Info-Mac Digest V14 #147
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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 18 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 147
Today's Topics:
[*] BBEdit HTML extensions release 14
[*] Biblioteca v.1.0 (ITA)/The italian version
[*] Cloaker 1.2a
[*] Drop*FlattenMooV 1.1.0
[*] Fundamental Astronomy Demo
[*] Fundamental Physics- Thermodynamics
[*] Hexen demo
[*] Sans-Faute-Grammaire 2.07
[*] Sword Dream V1.7.1 French upgrade
6100->AV?
[A] Help! Connection TOO good!
Bad Things Happening
help with sticking keys (A?)
Localised versions of 7.5.3 (update 2.0)
Mouse starting to act crazy
No AppleTalk & ARA
Power Mac 7500/256-Kbyte Cache DIMM
Printing complex Japanese documents (Q)
Problems with 7.5.3 and TCP/IP
Resedit Error Message
System 7.5.3 Revision 2?
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:42:49 -0700
From: (Carles Bellver)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BBEdit HTML extensions release 14
This set of BBEdit extensions is aimed to assist HTML writing with the
Macintosh. Release 14 is needed for BBEdit 4.0. Full info available at
the above URL.
Carles Bellver
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/bbedit-html-extensions-14.hqx; 109K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:44:00 -0700
From: (Agustin Cortes)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Biblioteca v.1.0 (ITA)/The italian version
This is the Italian version of Biblioteca. Despite its bizarre,
unusual interface, Biblioteca is a powerful easy-to-use database which
provides every feature to help you manage your library. Click on the
"?" button to toggle balloons help on and move the mouse onto anything
you want to get info about.
System requirements:
-Any colour Mac or PowerMac (thousands of colours recommended), although a
4 grey-scaled monitor should do.
-System 7.x.
-At least 2 Mg of free RAM (2.5 Mg recommended).
Biblioteca is a stand-alone application created with HyperCard 2.2 on
a LCIII, and tested on a Performa 6300.
Biblioteca is freeware and may be included in the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Agustin Cortes
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/biblioteca-10-hc-ita.hqx; 770K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:50 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Cloaker 1.2a
This is Cloaker, a very powerful programmer's tool. Among the things
it does:
Takes a data file and transfers it to a resource, and vice versa
Takes a PICTure file and transfers it to a resource, and vice versa
Encodes/decodes resources and data files
Creates ASCII pictures from PICTures
Includes Whacked encryptions--very powerful, very small library
I've used this program a lot...unfortunately, it hasn't had wide
distribution.
--cats
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/cloaker-12a.hqx; 180K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:26 -0700
From: (Johnny C N Lee)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Drop*FlattenMooV 1.1.0
You can drop files, folders or disks into Drop*FlattenMooV. It then
searches all files with file type 'MooV' and flattens them.
Drop*FlattenMooV is a 'fat' application. It likes Thread Manager. It
can operate at background.
What's new?
- A preference dialog box is added. You can choose to overwrite the
originals, change file names to MS-DOS 8.3 format, or convert file names
to upper-case.
- You can change the preferences only for a particular drop by press the
option key.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/drop-flatten-moov-110.hqx; 439K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:11 -0700
From: (Christopher Mackay)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Fundamental Astronomy Demo
The "Fundamental Astronomy" CD is for introductory astronomy students and
educators at the high school or undergraduate levels, as well as amateur
astronomers of all ages. This 1MB QuickTime demo provides a sample of the
CD-ROM's content.
Highlights of the CD-ROM include an online help section that provides an
overview of the disc, a hypertext glossary, and original interview clips
with people like David Levy (co-discoverer of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9) and
Alan Hildebrand (who discovered the location of the impact thought to have
killed the dinosaurs). Computer-generated animations explain such concepts
as revolution and rotation, how telescopes work, and how eclipses look
different from different cities.
Teachers will appreciate the comprehensive, topic-specific bibliography
with easy-to-locate references. The courseware also comes in a printable
version on the CD for use as lecture or study notes for those who do not
always have access to computer hardware.
System requirements:
* System 7.0.1 or greater
* Macintosh (Color Classic or better) with at least 4 MB of RAM
* 9" colour or greyscale monitor
* Double-speed CD-ROM drive
For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our
Web page:
http://aci.mta.ca/fundamental/
I give permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Thanks,
Christopher Mackay
Fundamental Astronomy CD-ROM
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/fundamental-astronomy-demo.hqx; 1241K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:12 -0700
From: (Cameron Bales .:.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Fundamental Physics- Thermodynamics
Fundamental Physics- Thermodynamics is one section of the Fundamental
Physics-from seeing to understanding CD-ROM.
This demo requires HyperCard 2.3 (full package, or player) and Quicktime
2.1 If you do not have HyperCard 2.3 you can get the large demo (980K
instead of 570K) at:
ftp://aci.mta.ca//Internet/Hello/Server ... alPhysicsF
ull.sit
Mount Allison University has announced its educational multimedia CD-ROM,
Fundamental Physics-from seeing to understanding is now available for
Macintosh and Power Macintosh. Authored in HyperCard by Cameron Bales, Paul
Cant, Robert Hawkes and Stewart Walker, the CD contains 500 screens
covering a wide variety of introductory Physics topics for high school or
introductory university students.
