Info-Mac Digest V14 #173
Posted: July 25th, 1996, 4:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 25 Jul 96 Volume 14 : Issue 173
Today's Topics:
[*] Giza v2.1.1 3D Game
[*] The MaraStack
(A) Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
(Q) change the system font from Chicago
(Q) Gatekeeper 1.3 and Sound Preferences
(Q) PowerMac 8500 and Banyan Vines
16 bit Jazzzz (sound)
1710AV
[A]Default font in ClarisWorks spreadsheet
[A] multiple mailboxes (2 msgs)
[Q] PowerBook 5300c - extending external display from 256 to 1000's
colours
antivirals
Class Scheduling Software (Q)
Flowchart Software
Help - Abaton scanner no longer works under 7.5.3
Info-Mac Digest V14 #172 (4 msgs)
Monitor Flicker
Monitor flickering??
multiple mailboxes
Performa 550 enablers
Re-antivirals
Sorting/columnizing list of 100 words
System 7.5.3 compatability question
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 17:44:56 -0700
From: (B&B Software)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Giza v2.1.1 3D Game
Inside Mac Games says: This game is a shareware gem. Stunning 3D graphics
that rival many commercially-distributed games, nice sound and music, and
a level editor to boot! If you're at all interested in adventure games,
be sure to check this one out. A major update from the 1.x versions
distributed earlier.
Giza is a 3D, first person perspective, fully texture-mapped adventure
game for the Mac.
You are a scientist. You' ve just discovered that the great pyramids of
Egypt will soon be destroyed! The secrets that can save them lie within
the pyramids themselves. You must collect the vital information before
it's too late. But be careful- you could get yourself killed!
Giza is full of secrets, gold and dangers. Tricks, traps and evil
inhabitants of the pyramid that will try to stop you. Find the special
ring, transporters, secret passageways and magic potions that can help
you. Explore 25 levels of mystery and adventure.
Use the Giza editor to create your own pyramid levels! Challenge your
friends with levels you created. Upload them for others to try. It's easy
-- anyone can create exciting new levels in minutes. You can even add
your own graphics and text to create your own game.
v2.1.1 changes include...
Poison bug fixed.
Editor works on 680x0 Macs (no more -192 errors)
Shareware $15
B&B Software
http://www.pobox.com/~bandb/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/giza-211.hqx; 2061K]
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:18:27 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] The MaraStack
Hi there!
Here's my new MAC software... please put this into folder "games"
This is a stackapplication about Marathon 1. it describes all enemies, items
and
levels and has all pictures from all levels. And tips!
Click simply on the popup menu and select your card. Thats all!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/mara-stack-hc.hqx; 1525K]
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:31:12 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: (A) Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
[email protected] (Paul [not "Brian"] Brians) wrote:
>I am trying to create jpegs or gifs of some pages of a Russian book to be
>displayed on my Web site. The point is to reproduce the Russian so that
>Russian readers can read it. However, my scans come out too large when they
>are saved at a resolution sufficient to make them cleanly legible. I have
>been told that there are tricks one can use in this situation to reduce the
>size of the files drastically, but I haven't been able to get any detailed
>help. I'm using Photoshop for the image editing.
Try scanning it in at a high resolution, then scaling it down to the desired=
screen size with antialiasing turned on. If it's just a b&w image, change=
it to 256 colors or more before scaling it; if it's a color image, make=
sure it's thousands or millions of colors before scaling. As long as you=
don't shrink it too much, the anti-aliasing ought to keep the image looking=
fairly smooth and legible.
I'm afraid I don't use Photoshop, so I can't tell you exactly how to do this=
=2E
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 20:33:49 +0200
From: Dirk von Seggern
Subject: (Q) change the system font from Chicago
I'm tierd about the Chicago font and want to change the system font on my
Classic (68000).
"Aaron" and "Greg's Button" would do this, but require a 68020 as minimum.
Any suggestions?
Dirk
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 16:45:43 CDT
From: "Andy Zorio"
Subject: (Q) Gatekeeper 1.3 and Sound Preferences
I currently have a Powermac 8500 on which I recently installed the
System 7.5.3 revision 2 upgrade. The installation went reasonably well,
however, Gatekeper now has a problem when I try to use either the "Sound"
portion of the Monitors and Sound control panel, or when I start up the Apple
Video Player.
In either case, Gatekeeper 1.3 reports the following two errors in
sequence:
>Gatekeeper has vetoed an attempt by "" to violate the Res(Other)
>privelege against "Sound Preferences".[RmveResource(DRVR,0)]
>Gatekeeper has vetoed an attempt by "" to violate the Res(Other)
>privelege against "Sound Preferences".[AddResource(DRVR,0)]
Notice that, for some reason, Gatekeeper can't/won't report the name
of the offending program, so the "Grant Privelege" option in Gatekeeper's
log doesn't work.
Given how often I use these applications it wouldn't be a big chore to
disable Gatekeeper when they're used, but I would prefer to not have to take
the extra step.
Does anyone have a better solution?
Regards,
Andy Zorio ([email protected])
Corporate Communications
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 16:40:41 CDT
From: "Andy Zorio"
Subject: (Q) PowerMac 8500 and Banyan Vines
This may be asking the impossible (or highly improbable) but is there
a reasonable way of seamlessly connecting a Powermac 8500 to a Banyan
Vines network? "Reasonable" is defined as "the cost of hardware
and/or software not to exceed $2,000" (essentially the low-end cost of
putting a "corporate standard" 100Mhz Wintel machine on my desk). Seamless
meaning "the network thinks the PowerMac is a PC." The only other potential
hitch is that we may likely migrate to Windows-NT.
