Info-Mac Digest V14 #114
Posted: May 16th, 1996, 4:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 16 May 96 Volume 14 : Issue 114
Today's Topics:
(Q) CD-ROM 7.5.3 update overdue?
(Q) HTML parser for BBEdit?
(Q) Looking for a database
100BT network speed?
12 MB not enough
[A] A tricky text substitut
[A] generic large icons
[Q] FreePPP 2.5b4 expired
[Q] Zip Drive Broken Heads
[Q] ZIP eject from Open File dialog box freeze
Cheat II need help
DOS Cards and NT
E-mailing dictations / voice mail
Flaky System
FPU for the 8500
Hooking up 2 monitors on a 8500/120
JPEG HELP!!!!!!!!!
Looking for a bar code reader and input numeric keyboard.
Microphone for 7100
PB5300cs and Drag-N-Drop
PrintshopDeluxe and System 7.5.3
Q: Invisible applications..what gives?
Suggestions
Toshiba CD-ROM and Macintosh
Unable to launch Apple Script Editor
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:50:37 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: (Q) CD-ROM 7.5.3 update overdue?
Seems like a month has passed since I ordered the 7.5.3 update CD-ROM from
Apple, shortly after it was announced, and it still hasn't arrived. Should
I be worried? I didn't bother to jot down the date ordered and the phone
number I used.
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 16:26:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: (Q) HTML parser for BBEdit?
Is there a plug-in HTML parser to be used with BBEdit that will do things
like look for unclosed expressions, missing angle brackets, etc.?
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 13:01:31 -1000
From: Jerry Levinson
Subject: (Q) Looking for a database
I work at a small (read "not rich") community college, about 1700 students.
We are looking for a database program to replace UserBase on our old Vax.
We need something that is networked, multi-user (about 5), record-locking,
and can handle a large pile of data since we need to keep records for all
students going back, back, waaay back in time. Oh, yeah, it should be not
too expensive (I was told 4th Dimension was too expensive).
Anybody out there using anything like this? Recommendations, where to
look, what to try? Someone actually have something up and running?
TIA,
Jerry
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:27:01 -0400
From: Dave Cooper
Subject: 100BT network speed?
Hello,
I am looking for any experiences people can relate to me regarding
experience with an all Mac 100BT network. Specifically how fast it is
working on a day to day basis. My company recently got our 100bt
network up and running and the speed has been a little disappointing.
For example, on our nightly backup on a 10bt network, the average
speed in Retrospect was about 4-5MB per minute. On the 100bt network
varies from 8.3-10.3MB per minute. This seems pretty bad and we are
seeking explanation for it. The hub is an Asante, and we are not
using a switch. Any information anyone could send me about Mac 100bt
networks, even if it doesn't directly relate to our problem would be
greatly appreciated. Please write me at >>[email protected]
Subject: 12 MB not enough
Dear Digest Readers,
After numerous upgrades, finally a stable system. I read yesterday in
the "New York Times" that Amelio is trying to push the minimum RAM
configuration to 12MB on future Macs. But I say that is not enough. It
took upgrading to 40MB on a PowerMac 7200/75 before everything worked.
It took adding Macsbug. It took removing the Internet Config
Preferences to get Internet Config to work properly again.
So who would like to petition Apple to raise the minimum RAM to 40MB on
systems using PCI?
This is practicly necessary if Apple is going to get in the Internet
business, because already the new Netscape isn't stable unless you
assign it at least 15MB. WebArranger, a great utility to figuring out
if your hyperlinks are outdated requires another 12MB. The system
software alone requires between 6 and 8MB, and running less than 4MB
free causes Type 11 errors.
Have other people had similar experiences or would like to join in a
petition?
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: 16 May 1996 07:24:49 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: [A] A tricky text substitut
>This might seem odd, but I need to be able to replace sections of a Word
>document which might look like:
>
>...and he demanded the money right away or...
>
>where the word (or words) between the underscore (" ") should be turned
>to
>bold face and, ideally, the underscores deleted...
>
>Save the file in RTF format. In the rtf formatted file, do a global
>search
>and replace replacing " " with " {\b ", then do a global search and
>replace
>of " " with "}". (The inclusion of the spaces is vital.) Save that file,
>close it, re-open it letting Word interpret the RTF format, and it's
>done.
It is easier than that. Go to Replace. For the Find leave the string blank,
Click on Format popup and choose Character. Click on Underline. For the
Replace leave the string blank, Click on Format popup and choose Character.
Click on Bold. Replace all.
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 06:02:59 -0700
From: [email protected] (John C. Schroeder)
Subject: [A] generic large icons
In digest #111, [email protected] (Cross, Jay) wrote:
> Problem: When viewed as "large icons", some icons (BBEdit, plain TEXT,
> some others) are generic. . . . Specifics: IIsi with internal 80 meg HD.
> External APS Q540 with three partitions
I highly recommend you check out "The Generic Icon Page - Introduction" at:
http://www.usit.net/public/bgiles/genicon.html
Lots of useful information that should be of help. My first guess is that
your problem is related to the multiple partitions. I've had similar
problems dealing with both external drives and multiple partitions on an
internal drive. My eventual work-around was to restart the Finder - I use
"File Buddy" for the task.
