MO
63110
Phone: (314) 362-3964 Fax: (314) 362-0098
E-mail: [email protected]
WWW site: http://www.cooperlab.wustl.edu/
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:47:26 +0100
From: [email protected] (Jim McClellan)
Subject: Quadra-700 (sys 7.5.3, 7.5.1) destroys floppies
(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups:
comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc)
Here's a hardware/software interaction question/problem/puzzle:
Ever since I installed sys 7.5, I have had random occurrences
of floppy destruction: a usually good floppy is inserted, but then
the system reports an error reading. All subsequent efforts
to use that floppy fail. It is unreadable; Norton won't fix it;
it cannot be re-formatted; other Macs can't read it.
Basically it has to be thrown into the trash bin.
I also experienced one case where a ZIP disk was trashed, but
I have been able to re-format that disk with a low-level format.
I am running a Quadra 700, 20 Meg, with a DiiMo fast cache.
Zip drive, Quantum 750 internal and 1222 Meg Quantum external (APS)
When this started happening under sys 7.5.1, I read something to
the effect that SCSI Manager 4.3.1 caused problems on the
Quadra and seem to recall that the floppy drive would be affected.
So I trashed SCSI Manager 4.3.1 back in January and there were
no more floppy destructions.
Now I have just updated to 7.5.3 with a clean install, new disk
drivers (APS 4.0.4), etc. I have not yet thrown in all my special
extensions, but was starting on that. I had installed ATM 3.8.3.
When I started to install Now Utilities v5 from its floppy, the
machine trashed the floppy. I had booted with extensions off.
The system bombed with error #10. Subsequent efforts to read the floppy
on other Macs have been unsuccessful.
Any suggestions? Does SCSI Manager have to be trashed?
I understand that SCSI Manager is no longer a separate extension,
but is now "inside" the system. How would one remove it?
.....thanks for any help.....jim
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Date: 23 Apr 1996 12:14:16 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: Re->Copying files with RamD
This is a well known problem on 040 Macs. Rick Ford from Macintouch reports:
Connectix' Jorg Brown has a hack that may work around problems copying files
on 68040 Macs with Ram Doubler 1.6.1 and System 7.5.3. If you try it, please
let us
know the results.
A similar patch, this time for the copy problem, is to disable the new
68K SCSI
Manager from System 7.5.3. You only want to do this for 68K-based Macs
that
don't already have SCSI Manager: that is, every 68K based Mac except
the 660AV,
the 840AV, and Macs with IDE drives. Anyway, open a copy of the System
7.5
Update 2.0 file, and change the resource number of the 'citt' resource
from 43 to 430
(or just about any other number, really). Then swap the new System 7.5
Update
with the old one. This should solve the copy problem, and could cure
problems
people are seeing with their hard disk drivers as well.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:19:53 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gordon Moynes)
Subject: Reporting of System Contents
Michael Conwell wrote in Info-Mac #100
>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".
The simplest way I know of is to open your extensions or control panels
folder, view by name, select all, copy and paste to wherever you want the
list. If you need the specific loading order it is as follows: Extensions
folder in alphabetical order; Control Panels folder in alphabetical order;
System folder in alphabetical order.
Hope this helps,
Gord
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 01:33:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
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.
I believe there are one or two shareware apps which do that (e.g.
List Files 2.5.3 or QuickList 1.0.1), but here are two simple (and
free) solutions:
1. In Finder open the Extensions folder, choose Edit>Select All,
choose Edit>Copy, then go into your emailer, start a new message,
and choose Edit>Paste. You'll get a list of every visible file in
the folder (but not including files/folders in nested folders). You
can automate this even further with AppleScript.
2. If you're using BBEdit Lite 3.5.1 open a new document and choose
Edit>Insert>Folder Listing.... Use standard Mac navigating
techniques to go the System folder, select the Extensions folder and
press Return. You'll get a indented list of every file in the folder
(including invisible ones and including files/folders in nested
folders).