I've been reading good/bad reports about SoftWindows, and have seen
ads for various PC compatibility cards. I'm interested in just what will be
necessary to get me running on our LAN/WAN. We're running Banyan VINES
(version 5.54) over twisted-pair (RJ-11). The PowerMac is an 8500/120 running
System 7.5.3 rev 2 with a 1.2GB HD, and 16MB RAM.
To "upgrade" me to the company standard will likely cost more than
the $2,000, since I'm not yet considering the costs of translating
documents or purchasing equivalent software. I would obviously prefer to
improve my existing setup.
Regards,
Andy Zorio ([email protected])
Corporate Communications
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:58:20 -0400
From: Norman Friedman
Subject: 16 bit Jazzzz (sound)
I downloaded 8 and 16 bit Jazzz from info-mac, unstuffed with Stuffit and
copied
onto a floppy. I downloaded at work using my Mac II. I also installed the sound
onto the Mac II through the closed system folder. It worked properly-went to
sound and I could
then choose the sound as my alert. When I tried to install from the floppy to
my
home Mac Performa 6290 CD - it would not go into the system sound. I get a
message that a disk error occured. Does not work with either the 8 or 16 bit.
Any suggestions or answers??
Thanks in advance
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 10:55:40 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: 1710AV
I have had a 1710AV monitor with a 7500 for about 9 months now. I have been
having more trouble recently with the monitor. In the upper right corner, the
monitor has been flickering more and more noticably over the last two months.
I
have unplugged/replugged the monitor, I have calibrated it dozens of times,
moved it to different places, but nothing seems to help. Is this a known
problem? Is there an 'easy' solution, or should I take it in while it's still
under warrantee?
TIA, Stu
[email protected]
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Date: 25 Jul 1996 08:12:35 GMT
From: [email protected] (John Haywood)
Subject: [A]Default font in ClarisWorks spreadsheet
On Mon, 22 Jul 96 17:50:13 -0400, ELN/insolution, pleaded:
>A client writes (and stumped us):
>
>We have the default font in a Clarisworks 3.0 spreadsheet as Helvetica 9
>pt, but anytime we insert or add a row, it comes up as Geneva 12 pt. and
>we have to manually change it. What are we doing wrong! We've
>reinstalled, trashed the prefs...nothing works!
Scott Coats 305/451-4560
Innovative Data Solutions [email protected]
When you trash the prefs file, do you also trash the Claris Fonts document
(inside the Claris folder). I don't know if this'll work in your case, but it
has helped me in a lot of Claris font-related problems.
Alternately you could always set up a pre-formatted ss, and save as
stationery...
hth
john in Kobe
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:51:31 -0500
From: Butch Kemper
Subject: [A] multiple mailboxes
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:31:02 +0800
> From: [email protected] (Ariel Alampay)
> Subject: multiple mailboxes
>
> Is there a software which would allow me to check my mail from multiple
> mailboxes with a single command? It can be tiresome to keep changing Eudora's
> settings and entering my passwords for each mailbox.
The Eudora package does a very good job of handling multiple packages. You
can either:
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into a single mailbox.
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into separate mailboxes.
The key to making this work is having copies of the Eudora Preferences file:
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into a single mailbox.
Copy the Eudora preference file and change the name to reflect the
POP account name. Double-click on the preferences file and change
the Settings to point to the POP account.
Eudora will access the correct POP account each time it is launched
by double-clicking the settings file.
All mail will be collected into the one IN box.
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into separate mailboxes.
Follow the procedure as above but have each Eudora settings file in
a separate folder. This will cause Eudora to create a separate set
of mailboxes in each folder. You can share mailboxes between the
Eudora folders by placing the shared mailboxes in a separate folder
and an alias to the shared mail folder in each Eudora folder.
These solutions work on both the free and commerical versions of Eudora. I
also use the first method to switch access my POP account between tcp/ip
and dialup.
Butch Kemper
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:04:12 -0400
From: ELN/insolution
Subject: [A] multiple mailboxes
>>Is there a software which would allow me to check my mail from multiple
>mailboxes with a single command?
What about Claris Em@iler? I've been using it since January with great
results. It checks all four of my accounts automatically, or with one
command. They've even dropped the price to around $50
Scott Coats--Innovative Data Solutions--For a list of new/demo/refurb Mac
equipment, email [email protected] with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:02:05 +0100
From: [email protected] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: [Q] PowerBook 5300c - extending external display from 256 to 1000's
colours
The PB5300c only outputs 256 colours from the external display output
regardless of the setting on the monitors control panel. This is a big flaw
on this machine since powerpoint presentations or any graphics with
shadings look lousy when sent out for example to an OHP tablet. Anyhow, I
unserstand there is a device (PCMIA card??) that can be used to produce
1000's of colours for outputting to exterrnal displays. Does anyone have
any info/experience with this. Look forward to hearing from you.
Tony D'Emanuele, [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 09:18:24 -0400
From: Doc Walker
Subject: antivirals
>Disinfectant hasn't been upgraded for a long time, and I suspect there are
>a number of Mac viruses it won't detect.
The only new viruses that Disinfectant won't detect (nor did John Norstad
ever intend it to detect) are M$ Word macro viruses and HyperCard viruses.
The simple answer is that there are **far** fewer viruses 'available' for
the Mac OS than for Windoze.
Rest assured that John Norstad will update Disinfectant if and when any
new viruses appear.
The official anonymous FTP site (according to Disinfectant's online help)
is:
The latest version (as of 25 Jul 96) is version 3.6 updated 7 Apr 95 to
detect "another new clone of the nVIR B virus":
Doc
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:41:07 -0800
From: Alan Fanning
Subject: Class Scheduling Software (Q)
My wife is looking for software that would help her schedule classes at
the vocational school where she works. This software (shareware or
commercial) would ideally take into account such things as room
availability, teacher availability, class size, known schedule conflicts,
hours of class per day, days per week, etc. Any suggestions will be
greatly appreciated.
