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Info-Mac Digest Sun, 5 May 96 Volume 14 : Issue 107
Today's Topics:
[!] New unsub directions
[*] alpine
[*] Birthdays and Such 1.0: daily alerts
[*] CD-Namer 1.7.1
[*] Delete Explorer Cache
[*] Destroy the Necronomicon v2.5
[*] Disk Wizard 2.0 Italian
[*] Fonts Manager 2.0 sp2
[*] FootNotes v1.1 Trial Version
[*] Game of Life 1.4.0
[*] HTML Vocabulary 1.1
[*] Industrial OS
[*] Ismini Key
[*] ISOnoHFS version 2
[*] Life v1.0
[*] MOONCLOCK 2.1.0 68K
[*] MOONCLOCK 2.1.0 PPC
[*] Nepenthe
[*] Star Guardian
[*] Stereo "Siamese Beep"
[*] Strategic Overrun 1.0
[*] TERRACHRONE 2.1.0
[*] The icons are IN THE BAG!!
[*] Virtual, a multiple virtual screens manager
(Q) Disk Cache Strategy
[A] MacX on PCI PowerMacs
A curious mind
Automated Mac Restart
Bitsurfr init
Directory Assistance
Espi Sans TT?
Excel 4 Startup Problem under 7.5.3
FWB JackHammer Nubus problem
GIF/JPEG Display Shareware
grabbing web sites
IBM fromated disks
Imagewriter II and multipart forms: fun, fun,fun
Info-Mac Digest V14 #104 (2 msgs)
Liability Insurance for Mac Clubs
Need client-server database with offline capability
Netscape won't save
Newswatcher
Open Transport keeps changing the port on a Duo
Powerbook and external modem
QuickDraw GX/Print Monitor
System 7.5.3 Problem
System 7.5.3 upgrade software
Ugly Desktop Icon Award: FWB CD-ROM Toolkit
Video cards: which one is worth buying?
Wintel (gasp!) SIMMS on a Mac?
Yet another Mac rag
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Date: Sun, 5 May 96 23:12:25 PDT
From: The Moderators
Subject: [!] New unsub directions
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 03:35:47 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] alpine
This program is a simple programmer's tool--it will display a PICTure
and as the cursor move around the window, it returns coordinates. This
is useful for displaying PICT resources inside windows and knowing their
precise local coordinates.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/alpine.hqx; 16K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 13:08:50 -0700
From: (Ron Lichty)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Birthdays and Such 1.0: daily alerts
Birthdays and Such is a tiny application meant to be launched on daily
startup, to remind you of the important birthdays and anniversaries in your
life. (It's only 17K, plus a sample Reminders text file and a manual.) It
works for me, which has made me the envy of all my friends and relatives.
By setting reminders 10 or so days ahead, I find I'm as on the ball as the
best of the rest of my friends and relatives in remembering to buy cards
and presents (and to actually send them)--and way ahead of the
date-impaired.
Birthdays and Such runs on almost every Macintosh computer that's been made
since 1986 -- Mac Plus through the latest PowerMacs. It requires only
System Software version 6, but takes advantage of System 7 features when
available.
The steps to use Birthdays and Such are simple: You type important dates
into a text file (just modify the sample Reminders file that's part of the
package). And you set Birthdays and Such to run every time you start your
Macintosh. (Simple instructions are in the manual)
Birthdays and Such is What'sItWorthWare--that is, you decide what Birthdays
and Such is worth. (If you use it, it's worth _something_.)
Enjoy!
Ron Lichty
(AOL: RonLichty)
[Archived as /info-mac/app/birthdays-and-such-package.hqx; 161K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:40:30 -0700
From: (Christoph Schaffhauser)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CD-Namer 1.7.1
With "CD-Namer v.1.7.1" you can edit the entries of your Audio CDs of
the program AppleCD-Audio which is part of the system 7.0. You can
also import and export entries from other CD databases.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cd-namer-171.hqx; 170K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:13:27 -0700
From: (Buck Donham)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Delete Explorer Cache
Here's a short AppleScript program to delete your Explorer Cache folder.
Why? Because you can quickly build up several hundred cache files that
fill hard disk space you could better use elsewhere. I use it after every
session with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Buck Donham
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/delete-explorer-cache-as.hqx; 7K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:13:22 -0700
From: (Jim Foley)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Destroy the Necronomicon v2.5
The following compacted file contains the Realmz scenario
Destroy the Necronomicon version 2.5. This version takes advantage
of the new features in version 2.5 of Realmz.
The files were compacted with compact pro 1.5.
Any questions concerning this submission or the scenario Castle in
the Clouds can be made to
[email protected]
Any questions concerning Realmz can be made to
[email protected] or by calling (608) 249-5418
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/rlmz/destroy-necronomicon-25.hqx; 540K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:40:34 -0700
From: (Francois Pottier)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Disk Wizard 2.0 Italian
This is the Italian version of Disk Wizard 2.0, a fast, automatic
disk cataloger.