"We've tried to present the information in an easy-to-understand format,"
said Hawkes, professor of physics at Mount Allison. "And we've been really
pleased with the feedback we've gotten from our own students." The CD-ROM
also includes a printable version for use as lecture or study notes for
those who do not always have ready access to computer hardware.
The CD-ROM was funded through a grant from TeleEducation New Brunswick,
with the aim of providing the university experience to students unable to
attend Mount Allison.
Mindful of its market, Mount Allison has kept system requirements to a
minimum-a double-speed CD-ROM drive, a 9" colour or greyscale monitor (with
a range of 256 colours or greys), and 4 megabytes of RAM under System 7.0.1
or newer.
I give permission for this submission to be included on the Info-Mac
CD-ROM, and other CD-ROMS - please contact [email protected] with
notices of these inclusions.
For more information contact:
Cameron Bales
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://aci.mta.ca/fundamental
Fundamentals Home: http://aci.mta.ca/fundamental/
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/fundamental-physics-demo.hqx; 779K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:31 -0700
From: (Dave & Jacqui Kramer)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Hexen demo
This is the official demo version of the id Software game Hexen for
Macintosh. It contains four levels from the full version and is compatible
with some add-on levels (only those containing first Hub monsters).
For Best Performance:
Installing Sound Manager 3.1 or later in your Extensions folder will
increase performance on PowerMacs. (This is automatically done by the
installer)
In the Sound control panel, be sure to set the Sound Out rate as close to
22.050 KHz as possible for best performance Virtual memory can degrade sound
quality, although RAM Doubler does not seem to do so.
In modem play, be sure to disable the modem's error correction and data
compression features. These will significantly slow down play. Killing
other applications will also help speed up modem play.
Known Conflicts & Problems
Using RAM Doubler 1.6 (and prior versions) with System 7.5.3 may cause
severe problems. Using either product alone will not cause problems -
crashes only occur when RAM Doubler and System 7.5.3 are used in
conjunction. Connectix, makers of RAM Doubler, has a patch available that
solves this problem.
Once a net game is in progress, the user cannot start another net
game. The user must quit Hexen and run it again to do so. Canceling
out of a net game startup will quit the application.
The Aaron extension may cause graphic glitches in some dialogs.
Dave Kramer, editor, MacDoom Review
http://www.voicenet.com/~reeltime/mdr/mdrnewsfeed.html
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/hexen-demo.hqx; 10845K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:42:34 -0700
From: (Philippe Caudron)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Sans-Faute-Grammaire 2.07
GRAMMAR, CHECKER, SPELL CHECKER, FRENCH, Grammaire
Sans-Faute-Grammaire2.07 is a french language grammar checker. Compatible
with ClarisWorks 4.02 (4.04 in France) and newer, Eudora Pro, QuarkXpress
3.3 and newer, Microsoft Word 6, WordPerfect 3 and newer, FrameMaker,
GWrite2.3 or newer, HyperCard 2.2 and newer.
unregistered copy is limited 2000 step by step checking after what there
will be a 30 step by step checking limit by session.
for System 7.1 or higer. AppleScript required. Optimized for PPC (fat)
2Mb on disk, 1,2Mb RAM. Online documentation included.
The binary may be included on the commercially available CD-ROM of the
archives.
thanks
Philippe Caudron
BCDL
[Archived as /info-mac/text/sans-faute-grammaire-207.hqx; 1196K]
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 02:08:08 -0700
From: (Luca Accomazzi)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Sword Dream V1.7.1 French upgrade
The attached file converts the Sword Dream application, French version
1.6.2, to French version 1.7.1. The upgraded version runs at native speed
on PowerPC Macintoshes.
=46or complete information on Sword Dream - the shareware, modular role
playing game for Macintosh -; to download the full version; or to find
English and Italian versions, visit http://www.comenius.com/dream/
Ce patch met =E0 jour la version fran=E7aise de Sword Dream 1.6.2 en version
1.7.1. La version 1.7.1 est native PowerPC et corrige quelques bugs.
Pour une description compl=E8te des nouveaut=E9s de Sword Dream 1.7.1, quest=
ions
/ r=E9ponses et plus, surfez sur http://www.comenius.com/dream/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/sword-dream-171-updt-fr.hqx; 332K]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:52:03 -0700
From: [email protected] (R E Reeves)
Subject: 6100->AV?
Can someone give me a simple explanation and/or point me to a page
which explains the diference between the Apple Video System card, Apple
TV/Video System card, and the PowerMac AV card? I have 200 of those good
good apple/citibank dollars just burning a whole in my 'pocket' and thought
I might put 'em to good use.
My system: stock PM6100/60 [8/250+13"RGB] This is all for my own
amusement as I don't use my mac for work, just amateur (web)graphics and
stuff.
TIA!
Robert Reeves, recent graduate BU
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:37:00 -0400
From: "john (j.a.) oldfield"
Subject: [A] Help! Connection TOO good!