John
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:16:19 -0700
From: [email protected] (Doug Brouwer, Doug Brouwer)
Subject: [Q] FreePPP 2.5b4 expired
I'm getting the message on restart that FreePPP 2.5b4 has expired. I =
checked the archives and this seems to be the latest version. I downloaded =
it again just in case the expiration date was changed, but it still =
doesn't work. Is there a workaround? I tried installing 1.0.5 and so far =
it hasn't worked either--both the Open and Close buttons are greyed. Any =
advice?
Thanks, Doug=
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:48:44 +0900
From: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Zip Drive Broken Heads
On May 15th, [email protected] (Peter O'Reilly) wrote:
>Has any Iomega Zip drive users experienced problems with their Zip drives
>not recognising the disks? After inserting a disk into my 4 month old Zip
>drive it made a continuous clicking noise. Then when I ejected the disk
>using the button as it had not appeared on the desktop and inserted another
>disk, the drive clicked twice but refused to read the disk. This continued
>other disks inserted.
Yes... I started having this problem recently (with both old and new
disks). First at home on my PowerMac 8500 and then the same thing happened
on my Quadra 640 at work (two different Zip drives). Both are running
7.5.3 OS and the problem occurred regardless if I was using the Zip 4.2 or
4.3 driver. The only new item that both had in common was that File
Sharing had been enabled for the first time between the two machines.
After turning off file sharing on both machines, the zip drive started
working and all previously unreadable disks could be found. However, I am
not convinced this is entirely the whole problem and would also be
interested to hear if anyone else is having similar problems.
James Eudeikis
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 16:16:38 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jim Mueller)
Subject: [Q] ZIP eject from Open File dialog box freeze
Has anyone else encountered this problem with ZIP drives- you have aliases
for folders on two (or more) ZIP disks, say "Folder A" on Zip Today and
"Folder Patootie" on Zip Tomorrow. While in Photoshop, you need the file
"Clippers" from "Folder A", for which you have an alias in your "Swiped
Artwork" folder on your hard drive. You choose Open, navigate to the
"Folder A" alias and you are asked to Insert Disk Zip Today. Fine. After
working on "Clippers" you want to save it into "Folder Patootie" on Zip
Tomorrow, for which you have an alias in your "My Masterpieces" folder on
your hard drive. You choose Save As, navigate to the alias for "Folder
Patootie", double-click on it, Zip Today pops out and the box Please Insert
Disk Zip Tomorrow appears. You do so, only to be greeted by the box Please
Insert Disk Zip Today, but Zip Tomorrow does not and will not eject.
Splat-period does nothing. Esc does nothing. Force Quit does nothing.
Eventually I hard Reboot with nothing to show for my labor.
To generalize- anytime I am asked to swap Zip disks, I get hosed. True for
anyone else, and if so, why?
Jim Mueller- Research Engineering, Pharmacopeia Inc. [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 21:27:02 +0100
From: sandy allain
Subject: Cheat II need help
I would like to know how to use your program "cheat II" because I'd
like to find a way to get unlimited money on Colonization.
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:07:46 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jonathan Kern)
Subject: DOS Cards and NT
>
____________________________________
With the PPCP (previously known as CHRP) machines, you will need to reboot
to go from one platform to another!(What a drag.)
The PCI DOS Cards from Reply and Orange Micro are just about to be
released and will allow you to run both platforms simultaneously and
connect to the network from both platforms.Hopefully future versions of
the PPCP machines will be more "functional", but it looks like many of us
will be using DOS cards for the near future.
Orange Micro cards will run Windows NT, I'm not sure about Reply cards.
Jon
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:52:29 -0500
From: [email protected] (Paul Kleeberg)
Subject: E-mailing dictations / voice mail
Yes I am a dreamer...
I would love it if my e-mail program provided a button that would allow me
to use my PowerBook's built in speaker to record a message. I would then
e-address it traditionally, it would be sent as an encoded attatchment via
internet e-mail and the receiving e-mail program would recognize it as
encoded voice mail and put a "play" button in the text field of the new
message so the receiver would be able to play the message. I know this
would increase the bandwith demand of e-mail 10K fold but it would make
sending critical short bursts of information so easy for me that I know I
would use it.
What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the current state of
Macintosh (and also Wintel, Unix crossplatform compatible) technology? Is
anyone aware of any projects?
Paul Kleeberg
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 02:47:48 -0400
From: [email protected] (Fred Monsour)
Subject: Flaky System
My PowerMac 6100 with recently installed System 7.5.3 (which worked fine
initially) has developed a few irritating habits: two of six drive
partitions (one on each of two external drives) show up twice on the
desktop, and behave as aliases would, though they are not. Also, when I
shutdown The Mac, it puts up the message "Please insert the disk: RAMDISK".
I get similar sequests to (re)insert a disk when I use diskcopy (when the
source disk first ejects). Any thoughts as to cause? Rebuilding the desktop
of the two drives eliminated the double icon problem temporarily, but it
returned a few days later.