Francois Pottier
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/pottier/
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-wizard-20-it.hqx; 310K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:40:19 -0700
From: (Hopkins, Edwin)hopkins#m#[email protected]
Subject: [*] Fonts Manager 2.0 sp2
The only change is a newer SNEAK PREVIEW of Fonts Manager 2.0. The
new version will NOT require AppleScript at all and will run on ANY
MAC with System 7.1 or later, up to System 7.5.3. Turn on Balloon
Help and check it out!
Fonts Manager(tm) 2.0 is functionally similar to the System 7.5.x
Extensions Manager. It allows the importing, viewing, enabling, and
disabling of font suitcases in 'Sets' and supports Balloon help.
Unlike other utilities, such as Suitcase(tm) and Master Juggler(tm),
it works on ALL Macs with System 7.1 or later, including 7.5.3,
without interfering with the NORMAL operation of your computer. Have
over 700 testimonials from customers with PCI-based PowerMacs running
System 7.5.2 that have switched to Fonts Manager to get their
businesses back 'Up & Running'. Also, have over 900 from users of
older Macs, who just can't stand to use Suitcase any longer, and have
instead switched to Fonts Manager.
NEW: A SNEAK PREVIEW of Fonts Manager 2.0! Balloon help supported.
Not finished yet, but you'll be able to check for compatibility at
least.
Type: Shareware $15 for Fonts Manager 2.0 (FREE to registered users of
v.1.5.9sp for a LIMITED TIME ONLY). $25 for the Copland upgrade when
available. Site licenses available at site-license-type savings.
Inquire within...
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fonts-manager-20sp2.hqx; 132K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 03:35:50 -0700
From: (Hugh Senior)[email protected]
Subject: [*] FootNotes v1.1 Trial Version
FootNotes DocViewer
for MultiMedia Electronic Publishing
Trial Version
Size: 352k (820k expanded)
Requires: System 7 and 68020 processor
Independant Review (for "Computers and Writing") available: [email protected]
This is an entry-level MultiMedia Electronic Publishing application
"FootNotes DocViewer" (PC version to be released). Suitable for EP books,
course notes, reference material, documentation, projects, email
consolidation, or as a multiple document coordinating engine with school,
personal, professional or corporate application. Single User, Commercial
and Non-Commercial distribution licences.
- Internet access
- Multiple Password Privileges
- Iconic links to images, texts, movies and sounds on any mounted volume
- Shared Resources and default file access (eg CD-ROM)
- Page linking
- Display size from 9" to A4 including landscape
- Backdrop option
- Dynamic page history
- Combined authoring /browsing
- Multiple simultaneous book access
- Embedded images
- Recorded Voice, Synthesised Speech and Memo messages
- Custom BookMarks
- Text import /export
- Multiple Styled text including font, size, style, justification and colour
- Text flow control
- Find, Find Again, Find Selected, Find & Replace
- File import preview (including interactive movies)
- Supports compressed PICTs (jpeg)
This is a Trial Version for evaluation. There is no expiry constraint.
Minimum requirements: System 7 and 68020 processor. PPC version is
available.
Further information is available in the Welcome files.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/footnotes-tv-11.hqx; 480K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:41:18 -0700
From: (Christoph Schaffhauser)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Game of Life 1.4.0
"Game of Life" is a game which creates and kills balls after certain
rules. It is possible to change these rules.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/game-of-life-140.hqx; 101K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 03:35:00 -0700
From: (Carl Backstrom)[email protected]
Subject: [*] HTML Vocabulary 1.1
HTML Vocabulary 1.1 is a fast, free and easy HTML library! It contains
almost every useful tag, including special characters, form tags, text
styles and webmap tags. It requires a Mac with system 7.0 or later and 200
K of RAM. Written by Nisseb Softwares (Carl B=E4ckstr=F6m) as a help for
everyone who write webpages in HTML.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-vocabulary-11.hqx; 43K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:13:32 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Industrial OS
Enclosed is my graphic patch and resources for the "Industrial-Strength,
Stainless Steel" replacement startup screen for the MacOS System 7.5
Updates. This replaces the tepid-looking original with something quite a
bit more compelling. It's freeware for non-commercial use.
Submitted for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Richard Laws
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/industrial-os-pict.hqx; 113K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 13:08:45 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Ismini Key
This KCHR uses "dead keys" (for a US keyboard) to rationalize
the use of diacritical marks with Ismini font
Much easier than using KeyCaps or PopChar with Ismini.
-Art Eschenlauer
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ismini-key-kchr.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:13:24 -0700
From: (Sauro Speranza)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ISOnoHFS version 2
This is ISOnoHFS, an application to mount the ISO 9660 partition of an
hybrid CD (those with both Mac and PC stuff). Version 2 is now compatible
with the latest Macs and driver software. Freeware.
Sauro.
Sauro Speranza e-mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/iso-no-hfs-v2.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:39:31 -0700
From: (Daniel Selin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Life v1.0
Here=B4s a fun program that makes a graphical-life..