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996 [email protected] wrote:
> How can I guarantee that when a call comes in, an error or somesuch
>will occur which will drop my connection and allow the call in? What
>happens now is that the caller hears a few rings then a pause and change
>in ringing (like when a call is transferred), then I pick up. What I see
>is a Transmission Error indication on the modem, then the phone begins to
>ring and I pick up. However, a lot of the time, my connection handles the
>error, re-establishes a great connection, and the caller simply hears
>non-stop ringing as though I'm not in. I WANT the connection to break!
>Any suggestions?
There are two things I think you can do:
1.Disable the "call-waiting" feature on your phone line
temporarily, whenever you make a modem call. Most phone companies
offer a disable code ("*69" in my area) that will diable
call-waiting (the service that beeps you when someone else is
trying to phone you) for the duration of the next phone call.
In this case, you would add the disable code to the beginning of
the phone-number string in your modem config (eg PPP-Config).
Eg if your dial string is ATDT5551234 you would put ATDT*69W5551234
You will need to call your local phone company to find out what
the "call-waiting inhibit code" is for your area. The "W" in the above
is to tell your modem to pause for a second dial-tone after the
disable code is given.
Note that this method means you won't get your modem call
interrupted when someone calls you. However, when someone calls
you while you're dialed-in, they WILL hear a busy signal so they'll
know to call back (instead of hearing a ring and thinking you're not
home...do you really want their call to drop your internet session?)
2.Assuming you really want to have incoming calls kill your connection,
you probably need to make the modem more sensitive to "carrier loss".
When you get an incoming call, the "beep" you would hear disrupts the
modem carrier that your modem is hearing. This should drop the call
except that you modem is being too forgiving. You need to look up
in your modem manaul, the "AT" command to shorten the "hang-up on
lost carrier" timer. This will make your modem more "hair-triggered"
so it always gives up when the beep comes...
Good luck..John Oldfield ([email protected])
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:54:58 -0400
From: "Violette, John"
Subject: Bad Things Happening
>- Startup from floppy, bloody system file is corrupted again. Reinstall
>system file. Startup is OK but all icons are now generic. Wonder if I'm
>actually running Win95 here.
I had this problem on my Color Classic. I ended up rebuilding the Desktop
about 3 times before all my icons returned to normal.
I had other problems with my LC II. They all started with a bad battery.
Try that. Rebuild your desktop, and Zapp your PRAM. But the final
solution to all my problems was doing a clean install of the System
Software. Delete your finder, rename your system folder and completely
reinstall the System Software. This took care of my problems. Maybe it
will solve yours as well.
John
internet address: [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:14:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: help with sticking keys (A?)
Daniel Meijer :
I have a standard keyboard that came with my performa 400, and the keys
are sticking pretty badly. Some of themjust stay down after being
pressed, ... keys like i,space, and return, ...
Take heart :
Our landfills are too filled and that is what the electronic digest is
for!
If you are a true hacker and have been keeping up with your reading
in Edgar Allen Poe ("The Gold Bug"). You will know that the above are the
letters of high frequency and can be used to break codes and computer
keyboards. These most useful characters wear out fastest.
How, do you recover a useful character without replacing a whole
keyboard?
I learn things by making stupid mistakes (sometimes). I used amonia
window cleaner to clean my keyboard. Bad move. Wouldn't work at all. It
thought all the keys were sticking (and this error signal was interpreted
that no intended key was pressed, keyboards have some smarts). I
hypothesized that amonia is amphiprotic and so oxidized and insulated my
key contacts. I used trichlorotriflouroethane burst into the key contact
exposed with a paperclip hooked so to pull up the center and not break the
key stem.
I did not open my windows and destroy the ozone layer (nor did I die),
however, I believe someone said that carbon tetrachloride might suffice.
Since keyboards are like 29 or 39 us$, I got experimental and when
the first burst didn't work on some of them, I sort of jimmied the key base
unit around a bit and the contact improved. Of course, I was risking
breaking irreversibly the contact in what I call the base.
With computer superstores in US doing cheap line replacement, I suspect
there is room for such frontier spirit in hackers.
Hope this helps!
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 01:30:30 +0200
From: Scot Andrews
Subject: Localised versions of 7.5.3 (update 2.0)
For the benefit of our International (European) readers, below is an ftp
address for the following localized versions of System 7.5.3 (System
Update2):
British
Catalan
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
International
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Swiss_French
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com//Apple.Su ... pdates/Wor
ldwi
de/Macintosh/System/System_7.5_Update_2.0/
Scot Andrews Creative Computer Consultants
[email protected] Barcelona, Spain
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:32:20 -0500
From: [email protected] (Butch Weber (ext. 3107))
Subject: Mouse starting to act crazy
I've recently been having problems with my mouse going nuts on my computer and
wondered if anyone has seen this before.
First, the details:
Centris 650
16 megs RAM
Extensions installed include:
Conflict Catcher 3
Firebird BA & Init (for Firebird joystick by Gravis) version 1.02
Quick Web
CD Rom extensions
HP DeskWriter driver and Background
Stuffit 4.0 extensions (viewer engine, browser engine, Total Finder
Integration, Magic Menus (not SpaceSaver))
ATM 3.8
Power Switcher
to name a few.