Thanks,
Fred Monsour
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:20:37 +0900
From: [email protected] (HIRO OKAMOTO)
Subject: FPU for the 8500
Hello,
I currently own a Powermac 8500/120 with english 7.5.2. I am trying to run
Autocad R12 (for the Mac), a cad application that I often use at work on a
PC. Because this application requires an FPU, I have been using John Neil
Associates's PowerFPU, an FPU emulator for Powermacs. The emulator, which
is relatively inexpensive, is essentially useless for any serious work
because it is slow as molasses.
I have been thinking that there must be an alternate solution, possibly a
hardware solution, and was wondering if anyone knows of such a thing.
Any and all comments much appreciated.
Thanks,
Hiroshi
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:20:34 +0900
From: [email protected] (HIRO OKAMOTO)
Subject: Hooking up 2 monitors on a 8500/120
Hello,
I currently have a 8500/120 with system 7.5.2 hooked up to a Sony
Multiscan17sfII (bought in Japan). I would also like to hook up a Apple
14" (really 13") color monitor and work my graphics applications using both
monitors. I understand that I will need 2 more MB of VRAM but I do not
know how to physically attach the second monitor to the CPU.
I was informed that a Video card will provide a interface for the second
monitor. Is this true? If so can someone recommend a few? Also will I
still need the 2 MB if I purchase a Video card?
Any and all help will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Hiro
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Date: 16 May 1996 12:20:00 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: JPEG HELP!!!!!!!!!
Someone PleaSE, PLEASE help me. I have a Mac, I can not view jpeg pictures
from newsgroups or e-mail. I have checked and found these were scanned in
on PC's. So PLEASE tell me how I can change these images so I can view
them. Most especially e-mail pictures.
Hope
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 09:20:14 -0400
From: [email protected] (Marc Dionne)
Subject: Looking for a bar code reader and input numeric keyboard.
We are looking for an input device for Macintosh including a bar code
reader and an input numeric keyboard. With this stuff, we hope to capture
ID on a card and validate the password from the input keyboard.
Does somebody have a suggestion.
Thanks in advance.
Marc Dionne Email: [email protected]
Universit du Qubec Trois-Rivires Tlec: (819) 376-5153
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Date: Thu, 16 May 96 18:00:05 -0000
From: "F. Stephen Costa"
Subject: Microphone for 7100
Hello folks,
I would like to know what size/style jack a microphone needs to have in
order for me to use it with my PowerMac 7100. Is there an equivalent at,
say, Radio Shack?
More importantly, I have a Sound Blaster microphone and would love to use
that. Is there an adapter available for converting its jack to something
my Mac will reconigise?
Thanks in advance.
F. Stephen Costa
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:52:54 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: PB5300cs and Drag-N-Drop
Info-Mac Digest V14 #112, "Allan M. Bloom" wrote:
>Folks, I'm just barely getting used to Leslye's new PB5300cs. I suspect
>this will be only the first of many questions to those of you who have
>gone before. It's System 7.5.3 BTW.
>
>I notice that some drag-n-drop applications don't. I like my custom
>folder icons. Picon had been my app of choice for such things. No luck.
>It is *purely* drag-n-drop. Won't launch upon being dragged onto. I went
>to the I-M archives and got a couple other folder-pretty-uppers. Nuthin
>in d-n-d mode.
Al, it's not PB5300 specific, and it's almost certainly a damaged pair of
Desktop files, at least I'd think so. Some of your drag and drop apps
still have undamaged entries in the Desktop files and will still work, but
the ones which fail will have damaged entries.
(Uh... you've already completely rebuilt the Desktop... please disregard
_everything_ which follows
Grab File Buddy or File Typer or a disk editor
, decheck the Invisible
bits in the two Desktop files, trash the Desktop files and reboot.
Whenever I've seen this D & D problem, this is the fix. It makes sense
that it should be, as D & D functions partly through the links provided by
the desktop data base.
(Oh, the -down-boot the Finder method usually doesn't work
with this one, the Desktop files are usually too damaged by the time this
symptom occurs.)
Recently in another place I rashly described the above way of completely
rebuilding the Desktop files as the "simplest" method, and got taken to
task by numbers of people (including a friend ) for thinking that
TechTool 1.09 mightn't be the endall for this one. So I checked: ran
TechTool, zapped the Desktop files, let TechTool reboot and the system took
something like 8 minutes (!) to rebuild the desktops on 4 x 90M partitions.
No, there's known damage on those partitions...
Then I did it manually, by the "simple" method with Norton's editor.
Result: the expected 2 minutes total for the desktop rebuilds. That's over
about 5000 files, which ain't too bad. Just what does TechTool do as it
trashes those Desktop files, we wonders?
I haven't got it, but I believe there's a nice little dragn'drop called
"Show Desktop" by Daniel Azuma which renders Desktop files visible in one
fell sweep of the wrist. Now we're really talking "simple"...
hope this helps!
