Info-Mac Digest V14 #157
Posted: June 29th, 1996, 4:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 29 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 157
Today's Topics:
[*] 5xxx-6xxx Tester
[*] Adolf's Gymnasium
[*] DATlabeler submission
[*] Do Not Enter Icon Collection
[*] Escape! 2.1
[*] Hybrid Filename Checker 1.1
[*] KNOCK
[*] LogicSim 3.0b
[*] Mac F2C 1.3.1 -- a FORTRAN to C translator
[*] Macs on AT&T Worldnet
[*] Marathon Marine Talking Mouse File
[*] MatchCard 1.0.1
[*] N Game Library version 1.1.0 Demonstration (68K)
[*] Ooze #8 Online Humor
[*] Pharoah Adolf
[*] Planet-C 6.0
[*] PrintUseMonitor 3.3
[*] pro Fit 5.0t Guided Tour
[*] Prokaryote 2.1.1
[*] SimpleText/Copland Icons
[*] So Far: a text adventure
[*] StringBoss 1.6
[*] SuperGraph 1.0a
[*] Water Rocket Fun v06/20/96
[*] Waverly
[*] XEarth 1.0
"Bevel" filter for PhotoShop 3.0
(A) Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
(Q) Netscape spying?
[A] Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
[A] problems with GV Teleport Platinum on 8500/120
[Q] Mixing DIMMs with different speed
[Q] sharing an ISDN modem over a LAN
AVI to QT
beta testers needed
GeoPort Supported?
HELP : Unknown Name Disk
Info-Mac Digest V14 #155
Mac info database?
memory leak and serial ports
Newswatcher-like
ODI controller for Mac nerwork card
PRAM and System memory use
SCSI and PBs
termination (A)
to dock or not to dock
Using DOS Cards in clock chipped 6100s (r)
Wanted: utility for converting HTML tables into Excel or Word tables
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:09 -0700
From: (Romulo Romero)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 5xxx-6xxx Tester
Greetings all.
I had not seen this here, so I thought I would contribute it.
Apple has made available a testing utility that you can use to see if your
computer is affected by the recently announced Repair Extension program.
You can read all about it at
http://product.info.apple.com/pr/produc ... .pr.up.rep
air.html
Hope this comes in handy.
Romulo Romero [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/apl/5xxx-6xxx-tester-10.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:11:23 -0700
From: (Jon Wigand)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Adolf's Gymnasium
This is a 3rd Enc scenario for Wolfenstein 3D. 15 levels of sheer terror.
Have at it.
Sincerely
Jon Wigand
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/adolfs-gymnasium.hqx; 193K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:08 -0700
From: (Matthias Ellinger)[email protected]
Subject: [*] DATlabeler submission
DAT labeler is a very easy-to-use HyperCard stack that allows
archiving and printing of DAT-cassette labels.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/dat-labeler-20-hc.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Do Not Enter Icon Collection
here is another FABULOUS icon collection!!!!!!!
(for some others, try ther KUKU collection, and the FREE icon collection,
both avail at the Info-Mac archive)
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/do-not-enter-icon-collectn.hqx; 63K]
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:32:21 -0700
From: (John V. Holder)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Escape! 2.1
Escape! is a simple strategy game that's mind-bogglingly similar to an old
computer game called Daleks, though there's lots more goodies in this game!
Control a guy as he runs around mazes trying to collect gems, weapons,
mines and the occasional extra life, finding tunnels to pass through; while
stupid, but persistent, robots attempt to smoosh him. Simple, but addictive
as all-get-out.
Special features:
* New weapon type (sizzle bombs)
* PowerMac native code!
(FAT code, has 680x0 and PowerMac native code)
Bug fixes in version 2.1:
* Fixed problem found on macs with multiple monitors.
* Changed my address.
System Requirements.
Min. System...: 6.0.5 on up
Min. Hardware.: Mac Plus or better (Works great on PowerMacs!)
Shareware.....: $10
Author........: John V. Holder
email address.: [email protected]
Home Page.....: http://www.northcoast.com/~jvholder/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/escape-21.hqx; 329K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:19 -0700
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Hybrid Filename Checker 1.1
What does this utility do?
To share files across multiple computer platforms, files must
conform to the lowest common denominator of file naming conventions,
namely ISO9660. This utility lists all files in a selected folder
(and sub folders) that do not conform to ISO9660, DOS '8.3' /
Windows* 3.1 or Windows95* naming conventions. Folder names,
lowercase characters and invalid DOS extensions can also be checked
for.
This utility is particularly useful in the production of hybrid
(cross platform) CD-ROMs where all shared files names must conform
to ISO9660.
Version 1.1 adds:
=C4 new search criteria
=C4 more comprehensive checking
=C4 lots of bug fixes
Keywords: Hybrid, ISO9660, cross-platform, CD-ROM, multimedia
Submitted by: Carl Braga, Human Media
This utility can be included on the InfoMac CD-ROM.
Carl Braga
Human Media Pty Ltd
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/hybrid-filename-checker-11.hqx; 450K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:22 -0700
From: (Janet Ball)[email protected]
Subject: [*] KNOCK
KNOCK is an animated GIF assembled with GifBuilder. It displays an
electrified "Knock, knock!" when inserted. It's "e-mail"ware, and part of a
larger package of high-quality animated GIFs and unusual web graphics:
[email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/knock-anim-gif.hqx; 14K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:23 -0700
From: (Arnaud Masson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] LogicSim 3.0b
LogicSim is an application that simulates digital circuits.
It has an easy-to-use graphical interface similar to standard drawing
programs. Circuits are built up from standard elements (gates, flip-flops,
LEDs, switches, etc.) and can include more complicated modules created by
compiling a previous circuit. LogicSim also has a "Signals window"
providing an oscilloscope display of the signals at nodes in the circuit.
LogicSim is now a discrete-time-event-simulator which makes it more
accurate than LogicSim and most shareware simulators which use a fixed
delay for all gates.
LogicSim runs on a Macintosh LC or better and requires System 7 or greater
(with System 7 you must have the Macintosh Drag-And-Drop in your Extensions
Folder).
This program is PostcardWare. If you like it, you must send me a nice
postcard.
The shareware PowerPC version will be soon available.
Arnaud ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/logic-sim-30b.hqx; 374K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:24 -0700
From: (Igor Mikolic-Torreira)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac F2C 1.3.1 -- a FORTRAN to C translator
Mac F2C 1.3.1 is a minor upgrade from version 1.3. The key
differences are:
- An improved F2C for MPW package
- Can easily adjust stack-size for 68K applications
- Some cosmetic bugs fixed
Mac F2C is a FORTRAN-to-C translator. It will read a file of
FORTRAN code and produce a file of C code. When compiled and
linked with the special support libraries included with Mac F2C,
this C code will work just like the original FORTRAN code.
Mac F2C is the Macintosh port of the UNIX program f2c developed
at AT&T. AT&T permits the use of the f2c source code for
non-profit purposes.
The minimum requirements to run Mac F2C are:
- A PowerMac or a 68k Mac with a 68020 CPU or better
- System 7.0 or later (System 7.5 to use the auto-installer)
- At least 1 MB of available RAM (2 MB is preferred)
- A C or C++ compiler
Enclosed is the complete distribution set for Mac F2C 1.3.1.
It is distributed as a binhexed, StuffIt Deluxe archive.
If you have questions or comments, check:
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~igormt/Mac_F2C.html
Igor Mikolic-Torreira
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac-f2c.hqx; 1895K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:25 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Macs on AT&T Worldnet
Text document describing how to get signed up with the AT&T WorldNet
service for Internet access and how to configure a Macintosh to access
WorldNet.
Please do not ask the author for help or support with WorldNet, TCP/IP,
FreePPP, etc.
Equipment needed: Macintosh, modem, temporary use of a Windows PC & modem
Software needed: OpenTransport or MacTCP, FreePPP or other Mac PPP client
Author: Greg Jorgensen, [email protected]
Thanks!
Greg Jorgensen
[Archived as /info-mac/info/world-net-from-a-mac.hqx; 8K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:01 -0700
From: (Andrew Murray)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Marathon Marine Talking Mouse File
This is a file (actually 2 files) for use with the MacUser Talking Mouse
application (available from MacUser web) which puts a picture of a marine
>From the game Marathon on your screen that talks to you (his mouth moves
while he reads phrases using plaintalk) every few minutes that you are
idle. Can keep you company when you are bored. This file is very small so
why not download and try it out? Also includes a read me with a list of
physics models i've made. (they are cool!) Have fun.
Andrew Murray
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/marathon-marine.hqx; 17K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:27 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MatchCard 1.0.1
This is release 1.0 of the card matching game MatchCard. The purpose of
this game is to teach children the upper and lower case letters of the
alphabet. The user clicks on one card to turn it over, then another
card. If the second card has the same letter on it as the first, though
in a different case, this is a match. The cards are then removed from
the board. If they are different, then both cards are turned face down.
This continues until all the cards are gone.
Ron Davis Special Agent, metrowerks
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/match-card-101.hqx; 554K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:29 -0700
From: (Noriyuki Higa)[email protected]
Subject: [*] N Game Library version 1.1.0 Demonstration (68K)
N Game Library is a very useful library for the Mac-Game-developer.
It makes it easy program arcade type games.
N Game Library is designed to save you time and effort during the
programming of Mac Games dealing with visual images and sounds.
A full set of N Game Library contains all C language and assembly
language source codes.
We have decided to introduce this software internationally since this
software has received favorable response following its recent release
in Japan.
We have several interesting samples, so please try it once to see
if it would work well for you.
We are very confident that it will satisfy you.
The system requirements:
-----------------------
-'040 or faster (Full native PowerPC support.)
-System 7 or later.
-13"(640x480) or higher monitor in 256 colors mode.
-Sound Manager 3.1 or later
N Game Library full set includes:
(For registration user)
--------------------------------
-Complete C and Assembly source codes.
-Compiled libraries for CodeWarrior.
-Several examples.
-There are no royalty fees for using N Game Library.
-Free upgrades.
N Game Library
Copyright(C) 1996 Noriyuki Higa All rights reserved.
Email:[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/n-game-library-110.hqx; 520K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/n-game-library-110-ppc.hqx; 534K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:59 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Ooze #8 Online Humor
Ooze #8 - Macintosh Self Running Application
Ooze is a quarterly humorous digital publication generously credited with
inventing a vaccine for smallpox.