The problem is the mouse works fine for a while, but it will start acting as
though I'm holding the mouse button down whenever I move it across the screen
- items get highlighted, can't use the mouse to click on anything when this
happens. Yesterday, a new weird occurance happened - the pointer started
filying all over the screen, random characters were typed in on my icons, and
again I could regain control until I restarted.
This only started happening recently. I've only recently installed CC3,
StuffIt Deluxe 4.0, and the 1.02 version of the Firebird inits. It doesn't
happen every time, just enough to make me realize tracking this down will be a
real pain.
One final point. I've noticed that I seem to be losing my Views settings on
my desktop - icons that are set up staggered will rearrange themselves into
straight lines if I clean up the window. I suspect this might have something
to do with the battery (it's about 3 years old - don't know if it need
replacing yet or not).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Butch Weber
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:51:40 -0700
From: Aaron Peckham
Subject: No AppleTalk & ARA
Hello!
I'm trying to figure out how to get Apple Remote Access to work on a
machine without AppleTalk enabled. Is this possible?
The machine will be a Macintosh IIci (68030, 32MB RAM), hooked up to a
Personal Stylewriter (direct serial cable, no LocalTalk connections in
between).
Is there a way to make Apple Remote Access work in this situation?
Thanks,
Aaron Peckham
--
Aaron Peckham
http://www.ns.net/~peckham/
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:27:51 -0600
From: [email protected] (Richard A. Wilson)
Subject: Power Mac 7500/256-Kbyte Cache DIMM
In the 05.20.96 issue of MacWEEK the MacInTouch feature article mentioned a
possible problem with the cache working in one PC 7500 but not in another.
How does one determine whether or not the 256-Kbyte cache is in fact working?
Thanks for any info.
Richard Wilson, [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 06:56:33 +0100
From: Fergus Sullivan
Subject: Printing complex Japanese documents (Q)
Hi all,
I'm running into annoying problems trying to print complex
Japanese-language technical documents from mid-to-high spec PowerMacs to a
range of printers, including the HP LaserJet 5si. These documents can
include up to to four fonts as well as complex embedded graphics which may
themselves contain both graphics and fonts.
The first page of documents will print without any problem, but all later
pages will lose either text or graphics or both, sometimes leaving only
headers and footers or perhaps the text that is embedded in the graphics.
The software is FrameMaker 5.x (which supports Japanese characters). I'm
using KanjiTalk 7.5.2 as well as US MacOS 7.5.2 with Japanese Language Kit
1.2. The hardware is a range of machines, including PowerMac 7500/100 with
40 MB of RAM and a European HP LaserJet 5si with 12 MB.
We've tried the 5si with 24 MB of RAM and still had the same problem.
Are there any solutions out there? Can we get ROM upgrades we should
consider? How much printer RAM do we need to print a technical document
with 4 Japanese fonts and embedded graphics? Will a hard disk for the
printer help matters or simply speed up the printing of pages with the same
problems?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Ferg
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:39:08 +0000
From: [email protected] (Jens Eickhoff)
Subject: Problems with 7.5.3 and TCP/IP
Dear All,
I made the mistake to upgrade to 7.5.3, or to try at least and after a
complete crash during installation of PowerTalk and 4 hours of
reconfiguring (since I had no 7.5.1.cd at hand to reinstall) I now have the
following questions:(Poer Mac 7100/60)
I installed a naked 7.5.1 and then upgraded to 7.5.3 with a CD with the
apple disk images on it.
How can it happen, that the upgrade from 7.5.1 to 7.5.3 works, but the opne
transport related cdevs and shared libs are all invisible after
installation?
After manual installation of open transport afterwards, the libs and stuff
are visible and marked as shared libraries, but the TCP/IP control panel
and apple talk control panel are still invisible. If I make them visible
with resedit, they complain not to run because open transport is not
installed. What am I doing wrong?
Why does the installation of PowerTalk crash?
I wanted to get the TCP/IP control panel running, because there you
directly can enter name server etc. The tcp configuring with the old MacTCP
is much less intuitive.
Any support is highly welcome,
thanks
Jens
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 02:37:30 +0100
From: Bryan Stark
Subject: Resedit Error Message
Does anyone know the meaning (and cause of) the following Resedit error
message:
The resource was not found
[-192]
I am getting this with different copies/versions of Resedit when I try to
'open' most binary files.
TIA
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:53:54 -0400
From: [email protected] (Greg Passler Heidi LaFleche)
Subject: System 7.5.3 Revision 2?
At 2:15 PM 6/16/96, Wayne C. Morris wrote:
>
>Third, do you really have "System 7.5.3 Revision 2", or do you mean
>"System 7.5 Update 2.0"? If you don't have Revision 2, get it.
I did Update 2.0 soon after unpacking my machine! I ordered the diskettes
for Revision 2 (though I *thought* the Apple rep offered me a choice of
disks or CD; we'll see what appears in the mail).
