Info-Mac Digest V14 #118
Posted: May 21st, 1996, 4:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 21 May 96 Volume 14 : Issue 118
Today's Topics:
[!] Delays in Posting Submissions
[*] BulkRate 2.5b1
[*] File Buddy v3.4.4; a file utility
[*] FLUX Spring 96 v1.0
[*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.0
[*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0; a native arcade game
[*] PopChar 2.7.2
[*] Synk 2.0.2
[*] TidBITS#329/20-May-96
[*] Type Fixer FT
(A) Netscape Crashes: Problem Found ("Eddie Plug-In")
(A) System 7.5.3 update shipping delays
(Q)Removing Termination from drive?
12 MB not enough
7500/100 Problems
[A] Where's the new FreePPP?
Appleworks files
Auto-restart after crash?
Commerical Eudora
convert postscript type 1 font -> WIN or Mac TType?
Emailer/Calendar program
Experience with PCMCIA Modem on the PB 5300
Fax on demand - polling software
Help
Info-Mac Digest V14 #113
Keystroke
Looking for Maps
Mac Games
MS Word 5.1 won't print envelopes (Q)
Notated MIDI Player (Q)
PC CD-ROM on a Mac?
PowerPoint slows to a crawl
WWW browser for Sys6
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:50:30 -0700
From: [email protected] (Info-Mac Archivist)
Subject: [!] Delays in Posting Submissions
Hello all,
This is your friendly neighborhood archivist here. This is a note to let
people who have recently submitted programs know the current status.
Right now there is a sizable delay in getting files posted to Info-Mac, and
this is entirely my fault. Outside of Info-Mac I am a graduate student, and
this is my finals week. I will get everything I have (nearly 300 files)
posted this weekend. I am very sorry for the inconvenience this is causing
to everyone.
[Ouch! 300 files translates to 6 digests! This is going to be a harsh
weekend!
-Gordon]
A few notes:
* FreePPP was posted last night - this is the latest version (2.5rf). I
realize many people depend on this.
* PLEASE do not assume that your program did not come through and resend
it. Within a week I will post a message here saying that all programs
submitted have been posted. If you still do not see your program, you may
post it again or contact me at
* After my finals, I will return to a 24 hour turnaround time getting files
onto Info-Mac. Also at that time, I will create a WWW page on the new
Info-Mac web site that will be dedicated to reporting the status of
submissions.
I'd like to apologize to everyone again for the delays. This is a highly
temporary situation. Thanks to everyone for your support and patience.
Demitri Muna
Info-Mac Archivist
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:41 -0700
From: (Greg Neagle)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BulkRate 2.5b1
First beta release of BulkRate 2.5, the offline reader for FirstClass
servers.
Adds support for TCP/IP connections and additional serial ports.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/bulk-rate-25b1-first-class.hqx; 523K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] File Buddy v3.4.4; a file utility
File Buddy is a general file utility for getting and setting info, finding
files, making aliases, freeing your disk of unused files and more.
File Buddy v3.4 now searches disks without using PBCatSearch; v3.4.4 fixes
several minor bugs.
This will be the last update for a while as Larry is doing a complete
rewrite of File Buddy which will be scriptable, run native on PowerPCs,
have better code, and be more easily debugged. So if you have anything you
would like to be able to do using AppleScript with File Buddy, he's taking
suggestions at .
Uploaded with author's permission. May be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Requires: System 7. Auth: Laurence Harris
. Shareware: US$25.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-344.hqx; 318K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:55 -0700
From: (J.R.Mooneyham)[email protected]
Subject: [*] FLUX Spring 96 v1.0
jrm&aFLUX Spring 96 requires Mac/HyperCard Player 2.1, and is dedicated to
technophiles, futurists, entrepreneurs, sci fi fans, activists, and
multimedia authors everywhere. Contents this issue: CONTACT: the Who, What,
Why, When, Where, and How of Our First Encounters of Extraterrestrial
Intelligence; customizable ISP connection kit for Macs (prt 1); Web
predictions, must-see Web pages; reviews of Navigator, 6300CD, Acrobat,
SoftWindows, SpeedDoubler, ClarisWorks 4, Megaphone, ScrapIt Pro, and
StyleScript; How Apple could make a stunning comeback; Newz & Viewz and
more...(illustrated)
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/flux-spring-96-hc.hqx; 705K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:43:47 -0700
From: (Aaron Starr)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.0
Font-o-rama! dramatically simplifies font selection. If you spend any
time at all scrolling through font menus, testing different font styles,
or trying to get just the right font size, then Font-o-rama! will save
you time.
It's a dialog box with a huge multi-column list area that's big enough
to display all your fonts at once. So you don't have to scroll through
a long font menu looking for "Garamond Ultra Italic." You just click
on it. Or type "Ga" to go directly to it.
Font-o-rama! works in common applications like PageMaker, QuarkXPress,
or Microsoft Word.
Changes in 1.2 include the addition of a short description of each
font, fonts automatically grouped by family, fonts optionally displayed
in their own typeface, and much faster display times.
Requires: System 7.1
Font-o-rama! may be included on the commercially available
CD-ROM of the archives.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-o-rama-120.hqx; 154K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:43:11 -0700
From: (Dario Accornero)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0; a native arcade game
Arcade game. PacMac Deluxe is a shareware game for the Mac (thru Kagi).
The best Pacman(tm) clone on the Mac ever.
Wonderful animation, tons of levels, any music-modules you wish
(three provided), HiRes graphics for 17" and higher monitors and last,
but not least, the chance to create your ever-dreamed own levels!
All this is possible, now, with PacMac Deluxe!
System requirements: a 020 Mac (030/040 at 25MHz *recommended*) or
a PowerMac; System 7.0; Sound Manager 3.0; a 13" or higher monitor;
a 2.5Mb to 3.5Mb free RAM partition; 3Mb disk space.
The program runs native on *both* 68K and PPC Macs.
Permission is granted to the InfoMac staff to include this program
on their CDROM. Any other shareware publisher should contact us to
get our approval.
This is the first public release.
The DAPPSoft Team
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pac-mac-deluxe-101.hqx; 1540K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:52:23 -0700
From: (Guenther Blaschek)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PopChar 2.7.2
This is PopChar version 2.7.2.
New in this version:
- PopChar no longer crashes when used with a QuickDraw GX font.
- PopChar now correctly recognizes dialogs without editable text fields.
- PopChar now shows the correct font when editing a table in WriteNow.