Direct replies to the following e-mail address are preferred:
[email protected]
Thanks!
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:16:34 -0700
From: "Barbara L. Branch"
Subject: Flowchart Software
Do you guys know of any shareware or freeware program that makes
flowcharts like programmmers or business analysts use> Thanks.
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:48:29 -0700
From: Sailen Black
Subject: Help - Abaton scanner no longer works under 7.5.3
Subject line says it all. Basically the Abaton software used to run my
Abaton Scan 300/Color has gone haywire since I went to System 7.5.3. It
locks, it quits, stalls - very flaky. It runs fine under System 7.1, but
unfortunately my new Power Mac won't do 7.1., even within a partition. I
assume it's not a SCSI problem, since SCSI Probe sees the scanner OK.
Has anyone seen an updated copy of Abaton's software, or perphaps a
third-party scanner interface that might work? Any other ideas before
this thing becomes a very large paperweight?
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 03:52:12 -0700
From: JACK LAU
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:27:11 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #171
From: [email protected] (Dewey Maxwell)
My wife regularly creates a listing of approximately 100 spelling words in
4 columns. Does anyone know of a program that will place all of these
columns in alphabetical order? Shareware if possible.
WordPerfect will sort table rows. (Not shareware, though.)
Sure do know how, and it's *very* easy via Micrsoft Word. (I have version
5.1a - the "good" one). Heres how: 1. Hold down the option key and move
your cursor down the desired column of words to highlight them.
2. Now go to pulldown menu and select: Tools/Sort. That's it!
P.S> It's intelligent enough to sort numerical charecters in the same
manner. Enjoy.
Cheung
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:51:33 -0500
From: [email protected] (David Adelson)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:27:11 -0400
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #171
>
>>From: [email protected] (Dewey Maxwell)
>>>My wife regularly creates a listing of approximately 100 spelling words in
>>4 columns. Does anyone know of a program that will place all of these
>>columns in alphabetical order? Shareware if possible.
>WordPerfect will sort table rows. (Not shareware, though.)
So will Microsoft Word (5.1): Make a table with 4 columns, enter text,
select a row using option/drag or pointing at top of row, then choose
"sort" from the "Tools" menu.
Don't know of any shareware
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 16:06:37 -0500
From: [email protected] (David Adelson)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:29:56 -0500
>From: [email protected] (Edward Ver Hoef)
>Subject: Listserv questions
>
>A church of which I am a member is considering the establishment of a
>website. In addition, there is a daily publication produced by a group for
>which we might wish to archive back issues and automate maintenance of the
>subscription list. It appears (from my very limited knowledge of such
>things) that this would be a function that could be done by a listserv. I
>would appreeciate it if someone could confirm or correct that belief and,
>if it is correct, point me to some source for the information I would need
>to learn how to do this. Thanks in advance.
>
>Ed Ver Hoef
Ed--
List subscription and maintenannce can be done by a listserv program. An
excellent one for the Mac is Macjordomo, by Michele Fourtes. It's freeware
(with the best technical support I've ever seen), and is available at
ftp://Macjbeta:[email protected] ... /Macjbeta/
If your computer will have a dedicated connection to the internet, you may
also want to get MailShare, also known as AIMS (Apple Internet Mailing
Server?). Also freeware, you can find that at:
http://www.cybertech.apple.com
If you just have a modem ISP connection, Macjordomo works just fine.
Good luck!
David Adelson
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:04:09 -0400
From: ELN/insolution
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
>I have a 1.7GB disk, divided up into 256MB partitions. It was formatted
>with a recent version of Hard Disk Toolkit PE. I'm running MacOS 7.5.3.
>
>I had been having troubles copying files from one partition to another,
>frequently causing system crashes. (Just from copying files!)
>
>I had an idea, and disabled the HDT Extension. No more crashes.
What version of HDT were you using. There is a documented problem with
versions earlier than 1.8 which would cause directory corruption on large
volumes (I know, I lost 2GB+ worth of data--thanks to Dantz (Retrospect),
I was able to recover).
Scott Coats--Innovative Data Solutions--For a list of new/demo/refurb Mac
equipment, email [email protected] with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:12:27 -0400
From: ELN/insolution
Subject: Monitor Flicker
>I've been having problems with using a monitor with my Performa 600CD. Most
>times when I use it, the monitor flickers at an annoying rate. I've tried
>taking both the computer and monitor into an Authorized Apple Dealer, and
>they were stumped. Calling Apple's Support Hotline turned up no real
>answers either. They suggested that the flickering is probably caused by
>interference of some sort. I tried moving the computer and monitor to a
>different location (several in fact) to no avail.
Do you have an adequate ground for your household electrical system? A
poor ground will affect the quality of a monitor image, and many older
homes/offices do not have proper grounds. Try changing monitors and see
if the problem disappears. If it does, you need an electrician to
evaluate your wiring. If it doesn't, your dealer should be able to
diagnose the P600. Perhaps a bad VRAM SIMM or logic board?
>Also, is there any way to adjust the angle at which the image is displayed?
>I remember reading how to fix this sort of problem on other types of
>monitors...
Yes, but if you have to ask...I'd suggest you take the monitor to your
Apple dealer. The tilt is easily fixed by adjusting the yoke, but that's
NOT a job for the tinkerer.
Scott Coats--Innovative Data Solutions--For a list of new/demo/refurb Mac
equipment, email [email protected] with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:57:37 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Monitor flickering??
Tim McCleary wrote:
>I've been having problems with using a monitor with my Performa 600CD. Most
>times when I use it, the monitor flickers at an annoying rate. I've tried
>taking both the computer and monitor into an Authorized Apple Dealer, and
>they were stumped. Calling Apple's Support Hotline turned up no real
>answers either.
Difficult to diagnose without actually being there...