Ooze #8 is our "teen issue" almost exclusively dedicated to enlightening
teens to the world around them with Fashion Tips for the Very Poor, Dangerous
Masturbatory Habits to Avoid, Love Advice, Sleep Deprivation Experimentation,
trips to an Angel and a Vampire convention, Teen Idols Though the Ages, and
T-shirts for Reformed Bigots.
Ooze #8 is out and it's uneited version is available on the web at
http://www.io.com~ooze or available in text, macintosh, or adobe acrobat
formats at ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/ooze. Slide over to the Ooze website
Today. (well... it'll still be there tomorrow)
Here's some background on Ooze Magazine:
Many people a suprised to learn that Ooze is not the product of a few friends
and random contributors, but really a front for a major multi-national
corporation testing the limits of cutting edge networking technology. While
it seems that you're only downloading text and pictures, secret code enters
your computer and writes itself permanently onto your hard drive. Waiting.
Observing your habits. Taking screenshots of YOU.
Ooze will continue to grow in influence and power. People will clamor for
our services with large cash bribes and copius offerings of virgin brides,
but it will get them nowhere. We will smite our enemies and control the
WORLD.
Other than that we all enjoy an afternoon of hiking, beekeeping, and making
fun of people different than ourselves.
---
Read Ooze
http://www.io.com/~ooze
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/ooze-8.hqx; 803K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:11:40 -0700
From: (Jon Wigand)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Pharoah Adolf
This Wolfenstein 3D 3rd Encounter scenario will blow you away. New wall
textures and an incredible elevator system.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Jon Wigand
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/pharoah-adolf.hqx; 256K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:45 -0700
From: (Lars Gislen)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Planet-C 6.0
I give my permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM
This is the 6.0 version of Planet Color. Compute the coordinates of the sun,
the moon and the planets visible to the naked eye. View and replay solar and
lunar eclipses from 2 000 B.C. to 4 000 A.D. Converted to CodeWarrior source
code and now available in two versions: for FPU and PPC.
New features:
*Command-click the main world map to get more detailed submaps.
*Special submap for the Mediterranean area during the antiquity.
*Cursor changes shape to a hand to indicate clickable areas.
*Automatic recalculation of data.
System requirements:
*System 7 or higher
*PPC or floating point processor
*At least 4 MB of RAM.
For more information read the documentation included in the package
Lars Gislen
Dept. of theoretical physics
Univerity of Lund, Sweden
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/planet-c-60.hqx; 659K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:31 -0700
From: (Steve Smith)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PrintUseMonitor 3.3
PrintUseMonitor monitors the pages printed on Quickdraw printers, including
all the StyleWriter series and LaserWriter 300 printer, and displays
a warning dialog when the print cartridge is about to run out.
PrintUseMonitor displays a progress bar indicating the Print Cartridge
wear and has many other features too.
If you refill ink cartridges then this application is useful for
determining when to do this, or if you always replace your ink cartridge,
this application can help you to determine when to order a new cartridge.
This version adds support for the new Color StyleWriter 1500 and 2500
printers, and has many other improvements too. This program requires
System 7 to run.
Please include this on CD collections if you wish.
Best Regards,
Steve Smith
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/print-use-monitor-33.hqx; 64K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:32 -0700
From: (Nick Lynch)[email protected]
Subject: [*] pro Fit 5.0t Guided Tour
Version 5.0t of pro Fit supports all the features of the commercially
available full version of pro Fit 5.0. It is valid until 30 September 1996.
pro Fit 5.0 is a major new version of the scientific data analysis and graph
plotting program for the Apple Mac. pro Fit 5.0 has many unique new
features, and incorporates the latest Apple technology: AppleGuide, support
for AppleScript, AppleEvents, QuickDraw GX, QuickDraw 3D, Drag and Drop and
more.
New features include:
* Drawing and plotting: Full color support. Zooming. Multiple x- and y-axes.
1/x-scaling and probability scaling. User defined data point styles, arrows
and dashes.
* Fitting: New "robust" fitting algorithm. Data points can have non-Gaussian
distribution, x-coordinates can have errors. Non-linear statistical error
analysis.
* "Preview" window to view your data and functions immediately. Click and
drag a function for varying its parameters. Click and drag data points for
changing them.
* Enhanced syntax for defining programs and functions.
* Completely revised, powerful on-line help system based on AppleGuide.
* Many new external modules, e.g. for contour plotting and 3D-plotting
(3D-plotting for Power Macintosh only).
* Numerous improvements in other areas, such as optimization algorithms,
statistical analysis, extended accuracy data storage, etc.
The pro Fit 5.0 Trial is divided into application files, depending on your
system, and Guided Tour (universal for all versions)
* proFit5.0t_fpu.hqx
Application for 680x0 Macs with Floating Point Units.
* proFit5.0t_68k.hqx
Application for 680x0 Macs without Floating Point Units.
* proFit5.0t_ppc.hqx
Application for Power Macs (pro Fit is a "native" application), and system
extensions for the Power Mac.
* proFit5.0t_Guided_Tour.hqx
Guided Tour (Word 5.1). A guided tour and demonstration of the features
of pro Fit
If you have any technical questions about pro Fit, contact Cherwell
Scientific at the numbers below. Our support team are ready to help you
before and after you buy. More information is available on our website
(http://www.cherwell.com/cherwell)
e-mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/pro-fit-50t-guided-tour.hqx; 58K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:49 -0700
From: (Adam Wight)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Prokaryote 2.1.1
This program is meant to simulate evolution in a colony of digital bugs that
vaguely resemble real single-celled organisms. They have one sense, the ability
to see the cell directly ahead of them, which can be occupied by either
nothing,
food, poison, or another bug. Their behavior is determined by looking up what
their eye senses in a genetically inherited array of probabilities. They can
reproduce either by asexual division, or by conjugation and genetic crossover,
and you can watch the bumbling, twirling ancestors give rise to ultra-efficient
feeding and searching machines in a dramatic illustration of Chuck D.'s
theories.
You'll observe many phenomena that closely parallel nature, especially once you
bring poison and walls into the picture... Prokaryote is shareware, and the
recommeded fee is $10. Viva shareware!
Features:
-Full-color, blindingly fast display of the "petri dish."
-Fully adjustable window size.
-Up to 300 bugs can be simulated at a time. (Contact me to break this rule.)
-A selection of painting tools that allow you to completely customize your
bugs'
environment.
-Full file opening and saving ability. Simulations can be saved as ultra-tiny
files that contain everything Prokaryote needs to know about the bugs and the
environment, or alternatively in slightly larger format that contains an exact
duplicate of the map you've drawn.
-The ability to save the current simulation in text form, and summarize the
evolution of the current bugs.
-A built-in editor that allows the user to change any aspect of a
particular bug,
>From its color to its energy, to its actual genetic material.
-It's majorly fun to play- (ahem... to experiment) with!
System Requirements:
-System 7.0 or later.
-A 68020 or better CPU or any PowerPC CPU. Prokaryote is fat, and runs native
on
both 68K and PPC machines.
-A 640x480 pixel or larger color monitor STRONGLY recommended. Prokaryote will
run on a 512x384 monochrome monitor, but will look terrible and may
occasionally
act funny.
For questions, comments, etc., I can be contacted at [email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/prokaryote-211.hqx; 251K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:05 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] SimpleText/Copland Icons
The hyperCardgreyDlogsit.hqx patch must in the HyperCard folder
The MadCowRoulette and the MaraPaulShapes into games
and the another ones in patches. Okay?
cu /zed/
Moritz Grund
Homepage: http://www.maz.net/macmagazin/KomPass/l ... /main.html
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/simple-text-copland-icons.hqx; 386K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:49 -0700
From: (Andrew Plotkin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] So Far: a text adventure
Perhaps you would enjoy a play.
SO FAR
An Interactive Catharsis
by Andrew Plotkin
(Not a time travel game.)
Release 5 / Serial number 960619 / Inform v1502 Library 5/12
So Far is copyright 1996 by Andrew Plotkin. It may be copied,
distributed, and played freely.
This application requires System 7, and 1.6 megs of free memory. If
you don't have System 7, or you want a non-Mac version of this game,
or you just want to try a different interpreter, please look in
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/. There are also lots of other text
adventures there.
If you wish to discuss putting this game on a CD-ROM, or anything
like that, please contact:
Andrew Plotkin ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/so-far.hqx; 414K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:17 -0700
From: (Hal Gumbert)[email protected]
Subject: [*] StringBoss 1.6
StringBoss is a module for Apple's Control Strip. This strip was created
to quote and unquote text for email and inserting information like your
address into a document rather than making you type each time. I hope
that this control strip makes those things less of a pain.
You can mail me at .
My WWW page is at .
StringBoss is written in C, using MetroWerks CodeWarrior.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/string-boss-16.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:54 -0700
From: (Mike Epstein)[email protected]
Subject: [*] SuperGraph 1.0a
Changes since 1.0: Fixed an installer problem. If 1.0 installed
successfully, there is no need to upgrade.
SuperGraph is a powerful, easy-to-use, inexpensive program to graph
explicit and implicit mathematical functions. Implicit expressions,
ones that cannot easily be solved for either x or y, have presented a
challenge to visualize. SuperGraph makes that a thing of the past.
For example, SuperGraph can graph complex expressions in two variables
like y^2(y-1)-x^2(y^2-1)+2xy^2-x^4=0. And best of all, it's only $15
(payable through Kagi Shareware or directly to the author at 90 Maple
Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021).
SuperGraph differs from Apple's Graphing Calculator in its flexibility
and customizability when dealing with implicit expressions (which
Graphing Calculator does not directly support) and in its ability to
run on 680x0 (non-PowerPC) Macintosh computers.
SuperGraph is especially suited to demonstrating various implicit
expressions and techniques of sketching them in a classroom situation.
SuperGraph requires either a PowerPC processor or a 68020, 68030 or
68040 with math coprocessor (FPU).
More information about SuperGraph is available at
.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/super-graph-10a.hqx; 273K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:55 -0700
From: (Tony Wayne)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Water Rocket Fun v06/20/96
NEEDS: Mac LC or newer 1 meg of ram above the system.