- PopChar no longer crashes in ClarisWorks when no windows are open.
- PopChar was renamed to PopChar Lite.
For those who don't know what PopChar is for:
PopChar is a control panel that simplifies "typing" of unusual characters.
Click the PopChar icon in the menu bar, select the character you want,
and PopChar automatically inserts it in the current document as if you had
typed the proper key combination on the keyboard.
PopChar is FREE.
e Guenther Blaschek, University of Linz, Austria
gu E-Mail:
PS.: Interested in PopChar Pro? Check out the web site
http://www.unisoft.co.at/e/products/popchar.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/pop-char-272.hqx; 83K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:38 -0700
From: (Herb Voth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Synk 2.0.2
Synk is a PowerPC native backup/synchronization program that can resolve
aliases and archive old files. It is shipped as a FAT binary, suitable
for both PowerPC and original Macintoshes.
You can backup a folder full of aliases, making it simple to modify your
backup or synchronization strategy by dropping file or folder aliases
into the defined folder.
It is just as easy to distribute synchronized files throughout a
PowerBook's hard drive by synchronizing two folders containing aliases.
Any number of file types, creators and file endings may be skipped.
Obsolete files and folders can be archived into a folder.
Other features include:
----------------------
- complete log of actions
- obsolete files can be deleted, trashed or archived
- collisions are conveniently placed in a folder on the Desktop
Synk 2.0.2 is $10 US shareware and requires a Macintosh with at least
System 7 and a 68020 processor.
Version History:
---------------
2.0.2
- documents opened from Finder can be optionally run automatically,
making it compatible with files placed in the Startup or Shutdown folders
-Randall Voth
--[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/synk-202.hqx; 301K]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 23:46:47 -0700
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#329/20-May-96
TidBITS#329/20-May-96
It's the week after WWDC and the Macintosh world is buzzing. Check
below for info on the next version of the Mac OS and Apple
technologies like Project X, Apple e.g., QuickTime and Linux for
the Macintosh. Also this week, details on using Apple's LocalTalk
and LaserWriter Bridges with Open Transport, everything you could
every want to know about TidBITS, and a thought-provoking essay
from Robert Hettinga on Apple, big business, and the Internet.
Topics:
MailBITS/20-May-96
TidBITS on TidBITS
LaserWriter/LocalTalk Bridges with Open Transport
Crazy Ideas from Apple
Apple, the Business Market, and Geodesic Networks
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-329.etx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:16 -0700
From: (Eric M. Kidd)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Type Fixer FT
Type Fixer FT 1.0b0
(c) 1996 by Eric Kidd
What is it?
Type Fixer FT is a plugin for TopSoft's FilterTop application. It sets a file's
type and creator information based on the file name extension and the contents
of the Internet Config database. For example, a file downloaded from a UNIX
system might have the name "sample.txt" but a generic icon. Type Fixer FT would
notice that the file name ended in ".txt" and fix the icon.
Public beta release. See for the
latest version. FilterTop 1.0 and Internet Config 1.2 required.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/fliter-top-type-fixer-10b0.hqx; 33K]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 96 13:50:39 -0500
From: Barry Campbell
Subject: (A) Netscape Crashes: Problem Found ("Eddie Plug-In")
In InfoMac Digest V14 #117, I wrote of my difficulties with Netscape
2.02 "suddenly" deciding not to work. Many nice folks wrote in with
helpful suggestions and ideas.
The problem has been found. It's a file called "Eddie Plug-In"
that an early, buggy version of the FreePPP 2.5 installer put
into my extensions folder.
Clinton Krenben pointed out the
problems with "Eddie" to me, quoting the following from the
FreePPP Product Info site.
>"What is Eddie?
>
> Good question. That should not have been installed on your
>machine. Its a prototype of a project we're working on (code named "Eddie"
>(after the Van Halen brother (all our projects get code names based on
>Rockstars))). When its in a more stable form we'll officially announce it
>and get into full detail about what it does. For now remove it from your
>Extensions folder and forget you ever saw it."
Whew. Words to live by. I deleted the Eddie Plug-In file and
Netscape functioned quite normally thereafter.
Many other nice folks pointed out that MacTCP 2.04 is incompatible with
FreePPP 2.5. I'm planning to upgrade the operating system on my
PowerBook next week, after an important deadline passes... and I'll
upgrade MacTCP to 2.06 at the same time. (FWIW, I've had no problems
using MacTCP 2.04 with FreePPP 2.5, so far.)
Thanks to *all* who responded. Good ideas and advice from everyone.
Barry Campbell * [email protected] * http://www.cris.com/~Btc/
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:54:31 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: (A) System 7.5.3 update shipping delays
A couple of people sent me the phone number to call about the System 7.5.3
update (1-800-293-6617, ext. 984); so I checked and found that my order of
six weeks ago had never been entered into Apple's records. It would be wise
to check on the status of your own order if it's been several weeks since
you ordered it since other orders may have slipped through the cracks as
well. I wound up buying the June MacUser for the free CD-ROM and giving the
magazine away (I'm a subscriber).
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: Mon, 20 May 1996 19:43:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: (Q)Removing Termination from drive?
> Does anyone know where to get information (or how to) remove termination
> From a drive? I have an old internal drive that is terminated, and I
> want to put it in an external case. Whenever I hook up the drive to the
> external case and plug it in (I have a 6100/60, the only other devices
> on the SCSI bus are a external CD drive and a Zip drive) the machine
> won't start up, making me think that it has to do with termination.
It may be the termination, but more likely it's the SCSI ID number. If
the older drive was internal it probably has the ID 0, which is the same
ID of the 6100's internal drive. You need to change the ID and remove
the termination (or leave it terminated, but make sure you attach it at
the physical end of the SCSI chain).
How exactly you do that depends on the drive's make and model. If the
manufacturer is still around check if he's got a web page; you mind find
there what you need.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: 19 May 96 14:51:58 -0800
From: "Mark Aiken"
Subject: 12 MB not enough
It seems hardly worth taking the time to answer this...
>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.
Is say it's a wonderful start. As a developer, I'm very happy about
the great majority of the statements we have seen coming from Apple
management at WWDC. Amelio has been direct and to the point about Apple's
weaknesses, and is mostly right on target. 16MB would be more like it, but
anything's better than 8.
>took upgrading to 40MB on a PowerMac 7200/75 before everything worked.