Do you have any power supplies or power cords sitting close to the monitor? =
For example, a power adapter for external speakers? These can emit=
magnetic fields which interfere with the monitor, and it's best to place=
them as far from the monitor as possible. Unshielded speakers can also be=
a problem. Try setting up JUST the computer, monitor, keyboard, and mouse,=
with NO other equipment within 3 feet of it.
When you connect it to the other computers, is there _any_ difference in the=
cabling and connectors used to connect the monitor to the computer? If so,=
the culprit might be a faulty cable or connector. Do you try the other=
computers in the same physical locations as the Pf600? What kind of=
monitor is it? Maybe it's a brand that doesn't work well with the signals=
put out by the Pf600; I think some of the older Macs put out the sync=
signals etc in a way that isn't compatible with some VGA monitors.
> However, no matter which
>computer I connect it to, the image is on a slight angle.
>
> is there any way to adjust the angle at which the image is displayed?
It can be adjusted, but the controls for it are inside, on the picture tube.=
Don't try to do it yourself -- there's a serious shock hazard, even if the=
monitor is unplugged. Leave it to a technician who knows what he's doing.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:36:34 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: multiple mailboxes
[email protected] (Ariel Alampay) wrote:
>Is there a software which would allow me to check my mail from multiple
>mailboxes with a single command? It can be tiresome to keep changing Eudora=
's
>settings and entering my passwords for each mailbox.
Why don't you just have all your email forwarded to a single address, so=
that you only have to check one mailbox? It is possible to set up an=
internet account so that it will forward all the mail it receives to=
another email address. For example, when I got a new internet account, I=
set up my old account so that it'll redirect all mail to my new address. I=
can still log in on either account, but Eudora only has to look at my=
mailbox on my new ISP to get all my mail; and if I happen to be logged onto=
my old ISP, Eudora can still connect to my new ISP over the 'net to get my =
mail.
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Date: 25 Jul 1996 14:16:09 -0700
From: "Dan Frakes"
Subject: Performa 550 enablers
"Mark J. Miller" wrote:
> I'm looking for info about the enablers for the Performa 550. Were any
> updates
>issued? I checked Apple Support. After updating to System 7.5.0 the enablers
>stayed at 7.1p. Does the upgrade to 7.5.0 or update 2.0 replace any
functions
>the enablers used to handle?
The System Enabler for your particular system, System Enabler 332, is no
longer needed under System 7.5 and above.
System Enablers for a particular Mac are nearly always rendered obsolete when
a newer version of the System software than shipped with the Mac comes out. A
short (and simplified) explanation/timeline of why they exist:
1) Apple writes a new version (x.0) of the System software. It is designed to
work on all _existing_ Macs, and thus support for these Macs is built-in.
2) Apple releases a newer Mac. This Mac wasn't originally supported by System
x.0. Apple creates a "System Enabler" which allows System x.0 to support the
new Mac.
3) Apple releases a newer version (say, x.5) of the System software. It is
designed to work on all _existing_ Macs. Thus the "new" Mac in #2 is now
supported directly, and no System Enabler is necessary. However, the even
_newer_ Mac (due in August, but released in October)
is _not_ supported
by System x.5, so an Enabler is written for it.
This cycle goes on and on... Actually, Apple wasn't very good about this at
first. They wrote System 7.0/7.1 as a "general" system, figuring that the
System Software installers would just install the appropriate System Enabler
to work with each computer. However, there were a lot of problems and
inconveniences, so in System 7.5, they updated the System to be compatible
with all existing Macs. Nearly all System Enablers were eliminated under 7.5,
except for the following computers:
LC/Performa 5200 series
PM 6100/66
PM 7100/88
PM 8100/100 or 110
All PCI Macs
PB 190/5300/2300 series
However, yet again, under System 7.5.3, even these enablers were eliminated.
Hope this wasn't too confusing. If you want a table of all the System
Enablers and what Macs they were for, as well as a bunch o' other info, check
out The InformInit (downloadable at the URL below).
Dan
[email protected] The Mac Pruning Page and InformInit Home:
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:00:20 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ian Burt)
Subject: Re-antivirals
In Info Mac # 172, Rollo Silver wrote:
>I've been a loyal Disinfectant user for ages, but it appears that
>Disinfectant hasn't been upgraded for a long time, and I suspect there are
>a number of Mac viruses it won't detect.
>Any suggestions as to antivirals that are kept up to date?
>
The reason it hasn't been upgraded is because there are no new Mac virus
strains to counter since 3.6. If it aint broke, don't fix it.
O.K?
Ian Burt
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 10:18:06 -0400
From: Doc Walker
Subject: Sorting/columnizing list of 100 words
Have you tried BBEdit Lite (freeware)? It will sort the words and you can
even columnize them (although the words will be separated with tabs; I
would recommend ClarisWorks 4.0 to put them in columns).
BBEdit is written by Bare Bones Software:
HTH.
Doc
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:00:24 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ian Burt)
Subject: System 7.5.3 compatability question
In Info Mac # 172,John Stevens wrote:
>I will shortly be upgrading my LC (10Mb RAM) from System 7.0.1
>to System 7.5.3
>
>Major applications used are Word 5.1a, MYOB 5, FaxStf 2.6 &
>ClarisWorks 3. Do any of these require upgrades to avoid
>problems when run under System 7.5.3?
IMHO you should do the upgrade in incremental jumps, to get you used to the
freeze ups and crashes you are likely to encounter as you move 'up'. I run
Claris Works 2.1 on 7.5.3, with a 630 and have no problems that I didn't
before the move 'up'.
I am about to stepback a pace to 7.5.1 and stay there until Copland comes
out. I have plenty of time to save for a Power Mac the way OS 8 is being
continually put back.
Hope this TidBit justifies the bandwidth.