/ MvH, Daniel Selin ([email protected])
http://www.geopages.com/RodeoDrive/1623/
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/life-10.hqx; 60K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:39:41 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MOONCLOCK 2.1.0 68K
MOONCLOCK for 68K Macintosh, produces a continually updating, real-time
graphical representation on the visual aspect of the moon. The lunar aspect
may be computed geocentrically, or topocentrically, for the current epoch, or
for any time and date. The dynamic MOONCLOCK graphic depicts how the moon would
appear to the observer. The light and dark shaded portions of the lunar
graphic represent the regions of lunar day and night. The direction from the
Moon's center to celestial north is also indicated. To the tight of the lunar
graphic the following information is presented:
* The lunar elongation angle (measured eastward from the sun)
* The position angle of the bright limb (measured eastward from
celestial North to the mid-point of the bright limb)
* The percentage of the lunar surface illuminated by sunlight
* The current (or selected) Universal Time and Date
* The geographic longitude at which the sidereal time is 0 hours
* The observer's sidereal time
An instantaneous lunar ephemeris is presented in the bottom of the MOONCLOCK
window. The header for the ephemeris indicates whether positional computations
were performed geocentrically or topocentrically, and the epoch of the
ephemeris as both Julian and Gregorian dates. The lunar Right Ascension,
Declination, Heliocentric Latitude, Heliocentric Longitude, apparent angular
Equatorial Radius, and Distance from the Earth is displayed. The equatorial
coordinates of the moon are precessed to the equator and equinox of 2000.0.
A.D. The lunar distance is expressed in Earth radii. The lunar angular radius
is expressed in seconds of arc.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/moon-clock-210.hqx; 525K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:12:23 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MOONCLOCK 2.1.0 PPC
MOONCLOCK for PowerPC Macintosh, produces a continually updating, real-time
graphical representation on the visual aspect of the moon. The lunar aspect
may be computed geocentrically, or topocentrically, for the current epoch, or
for any time and date. The dynamic MOONCLOCK graphic depicts how the moon would
appear to the observer. The light and dark shaded portions of the lunar
graphic represent the regions of lunar day and night. The direction from the
Moon's center to celestial north is also indicated. To the tight of the lunar
graphic the following information is presented:
* The lunar elongation angle (measured eastward from the sun)
* The position angle of the bright limb (measured eastward from
celestial North to the mid-point of the bright limb)
* The percentage of the lunar surface illuminated by sunlight
* The current (or selected) Universal Time and Date
* The geographic longitude at which the sidereal time is 0 hours
* The observer's sidereal time
An instantaneous lunar ephemeris is presented in the bottom of the MOONCLOCK
window. The header for the ephemeris indicates whether positional computations
were performed geocentrically or topocentrically, and the epoch of the
ephemeris as both Julian and Gregorian dates. The lunar Right Ascension,
Declination, Heliocentric Latitude, Heliocentric Longitude, apparent angular
Equatorial Radius, and Distance from the Earth is displayed. The equatorial
coordinates of the moon are precessed to the equator and equinox of 2000.0.
A.D. The lunar distance is expressed in Earth radii. The lunar angular radius
is expressed in seconds of arc.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/moon-clock-210-ppc.hqx; 505K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 03:35:53 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Nepenthe
Nepenthe is a simple program that will open a PICTure file and inverse
the red and blue intensities. (Because of a slight bug in
GraphicsConverter, such a utility became needed by me, so i wrote this).
Atm doesn't handle pictures compressed with QuickTime (but hopefully a
future update will fix this).
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/nepenthe-10a.hqx; 17K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:12:48 -0700
From: (Harley Bradley)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Star Guardian
"Best work to date. It's fast, it's extremely beautiful, and there are no
bugs." Leslie WoodDavis author of 'Rune Logic'
Star Guardian is a beautiful 3D graphic adventure. You, the hero are a
futuristic robot whose task it is to save a doomed planet. The program is
fully functional and unprotected. The mouse-oriented interface makes
moving about on the various worlds very easy. A shareware donation is
requested but not necessary to complete the adventure. A donation IS
necessary if you should write and ask for any hints.
*** Soon to be a top contender in the Adventures in Excellence Contest.
Yes it's a long download, but what's a color graphic adventure without
color graphics and sound?
MagicHat Software =A9 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/star-guardian-hc.hqx; 1826K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:40:57 -0700
From: (Jeff Click)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Stereo "Siamese Beep"
The "Siamese Beep" is a a stylish new freeware sound from Clixsounds.
Designed to be used as your System Alert Beep, it sounds particularly
attractive on systems with stereo speakers. It is a 2 1/2 second digital
clip sounding similar to a mechanic cat whose meow is duo-tone, creating
an ominous harmony between speakers as they slowly melt, switching
speakers as they bend downwards. The effect is backed by a hollow tom
hit that reverberates behind it.