--Bill Stanford||[email protected]--
"Men build scales, but the Gods blow upon the lighter pan"--(Wolfe)
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Date: 17 May 1996 01:58:26 GMT
From: [email protected] (Frank R Petroski)
Subject: PrintshopDeluxe and System 7.5.3
Thanks to a pointer from another digest reader (sorry, I lost his
reply so I don't have the name), I have installed a fix for the problem.
The HP web site (http://www.hp.com/) has an updated set of printer
preferences for PrintShop Deluxe. While you're there, you can also pick
up the most recent versions of the printer drivers and the HP background
printer.
BTW, the PrintShop Deluxe preferences, the web site says, are for the
600 series printers, but they worked fine with my 550C.
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 07:17:32 -0600
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: Q: Invisible applications..what gives?
(I'm asking this for another party, so I hope I get it right.)
A friend who has system 7.5.x, (with MacTCP et al already loaded on the
system, of course) has run into a funny problem. They have been on AOL but
are getting off to use an ISP instead (hmm...I think a smart move these
days). Problem is whenever they try to click on macTCP to input their
service providers configurations, they get a dialog box that says
"application is invisible" or some such rot. Any ideas what could be
going on? Is AOL acting like the proverbial 2000 pound gorilla and keeping
all competitors out of the system? :^)
please answer to list as my ID is changing.
TIA
mark
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Date: 16 May 1996 23:35:43 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: Suggestions
From: "Erik T. Steinert"
Subject: Command -Q on the Finder icon
>The strangest thing happened today. You know the "command-Q" function
>that we use to Quit a program? Well somehow that function is now
>attached to my "Finder" icon. The result is that when I hit "Command-Q"
>to quit an App, my finder becomes the active window and my application
>doesn't quit. How did this happen? any ideas? I welcome the advice.
My first guess is that you have a 3rd party product like Now Menus (it allows
you to assign key strokes to any menu fuction). If you do, then do this to
remove the key stroke:
1) With the Mouse, go to the Application Menu and select the Finder.
2) While keeping the Finder selected, press the Delete key.
You can toggle the ability to assign key strokes to menu items (in Now Menus)
by opening the Control Panel, clicking on the Preferences button, and
deselecting the "Assign Hot Keys directly in menus" option.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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From: Phillip Broussard
Subject: convertor for excel 5 to excel 4 or excel 5 viewer?
>Does anyone know of a viewer or converter so one can use either excel 4 to
>read excel 5 files, or a standalone viewer to view them? I know similar
>items exist for MS Word 5 and powerpoint, but can't find anything similar.
Have you tried MacLinkPlus Translators? It comes free with (the "store bought"
version) of System 7.5.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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From: Stan Thiemann
Subject: IIe -> Powermac data conversion
>I would appreciate your ideas on two phases of a data conversion challenge.
>The source files are Appleworks (mostly word processor) residing on an Apple
>IIe equipped with a 5-1/4 drive.The destination is Clarisworks or MS Word
>residing on a Powermac 6100. The two phases are 1. transfering the
information >and 2. converting the file format.I think our No. 1 problem is
that nobody
>wants to take responsibility for anything, but don't quote me.
This can be done. The hardest part is getting the files onto a 3.5 diskette.
After that, ClarisWorks will translate Appleworks files. The easiest way
(Iknow of) to get the files onto a 3.5 diskette from an Apple II is to use a
Diskette drive called "UniDisk" by Apple. The hard part about this is going to
be finding one (a UniDisk drive, that is). I suggest trying a company called
Sun Remarketing.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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From: John Buss
Subject: Q. Flashing Start-up.
>I recently installed sys. 7.5 on my trusty Quad. 900. Now I have, at least
>an intriguing if not, dangerous problem. It was a clean install. On startup
>things progress normally, the startup screen appears, etc. Then the screen
>goes black and as each extension is loaded it flashes on to the screen and
>then disappears to be followed by the next. When all are loaded the back-
>ground screen arrives and all is normal again. This only happens on a full
>start, a re-start is perfectly normal. It was a clean installation although I
>have added stuff since, but this has happened from the very first start. Help
>me folks. I have to work on one of these weird dos things during the day and
>my Mac at home is my source of sanity.
I don't know the rhyme or reason, but I've seen this a few times with System
7.5. You can get this to stop by A) Not having a Startup Screen or B) Using
different RAM. Again, I don't know why (I'm sure there's some technical
reason), but my guess is that it is certain types of RAM (that is not of the
greatest quality?) and whatever with System 7.5.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 02:16:45 +0200
From: [email protected] (Peter Mueller)
Subject: Toshiba CD-ROM and Macintosh
Hello!
Does anyone know where to find o Macintosh Driver for Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM=B4=
s ?
Thanks, Peter WOTLmade
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:59:12 -0800
From: Julius Friede
Subject: Unable to launch Apple Script Editor
I'm stumped. I tried to open the Apple Script Editor to modify a script,
and I get a Dialog stating "Could not initialize the program because the
dialect is not available". I'm sure that it's something real simple, I just
don't know what it is. I went back to the System 7.5 Update 2.0 CD (7.5.3)
and re-installed the Apple Script software, but to no avail. AppleScript is
installed and scripts do indeed run, it's just the Editor that is
confounding me. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
TIA,
Julius
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 16 May 96 Volume 14 : Issue 114
Today's Topics:
(Q) CD-ROM 7.5.3 update overdue?