Regards,
Ian Burt
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 25 Jul 96 Volume 14 : Issue 173
Today's Topics:
[*] Giza v2.1.1 3D Game
[*] The MaraStack
(A) Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
(Q) change the system font from Chicago
(Q) Gatekeeper 1.3 and Sound Preferences
(Q) PowerMac 8500 and Banyan Vines
16 bit Jazzzz (sound)
1710AV
[A]Default font in ClarisWorks spreadsheet
[A] multiple mailboxes (2 msgs)
[Q] PowerBook 5300c - extending external display from 256 to 1000's
colours
antivirals
Class Scheduling Software (Q)
Flowchart Software
Help - Abaton scanner no longer works under 7.5.3
Info-Mac Digest V14 #172 (4 msgs)
Monitor Flicker
Monitor flickering??
multiple mailboxes
Performa 550 enablers
Re-antivirals
Sorting/columnizing list of 100 words
System 7.5.3 compatability question
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 17:44:56 -0700
From: (B&B Software)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Giza v2.1.1 3D Game
Inside Mac Games says: This game is a shareware gem. Stunning 3D graphics
that rival many commercially-distributed games, nice sound and music, and
a level editor to boot! If you're at all interested in adventure games,
be sure to check this one out. A major update from the 1.x versions
distributed earlier.
Giza is a 3D, first person perspective, fully texture-mapped adventure
game for the Mac.
You are a scientist. You' ve just discovered that the great pyramids of
Egypt will soon be destroyed! The secrets that can save them lie within
the pyramids themselves. You must collect the vital information before
it's too late. But be careful- you could get yourself killed!
Giza is full of secrets, gold and dangers. Tricks, traps and evil
inhabitants of the pyramid that will try to stop you. Find the special
ring, transporters, secret passageways and magic potions that can help
you. Explore 25 levels of mystery and adventure.
Use the Giza editor to create your own pyramid levels! Challenge your
friends with levels you created. Upload them for others to try. It's easy
-- anyone can create exciting new levels in minutes. You can even add
your own graphics and text to create your own game.
v2.1.1 changes include...
Poison bug fixed.
Editor works on 680x0 Macs (no more -192 errors)
Shareware $15
B&B Software
http://www.pobox.com/~bandb/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/giza-211.hqx; 2061K]
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:18:27 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] The MaraStack
Hi there!
Here's my new MAC software... please put this into folder "games"
This is a stackapplication about Marathon 1. it describes all enemies, items
and
levels and has all pictures from all levels. And tips!
Click simply on the popup menu and select your card. Thats all!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/mara-stack-hc.hqx; 1525K]
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:31:12 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: (A) Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
[email protected] (Paul [not "Brian"] Brians) wrote:
>I am trying to create jpegs or gifs of some pages of a Russian book to be
>displayed on my Web site. The point is to reproduce the Russian so that
>Russian readers can read it. However, my scans come out too large when they
>are saved at a resolution sufficient to make them cleanly legible. I have
>been told that there are tricks one can use in this situation to reduce the
>size of the files drastically, but I haven't been able to get any detailed
>help. I'm using Photoshop for the image editing.
Try scanning it in at a high resolution, then scaling it down to the desired=
screen size with antialiasing turned on. If it's just a b&w image, change=
it to 256 colors or more before scaling it; if it's a color image, make=
sure it's thousands or millions of colors before scaling. As long as you=
don't shrink it too much, the anti-aliasing ought to keep the image looking=
fairly smooth and legible.
I'm afraid I don't use Photoshop, so I can't tell you exactly how to do this=
=2E
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 20:33:49 +0200
From: Dirk von Seggern
Subject: (Q) change the system font from Chicago
I'm tierd about the Chicago font and want to change the system font on my
Classic (68000).
"Aaron" and "Greg's Button" would do this, but require a 68020 as minimum.
Any suggestions?
Dirk
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 16:45:43 CDT
From: "Andy Zorio"
Subject: (Q) Gatekeeper 1.3 and Sound Preferences
I currently have a Powermac 8500 on which I recently installed the
System 7.5.3 revision 2 upgrade. The installation went reasonably well,
however, Gatekeper now has a problem when I try to use either the "Sound"
portion of the Monitors and Sound control panel, or when I start up the Apple
Video Player.
In either case, Gatekeeper 1.3 reports the following two errors in
sequence:
>Gatekeeper has vetoed an attempt by "" to violate the Res(Other)
>privelege against "Sound Preferences".[RmveResource(DRVR,0)]
>Gatekeeper has vetoed an attempt by "" to violate the Res(Other)
>privelege against "Sound Preferences".[AddResource(DRVR,0)]
Notice that, for some reason, Gatekeeper can't/won't report the name
of the offending program, so the "Grant Privelege" option in Gatekeeper's
log doesn't work.
Given how often I use these applications it wouldn't be a big chore to
disable Gatekeeper when they're used, but I would prefer to not have to take
the extra step.
Does anyone have a better solution?
Regards,
Andy Zorio ([email protected])
Corporate Communications
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 16:40:41 CDT
From: "Andy Zorio"
Subject: (Q) PowerMac 8500 and Banyan Vines
This may be asking the impossible (or highly improbable) but is there
a reasonable way of seamlessly connecting a Powermac 8500 to a Banyan
Vines network? "Reasonable" is defined as "the cost of hardware
and/or software not to exceed $2,000" (essentially the low-end cost of
putting a "corporate standard" 100Mhz Wintel machine on my desk). Seamless
meaning "the network thinks the PowerMac is a PC." The only other potential
hitch is that we may likely migrate to Windows-NT.
I've been reading good/bad reports about SoftWindows, and have seen
ads for various PC compatibility cards. I'm interested in just what will be
necessary to get me running on our LAN/WAN. We're running Banyan VINES
(version 5.54) over twisted-pair (RJ-11). The PowerMac is an 8500/120 running
System 7.5.3 rev 2 with a 1.2GB HD, and 16MB RAM.