The Siamese Beep is available for download here or at the Clixsounds WWW
site at http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/ , and is available in both stereo
16-bit/44kHz and 8-bit/22kHz samples.
Clixsounds can be reached at:
Internet: [email protected]
America Online: CLIXSOUNDS
http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/siamese-8-bit.hqx; 219K]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/siamese-16-bit.hqx; 738K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 13:08:20 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Strategic Overrun 1.0
Here's a strategic war game for the archive. It's played like a lot of board
war games with pieces on a mapped hexboard. Have fun!
- Erik ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/strategic-overrun-10.hqx; 763K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:39:49 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] TERRACHRONE 2.1.0
TERRACHRONE for Macintosh produces a continually updating graphical
representation of the daylight and nighttime regions of the Earth projected on
a map of the world. In addition to the shaded night time regions, TERRACHRONE
indicates the sub-solar and sub-vernal equinoctal points with the usual
astronomical symbols. The longitude which corresponds to 0 hours siderial
time is also indicated on the graphic and displayed in a text region. In
addition, a text text region at the bottom of the resizable window presents the
current Universal Time, and the local siderial time for an observer at a
specific location on the Earth.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/terrachrone-210.hqx; 573K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/terrachrone-210-ppc.hqx; 553K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:41:01 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] The icons are IN THE BAG!!
this all new collection of mac desktop icons is a MUST for all you
"pursonalized" folks.
shareware.
to use go to get info, clickl on the icon, copy it, go to destination file,
get info click on icon, then paste.
Izzy
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/icons-are-in-the-bag.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 18:12:43 -0700
From: (Pierre-Luc Paour)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Virtual, a multiple virtual screens manager
If you're familiar with X-Windows workstations, you have probably used one
virtual window manager or other. Virtual is one of those, for the Mac. It
presents you with multiple 'virtual screens' where you can place your
windows, so you don't have a clutter of them on your real screen. You can
switch virtual screens with a key combination, or by choosing that screen
in the Virtual window. You can drag windows around to move them to other
screens, and so on.
New features since Virtual 1.2.4:
- now distributed as a FAT application.
- German, Japanese and French versions (Japanese and French coming soon).
- improved speed and compatibility.
- many more small improvements.
$10 Shareware.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/virtual-151.hqx; 271K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/virtual-151-de.hqx; 271K]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 00:35:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (Ted Goranson)
Subject: (Q) Disk Cache Strategy
I am using FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit 1.8s, it's drivers and mounting
extension. This gives me a disk cache as I understand it. I've now bought,
but not installed SpeedDoubler which has a component, speed Access, that
also loads a cache. I imagine it's adjustable. The Speed Doubler book says
it will disable other caching schemes.
Question: which do I use? Hard to imagine FWB's not being state of the art
and tuned to my drive's drivers. But I _do_ have lots of ram which SD could
use.
Setup: 7.5.3, Q800 with 601 100M card, 106M RAM, 2 1gig Quantum Fireballs.
Best, Ted
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 16:42:21 +0100
From: [email protected] (Andy Law)
Subject: [A] MacX on PCI PowerMacs
Joshua,
> I was very happily using MacX on my 8100/80 for quite some time, until I
> finally got to upgrade to an 8500/132. Unfortunatly every time I try to
> use MacX on my 8500 the system bombs.
I assume you are using MacX 1.2. It has a logic error in it that was
exposed by the PCI version of system 7.5. Fortunately there is a fix for
it, which you can apply if you are competent with ResEdit.
As always, us this at your own risk. It works fine for me (7500/100).
Attached is the hack to be applied to MacX 1.2 to make it work on the new
PowerMacs. It was supplied to me from Ross Brown ([email protected]) via Richard
Barrett ([email protected]). It works for us. It may not work for you.
None of us accept any responsibility for anything nasty that may happen to
you as a result of using this patch.
> "ross (w.r.) brown" said:
> >Apple has acknowledged to us that MacX 1.2 does not work on the 7200 and
> 7500 (and possibly the other PCI models). The reason, we discovered
> through our own testing, is that the new ROMs implement a new trap ($A09F)
> which just happens to have the same index in the OS trap table that
> _UnimplTrap has in the Toolbox trap table. This activates a dormant bug
> in MacX 1.2's initialization logic, causing it to think that the _PMgrOp
> trap is implemented when it actually isn't. MacX thinks it's running on a
> PowerBook, calls the bad trap, and crashes.
>
> To fix the bug, here's an easy patch you can do with ResEdit: In MacX
> 1.2's 'CODE'(4) resource, offset $21F0, change "MOVEQ #00,D0" ($7000) to
> "MOVEQ #01,D0" ($7001).
Later,
Andy Law
( [email protected] Big Nose in Edinburgh )
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Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 20:01:39 -0400
From: [email protected] (Kevin Brooks)
Subject: A curious mind
Hello all Info-Mac readers. I recently opened up the back of my
Performa 550 to take a look inside. I wanted to at least know what it
looked like before we bought more memory (I was a little curious too).