This is patently rediculous. I'm sitting in front of a 7200/90 that
I do most of my development work on. It has 16MB of RAM. Unless you're
editing video, doing high-quality sound or Photoshop all day, I can't
imagine what you threw good money at 40MB of RAM for. If anything, the big
problem is that Apple's VM implementation needs some major speed tuning.
>It took adding Macsbug. It took removing the Internet Config
>Preferences to get Internet Config to work properly again.
So blame Peter Lewis.
>[40MB] 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.
So blame Netscape for writing an unstable, piggish application that
lags behind other platforms, crashes at a moment's notice and kills
performance. Or switch to (horrors) Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which is
very stable and rapidly catching up featurewise. 2.0 is out, 3.0 looks very
promising. Vote with your feet.
>WebArranger, a great utility to figuring out
>if your hyperlinks are outdated requires another 12MB.
It doesn't sound that great to me.
>The system
>software alone requires between 6 and 8MB, and running less than 4MB
>free causes Type 11 errors.
I'd say you have some troubleshooting work to do. I push my machine
way into VM without crashes. Try turning off some of those shareware
extensions.
The MacOS has several problems, but 40MB machines is not a
solution. I feel Amelio should be commended for upping the basic
configuration to allow better technology to reach customers. If anything,
you should be petitioning for more engineers to be put on Copland, which
will provide far better VM, preemptive multitasking for non-UI processes
and protected memory, the combination of which would almost certainly
protect you from all the problems you describe without requiring 40MB of
RAM.
Mark Aiken
MacOS Shareware author, [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 10:47:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: "J. Feustle"
Subject: 7500/100 Problems
I wonder if anyone else is having problems with a Power Mac 7500/100.
Mine are rather serious: it locks up without any warning or visible
reason. Sometimes it will not complete startup, stoping with just some
of the inits loaded; other times it will load all of the inits and
lock up in the middle of a program. Sometimes I get a "finder error"
message; others are error code 9,10, and 11. I am having to correct
file allocation problems on a daily basis with the Norton Utilities.
I've upgraded the system to 7.5.3. The machine is about three months
old and had been working fine until roughly ten days ago, when it
locked up in the middle of some work I was doing in PageMaker 6.0.
Is there by chance shareware diagnostic software that might give me
some idea of what's going on? It's a nice computer, but not worth a
damn to me if it continues to be unreliable.
Many thanks in advance.
J. Feustle
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 16:28:44 -0700
From: "Steven M. Fish"
Subject: [A] Where's the new FreePPP?
> At 10:30 PM -0300 5/15/96, Josmar Arruda said:
>
>
>Does anyone know if the new release of FreePPP already is out? The last
>was 2.5b4, but mine already expired, and I had to go back to 1.0.5
Try RockStar software. The URL is http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.shtml
Steven M. Fish ([email protected] http://www.jump.net/~newman)
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Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 18:33:41 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chris Garland)
Subject: Appleworks files
I have access to a Apple-GS and a 3.5 in drive. Transfer them to that
and then use Apple file Exchange. You can buy a 3.5 in drive for the
Apple 2e, maybe at a surplus store. You will need an adapter card to
go with that. I still think the best way is the Apple-Gs.
Clarisworks will translate Appleworks text, SS, and database files.
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Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 22:58:10 -0400
From: Vincent Cayenne
Subject: Auto-restart after crash?
Keep It Up &/or AutoBoot should do the trick:
/info-mac/cfg/keep-it-up-13.hqx
/info-mac/cfg/auto-boot-145.hqx
(give credit to [email protected] for this tip)
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 12:36:47 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Commerical Eudora
>Hi again everyone. Being a university student, I am currently using Eudora
>1.5.1 on my Duo 230 because it is free for educational use. I utilize
>email quite a bit, however, so I am considering purchasing the commercial
>version so I can take advantage of its features. However, since I've never
>actually *seen* it, I'd like to try at least a demo of it before I buy, to
>see if the features will really benefit me. Is there such a demo? I tried
>downloading the new 3.0 beta, but only to discover that you need to have
>Eudora 2.x already for it to install.
Eudora Lite _is_ the demo version. Eudora Pro just adds some really nice=
features and a printed manual.
I find that the extra features of Eudora Pro are well worth the price.
=46irst, it lets you create filters to operate on new mail based on the=
subject, sender, or other header info: move it into a specific mailbox (or=
the trash), change the subject, change the priority level, etc. This is=
especially great if you're on several more mailing lists -- just have the=
messages from each mailing list redirected into a different mailbox,=
leaving your IN mailbox for private (non-mailing list) email. Second, if=
you ever use the Sort feature to sort messages by date, sender, subject,=
etc., Eudora Pro makes it much easier to sort -- just click on the column=
heading. There are other differences from Eudora Lite, but these are my=
favorite features.
Eudora Pro 3.0 beta adds a few more nice features. First, it has a toolbar,=
which can be set to display large or small buttons with or without text. =
Second, it can handle messages larger than 32K without breaking them up. =
Third, it can break up digests into individual messages (a feature I don't=
use, as I prefer EasyView's interface, but I'm sure others will love it).
----
Osric of Fayrehope / Wayne C. Morris
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 19:41:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: convert postscript type 1 font -> WIN or Mac TType?
> I have a Mac postsript type 1 font that I need to convert to a Windows
> True Type font. I have no idea how to go abou;this
To convert a PostScript font to a TrueType font you need a commercial
font utility such as Fontographer, FontMonger, or Metamorphosis. To my
knowledge there are no shareware utilities able to do that.
> how do I get my bitmap font into a TrueType font?
You cannot convert a bitmap font to a TrueType font. Bitmaps simply do
not have the outline information a TrueType font normally contains.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:28:01 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bruce A. Bromberek)
Subject: Emailer/Calendar program
I'm looking for software recommendations to do the following:
Maintain a calendar of events
At a set time before the event have it automaticly send out email to those
people associated to the event.
Is there such a beast or a way i could kludge together the features I want
via existing packages and scripting. I can spend up to a few hundred $$,
but would prefer not to.
Thanks in advance
Bruce Bromberek
Univierty of Minnesota - Dept of Chem Eng & Mat Sci
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Date: 19 May 1996 19:11:44 GMT
From: Bernward Franke
Subject: Experience with PCMCIA Modem on the PB 5300
PB 5300 - Modem
The PC-Card-Modem 2800MC from Elsa - shove it in and start Compuserve -
it worked right away.