Hope this helps, Florin
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:03:57 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: sound for Mac IIx
Can anyone lead me in the right direction for giving a Mac II the capability
of using a mic for sound input?
Thanks,
Rick Schultz ([email protected])
------------------------------
Date: 23 Apr 1996 17:34:33 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: Suggestions
Gary Minato Writes:
>>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?>I have a Mac Performa 580 and I'm looking for software that would allow
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. Open
3) Navigate to the Audio CD
4) Double-click on the track you want to record
5) Click "Convert..."
6) Click "Options..."
You are now presented with the "Audio CD Import Options" dialog box. Set
parameters as desired and hey, you're recording audio from a CD.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
P.S. Jocelyne, my wife if French, in case you need a translation (not one of
my abilities).
-------------------------
Michael Conwell Writes:
>>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.
Subject: SuperATM
Florin, I did not have time to translate, neither did I post the whole
msg (note dots "..." in my original, to indicate editing). Personally,
I'd be quite happy to see posts in French, etc., on INFO-MAC, perhaps
followed or preceded (as happened in the case of my own posting) with a
precise synopsis in English. Macs are superb systems for multi-lingual
usage, so it would be a pity to have messages quoting non-English
lines rejected. Thanks, Bill, for forwarding mine to the list!
With best wishes,
Marion Gunn
Everson Gunn Teoranta
On Sat, 20 Apr 1996 18:00:12 -0400 (EDT) you said:
>
>With all due deference to the language of kings (and to all those
>who hail from the Emerald Isle), this is a perfect example of why
>Info-Mac should stay English-only. This post was, in my opinion,
>mere waste of bandwidth. If the originator didn't have time to
>translate, he or she shouldn't have posted it.
>
>--
> Florin Neumann
> [email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 07:15:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (The Opera Ghost)
Subject: The Charting Coach
Guys,
I strongly recommend that we not discuss this post any further. Nobody
wants Info-Mac to be a roundtable on the birth-control issue. I think the
moderators were right in admitting the file upload, albeit an
out-of-the-ordinary one. In my opinion, however, it was inappropriate for
the second individual to post his comments--not on the program--but on the
idea behind it. He asked for proof and figures. Info-mac should not be
the site for an analytical discussion of something that has nothing to do
with Macintoshes or even computers in general. Personally, I don't like
the tarot card file uploads which happen every once in a while, but I don't
post messages to the digest with my opinion, nor do I rudely address the
moderator; because Info-Mac is not the forum for discussing those issues.
Let's stay on target and let this thread die.
Christopher Ursich
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 09:17:55 BST
From: [email protected] (Peter Kay)
Subject: The Charting Coach
Congratulations to Gordon for NOT censuring the above software.
I agree with some of the sentiments expressed by Phil about the risk of
using the software ON ITS OWN for birth control, but he seems to have
forgotten about the alternative use of the software ... as a nice
uncomplicated way of starting (or adding to) a family.
This incident provides an excellent example of why one shouldn't
hotheadedly rush into censureship. Phil, assume that the readers of this
digest are intelligent and able to make up their own minds about the use
software submissions.
Dr Peter Kay, School of Information Sciences
University of Hertfordshire, UK
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 13:28:06 -0700
From: Michael Ross
Subject: The Charting Coach
> [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
> 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]
There is _nothing_ illegal about viruses, yet you do not archive
these. The Charting Coach IS a virus, in that it advertises to
perform one service, while it actually does another. The instructions
contained therein WILL cause pregnancies, and WILL CERTAINLY
promulgate Sexually Transmitted Diseaases, including HIV, the AIDS
virus. (Yes, virus...!)
Also, given the current legislative climate of "blaming the carrier
for the bad news", you are opening yourselves up to medical
[mal]practice liability by allowing bogus medical advice to be
distributed by your services.
I really would suggest that you consult with the Stanford
administration and their lawyers about this. I would hate to see the
entire Info-Mac archive yanked on this stupid incident. You are in a
position of authority and need to live up to the responsibilities
that come with that position.
