Info-Mac Digest V14 #134
Posted: June 7th, 1996, 4:00 am
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 15:05:47 PDT
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 6 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 134
Today's Topics:
[*] ACInfo Manager V2.0
[*] ALIEN-74's Original Icons Vol-1
[*] ARA Scripting Extension
[*] BBEdit HTML Tables version 1.0.2
[*] BirthdayChecker 2.02
[*] CensusTaker
[*] CrystMath v1.0
[*] Flight Unlimited Demo
[*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.1
[*] Mac*Chat#110/24-May-96
[*] MacAssistant Tips 12-95
[*] MacAssistant Tips 2-96
[*] MacBiznes: Economics Instructional Program
[*] Madonna 5.7
[*] NetBooks User Manuals
[*] NetBooks Version 2.6.2
[*] ResFork Killer 1.1.0
[*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) 2.0.1 update
[*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) Demo
(A) Getting menus to Pop down automatically
(Q) Cricket Draw Help Needed
[A,C] machine crashing every 2 days
[A,C] playing AVI movies
access control
Acrobat problem - am I alone
All By Itself
AVI Movies
Info-Mac Digest V14 #133
June issue of Mac mag website is out!
Mac to windoze NT network
Microtek E3 vs Umax Vista 6 S6E
Modem US->UK (A)
NETSCAPE BOOKMARKS DON'T DRAG-Issue 133
playing AVI movies
Q: spam killfiles in YA-Newswatcher?
Q: system software needs more and more and more RAM
R. A mind of its own.
Recordable CDs (R)
UK modem problem
Unknown extensions + PowerMac 7200
where to find epsy sans TT
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:47:56 -0700
From: (Jason M. Pierce)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ACInfo Manager V2.0
ACInfo Manager V2.0 is designed to provide users of FileMaker Pro V3.0 with
a contact mangement package so they do not have to purchase and run another
program. It provides for storage of basic contact information as well as
linked tasks and notes. ACInfo Manager is the perfect solution for people
who run FMPro 3.0 on machines with very little RAM left over, because it is
not a seperate program it adds no overhead other than the requirements of
FMPro 3.0.
ACInfo Manager V2.0 is shareware and has a fee for a sinlge copy of $20.00.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/ac-info-manager-20-fm3.hqx; 39K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:46:34 -0700
From: (WATARU MISHIMA)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ALIEN-74's Original Icons Vol-1
I would like to upload my freeware icons, entitled "ALIEN-74's
Original Icons Vol-1".
The folder (compacted by StuffitExpander) includes 9 files:
Icon (8 files)
ReadMe (English) (1file)
Thank you in advance,
Wataru Mishima
[email protected] (Main)
[email protected] (Sub)
[email protected] (Sub)
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/alien-74-icons-vol-1.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:57 -0700
From: (Guillaume)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ARA Scripting Extension
Hi there,
As a Macintosh developer for now more than eight years, I wrote
an AppleScript Extension, allowing complete control over ARA connexions.
I'd like to distribute this software as a ShareWare, and I was told
to send it to this address for a large internet spread.
Cheers,
Guyom
Guillaume "Guyom" Besse
Full Resource Group
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara/ara-scripting-addition.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:46:22 -0700
From: (Stephen Marshall)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BBEdit HTML Tables version 1.0.2
Tables are one of the most useful parts of current HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language). They make it possible for designers to create documents on the
web which have a much more robust structure than was possible with HTML
prior to their introduction. BBEdit HTML Tables was written to extend the
capabilities of the BBEdit software, which is one of the best ways of
coding pages if you know HTML. The intention with this software has been to
produce something that while unfortunately not WYSWYG (essentially
impossible in an extension to BBEdit) is as easy to use as possible, while
also allowing the creation of complex tables.
BBEdit HTML Tables implements tables as per the Netscape 1.1 specification.
BBEdit HTML Tables has been extensively tested on versions 3.1.1 and 3.5
Lite of BBEdit. It requires a version of BBEdit that supports extensions,
which means version 3.0 or later. This software is shareware, with the low
fee of US$5 payable directly or via Kagi. Please read the enclosed read me
for details.
Version 1.0.2 should replace earlier versions, it adds the ability to undo
as well as fixing some minor bugs in the menus and preferences.
Stephen
Dr. S J Marshall
Victoria University of Wellington,
Home Page: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~marshall
[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbe/bbedit-html-tables-102.hqx; 93K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:13 -0700
From: (Benno Eberle)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BirthdayChecker 2.02
BirthdayChecker is a small and ultra fast program which scans a
TEXT-file and searches for birthdays which will be interesting in the
next few days. If you put an alias in the startup-folder, your mac
will check the birthdays every day for you! The number of days to warn
before is adjustable. In the same way you can choose, if you want to
use the German-date-format (DD.MM) or the American-format (MM.DD). The
header displayed in the birthday window and the width of the window is
adjustable,too. Also the maximum number of starts per day.
It's a FAT version so it runs fast in both Mac worlds (680x0 and
PowerPC).
Hope you'll enjoy it!
[Archived as /info-mac/data/birthday-checker-202.hqx; 162K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:47:24 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] CensusTaker
Census Taker lets one explore and ennumerate groups of files, prying
into their private parts by examining their resources. With it one can
get a list of all files of some types of creators with various
combinations of resources. For example, if wants a list of all text
files with an ICN# resource, Census Taker can give it to you. There
are a variety of esoteric things one can do with the program, which
does things no other program does.
Census Taker is shareware ($10)
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/census-taker.hqx; 147K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:52:56 -0700
From: (Daniel B. Bergstrom)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CrystMath v1.0
CrystMath is a powerful set of Mathmatica routines that will help you
calculate, manipulate, and display crystal structures. These routines
include routines for calculating angles and d-spacings in any crystal
structure you choose, but even more impressive are the powerful graphics
capabilities of these routines that will allow you to create and view unit
cells, lattices, facet surfaces, lattice planes, and atom bonds easily and
with far more flexibility than typical crystal viewers.
This distribution should come with three files: CrystMath.m, Examples, and
Instructions. I run Mathmatica v2.2.2 on a PowerBook, but this code has
run with Mathmatica v1.2 a Mac IIsi. To my knowledge this code will run on
any platform with any version of Mathmatica that's out there.
CrystMath.m works like other Mathmatica packages and can be loaded with the
"
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/flight-unlimited-demo.hqx; 13884K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:37:09 -0700
From: (Aaron Starr)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.1
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.
Version 1.2.1 is a maintenance release.
Requires: System 7.1
Moderators: Font-o-rama! may be included on the commercially available
CD-ROM of the archives.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-o-rama-121.hqx; 155K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:21:53 -0700
From: (Tony Lindsey)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#110/24-May-96
Welcome to Mac*Chat, the weekly electronic newsletter for everyone
interested in using a Macintosh computer professionally, no matter
what their situation or profession.
See the end of this file for further information, including how to get a free
subscription.
Highlights Of This Issue
-----------------------
I ask for help in tracking-down toxic font suitcases, warn
readers to proceed carefully before loading the utilities that
readers rave about in the following section, I praise the Apple
color laser printer (and heap scorn upon the Epson Pro XL), Randy
Chevrier comes through with a hot tip about mac-information, we
get more information about System 7.5.3 and System 8, we learn
something new about ShrinkWrap, I finally include the
information omitted from the last issue concerning infrared
transceivers, and we continue to chew up the topic of Web Spiders
and how to foil them.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-110-etx.txt; 30K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:20:35 -0700
From: (Steve Mack)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAssistant Tips 12-95
(Reposted to replace a missing file)
This is the latest issue of the hot new international newsletter
"MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial". If you are looking for ways to use your
Mac more effectively, you need to download this one. If you are tired of
wading through all the reviews of software that you will probably never
use, the MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter will not disappoint
you. Each issue is packed with useful information that the majority of
people can actually use.
The MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter only has tips and tutorials
plus an occasional puzzle. I do not do reviews in this newsletter. While
reviews are useful, I feel that a newsletter that actually tells you how
to use your your Mac more effectively is much more useful to the novice
and intermediate users. Each issue includes many tips about using your
Mac. The tutorials are accompanied by graphics that help to understand
the article. This is a shareware product that has even more information
and tips for those that register. This is a short, fascinating download
well worth the time. The tutorial article is available to subscribers
only.
This newsletter is distributed as a Docmaker application. NO other
software is needed.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mass/mac-assistant-tips-95-12.hqx; 105K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:21:19 -0700
From: (Steve Mack)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAssistant Tips 2-96
(This is reposted to replaced a damaged file)
This is the latest issue of the hot new international newsletter
"MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial". If you are looking for ways to use your
Mac more effectively, you need to download this one. If you are tired of
wading through all the reviews of software that you will probably never
use, the MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter will not disappoint
you. Each issue is packed with useful information that the majority of
people can actually use.