--
Bernward Franke from Wirtschafts-Nachrichten, Stnings Verlag,
Krefeld, Germany, +49 172 5282 610
>Subject: Re: Erfahrungen mit PCMCIA Modem am PB 5300
>
>PB 5300 - Modem
>Das PC-Card-Modem 2800MC von Elsa - reinstecken und Compuserve
>starten - es klappte auf Anhieb.
>
>--
>Bernward Franke from Wirtschafts-Nachrichten, Stnings Verlag,
>Krefeld, Germany, +49 172 5282 610
[Translation by
David Bulman contact info
or finger [email protected]
]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 07:00:23 +0100
From: Alan Goetschel
Subject: Fax on demand - polling software
Hi everybody,
I'm looking for some faxsoftware, which has polling capabilities, i.e.
not just accessing servers, but installing a faxserver myself on my
68k Mac. There seems to be quite some choice for Windows-machines, but
what about Macs?
Every help is much appreciated. Looking forward to read your comments.
Alan
--
algo es possible - something, anything is possible
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:50:07 +0100
From: sandy allain
Subject: Help
How can I use Cheat II on Mac?
because I'd like ti get a cheat on Colonization to get a huge amount
of money.
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 17:39:50 -0700
From: [email protected] (John Eckman)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #113
In article , [email protected]
wrote:
>Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:21:49 +0100
>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.
I'd bet you're using Now Utilities, version 5 or 6.
Go into the Preferences Folder inside your system folder and toss out the
NowMenus prefs file. Restart.
You'll lose the preferences you've set, but Now will rebuild a new prefs
file, and Command-Q will work again.
John
---------------------------------------
John Eckman ([email protected])
The University of Washington, Seattle
http://weber.u.washington.edu:80/~eckman/
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Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 21:30:00 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Keystroke
I hve a faint recollection of there being - I think - a couple of
keystrokes that would open an Info-Mac Digest. Can any one tell me what
they are, via Email?
Bill Ingraham
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 09:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Looking for Maps
In re: Info-Mac Digest 14.144:
On Fri, 17 May 1996, at 16:57:28 -0400 (EDT) "John W. Steele"
wrote:
> Friends, I am looking for on-line map sources, especially of the
> Cincinnati area. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
John,
Try , All-in-One Search Page. Click on the
Desk
Reference link and you will find several search features that link you to
maps:
in particular, the Big Book Map Server and the CEDAR National Address Service,
which gives you two map options. FWIW, I live in Lorain County, south of
Cleveland, and searched for my address and got a somewhat detailed map.
Searching on a Boston, MA, address, the map was more detailed.
Hope this helps.
David E. Kelley
Oberlin College
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 07:32:26 +0200
From: [email protected] (Roderick van Erp)
Subject: Mac Games
I was wondering if there is a discussion group (has to be ?!?!?) about mac
games.
And if so, where could i subscribe ???
Tenx , THE RODMAN };^>
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 13:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Koch
Subject: MS Word 5.1 won't print envelopes (Q)
I'm using MS Word 5.1a with LW 8.3.2 and a DEClaser 1152. The DEC 1152
description is the only printer description available in the System folder.
I'm using an LC III running System 7.1 with plenty of RAM. Since I began
using LW 8.3.2 I have noticed a slightly longer delay in printing in
general. After a particularly long delay following the Create Envelope
command in MS Word 5.1., the envelope rolls through the printer and
emerges blank. This result is highly undesirable.
I'd certainly appreciate some help in finding a solution. Thanks in
advance for any helpful replies.
Paul Koch
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Date: 20 May 1996 16:06:16 -0800
From: "Leiner_Dave"
Subject: Notated MIDI Player (Q)
Has anyone come across a MIDI player application capable of showing the
notated music scrolling during playback? I have seen Band in a Box do this,
but it can't handle standard MIDI files. There is a PC program called MIDI
Session (I think) that does this, but this is certainly not a good enough
reason to switch. TIA.
--Dave
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 19:39:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: PC CD-ROM on a Mac?
> How does one get a CD-ROM designed for DOS &/or Windows to work with
> full functionality on a Mac CD-ROM player? I'd need to go straight to
> items I'm interested in and see and hear them.
Your Mac can mount a Windows CD-ROM with the standard Apple CD-ROM
extensions (the Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, and ISO 9660 are
really all that's needed). For hybrid CD-ROMs (which contain a Mac
partition and a Windows partition) you need a driver like FWB's CD-ROM
Toolkit to mount the Windows partition.
This will give you access to the files. To see and hear them (i.e. to
open those files) you need Mac applications or translators able to deal
with the respective formats.
To run the applications you need either a DOS/Windows emulator (e.g.
SoftWindows) or a Mac with a DOS card.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: 20 May 1996 15:55:33 -0800
From: "Leiner_Dave"
Subject: PowerPoint slows to a crawl
Every now and then, MS PowerPoint 4.0 slows down tremendously, requiring the
application to be relaunched. Characters entered into the outline or slides
take about a second to appear and many are lost. It's happening to several
coworkers, all of whom are using PowerMac 8100s of various sorts. Has anybody
else seen this or, better yet, know how to fix it. TIA.
--Dave
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 23:57:04 +0530
From: [email protected] (Arnold P. Siboro)
Subject: WWW browser for Sys6
Is there WWW browser for System 6 running on Mac SE?
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Date: Mon, 20 May 96 08:57:23 EDT
From: [email protected]
>From jschrade Mon May 20 08:59 EDT 1996 remote from 580howard
Received: from 580howard by gbsmail.gbcs.att.com; Mon, 20 May 1996 08:59 EDT
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>From: "Jody Schraden"
To: "Info Mac Digest"
Subject: US Robotics Sportster 28.8
Date: Mon May 20 09:01 EDT 1996
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Hello,
I need some help/advice on using a US Robotics Sportster 28.8 modem with my
Power Mac 7500. I swiped the modem off of a Windoze machine and hooked it up
to my Mac's modem port (it is not the Mac&Fax). When I try to use MacPPP to
dial the modem, the modem does not respond. I have the Apple Internet
Connection Kit and it has the driver for this modem, but I an not get the
modem to respond. The LED lights do not indicate any activity when I try to
dial. I get an error message that says something like "Timed out waiting for
OK".
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jody Schraden
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Date: Mon, 20 May 96 15:41:00 GMT
From: "Hardie, Doug HIM,CA"
>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 had this problem occur also, but it started when I switched from 24 bit
addresses to 32 bit addresses. It doesn't seem to cause any problems other
than the system looks considerably different on startup.