If you have a Mac, teach science or have a curiousity about Water
Bottle Rockets, read this: Water Rocket Fun simulates the flight of a water
bottle rocket. It can be used from 4th grade up to the college level. The
user can input bottle type, (even those pump toy rockets), gravity as found
on different planets, the fluid to fill the rocket, the atmosphere's
density by altitude, drag coefficient, air density, amount of fluid in
rocket, bottle pressure, calculation speed and accuracy and additional
fins. The program flies the rocket and gives general numbers like max
velocity, apogee, max thrust, time to apogee. The user may request height,
velocity, force, impulse, kinetic energy, potential energy, graphs versus
time or a pressure versus velocity graph. The results can be printed. The
application also includes suggested experiments the software can be used
for. It now has a altitude calculation section where a user can enter
tracking angles and the program calculates and keeps track of the launch
and the altitude and drift distance at altitude in a data table. The data
can be saved and opened by ClarisWorks v4.04 automatically as a spreadsheet
or as a text file by any other program. All the results can be printed. It
also includes how to build your own launcher, rocket and more, much more.
THE PROGRAM IS FREE!! Copy it for a friend.
-Tony Wayne
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/water-rocket-fun-06-20-96.hqx; 808K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:57 -0700
From: (Alastair Montgomery)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Waverly
The attached file is a Macintosh Doom 2 Wad.
This map can be used for single player games or deathmatchs.
It contains lots of cool stuff e.g. sofa, open fire, automatic doors.
Enjoy.
Email mailto:[email protected]
Home Page http://www.ednet.co.uk/~alastair/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/waverly-wad.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:58 -0700
From: (Johan Lindvall)[email protected]
Subject: [*] XEarth 1.0
XEarth for Mac v1.0 is based on the UNIX xearth v1.0 by Kirk Johnson. The
program displays a rendered image of the Earth on your screen in different
ways.
The program requires a Power Macintosh or a Macintosh with a FPU.
This program may be freely distributed.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/x-earth-10.hqx; 287K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 96 21:35:21 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: "Bevel" filter for PhotoShop 3.0
>I'm looking for a free or shareware "bevel" filter for PhotoShop 3.0. I
>have find one for Windows but none
>for my Mac.
Look in the Info-Mac Photoshop directory for the SuckingFish filter set.
The DekoBoko filter is what you need.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected]) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:39:11 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: (A) Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
Mark Allen wrote:
>System stats: PowerMac 7500, System 7.5.3 rev.2, Open Transport 1.1, FreePPP
>2.5
>
>Following the advice in several Mac columns, I unchecked "load only when
>needed" in TCP/IP control panel to avoid an identified memory fragmentation
>problem. Now, however, FreePPP initiates a connection automatically each
>time the system boots up. To counteract this, the Mac advice columns suggest
>activating the "Disable auto connect" option in the ConfigPPP control panel.
>My problem is that I don't recognize an equivalent option in the FreePPP
>Setup display panels. Can someone direct me to the appropriate display if
>FreePPP does have this option?
The option is now called "Allow applications to open connection". Uncheck
this box to prevent your Mac from dialing out on its own.
Actually, part of the problem is the way Open Transport tries to connect to
the network at startup. I encountered the same problem on my PM 7200, with
the same software setup as you, but it didn't show up until after I had
been using it for over a week.
I *think* it started happening after I disabled File Sharing. (I had
connected my old & new Macs together for convenience until I was ready to
sell the old one.) So I turned File Sharing back on, and it seemed to stop
the problem. When I have some spare time, I plan to experiment a bit to
confirm exactly what needs to be loaded & enabled to prevent my Mac from
dialing out at startup.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:23:21 -0600
From: [email protected] (Lars Christian Jensen)
Subject: (Q) Netscape spying?
According to the german internet-magazine "Global Online" the Netscape
browser spyes on the users. During internetsessions it should check out
which applications your harddisk is filled with and report it to Netscape.
Is it possible? Is it legal? Is it true.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:07:30 +0200
From: Bo Bjulen
Subject: [A] Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
Mark Allen wrote in Info-Mac Digest #155:
-> the Mac advice columns suggest
> activating the "Disable auto connect" option in the ConfigPPP control panel.
> My problem is that I don't recognize an equivalent option in the FreePPP
> Setup display panels.
There is a small change in this:
Under the "General" there is a checkbox called "Allow applications to
open connections". Unchecking that will have the same effect as
checking "Disable auto connect" in the previous versions.
Bo
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:12:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [A] problems with GV Teleport Platinum on 8500/120
Hiroshi,
I too have been "experimenting" (i.e., enduring great hassles) with
several modems.
Lately I have used various models of Hayes, Supra, Boca, USRobotics,
Motorola and, most recently, tried out two variations of Dayna PC-card
modems for the PowerBook. (My only GV experience was with a bundled
14.4kbps model, and that didn't work out too well.)
When I sought general modem advice from Info-Mac readers some months ago, the
general consensus (from the replies I received) then was that the Supras were
pretty good for the price, but for maximum compatibility and best speeds over
any given telephone line, the USR Courier "V.Everything" was way ahead of the
pack (but also the most expensive).
My own tests confirm this. On a rural copper telephone line, on which
the Supras routinely choke and disconnect, the USR just keeps on chugging
- usually at 26.4kbps for the receive channels, and always 28.8 for the
transmit channels.
This happens both with a simple VT-102 connection from within MicroPhone
Pro, and also when using FreePPP. Everything just cranks up and
*works*. (This modem also retains extensive after-call diagnostics and
statistics, which - especially when graphed by USR's [dirty little
DrOSs!] utility program - are invaluable for assessing connection and
line quality.)
The other modems are quite another set of stories, however: Sometimes
they connect, sometimes PPP works, sometimes the speeds (on the same
telephone line) are in excess of 19.2kbps. *Usually*, however, this
motley of modems has varying degrees of minor-to-major problems -
including PPP "hangs," where the client programs think the link is
actually up, but it isn't. (BTW, my tests have been both with "Classic
AppleTalk," and OT 1.1.)
The Dayna products have been particularly troublesome, and the company's
support nothing short of underwhelming. Even though the modems are the
*only* variables in the equation, their position is, "It's not our
problem. Check with Apple [or anybody but us]." By contrast, USR
maintains 1-800 (US) telephone support for the Courier product lines.
In years past, I have cursed some USR modems for being compatible only
with other identical USR's. Lately, however, this situation seems to
have been reversed, and for me the premium price (but I did find it on
"sale") has been well worth the freedom from hassle.
Where in Japan are you located? Perhaps someone there could loan you a
USR for testing?
In any case, thanks much to the Info-Mac community for pointing me in
this direction.
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: 29 Jun 1996 07:30:27 +0300
From: "John M. Stoll"
Subject: [Q] Mixing DIMMs with different speed
Dear Info-Mac Reader,
I would like to upgrade my Power Mac 7500 with an additional DIMM.
Currently I've got a 70ns DIMM installed and have the opportunity
to buy a 60ns DIMM of the same size. Q: Is it possible to mix DIMMs
with different speed? Can I still take advantage of memory
interleaving?
Thanks any suggestions
John
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:48:12 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bailey Ford)
Subject: [Q] sharing an ISDN modem over a LAN
Hello,
I wondered if anyone has had success finding a relatively cheap way to
allow several people on a local ethernet use a single ISDN modem. Ideally,
several users would be able to access the net through this modem at once
and the bandwidth would by dynamically allocated. I would settle, however,
for the ability of any one user access the modem at any one time. That is
that only one computer could be connected to the net at a time, but all of
the machines could connect.
I understand that there are routers that basically connect the modem to the
ethernet and let everyone access it, but these seem expensive (>$1000). I
vaguely recall some mention of a PortShare software solution that would
allow other users to use whatever was connected to a particular port.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
TIA,
Bailey Ford
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:15:53 -0400
From: Randy Alan Yeip
Subject: AVI to QT
I'm trying to view avi movies on my mac. I have the avi to quicktime app,
and it installed the windows compressor. However, I don't think this is
working. After uudecoding the two files, I ended up with two word
documents. I thought this was supposed to then be dropped onto stuffit
expander, but it never wants to complete the operation. If I try to go
directly to dropping it on the avi to quicktime app, it tells me "Error
reading file; result code=-39." Anyone have a clue what's wrong, and what I
need to do? TIA.
Randy Yeip
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:45:50 -0400
From: [email protected] (Textco, Inc.)
Subject: beta testers needed
Hello Mac folks-
We are interested in finding some beta testers for a new Macintosh product.
The software is meant for use by molecular biologists in their cloning
research. You must be familiar with molecular biology (cloning techniques)
to test this new software and must be able to send reports by email. If you
are interested in finding out more about the software either email to
[email protected], or give us a call (number below). Beta testing is to start
immediately for a product to be released later this year.
Thanks.
Bob Gross
Textco, Inc. voice/FAX: 603-643-1471
27 Gilson Road URL: http://www.textco.com/
West Lebanon, email: [email protected]
New Hampshire 03784 USA
------------------------------
Date: 28 Jun 1996 17:03:20 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: GeoPort Supported?
>From Digest V14 #155:
>From: Phil Hudson
>Subject: 5200 & GeoPort
>Can anyone confirm or deny that the Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter "pod"
>works with the LC/Performa 5200? TIA.
The Macintosh LC 63X, 58X, and Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC computers do not
support the GeoPort Telecom Adapter, because they lack DMA I/O support.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 96 20:59 EST
From: Galileo Ramos
Subject: HELP : Unknown Name Disk
Hi Guys,
I have been hanging around this list for quite some time now,
and this is the first time that I'm posting an inquiry.
Very recently, whenever I run my Norton Disk Doctor v3.1.2.and
tried to diagnose my hard disk.I get this >listed
together with my hard disk. What could this be? How could I get
rid of it? Would this create trouble in my Mac?
PowerMac 7100/80AV
System 7.5.1
32mb RAM, 700mb Hard Disk
Aaron 1.4, Confilct Catcher.
Running Photoshop 3.0, FreeHand 5.0,Vellum 2.6,Microsoft Office 4.2.
Please advise.
TIA,
Galileo Ramos Jr.
S=Ramos%[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 14:41:22 -0400
From: Pat Ellis
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #155
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 20:10:49 +0200
> From: Phil Hudson
> Subject: 5200 & GeoPort
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny that the Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter "pod"
> works with the LC/Performa 5200? TIA.