*********************************************************
This months article is "Using the Launcher"
*********************************************************
The MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter only has tips and tutorials
plus an occasional puzzle. I do not do reviews in this newsletter. While
reviews are useful, I feel that a newsletter that actually tells you how
to use your your Mac more effectively is much more useful to the novice
and intermediate users. Each issue includes many tips about using your
Mac. The tutorials are accompanied by graphics that help to understand
the article. This is a shareware product that has even more information
and tips for those that register. This is a short, fascinating download
well worth the time. The tutorial article is available to subscribers
only.
This newsletter is distributed as a Docmaker application. NO other
software is needed.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mass/mac-assistant-tips-96-02.hqx; 121K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:46:59 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacBiznes: Economics Instructional Program
MacBiznes is the computer software part of an instructional package
developed for use in an introductory, college-level economics course. It
helps students understand a variety of important microeconomic concepts.
The program was designed to be used with a student workbook; it is
unlikely to be useful by itself.
This version includes the complete student manual and should replace
the previous version. MacBiznes is shareware ($10)
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-biznes-updt.hqx; 247K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:20:03 -0700
From: (Tim Zahnley)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Madonna 5.7
Madonna is a numerical simulation program for the Macintosh. What can it do?
* Ordinary differential equations
* Difference equations
* Stochastic equations
* Fit models to imported data
* Reads Stella models and runs them 10-100 times faster!
Madonna was developed at the University of California, Berkeley, for teaching
and research. It has been tested for 5 years in classroom and laboratories.
Originally developed as a way to import Stella equations and run them fast, it
evolved into a general-purpose simulation package. It's strength is its
simplicity and speed. It is not an all-purpose program like XPPAUT, but for
those problems it does handle, you'll be up and running on it much quicker.
There are three versions of Madonna: FPU, SANE, and PPC. On 680x0 machines
equipped with a hardware floating-point unit, use the FPU version. On 680x0
machines without a hardware FPU (e.g., the PowerBook 500 series), use the SANE
version. For PowerPC machines, use the PPC version which is *much* faster.
However, the PPC version will not let you save models or output until you
register. Registered users will get an enabling serial number and a complete
manual in Adobe Acrobat format.
Madonna is shareware and costs $49 for a single-user registration. Complete
registration information is included in the packages. Madonna is a product of
YouSee Software.
The latest version of Madonna can be obtained from:
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~goster/madonna.html
Madonna developers can be contacted by email at:
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/madonna-57-sane.hqx; 271K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/madonna-57-fpu.hqx; 319K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/madonna-57-ppc.hqx; 349K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:44 -0700
From: (Brad Nelson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NetBooks User Manuals
This file contains the user manuals for NetBooks(tm) V2.6.2 and
NetBooks(tm) Import/Export V2.6.1. NetBooks(tm) is a full featured
accounting software package for the Macintosh and is distributed as
shareware. You may give copies of the original software to your friends
and associates. If after trying the program for 30 days you decide to
continue using it, you must register your copy by sending $49 to Symmetry
Software. When you register, Symmetry will send you the most current
version of NetBooks. You will also receive current payroll tax tables
which allow you to correctly compute and withhold federal and state taxes,
and you will also receive one hour of free telephone technical support.
NetBooks(tm) from Symmetry Software offers Macintosh users a complete, easy
to use accounting solution with totally integrated general ledger,
financial reporting, bank reconciliation, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, inventory control, job costing and payroll modules. A
complete, on line, context sensitive help system and full product
documentation are also included.
Symmetry Software is the original developer of atOnce!(tm) High Speed Small
Business Accounting and Peachtree(r) Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0.
NetBooks(tm) is 100% compatible with the data files created by Peachtree(r)
Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0 (all batch numbers) and with all versions of
atOnce!(tm) (after using the free Data Converter application).
This self-extracting file contains the User Manuals in eDoc(tm) Creator
format. The manuals can be view or printed by simply double clicking on
their icon. NetBooks(tm) and the on line help system are available as a
separate self-extracting file. If you wish, you may also download each
portion of these files individually on the World Wide Web at
http://www.scottsdale.com.
NetBooks(tm) is available on an "as-is" basis; payroll tax updates and
technical support services may be purchased, as needed, from Symmetry
Software.
Further information, updates, mailing lists and e-mail technical support is
available at our web site, http://www.scottsdale.com. Symmetry Software
may be contacted at [email protected].
NetBooks(tm) is a trademark of Symmetry Software Corporation. Peachtree(r)
and atOnce!(tm) are trademarks of Peachtree(r) Software Inc.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/net-books-manual-262.hqx; 845K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:32 -0700
From: (Brad Nelson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NetBooks Version 2.6.2
NetBooks(tm) is a full featured accounting software package for the
Macintosh and is distributed as shareware. You may give copies of the
original software to your friends and associates. If after trying the
program for 30 days you decide to continue using it, you must register your
copy by sending $49 to Symmetry Software. When you register, Symmetry will
send you the most current version of NetBooks. You will also receive
current payroll tax tables which allow you to correctly compute and
withhold federal and state taxes, and you will also receive one hour of
free telephone technical support.
NetBooks(tm) from Symmetry Software offers Macintosh users a complete, easy
to use accounting solution with totally integrated general ledger,
financial reporting, bank reconciliation, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, inventory control, job costing and payroll modules. A
complete, on line, context sensitive help system and full product
documentation are also included.
Symmetry Software is the original developer of atOnce!(tm) High Speed Small
Business Accounting and Peachtree(r) Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0.
NetBooks(tm) is 100% compatible with the data files created by Peachtree(r)
Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0 (all batch numbers) and with all versions of
atOnce!(tm) (after using the free Data Converter application).
This self-extracting file contains NetBooks(tm), V2.6.2, NetBooks
Import/Export V2.6.1 and the on-line help system. The User Manuals for
both of these programs is available as a separate self-extracting file. If
you wish, you may also download each portion of these files individually on
the World Wide Web at http://www.scottsdale.com.
NetBooks(tm) is available on an "as-is" basis; payroll tax updates and
technical support services may be purchased, as needed, from Symmetry
Software.
Further information, updates, mailing lists and e-mail technical support is
available at our web site, http://www.scottsdale.com. Symmetry Software
may be contacted at [email protected].
NetBooks(tm) is a trademark of Symmetry Software Corporation. Peachtree(r)
and atOnce!(tm) are trademarks of Peachtree(r) Software Inc.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/net-books-262.hqx; 2047K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:47:39 -0700
From: (Christoph Schaffhauser)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ResFork Killer 1.1.0
"ResFork Killer 1.1.0" deletes the resource fork of any file.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/res-fork-killer-11.hqx; 69K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:22:40 -0700
From: (Brendan Donohoe)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) 2.0.1 update
This update patches LogoMotion 2.0 to version 2.0.1. Version 2.0.1 includes
several important bug fixes.
LogoMotion is the easiest way to create awesome 3D animation. LogoMotion
combines professional modeling and rendering capabilities with an easy,
intuitive interface at an affordable price. Create dazzling 3D images and
QuickTime movies within minutes with LogoMotion StageHands(tm). StageHands
are a collection of camera motions, props, lights, backdrops and
environments, ready for instant use. Every StageHand is fully editable for
your custom needs. LogoMotion works seamlessly with programs like Adobe
Premiere and Illustrator, Macromedia Director and FreeHand, and Adobe
Persuasion.
Specular International
7 Pomeroy Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-3100
Sales: (800) 433-7732
This file may be included on CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/logomotion-20-to-201-updt.hqx; 899K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:49:11 -0700
From: (Brendan Donohoe)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) Demo
LogoMotion is the easiest way to create awesome 3D animation. LogoMotion
combines professional modeling and rendering capabilities with an easy,
intuitive interface at an affordable price. Create dazzling 3D images and
QuickTime movies within minutes with LogoMotion StageHands(tm). StageHands
are a collection of camera motions, props, lights, backdrops and
environments, ready for instant use. Every StageHand is fully editable for
your custom needs. LogoMotion works seamlessly with programs like Adobe
Premiere and Illustrator, Macromedia Director and FreeHand, and Adobe
Persuasion.
This is a full-featured, save-restricted demo and can only render up to 30
frames of animation.
Specular International
7 Pomeroy Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-3100
Sales: (800) 433-7732
This file may be included on CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/logomotion-201-demo.hqx; 3432K]
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:51:39 +0100
From: [email protected] (Peter Grundy)
Subject: (A) Getting menus to Pop down automatically
In article ,
[email protected] (The Info-Mac Moderator wrote:
:Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:07:58 +0100
:From: [email protected] (Antony D'Emanuele)
:Subject: Getting menus to Pop down automatically (Q)
:
:Is therre any PPC software that will do what automenus used to do i.e. get
:menus to pop down automatically when the mouse cursor is over a menu item
:(like in Windows
:Automenus will not work on my PowerMacs
I'm not sure about PPC, but PopupFolder (commercial ware) includes
such an option.