I noticed, at the top left, a black box. I figured this was the IBM hard
drive our Mac came with. (doesn't Apple make any parts?? A Motorola
processor, an IBM HD, a Sony monitor...) Anyway, across from that was
an empty slot about the same size as where the HD was. Is this for
another internal HD? Is this possible? If anyone knows, could you
please help me put my curious mind at ease? Thanks a lot.
-Kevin
[email protected] [email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 10:15:51 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jim Arnold)
Subject: Automated Mac Restart
I need to restart a Mac unattended at the same time every night.
There are several volumes mounted on this IIcx (8/40 running system 7.1)
which acts as a Telefinder BBS. When one of the volumes "unexpectedly
quits" it locks up the computer and Telefinder will not answer incoming
calls. Restarting the computer allows Telefinder to reload and the crashed
volume to remount.
Is there a piece of share/freeware that will restart a Mac a predetermined
time or am I missing something obvious?
TIA
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Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 14:04:07 -0800
From: glaston
Subject: Bitsurfr init
Dear Friendly Mac Gurus
I just connected an ISDN TA, a Bitsurfr, and its working, but can
anybody give me the modem string to ensure I am operating as fast as
possible, or at least point me to another forum where I could
successfully present that question? Motorolla tech is something like
24 hours behind in returning calls and I can't stay near the phone all
week and their bulletin board is down and they have no tech Web
presensce, so once again the best source of help is the Mac community.
TIA
Glaston
Per ardua ad astra-RAF
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 12:27:27 +0100
From: Tim Ostler
Subject: Directory Assistance
>On Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:49:49 wrote:
>
>> [...] 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.
>
>Nota: I wouldn't be surprised at all NDA could work fine under 7.5.x, but
>cannot testify. And BTW, once loaded, the OS I use range from 4-6 MB in RAM
>size, so that gives an idea on how many cdevs/ext coast along NDA...
>
>Philippe L. Valiquette
>Univ. Laval; Dep. Langues et linguistique
>
>
I agree with Philippe about NDA. I am still using it succesfully with 7.5.2
and a whole heap of control panels and extensions (PB Duo 250, 8MB +
RamDoubler). I dread the possibility it might not work with 7.5.3 when I
finally upgrade.
Tim Ostler
Architecture
Writing
Research
Cognitive Science
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 20:51:13 -0700
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Espi Sans TT?
[email protected] (Randall K Petersen) wrote:
>Is a TrueType version of the Espi Sans font available?
I asked this question myself a few weeks ago, and the general consensus was
that, while a TT or PS version of Espy Sans may be in development
somewhere, it's not out yet. Let me know if this has changed.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 07:52:57 +0100
From: Roy Komack
Subject: Excel 4 Startup Problem under 7.5.3
When I start up any Excel document that is NOT in the Excel Folder,
I have to reply to a series of error messages of the form:
"Cannot find :Macro Library:Slide Show:etc............."
Can anybody help me stop this behavior?
Please reply via e-mail as well as posting, since I don't always read
Info-Mac carefully.
TIA,
Roy Komack
Roy L. Komack, CFP
Komack Management Services, Inc. Phone & FAX: (508) 655-0210
P.O. Box 800 Natick, MA 01760 WWW: http://www.komack.com/~royk
The best time to invest is 20 years ago. The second best time is today!
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Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 14:46:04 -0400
From: Dave Cooper
Subject: FWB JackHammer Nubus problem
Hello,
My company has a client with an AppleWorkgroup Server 9150. Right
now on this unit they have 2 FWB SCSI Jackhammer nubus cards
connected to (2) 17GB FWB Sledgehammer arrays. We recently went in
to install a third JackHammer card attached to a third SledgeHammer
array. When 3 cards are installed, no matter which card is assigned
to be the third card, the array attached to it cannot be seen. Any
help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
You can e-mail a reply to [email protected] if you like.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 20:51:01 -0700
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: GIF/JPEG Display Shareware
John Miller wrote:
>Does anyone know of a really good shareware or commercial application that
>will let me display many (30-100) GIF or JPEG files on the screen
How about this: use GraphicConverter to batch-create Previews for an entire
folder of images, then look at them in the Finder. The names and
32x32-pixel icons will be readily visible, and you can
copy/delete/rename/whatever them right then and there.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:46:11 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: grabbing web sites
>A PC freind of mine said he has this great shareware tool that will grab
>web sites to a certain level and bring them to his PC. Is there a Mac
>equivalent?
I dunno about shareware, but ForeFront Group sells a program called=
WebWhacker that does this. You can d/l a demo copy from their web site. =
The demo is limited to 1 month or 10 "whacks", whichever comes first. The=
demo version also inserts "downloaded by WebWhacker demo" messages at the=
top & bottom of each web page it downloads--somewhat annoying, but it does=
provide incentive for you to pay for the program.