According to Apple's Spec sheet, the Performa 5200 does not have a
Geoport. Therefore the Telecom adapter would not work. You're better off
anyway (IMHO) getting yourself a decent external modem anyway. Their
prices are quite reasonable (i.e. Supra 28.8, v.34 external is going for
$199 Canadian here in some parts of Montreal), and there are some
compatibility problems with the Geopod (i.e ConfigPPP and FreePPP).
Pat Ellis
> ------------------------------
> Date: 27 Jun 1996 11:35:01 +0000
> From: Mephistophilis
> Subject: [Q] Disk First Aid says 'Another appl. is using this disk'?????
>
> I have Disk First Aid set as a startup device and of late I notice
> that it often aborts its check with a message stating that it cannot
> continue because another application is using the disk - even
> though no other application is running. A second run proceeds
> normally. What is going on here?
> TIA -
> Fergus Lalor
I've been experiencing the same problem but haven't been able to
track it down. If I recall, it generally occurs (in my case anyway) after
a freeze, followed by a forced restart. Now I merely use Techtool to
delete and rebuild the desktop. It will force whatever "application" is
using the disk, to quit.
Pat Ellis
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:03:02 +0100
From: [email protected] (tom hawkins)
Subject: Mac info database?
[email protected] (Mike Whybark) asked:
>Does anyone know the location of a databse (or hypercard stack) once seen
>which featured black-and-white drawings of the boards of many older Macs? I
>seem to recall that the DB (or stack) was from Apple, and featured text
>info as well.
You might be thinking of:
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com/Apple.Sup ... dates/US/M
acintosh/Utilities/Apple_Memory_Guide_1.0.sea.hqx
(I expect it's in a similar place on the US servers.)
Also useful for comprehensive techie info on all Mac models is:
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com/Apple.Sup ... dates/US/M
acintosh/Utilities/Apple_Spec_5-96.sea.hqx
which is a Filemaker Pro database; there's a runtime version of Filemaker
Pro to go with it:
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com/Apple.Sup ... dates/US/M
acintosh/Utilities/Apple_Spec_5-96_app.sea.hqx
Tom Hawkins Dept. of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London SW7 2AY, UK
[email protected] Phone +44 (0)171 589 5111 ext 55194 Fax +44 (0)171 594 5207
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:48:10 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bailey Ford)
Subject: memory leak and serial ports
I want to thank all of the people who responded to my message.
The bottom line is this:
1) The company to get serial port card for NuBus machines is
Creative Solutions, Inc.
4701 Randolph Road
Suite 12
Rockville, MD 20852
Tel. 301-984-0262
Fax. 301-770-1675
They have cards with 2 or 4 serial connections. The PCI card is due out Oct 1.
2) The memory leak seems to be attributable to OT 1.1. and most people said
I should just live with it. Two utilities were recommended to me - MacOS
Purge and MemMapper. While neither utlity fixed the problem, they both
helped me to realize more precisely what was going on.
Thanks again,
Bailey Ford
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 19:29:38 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Newswatcher-like
Does anyone know of _free_ software for Win95 that is similar to
Newswatcher for the Mac? Or if not free, reasonable? The Win95 user has
Mosaic but is not getting onto the Usenet with it.
TIA
Bill
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:52:16 +0100
From: [email protected] (Francisco Lopez Sanchez)
Subject: ODI controller for Mac nerwork card
I have a Quadra 610 with a PC card . I need connect this PC with a PC
server that not supports Mac=B4s. A technician say to me that I need an ODI
controller for my mac card, to switch into the PC mode and attach in DOS
mode with the server. Could anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:09:35 +0800 (U)
From: DrBlood
Subject: PRAM and System memory use
REGARDING PRAM and System memory use (A)
Well, as usual I found the answer to my question, shortly after sending the
query off to the Digest, by catching up on the past few weeks of postings. In
response to a similar question, Pat Ellis suggested:
>>The first thing that comes to mind is your memory disk cache
>>setting. How high is it? Remember, the lower the cache is set to, the
>>smaller the system memory that will be used.
OK, I feel pretty dumb. While mucking around with Virtual Memory, I *had*
increased the disk cache to a mere *4608K* .... which explains where all my
RAM went. Zapping the PRAM set it back to a reasonable value. It seems pretty
obvious in retrospect. I'm just glad I didn't start relaoding system software
to fix the problem!
According to the Mac Memory Guide from Connectix (in infomac: directory
info/hdwr/mac-memory-guide-6.hqx) RAM disk cache values above about 128K do
not help increase speed very much and are a waste of potential application
memory (as I learned).
BTW, I found the hyperlink to a searchable database of the Digest archives to
be very helpful in this and other problems:
http://www-chem.ucdavis.edu:80/mac/v14/index.html
I got this link from the Info-Mac home page, also a great resource:
http://www.pht.com/info-mac/
Thanks to Demitri Muna and the other moderators and to Pacific HiTech for
putting this home page on-line!
Jerry Spangrude
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 07:40:27 -1000 (HST)
From: Michael Blasco
Subject: SCSI and PBs
The honorable Al Bloom recently typed:
> I'd like to know. Are there any PB's that cannot "dock" into a SCSI chain,
> or was my correspondent misinformed?
According to The PowerBook Companion (by Wolfson and Aker) the 140, 145,
145B and 170 do not have the SCSI Disk Mode, but other PowerBooks (and
the Duos with their miniDocks) do. Of course, this book is several years
out-of-date (circa 1993).
Michael C. Blasco Bishop Museum
[email protected] Exhibits Technical Coordinator
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:07:01 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: termination (A)
[email protected] wrote:
>I just read something rather disturbing in Apple's "Technical
>Information Specificications for Power Macintosh 7200 series computers".
>
>"IMPORTANT The factory-installed internal hard disk is terminated. If
>another SCSI device is attached to the SCSI interface, it must
>*not* [emphasis added] be terminated. The SCSI interface can contain
>only *one* [emphasis added] terminated device; if you attach more than
>one terminated device to the the internal SCSI interface, damage to the
>computer's main logic board can occur."
>
>OK, now anyone care to shed some light on this?
I believe that only refers to internal SCSI devices. Note that it says "if
you attach more than one terminated device to the the *internal* SCSI
interface".
SCSI voodoo requires that both ends of a SCSI chain be terminated.
Electrically speaking, the Mac is in the middle of the chain, between the
internal and external devices. So the device at the far end of the
external chain must be terminated, and ditto for the internal chain. As
Apple's warning indicates, the internal SCSI hard drive is at the end of
the internal chain and is terminated, so any new internal devices must be
unterminated and inserted between the existing hard drive and the Mac's
logic board.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:56:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steve Strassmann)
Subject: to dock or not to dock
>From: "Allan M. Bloom"
>I'd like to know. Are there any PB's that cannot "dock" into a SCSI chain,
>or was my correspondent misinformed?
I recently discovered that Duos (in particular my 2300) can
be used in SCSI docking mode from certain DuoDocks, such
as the Apple MiniDock, which is no longer available. However,
astonishingly, using the big Apple DuoDock (with the motorized
inject/eject) will *not* support SCSI docking mode.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:42:14 +0100
From: fabrizio frattini
Subject: Using DOS Cards in clock chipped 6100s (r)
> I'm curious if there is anyone out there using a DOS Cards in clock chipped
> 6100?
>
> The reason I ask is that a collegue, who homebrewed his clock chipper is
> installing a DOS card and finds the two heatsinks on the x86 and 601 are
> back to back. So the x86 heatsink interferes with the fan, which is mounted
> in the 601 heatsink and is proud of the top of the fan by a few
> millimeters.
>
> How are the fans mounted in the commercial clock chippers?
>
> Are they placed so that they're flush with the top of the heatsink (and so
> have very little room undearneath them for ventilation)?
>
> I have a DOS Card in a 6100/60 and I'm planning on clock chipping it.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Kevin Purcell, [email protected]
>
Hi Kevin, hi there
I've bought here in Italy a DOS compatibility card. There was a really
intersting bargain; a DOS compatibility card costed to me just 60$!
Apple Italy has a lot of this cards in stock and nobody is no more
intersted in such junks (this was the reseller told me...)
I've also clock chipped my PowerMac 6100/66. I' currently using a
PowerClip from Newer Technology. My 601 now is running at 88 MHZ...
I absolutely had no problems until I decided to mount the DOS card, no
freeze, no crash, nothing. And ALL the applications was running zillions
times faster than before. But when I decide was time to mount the DOS
Card a relly nightmare begun...
First my Mac started to had lots of problems at startup, corrupting
extension, not loading control panels, freeze etc. I tried to boot up
the system several times, but the results was always the same. Finally
the Mac didn't start up at all. I worked a whole night to repair the
disasters produced in my System Folders...
This was due to the high temperatures produced by the two chips that are
mounted too near. I tested the temperature in the tiny space between the
two chips, it was around 70=B0/80=B0 centigrade (I don't know how many
degrees 70=B0/80=B0 centigrade are in FH, just know that at 100=B0
Centigra=
de
the water boils...)
So I unmounted the Dos card. I keep it just in case in the future I sell
by second hand my PowerMac. I think I can sell it at a good price with a
Dos compatibilty card (and no PowerClip...) in it...
Yes I know that I can decrease the clock speed, but I'm not intersted in
a slower Mac just to run some Jurassic Windoze applications...
So I think that you shouldn't worry in how the fans in commercial clock
chippers are mounted. The cooling fan provided with the PowerClip is
mounted deep in the 601 heatsink and doesn't interfere at all with the
486 chip.
The real problem is the heat produced by both the chips, the 486 and the
601. The space between the two chips is too small...
I hope this could help you
sorry for my awfull english...
fabrizio frattini
macity site manager the first italian macheads site
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:34:30 +0100
From: "Adriano Santoni"
Subject: Wanted: utility for converting HTML tables into Excel or Word tables
Hello, everybody.
I am *desperately* seeking an utility that will allow me converting *HTML
tables* into some intermediate format (for example; CSV, TABbed, etc, which
can be read by Excel or Word and easily transformed into Excel or Word tables.
I have browsed a lot thru the web but I have found *nothing* of this kind. It
would also be great (but now I am perhaps asking for too much) if such utility
preserved font/size/style of each table cell and supported a "smart" handling
of merged cells, missing row/columns, etc. Thanks a lot in advance to anyone
who can help me with this problem.