(Q) HTML parser for BBEdit?
(Q) Looking for a database
100BT network speed?
12 MB not enough
[A] A tricky text substitut
[A] generic large icons
[Q] FreePPP 2.5b4 expired
[Q] Zip Drive Broken Heads
[Q] ZIP eject from Open File dialog box freeze
Cheat II need help
DOS Cards and NT
E-mailing dictations / voice mail
Flaky System
FPU for the 8500
Hooking up 2 monitors on a 8500/120
JPEG HELP!!!!!!!!!
Looking for a bar code reader and input numeric keyboard.
Microphone for 7100
PB5300cs and Drag-N-Drop
PrintshopDeluxe and System 7.5.3
Q: Invisible applications..what gives?
Suggestions
Toshiba CD-ROM and Macintosh
Unable to launch Apple Script Editor
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:50:37 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: (Q) CD-ROM 7.5.3 update overdue?
Seems like a month has passed since I ordered the 7.5.3 update CD-ROM from
Apple, shortly after it was announced, and it still hasn't arrived. Should
I be worried? I didn't bother to jot down the date ordered and the phone
number I used.
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 16:26:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: (Q) HTML parser for BBEdit?
Is there a plug-in HTML parser to be used with BBEdit that will do things
like look for unclosed expressions, missing angle brackets, etc.?
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 13:01:31 -1000
From: Jerry Levinson
Subject: (Q) Looking for a database
I work at a small (read "not rich") community college, about 1700 students.
We are looking for a database program to replace UserBase on our old Vax.
We need something that is networked, multi-user (about 5), record-locking,
and can handle a large pile of data since we need to keep records for all
students going back, back, waaay back in time. Oh, yeah, it should be not
too expensive (I was told 4th Dimension was too expensive).
Anybody out there using anything like this? Recommendations, where to
look, what to try? Someone actually have something up and running?
TIA,
Jerry
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:27:01 -0400
From: Dave Cooper
Subject: 100BT network speed?
Hello,
I am looking for any experiences people can relate to me regarding
experience with an all Mac 100BT network. Specifically how fast it is
working on a day to day basis. My company recently got our 100bt
network up and running and the speed has been a little disappointing.
For example, on our nightly backup on a 10bt network, the average
speed in Retrospect was about 4-5MB per minute. On the 100bt network
varies from 8.3-10.3MB per minute. This seems pretty bad and we are
seeking explanation for it. The hub is an Asante, and we are not
using a switch. Any information anyone could send me about Mac 100bt
networks, even if it doesn't directly relate to our problem would be
greatly appreciated. Please write me at >>[email protected]
Subject: 12 MB not enough
Dear Digest Readers,
After numerous upgrades, finally a stable system. I read yesterday in
the "New York Times" that Amelio is trying to push the minimum RAM
configuration to 12MB on future Macs. But I say that is not enough. It
took upgrading to 40MB on a PowerMac 7200/75 before everything worked.
It took adding Macsbug. It took removing the Internet Config
Preferences to get Internet Config to work properly again.
So who would like to petition Apple to raise the minimum RAM to 40MB on
systems using PCI?
This is practicly necessary if Apple is going to get in the Internet
business, because already the new Netscape isn't stable unless you
assign it at least 15MB. WebArranger, a great utility to figuring out
if your hyperlinks are outdated requires another 12MB. The system
software alone requires between 6 and 8MB, and running less than 4MB
free causes Type 11 errors.
Have other people had similar experiences or would like to join in a
petition?
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: 16 May 1996 07:24:49 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: [A] A tricky text substitut
>This might seem odd, but I need to be able to replace sections of a Word
>document which might look like:
>
>...and he demanded the money right away or...
>
>where the word (or words) between the underscore (" ") should be turned
>to
>bold face and, ideally, the underscores deleted...
>
>Save the file in RTF format. In the rtf formatted file, do a global
>search
>and replace replacing " " with " {\b ", then do a global search and
>replace
>of " " with "}". (The inclusion of the spaces is vital.) Save that file,
>close it, re-open it letting Word interpret the RTF format, and it's
>done.
It is easier than that. Go to Replace. For the Find leave the string blank,
Click on Format popup and choose Character. Click on Underline. For the
Replace leave the string blank, Click on Format popup and choose Character.
Click on Bold. Replace all.
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 06:02:59 -0700
From: [email protected] (John C. Schroeder)
Subject: [A] generic large icons
In digest #111, [email protected] (Cross, Jay) wrote:
> Problem: When viewed as "large icons", some icons (BBEdit, plain TEXT,
> some others) are generic. . . . Specifics: IIsi with internal 80 meg HD.
> External APS Q540 with three partitions
I highly recommend you check out "The Generic Icon Page - Introduction" at:
http://www.usit.net/public/bgiles/genicon.html
Lots of useful information that should be of help. My first guess is that
your problem is related to the multiple partitions. I've had similar
problems dealing with both external drives and multiple partitions on an
internal drive. My eventual work-around was to restart the Finder - I use
"File Buddy" for the task.