I've been trying out the demo myself. My main complaint is that it doesn't=
bother to maintain the same directory structure, it just puts all the files=
from the downloaded web site into one folder, renaming files as necessary. =
Other than that it looks pretty good. It modifies all links in the=
downloaded files so that they point to the downloaded copies instead of the=
original web site; links to other pages that you haven't downloaded are=
left alone. If you have your web browser open, it can grab whatever the=
current page is that you're looking at and use that as a starting point.
Sorry, I can't find the URL for their web site, but it shouldn't be too hard=
to find via web search. You can also buy the program from MacZone for $40.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 13:18:24 -0500
From: [email protected] (Tristan Meisters)
Subject: IBM fromated disks
Hello All ! Recently I have noticed that the computer store that I shop at
has fewer and fewer non formatted disks and the other day they did not have
any at all , but they have tons of IBM formated disks . I was wondering if
I could get a box of those and reformat them , would the system simply
bring up an error message and say that the disk is unreadable able and ask
me to reinitialize or would it simply not read the disk at all and
completely reject it ? Does anyone here have any experience with this ? I
would appreciate any help in this matter .
cheers Tristan
Tristan Meisters
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 15:22:39 -0400
From: Dave Cooper
Subject: Imagewriter II and multipart forms: fun, fun,fun
Hello all,
My company has recently purchased an Imagewriter II printer to hold
our new 8.5x11 3 part forms which is hooked up to a computer that
has a database on it with which we will be taking orders and then
printing them. We are supposed to go online with this next week,
however the forms are constantly binding and jamming and we are dead
in the water.
The extra ingredient in this stew is that on the top right of this
form is a 4x4 label which we peel off later. The label is on top of
the third layer, not a part of it, so it really is a fourth layer,
but only on that small section of the form. We are pretty sure this
label is causing the problems. If anyone out there has any ideas on
how to make the IW II work with thse forms, or has a better printer
for us to try, please let us know. We are really scrambling for
ideas at this point.
Thank you all for any help you can give.
Dave
You can also e-mail me at [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 12:58:36 -0400
From: [email protected] (Pat Ellis)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #104
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 96 18:41:41 EDT
> From: "Patrick S. Golden"
> Subject: Aaron compatible with 7.5.3?
>=20
> I recently updated my version 7.5.1 to 7.5.3 using the Update
> 2.0 CD. I'm running a Power Mac 5200/75LC. Once I did that I
> couldn't boot the machine unless I started it without
> extensions. Reloading extensions one by one revealed Aaron 1.2
> to be the offending extension. Has anyone else had this
> problem or can you recommend a solution?
>=20
Get yourself the latest version (1.3.1) at the Info-Mac archives.
Pat Ellis
=20
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 09:26:51 -0500
> From: John Withers
> Subject: Diagnosis please! Help!
>=20
> When the system starts up, the startup screen is usually displayed in
> black and white on the color display. Sometimes the display changes to
> color as the init icons are displayed across the bottom of the screen.
> It seems to work OK once started. Sometimes, the power needs to be
> cycled several times before the system will start up.
>=20
Sounds like a potential battery problem to me.
Pat Ellis
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 13:19:53 -0400
From: [email protected] (Pat Ellis)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #104
> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 11:18:39 -0700
> From: [email protected] (Bob Durst)
> Subject: Open transport on a Performa?
>=20
> I've been trying to get Open Transport (1.1) to install on a Performa 6214
> with no success.=20
Open Transport is presently incompatible with the desktop 5200,=
5300, 6200, and 6300 series. Look for a future update.
=20
> BTW: OT has worked fine on the 7100's and 7200's that I have installed it =
on.
OT is suppose to work on all 030, 040 and PowerPC Macs with the=
exception of the ones mentioned earlier. =20
Pat Ellis =20
=20
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 12:11:02 +0000
> From: Ryan Ware
> Subject: Printing Problems.
>=20
> I've been encountering a peculiar printing problem. When running System
> 7.5.3 on my 8500 w/ 16MB RAM, printing from Illustrator 5.5 and printing
> to my HP Deskwriter C, I get a type 1 error and a system freeze. This
> does not happen with System 7.5.2 installed. I'm using the most recent
> version of the printer driver (6.0.3 I believe.)
>=20
Apparently, HP background printing and virtual memory conflict with=
each other, so try disabling background printing (if you are using it). =
You can also try turning Modern Memory Manager off as a potential cure.=20
Pat Ellis
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 09:46:12 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: System 7.5.3 and Ram Doubler
>=20
> I have been using System 7.5 Update 2.0 (System 7.5.3) on a PowerBook 145=
B
> and an LC 475. I have had Speed Doubler 1.1.2 and RamDoubler 1.5.2 on both=
of
> these machines for about 6 weeks with no problems. Maybe the problems bein=
g
> encountered on 68k Macs could be avoided by reinstalling the older version
> RamDoubler and the new version of Speed Doubler.
There were reported conflicts between 7.5.3. and RD 1.6.1 (when=
waking the PB from sleep) but I haven't heard of any with 1.5.2. It is=
possible that the older version is workable - similiar to problems some=
have experienced with CopyDoubler.