>
Thanks for the advice. If Revision 2 doesn't stop the bombing then I'll do
a clean install.
Heidi
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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 18 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 147
Today's Topics:
[*] BBEdit HTML extensions release 14
[*] Biblioteca v.1.0 (ITA)/The italian version
[*] Cloaker 1.2a
[*] Drop*FlattenMooV 1.1.0
[*] Fundamental Astronomy Demo
[*] Fundamental Physics- Thermodynamics
[*] Hexen demo
[*] Sans-Faute-Grammaire 2.07
[*] Sword Dream V1.7.1 French upgrade
6100->AV?
[A] Help! Connection TOO good!
Bad Things Happening
help with sticking keys (A?)
Localised versions of 7.5.3 (update 2.0)
Mouse starting to act crazy
No AppleTalk & ARA
Power Mac 7500/256-Kbyte Cache DIMM
Printing complex Japanese documents (Q)
Problems with 7.5.3 and TCP/IP
Resedit Error Message
System 7.5.3 Revision 2?
The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of:
Gordon Watts, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Liam Breck, Igor Livshits,
Adam C. Engst
The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around
the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try:
Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/.
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:42:49 -0700
From: (Carles Bellver)[email protected]
Subject: [*] BBEdit HTML extensions release 14
This set of BBEdit extensions is aimed to assist HTML writing with the
Macintosh. Release 14 is needed for BBEdit 4.0. Full info available at
the above URL.
Carles Bellver
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/bbedit-html-extensions-14.hqx; 109K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:44:00 -0700
From: (Agustin Cortes)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Biblioteca v.1.0 (ITA)/The italian version
This is the Italian version of Biblioteca. Despite its bizarre,
unusual interface, Biblioteca is a powerful easy-to-use database which
provides every feature to help you manage your library. Click on the
"?" button to toggle balloons help on and move the mouse onto anything
you want to get info about.
System requirements:
-Any colour Mac or PowerMac (thousands of colours recommended), although a
4 grey-scaled monitor should do.
-System 7.x.
-At least 2 Mg of free RAM (2.5 Mg recommended).
Biblioteca is a stand-alone application created with HyperCard 2.2 on
a LCIII, and tested on a Performa 6300.
Biblioteca is freeware and may be included in the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Agustin Cortes
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/biblioteca-10-hc-ita.hqx; 770K]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:50 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Cloaker 1.2a
This is Cloaker, a very powerful programmer's tool. Among the things
it does:
Takes a data file and transfers it to a resource, and vice versa
Takes a PICTure file and transfers it to a resource, and vice versa
Encodes/decodes resources and data files
Creates ASCII pictures from PICTures
Includes Whacked encryptions--very powerful, very small library
I've used this program a lot...unfortunately, it hasn't had wide
distribution.
--cats
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:26 -0700
From: (Johnny C N Lee)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Drop*FlattenMooV 1.1.0
You can drop files, folders or disks into Drop*FlattenMooV. It then
searches all files with file type 'MooV' and flattens them.
Drop*FlattenMooV is a 'fat' application. It likes Thread Manager. It
can operate at background.
What's new?
- A preference dialog box is added. You can choose to overwrite the
originals, change file names to MS-DOS 8.3 format, or convert file names
to upper-case.
- You can change the preferences only for a particular drop by press the
option key.
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:11 -0700
From: (Christopher Mackay)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Fundamental Astronomy Demo
The "Fundamental Astronomy" CD is for introductory astronomy students and
educators at the high school or undergraduate levels, as well as amateur
astronomers of all ages. This 1MB QuickTime demo provides a sample of the
CD-ROM's content.
Highlights of the CD-ROM include an online help section that provides an
overview of the disc, a hypertext glossary, and original interview clips
with people like David Levy (co-discoverer of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9) and
Alan Hildebrand (who discovered the location of the impact thought to have
killed the dinosaurs). Computer-generated animations explain such concepts
as revolution and rotation, how telescopes work, and how eclipses look
different from different cities.
Teachers will appreciate the comprehensive, topic-specific bibliography
with easy-to-locate references. The courseware also comes in a printable
version on the CD for use as lecture or study notes for those who do not
always have access to computer hardware.
System requirements:
* System 7.0.1 or greater
* Macintosh (Color Classic or better) with at least 4 MB of RAM
* 9" colour or greyscale monitor
* Double-speed CD-ROM drive
For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our
Web page:
http://aci.mta.ca/fundamental/
I give permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Thanks,
Christopher Mackay
Fundamental Astronomy CD-ROM
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:12 -0700
From: (Cameron Bales .:.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Fundamental Physics- Thermodynamics
Fundamental Physics- Thermodynamics is one section of the Fundamental
Physics-from seeing to understanding CD-ROM.
This demo requires HyperCard 2.3 (full package, or player) and Quicktime
2.1 If you do not have HyperCard 2.3 you can get the large demo (980K
instead of 570K) at:
ftp://aci.mta.ca//Internet/Hello/Server ... alPhysicsF
ull.sit
Mount Allison University has announced its educational multimedia CD-ROM,
Fundamental Physics-from seeing to understanding is now available for
Macintosh and Power Macintosh. Authored in HyperCard by Cameron Bales, Paul
Cant, Robert Hawkes and Stewart Walker, the CD contains 500 screens
covering a wide variety of introductory Physics topics for high school or
introductory university students.