[flame on]
Meanwhile, I will return to preparing detailed instructions on:
- killing oneself neatly and efficiently
- seducing 6-year-old girls
- creating undetectible explosive devices
- any and all activities which, although the perpetration thereof
might be illegal in some cases, the dissemination of information
related to them is definitely not.
[flame off, but you do get the point, yes?]
At the very least you need a new directory entitled "propaganda".
---
Michael Ross
Antigone Press, San Francisco, California
e-mail: [email protected]
FAX: +1 415 550 1957
---
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:53:17 +0200
From: Elliot Bennett
Subject: The Charting Coach...
[I'm a fool. Clearly. I should have zapped Phil's message, but now
I've opened up a can of worms. I don't feel I can just cut off debate
w/out prior warning. So -- NO DIGEST WILL CONTAIN MESSAGES ON THIS TOPIC
AFTER THIS ONE. If you wish to take up discussion with any of the
messages in here, go for it. Via e-mail. This really isn't for info-mac.
This is my fault, and I'm sorry those of you who aren't interested in this
discussion must page through it. Yes, I've learned my lesson. Never
again. I swear! Really. Never say never... -Gordon]
This is almost certainly not the forum for this message, but I feel I have to
address the recent message by Phil Hudson regarding the program Charting Coach
which claims:
>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...
Mr. Hudson stated:
>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.
Firstly, I don't believe it necessary for every scientific post to justify its
claims in a post to info-mac (in fact, I'm GLAD they didn't give all the
statistics and research associated with this theory here). Info-mac is not a
scientific forum. Yes, it would have been nice if they could have referenced
some article to substantiate their claims, but I don't see it as absolutely
necessary for such a post.
Secondly, Mr. Hudson, just exactly how do you know that this theory is a bogus
as you claim? It just so happens that I recently read a article in the
International Herald Tribune which was reproduced from an article in either
the N.Y. Times or the Washington Post (since the Trib is owned by these two
papers that's were they get most of their articles) claiming that a new study
had shown that this system does in fact seem to work. The research involved a
large sample of women who were trying to get pregnant. Those having
intercourse the day before ovulation were something like 80% successful with
the percentages decreasing until 5 days before ovulation with a probability of
something like (I didn't cut out the article so this is all from my memory) 10%
. What caught my eye was that they said there was a 0% chance of pregnancy
the day after ovulation (which I found surprising). Now, I'm no human
reproduction specialists (in fact, I'm not even a doctor), but I do remember
that this struck me both as a legitimate as well as reputable study and I
would like to know where anyone gets off dismissing it so quickly (Mr. Hudson-
are you a doctor involved in the study of human reproduction?). Besides, what
if it is in fact legit and it all turns out to be true?
I just thought we should all have a just a little more tolerance to new ideas
before we flame anyone too quickly. I certainly believe in a healthy
skepticism, but a little self-restraint probably ain't so bad either...
Just my $0.02 worth...
Elliot Bennett
Cologne, Germany
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:15:02 -0700
From: [email protected] (Rob C.)
Subject: Video/Electronics Mailing List
Hi-
I was wondering if anyone knew of a mailing list, or something, that
talked about using a Macintosh with certain electronic, video or editing
tools to edit videos and such, what hardware was needed, software, etc.
You can leave me a message on here or E-Mail me at [email protected]
Thanks for your help!
-Rob C.
* New Light Multimedia *
[email protected]
http://www.nworks.com/Rob
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:03:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Cristiano Verondini
Subject: Which software install on a pb-100? (fwd)
Hello,
I recently had an used pb-100. Now, it's only 20 Mb Hd, so I was
looking what to install on it. I would like to use it for internet e-mail
and maybe news and web browsing.
What are the top-ten utilities installed on pb-100 of people
around that can help you and still be as little as possible?
Are there any trick to help to use it?
Thanks in advance
Cris
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