John
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:16:19 -0700
From: [email protected] (Doug Brouwer, Doug Brouwer)
Subject: [Q] FreePPP 2.5b4 expired
I'm getting the message on restart that FreePPP 2.5b4 has expired. I =
checked the archives and this seems to be the latest version. I downloaded =
it again just in case the expiration date was changed, but it still =
doesn't work. Is there a workaround? I tried installing 1.0.5 and so far =
it hasn't worked either--both the Open and Close buttons are greyed. Any =
advice?
Thanks, Doug=
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:48:44 +0900
From: [email protected]
Subject: [Q] Zip Drive Broken Heads
On May 15th, [email protected] (Peter O'Reilly) wrote:
>Has any Iomega Zip drive users experienced problems with their Zip drives
>not recognising the disks? After inserting a disk into my 4 month old Zip
>drive it made a continuous clicking noise. Then when I ejected the disk
>using the button as it had not appeared on the desktop and inserted another
>disk, the drive clicked twice but refused to read the disk. This continued
>other disks inserted.
Yes... I started having this problem recently (with both old and new
disks). First at home on my PowerMac 8500 and then the same thing happened
on my Quadra 640 at work (two different Zip drives). Both are running
7.5.3 OS and the problem occurred regardless if I was using the Zip 4.2 or
4.3 driver. The only new item that both had in common was that File
Sharing had been enabled for the first time between the two machines.
After turning off file sharing on both machines, the zip drive started
working and all previously unreadable disks could be found. However, I am
not convinced this is entirely the whole problem and would also be
interested to hear if anyone else is having similar problems.
James Eudeikis
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 16:16:38 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jim Mueller)
Subject: [Q] ZIP eject from Open File dialog box freeze
Has anyone else encountered this problem with ZIP drives- you have aliases
for folders on two (or more) ZIP disks, say "Folder A" on Zip Today and
"Folder Patootie" on Zip Tomorrow. While in Photoshop, you need the file
"Clippers" from "Folder A", for which you have an alias in your "Swiped
Artwork" folder on your hard drive. You choose Open, navigate to the
"Folder A" alias and you are asked to Insert Disk Zip Today. Fine. After
working on "Clippers" you want to save it into "Folder Patootie" on Zip
Tomorrow, for which you have an alias in your "My Masterpieces" folder on
your hard drive. You choose Save As, navigate to the alias for "Folder
Patootie", double-click on it, Zip Today pops out and the box Please Insert
Disk Zip Tomorrow appears. You do so, only to be greeted by the box Please
Insert Disk Zip Today, but Zip Tomorrow does not and will not eject.
Splat-period does nothing. Esc does nothing. Force Quit does nothing.
Eventually I hard Reboot with nothing to show for my labor.
To generalize- anytime I am asked to swap Zip disks, I get hosed. True for
anyone else, and if so, why?
Jim Mueller- Research Engineering, Pharmacopeia Inc. [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 21:27:02 +0100
From: sandy allain
Subject: Cheat II need help
I would like to know how to use your program "cheat II" because I'd
like to find a way to get unlimited money on Colonization.
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:07:46 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jonathan Kern)
Subject: DOS Cards and NT
>
____________________________________
With the PPCP (previously known as CHRP) machines, you will need to reboot
to go from one platform to another!(What a drag.)
The PCI DOS Cards from Reply and Orange Micro are just about to be
released and will allow you to run both platforms simultaneously and
connect to the network from both platforms.Hopefully future versions of
the PPCP machines will be more "functional", but it looks like many of us
will be using DOS cards for the near future.
Orange Micro cards will run Windows NT, I'm not sure about Reply cards.
Jon
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:52:29 -0500
From: [email protected] (Paul Kleeberg)
Subject: E-mailing dictations / voice mail
Yes I am a dreamer...
I would love it if my e-mail program provided a button that would allow me
to use my PowerBook's built in speaker to record a message. I would then
e-address it traditionally, it would be sent as an encoded attatchment via
internet e-mail and the receiving e-mail program would recognize it as
encoded voice mail and put a "play" button in the text field of the new
message so the receiver would be able to play the message. I know this
would increase the bandwith demand of e-mail 10K fold but it would make
sending critical short bursts of information so easy for me that I know I
would use it.
What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the current state of
Macintosh (and also Wintel, Unix crossplatform compatible) technology? Is
anyone aware of any projects?
Paul Kleeberg
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 02:47:48 -0400
From: [email protected] (Fred Monsour)
Subject: Flaky System
My PowerMac 6100 with recently installed System 7.5.3 (which worked fine
initially) has developed a few irritating habits: two of six drive
partitions (one on each of two external drives) show up twice on the
desktop, and behave as aliases would, though they are not. Also, when I
shutdown The Mac, it puts up the message "Please insert the disk: RAMDISK".
I get similar sequests to (re)insert a disk when I use diskcopy (when the
source disk first ejects). Any thoughts as to cause? Rebuilding the desktop
of the two drives eliminated the double icon problem temporarily, but it
returned a few days later.