Peter.
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:43:53 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) Cricket Draw Help Needed
A friend has a large number of graphics he did in Cricket Draw for his
business. He was out of business (and the Mac world) for about 4 years, and
Cricket Draw won't work on his new Power-MAC
No surprise there; my copy
stopped working several system upgrades ago(
1) Anyone know how to get Cricket Draw working on a Power Mac? I wish, I
wish
2) Anyone know how to translate the Cricket Draw files to some modern draw
program? Presumably, a postscript based draw program.
3) Is there a news group or list dedicated to this program, where I might be
able to get more help? Anyone know the address of the current owner?
I've been reading the archives for years, thanks to my employer, and learning
a lot, but now that I have internet access, I can participate. Feels good to
be joining the fray
Carl
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 10:14:03 +0200
From: [email protected] (Edward C Hoenkamp)
Subject: [A,C] machine crashing every 2 days
Ugly, but effectively preemptive (when I could nog figure out the cause of
recurring crashes): I installed 'cron' and let it restart the machine every
1am. Edward.
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 10:14:01 +0200
From: [email protected] (Edward C Hoenkamp)
Subject: [A,C] playing AVI movies
Go to page "NOTES ON THE VIDEO FOR WINDOWS 1.1 APPLE MACINTOSH
UTILITIES" on http://rs6.loc.gov:8080/indeo/AVItoQT.html, yrs. Edward.
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:46:11 -0400
From: [email protected] (W. McCarthy)
Subject: access control
I need to acquire a piece of software which will control access to
a machine (IIci, 20MB RAM, w/ a 68040 accelerator card) in a public place
in the following way: I want no one (save my superuser self) to be able to
use the machine for more than an hour per day. In other words, when that
hour is up, whoever is using the machine is logged out, politely but
firmly, and the thing shuts itself down, and will not reboot for the same
user. (The administering of a small shock to a potential offender is an
interesting but unnecessary additional feature.) In purusing the usual
software catalogs, I find myself not quite clear on which product offers
what I'm looking for. Voices of experience may e-mail to me directly, or
answer here.
Gratefully,
Bill McCarthy
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:56:52 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bela FARAGO - ILL - Grenoble)
Subject: Acrobat problem - am I alone
Hi Netters,
I have a problem which is the following:
I have a 7500/100 with system 7.5.3 installed with a clean install, pretty
stable now. My problem is that after several tentative I am not able to
install Adobe Acrobat reader (version 2.1, downloded from Adobe also
installed from the CodeWarrior distribution CD so there is now file
corruption problem) It installes OK, I restart the computer but
AcrobatReader crashes no matter if I strart it alone or by dblclicking on
an acrobat document. (tried to install on a separate disk too where only
7.5.3 files were installed ergo it can not be a third party extension
conflict)
So two questions:
1) Is this a common problem/ (Adobe reTuned my mail with this question
saying they do not answer email... .. !!!!)
2) Is there anybody with the same mac (7500/100 with 7.5.3) who managed to
run AcrobatReader? It DOES work with 7.5.3 on a 7100 so please answers only
>From 7500/100 owners! If it works for someone than I have too look more
carefully but I have no time to waste if it is a known problem.
thanx in advance
Bela ([email protected])
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Date: 6 Jun 1996 15:14:50 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: All By Itself
In Digest V14 #133:
>From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
>Subject: A mind of its own
>Hi,
>I have a Powerbook 180 at home, which I use to access my Internet provider.
>I use ConfigPPP to connect. The funny thing is that my Powerbook sometimes
>decides that it is high time it got on the net. All by itself. With PPP
>down and the Control Panel not even open, with all my communications
>programs nowhere to be seen, something will launch ConfigPPP and attempt to
>execute my login script. Somtimes the machine is only "on" and only the
>Finder is active. I leave it for a few hours and when I come back it is
>trying to connect. Anybody has an idea what's going on?
This is the fourth time I've heard this and I still don't know exactly what is
going on. The only common element I've heard about (the other three times) is
that they did a "soft close" instead of a "hard close." Is this true in your
case? If so, simply do a "hard" instead of "soft" close. Anyone out there know
exactly what the differences are between the two? Also of interest, is the
fact that the latest version (2.5) does not have "soft" and "hard" closes, it
simply has "open" and "close." Go figure.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 12:38:02 -0400
From: "Gino J. Piazza"
Subject: AVI Movies
Mark,
You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser to play avi =
movies. Microsoft Internet Explorer installs two files in the =
Extension folder: Indeo=81 Video, and Intel Raw Video. Once you have =
Microsoft Internet Explorer installed, choose Open File from the File =
menu. Choose the avi file and you can then play the movie.
Regards,
Gino J. Piazza
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:09:08 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #133
>From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
>Subject: Kids stuff in French?
>Now that my 5-year old has mastered Superpaint and a few games, (and the
>art of renaming everything on my hard drive!), I'd like to get him to play
>some of the more educational games. Unfortunately, our /young archives seem
>very short on material in French or anything not English, for that matter.
I believe the program "Reading Search" from the company Great Wave works
in English, Spanish, and French. (Based only on my memory; I bought the
program for my relatives' kids, and don't have a copy here to verify.)
It is markedly superior to every other reading program I ever have seen
for ages 6 thru 8. It really enhances comprehension by inducing kids to
see relationships and draw conclusions from stories. It presupposes
basic reading skills, so it may be too advanced for your 5-year old, but
please consider it one year from now. Bon chance! -Bob Stern
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 10:55:28 -0700
From: David Budin
Subject: June issue of Mac mag website is out!
You can find READ ME FIRST at http://www.idir.net/~jgamble/ for all the latest
reviews and news
solely about Macs.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:13:12 +0900
From: [email protected] (Keith S. Wilkinson)
Subject: Mac to windoze NT network
Scot Andrews wrote:
> What does one need to do to attach a Macintosh computer to an Microsoft
> (NT, WFW, etc) Network?
Contact Greg Goodman of Miramar systems, (who make Personal MacLan
Connect: an Appleshare stack for Windows and NT that allows Macs to see
PC disks and vice versa), on [email protected]
I don't use this, and have no connection with Miramar systems -- but I heard
that Miramar's technology has been licensed by Apple, and it gets very good
reviews...
Keith WILKINSON, Home e-mail: CompuServe 100207,710
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:59:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Edward Ver Hoef)
Subject: Microtek E3 vs Umax Vista 6 S6E
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #133, Hanns Kohler-Kruner said:
>I am thinking of buying a lowcost scanner for some messing about at home. I
>am torn between a Mikrotek E3 or a Umax Vista 6E SOHO. Pricewise they are
>about equal (around 400US), both do 300x600 dpi optical. They come bundled
>with some basic software.
>
>Has anyone got any experience with these machine, something good or bad to
>say about either of them ?
>Thanks
>
Hanns,
I recently bought a Microtek E3 scanner to use with my Quadra 605.I have
never had any experience with any other scanner so I don't really have a
basis for comparison of this scanner with the Umax or any other scanner. I
had to go to a later version of the operating system to be compatible so I
went to system 7.5 and then upgraded to 7.5.3.
I have found Microtek's interface to be a little difficult but I can always
finally get it to do what I want. My problems might be due more to my
failure to adequately read the user manual than to shortcomings in the
interface although, if the interface is sufficiently user friendly (I have
built several such interfaces for simulation systems), the user manual
should almost be unnecessary. The first photograph I scanned worked fine.
When I tried to scan a second photo (which had a different aspect ratio, I
kept getting error notices. I called Microtek technical support and, after
about an hour on the phone, they concluded my version (2.5) of Photoshop
was too old and I needed at least 2.5.1. I switched to their stand-alone
program and had the same problem. I found out (by experimentation) that the
problem wasn't in Photoshop but rather that I simply had to change the
marquee denoting the border of the scan area. That solved the problem both
in the stand-alone and in Photoshop.
When I tried to use the OCR capability, I found that the set of supported
scanners from which I was to identify my scanner did not include the E3.
Caere technical support (provider of OmnipageDirect, the bundled OCR
software) was quite helpful in providing a work-around and immediately sent
me an upgrade to fix the problem. I have to call them again because
installation of the upgrade is a little confusing but in the meantime, the
work-around serves just fine.
I hope this helps and doesn't discourage you.