To "upgrade" me to the company standard will likely cost more than
the $2,000, since I'm not yet considering the costs of translating
documents or purchasing equivalent software. I would obviously prefer to
improve my existing setup.
Regards,
Andy Zorio ([email protected])
Corporate Communications
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:58:20 -0400
From: Norman Friedman
Subject: 16 bit Jazzzz (sound)
I downloaded 8 and 16 bit Jazzz from info-mac, unstuffed with Stuffit and
copied
onto a floppy. I downloaded at work using my Mac II. I also installed the sound
onto the Mac II through the closed system folder. It worked properly-went to
sound and I could
then choose the sound as my alert. When I tried to install from the floppy to
my
home Mac Performa 6290 CD - it would not go into the system sound. I get a
message that a disk error occured. Does not work with either the 8 or 16 bit.
Any suggestions or answers??
Thanks in advance
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 10:55:40 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: 1710AV
I have had a 1710AV monitor with a 7500 for about 9 months now. I have been
having more trouble recently with the monitor. In the upper right corner, the
monitor has been flickering more and more noticably over the last two months.
I
have unplugged/replugged the monitor, I have calibrated it dozens of times,
moved it to different places, but nothing seems to help. Is this a known
problem? Is there an 'easy' solution, or should I take it in while it's still
under warrantee?
TIA, Stu
[email protected]
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Date: 25 Jul 1996 08:12:35 GMT
From: [email protected] (John Haywood)
Subject: [A]Default font in ClarisWorks spreadsheet
On Mon, 22 Jul 96 17:50:13 -0400, ELN/insolution, pleaded:
>A client writes (and stumped us):
>
>We have the default font in a Clarisworks 3.0 spreadsheet as Helvetica 9
>pt, but anytime we insert or add a row, it comes up as Geneva 12 pt. and
>we have to manually change it. What are we doing wrong! We've
>reinstalled, trashed the prefs...nothing works!
Scott Coats 305/451-4560
Innovative Data Solutions [email protected]
When you trash the prefs file, do you also trash the Claris Fonts document
(inside the Claris folder). I don't know if this'll work in your case, but it
has helped me in a lot of Claris font-related problems.
Alternately you could always set up a pre-formatted ss, and save as
stationery...
hth
john in Kobe
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:51:31 -0500
From: Butch Kemper
Subject: [A] multiple mailboxes
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:31:02 +0800
> From: [email protected] (Ariel Alampay)
> Subject: multiple mailboxes
>
> Is there a software which would allow me to check my mail from multiple
> mailboxes with a single command? It can be tiresome to keep changing Eudora's
> settings and entering my passwords for each mailbox.
The Eudora package does a very good job of handling multiple packages. You
can either:
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into a single mailbox.
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into separate mailboxes.
The key to making this work is having copies of the Eudora Preferences file:
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into a single mailbox.
Copy the Eudora preference file and change the name to reflect the
POP account name. Double-click on the preferences file and change
the Settings to point to the POP account.
Eudora will access the correct POP account each time it is launched
by double-clicking the settings file.
All mail will be collected into the one IN box.
- Collect mail from multiple POP accounts into separate mailboxes.
Follow the procedure as above but have each Eudora settings file in
a separate folder. This will cause Eudora to create a separate set
of mailboxes in each folder. You can share mailboxes between the
Eudora folders by placing the shared mailboxes in a separate folder
and an alias to the shared mail folder in each Eudora folder.
These solutions work on both the free and commerical versions of Eudora. I
also use the first method to switch access my POP account between tcp/ip
and dialup.
Butch Kemper
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:04:12 -0400
From: ELN/insolution
Subject: [A] multiple mailboxes
>>Is there a software which would allow me to check my mail from multiple
>mailboxes with a single command?
What about Claris Em@iler? I've been using it since January with great
results. It checks all four of my accounts automatically, or with one
command. They've even dropped the price to around $50
Scott Coats--Innovative Data Solutions--For a list of new/demo/refurb Mac
equipment, email [email protected] with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:02:05 +0100
From: [email protected] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: [Q] PowerBook 5300c - extending external display from 256 to 1000's
colours
The PB5300c only outputs 256 colours from the external display output
regardless of the setting on the monitors control panel. This is a big flaw
on this machine since powerpoint presentations or any graphics with
shadings look lousy when sent out for example to an OHP tablet. Anyhow, I
unserstand there is a device (PCMIA card??) that can be used to produce
1000's of colours for outputting to exterrnal displays. Does anyone have
any info/experience with this. Look forward to hearing from you.
Tony D'Emanuele, [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 09:18:24 -0400
From: Doc Walker
Subject: antivirals
>Disinfectant hasn't been upgraded for a long time, and I suspect there are
>a number of Mac viruses it won't detect.
The only new viruses that Disinfectant won't detect (nor did John Norstad
ever intend it to detect) are M$ Word macro viruses and HyperCard viruses.
The simple answer is that there are **far** fewer viruses 'available' for
the Mac OS than for Windoze.
Rest assured that John Norstad will update Disinfectant if and when any
new viruses appear.
The official anonymous FTP site (according to Disinfectant's online help)
is:
The latest version (as of 25 Jul 96) is version 3.6 updated 7 Apr 95 to
detect "another new clone of the nVIR B virus":
Doc
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:41:07 -0800
From: Alan Fanning
Subject: Class Scheduling Software (Q)
My wife is looking for software that would help her schedule classes at
the vocational school where she works. This software (shareware or
commercial) would ideally take into account such things as room
availability, teacher availability, class size, known schedule conflicts,
hours of class per day, days per week, etc. Any suggestions will be
greatly appreciated.