Thanks,
Fred Monsour
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:20:37 +0900
From: [email protected] (HIRO OKAMOTO)
Subject: FPU for the 8500
Hello,
I currently own a Powermac 8500/120 with english 7.5.2. I am trying to run
Autocad R12 (for the Mac), a cad application that I often use at work on a
PC. Because this application requires an FPU, I have been using John Neil
Associates's PowerFPU, an FPU emulator for Powermacs. The emulator, which
is relatively inexpensive, is essentially useless for any serious work
because it is slow as molasses.
I have been thinking that there must be an alternate solution, possibly a
hardware solution, and was wondering if anyone knows of such a thing.
Any and all comments much appreciated.
Thanks,
Hiroshi
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:20:34 +0900
From: [email protected] (HIRO OKAMOTO)
Subject: Hooking up 2 monitors on a 8500/120
Hello,
I currently have a 8500/120 with system 7.5.2 hooked up to a Sony
Multiscan17sfII (bought in Japan). I would also like to hook up a Apple
14" (really 13") color monitor and work my graphics applications using both
monitors. I understand that I will need 2 more MB of VRAM but I do not
know how to physically attach the second monitor to the CPU.
I was informed that a Video card will provide a interface for the second
monitor. Is this true? If so can someone recommend a few? Also will I
still need the 2 MB if I purchase a Video card?
Any and all help will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Hiro
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Date: 16 May 1996 12:20:00 GMT
From: [email protected]
Subject: JPEG HELP!!!!!!!!!
Someone PleaSE, PLEASE help me. I have a Mac, I can not view jpeg pictures
from newsgroups or e-mail. I have checked and found these were scanned in
on PC's. So PLEASE tell me how I can change these images so I can view
them. Most especially e-mail pictures.
Hope
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 09:20:14 -0400
From: [email protected] (Marc Dionne)
Subject: Looking for a bar code reader and input numeric keyboard.
We are looking for an input device for Macintosh including a bar code
reader and an input numeric keyboard. With this stuff, we hope to capture
ID on a card and validate the password from the input keyboard.
Does somebody have a suggestion.
Thanks in advance.
Marc Dionne Email: [email protected]
Universit du Qubec Trois-Rivires Tlec: (819) 376-5153
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Date: Thu, 16 May 96 18:00:05 -0000
From: "F. Stephen Costa"
Subject: Microphone for 7100
Hello folks,
I would like to know what size/style jack a microphone needs to have in
order for me to use it with my PowerMac 7100. Is there an equivalent at,
say, Radio Shack?
More importantly, I have a Sound Blaster microphone and would love to use
that. Is there an adapter available for converting its jack to something
my Mac will reconigise?
Thanks in advance.
F. Stephen Costa
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:52:54 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: PB5300cs and Drag-N-Drop
Info-Mac Digest V14 #112, "Allan M. Bloom" wrote:
>Folks, I'm just barely getting used to Leslye's new PB5300cs. I suspect
>this will be only the first of many questions to those of you who have
>gone before. It's System 7.5.3 BTW.
>
>I notice that some drag-n-drop applications don't. I like my custom
>folder icons. Picon had been my app of choice for such things. No luck.
>It is *purely* drag-n-drop. Won't launch upon being dragged onto. I went
>to the I-M archives and got a couple other folder-pretty-uppers. Nuthin
>in d-n-d mode.
Al, it's not PB5300 specific, and it's almost certainly a damaged pair of
Desktop files, at least I'd think so. Some of your drag and drop apps
still have undamaged entries in the Desktop files and will still work, but
the ones which fail will have damaged entries.
(Uh... you've already completely rebuilt the Desktop... please disregard
_everything_ which follows
Grab File Buddy or File Typer or a disk editor
, decheck the Invisiblebits in the two Desktop files, trash the Desktop files and reboot.
Whenever I've seen this D & D problem, this is the fix. It makes sense
that it should be, as D & D functions partly through the links provided by
the desktop data base.
(Oh, the -down-boot the Finder method usually doesn't work
with this one, the Desktop files are usually too damaged by the time this
symptom occurs.)
Recently in another place I rashly described the above way of completely
rebuilding the Desktop files as the "simplest" method, and got taken to
task by numbers of people (including a friend ) for thinking that
TechTool 1.09 mightn't be the endall for this one. So I checked: ran
TechTool, zapped the Desktop files, let TechTool reboot and the system took
something like 8 minutes (!) to rebuild the desktops on 4 x 90M partitions.
No, there's known damage on those partitions...
Then I did it manually, by the "simple" method with Norton's editor.
Result: the expected 2 minutes total for the desktop rebuilds. That's over
about 5000 files, which ain't too bad. Just what does TechTool do as it
trashes those Desktop files, we wonders?
I haven't got it, but I believe there's a nice little dragn'drop called
"Show Desktop" by Daniel Azuma which renders Desktop files visible in one
fell sweep of the wrist. Now we're really talking "simple"...
hope this helps!
--Bill Stanford||[email protected]--
"Men build scales, but the Gods blow upon the lighter pan"--(Wolfe)
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Date: 17 May 1996 01:58:26 GMT
From: [email protected] (Frank R Petroski)
Subject: PrintshopDeluxe and System 7.5.3
Thanks to a pointer from another digest reader (sorry, I lost his
reply so I don't have the name), I have installed a fix for the problem.