-- Doug
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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 21 May 96 Volume 14 : Issue 118
Today's Topics:
[!] Delays in Posting Submissions
[*] BulkRate 2.5b1
[*] File Buddy v3.4.4; a file utility
[*] FLUX Spring 96 v1.0
[*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.0
[*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0; a native arcade game
[*] PopChar 2.7.2
[*] Synk 2.0.2
[*] TidBITS#329/20-May-96
[*] Type Fixer FT
(A) Netscape Crashes: Problem Found ("Eddie Plug-In")
(A) System 7.5.3 update shipping delays
(Q)Removing Termination from drive?
12 MB not enough
7500/100 Problems
[A] Where's the new FreePPP?
Appleworks files
Auto-restart after crash?
Commerical Eudora
convert postscript type 1 font -> WIN or Mac TType?
Emailer/Calendar program
Experience with PCMCIA Modem on the PB 5300
Fax on demand - polling software
Help
Info-Mac Digest V14 #113
Keystroke
Looking for Maps
Mac Games
MS Word 5.1 won't print envelopes (Q)
Notated MIDI Player (Q)
PC CD-ROM on a Mac?
PowerPoint slows to a crawl
WWW browser for Sys6
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:50:30 -0700
From: [email protected] (Info-Mac Archivist)
Subject: [!] Delays in Posting Submissions
Hello all,
This is your friendly neighborhood archivist here. This is a note to let
people who have recently submitted programs know the current status.
Right now there is a sizable delay in getting files posted to Info-Mac, and
this is entirely my fault. Outside of Info-Mac I am a graduate student, and
this is my finals week. I will get everything I have (nearly 300 files)
posted this weekend. I am very sorry for the inconvenience this is causing
to everyone.
[Ouch! 300 files translates to 6 digests! This is going to be a harsh
weekend!
-Gordon]A few notes:
* FreePPP was posted last night - this is the latest version (2.5rf). I
realize many people depend on this.
* PLEASE do not assume that your program did not come through and resend
it. Within a week I will post a message here saying that all programs
submitted have been posted. If you still do not see your program, you may
post it again or contact me at
* After my finals, I will return to a 24 hour turnaround time getting files
onto Info-Mac. Also at that time, I will create a WWW page on the new
Info-Mac web site that will be dedicated to reporting the status of
submissions.
I'd like to apologize to everyone again for the delays. This is a highly
temporary situation. Thanks to everyone for your support and patience.
Demitri Muna
Info-Mac Archivist
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:41 -0700
From: (Greg Neagle)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BulkRate 2.5b1
First beta release of BulkRate 2.5, the offline reader for FirstClass
servers.
Adds support for TCP/IP connections and additional serial ports.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/bulk-rate-25b1-first-class.hqx; 523K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] File Buddy v3.4.4; a file utility
File Buddy is a general file utility for getting and setting info, finding
files, making aliases, freeing your disk of unused files and more.
File Buddy v3.4 now searches disks without using PBCatSearch; v3.4.4 fixes
several minor bugs.
This will be the last update for a while as Larry is doing a complete
rewrite of File Buddy which will be scriptable, run native on PowerPCs,
have better code, and be more easily debugged. So if you have anything you
would like to be able to do using AppleScript with File Buddy, he's taking
suggestions at .
Uploaded with author's permission. May be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Requires: System 7. Auth: Laurence Harris
. Shareware: US$25.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-344.hqx; 318K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:55 -0700
From: (J.R.Mooneyham)[email protected]
Subject: [*] FLUX Spring 96 v1.0
jrm&aFLUX Spring 96 requires Mac/HyperCard Player 2.1, and is dedicated to
technophiles, futurists, entrepreneurs, sci fi fans, activists, and
multimedia authors everywhere. Contents this issue: CONTACT: the Who, What,
Why, When, Where, and How of Our First Encounters of Extraterrestrial
Intelligence; customizable ISP connection kit for Macs (prt 1); Web
predictions, must-see Web pages; reviews of Navigator, 6300CD, Acrobat,
SoftWindows, SpeedDoubler, ClarisWorks 4, Megaphone, ScrapIt Pro, and
StyleScript; How Apple could make a stunning comeback; Newz & Viewz and
more...(illustrated)
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/flux-spring-96-hc.hqx; 705K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:43:47 -0700
From: (Aaron Starr)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.0
Font-o-rama! dramatically simplifies font selection. If you spend any
time at all scrolling through font menus, testing different font styles,
or trying to get just the right font size, then Font-o-rama! will save
you time.
It's a dialog box with a huge multi-column list area that's big enough
to display all your fonts at once. So you don't have to scroll through
a long font menu looking for "Garamond Ultra Italic." You just click
on it. Or type "Ga" to go directly to it.
Font-o-rama! works in common applications like PageMaker, QuarkXPress,
or Microsoft Word.
Changes in 1.2 include the addition of a short description of each
font, fonts automatically grouped by family, fonts optionally displayed
in their own typeface, and much faster display times.
Requires: System 7.1
Font-o-rama! may be included on the commercially available
CD-ROM of the archives.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-o-rama-120.hqx; 154K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:43:11 -0700
From: (Dario Accornero)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0; a native arcade game
Arcade game. PacMac Deluxe is a shareware game for the Mac (thru Kagi).
The best Pacman(tm) clone on the Mac ever.
Wonderful animation, tons of levels, any music-modules you wish
(three provided), HiRes graphics for 17" and higher monitors and last,
but not least, the chance to create your ever-dreamed own levels!
All this is possible, now, with PacMac Deluxe!
System requirements: a 020 Mac (030/040 at 25MHz *recommended*) or
a PowerMac; System 7.0; Sound Manager 3.0; a 13" or higher monitor;
a 2.5Mb to 3.5Mb free RAM partition; 3Mb disk space.
The program runs native on *both* 68K and PPC Macs.
Permission is granted to the InfoMac staff to include this program
on their CDROM. Any other shareware publisher should contact us to
get our approval.
This is the first public release.
The DAPPSoft Team
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pac-mac-deluxe-101.hqx; 1540K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:52:23 -0700
From: (Guenther Blaschek)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PopChar 2.7.2
This is PopChar version 2.7.2.
New in this version:
- PopChar no longer crashes when used with a QuickDraw GX font.
- PopChar now correctly recognizes dialogs without editable text fields.
- PopChar now shows the correct font when editing a table in WriteNow.
- PopChar no longer crashes in ClarisWorks when no windows are open.