Adriano Santoni
SIA SpA
Milano, IT
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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 29 Jun 96 Volume 14 : Issue 157
Today's Topics:
[*] 5xxx-6xxx Tester
[*] Adolf's Gymnasium
[*] DATlabeler submission
[*] Do Not Enter Icon Collection
[*] Escape! 2.1
[*] Hybrid Filename Checker 1.1
[*] KNOCK
[*] LogicSim 3.0b
[*] Mac F2C 1.3.1 -- a FORTRAN to C translator
[*] Macs on AT&T Worldnet
[*] Marathon Marine Talking Mouse File
[*] MatchCard 1.0.1
[*] N Game Library version 1.1.0 Demonstration (68K)
[*] Ooze #8 Online Humor
[*] Pharoah Adolf
[*] Planet-C 6.0
[*] PrintUseMonitor 3.3
[*] pro Fit 5.0t Guided Tour
[*] Prokaryote 2.1.1
[*] SimpleText/Copland Icons
[*] So Far: a text adventure
[*] StringBoss 1.6
[*] SuperGraph 1.0a
[*] Water Rocket Fun v06/20/96
[*] Waverly
[*] XEarth 1.0
"Bevel" filter for PhotoShop 3.0
(A) Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
(Q) Netscape spying?
[A] Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
[A] problems with GV Teleport Platinum on 8500/120
[Q] Mixing DIMMs with different speed
[Q] sharing an ISDN modem over a LAN
AVI to QT
beta testers needed
GeoPort Supported?
HELP : Unknown Name Disk
Info-Mac Digest V14 #155
Mac info database?
memory leak and serial ports
Newswatcher-like
ODI controller for Mac nerwork card
PRAM and System memory use
SCSI and PBs
termination (A)
to dock or not to dock
Using DOS Cards in clock chipped 6100s (r)
Wanted: utility for converting HTML tables into Excel or Word tables
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:09 -0700
From: (Romulo Romero)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 5xxx-6xxx Tester
Greetings all.
I had not seen this here, so I thought I would contribute it.
Apple has made available a testing utility that you can use to see if your
computer is affected by the recently announced Repair Extension program.
You can read all about it at
http://product.info.apple.com/pr/produc ... .pr.up.rep
air.html
Hope this comes in handy.
Romulo Romero [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/apl/5xxx-6xxx-tester-10.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:11:23 -0700
From: (Jon Wigand)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Adolf's Gymnasium
This is a 3rd Enc scenario for Wolfenstein 3D. 15 levels of sheer terror.
Have at it.
Sincerely
Jon Wigand
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/adolfs-gymnasium.hqx; 193K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:08 -0700
From: (Matthias Ellinger)[email protected]
Subject: [*] DATlabeler submission
DAT labeler is a very easy-to-use HyperCard stack that allows
archiving and printing of DAT-cassette labels.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/dat-labeler-20-hc.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Do Not Enter Icon Collection
here is another FABULOUS icon collection!!!!!!!
(for some others, try ther KUKU collection, and the FREE icon collection,
both avail at the Info-Mac archive)
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/do-not-enter-icon-collectn.hqx; 63K]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:32:21 -0700
From: (John V. Holder)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Escape! 2.1
Escape! is a simple strategy game that's mind-bogglingly similar to an old
computer game called Daleks, though there's lots more goodies in this game!
Control a guy as he runs around mazes trying to collect gems, weapons,
mines and the occasional extra life, finding tunnels to pass through; while
stupid, but persistent, robots attempt to smoosh him. Simple, but addictive
as all-get-out.
Special features:
* New weapon type (sizzle bombs)
* PowerMac native code!
(FAT code, has 680x0 and PowerMac native code)
Bug fixes in version 2.1:
* Fixed problem found on macs with multiple monitors.
* Changed my address.
System Requirements.
Min. System...: 6.0.5 on up
Min. Hardware.: Mac Plus or better (Works great on PowerMacs!)
Shareware.....: $10
Author........: John V. Holder
email address.: [email protected]
Home Page.....: http://www.northcoast.com/~jvholder/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/escape-21.hqx; 329K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:19 -0700
From: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] Hybrid Filename Checker 1.1
What does this utility do?
To share files across multiple computer platforms, files must
conform to the lowest common denominator of file naming conventions,
namely ISO9660. This utility lists all files in a selected folder
(and sub folders) that do not conform to ISO9660, DOS '8.3' /
Windows* 3.1 or Windows95* naming conventions. Folder names,
lowercase characters and invalid DOS extensions can also be checked
for.
This utility is particularly useful in the production of hybrid
(cross platform) CD-ROMs where all shared files names must conform
to ISO9660.
Version 1.1 adds:
=C4 new search criteria
=C4 more comprehensive checking
=C4 lots of bug fixes
Keywords: Hybrid, ISO9660, cross-platform, CD-ROM, multimedia
Submitted by: Carl Braga, Human Media
This utility can be included on the InfoMac CD-ROM.
Carl Braga
Human Media Pty Ltd
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/hybrid-filename-checker-11.hqx; 450K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:22 -0700
From: (Janet Ball)[email protected]
Subject: [*] KNOCK
KNOCK is an animated GIF assembled with GifBuilder. It displays an
electrified "Knock, knock!" when inserted. It's "e-mail"ware, and part of a
larger package of high-quality animated GIFs and unusual web graphics:
[email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/knock-anim-gif.hqx; 14K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:23 -0700
From: (Arnaud Masson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] LogicSim 3.0b
LogicSim is an application that simulates digital circuits.
It has an easy-to-use graphical interface similar to standard drawing
programs. Circuits are built up from standard elements (gates, flip-flops,
LEDs, switches, etc.) and can include more complicated modules created by
compiling a previous circuit. LogicSim also has a "Signals window"
providing an oscilloscope display of the signals at nodes in the circuit.
LogicSim is now a discrete-time-event-simulator which makes it more
accurate than LogicSim and most shareware simulators which use a fixed
delay for all gates.
LogicSim runs on a Macintosh LC or better and requires System 7 or greater
(with System 7 you must have the Macintosh Drag-And-Drop in your Extensions
Folder).
This program is PostcardWare. If you like it, you must send me a nice
postcard.
The shareware PowerPC version will be soon available.
Arnaud ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/logic-sim-30b.hqx; 374K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:24 -0700
From: (Igor Mikolic-Torreira)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac F2C 1.3.1 -- a FORTRAN to C translator
Mac F2C 1.3.1 is a minor upgrade from version 1.3. The key
differences are:
- An improved F2C for MPW package
- Can easily adjust stack-size for 68K applications
- Some cosmetic bugs fixed
Mac F2C is a FORTRAN-to-C translator. It will read a file of
FORTRAN code and produce a file of C code. When compiled and
linked with the special support libraries included with Mac F2C,
this C code will work just like the original FORTRAN code.
Mac F2C is the Macintosh port of the UNIX program f2c developed
at AT&T. AT&T permits the use of the f2c source code for
non-profit purposes.
The minimum requirements to run Mac F2C are:
- A PowerMac or a 68k Mac with a 68020 CPU or better
- System 7.0 or later (System 7.5 to use the auto-installer)
- At least 1 MB of available RAM (2 MB is preferred)
- A C or C++ compiler
Enclosed is the complete distribution set for Mac F2C 1.3.1.
It is distributed as a binhexed, StuffIt Deluxe archive.
If you have questions or comments, check:
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~igormt/Mac_F2C.html
Igor Mikolic-Torreira
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac-f2c.hqx; 1895K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:25 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Macs on AT&T Worldnet
Text document describing how to get signed up with the AT&T WorldNet
service for Internet access and how to configure a Macintosh to access
WorldNet.
Please do not ask the author for help or support with WorldNet, TCP/IP,
FreePPP, etc.
Equipment needed: Macintosh, modem, temporary use of a Windows PC & modem
Software needed: OpenTransport or MacTCP, FreePPP or other Mac PPP client
Author: Greg Jorgensen, [email protected]
Thanks!
Greg Jorgensen
[Archived as /info-mac/info/world-net-from-a-mac.hqx; 8K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:01 -0700
From: (Andrew Murray)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Marathon Marine Talking Mouse File
This is a file (actually 2 files) for use with the MacUser Talking Mouse
application (available from MacUser web) which puts a picture of a marine
>From the game Marathon on your screen that talks to you (his mouth moves
while he reads phrases using plaintalk) every few minutes that you are
idle. Can keep you company when you are bored. This file is very small so
why not download and try it out? Also includes a read me with a list of
physics models i've made. (they are cool!) Have fun.
Andrew Murray
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/marathon-marine.hqx; 17K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:27 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MatchCard 1.0.1
This is release 1.0 of the card matching game MatchCard. The purpose of
this game is to teach children the upper and lower case letters of the
alphabet. The user clicks on one card to turn it over, then another
card. If the second card has the same letter on it as the first, though
in a different case, this is a match. The cards are then removed from
the board. If they are different, then both cards are turned face down.
This continues until all the cards are gone.
Ron Davis Special Agent, metrowerks
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/match-card-101.hqx; 554K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:29 -0700
From: (Noriyuki Higa)[email protected]
Subject: [*] N Game Library version 1.1.0 Demonstration (68K)
N Game Library is a very useful library for the Mac-Game-developer.
It makes it easy program arcade type games.
N Game Library is designed to save you time and effort during the
programming of Mac Games dealing with visual images and sounds.
A full set of N Game Library contains all C language and assembly
language source codes.
We have decided to introduce this software internationally since this
software has received favorable response following its recent release
in Japan.
We have several interesting samples, so please try it once to see
if it would work well for you.
We are very confident that it will satisfy you.
The system requirements:
-----------------------
-'040 or faster (Full native PowerPC support.)
-System 7 or later.
-13"(640x480) or higher monitor in 256 colors mode.
-Sound Manager 3.1 or later
N Game Library full set includes:
(For registration user)
--------------------------------
-Complete C and Assembly source codes.
-Compiled libraries for CodeWarrior.
-Several examples.
-There are no royalty fees for using N Game Library.
-Free upgrades.
N Game Library
Copyright(C) 1996 Noriyuki Higa All rights reserved.
Email:[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/n-game-library-110.hqx; 520K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/n-game-library-110-ppc.hqx; 534K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:59 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Ooze #8 Online Humor
Ooze #8 - Macintosh Self Running Application
Ooze is a quarterly humorous digital publication generously credited with
inventing a vaccine for smallpox.