The HP web site (http://www.hp.com/) has an updated set of printer
preferences for PrintShop Deluxe. While you're there, you can also pick
up the most recent versions of the printer drivers and the HP background
printer.
BTW, the PrintShop Deluxe preferences, the web site says, are for the
600 series printers, but they worked fine with my 550C.
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 07:17:32 -0600
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: Q: Invisible applications..what gives?
(I'm asking this for another party, so I hope I get it right.)
A friend who has system 7.5.x, (with MacTCP et al already loaded on the
system, of course) has run into a funny problem. They have been on AOL but
are getting off to use an ISP instead (hmm...I think a smart move these
days). Problem is whenever they try to click on macTCP to input their
service providers configurations, they get a dialog box that says
"application is invisible" or some such rot. Any ideas what could be
going on? Is AOL acting like the proverbial 2000 pound gorilla and keeping
all competitors out of the system? :^)
please answer to list as my ID is changing.
TIA
mark
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Date: 16 May 1996 23:35:43 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: Suggestions
From: "Erik T. Steinert"
Subject: Command -Q on the Finder icon
>The strangest thing happened today. You know the "command-Q" function
>that we use to Quit a program? Well somehow that function is now
>attached to my "Finder" icon. The result is that when I hit "Command-Q"
>to quit an App, my finder becomes the active window and my application
>doesn't quit. How did this happen? any ideas? I welcome the advice.
My first guess is that you have a 3rd party product like Now Menus (it allows
you to assign key strokes to any menu fuction). If you do, then do this to
remove the key stroke:
1) With the Mouse, go to the Application Menu and select the Finder.
2) While keeping the Finder selected, press the Delete key.
You can toggle the ability to assign key strokes to menu items (in Now Menus)
by opening the Control Panel, clicking on the Preferences button, and
deselecting the "Assign Hot Keys directly in menus" option.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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From: Phillip Broussard
Subject: convertor for excel 5 to excel 4 or excel 5 viewer?
>Does anyone know of a viewer or converter so one can use either excel 4 to
>read excel 5 files, or a standalone viewer to view them? I know similar
>items exist for MS Word 5 and powerpoint, but can't find anything similar.
Have you tried MacLinkPlus Translators? It comes free with (the "store bought"
version) of System 7.5.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
--------------------------------------------
From: Stan Thiemann
Subject: IIe -> Powermac data conversion
>I would appreciate your ideas on two phases of a data conversion challenge.
>The source files are Appleworks (mostly word processor) residing on an Apple
>IIe equipped with a 5-1/4 drive.The destination is Clarisworks or MS Word
>residing on a Powermac 6100. The two phases are 1. transfering the
information >and 2. converting the file format.I think our No. 1 problem is
that nobody
>wants to take responsibility for anything, but don't quote me.
This can be done. The hardest part is getting the files onto a 3.5 diskette.
After that, ClarisWorks will translate Appleworks files. The easiest way
(Iknow of) to get the files onto a 3.5 diskette from an Apple II is to use a
Diskette drive called "UniDisk" by Apple. The hard part about this is going to
be finding one (a UniDisk drive, that is). I suggest trying a company called
Sun Remarketing.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
---------------------------------------------
From: John Buss
Subject: Q. Flashing Start-up.
>I recently installed sys. 7.5 on my trusty Quad. 900. Now I have, at least
>an intriguing if not, dangerous problem. It was a clean install. On startup
>things progress normally, the startup screen appears, etc. Then the screen
>goes black and as each extension is loaded it flashes on to the screen and
>then disappears to be followed by the next. When all are loaded the back-
>ground screen arrives and all is normal again. This only happens on a full
>start, a re-start is perfectly normal. It was a clean installation although I
>have added stuff since, but this has happened from the very first start. Help
>me folks. I have to work on one of these weird dos things during the day and
>my Mac at home is my source of sanity.
I don't know the rhyme or reason, but I've seen this a few times with System
7.5. You can get this to stop by A) Not having a Startup Screen or B) Using
different RAM. Again, I don't know why (I'm sure there's some technical
reason), but my guess is that it is certain types of RAM (that is not of the
greatest quality?) and whatever with System 7.5.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 02:16:45 +0200
From: [email protected] (Peter Mueller)
Subject: Toshiba CD-ROM and Macintosh
Hello!
Does anyone know where to find o Macintosh Driver for Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM=B4=
s ?
Thanks, Peter WOTLmade
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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:59:12 -0800
From: Julius Friede
Subject: Unable to launch Apple Script Editor
I'm stumped. I tried to open the Apple Script Editor to modify a script,
and I get a Dialog stating "Could not initialize the program because the
dialect is not available". I'm sure that it's something real simple, I just
don't know what it is. I went back to the System 7.5 Update 2.0 CD (7.5.3)
and re-installed the Apple Script software, but to no avail. AppleScript is
installed and scripts do indeed run, it's just the Editor that is
confounding me. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
TIA,
Julius
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