Ed Ver Hoef
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:53:18 +0100
From: [email protected] (Fergus Sullivan)
Subject: Modem US->UK (A)
Philippe Valiquette wrote:
>Does anybody have any experience to share with a modem that was
>bought in America and then used in Europe? I was told I should have
>no problem with
>my SupraFaxModem 288, but although I already have the phone jack
>adaptor required for UK phone plugs, I'm still afraid the fax
>software/hardware, the caller ID feature and misc. PPP configurations
>will go buzzerk.
>BTW I already took care of the power related inconvenients, and
>bought a step up/down transformer.
Essentially, you shouldn't have any problems with this. Fax software
& hardware will be fine, although you may have to change one or two
S-registers to recognise UK busy signals. PPP will be fine, although
I assume you'll want to find a local ISP. CallerID may or may not
work, but who cares anyway?
However, I would strongly advise that you just buy an ordinary $15
British ac/dc adaptor when you get to the UK and power your modem off
that. Some modems have a very heavy current draw and many adaptors
will not be able to handle them. Check your modem's power
requirements and just buy locally when you get to Britain.
I've used US Global Village modems in Ireland for several years
without any trouble. The UK is slightly more complex as unlike
Ireland, they do not use US-standard hardware.
Finally, don't expect any support from UK telecom companies. You're
not supposed to use US modems in the UK. If they find out about it
they might lock you up in the Tower of London. 8^)
Fergus Sullivan
[email protected] / [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 12:20:20 -0500
From: KrishnaMohan & Bhuvaneswari
Subject: NETSCAPE BOOKMARKS DON'T DRAG-Issue 133
> I am running Netscape 2.0 on my Mac II SI with system 7.01. I was
> told that I need system 7.5 to be able to drag and drop added
> bookmarks. I do not want to upgrade just yet. Is there a utility
> that will allow me to use the drag and drop functionality of Netscape
> 2.0.
David,
Macintosh Drag & Drop can be downloaded from Apple's Web site.
But for you, Netscape itself will install the necessary drag & drop
extension when you install Netscape 2.02. Good luck & enjoy. -
KrishnaMohan.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:47:47 -0400
From: [email protected] (Raymond Kallman)
Subject: playing AVI movies
At 8:46 PM 6/5/96, Allen Clark wrote:
>>Is there anyway to run avi movies on a Mac?
>
>If you visit Intel's Web site (www.intel.com), the sub-page that concerns
>Indeo has a link for downloading a Mac extension that runs AVI movies.
>Works fine.
Anyone know the name of this extension or who makes it? I looked around
the the Intel sub-pages and didn't find anything. This product is
significant enough that you'd think that it would be up in flashing neon
lights!
Regards, Ray
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:53:24 -0400
From: Peter Bell
Subject: Q: spam killfiles in YA-Newswatcher?
Hey, all --
In rn on my unix account, my global killfile is as follows:
/^Newsgroups: .*,.*,.*,.*,.*/h:j
Try it, you'll *love* it. It kills spam dead by hitting anything
crossposted to 5 or more groups.
Is someone out there who knows how to set up Newswatcher killfiles able
to suggest a string that will achieve the same wondrous result in
YA-Newswatcher? I've played with it a bit, with no luck. I'm pretty
sure there's something obvious I've missed, and I'll have a go with the
documents again soon, but I thought that a) there might be others who'd
like to kill spam on unix machines and b) someone might just go "a-ha"
and tell me how to set that up right away.
Thanks in advance,
peter
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 15:23:44 +0200
From: "R. L. W. M. Erens"
Subject: Q: system software needs more and more and more RAM
Hello all,
I have got a PowerBook 5300CS with 16mb RAM installed. I use the Dutch
system version 7.5.2 with the Dutch system enabler 1.2.1. Unfortunately
the System Software uses well over 7mb (sometimes even over 8) of RAM,
and it looks to me as if it grows larger and larger over time. That is
not what I bought the extra RAM for; 4.5 or 5 mb for the system would
appear reasonable to me.
When I move all extensions into the disabled extensions folder,
restarting after that, the system needs about 4096K. Moving all control
panels into the disabled items folder frees nothing extra up.
Finally, restarting with the Shift-key pressed gives a System using about
2897Kb.
Does anyone have a clue why my system uses so much RAM? Is there a memory
leak in it; if so, is there a way to find out 'who dunnit?'
Why does starting with the shift-key free up yet another megabyte of RAM?
Thanks for any tips,
Roger
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 10:25:02 EDT
From: John Buss
Subject: R. A mind of its own.
Alain,
It's obvious what the problem is. By you own admission you are
treating your Power Book in a less than caring fashion (" I leave it for a
few hours and when I come back it is trying to connect"). This is no way to
treat an intelligent unit.
Your PB is feeling lonely and unwanted. It is seeking company of
other computers in the hope that it will find a kindred spirit. If this is
allowed to continue the situation will only worsen. Apathetic operation is
the next stage, followed by random crashes. If not attended to soon there
is a distinct possibility that suicide by re-format will be the result.
Fortunately the solution is an easy one, but one that will take a
little time. You have to treat it compassionately and show that you care.
Talk to it often, dust its keyboard regularly and use a good anti-static
cleaner on the screen. If you feel that you still can't give it enough of
the attention it so deeply desires, you may consider buying a small pocket
calculator as a pet for it, give it responsibility and a purpose in life.
Patience, TLC and understanding are the watch-words.
Good luck,
Bussy
Is A Scallop What A Seahorse Breaks Into?
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 96 08:51:23 CST
From: Pat Ullmann
Subject: Recordable CDs (R)
>From: Anne Harwell Toal
>Subject: Recordable CD's
>
>Looking for recommendations on recordable CD's. Anyone have any hates or
>loves in this area?
Just had an interesting experience in this field, so I thought I'd share
it. We've been in the CD-burning business at work for about a year now,
and until recently I thought all blank CD media were pretty much the same.
We bought some discounted but name-brand CDs recently. The 1st three out
of the box failed with verification errors when the writer got to that
part of its process. Thinking something had gone wrong with the machine,
I called the manufacturer's tech support and talked to a gentleman who
told me that there can in fact be a lot of difference in media quality
and that he suspected my problem was the blank CDs. I didn't believe him
at first, but he was right--as soon as I put another brand in everything
was fine.
He then went on to tell me that one way to determine the quality of a
blank CD is to look at the color of the recording surface--if it's gold
tinted, the disc is a higher quality than if it's greenish-tinted. Sure
enough, I went back and looked at my two boxes of blanks--the ones that
worked were gold colored and the ones that kept failing were green. I
guess it's something to do with the coating applied to the disc that
determines both the color and the quality.
Incidentally, the brand I'm now using, and very pleased with, is Mitsui.
Hope this helps. Good luck,
Pat
Pat Ullmann ([email protected])
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 20:07:39 +1000 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Keith Ryding)
Subject: UK modem problem
Philippe L. Valiquette wrote :
Does anybody have any experience to share with a modem that was bought in
America and then used in Europe? I was told I should have no problem with
my SupraFaxModem 288, but although I already have the phone jack adaptor
required for UK phone plugs, I'm still afraid the fax software/hardware,
the caller ID feature and misc. PPP configurations will go buzzerk.
I bought a Supra modem from Hong Kong and found the same. The problem lies
in the modem looking for a US dial tone. Contact The support crew at the
address in your manual. They are really helpful and solved the probelm on
the spot for me.
Good luck
Keith Ryding
Australia
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:45:10 -0300
From: Fernan Aguero
Subject: Unknown extensions + PowerMac 7200
1) About the unknown extensions in the system folder, and while the experts
evaluate the
solutions suggested (or another ones), how difficult will be to gather all the
information
possible about system extensions and put it in a web page? OK, volunteers
needed
to do the
job, but the real problem i found is the gathering of the information, not the
setup of the
page.
2) I was looking inside my PowerMac 7200...the three PCI slots, the DRAM and
VRAM slots,the
cache slot (L2) and a slot named ROM. This last slot it was empty, and the
question is what
is this slot for? TIA folks.
On the same topic (my PowerMac 7200), can i add another internal hard drive to
my machine?.
I saw space for another device, besides the superdrive, the cd-rom drive and
the
hard drive,
but i was just wondering if i could then connect it somewhere...
--
_______________
Lic. Fernan Aguero
e-mail: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: 06 Jun 96 15:13:31 EDT
From: Dan Castelhano
Subject: where to find epsy sans TT
if you have the apple guide extension on your computer, you already have the
epsy sans font family. to get the font, you must make a copy of the apple
guide
extension and change the file type to "FFIL" (must be in caps). the icon
should
change to show a font suitcase (if not then select "get info" for the apple
guide extension copy, rebuild the desktop, or restart your computer), change
the
name to "epsy sans", and move it to your font folder.
hope this helps.