Ooze #8 is our "teen issue" almost exclusively dedicated to enlightening
teens to the world around them with Fashion Tips for the Very Poor, Dangerous
Masturbatory Habits to Avoid, Love Advice, Sleep Deprivation Experimentation,
trips to an Angel and a Vampire convention, Teen Idols Though the Ages, and
T-shirts for Reformed Bigots.
Ooze #8 is out and it's uneited version is available on the web at
http://www.io.com~ooze or available in text, macintosh, or adobe acrobat
formats at ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/ooze. Slide over to the Ooze website
Today. (well... it'll still be there tomorrow)
Here's some background on Ooze Magazine:
Many people a suprised to learn that Ooze is not the product of a few friends
and random contributors, but really a front for a major multi-national
corporation testing the limits of cutting edge networking technology. While
it seems that you're only downloading text and pictures, secret code enters
your computer and writes itself permanently onto your hard drive. Waiting.
Observing your habits. Taking screenshots of YOU.
Ooze will continue to grow in influence and power. People will clamor for
our services with large cash bribes and copius offerings of virgin brides,
but it will get them nowhere. We will smite our enemies and control the
WORLD.
Other than that we all enjoy an afternoon of hiking, beekeeping, and making
fun of people different than ourselves.
---
Read Ooze
http://www.io.com/~ooze
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/ooze-8.hqx; 803K]
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:11:40 -0700
From: (Jon Wigand)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Pharoah Adolf
This Wolfenstein 3D 3rd Encounter scenario will blow you away. New wall
textures and an incredible elevator system.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Jon Wigand
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/pharoah-adolf.hqx; 256K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:45 -0700
From: (Lars Gislen)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Planet-C 6.0
I give my permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM
This is the 6.0 version of Planet Color. Compute the coordinates of the sun,
the moon and the planets visible to the naked eye. View and replay solar and
lunar eclipses from 2 000 B.C. to 4 000 A.D. Converted to CodeWarrior source
code and now available in two versions: for FPU and PPC.
New features:
*Command-click the main world map to get more detailed submaps.
*Special submap for the Mediterranean area during the antiquity.
*Cursor changes shape to a hand to indicate clickable areas.
*Automatic recalculation of data.
System requirements:
*System 7 or higher
*PPC or floating point processor
*At least 4 MB of RAM.
For more information read the documentation included in the package
Lars Gislen
Dept. of theoretical physics
Univerity of Lund, Sweden
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/planet-c-60.hqx; 659K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:31 -0700
From: (Steve Smith)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PrintUseMonitor 3.3
PrintUseMonitor monitors the pages printed on Quickdraw printers, including
all the StyleWriter series and LaserWriter 300 printer, and displays
a warning dialog when the print cartridge is about to run out.
PrintUseMonitor displays a progress bar indicating the Print Cartridge
wear and has many other features too.
If you refill ink cartridges then this application is useful for
determining when to do this, or if you always replace your ink cartridge,
this application can help you to determine when to order a new cartridge.
This version adds support for the new Color StyleWriter 1500 and 2500
printers, and has many other improvements too. This program requires
System 7 to run.
Please include this on CD collections if you wish.
Best Regards,
Steve Smith
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/print-use-monitor-33.hqx; 64K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:32 -0700
From: (Nick Lynch)[email protected]
Subject: [*] pro Fit 5.0t Guided Tour
Version 5.0t of pro Fit supports all the features of the commercially
available full version of pro Fit 5.0. It is valid until 30 September 1996.
pro Fit 5.0 is a major new version of the scientific data analysis and graph
plotting program for the Apple Mac. pro Fit 5.0 has many unique new
features, and incorporates the latest Apple technology: AppleGuide, support
for AppleScript, AppleEvents, QuickDraw GX, QuickDraw 3D, Drag and Drop and
more.
New features include:
* Drawing and plotting: Full color support. Zooming. Multiple x- and y-axes.
1/x-scaling and probability scaling. User defined data point styles, arrows
and dashes.
* Fitting: New "robust" fitting algorithm. Data points can have non-Gaussian
distribution, x-coordinates can have errors. Non-linear statistical error
analysis.
* "Preview" window to view your data and functions immediately. Click and
drag a function for varying its parameters. Click and drag data points for
changing them.
* Enhanced syntax for defining programs and functions.
* Completely revised, powerful on-line help system based on AppleGuide.
* Many new external modules, e.g. for contour plotting and 3D-plotting
(3D-plotting for Power Macintosh only).
* Numerous improvements in other areas, such as optimization algorithms,
statistical analysis, extended accuracy data storage, etc.
The pro Fit 5.0 Trial is divided into application files, depending on your
system, and Guided Tour (universal for all versions)
* proFit5.0t_fpu.hqx
Application for 680x0 Macs with Floating Point Units.
* proFit5.0t_68k.hqx
Application for 680x0 Macs without Floating Point Units.
* proFit5.0t_ppc.hqx
Application for Power Macs (pro Fit is a "native" application), and system
extensions for the Power Mac.
* proFit5.0t_Guided_Tour.hqx
Guided Tour (Word 5.1). A guided tour and demonstration of the features
of pro Fit
If you have any technical questions about pro Fit, contact Cherwell
Scientific at the numbers below. Our support team are ready to help you
before and after you buy. More information is available on our website
(http://www.cherwell.com/cherwell)
e-mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/pro-fit-50t-guided-tour.hqx; 58K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:49 -0700
From: (Adam Wight)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Prokaryote 2.1.1
This program is meant to simulate evolution in a colony of digital bugs that
vaguely resemble real single-celled organisms. They have one sense, the ability
to see the cell directly ahead of them, which can be occupied by either
nothing,
food, poison, or another bug. Their behavior is determined by looking up what
their eye senses in a genetically inherited array of probabilities. They can
reproduce either by asexual division, or by conjugation and genetic crossover,
and you can watch the bumbling, twirling ancestors give rise to ultra-efficient
feeding and searching machines in a dramatic illustration of Chuck D.'s
theories.
You'll observe many phenomena that closely parallel nature, especially once you
bring poison and walls into the picture... Prokaryote is shareware, and the
recommeded fee is $10. Viva shareware!
Features:
-Full-color, blindingly fast display of the "petri dish."
-Fully adjustable window size.
-Up to 300 bugs can be simulated at a time. (Contact me to break this rule.)
-A selection of painting tools that allow you to completely customize your
bugs'
environment.
-Full file opening and saving ability. Simulations can be saved as ultra-tiny
files that contain everything Prokaryote needs to know about the bugs and the
environment, or alternatively in slightly larger format that contains an exact
duplicate of the map you've drawn.
-The ability to save the current simulation in text form, and summarize the
evolution of the current bugs.
-A built-in editor that allows the user to change any aspect of a
particular bug,
>From its color to its energy, to its actual genetic material.
-It's majorly fun to play- (ahem... to experiment) with!
System Requirements:
-System 7.0 or later.
-A 68020 or better CPU or any PowerPC CPU. Prokaryote is fat, and runs native
on
both 68K and PPC machines.
-A 640x480 pixel or larger color monitor STRONGLY recommended. Prokaryote will
run on a 512x384 monochrome monitor, but will look terrible and may
occasionally
act funny.
For questions, comments, etc., I can be contacted at [email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/prokaryote-211.hqx; 251K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:49:05 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] SimpleText/Copland Icons
The hyperCardgreyDlogsit.hqx patch must in the HyperCard folder
The MadCowRoulette and the MaraPaulShapes into games
and the another ones in patches. Okay?
cu /zed/
Moritz Grund
Homepage: http://www.maz.net/macmagazin/KomPass/l ... /main.html
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/simple-text-copland-icons.hqx; 386K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:49 -0700
From: (Andrew Plotkin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] So Far: a text adventure
Perhaps you would enjoy a play.
SO FAR
An Interactive Catharsis
by Andrew Plotkin
(Not a time travel game.)
Release 5 / Serial number 960619 / Inform v1502 Library 5/12
So Far is copyright 1996 by Andrew Plotkin. It may be copied,
distributed, and played freely.
This application requires System 7, and 1.6 megs of free memory. If
you don't have System 7, or you want a non-Mac version of this game,
or you just want to try a different interpreter, please look in
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/. There are also lots of other text
adventures there.
If you wish to discuss putting this game on a CD-ROM, or anything
like that, please contact:
Andrew Plotkin ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/so-far.hqx; 414K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:26:17 -0700
From: (Hal Gumbert)[email protected]
Subject: [*] StringBoss 1.6
StringBoss is a module for Apple's Control Strip. This strip was created
to quote and unquote text for email and inserting information like your
address into a document rather than making you type each time. I hope
that this control strip makes those things less of a pain.
You can mail me at .
My WWW page is at .
StringBoss is written in C, using MetroWerks CodeWarrior.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/string-boss-16.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:54 -0700
From: (Mike Epstein)[email protected]
Subject: [*] SuperGraph 1.0a
Changes since 1.0: Fixed an installer problem. If 1.0 installed
successfully, there is no need to upgrade.
SuperGraph is a powerful, easy-to-use, inexpensive program to graph
explicit and implicit mathematical functions. Implicit expressions,
ones that cannot easily be solved for either x or y, have presented a
challenge to visualize. SuperGraph makes that a thing of the past.
For example, SuperGraph can graph complex expressions in two variables
like y^2(y-1)-x^2(y^2-1)+2xy^2-x^4=0. And best of all, it's only $15
(payable through Kagi Shareware or directly to the author at 90 Maple
Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021).
SuperGraph differs from Apple's Graphing Calculator in its flexibility
and customizability when dealing with implicit expressions (which
Graphing Calculator does not directly support) and in its ability to
run on 680x0 (non-PowerPC) Macintosh computers.
SuperGraph is especially suited to demonstrating various implicit
expressions and techniques of sketching them in a classroom situation.
SuperGraph requires either a PowerPC processor or a 68020, 68030 or
68040 with math coprocessor (FPU).
More information about SuperGraph is available at
.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/super-graph-10a.hqx; 273K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:55 -0700
From: (Tony Wayne)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Water Rocket Fun v06/20/96
NEEDS: Mac LC or newer 1 meg of ram above the system.