"We've tried to present the information in an easy-to-understand format,"
said Hawkes, professor of physics at Mount Allison. "And we've been really
pleased with the feedback we've gotten from our own students." The CD-ROM
also includes a printable version for use as lecture or study notes for
those who do not always have ready access to computer hardware.
The CD-ROM was funded through a grant from TeleEducation New Brunswick,
with the aim of providing the university experience to students unable to
attend Mount Allison.
Mindful of its market, Mount Allison has kept system requirements to a
minimum-a double-speed CD-ROM drive, a 9" colour or greyscale monitor (with
a range of 256 colours or greys), and 4 megabytes of RAM under System 7.0.1
or newer.
I give permission for this submission to be included on the Info-Mac
CD-ROM, and other CD-ROMS - please contact [email protected] with
notices of these inclusions.
For more information contact:
Cameron Bales
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://aci.mta.ca/fundamental
Fundamentals Home: http://aci.mta.ca/fundamental/
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:43:31 -0700
From: (Dave & Jacqui Kramer)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Hexen demo
This is the official demo version of the id Software game Hexen for
Macintosh. It contains four levels from the full version and is compatible
with some add-on levels (only those containing first Hub monsters).
For Best Performance:
Installing Sound Manager 3.1 or later in your Extensions folder will
increase performance on PowerMacs. (This is automatically done by the
installer)
In the Sound control panel, be sure to set the Sound Out rate as close to
22.050 KHz as possible for best performance Virtual memory can degrade sound
quality, although RAM Doubler does not seem to do so.
In modem play, be sure to disable the modem's error correction and data
compression features. These will significantly slow down play. Killing
other applications will also help speed up modem play.
Known Conflicts & Problems
Using RAM Doubler 1.6 (and prior versions) with System 7.5.3 may cause
severe problems. Using either product alone will not cause problems -
crashes only occur when RAM Doubler and System 7.5.3 are used in
conjunction. Connectix, makers of RAM Doubler, has a patch available that
solves this problem.
Once a net game is in progress, the user cannot start another net
game. The user must quit Hexen and run it again to do so. Canceling
out of a net game startup will quit the application.
The Aaron extension may cause graphic glitches in some dialogs.
Dave Kramer, editor, MacDoom Review
http://www.voicenet.com/~reeltime/mdr/mdrnewsfeed.html
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:42:34 -0700
From: (Philippe Caudron)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Sans-Faute-Grammaire 2.07
GRAMMAR, CHECKER, SPELL CHECKER, FRENCH, Grammaire
Sans-Faute-Grammaire2.07 is a french language grammar checker. Compatible
with ClarisWorks 4.02 (4.04 in France) and newer, Eudora Pro, QuarkXpress
3.3 and newer, Microsoft Word 6, WordPerfect 3 and newer, FrameMaker,
GWrite2.3 or newer, HyperCard 2.2 and newer.
unregistered copy is limited 2000 step by step checking after what there
will be a 30 step by step checking limit by session.
for System 7.1 or higer. AppleScript required. Optimized for PPC (fat)
2Mb on disk, 1,2Mb RAM. Online documentation included.
The binary may be included on the commercially available CD-ROM of the
archives.
thanks
Philippe Caudron
BCDL
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 02:08:08 -0700
From: (Luca Accomazzi)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Sword Dream V1.7.1 French upgrade
The attached file converts the Sword Dream application, French version
1.6.2, to French version 1.7.1. The upgraded version runs at native speed
on PowerPC Macintoshes.
=46or complete information on Sword Dream - the shareware, modular role
playing game for Macintosh -; to download the full version; or to find
English and Italian versions, visit http://www.comenius.com/dream/
Ce patch met =E0 jour la version fran=E7aise de Sword Dream 1.6.2 en version
1.7.1. La version 1.7.1 est native PowerPC et corrige quelques bugs.
Pour une description compl=E8te des nouveaut=E9s de Sword Dream 1.7.1, quest=
ions
/ r=E9ponses et plus, surfez sur http://www.comenius.com/dream/
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:52:03 -0700
From: [email protected] (R E Reeves)
Subject: 6100->AV?
Can someone give me a simple explanation and/or point me to a page
which explains the diference between the Apple Video System card, Apple
TV/Video System card, and the PowerMac AV card? I have 200 of those good
good apple/citibank dollars just burning a whole in my 'pocket' and thought
I might put 'em to good use.
My system: stock PM6100/60 [8/250+13"RGB] This is all for my own
amusement as I don't use my mac for work, just amateur (web)graphics and
stuff.
TIA!
Robert Reeves, recent graduate BU
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:37:00 -0400
From: "john (j.a.) oldfield"
Subject: [A] Help! Connection TOO good!