- PopChar was renamed to PopChar Lite.
For those who don't know what PopChar is for:
PopChar is a control panel that simplifies "typing" of unusual characters.
Click the PopChar icon in the menu bar, select the character you want,
and PopChar automatically inserts it in the current document as if you had
typed the proper key combination on the keyboard.
PopChar is FREE.
e Guenther Blaschek, University of Linz, Austria
gu E-Mail:
PS.: Interested in PopChar Pro? Check out the web site
http://www.unisoft.co.at/e/products/popchar.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/pop-char-272.hqx; 83K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:38 -0700
From: (Herb Voth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Synk 2.0.2
Synk is a PowerPC native backup/synchronization program that can resolve
aliases and archive old files. It is shipped as a FAT binary, suitable
for both PowerPC and original Macintoshes.
You can backup a folder full of aliases, making it simple to modify your
backup or synchronization strategy by dropping file or folder aliases
into the defined folder.
It is just as easy to distribute synchronized files throughout a
PowerBook's hard drive by synchronizing two folders containing aliases.
Any number of file types, creators and file endings may be skipped.
Obsolete files and folders can be archived into a folder.
Other features include:
----------------------
- complete log of actions
- obsolete files can be deleted, trashed or archived
- collisions are conveniently placed in a folder on the Desktop
Synk 2.0.2 is $10 US shareware and requires a Macintosh with at least
System 7 and a 68020 processor.
Version History:
---------------
2.0.2
- documents opened from Finder can be optionally run automatically,
making it compatible with files placed in the Startup or Shutdown folders
-Randall Voth
--[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/synk-202.hqx; 301K]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 23:46:47 -0700
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#329/20-May-96
TidBITS#329/20-May-96
It's the week after WWDC and the Macintosh world is buzzing. Check
below for info on the next version of the Mac OS and Apple
technologies like Project X, Apple e.g., QuickTime and Linux for
the Macintosh. Also this week, details on using Apple's LocalTalk
and LaserWriter Bridges with Open Transport, everything you could
every want to know about TidBITS, and a thought-provoking essay
from Robert Hettinga on Apple, big business, and the Internet.
Topics:
MailBITS/20-May-96
TidBITS on TidBITS
LaserWriter/LocalTalk Bridges with Open Transport
Crazy Ideas from Apple
Apple, the Business Market, and Geodesic Networks
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-329.etx; 30K]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 03:44:16 -0700
From: (Eric M. Kidd)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Type Fixer FT
Type Fixer FT 1.0b0
(c) 1996 by Eric Kidd
What is it?
Type Fixer FT is a plugin for TopSoft's FilterTop application. It sets a file's
type and creator information based on the file name extension and the contents
of the Internet Config database. For example, a file downloaded from a UNIX
system might have the name "sample.txt" but a generic icon. Type Fixer FT would
notice that the file name ended in ".txt" and fix the icon.
Public beta release. See for the
latest version. FilterTop 1.0 and Internet Config 1.2 required.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/fliter-top-type-fixer-10b0.hqx; 33K]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 96 13:50:39 -0500
From: Barry Campbell
Subject: (A) Netscape Crashes: Problem Found ("Eddie Plug-In")
In InfoMac Digest V14 #117, I wrote of my difficulties with Netscape
2.02 "suddenly" deciding not to work. Many nice folks wrote in with
helpful suggestions and ideas.
The problem has been found. It's a file called "Eddie Plug-In"
that an early, buggy version of the FreePPP 2.5 installer put
into my extensions folder.
Clinton Krenben pointed out the
problems with "Eddie" to me, quoting the following from the
FreePPP Product Info site.
>"What is Eddie?
>
> Good question. That should not have been installed on your
>machine. Its a prototype of a project we're working on (code named "Eddie"
>(after the Van Halen brother (all our projects get code names based on
>Rockstars))). When its in a more stable form we'll officially announce it
>and get into full detail about what it does. For now remove it from your
>Extensions folder and forget you ever saw it."
Whew. Words to live by. I deleted the Eddie Plug-In file and
Netscape functioned quite normally thereafter.
Many other nice folks pointed out that MacTCP 2.04 is incompatible with
FreePPP 2.5. I'm planning to upgrade the operating system on my
PowerBook next week, after an important deadline passes... and I'll
upgrade MacTCP to 2.06 at the same time. (FWIW, I've had no problems
using MacTCP 2.04 with FreePPP 2.5, so far.)
Thanks to *all* who responded. Good ideas and advice from everyone.
Barry Campbell * [email protected] * http://www.cris.com/~Btc/
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:54:31 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: (A) System 7.5.3 update shipping delays
A couple of people sent me the phone number to call about the System 7.5.3
update (1-800-293-6617, ext. 984); so I checked and found that my order of
six weeks ago had never been entered into Apple's records. It would be wise
to check on the status of your own order if it's been several weeks since
you ordered it since other orders may have slipped through the cracks as
well. I wound up buying the June MacUser for the free CD-ROM and giving the
magazine away (I'm a subscriber).
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: Mon, 20 May 1996 19:43:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: (Q)Removing Termination from drive?
> Does anyone know where to get information (or how to) remove termination
> From a drive? I have an old internal drive that is terminated, and I
> want to put it in an external case. Whenever I hook up the drive to the
> external case and plug it in (I have a 6100/60, the only other devices
> on the SCSI bus are a external CD drive and a Zip drive) the machine
> won't start up, making me think that it has to do with termination.
It may be the termination, but more likely it's the SCSI ID number. If
the older drive was internal it probably has the ID 0, which is the same
ID of the 6100's internal drive. You need to change the ID and remove
the termination (or leave it terminated, but make sure you attach it at
the physical end of the SCSI chain).
How exactly you do that depends on the drive's make and model. If the
manufacturer is still around check if he's got a web page; you mind find
there what you need.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: 19 May 96 14:51:58 -0800
From: "Mark Aiken"
Subject: 12 MB not enough
It seems hardly worth taking the time to answer this...
>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.
Is say it's a wonderful start. As a developer, I'm very happy about
the great majority of the statements we have seen coming from Apple
management at WWDC. Amelio has been direct and to the point about Apple's
weaknesses, and is mostly right on target. 16MB would be more like it, but
anything's better than 8.
>took upgrading to 40MB on a PowerMac 7200/75 before everything worked.