Dan
[email protected]
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--Info-Mac-Digest
Info-Mac Digest Thu, 6 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 134
Today's Topics:
[*] ACInfo Manager V2.0
[*] ALIEN-74's Original Icons Vol-1
[*] ARA Scripting Extension
[*] BBEdit HTML Tables version 1.0.2
[*] BirthdayChecker 2.02
[*] CensusTaker
[*] CrystMath v1.0
[*] Flight Unlimited Demo
[*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.1
[*] Mac*Chat#110/24-May-96
[*] MacAssistant Tips 12-95
[*] MacAssistant Tips 2-96
[*] MacBiznes: Economics Instructional Program
[*] Madonna 5.7
[*] NetBooks User Manuals
[*] NetBooks Version 2.6.2
[*] ResFork Killer 1.1.0
[*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) 2.0.1 update
[*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) Demo
(A) Getting menus to Pop down automatically
(Q) Cricket Draw Help Needed
[A,C] machine crashing every 2 days
[A,C] playing AVI movies
access control
Acrobat problem - am I alone
All By Itself
AVI Movies
Info-Mac Digest V14 #133
June issue of Mac mag website is out!
Mac to windoze NT network
Microtek E3 vs Umax Vista 6 S6E
Modem US->UK (A)
NETSCAPE BOOKMARKS DON'T DRAG-Issue 133
playing AVI movies
Q: spam killfiles in YA-Newswatcher?
Q: system software needs more and more and more RAM
R. A mind of its own.
Recordable CDs (R)
UK modem problem
Unknown extensions + PowerMac 7200
where to find epsy sans TT
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:47:56 -0700
From: (Jason M. Pierce)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ACInfo Manager V2.0
ACInfo Manager V2.0 is designed to provide users of FileMaker Pro V3.0 with
a contact mangement package so they do not have to purchase and run another
program. It provides for storage of basic contact information as well as
linked tasks and notes. ACInfo Manager is the perfect solution for people
who run FMPro 3.0 on machines with very little RAM left over, because it is
not a seperate program it adds no overhead other than the requirements of
FMPro 3.0.
ACInfo Manager V2.0 is shareware and has a fee for a sinlge copy of $20.00.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/ac-info-manager-20-fm3.hqx; 39K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:46:34 -0700
From: (WATARU MISHIMA)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ALIEN-74's Original Icons Vol-1
I would like to upload my freeware icons, entitled "ALIEN-74's
Original Icons Vol-1".
The folder (compacted by StuffitExpander) includes 9 files:
Icon (8 files)
ReadMe (English) (1file)
Thank you in advance,
Wataru Mishima
[email protected] (Main)
[email protected] (Sub)
[email protected] (Sub)
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/alien-74-icons-vol-1.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:57 -0700
From: (Guillaume)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ARA Scripting Extension
Hi there,
As a Macintosh developer for now more than eight years, I wrote
an AppleScript Extension, allowing complete control over ARA connexions.
I'd like to distribute this software as a ShareWare, and I was told
to send it to this address for a large internet spread.
Cheers,
Guyom
Guillaume "Guyom" Besse
Full Resource Group
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara/ara-scripting-addition.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:46:22 -0700
From: (Stephen Marshall)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BBEdit HTML Tables version 1.0.2
Tables are one of the most useful parts of current HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language). They make it possible for designers to create documents on the
web which have a much more robust structure than was possible with HTML
prior to their introduction. BBEdit HTML Tables was written to extend the
capabilities of the BBEdit software, which is one of the best ways of
coding pages if you know HTML. The intention with this software has been to
produce something that while unfortunately not WYSWYG (essentially
impossible in an extension to BBEdit) is as easy to use as possible, while
also allowing the creation of complex tables.
BBEdit HTML Tables implements tables as per the Netscape 1.1 specification.
BBEdit HTML Tables has been extensively tested on versions 3.1.1 and 3.5
Lite of BBEdit. It requires a version of BBEdit that supports extensions,
which means version 3.0 or later. This software is shareware, with the low
fee of US$5 payable directly or via Kagi. Please read the enclosed read me
for details.
Version 1.0.2 should replace earlier versions, it adds the ability to undo
as well as fixing some minor bugs in the menus and preferences.
Stephen
Dr. S J Marshall
Victoria University of Wellington,
Home Page: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~marshall
[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbe/bbedit-html-tables-102.hqx; 93K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:13 -0700
From: (Benno Eberle)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BirthdayChecker 2.02
BirthdayChecker is a small and ultra fast program which scans a
TEXT-file and searches for birthdays which will be interesting in the
next few days. If you put an alias in the startup-folder, your mac
will check the birthdays every day for you! The number of days to warn
before is adjustable. In the same way you can choose, if you want to
use the German-date-format (DD.MM) or the American-format (MM.DD). The
header displayed in the birthday window and the width of the window is
adjustable,too. Also the maximum number of starts per day.
It's a FAT version so it runs fast in both Mac worlds (680x0 and
PowerPC).
Hope you'll enjoy it!
[Archived as /info-mac/data/birthday-checker-202.hqx; 162K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:47:24 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] CensusTaker
Census Taker lets one explore and ennumerate groups of files, prying
into their private parts by examining their resources. With it one can
get a list of all files of some types of creators with various
combinations of resources. For example, if wants a list of all text
files with an ICN# resource, Census Taker can give it to you. There
are a variety of esoteric things one can do with the program, which
does things no other program does.
Census Taker is shareware ($10)
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/census-taker.hqx; 147K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:52:56 -0700
From: (Daniel B. Bergstrom)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CrystMath v1.0
CrystMath is a powerful set of Mathmatica routines that will help you
calculate, manipulate, and display crystal structures. These routines
include routines for calculating angles and d-spacings in any crystal
structure you choose, but even more impressive are the powerful graphics
capabilities of these routines that will allow you to create and view unit
cells, lattices, facet surfaces, lattice planes, and atom bonds easily and
with far more flexibility than typical crystal viewers.
This distribution should come with three files: CrystMath.m, Examples, and
Instructions. I run Mathmatica v2.2.2 on a PowerBook, but this code has
run with Mathmatica v1.2 a Mac IIsi. To my knowledge this code will run on
any platform with any version of Mathmatica that's out there.
CrystMath.m works like other Mathmatica packages and can be loaded with the
"
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/flight-unlimited-demo.hqx; 13884K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:37:09 -0700
From: (Aaron Starr)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Font-o-rama! 1.2.1
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.
Version 1.2.1 is a maintenance release.
Requires: System 7.1
Moderators: Font-o-rama! may be included on the commercially available
CD-ROM of the archives.
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-o-rama-121.hqx; 155K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:21:53 -0700
From: (Tony Lindsey)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#110/24-May-96
Welcome to Mac*Chat, the weekly electronic newsletter for everyone
interested in using a Macintosh computer professionally, no matter
what their situation or profession.
See the end of this file for further information, including how to get a free
subscription.
Highlights Of This Issue
-----------------------
I ask for help in tracking-down toxic font suitcases, warn
readers to proceed carefully before loading the utilities that
readers rave about in the following section, I praise the Apple
color laser printer (and heap scorn upon the Epson Pro XL), Randy
Chevrier comes through with a hot tip about mac-information, we
get more information about System 7.5.3 and System 8, we learn
something new about ShrinkWrap, I finally include the
information omitted from the last issue concerning infrared
transceivers, and we continue to chew up the topic of Web Spiders
and how to foil them.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-110-etx.txt; 30K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:20:35 -0700
From: (Steve Mack)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAssistant Tips 12-95
(Reposted to replace a missing file)
This is the latest issue of the hot new international newsletter
"MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial". If you are looking for ways to use your
Mac more effectively, you need to download this one. If you are tired of
wading through all the reviews of software that you will probably never
use, the MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter will not disappoint
you. Each issue is packed with useful information that the majority of
people can actually use.
The MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter only has tips and tutorials
plus an occasional puzzle. I do not do reviews in this newsletter. While
reviews are useful, I feel that a newsletter that actually tells you how
to use your your Mac more effectively is much more useful to the novice
and intermediate users. Each issue includes many tips about using your
Mac. The tutorials are accompanied by graphics that help to understand
the article. This is a shareware product that has even more information
and tips for those that register. This is a short, fascinating download
well worth the time. The tutorial article is available to subscribers
only.
This newsletter is distributed as a Docmaker application. NO other
software is needed.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mass/mac-assistant-tips-95-12.hqx; 105K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:21:19 -0700
From: (Steve Mack)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAssistant Tips 2-96
(This is reposted to replaced a damaged file)
This is the latest issue of the hot new international newsletter
"MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial". If you are looking for ways to use your
Mac more effectively, you need to download this one. If you are tired of
wading through all the reviews of software that you will probably never
use, the MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter will not disappoint
you. Each issue is packed with useful information that the majority of
people can actually use.