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996 [email protected] wrote:
> How can I guarantee that when a call comes in, an error or somesuch
>will occur which will drop my connection and allow the call in? What
>happens now is that the caller hears a few rings then a pause and change
>in ringing (like when a call is transferred), then I pick up. What I see
>is a Transmission Error indication on the modem, then the phone begins to
>ring and I pick up. However, a lot of the time, my connection handles the
>error, re-establishes a great connection, and the caller simply hears
>non-stop ringing as though I'm not in. I WANT the connection to break!
>Any suggestions?
There are two things I think you can do:
1.Disable the "call-waiting" feature on your phone line
temporarily, whenever you make a modem call. Most phone companies
offer a disable code ("*69" in my area) that will diable
call-waiting (the service that beeps you when someone else is
trying to phone you) for the duration of the next phone call.
In this case, you would add the disable code to the beginning of
the phone-number string in your modem config (eg PPP-Config).
Eg if your dial string is ATDT5551234 you would put ATDT*69W5551234
You will need to call your local phone company to find out what
the "call-waiting inhibit code" is for your area. The "W" in the above
is to tell your modem to pause for a second dial-tone after the
disable code is given.
Note that this method means you won't get your modem call
interrupted when someone calls you. However, when someone calls
you while you're dialed-in, they WILL hear a busy signal so they'll
know to call back (instead of hearing a ring and thinking you're not
home...do you really want their call to drop your internet session?)
2.Assuming you really want to have incoming calls kill your connection,
you probably need to make the modem more sensitive to "carrier loss".
When you get an incoming call, the "beep" you would hear disrupts the
modem carrier that your modem is hearing. This should drop the call
except that you modem is being too forgiving. You need to look up
in your modem manaul, the "AT" command to shorten the "hang-up on
lost carrier" timer. This will make your modem more "hair-triggered"
so it always gives up when the beep comes...
Good luck..John Oldfield ([email protected])
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:54:58 -0400
From: "Violette, John"
Subject: Bad Things Happening
>- Startup from floppy, bloody system file is corrupted again. Reinstall
>system file. Startup is OK but all icons are now generic. Wonder if I'm
>actually running Win95 here.
I had this problem on my Color Classic. I ended up rebuilding the Desktop
about 3 times before all my icons returned to normal.
I had other problems with my LC II. They all started with a bad battery.
Try that. Rebuild your desktop, and Zapp your PRAM. But the final
solution to all my problems was doing a clean install of the System
Software. Delete your finder, rename your system folder and completely
reinstall the System Software. This took care of my problems. Maybe it
will solve yours as well.
John
internet address: [email protected]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:14:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: help with sticking keys (A?)
Daniel Meijer :
I have a standard keyboard that came with my performa 400, and the keys
are sticking pretty badly. Some of themjust stay down after being
pressed, ... keys like i,space, and return, ...
Take heart :
Our landfills are too filled and that is what the electronic digest is
for!
If you are a true hacker and have been keeping up with your reading
in Edgar Allen Poe ("The Gold Bug"). You will know that the above are the
letters of high frequency and can be used to break codes and computer
keyboards. These most useful characters wear out fastest.
How, do you recover a useful character without replacing a whole
keyboard?
I learn things by making stupid mistakes (sometimes). I used amonia
window cleaner to clean my keyboard. Bad move. Wouldn't work at all. It
thought all the keys were sticking (and this error signal was interpreted
that no intended key was pressed, keyboards have some smarts). I
hypothesized that amonia is amphiprotic and so oxidized and insulated my
key contacts. I used trichlorotriflouroethane burst into the key contact
exposed with a paperclip hooked so to pull up the center and not break the
key stem.
I did not open my windows and destroy the ozone layer (nor did I die),
however, I believe someone said that carbon tetrachloride might suffice.
Since keyboards are like 29 or 39 us$, I got experimental and when
the first burst didn't work on some of them, I sort of jimmied the key base
unit around a bit and the contact improved. Of course, I was risking
breaking irreversibly the contact in what I call the base.
With computer superstores in US doing cheap line replacement, I suspect
there is room for such frontier spirit in hackers.
Hope this helps!
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 01:30:30 +0200
From: Scot Andrews
Subject: Localised versions of 7.5.3 (update 2.0)
For the benefit of our International (European) readers, below is an ftp
address for the following localized versions of System 7.5.3 (System
Update2):
British
Catalan
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
International
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Swiss_French
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com//Apple.Su ... pdates/Wor
ldwi
de/Macintosh/System/System_7.5_Update_2.0/
Scot Andrews Creative Computer Consultants
[email protected] Barcelona, Spain
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:32:20 -0500
From: [email protected] (Butch Weber (ext. 3107))
Subject: Mouse starting to act crazy
I've recently been having problems with my mouse going nuts on my computer and
wondered if anyone has seen this before.
First, the details:
Centris 650
16 megs RAM
Extensions installed include:
Conflict Catcher 3
Firebird BA & Init (for Firebird joystick by Gravis) version 1.02
Quick Web
CD Rom extensions
HP DeskWriter driver and Background
Stuffit 4.0 extensions (viewer engine, browser engine, Total Finder
Integration, Magic Menus (not SpaceSaver))
ATM 3.8
Power Switcher
to name a few.