Direct replies to the following e-mail address are preferred:
[email protected]
Thanks!
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:16:34 -0700
From: "Barbara L. Branch"
Subject: Flowchart Software
Do you guys know of any shareware or freeware program that makes
flowcharts like programmmers or business analysts use> Thanks.
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:48:29 -0700
From: Sailen Black
Subject: Help - Abaton scanner no longer works under 7.5.3
Subject line says it all. Basically the Abaton software used to run my
Abaton Scan 300/Color has gone haywire since I went to System 7.5.3. It
locks, it quits, stalls - very flaky. It runs fine under System 7.1, but
unfortunately my new Power Mac won't do 7.1., even within a partition. I
assume it's not a SCSI problem, since SCSI Probe sees the scanner OK.
Has anyone seen an updated copy of Abaton's software, or perphaps a
third-party scanner interface that might work? Any other ideas before
this thing becomes a very large paperweight?
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 03:52:12 -0700
From: JACK LAU
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:27:11 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #171
From: [email protected] (Dewey Maxwell)
My wife regularly creates a listing of approximately 100 spelling words in
4 columns. Does anyone know of a program that will place all of these
columns in alphabetical order? Shareware if possible.
WordPerfect will sort table rows. (Not shareware, though.)
Sure do know how, and it's *very* easy via Micrsoft Word. (I have version
5.1a - the "good" one). Heres how: 1. Hold down the option key and move
your cursor down the desired column of words to highlight them.
2. Now go to pulldown menu and select: Tools/Sort. That's it!
P.S> It's intelligent enough to sort numerical charecters in the same
manner. Enjoy.
Cheung
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:51:33 -0500
From: [email protected] (David Adelson)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:27:11 -0400
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #171
>
>>From: [email protected] (Dewey Maxwell)
>>>My wife regularly creates a listing of approximately 100 spelling words in
>>4 columns. Does anyone know of a program that will place all of these
>>columns in alphabetical order? Shareware if possible.
>WordPerfect will sort table rows. (Not shareware, though.)
So will Microsoft Word (5.1): Make a table with 4 columns, enter text,
select a row using option/drag or pointing at top of row, then choose
"sort" from the "Tools" menu.
Don't know of any shareware
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 16:06:37 -0500
From: [email protected] (David Adelson)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:29:56 -0500
>From: [email protected] (Edward Ver Hoef)
>Subject: Listserv questions
>
>A church of which I am a member is considering the establishment of a
>website. In addition, there is a daily publication produced by a group for
>which we might wish to archive back issues and automate maintenance of the
>subscription list. It appears (from my very limited knowledge of such
>things) that this would be a function that could be done by a listserv. I
>would appreeciate it if someone could confirm or correct that belief and,
>if it is correct, point me to some source for the information I would need
>to learn how to do this. Thanks in advance.
>
>Ed Ver Hoef
Ed--
List subscription and maintenannce can be done by a listserv program. An
excellent one for the Mac is Macjordomo, by Michele Fourtes. It's freeware
(with the best technical support I've ever seen), and is available at
ftp://Macjbeta:[email protected] ... /Macjbeta/
If your computer will have a dedicated connection to the internet, you may
also want to get MailShare, also known as AIMS (Apple Internet Mailing
Server?). Also freeware, you can find that at:
http://www.cybertech.apple.com
If you just have a modem ISP connection, Macjordomo works just fine.
Good luck!
David Adelson
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:04:09 -0400
From: ELN/insolution
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #172
>I have a 1.7GB disk, divided up into 256MB partitions. It was formatted
>with a recent version of Hard Disk Toolkit PE. I'm running MacOS 7.5.3.
>
>I had been having troubles copying files from one partition to another,
>frequently causing system crashes. (Just from copying files!)
>
>I had an idea, and disabled the HDT Extension. No more crashes.
What version of HDT were you using. There is a documented problem with
versions earlier than 1.8 which would cause directory corruption on large
volumes (I know, I lost 2GB+ worth of data--thanks to Dantz (Retrospect),
I was able to recover).
Scott Coats--Innovative Data Solutions--For a list of new/demo/refurb Mac
equipment, email [email protected] with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:12:27 -0400
From: ELN/insolution
Subject: Monitor Flicker
>I've been having problems with using a monitor with my Performa 600CD. Most
>times when I use it, the monitor flickers at an annoying rate. I've tried
>taking both the computer and monitor into an Authorized Apple Dealer, and
>they were stumped. Calling Apple's Support Hotline turned up no real
>answers either. They suggested that the flickering is probably caused by
>interference of some sort. I tried moving the computer and monitor to a
>different location (several in fact) to no avail.
Do you have an adequate ground for your household electrical system? A
poor ground will affect the quality of a monitor image, and many older
homes/offices do not have proper grounds. Try changing monitors and see
if the problem disappears. If it does, you need an electrician to
evaluate your wiring. If it doesn't, your dealer should be able to
diagnose the P600. Perhaps a bad VRAM SIMM or logic board?
>Also, is there any way to adjust the angle at which the image is displayed?
>I remember reading how to fix this sort of problem on other types of
>monitors...
Yes, but if you have to ask...I'd suggest you take the monitor to your
Apple dealer. The tilt is easily fixed by adjusting the yoke, but that's
NOT a job for the tinkerer.
Scott Coats--Innovative Data Solutions--For a list of new/demo/refurb Mac
equipment, email [email protected] with "subscribe" in the subject line.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:57:37 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Monitor flickering??
Tim McCleary wrote:
>I've been having problems with using a monitor with my Performa 600CD. Most
>times when I use it, the monitor flickers at an annoying rate. I've tried
>taking both the computer and monitor into an Authorized Apple Dealer, and
>they were stumped. Calling Apple's Support Hotline turned up no real
>answers either.
Difficult to diagnose without actually being there...