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This months article is "Using the Launcher"
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The MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter only has tips and tutorials
plus an occasional puzzle. I do not do reviews in this newsletter. While
reviews are useful, I feel that a newsletter that actually tells you how
to use your your Mac more effectively is much more useful to the novice
and intermediate users. Each issue includes many tips about using your
Mac. The tutorials are accompanied by graphics that help to understand
the article. This is a shareware product that has even more information
and tips for those that register. This is a short, fascinating download
well worth the time. The tutorial article is available to subscribers
only.
This newsletter is distributed as a Docmaker application. NO other
software is needed.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mass/mac-assistant-tips-96-02.hqx; 121K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:46:59 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MacBiznes: Economics Instructional Program
MacBiznes is the computer software part of an instructional package
developed for use in an introductory, college-level economics course. It
helps students understand a variety of important microeconomic concepts.
The program was designed to be used with a student workbook; it is
unlikely to be useful by itself.
This version includes the complete student manual and should replace
the previous version. MacBiznes is shareware ($10)
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-biznes-updt.hqx; 247K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:20:03 -0700
From: (Tim Zahnley)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Madonna 5.7
Madonna is a numerical simulation program for the Macintosh. What can it do?
* Ordinary differential equations
* Difference equations
* Stochastic equations
* Fit models to imported data
* Reads Stella models and runs them 10-100 times faster!
Madonna was developed at the University of California, Berkeley, for teaching
and research. It has been tested for 5 years in classroom and laboratories.
Originally developed as a way to import Stella equations and run them fast, it
evolved into a general-purpose simulation package. It's strength is its
simplicity and speed. It is not an all-purpose program like XPPAUT, but for
those problems it does handle, you'll be up and running on it much quicker.
There are three versions of Madonna: FPU, SANE, and PPC. On 680x0 machines
equipped with a hardware floating-point unit, use the FPU version. On 680x0
machines without a hardware FPU (e.g., the PowerBook 500 series), use the SANE
version. For PowerPC machines, use the PPC version which is *much* faster.
However, the PPC version will not let you save models or output until you
register. Registered users will get an enabling serial number and a complete
manual in Adobe Acrobat format.
Madonna is shareware and costs $49 for a single-user registration. Complete
registration information is included in the packages. Madonna is a product of
YouSee Software.
The latest version of Madonna can be obtained from:
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~goster/madonna.html
Madonna developers can be contacted by email at:
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:44 -0700
From: (Brad Nelson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NetBooks User Manuals
This file contains the user manuals for NetBooks(tm) V2.6.2 and
NetBooks(tm) Import/Export V2.6.1. NetBooks(tm) is a full featured
accounting software package for the Macintosh and is distributed as
shareware. You may give copies of the original software to your friends
and associates. If after trying the program for 30 days you decide to
continue using it, you must register your copy by sending $49 to Symmetry
Software. When you register, Symmetry will send you the most current
version of NetBooks. You will also receive current payroll tax tables
which allow you to correctly compute and withhold federal and state taxes,
and you will also receive one hour of free telephone technical support.
NetBooks(tm) from Symmetry Software offers Macintosh users a complete, easy
to use accounting solution with totally integrated general ledger,
financial reporting, bank reconciliation, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, inventory control, job costing and payroll modules. A
complete, on line, context sensitive help system and full product
documentation are also included.
Symmetry Software is the original developer of atOnce!(tm) High Speed Small
Business Accounting and Peachtree(r) Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0.
NetBooks(tm) is 100% compatible with the data files created by Peachtree(r)
Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0 (all batch numbers) and with all versions of
atOnce!(tm) (after using the free Data Converter application).
This self-extracting file contains the User Manuals in eDoc(tm) Creator
format. The manuals can be view or printed by simply double clicking on
their icon. NetBooks(tm) and the on line help system are available as a
separate self-extracting file. If you wish, you may also download each
portion of these files individually on the World Wide Web at
http://www.scottsdale.com.
NetBooks(tm) is available on an "as-is" basis; payroll tax updates and
technical support services may be purchased, as needed, from Symmetry
Software.
Further information, updates, mailing lists and e-mail technical support is
available at our web site, http://www.scottsdale.com. Symmetry Software
may be contacted at [email protected].
NetBooks(tm) is a trademark of Symmetry Software Corporation. Peachtree(r)
and atOnce!(tm) are trademarks of Peachtree(r) Software Inc.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/net-books-manual-262.hqx; 845K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:48:32 -0700
From: (Brad Nelson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NetBooks Version 2.6.2
NetBooks(tm) is a full featured accounting software package for the
Macintosh and is distributed as shareware. You may give copies of the
original software to your friends and associates. If after trying the
program for 30 days you decide to continue using it, you must register your
copy by sending $49 to Symmetry Software. When you register, Symmetry will
send you the most current version of NetBooks. You will also receive
current payroll tax tables which allow you to correctly compute and
withhold federal and state taxes, and you will also receive one hour of
free telephone technical support.
NetBooks(tm) from Symmetry Software offers Macintosh users a complete, easy
to use accounting solution with totally integrated general ledger,
financial reporting, bank reconciliation, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, inventory control, job costing and payroll modules. A
complete, on line, context sensitive help system and full product
documentation are also included.
Symmetry Software is the original developer of atOnce!(tm) High Speed Small
Business Accounting and Peachtree(r) Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0.
NetBooks(tm) is 100% compatible with the data files created by Peachtree(r)
Accounting for Macintosh, V2.0 (all batch numbers) and with all versions of
atOnce!(tm) (after using the free Data Converter application).
This self-extracting file contains NetBooks(tm), V2.6.2, NetBooks
Import/Export V2.6.1 and the on-line help system. The User Manuals for
both of these programs is available as a separate self-extracting file. If
you wish, you may also download each portion of these files individually on
the World Wide Web at http://www.scottsdale.com.
NetBooks(tm) is available on an "as-is" basis; payroll tax updates and
technical support services may be purchased, as needed, from Symmetry
Software.
Further information, updates, mailing lists and e-mail technical support is
available at our web site, http://www.scottsdale.com. Symmetry Software
may be contacted at [email protected].
NetBooks(tm) is a trademark of Symmetry Software Corporation. Peachtree(r)
and atOnce!(tm) are trademarks of Peachtree(r) Software Inc.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/net-books-262.hqx; 2047K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:47:39 -0700
From: (Christoph Schaffhauser)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ResFork Killer 1.1.0
"ResFork Killer 1.1.0" deletes the resource fork of any file.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/res-fork-killer-11.hqx; 69K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:22:40 -0700
From: (Brendan Donohoe)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) 2.0.1 update
This update patches LogoMotion 2.0 to version 2.0.1. Version 2.0.1 includes
several important bug fixes.
LogoMotion is the easiest way to create awesome 3D animation. LogoMotion
combines professional modeling and rendering capabilities with an easy,
intuitive interface at an affordable price. Create dazzling 3D images and
QuickTime movies within minutes with LogoMotion StageHands(tm). StageHands
are a collection of camera motions, props, lights, backdrops and
environments, ready for instant use. Every StageHand is fully editable for
your custom needs. LogoMotion works seamlessly with programs like Adobe
Premiere and Illustrator, Macromedia Director and FreeHand, and Adobe
Persuasion.
Specular International
7 Pomeroy Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-3100
Sales: (800) 433-7732
This file may be included on CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/logomotion-20-to-201-updt.hqx; 899K]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:49:11 -0700
From: (Brendan Donohoe)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Specular LogoMotion(tm) Demo
LogoMotion is the easiest way to create awesome 3D animation. LogoMotion
combines professional modeling and rendering capabilities with an easy,
intuitive interface at an affordable price. Create dazzling 3D images and
QuickTime movies within minutes with LogoMotion StageHands(tm). StageHands
are a collection of camera motions, props, lights, backdrops and
environments, ready for instant use. Every StageHand is fully editable for
your custom needs. LogoMotion works seamlessly with programs like Adobe
Premiere and Illustrator, Macromedia Director and FreeHand, and Adobe
Persuasion.
This is a full-featured, save-restricted demo and can only render up to 30
frames of animation.
Specular International
7 Pomeroy Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-3100
Sales: (800) 433-7732
This file may be included on CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/logomotion-201-demo.hqx; 3432K]
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:51:39 +0100
From: [email protected] (Peter Grundy)
Subject: (A) Getting menus to Pop down automatically
In article ,
[email protected] (The Info-Mac Moderator wrote:
:Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:07:58 +0100
:From: [email protected] (Antony D'Emanuele)
:Subject: Getting menus to Pop down automatically (Q)
:
:Is therre any PPC software that will do what automenus used to do i.e. get
:menus to pop down automatically when the mouse cursor is over a menu item
:(like in Windows
:Automenus will not work on my PowerMacs
I'm not sure about PPC, but PopupFolder (commercial ware) includes
such an option.