The problem is the mouse works fine for a while, but it will start acting as
though I'm holding the mouse button down whenever I move it across the screen
- items get highlighted, can't use the mouse to click on anything when this
happens. Yesterday, a new weird occurance happened - the pointer started
filying all over the screen, random characters were typed in on my icons, and
again I could regain control until I restarted.
This only started happening recently. I've only recently installed CC3,
StuffIt Deluxe 4.0, and the 1.02 version of the Firebird inits. It doesn't
happen every time, just enough to make me realize tracking this down will be a
real pain.
One final point. I've noticed that I seem to be losing my Views settings on
my desktop - icons that are set up staggered will rearrange themselves into
straight lines if I clean up the window. I suspect this might have something
to do with the battery (it's about 3 years old - don't know if it need
replacing yet or not).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Butch Weber
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:51:40 -0700
From: Aaron Peckham
Subject: No AppleTalk & ARA
Hello!
I'm trying to figure out how to get Apple Remote Access to work on a
machine without AppleTalk enabled. Is this possible?
The machine will be a Macintosh IIci (68030, 32MB RAM), hooked up to a
Personal Stylewriter (direct serial cable, no LocalTalk connections in
between).
Is there a way to make Apple Remote Access work in this situation?
Thanks,
Aaron Peckham
--
Aaron Peckham
http://www.ns.net/~peckham/
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:27:51 -0600
From: [email protected] (Richard A. Wilson)
Subject: Power Mac 7500/256-Kbyte Cache DIMM
In the 05.20.96 issue of MacWEEK the MacInTouch feature article mentioned a
possible problem with the cache working in one PC 7500 but not in another.
How does one determine whether or not the 256-Kbyte cache is in fact working?
Thanks for any info.
Richard Wilson, [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 06:56:33 +0100
From: Fergus Sullivan
Subject: Printing complex Japanese documents (Q)
Hi all,
I'm running into annoying problems trying to print complex
Japanese-language technical documents from mid-to-high spec PowerMacs to a
range of printers, including the HP LaserJet 5si. These documents can
include up to to four fonts as well as complex embedded graphics which may
themselves contain both graphics and fonts.
The first page of documents will print without any problem, but all later
pages will lose either text or graphics or both, sometimes leaving only
headers and footers or perhaps the text that is embedded in the graphics.
The software is FrameMaker 5.x (which supports Japanese characters). I'm
using KanjiTalk 7.5.2 as well as US MacOS 7.5.2 with Japanese Language Kit
1.2. The hardware is a range of machines, including PowerMac 7500/100 with
40 MB of RAM and a European HP LaserJet 5si with 12 MB.
We've tried the 5si with 24 MB of RAM and still had the same problem.
Are there any solutions out there? Can we get ROM upgrades we should
consider? How much printer RAM do we need to print a technical document
with 4 Japanese fonts and embedded graphics? Will a hard disk for the
printer help matters or simply speed up the printing of pages with the same
problems?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Ferg
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:39:08 +0000
From: [email protected] (Jens Eickhoff)
Subject: Problems with 7.5.3 and TCP/IP
Dear All,
I made the mistake to upgrade to 7.5.3, or to try at least and after a
complete crash during installation of PowerTalk and 4 hours of
reconfiguring (since I had no 7.5.1.cd at hand to reinstall) I now have the
following questions:(Poer Mac 7100/60)
I installed a naked 7.5.1 and then upgraded to 7.5.3 with a CD with the
apple disk images on it.
How can it happen, that the upgrade from 7.5.1 to 7.5.3 works, but the opne
transport related cdevs and shared libs are all invisible after
installation?
After manual installation of open transport afterwards, the libs and stuff
are visible and marked as shared libraries, but the TCP/IP control panel
and apple talk control panel are still invisible. If I make them visible
with resedit, they complain not to run because open transport is not
installed. What am I doing wrong?
Why does the installation of PowerTalk crash?
I wanted to get the TCP/IP control panel running, because there you
directly can enter name server etc. The tcp configuring with the old MacTCP
is much less intuitive.
Any support is highly welcome,
thanks
Jens
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 02:37:30 +0100
From: Bryan Stark
Subject: Resedit Error Message
Does anyone know the meaning (and cause of) the following Resedit error
message:
The resource was not found
[-192]
I am getting this with different copies/versions of Resedit when I try to
'open' most binary files.
TIA
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:53:54 -0400
From: [email protected] (Greg Passler Heidi LaFleche)
Subject: System 7.5.3 Revision 2?
At 2:15 PM 6/16/96, Wayne C. Morris wrote:
>
>Third, do you really have "System 7.5.3 Revision 2", or do you mean
>"System 7.5 Update 2.0"? If you don't have Revision 2, get it.
I did Update 2.0 soon after unpacking my machine! I ordered the diskettes
for Revision 2 (though I *thought* the Apple rep offered me a choice of
disks or CD; we'll see what appears in the mail).
>
Thanks for the advice. If Revision 2 doesn't stop the bombing then I'll do
a clean install.
Heidi
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