I also believe that the reported conflict with SpeedDoubler revolves=
around the latest version of Appleshare (installed by the Update). I can't=
verify this though since I do not use SD. =20
Pat Ellis
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 03 May 96 10:24:00 edt
From: "Lawrenson, Steve"
Subject: Liability Insurance for Mac Clubs
The National Capital Macintosh Club (Ottawa, Canada), is somewhat in a
dilemma with reference to liability insurance. We carry this insurance in
the event something catastrophic occurs at our general meeting which is
usually held at a local high school or community centre. Our general meeting
can draw up to 200 people out of a membership of 600. We also hold a number
of Special Interest Meeting with small crowds.
We currently pay $750. Canadian for this insurance. We received notification
this week from our underwriter that this rate will be raised to a minimum of
$5000 for the coming year. This has the potential to disband our Club--my
theory is that either Microsoft or IBM have secretly bought all major
underwriters around the world and this is their final attempt to kill Apple
at its grass roots (joke). We have never made a claim on this insurance.
My questions (my apologies for asking so many) to other info-mac readers who
belong to other Mac Clubs (especially in Canada):
Does your Club carry liability insurance?
If so, do our rates reflect current market value?
If not, how are you getting around the liability dilemma (signing a waiver
form doesn t work)?
Are you aware of any Insurance Companies who specialize in Not for Profit
clubs at discount rates.
Does your Club have a Charter (or is it incorporated); in the event of a
claim, can your elected officials (President, Treasurer), be sued or does
the Club take the hit?
Does Apple (oh please read this Guy), provide any guidance for Mac Club on
this issue.
As these question is somewhat specific, please return comment to my e-mail
address. I will gladly forward a summary of all answers received to anybody
who is interested or if I m overwhelmed, post back to info-mac.
Steve Lawrenson
Treasurer - National Capital Mac Club
Ottawa, Canada
Check out my latest article on Applescript at http://www.monitor.ca/monitor/.
[email protected]
Day Phone (613) 596-7252
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 10:12:46 -0500
From: [email protected] (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Need client-server database with offline capability
Hello,
We are looking for a Macintosh solution that will allow us to run a
client-server style database (i.e. FIleMaker Pro in multi-user mode) to
track our service business. The problem I need to solve is how to do an
offline transaction. An engineer would need to be able to generate a
complete record while on-site and update the master database later on when
s/he connected to the server. Obviously, we will need to deal with the
synchronization and with the problem of serialized record numbers, and we
do not want to use replication of the entire database on everyone's laptop
for security purposes.
If you are a developer or have a working solution already employed, we
would like to hear fm you at your earliest convenience. Please give me a
call at the office or drop an urgent e-mail.
Clark R. Wilkins * President, J.D.I. Solutions, Inc.
713-974-2434 (f) 713-974-5248
Providing computer solutions for small businesses since last Tuesday...
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 14:29:41 +0000
From: [email protected] (Stephen C. Camidge)
Subject: Netscape won't save
I have found, with most versions of Netscape (for Power Mac), that I cannot
always save a document to disk. When I try, usually the text version, the
system will beep and Netscape will lock up. I must quite with
command-option-escape to regain control.
I am running on a 6100 under System 7.5.3 (and noticed it under Sytem 7.5.2
before that).
Stephen C. Camidge
[email protected]
RR #1, Desboro, Ontario N0H 1K0 Canada (519) 363-3912
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 17:23:07 +1100
From: [email protected] (John Townsend)
Subject: Newswatcher
Is there any way in which Newswatcher can be configured to produce a
download bar (like Anarchie) that shows progress on downloads with time
remaining until completion?
John Townsend
Coffs Harbour. Australia.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 11:27:20 -0500
From: [email protected] (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Open Transport keeps changing the port on a Duo
I have a Duo 210 that keeps switching network services from the Etherdock
to the printer-modem port every time it wakes up or restarts. The dock is
an Asante Etherdock for Duos. I am running System 7.5.3 and never had such
a thing occur before going to OT? Is anyone else experiencing the same
thing, and is an update for the Etherdock software forthcoming?
Clark R. Wilkins * President, J.D.I. Solutions, Inc.
713-974-2434 (f) 713-974-5248
Providing computer solutions for small businesses since last Tuesday...
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 03 May 96 11:04:47 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: Powerbook and external modem
I have a Duo230 with an internal 19.2 modem. I also have a 7500 with a
28.8 external modem. Is there a way to get my Duo to use the external?
I've tried using both "compatible" and "internal" (i think that's the
choices) to no avail. I always get the message that there's no
dial-tone.
Thanks!!!!!!!
Michael Surtees
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 02:41:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Peter J. Paul)
Subject: QuickDraw GX/Print Monitor
I have recently moved and set up my Power Mac (7100) in my new home. I run
QuickDraw GS (1.1.3) and often need to print with non-GX-aware
applications. When I do, I must activate Print Monitor to output to my
printer (LaserWriter Select 360). Before the move Print Monitor became a
background application without any intervention, but now I must
specifically run it. Does anyone know why, and/or how I may rectify this.