Peter.
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:43:53 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) Cricket Draw Help Needed
A friend has a large number of graphics he did in Cricket Draw for his
business. He was out of business (and the Mac world) for about 4 years, and
Cricket Draw won't work on his new Power-MAC
No surprise there; my copystopped working several system upgrades ago
(1) Anyone know how to get Cricket Draw working on a Power Mac? I wish, I
wish
2) Anyone know how to translate the Cricket Draw files to some modern draw
program? Presumably, a postscript based draw program.
3) Is there a news group or list dedicated to this program, where I might be
able to get more help? Anyone know the address of the current owner?
I've been reading the archives for years, thanks to my employer, and learning
a lot, but now that I have internet access, I can participate. Feels good to
be joining the fray
Carl
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 10:14:03 +0200
From: [email protected] (Edward C Hoenkamp)
Subject: [A,C] machine crashing every 2 days
Ugly, but effectively preemptive (when I could nog figure out the cause of
recurring crashes): I installed 'cron' and let it restart the machine every
1am. Edward.
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 10:14:01 +0200
From: [email protected] (Edward C Hoenkamp)
Subject: [A,C] playing AVI movies
Go to page "NOTES ON THE VIDEO FOR WINDOWS 1.1 APPLE MACINTOSH
UTILITIES" on http://rs6.loc.gov:8080/indeo/AVItoQT.html, yrs. Edward.
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:46:11 -0400
From: [email protected] (W. McCarthy)
Subject: access control
I need to acquire a piece of software which will control access to
a machine (IIci, 20MB RAM, w/ a 68040 accelerator card) in a public place
in the following way: I want no one (save my superuser self) to be able to
use the machine for more than an hour per day. In other words, when that
hour is up, whoever is using the machine is logged out, politely but
firmly, and the thing shuts itself down, and will not reboot for the same
user. (The administering of a small shock to a potential offender is an
interesting but unnecessary additional feature.) In purusing the usual
software catalogs, I find myself not quite clear on which product offers
what I'm looking for. Voices of experience may e-mail to me directly, or
answer here.
Gratefully,
Bill McCarthy
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:56:52 +0100
From: [email protected] (Bela FARAGO - ILL - Grenoble)
Subject: Acrobat problem - am I alone
Hi Netters,
I have a problem which is the following:
I have a 7500/100 with system 7.5.3 installed with a clean install, pretty
stable now. My problem is that after several tentative I am not able to
install Adobe Acrobat reader (version 2.1, downloded from Adobe also
installed from the CodeWarrior distribution CD so there is now file
corruption problem) It installes OK, I restart the computer but
AcrobatReader crashes no matter if I strart it alone or by dblclicking on
an acrobat document. (tried to install on a separate disk too where only
7.5.3 files were installed ergo it can not be a third party extension
conflict)
So two questions:
1) Is this a common problem/ (Adobe reTuned my mail with this question
saying they do not answer email...
.. !!!!)2) Is there anybody with the same mac (7500/100 with 7.5.3) who managed to
run AcrobatReader? It DOES work with 7.5.3 on a 7100 so please answers only
>From 7500/100 owners! If it works for someone than I have too look more
carefully but I have no time to waste if it is a known problem.
thanx in advance
Bela ([email protected])
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Date: 6 Jun 1996 15:14:50 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: All By Itself
In Digest V14 #133:
>From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
>Subject: A mind of its own
>Hi,
>I have a Powerbook 180 at home, which I use to access my Internet provider.
>I use ConfigPPP to connect. The funny thing is that my Powerbook sometimes
>decides that it is high time it got on the net. All by itself. With PPP
>down and the Control Panel not even open, with all my communications
>programs nowhere to be seen, something will launch ConfigPPP and attempt to
>execute my login script. Somtimes the machine is only "on" and only the
>Finder is active. I leave it for a few hours and when I come back it is
>trying to connect. Anybody has an idea what's going on?
This is the fourth time I've heard this and I still don't know exactly what is
going on. The only common element I've heard about (the other three times) is
that they did a "soft close" instead of a "hard close." Is this true in your
case? If so, simply do a "hard" instead of "soft" close. Anyone out there know
exactly what the differences are between the two? Also of interest, is the
fact that the latest version (2.5) does not have "soft" and "hard" closes, it
simply has "open" and "close." Go figure.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 12:38:02 -0400
From: "Gino J. Piazza"
Subject: AVI Movies
Mark,
You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser to play avi =
movies. Microsoft Internet Explorer installs two files in the =
Extension folder: Indeo=81 Video, and Intel Raw Video. Once you have =
Microsoft Internet Explorer installed, choose Open File from the File =
menu. Choose the avi file and you can then play the movie.
Regards,
Gino J. Piazza
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 03:09:08 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #133
>From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
>Subject: Kids stuff in French?
>Now that my 5-year old has mastered Superpaint and a few games, (and the
>art of renaming everything on my hard drive!), I'd like to get him to play
>some of the more educational games. Unfortunately, our /young archives seem
>very short on material in French or anything not English, for that matter.
I believe the program "Reading Search" from the company Great Wave works
in English, Spanish, and French. (Based only on my memory; I bought the
program for my relatives' kids, and don't have a copy here to verify.)
It is markedly superior to every other reading program I ever have seen
for ages 6 thru 8. It really enhances comprehension by inducing kids to
see relationships and draw conclusions from stories. It presupposes
basic reading skills, so it may be too advanced for your 5-year old, but
please consider it one year from now. Bon chance! -Bob Stern
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 10:55:28 -0700
From: David Budin
Subject: June issue of Mac mag website is out!
You can find READ ME FIRST at http://www.idir.net/~jgamble/ for all the latest
reviews and news
solely about Macs.
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:13:12 +0900
From: [email protected] (Keith S. Wilkinson)
Subject: Mac to windoze NT network
Scot Andrews wrote:
> What does one need to do to attach a Macintosh computer to an Microsoft
> (NT, WFW, etc) Network?
Contact Greg Goodman of Miramar systems, (who make Personal MacLan
Connect: an Appleshare stack for Windows and NT that allows Macs to see
PC disks and vice versa), on [email protected]
I don't use this, and have no connection with Miramar systems -- but I heard
that Miramar's technology has been licensed by Apple, and it gets very good
reviews...
Keith WILKINSON, Home e-mail: CompuServe 100207,710
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:59:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Edward Ver Hoef)
Subject: Microtek E3 vs Umax Vista 6 S6E
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #133, Hanns Kohler-Kruner said:
>I am thinking of buying a lowcost scanner for some messing about at home. I
>am torn between a Mikrotek E3 or a Umax Vista 6E SOHO. Pricewise they are
>about equal (around 400US), both do 300x600 dpi optical. They come bundled
>with some basic software.
>
>Has anyone got any experience with these machine, something good or bad to
>say about either of them ?
>Thanks
>
Hanns,
I recently bought a Microtek E3 scanner to use with my Quadra 605.I have
never had any experience with any other scanner so I don't really have a
basis for comparison of this scanner with the Umax or any other scanner. I
had to go to a later version of the operating system to be compatible so I
went to system 7.5 and then upgraded to 7.5.3.
I have found Microtek's interface to be a little difficult but I can always
finally get it to do what I want. My problems might be due more to my
failure to adequately read the user manual than to shortcomings in the
interface although, if the interface is sufficiently user friendly (I have
built several such interfaces for simulation systems), the user manual
should almost be unnecessary. The first photograph I scanned worked fine.
When I tried to scan a second photo (which had a different aspect ratio, I
kept getting error notices. I called Microtek technical support and, after
about an hour on the phone, they concluded my version (2.5) of Photoshop
was too old and I needed at least 2.5.1. I switched to their stand-alone
program and had the same problem. I found out (by experimentation) that the
problem wasn't in Photoshop but rather that I simply had to change the
marquee denoting the border of the scan area. That solved the problem both
in the stand-alone and in Photoshop.
When I tried to use the OCR capability, I found that the set of supported
scanners from which I was to identify my scanner did not include the E3.
Caere technical support (provider of OmnipageDirect, the bundled OCR
software) was quite helpful in providing a work-around and immediately sent
me an upgrade to fix the problem. I have to call them again because
installation of the upgrade is a little confusing but in the meantime, the
work-around serves just fine.
I hope this helps and doesn't discourage you.