This is patently rediculous. I'm sitting in front of a 7200/90 that
I do most of my development work on. It has 16MB of RAM. Unless you're
editing video, doing high-quality sound or Photoshop all day, I can't
imagine what you threw good money at 40MB of RAM for. If anything, the big
problem is that Apple's VM implementation needs some major speed tuning.
>It took adding Macsbug. It took removing the Internet Config
>Preferences to get Internet Config to work properly again.
So blame Peter Lewis.
>[40MB] 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.
So blame Netscape for writing an unstable, piggish application that
lags behind other platforms, crashes at a moment's notice and kills
performance. Or switch to (horrors) Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which is
very stable and rapidly catching up featurewise. 2.0 is out, 3.0 looks very
promising. Vote with your feet.
>WebArranger, a great utility to figuring out
>if your hyperlinks are outdated requires another 12MB.
It doesn't sound that great to me.
>The system
>software alone requires between 6 and 8MB, and running less than 4MB
>free causes Type 11 errors.
I'd say you have some troubleshooting work to do. I push my machine
way into VM without crashes. Try turning off some of those shareware
extensions.
The MacOS has several problems, but 40MB machines is not a
solution. I feel Amelio should be commended for upping the basic
configuration to allow better technology to reach customers. If anything,
you should be petitioning for more engineers to be put on Copland, which
will provide far better VM, preemptive multitasking for non-UI processes
and protected memory, the combination of which would almost certainly
protect you from all the problems you describe without requiring 40MB of
RAM.
Mark Aiken
MacOS Shareware author, [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 10:47:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: "J. Feustle"
Subject: 7500/100 Problems
I wonder if anyone else is having problems with a Power Mac 7500/100.
Mine are rather serious: it locks up without any warning or visible
reason. Sometimes it will not complete startup, stoping with just some
of the inits loaded; other times it will load all of the inits and
lock up in the middle of a program. Sometimes I get a "finder error"
message; others are error code 9,10, and 11. I am having to correct
file allocation problems on a daily basis with the Norton Utilities.
I've upgraded the system to 7.5.3. The machine is about three months
old and had been working fine until roughly ten days ago, when it
locked up in the middle of some work I was doing in PageMaker 6.0.
Is there by chance shareware diagnostic software that might give me
some idea of what's going on? It's a nice computer, but not worth a
damn to me if it continues to be unreliable.
Many thanks in advance.
J. Feustle
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 16:28:44 -0700
From: "Steven M. Fish"
Subject: [A] Where's the new FreePPP?
> At 10:30 PM -0300 5/15/96, Josmar Arruda said:
>
>
>Does anyone know if the new release of FreePPP already is out? The last
>was 2.5b4, but mine already expired, and I had to go back to 1.0.5
Try RockStar software. The URL is http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.shtml
Steven M. Fish ([email protected] http://www.jump.net/~newman)
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 18:33:41 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chris Garland)
Subject: Appleworks files
I have access to a Apple-GS and a 3.5 in drive. Transfer them to that
and then use Apple file Exchange. You can buy a 3.5 in drive for the
Apple 2e, maybe at a surplus store. You will need an adapter card to
go with that. I still think the best way is the Apple-Gs.
Clarisworks will translate Appleworks text, SS, and database files.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 22:58:10 -0400
From: Vincent Cayenne
Subject: Auto-restart after crash?
Keep It Up &/or AutoBoot should do the trick:
/info-mac/cfg/keep-it-up-13.hqx
/info-mac/cfg/auto-boot-145.hqx
(give credit to [email protected] for this tip)
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 12:36:47 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Commerical Eudora
>Hi again everyone. Being a university student, I am currently using Eudora
>1.5.1 on my Duo 230 because it is free for educational use. I utilize
>email quite a bit, however, so I am considering purchasing the commercial
>version so I can take advantage of its features. However, since I've never
>actually *seen* it, I'd like to try at least a demo of it before I buy, to
>see if the features will really benefit me. Is there such a demo? I tried
>downloading the new 3.0 beta, but only to discover that you need to have
>Eudora 2.x already for it to install.
Eudora Lite _is_ the demo version. Eudora Pro just adds some really nice=
features and a printed manual.
I find that the extra features of Eudora Pro are well worth the price.
=46irst, it lets you create filters to operate on new mail based on the=
subject, sender, or other header info: move it into a specific mailbox (or=
the trash), change the subject, change the priority level, etc. This is=
especially great if you're on several more mailing lists -- just have the=
messages from each mailing list redirected into a different mailbox,=
leaving your IN mailbox for private (non-mailing list) email. Second, if=
you ever use the Sort feature to sort messages by date, sender, subject,=
etc., Eudora Pro makes it much easier to sort -- just click on the column=
heading. There are other differences from Eudora Lite, but these are my=
favorite features.
Eudora Pro 3.0 beta adds a few more nice features. First, it has a toolbar,=
which can be set to display large or small buttons with or without text. =
Second, it can handle messages larger than 32K without breaking them up. =
Third, it can break up digests into individual messages (a feature I don't=
use, as I prefer EasyView's interface, but I'm sure others will love it).
----
Osric of Fayrehope / Wayne C. Morris
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 19:41:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: convert postscript type 1 font -> WIN or Mac TType?
> I have a Mac postsript type 1 font that I need to convert to a Windows
> True Type font. I have no idea how to go abou;this
To convert a PostScript font to a TrueType font you need a commercial
font utility such as Fontographer, FontMonger, or Metamorphosis. To my
knowledge there are no shareware utilities able to do that.
> how do I get my bitmap font into a TrueType font?
You cannot convert a bitmap font to a TrueType font. Bitmaps simply do
not have the outline information a TrueType font normally contains.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:28:01 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bruce A. Bromberek)
Subject: Emailer/Calendar program
I'm looking for software recommendations to do the following:
Maintain a calendar of events
At a set time before the event have it automaticly send out email to those
people associated to the event.
Is there such a beast or a way i could kludge together the features I want
via existing packages and scripting. I can spend up to a few hundred $$,
but would prefer not to.
Thanks in advance
Bruce Bromberek
Univierty of Minnesota - Dept of Chem Eng & Mat Sci
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Date: 19 May 1996 19:11:44 GMT
From: Bernward Franke
Subject: Experience with PCMCIA Modem on the PB 5300
PB 5300 - Modem
The PC-Card-Modem 2800MC from Elsa - shove it in and start Compuserve -
it worked right away.