If you have a Mac, teach science or have a curiousity about Water
Bottle Rockets, read this: Water Rocket Fun simulates the flight of a water
bottle rocket. It can be used from 4th grade up to the college level. The
user can input bottle type, (even those pump toy rockets), gravity as found
on different planets, the fluid to fill the rocket, the atmosphere's
density by altitude, drag coefficient, air density, amount of fluid in
rocket, bottle pressure, calculation speed and accuracy and additional
fins. The program flies the rocket and gives general numbers like max
velocity, apogee, max thrust, time to apogee. The user may request height,
velocity, force, impulse, kinetic energy, potential energy, graphs versus
time or a pressure versus velocity graph. The results can be printed. The
application also includes suggested experiments the software can be used
for. It now has a altitude calculation section where a user can enter
tracking angles and the program calculates and keeps track of the launch
and the altitude and drift distance at altitude in a data table. The data
can be saved and opened by ClarisWorks v4.04 automatically as a spreadsheet
or as a text file by any other program. All the results can be printed. It
also includes how to build your own launcher, rocket and more, much more.
THE PROGRAM IS FREE!! Copy it for a friend.
-Tony Wayne
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/water-rocket-fun-06-20-96.hqx; 808K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:57 -0700
From: (Alastair Montgomery)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Waverly
The attached file is a Macintosh Doom 2 Wad.
This map can be used for single player games or deathmatchs.
It contains lots of cool stuff e.g. sofa, open fire, automatic doors.
Enjoy.
Email mailto:[email protected]
Home Page http://www.ednet.co.uk/~alastair/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/waverly-wad.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:48:58 -0700
From: (Johan Lindvall)[email protected]
Subject: [*] XEarth 1.0
XEarth for Mac v1.0 is based on the UNIX xearth v1.0 by Kirk Johnson. The
program displays a rendered image of the Earth on your screen in different
ways.
The program requires a Power Macintosh or a Macintosh with a FPU.
This program may be freely distributed.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/x-earth-10.hqx; 287K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 96 21:35:21 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: "Bevel" filter for PhotoShop 3.0
>I'm looking for a free or shareware "bevel" filter for PhotoShop 3.0. I
>have find one for Windows but none
>for my Mac.
Look in the Info-Mac Photoshop directory for the SuckingFish filter set.
The DekoBoko filter is what you need.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected]) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:39:11 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: (A) Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
Mark Allen wrote:
>System stats: PowerMac 7500, System 7.5.3 rev.2, Open Transport 1.1, FreePPP
>2.5
>
>Following the advice in several Mac columns, I unchecked "load only when
>needed" in TCP/IP control panel to avoid an identified memory fragmentation
>problem. Now, however, FreePPP initiates a connection automatically each
>time the system boots up. To counteract this, the Mac advice columns suggest
>activating the "Disable auto connect" option in the ConfigPPP control panel.
>My problem is that I don't recognize an equivalent option in the FreePPP
>Setup display panels. Can someone direct me to the appropriate display if
>FreePPP does have this option?
The option is now called "Allow applications to open connection". Uncheck
this box to prevent your Mac from dialing out on its own.
Actually, part of the problem is the way Open Transport tries to connect to
the network at startup. I encountered the same problem on my PM 7200, with
the same software setup as you, but it didn't show up until after I had
been using it for over a week.
I *think* it started happening after I disabled File Sharing. (I had
connected my old & new Macs together for convenience until I was ready to
sell the old one.) So I turned File Sharing back on, and it seemed to stop
the problem. When I have some spare time, I plan to experiment a bit to
confirm exactly what needs to be loaded & enabled to prevent my Mac from
dialing out at startup.
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:23:21 -0600
From: [email protected] (Lars Christian Jensen)
Subject: (Q) Netscape spying?
According to the german internet-magazine "Global Online" the Netscape
browser spyes on the users. During internetsessions it should check out
which applications your harddisk is filled with and report it to Netscape.
Is it possible? Is it legal? Is it true.
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:07:30 +0200
From: Bo Bjulen
Subject: [A] Can one disable auto-connect in FreePPP 2.5?
Mark Allen wrote in Info-Mac Digest #155:
-> the Mac advice columns suggest
> activating the "Disable auto connect" option in the ConfigPPP control panel.
> My problem is that I don't recognize an equivalent option in the FreePPP
> Setup display panels.
There is a small change in this:
Under the "General" there is a checkbox called "Allow applications to
open connections". Unchecking that will have the same effect as
checking "Disable auto connect" in the previous versions.
Bo
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:12:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [A] problems with GV Teleport Platinum on 8500/120
Hiroshi,
I too have been "experimenting" (i.e., enduring great hassles) with
several modems.
Lately I have used various models of Hayes, Supra, Boca, USRobotics,
Motorola and, most recently, tried out two variations of Dayna PC-card
modems for the PowerBook. (My only GV experience was with a bundled
14.4kbps model, and that didn't work out too well.)
When I sought general modem advice from Info-Mac readers some months ago, the
general consensus (from the replies I received) then was that the Supras were
pretty good for the price, but for maximum compatibility and best speeds over
any given telephone line, the USR Courier "V.Everything" was way ahead of the
pack (but also the most expensive).
My own tests confirm this. On a rural copper telephone line, on which
the Supras routinely choke and disconnect, the USR just keeps on chugging
- usually at 26.4kbps for the receive channels, and always 28.8 for the
transmit channels.
This happens both with a simple VT-102 connection from within MicroPhone
Pro, and also when using FreePPP. Everything just cranks up and
*works*. (This modem also retains extensive after-call diagnostics and
statistics, which - especially when graphed by USR's [dirty little
DrOSs!] utility program - are invaluable for assessing connection and
line quality.)
The other modems are quite another set of stories, however: Sometimes
they connect, sometimes PPP works, sometimes the speeds (on the same
telephone line) are in excess of 19.2kbps. *Usually*, however, this
motley of modems has varying degrees of minor-to-major problems -
including PPP "hangs," where the client programs think the link is
actually up, but it isn't. (BTW, my tests have been both with "Classic
AppleTalk," and OT 1.1.)
The Dayna products have been particularly troublesome, and the company's
support nothing short of underwhelming. Even though the modems are the
*only* variables in the equation, their position is, "It's not our
problem. Check with Apple [or anybody but us]." By contrast, USR
maintains 1-800 (US) telephone support for the Courier product lines.
In years past, I have cursed some USR modems for being compatible only
with other identical USR's. Lately, however, this situation seems to
have been reversed, and for me the premium price (but I did find it on
"sale") has been well worth the freedom from hassle.
Where in Japan are you located? Perhaps someone there could loan you a
USR for testing?
In any case, thanks much to the Info-Mac community for pointing me in
this direction.
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
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Date: 29 Jun 1996 07:30:27 +0300
From: "John M. Stoll"
Subject: [Q] Mixing DIMMs with different speed
Dear Info-Mac Reader,
I would like to upgrade my Power Mac 7500 with an additional DIMM.
Currently I've got a 70ns DIMM installed and have the opportunity
to buy a 60ns DIMM of the same size. Q: Is it possible to mix DIMMs
with different speed? Can I still take advantage of memory
interleaving?
Thanks any suggestions
John
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:48:12 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bailey Ford)
Subject: [Q] sharing an ISDN modem over a LAN
Hello,
I wondered if anyone has had success finding a relatively cheap way to
allow several people on a local ethernet use a single ISDN modem. Ideally,
several users would be able to access the net through this modem at once
and the bandwidth would by dynamically allocated. I would settle, however,
for the ability of any one user access the modem at any one time. That is
that only one computer could be connected to the net at a time, but all of
the machines could connect.
I understand that there are routers that basically connect the modem to the
ethernet and let everyone access it, but these seem expensive (>$1000). I
vaguely recall some mention of a PortShare software solution that would
allow other users to use whatever was connected to a particular port.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
TIA,
Bailey Ford
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:15:53 -0400
From: Randy Alan Yeip
Subject: AVI to QT
I'm trying to view avi movies on my mac. I have the avi to quicktime app,
and it installed the windows compressor. However, I don't think this is
working. After uudecoding the two files, I ended up with two word
documents. I thought this was supposed to then be dropped onto stuffit
expander, but it never wants to complete the operation. If I try to go
directly to dropping it on the avi to quicktime app, it tells me "Error
reading file; result code=-39." Anyone have a clue what's wrong, and what I
need to do? TIA.
Randy Yeip
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:45:50 -0400
From: [email protected] (Textco, Inc.)
Subject: beta testers needed
Hello Mac folks-
We are interested in finding some beta testers for a new Macintosh product.
The software is meant for use by molecular biologists in their cloning
research. You must be familiar with molecular biology (cloning techniques)
to test this new software and must be able to send reports by email. If you
are interested in finding out more about the software either email to
[email protected], or give us a call (number below). Beta testing is to start
immediately for a product to be released later this year.
Thanks.
Bob Gross
Textco, Inc. voice/FAX: 603-643-1471
27 Gilson Road URL: http://www.textco.com/
West Lebanon, email: [email protected]
New Hampshire 03784 USA
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Date: 28 Jun 1996 17:03:20 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: GeoPort Supported?
>From Digest V14 #155:
>From: Phil Hudson
>Subject: 5200 & GeoPort
>Can anyone confirm or deny that the Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter "pod"
>works with the LC/Performa 5200? TIA.
The Macintosh LC 63X, 58X, and Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC computers do not
support the GeoPort Telecom Adapter, because they lack DMA I/O support.
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 96 20:59 EST
From: Galileo Ramos
Subject: HELP : Unknown Name Disk
Hi Guys,
I have been hanging around this list for quite some time now,
and this is the first time that I'm posting an inquiry.
Very recently, whenever I run my Norton Disk Doctor v3.1.2.and
tried to diagnose my hard disk.I get this >listed
together with my hard disk. What could this be? How could I get
rid of it? Would this create trouble in my Mac?
PowerMac 7100/80AV
System 7.5.1
32mb RAM, 700mb Hard Disk
Aaron 1.4, Confilct Catcher.
Running Photoshop 3.0, FreeHand 5.0,Vellum 2.6,Microsoft Office 4.2.
Please advise.
TIA,
Galileo Ramos Jr.
S=Ramos%[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 14:41:22 -0400
From: Pat Ellis
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #155
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 20:10:49 +0200
> From: Phil Hudson
> Subject: 5200 & GeoPort
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny that the Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter "pod"
> works with the LC/Performa 5200? TIA.