Ed Ver Hoef
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:53:18 +0100
From: [email protected] (Fergus Sullivan)
Subject: Modem US->UK (A)
Philippe Valiquette wrote:
>Does anybody have any experience to share with a modem that was
>bought in America and then used in Europe? I was told I should have
>no problem with
>my SupraFaxModem 288, but although I already have the phone jack
>adaptor required for UK phone plugs, I'm still afraid the fax
>software/hardware, the caller ID feature and misc. PPP configurations
>will go buzzerk.
>BTW I already took care of the power related inconvenients, and
>bought a step up/down transformer.
Essentially, you shouldn't have any problems with this. Fax software
& hardware will be fine, although you may have to change one or two
S-registers to recognise UK busy signals. PPP will be fine, although
I assume you'll want to find a local ISP. CallerID may or may not
work, but who cares anyway?
However, I would strongly advise that you just buy an ordinary $15
British ac/dc adaptor when you get to the UK and power your modem off
that. Some modems have a very heavy current draw and many adaptors
will not be able to handle them. Check your modem's power
requirements and just buy locally when you get to Britain.
I've used US Global Village modems in Ireland for several years
without any trouble. The UK is slightly more complex as unlike
Ireland, they do not use US-standard hardware.
Finally, don't expect any support from UK telecom companies. You're
not supposed to use US modems in the UK. If they find out about it
they might lock you up in the Tower of London. 8^)
Fergus Sullivan
[email protected] / [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 12:20:20 -0500
From: KrishnaMohan & Bhuvaneswari
Subject: NETSCAPE BOOKMARKS DON'T DRAG-Issue 133
> I am running Netscape 2.0 on my Mac II SI with system 7.01. I was
> told that I need system 7.5 to be able to drag and drop added
> bookmarks. I do not want to upgrade just yet. Is there a utility
> that will allow me to use the drag and drop functionality of Netscape
> 2.0.
David,
Macintosh Drag & Drop can be downloaded from Apple's Web site.
But for you, Netscape itself will install the necessary drag & drop
extension when you install Netscape 2.02. Good luck & enjoy. -
KrishnaMohan.
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:47:47 -0400
From: [email protected] (Raymond Kallman)
Subject: playing AVI movies
At 8:46 PM 6/5/96, Allen Clark wrote:
>>Is there anyway to run avi movies on a Mac?
>
>If you visit Intel's Web site (www.intel.com), the sub-page that concerns
>Indeo has a link for downloading a Mac extension that runs AVI movies.
>Works fine.
Anyone know the name of this extension or who makes it? I looked around
the the Intel sub-pages and didn't find anything. This product is
significant enough that you'd think that it would be up in flashing neon
lights!
Regards, Ray
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 00:53:24 -0400
From: Peter Bell
Subject: Q: spam killfiles in YA-Newswatcher?
Hey, all --
In rn on my unix account, my global killfile is as follows:
/^Newsgroups: .*,.*,.*,.*,.*/h:j
Try it, you'll *love* it. It kills spam dead by hitting anything
crossposted to 5 or more groups.
Is someone out there who knows how to set up Newswatcher killfiles able
to suggest a string that will achieve the same wondrous result in
YA-Newswatcher? I've played with it a bit, with no luck. I'm pretty
sure there's something obvious I've missed, and I'll have a go with the
documents again soon, but I thought that a) there might be others who'd
like to kill spam on unix machines and b) someone might just go "a-ha"
and tell me how to set that up right away.
Thanks in advance,
peter
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 15:23:44 +0200
From: "R. L. W. M. Erens"
Subject: Q: system software needs more and more and more RAM
Hello all,
I have got a PowerBook 5300CS with 16mb RAM installed. I use the Dutch
system version 7.5.2 with the Dutch system enabler 1.2.1. Unfortunately
the System Software uses well over 7mb (sometimes even over 8) of RAM,
and it looks to me as if it grows larger and larger over time. That is
not what I bought the extra RAM for; 4.5 or 5 mb for the system would
appear reasonable to me.
When I move all extensions into the disabled extensions folder,
restarting after that, the system needs about 4096K. Moving all control
panels into the disabled items folder frees nothing extra up.
Finally, restarting with the Shift-key pressed gives a System using about
2897Kb.
Does anyone have a clue why my system uses so much RAM? Is there a memory
leak in it; if so, is there a way to find out 'who dunnit?'
Why does starting with the shift-key free up yet another megabyte of RAM?
Thanks for any tips,
Roger
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 10:25:02 EDT
From: John Buss
Subject: R. A mind of its own.
Alain,
It's obvious what the problem is. By you own admission you are
treating your Power Book in a less than caring fashion (" I leave it for a
few hours and when I come back it is trying to connect"). This is no way to
treat an intelligent unit.
Your PB is feeling lonely and unwanted. It is seeking company of
other computers in the hope that it will find a kindred spirit. If this is
allowed to continue the situation will only worsen. Apathetic operation is
the next stage, followed by random crashes. If not attended to soon there
is a distinct possibility that suicide by re-format will be the result.
Fortunately the solution is an easy one, but one that will take a
little time. You have to treat it compassionately and show that you care.
Talk to it often, dust its keyboard regularly and use a good anti-static
cleaner on the screen. If you feel that you still can't give it enough of
the attention it so deeply desires, you may consider buying a small pocket
calculator as a pet for it, give it responsibility and a purpose in life.
Patience, TLC and understanding are the watch-words.
Good luck,
Bussy
Is A Scallop What A Seahorse Breaks Into?
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 96 08:51:23 CST
From: Pat Ullmann
Subject: Recordable CDs (R)
>From: Anne Harwell Toal
>Subject: Recordable CD's
>
>Looking for recommendations on recordable CD's. Anyone have any hates or
>loves in this area?
Just had an interesting experience in this field, so I thought I'd share
it. We've been in the CD-burning business at work for about a year now,
and until recently I thought all blank CD media were pretty much the same.
We bought some discounted but name-brand CDs recently. The 1st three out
of the box failed with verification errors when the writer got to that
part of its process. Thinking something had gone wrong with the machine,
I called the manufacturer's tech support and talked to a gentleman who
told me that there can in fact be a lot of difference in media quality
and that he suspected my problem was the blank CDs. I didn't believe him
at first, but he was right--as soon as I put another brand in everything
was fine.
He then went on to tell me that one way to determine the quality of a
blank CD is to look at the color of the recording surface--if it's gold
tinted, the disc is a higher quality than if it's greenish-tinted. Sure
enough, I went back and looked at my two boxes of blanks--the ones that
worked were gold colored and the ones that kept failing were green. I
guess it's something to do with the coating applied to the disc that
determines both the color and the quality.
Incidentally, the brand I'm now using, and very pleased with, is Mitsui.
Hope this helps. Good luck,
Pat
Pat Ullmann ([email protected])
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 20:07:39 +1000 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Keith Ryding)
Subject: UK modem problem
Philippe L. Valiquette wrote :
Does anybody have any experience to share with a modem that was bought in
America and then used in Europe? I was told I should have no problem with
my SupraFaxModem 288, but although I already have the phone jack adaptor
required for UK phone plugs, I'm still afraid the fax software/hardware,
the caller ID feature and misc. PPP configurations will go buzzerk.
I bought a Supra modem from Hong Kong and found the same. The problem lies
in the modem looking for a US dial tone. Contact The support crew at the
address in your manual. They are really helpful and solved the probelm on
the spot for me.
Good luck
Keith Ryding
Australia
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:45:10 -0300
From: Fernan Aguero
Subject: Unknown extensions + PowerMac 7200
1) About the unknown extensions in the system folder, and while the experts
evaluate the
solutions suggested (or another ones), how difficult will be to gather all the
information
possible about system extensions and put it in a web page? OK, volunteers
needed
to do the
job, but the real problem i found is the gathering of the information, not the
setup of the
page.
2) I was looking inside my PowerMac 7200...the three PCI slots, the DRAM and
VRAM slots,the
cache slot (L2) and a slot named ROM. This last slot it was empty, and the
question is what
is this slot for? TIA folks.
On the same topic (my PowerMac 7200), can i add another internal hard drive to
my machine?.
I saw space for another device, besides the superdrive, the cd-rom drive and
the
hard drive,
but i was just wondering if i could then connect it somewhere...
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Lic. Fernan Aguero
e-mail: [email protected]
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Date: 06 Jun 96 15:13:31 EDT
From: Dan Castelhano
Subject: where to find epsy sans TT
if you have the apple guide extension on your computer, you already have the
epsy sans font family. to get the font, you must make a copy of the apple
guide
extension and change the file type to "FFIL" (must be in caps). the icon
should
change to show a font suitcase (if not then select "get info" for the apple
guide extension copy, rebuild the desktop, or restart your computer), change
the
name to "epsy sans", and move it to your font folder.
hope this helps.
Dan
[email protected]
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