--
Bernward Franke from Wirtschafts-Nachrichten, Stnings Verlag,
Krefeld, Germany, +49 172 5282 610
>Subject: Re: Erfahrungen mit PCMCIA Modem am PB 5300
>
>PB 5300 - Modem
>Das PC-Card-Modem 2800MC von Elsa - reinstecken und Compuserve
>starten - es klappte auf Anhieb.
>
>--
>Bernward Franke from Wirtschafts-Nachrichten, Stnings Verlag,
>Krefeld, Germany, +49 172 5282 610
[Translation by
David Bulman contact info
or finger [email protected]
]
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 07:00:23 +0100
From: Alan Goetschel
Subject: Fax on demand - polling software
Hi everybody,
I'm looking for some faxsoftware, which has polling capabilities, i.e.
not just accessing servers, but installing a faxserver myself on my
68k Mac. There seems to be quite some choice for Windows-machines, but
what about Macs?
Every help is much appreciated. Looking forward to read your comments.
Alan
--
algo es possible - something, anything is possible
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:50:07 +0100
From: sandy allain
Subject: Help
How can I use Cheat II on Mac?
because I'd like ti get a cheat on Colonization to get a huge amount
of money.
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 17:39:50 -0700
From: [email protected] (John Eckman)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #113
In article , [email protected]
wrote:
>Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:21:49 +0100
>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.
I'd bet you're using Now Utilities, version 5 or 6.
Go into the Preferences Folder inside your system folder and toss out the
NowMenus prefs file. Restart.
You'll lose the preferences you've set, but Now will rebuild a new prefs
file, and Command-Q will work again.
John
---------------------------------------
John Eckman ([email protected])
The University of Washington, Seattle
http://weber.u.washington.edu:80/~eckman/
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Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 21:30:00 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Keystroke
I hve a faint recollection of there being - I think - a couple of
keystrokes that would open an Info-Mac Digest. Can any one tell me what
they are, via Email?
Bill Ingraham
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 09:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Looking for Maps
In re: Info-Mac Digest 14.144:
On Fri, 17 May 1996, at 16:57:28 -0400 (EDT) "John W. Steele"
wrote:
> Friends, I am looking for on-line map sources, especially of the
> Cincinnati area. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
John,
Try , All-in-One Search Page. Click on the
Desk
Reference link and you will find several search features that link you to
maps:
in particular, the Big Book Map Server and the CEDAR National Address Service,
which gives you two map options. FWIW, I live in Lorain County, south of
Cleveland, and searched for my address and got a somewhat detailed map.
Searching on a Boston, MA, address, the map was more detailed.
Hope this helps.
David E. Kelley
Oberlin College
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 07:32:26 +0200
From: [email protected] (Roderick van Erp)
Subject: Mac Games
I was wondering if there is a discussion group (has to be ?!?!?) about mac
games.
And if so, where could i subscribe ???
Tenx , THE RODMAN };^>
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 13:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Koch
Subject: MS Word 5.1 won't print envelopes (Q)
I'm using MS Word 5.1a with LW 8.3.2 and a DEClaser 1152. The DEC 1152
description is the only printer description available in the System folder.
I'm using an LC III running System 7.1 with plenty of RAM. Since I began
using LW 8.3.2 I have noticed a slightly longer delay in printing in
general. After a particularly long delay following the Create Envelope
command in MS Word 5.1., the envelope rolls through the printer and
emerges blank. This result is highly undesirable.
I'd certainly appreciate some help in finding a solution. Thanks in
advance for any helpful replies.
Paul Koch
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Date: 20 May 1996 16:06:16 -0800
From: "Leiner_Dave"
Subject: Notated MIDI Player (Q)
Has anyone come across a MIDI player application capable of showing the
notated music scrolling during playback? I have seen Band in a Box do this,
but it can't handle standard MIDI files. There is a PC program called MIDI
Session (I think) that does this, but this is certainly not a good enough
reason to switch. TIA.
--Dave
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 19:39:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (F. Neumann)
Subject: PC CD-ROM on a Mac?
> How does one get a CD-ROM designed for DOS &/or Windows to work with
> full functionality on a Mac CD-ROM player? I'd need to go straight to
> items I'm interested in and see and hear them.
Your Mac can mount a Windows CD-ROM with the standard Apple CD-ROM
extensions (the Apple CD-ROM, Foreign File Access, and ISO 9660 are
really all that's needed). For hybrid CD-ROMs (which contain a Mac
partition and a Windows partition) you need a driver like FWB's CD-ROM
Toolkit to mount the Windows partition.
This will give you access to the files. To see and hear them (i.e. to
open those files) you need Mac applications or translators able to deal
with the respective formats.
To run the applications you need either a DOS/Windows emulator (e.g.
SoftWindows) or a Mac with a DOS card.
--
Florin Neumann
[email protected]
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Date: 20 May 1996 15:55:33 -0800
From: "Leiner_Dave"
Subject: PowerPoint slows to a crawl
Every now and then, MS PowerPoint 4.0 slows down tremendously, requiring the
application to be relaunched. Characters entered into the outline or slides
take about a second to appear and many are lost. It's happening to several
coworkers, all of whom are using PowerMac 8100s of various sorts. Has anybody
else seen this or, better yet, know how to fix it. TIA.
--Dave
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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 23:57:04 +0530
From: [email protected] (Arnold P. Siboro)
Subject: WWW browser for Sys6
Is there WWW browser for System 6 running on Mac SE?
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Date: Mon, 20 May 96 08:57:23 EDT
From: [email protected]
>From jschrade Mon May 20 08:59 EDT 1996 remote from 580howard
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>From: "Jody Schraden"
To: "Info Mac Digest"
Subject: US Robotics Sportster 28.8
Date: Mon May 20 09:01 EDT 1996
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Hello,
I need some help/advice on using a US Robotics Sportster 28.8 modem with my
Power Mac 7500. I swiped the modem off of a Windoze machine and hooked it up
to my Mac's modem port (it is not the Mac&Fax). When I try to use MacPPP to
dial the modem, the modem does not respond. I have the Apple Internet
Connection Kit and it has the driver for this modem, but I an not get the
modem to respond. The LED lights do not indicate any activity when I try to
dial. I get an error message that says something like "Timed out waiting for
OK".
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jody Schraden
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Date: Mon, 20 May 96 15:41:00 GMT
From: "Hardie, Doug HIM,CA"
>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 had this problem occur also, but it started when I switched from 24 bit
addresses to 32 bit addresses. It doesn't seem to cause any problems other
than the system looks considerably different on startup.
-- Doug
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