TIA >
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 13:50:18 +0000
From: Matt Schmitt
Subject: System 7.5.3 Problem
I recently upgraded my Performa 6200 to system 7.5.3. In an article I
read, the man suggested running Drive Setup right away, and updating
the driver. I ran Drive Setup, and it says that it cannot find a
suitable SCSI device connected, therefore, I cannot update my driver.
Also, when I run Disk First Aid, It says that my drive is damaged, but
Norton says that my drive is fine. If anyone could help me, I would
greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Matt.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:49:59 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: System 7.5.3 upgrade software
>I am currnetly trying to find the upgrade to take my mac
>systemsoftware 7.5 to the more internet friendly 7.5.3. Any tips on
>where to find it would be greatly appreciated.
In the U.S. and Canada, you can order it from Apple/Claris. For a limited
time they are giving it away free -- not even any shipping charges! -- but
it may be a couple of weeks before they ship it. In the U.S., phone
1-800-293-6617. In Canada, phone 1-800-361-6075.
The latest issue of MacUser on the newsstands includes the 7.5.3 upgrade
CD-ROM. Other major Mac magazines might have it too.
If neither of these is satisfactory, TidBits #323 described several ways to
get the update. You can find that issue on info-mac, probably in /per/tb.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 04 May 96 18:30:31 EDT
From: Allan Hunter
Subject: Ugly Desktop Icon Award: FWB CD-ROM Toolkit
When I finally decided there was enough legitimate purpose underlying
the hype about CD-ROM drives, I bought a cheap slow one (MacWarehouse's
'PowerUser' 2x) which came with FWB's CD-ROM toolkit as its driver soft-
ware.
The FWB software is quite nice and entirely adequate for my purposes,
but it gives inserted CD-ROMs the ugliest icons ever to appear on my
desktop. Icon is black-and-white with no pretense at any shading or
shadowing, and looks like a frisbee with a hole in the middle with a
hammer and a wrench crossed, in an x, through the hole.
Naturally, I can't paste custom icons onto CD-ROMS.
I opened a copy of the driver (it's a Control Panel) with ResEdit and
found that none of the ic18 or ic14 resources specifically resemble the
one given to the CD-ROMs themselves; instead, they show the icon that
is shown on-screen during the parade of icons at startup-time--a color
blue image of a square box (apparently a CD-ROM player) against
a light blue background with a grey CD and a hammer hovering overhead
in the position of an old-fashioned phonograph arm. In other words,
not merely a color version of the b&w icon I get on the desktop when I
insert a CD-ROM, but a different image entirely. I also checked in
the ICN# resources (where b&w icons are kept) and there's no exact
match for the ugly icon there, either. So much for easy editing from
within ResEdit.
Any easy and relatively obvious way to hack the desktop icon so I'd
have a little less ugly in my life?
-Allan Hunter
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 14:40:21 +0200
From: [email protected] (Stefano Laforgia)
Subject: Video cards: which one is worth buying?
Hi all,
I'm on the way to purchase a new 8500 and as I'll be using it mostly for
CAD (even though I'm longing to start making videos...) I'm puzzling
whether or not buy a video card.
I think that the Thunder series should be a good deal, but since the new
Macs have PCI ports instead of Nubus I thought that probably some new
Pci-based video cards were on the market coming dirctly from the IBM
market.
So my question is: does anyone know about any of this PCI video card and
expecially of any of them which improve rendering and 3D modelling?
I could not find an exaustive answer on any of the recent issues of some
Mac-orinted magazines. If someone has such an article, please post it to
me. Thanks.
Hope this topic is interesting enough to start a long thread that could
answer most of my (and yours) questions.
Stefano Laforgia
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:50:08 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Wintel (gasp!) SIMMS on a Mac?
>I am currently cosidering a Ram expansion, and would like to know if Wintel
>SIMMs work on a Macintosh. I have a Mac LC475 that requires 72 pin, 32 bit
>70 ns SIMMs
Yep, the SIMMs sold for PC clones will work just as well in your Mac. The only
difference is that PC SIMMs are 9 bits wide instead of 8; the extra bit is used
for parity, and is simply ignored on a Mac.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 23:23:30 -0500
From: David Budin
Subject: Yet another Mac rag
Yes, the May issue of READ ME FIRST is out and chock full the latest
dirt. You can find it at...
http://www.idir.net/~jgamble/
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 00:26:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Andrew Brin)
this must be the one
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 00:27:27 -0500
To: [email protected]
From: '1
Subject: Re: Info-Mac Digest V14 #105
IceTee comes as an extension with Internet Config
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:17:49 +0100
> From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
> Subject: IceTee
>
> I was referred to a program called Icetee but I can't find it anywhere. Any
> one?
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