According to Apple's Spec sheet, the Performa 5200 does not have a
Geoport. Therefore the Telecom adapter would not work. You're better off
anyway (IMHO) getting yourself a decent external modem anyway. Their
prices are quite reasonable (i.e. Supra 28.8, v.34 external is going for
$199 Canadian here in some parts of Montreal), and there are some
compatibility problems with the Geopod (i.e ConfigPPP and FreePPP).
Pat Ellis
> ------------------------------
> Date: 27 Jun 1996 11:35:01 +0000
> From: Mephistophilis
> Subject: [Q] Disk First Aid says 'Another appl. is using this disk'?????
>
> I have Disk First Aid set as a startup device and of late I notice
> that it often aborts its check with a message stating that it cannot
> continue because another application is using the disk - even
> though no other application is running. A second run proceeds
> normally. What is going on here?
> TIA -
> Fergus Lalor
I've been experiencing the same problem but haven't been able to
track it down. If I recall, it generally occurs (in my case anyway) after
a freeze, followed by a forced restart. Now I merely use Techtool to
delete and rebuild the desktop. It will force whatever "application" is
using the disk, to quit.
Pat Ellis
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:03:02 +0100
From: [email protected] (tom hawkins)
Subject: Mac info database?
[email protected] (Mike Whybark) asked:
>Does anyone know the location of a databse (or hypercard stack) once seen
>which featured black-and-white drawings of the boards of many older Macs? I
>seem to recall that the DB (or stack) was from Apple, and featured text
>info as well.
You might be thinking of:
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com/Apple.Sup ... dates/US/M
acintosh/Utilities/Apple_Memory_Guide_1.0.sea.hqx
(I expect it's in a similar place on the US servers.)
Also useful for comprehensive techie info on all Mac models is:
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com/Apple.Sup ... dates/US/M
acintosh/Utilities/Apple_Spec_5-96.sea.hqx
which is a Filemaker Pro database; there's a runtime version of Filemaker
Pro to go with it:
ftp://ftp.info.euro.apple.com/Apple.Sup ... dates/US/M
acintosh/Utilities/Apple_Spec_5-96_app.sea.hqx
Tom Hawkins Dept. of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London SW7 2AY, UK
[email protected] Phone +44 (0)171 589 5111 ext 55194 Fax +44 (0)171 594 5207
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:48:10 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bailey Ford)
Subject: memory leak and serial ports
I want to thank all of the people who responded to my message.
The bottom line is this:
1) The company to get serial port card for NuBus machines is
Creative Solutions, Inc.
4701 Randolph Road
Suite 12
Rockville, MD 20852
Tel. 301-984-0262
Fax. 301-770-1675
They have cards with 2 or 4 serial connections. The PCI card is due out Oct 1.
2) The memory leak seems to be attributable to OT 1.1. and most people said
I should just live with it. Two utilities were recommended to me - MacOS
Purge and MemMapper. While neither utlity fixed the problem, they both
helped me to realize more precisely what was going on.
Thanks again,
Bailey Ford
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 19:29:38 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Newswatcher-like
Does anyone know of _free_ software for Win95 that is similar to
Newswatcher for the Mac? Or if not free, reasonable? The Win95 user has
Mosaic but is not getting onto the Usenet with it.
TIA
Bill
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:52:16 +0100
From: [email protected] (Francisco Lopez Sanchez)
Subject: ODI controller for Mac nerwork card
I have a Quadra 610 with a PC card . I need connect this PC with a PC
server that not supports Mac=B4s. A technician say to me that I need an ODI
controller for my mac card, to switch into the PC mode and attach in DOS
mode with the server. Could anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:09:35 +0800 (U)
From: DrBlood
Subject: PRAM and System memory use
REGARDING PRAM and System memory use (A)
Well, as usual I found the answer to my question, shortly after sending the
query off to the Digest, by catching up on the past few weeks of postings. In
response to a similar question, Pat Ellis suggested:
>>The first thing that comes to mind is your memory disk cache
>>setting. How high is it? Remember, the lower the cache is set to, the
>>smaller the system memory that will be used.
OK, I feel pretty dumb. While mucking around with Virtual Memory, I *had*
increased the disk cache to a mere *4608K* .... which explains where all my
RAM went. Zapping the PRAM set it back to a reasonable value. It seems pretty
obvious in retrospect. I'm just glad I didn't start relaoding system software
to fix the problem!
According to the Mac Memory Guide from Connectix (in infomac: directory
info/hdwr/mac-memory-guide-6.hqx) RAM disk cache values above about 128K do
not help increase speed very much and are a waste of potential application
memory (as I learned).
BTW, I found the hyperlink to a searchable database of the Digest archives to
be very helpful in this and other problems:
http://www-chem.ucdavis.edu:80/mac/v14/index.html
I got this link from the Info-Mac home page, also a great resource:
http://www.pht.com/info-mac/
Thanks to Demitri Muna and the other moderators and to Pacific HiTech for
putting this home page on-line!
Jerry Spangrude
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 07:40:27 -1000 (HST)
From: Michael Blasco
Subject: SCSI and PBs
The honorable Al Bloom recently typed:
> I'd like to know. Are there any PB's that cannot "dock" into a SCSI chain,
> or was my correspondent misinformed?
According to The PowerBook Companion (by Wolfson and Aker) the 140, 145,
145B and 170 do not have the SCSI Disk Mode, but other PowerBooks (and
the Duos with their miniDocks) do. Of course, this book is several years
out-of-date (circa 1993).
Michael C. Blasco Bishop Museum
[email protected] Exhibits Technical Coordinator
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:07:01 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: termination (A)
[email protected] wrote:
>I just read something rather disturbing in Apple's "Technical
>Information Specificications for Power Macintosh 7200 series computers".
>
>"IMPORTANT The factory-installed internal hard disk is terminated. If
>another SCSI device is attached to the SCSI interface, it must
>*not* [emphasis added] be terminated. The SCSI interface can contain
>only *one* [emphasis added] terminated device; if you attach more than
>one terminated device to the the internal SCSI interface, damage to the
>computer's main logic board can occur."
>
>OK, now anyone care to shed some light on this?
I believe that only refers to internal SCSI devices. Note that it says "if
you attach more than one terminated device to the the *internal* SCSI
interface".
SCSI voodoo requires that both ends of a SCSI chain be terminated.
Electrically speaking, the Mac is in the middle of the chain, between the
internal and external devices. So the device at the far end of the
external chain must be terminated, and ditto for the internal chain. As
Apple's warning indicates, the internal SCSI hard drive is at the end of
the internal chain and is terminated, so any new internal devices must be
unterminated and inserted between the existing hard drive and the Mac's
logic board.
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:56:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steve Strassmann)
Subject: to dock or not to dock
>From: "Allan M. Bloom"
>I'd like to know. Are there any PB's that cannot "dock" into a SCSI chain,
>or was my correspondent misinformed?
I recently discovered that Duos (in particular my 2300) can
be used in SCSI docking mode from certain DuoDocks, such
as the Apple MiniDock, which is no longer available. However,
astonishingly, using the big Apple DuoDock (with the motorized
inject/eject) will *not* support SCSI docking mode.
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:42:14 +0100
From: fabrizio frattini
Subject: Using DOS Cards in clock chipped 6100s (r)
> I'm curious if there is anyone out there using a DOS Cards in clock chipped
> 6100?
>
> The reason I ask is that a collegue, who homebrewed his clock chipper is
> installing a DOS card and finds the two heatsinks on the x86 and 601 are
> back to back. So the x86 heatsink interferes with the fan, which is mounted
> in the 601 heatsink and is proud of the top of the fan by a few
> millimeters.
>
> How are the fans mounted in the commercial clock chippers?
>
> Are they placed so that they're flush with the top of the heatsink (and so
> have very little room undearneath them for ventilation)?
>
> I have a DOS Card in a 6100/60 and I'm planning on clock chipping it.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Kevin Purcell, [email protected]
>
Hi Kevin, hi there
I've bought here in Italy a DOS compatibility card. There was a really
intersting bargain; a DOS compatibility card costed to me just 60$!
Apple Italy has a lot of this cards in stock and nobody is no more
intersted in such junks (this was the reseller told me...)
I've also clock chipped my PowerMac 6100/66. I' currently using a
PowerClip from Newer Technology. My 601 now is running at 88 MHZ...
I absolutely had no problems until I decided to mount the DOS card, no
freeze, no crash, nothing. And ALL the applications was running zillions
times faster than before. But when I decide was time to mount the DOS
Card a relly nightmare begun...
First my Mac started to had lots of problems at startup, corrupting
extension, not loading control panels, freeze etc. I tried to boot up
the system several times, but the results was always the same. Finally
the Mac didn't start up at all. I worked a whole night to repair the
disasters produced in my System Folders...
This was due to the high temperatures produced by the two chips that are
mounted too near. I tested the temperature in the tiny space between the
two chips, it was around 70=B0/80=B0 centigrade (I don't know how many
degrees 70=B0/80=B0 centigrade are in FH, just know that at 100=B0
Centigra=
de
the water boils...)
So I unmounted the Dos card. I keep it just in case in the future I sell
by second hand my PowerMac. I think I can sell it at a good price with a
Dos compatibilty card (and no PowerClip...) in it...
Yes I know that I can decrease the clock speed, but I'm not intersted in
a slower Mac just to run some Jurassic Windoze applications...
So I think that you shouldn't worry in how the fans in commercial clock
chippers are mounted. The cooling fan provided with the PowerClip is
mounted deep in the 601 heatsink and doesn't interfere at all with the
486 chip.
The real problem is the heat produced by both the chips, the 486 and the
601. The space between the two chips is too small...
I hope this could help you
sorry for my awfull english...
fabrizio frattini
macity site manager the first italian macheads site
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:34:30 +0100
From: "Adriano Santoni"
Subject: Wanted: utility for converting HTML tables into Excel or Word tables
Hello, everybody.
I am *desperately* seeking an utility that will allow me converting *HTML
tables* into some intermediate format (for example; CSV, TABbed, etc, which
can be read by Excel or Word and easily transformed into Excel or Word tables.
I have browsed a lot thru the web but I have found *nothing* of this kind. It
would also be great (but now I am perhaps asking for too much) if such utility
preserved font/size/style of each table cell and supported a "smart" handling
of merged cells, missing row/columns, etc. Thanks a lot in advance to anyone
who can help me with this problem.
Adriano Santoni
SIA SpA
Milano, IT
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