Do you have any power supplies or power cords sitting close to the monitor? =
For example, a power adapter for external speakers? These can emit=
magnetic fields which interfere with the monitor, and it's best to place=
them as far from the monitor as possible. Unshielded speakers can also be=
a problem. Try setting up JUST the computer, monitor, keyboard, and mouse,=
with NO other equipment within 3 feet of it.
When you connect it to the other computers, is there _any_ difference in the=
cabling and connectors used to connect the monitor to the computer? If so,=
the culprit might be a faulty cable or connector. Do you try the other=
computers in the same physical locations as the Pf600? What kind of=
monitor is it? Maybe it's a brand that doesn't work well with the signals=
put out by the Pf600; I think some of the older Macs put out the sync=
signals etc in a way that isn't compatible with some VGA monitors.
> However, no matter which
>computer I connect it to, the image is on a slight angle.
>
> is there any way to adjust the angle at which the image is displayed?
It can be adjusted, but the controls for it are inside, on the picture tube.=
Don't try to do it yourself -- there's a serious shock hazard, even if the=
monitor is unplugged. Leave it to a technician who knows what he's doing.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:36:34 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: multiple mailboxes
[email protected] (Ariel Alampay) wrote:
>Is there a software which would allow me to check my mail from multiple
>mailboxes with a single command? It can be tiresome to keep changing Eudora=
's
>settings and entering my passwords for each mailbox.
Why don't you just have all your email forwarded to a single address, so=
that you only have to check one mailbox? It is possible to set up an=
internet account so that it will forward all the mail it receives to=
another email address. For example, when I got a new internet account, I=
set up my old account so that it'll redirect all mail to my new address. I=
can still log in on either account, but Eudora only has to look at my=
mailbox on my new ISP to get all my mail; and if I happen to be logged onto=
my old ISP, Eudora can still connect to my new ISP over the 'net to get my =
mail.
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Date: 25 Jul 1996 14:16:09 -0700
From: "Dan Frakes"
Subject: Performa 550 enablers
"Mark J. Miller" wrote:
> I'm looking for info about the enablers for the Performa 550. Were any
> updates
>issued? I checked Apple Support. After updating to System 7.5.0 the enablers
>stayed at 7.1p. Does the upgrade to 7.5.0 or update 2.0 replace any
functions
>the enablers used to handle?
The System Enabler for your particular system, System Enabler 332, is no
longer needed under System 7.5 and above.
System Enablers for a particular Mac are nearly always rendered obsolete when
a newer version of the System software than shipped with the Mac comes out. A
short (and simplified) explanation/timeline of why they exist:
1) Apple writes a new version (x.0) of the System software. It is designed to
work on all _existing_ Macs, and thus support for these Macs is built-in.
2) Apple releases a newer Mac. This Mac wasn't originally supported by System
x.0. Apple creates a "System Enabler" which allows System x.0 to support the
new Mac.
3) Apple releases a newer version (say, x.5) of the System software. It is
designed to work on all _existing_ Macs. Thus the "new" Mac in #2 is now
supported directly, and no System Enabler is necessary. However, the even
_newer_ Mac (due in August, but released in October)
is _not_ supportedby System x.5, so an Enabler is written for it.
This cycle goes on and on... Actually, Apple wasn't very good about this at
first. They wrote System 7.0/7.1 as a "general" system, figuring that the
System Software installers would just install the appropriate System Enabler
to work with each computer. However, there were a lot of problems and
inconveniences, so in System 7.5, they updated the System to be compatible
with all existing Macs. Nearly all System Enablers were eliminated under 7.5,
except for the following computers:
LC/Performa 5200 series
PM 6100/66
PM 7100/88
PM 8100/100 or 110
All PCI Macs
PB 190/5300/2300 series
However, yet again, under System 7.5.3, even these enablers were eliminated.
Hope this wasn't too confusing
. If you want a table of all the SystemEnablers and what Macs they were for, as well as a bunch o' other info, check
out The InformInit (downloadable at the URL below).
Dan
[email protected] The Mac Pruning Page and InformInit Home:
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:00:20 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ian Burt)
Subject: Re-antivirals
In Info Mac # 172, Rollo Silver wrote:
>I've been a loyal Disinfectant user for ages, but it appears that
>Disinfectant hasn't been upgraded for a long time, and I suspect there are
>a number of Mac viruses it won't detect.
>Any suggestions as to antivirals that are kept up to date?
>
The reason it hasn't been upgraded is because there are no new Mac virus
strains to counter since 3.6. If it aint broke, don't fix it.
O.K?
Ian Burt
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 10:18:06 -0400
From: Doc Walker
Subject: Sorting/columnizing list of 100 words
Have you tried BBEdit Lite (freeware)? It will sort the words and you can
even columnize them (although the words will be separated with tabs; I
would recommend ClarisWorks 4.0 to put them in columns).
BBEdit is written by Bare Bones Software:
HTH.
Doc
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:00:24 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ian Burt)
Subject: System 7.5.3 compatability question
In Info Mac # 172,John Stevens wrote:
>I will shortly be upgrading my LC (10Mb RAM) from System 7.0.1
>to System 7.5.3
>
>Major applications used are Word 5.1a, MYOB 5, FaxStf 2.6 &
>ClarisWorks 3. Do any of these require upgrades to avoid
>problems when run under System 7.5.3?
IMHO you should do the upgrade in incremental jumps, to get you used to the
freeze ups and crashes you are likely to encounter as you move 'up'. I run
Claris Works 2.1 on 7.5.3, with a 630 and have no problems that I didn't
before the move 'up'.
I am about to stepback a pace to 7.5.1 and stay there until Copland comes
out. I have plenty of time to save for a Power Mac the way OS 8 is being
continually put back.
Hope this TidBit justifies the bandwidth.
Regards,
Ian Burt
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